Your best gig/ concert?

[Nickcaveinbrighton]

Ive just been to see Nick Cave. It doesn't get much better. (Are there many things in life better than amazing live music?)

Whats your best gig/ concert?

I am in awe. The Boss up close.

3rd row, centre stage both nights. it was genuinely astounding. He was 32 with all the energy of the world. Superstardom was still 4 years away but he has only got older the fire hasn't diminished

Green Day Manchester Apollo 1998. Proper punky grungy gig. Crowd surfing, moshing, sweaty craziness. Smashed up their kit at the end if I recall correctly!

Seen loads of gigs over the years but that one stands out.

What was it , someone else was bound to have gone and can give us their opinion

So gutted Neil Young cancelled his tour, meant to have been seeing him in Cardiff.

Whoever said Elbow = ear chocolate, that’s a brilliant analogy. 👏

The Cure at Hyde Park for their 40th anniversary - they played for three hours, just fabulous
Nick Cave at the O2 a year or so ago. Into My Arms at the end was just beautiful, moved me to tears
Nile Rodgers and Chic
Basement Jaxx
Harry Styles at Wembley
George Benson at The Royal Albert Hall

Oh and The Stone Roses at Wembley - reunion gig around 2016?

Biffy Clyro at the O2 in 2013, can't even pin down exactly what made it so good they were just spectacular. Actually just saw them again last month which is probably also in my top 10 gigs!

The Cure in 1987.
Elton John. As a pp said, he started and finished early - extra marks for that!😆
Primal Scream, Wonder Stuff, Happy Mondays all tying for 3rd place - with bonus points for fab support bands like Inspirals and Charlatans!
Stone Roses at Finsbury Park. Did NOT enjoy the bottles of wee being thrown though!

Tsunami Relief Cardiff, 2005

Prince 14 times, including an after party with him getting Amy Winehouse on stage.

I'll probably get blasted for my music taste but i've seen

Ja Rule and Ashanti
Eric Prydz
Swedish House Mafia
Usher
Gwen Stefani
Destiny's Child
Pink
Ocean Colour Scene (not my choice!)
George Michael
Christina Aguilera

If I had to pick, it would be George. Phenomenal. I would have loved to have seen him again but know I am lucky that I got to once.

I was at the Bon Jovi last ever Wembley concert too. Amazing.

Take That Circus (both).

Robbie Williams and Toploader when they supported him.

Basement Jaxx when they supported TT.

elton John on his last tour.

M People at Brixton Academy

i had tickets for Adele’s last night at Wembley but that was the tour she cancelled the last 2 shows.

Muse in Manchester.

I’d love to see Nile Rogers.

Fleetwood Mac 2003
Iron Maiden at Shepherds Bush empire
Silverchair 1995 first London gig
Tool

Yep, Born in the USA tour. I went on the 3rd aswell. Even though I'm not normally a fan of stadium gigs.
Also, Queen at Ally Pally, think it was 1979, Crazy tour of London
The Clash at The Roxy Harlesden
Stiff Little Fingers at the The Rainbow 1979 or 1980.
Beautiful South and Barenaked Ladies who were supporting Wembley Arena sometime in the 90s.

Was that the one with Van Halen as support? If so, that was blinding.

That would have been brilliant!
Saw the Blockheads with Wilko a few years ago, fantastic musicians.

Two more that stand out for me:

The Pogues (with Kirsty McColl) Bristol Sudio March 1988
It was a riot on the Fairytale of New York tour

Muse Newport Leisure Centre November 2001
On the origins of symmetry tour

Midnight Oil - Camden Roundhouse July 2022.

I have seen hundreds and hundreds of gigs. That was amazing.

Iron Maiden last year at the Waldbühne in Berlin.

John Mellencamp in Düsseldorf in the 90s. Support was a juggle.

Queen Bristol late 70s (maybe early 80s).

So so many

Nah. He dod an acoustic version of Born To Run. Dead to me 😂

Love Nick Cave. I’m jealous! I love The Darkness live. My best gigs this year were Yungblud and The Damned. The band I never got to see but wished I had was Thin Lizzy.

I saw Bruce Sprinateen in Wembley 1985 as well, then Murray field and Sunderland I'd always wanted to see him at an Arena, so at great expense got tickets for the Co-op last year.

Underwhelming.

Oh New Model Army in Dinslaken last summer.

Would love to have seen Lizzy as well...

True story - Phil Lynott sung Happy Birthday to my Mum with an acoustic guitar on a flight from Madrid to London.

She didn't have a clue who he was and when she told me she said it was "... a tall Irish guy with a big afro from a band called Spinning Dizzy, or something!" 😂

Would have been about 1981-82.