favourite gig?

[whoboo]

I really can't decide, there are a few possibilities. Yours?

Guns'n'Roses at the Marquee in 1987
Also in 1977 I was a member of the Queen Fan Club and we were invited along to be the audience for the filming of the We Are The Champions video, after which they did a special concert as a thank you. (Me and my mates skived off school to go and then much to our embarrassment were clearly visible in close up when the video was shown on Top Of The Pops the following week!)
And David Bowie at MK Bowl

Many years ago, Neil Diamond in Las Vegas.
Recently, Mike & the Mechanics. Used to love Genesis back in the day and they take me right back to those years.

Work in music so lots, Radiohead are my all time favourite band though so I’d go for them at Manchester Apollo in 1995, London Roundhouse in 2015 and everything in between…

Best surprise gig though was a band called Cage the Elephant, I think the venue was in Camden around 2010. They took the roof off…

Two totally different genres.

The Monkees at Cardiff International arena
The Three Tenors open air concert in The Royal Crescent, Bath.

The Cure, Crystal Palace Bowl 1991
GNR, Wembley 1991?
Fatboy Slim, Drumsheds, ,2024

favourite ever has to be Kate Bush, Before the Dawn tour in 2014. Nothing will ever top that experience.

but on the other extreme, I saw Little Simz at a festival last month and she was absolutely phenomenal! Fave live gig this year by a country mile

looking forward to Alicia Keys next week - I’ve heard she is also brilliant live

Madness 81 capital Aberdeen
Bad manners 81 Aberdeen
The jam Ingilston 82
Edwin Starr Tiffany's Wigan Northern soul niter.84

I go to raves rather than gigs. Standout experiences have been:

-John Summit at Tomorrowland, 2025
-Four Tet in Finsbury Park, London, 2024
-Calvin Harris at Ushuaia, Ibiza, 2019
-Dom Dolla in Las Vegas, 2025
-Sammy Virji in NYC, 2025

Edit to add dates.

I was all about the Northern soul niters across UK 82 to 96 then aspects of that lifestyle caught up.

Also Leonard cohen for me - at the O2 of all places which I don’t really like as a venue, November 2008, just after Obama was elected president which felt very apt for Democracy. Mmm rather sad to look back at that now

The Freddy Mercury Tribute concert and Back to the Beginning - both had awesome acts, but the love for Freddy and Ozzy was tangible at both throughout and made it into more than a concert.
The Dogs D'Amour, some sweaty little club in Sheffield, 1988, a few weeks after my 16th birthday and my first gig. And where I felt part of a scene for the first time ever and not some weirdo (nb, I grew up in a small town, and in 1988 you couldn't even buy black eye shadow easily, I had to order from an advert in the back of Kerrang and people made comments to my mum about me wearing black all the time)
DH has gone for Faith No More at Brixton Academy, 1990. You can see his boots as he's crowd surfing in the video of it

pulp, Birmingham this year - right down the front! Shout out to Sky for their lounges which meant we got it at the front of the queue!

mine is also Leonard cohen (in 2008) but he died in 2016, do you mean 2013? Think that was his last tour

Early 1980s, Loughborough University students Union, The Undertones farewell tour. Also Elvis Costello, same place, similar time.

It was mainly to do with the size of the venue which made gigs so much more intimate

@whoboono I saw them on Thursday night in Colchester but maybe they played Scarborough the next day?

The Clash at Brixton Academy in 84.

also Gary Glitter but obviously one to put in the past

Haha slip of the fingers, yes saw him at the 02 in 2013. Still very charismatic.

How could I forget. The Fall, 1987, Essex University.

Pink is awesome in concert. Really enjoyed The Specials at St George’s Market in Belfast. Stereophonics are great live too.

Very, very jealous you got to see The Clash. Joe Strummer is one of favourite front men.

@OhDorWheresthesalad hah, I was going to say The Cure at Crystal Palace Bowl too! Having Lush, James and All About Eve on the bill as well just added to it.

Tori Amos at the Royal Albert Hall in the mid 90s was spell-binding.

I've also seen Spem in Alium performed at St Albans cathedral which was an incredible experience.

I was about to come on and say Jeff Lynne at Birmingham on the Saturday night of the Over and Out tour! Took me back to my teens - loved every second of it!!

Still coming down from Scouting for Girls at the weekend. Amazing

Alice Cooper at a festival 2013/2014 was pretty memorable too.

and Kaiser chiefs 2012 were great too

Without a doubt George Michael 2006.x

Duran Duran 1987
then Robbie Williams at Milton Keynes bowl 2001.