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Which bands have you seen live?

94 replies

MattBellamysMuse · 14/12/2009 11:43

Here's my list:

Muse (will be x5 by Sept 2010)
Biffy Clyro
Friendly Fires
Kaiser Chiefs x2
Red Hot Chili peppers x3
U2
Elbow
Faith No More
Nirvana x2
Soundgarden
Blur
Neds Atomic Dustbin
Pop Will Eat Itself
Metallica
Oasis
Bon Jovi
Sisters of Mercy
Beastie Boys
Smashing Pumpkins
Manic Street Preachers
Jesus Jones x2
Suede
The Big Pink

Loads more from festivals. Too many to list.

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displayuntiltwelfthnight · 14/12/2009 11:48

Depeche Mode
Bon Jovi (don't ask, it was for a friend's birthday)
Flaming Lips
Tanita Tikarem
All About Eve
Oasis, before they were that well known
Morrissey
L7
a-ha
Doves
Coldplay
Pixies, several times, and would see them over and over if it was possible

am sure there are more but can't think of them at the moment!

am sure there are more but I can't hink of them at the moment!

angelene · 14/12/2009 11:58

Oh blimey, now you're talking:

PJ Harvey x about 10
Vampire Weekend
Super Furry Animals
Catatonia
Blur
Pulp x about 5
Charlatans x 3ish
Elastica x 3
Stone Roses x 2
Suede
Primal Scream
Manic Street Preachers x 4
Oasis (last ever club gig at Hammersmith Palais)
Radiohead
Supergrass
Echobelly
Menswear

Yes, I was a 90s indie kid

MattBellamysMuse · 14/12/2009 12:01

Ooh, I want to see Vampire Weekend. Are they good live? I think they're touring next year.

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ThumbleBells · 14/12/2009 12:08

Hmm. This is going to be bad, I can tell...
Yes 90120 tour
Big Country
Ultravox (or was it Midge Ure solo, can't remember) with Erasure as backing band
Dire Straits
Genesis
Chris Rea
The Eagles
Manic Street Preachers at the Royal Albert Hall
Bon Jovi + Radiohead and a couple of others who clearly weren't memorable enough for me to remember at the Milton Keynes Bowl
Sundry mates'/student bands trying to break into the big time - one of whom was called Elysian Fields, can't remember the other ones

Probably a couple of others along the way - I do eclectic, me.

wordsonascreen · 14/12/2009 12:08

Didn't rate Vampire Weekend TBH

My lot:
Kasabian
Killers
Mansun
Pulp
Oasis
Blur
Buzzcocks
A-ha (!)
Stones
Depeche Mode
The Levellers
Madness (dragged along by ex bf and too pissed on cider to remember much)
INXS (but just to perve at MH)
T-Pau ( disclaimer was a dancer on Top of the Pops)

wordsonascreen · 14/12/2009 12:11

ooo forgot I saw Suede at the Albert Hall .. they played for about 45 minutes

Had tickets for Nirvana but KC had other ideas..

MattBellamysMuse · 14/12/2009 12:14

KC?

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MattBellamysMuse · 14/12/2009 12:20

Of course, Kurt. He killed himself before you got to see them

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notyummy · 14/12/2009 12:23

Pogues
Cure
Jesus Jones
Shamen
Prodigy x4
Texas
Pop will eat Itself
Iggy Pop
Radiohead
James
Jamiroquoi
Kings of Leon
Dizzee Rascal
Bruce Springsteen and the E street Band x 2
U2
Divine Comedy
James Brown
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Oasis
The Streets
Chemical Brothers
Goldie Lookie Chain
Magic Numbers
Scissor sisters
Sterophonics
Ash
Shed Seven
Faithless
Travis
Pulp
Paul Wellar
Alanis Morrissette
Fun Lovin Criminals

Ans quite a lot more that have lost in the mists of time and booze....

displayuntiltwelfthnight · 14/12/2009 12:23

same here wordsonascreen - had tickets to see them in M'cr

wordsonascreen · 14/12/2009 12:23

Sorry have annoying habit of shortning names

The band I REALLY want to see is Muse.

myalias · 14/12/2009 12:23

The Cure - first ever concert 1985
James Brown
Prince x2
The Wonderstuff
Pop will eat itself
Galliano x2
Muse
Kasabian x3
The Cult x5
Oasis
Take That
Anita Baker
Will Downing
Mica Paris
808 State
James Taylor Quartet x3
Feeder
Doves
Faith No More
Spandau Ballet
Ian Brown
Verve
Journey
The Killers
Robert Plant
Jamiroquai
Maroon 5
Young Disciples
Brand New Heavies
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions x4
Simple Minds
Jesus Jones
Too many to mention from festivals, raves etc.

notyummy · 14/12/2009 12:25

Band I want to see:

Muse
Foo Fighters

Bands I wish I had seen (but it's too late now...): Queen with Freddie. Over the top, pompous dad rock. But it would have been GREAT.

mufti · 14/12/2009 12:30

thin lizzy , i am incredibly old
u2
prince
human league
the jam
the smiths
au pairs
beautiful south
elo
bauhaus
boy george
joan armatrading
heaven 17

think thats it

MattBellamysMuse · 14/12/2009 12:51

wordsonascreen, they are bloody fantastic. Are you getting tickets for the stadium shows next year? I'm going to Wembley x2, Old Trafford and Stade de France in Paris.

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ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 14/12/2009 12:59

I have not seen ag great number but the ones I have seen were fantastic.

Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
Pulp
Oasis
My Life Story
Cordoroy
Elastica
Jamiroqui
James Taylor Quartet
Madness
Bad Manners

RockinSockBunnies · 14/12/2009 13:02

I haven't seen a great deal of bands (planned to do lots of gigs when I was student, but ended up studying with a baby instead which somewhat hampered my social life )

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sonic Youth
Beastie Boys
!!! (chk chk chk)
Chemical Brothers

QueenOfFlamingEverything · 14/12/2009 13:12

Not so very many - have never had the money really

Alabama 3 (x3)
Levellers (x4)
Chumbawamba
Asian Dub Foundation
Gogol Bordello
3 Daft Monkeys
Bad Manners
Peatbog Faeries

WhereTheWildThingsWere · 14/12/2009 13:19

Very at some of you.

The Levellers (too many times to count)
Primal Scream (ditto)
The Orb
Spiritualized (a lot)
Ride
Suede
Blur
Manic Street Preachers
Bjork
US3
Bon Jovi
Beastie Boys
Fun Lovin' Criminals (a lot)
The Wonderstuff

Umm can't think of any more...

Prosecco · 14/12/2009 13:22

I had forgotten about half of the bands I had seen until I read everyone elses list, but here goes

U2
Pulp
The Sundays
Love and Money
REM
Blur
Oasis
Primal Scream
Girls Aloud
The Cranberries
The Stone Roses
Manic Street Preachers

There are possibly some more, and some from festivals etc. but before I read anyone else's replies I would have said I had only ever seen 3

IMoveTheStarsForNoOne · 14/12/2009 13:28

Will try not to repeat myself

Muse
Suede x lots
Garbage
Radiohead
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Offspring
Sigur Ros
Breeders
Pixies
Morrissey
Madness
Levellers
Beastie Boys
Chemical Brothers
Placebo
Skunk Anansie
PJ Harvey
Sting
Lamb
Mum
Pulp
Beck
Elastica
Blur
Oasis
Metallica
Marilyn Manson
Junior Senior
Phoenix
James
The Fall
Belle & Sebastian
Mandalay
Yeah yeah yeahs
Terrorvision
Tori Amos
Mogwai
Arab Strap
Blonde Redhead
Ash
The Prodigy
Cast
The Wannadies
Catatonia
Kula Shaker
G Love & Special Sauce
Super Furry Animals
Symposium
Stereophonics
Smashing Pumpkins
The Lemonheads
Ash

MarthaFarquhar · 14/12/2009 13:28

of Ride and Nirvana

radiohead
blur
super furries
suede
pulp
hefner
catatonia
arctic monkeys
the cribs
muse
the kills
gene
mercury rev
divine comedy
billy bragg
tori amos
belle and sebastien
amy winehouse
morrissey
elbow
richard hawley
teenage fanclub
pixies
the strokes
supergrass
scissor sisters
massive attack
queens of the stone age
franz ferdinand
the editors

and watched Oasis's summer gigs hanging out of my bathroom window. well, the first night. Got a bit irritating by the third.

IMoveTheStarsForNoOne · 14/12/2009 13:30

The one band I still want to see, but never managed to is Portishead. [sulk]

MattBellamysMuse · 14/12/2009 14:01

Imove, that's a hll of a long list. And you said Ash twice

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IMoveTheStarsForNoOne · 14/12/2009 14:05

oops!

there are many many more, I just can't remember all of them. One day I will work it out properly!

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