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**CRASH** · August 16th, 2011, 02:12 AM

For me:

Nirvana (four times...should have gone to as many as I could)
Page & Plant 1998
Kiss 1979
Eric Clapton 1985
Grateful Dead 1988
Van Halen 1984
(this was the opening to the show i saw...it was crazy...I was only 12 at the time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTFFuEOJj4

**KingKeigh** · August 16th, 2011, 07:10 AM

ZZ Top
Dixie Dregs
George Clinton and Parliament=Funkadelic
Soundgarden
David Lee Roth (Eat 'em and Smile tour)
The Police (Ghost in the Machine tour)
Prince (Purple Rain tour with Sheila E opener)
Peter Gabriel (SO tour w/Yousou N'dor opener)
Pat Metheny

**sweatyhat** · August 16th, 2011, 07:47 AM

Saxon
Eagle Has Landed Tour
Saint David's Hall Cardiff, 1983.

**otiscleotus** · August 16th, 2011, 08:05 AM

NRBQ around 1991, Big Al still in the band and Terry wasn't f'ing around too much.

Bob Dylan in 92, when he had just entered another unintelligible vocal phase at this show at an amusement park (I don't recall if there was a puppet show afterwards). Two things made this show for me:
1) a blistering harmonica bit he did at the opening, not using the holder and trying to play guitar at the same time he showed he could really wail with the harp.
2) as he likes to play songs he feels like playing at the moment instead of staying locked to the set list at one point he had to gather the band around him and explain how the unrehearsed song was supposed to go. It very nearly fell apart in mid-tune but they managed to lurch through it whatever it was, just great.

longshaw · August 16th, 2011, 08:12 AM

loudest - acdc - sheffield , first concert and loudest i was deaf for four days it was amazing

best - foo fighters , milton keynes bowl , amazing concert open air warm summers night , biffy clyro where the warm up band along with death cab for cutie those two where worth the admission price alone

tubalcaine · August 16th, 2011, 01:47 PM

Deep Purple- 4 shows on the Perfect Strangers tour. Best of the 4 was Philadelphia March 85. Dead on performance, sound was excellent, great seats.

**moreteavicar** · August 16th, 2011, 02:43 PM

I don't travel around much for gigs so mainly catch them in my home town, the best I have been to are (in no particular order):

The White Stripes
Beautiful South
The Stranglers
The Specials
Ocean Colour Scene
Jools Holland

Quite an eclectic mix as you can see.

**ubu_roi** · August 16th, 2011, 02:53 PM

Pere Ubu at The Modern Theater in Boston, 1978. Touring behind the Dub Housing album, they never sounded better.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at The Roxy in Boston, 1998. Maximum intensity.

Tori Amos at the State Theater in Portland Maine, 1994. Before she became a parody of herself, she was magical.

**tygrkhat40** · August 16th, 2011, 03:05 PM

Eurthymics, Shea's Buffalo Theatre, April 1, 1984
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band with the Fabulous Thunderbirds opening, Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, September 19, 1986
Paul McCartney, Toronto SkyDome, December 7, 1989
David Bowie, Niagara Falls NY Convention Center, July 25, 1990
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (3rd Edition), Melody Fair, North Tonawanda, NY, July 29, 1995

**Davemetalhead** · August 18th, 2011, 09:04 PM

Difficult to say really, lots of great gigs, many of them festivals.

My first gig, August 1987 Monsters of Rock in Pforzheim, West Germany (as it was then). Deep Purple headlining, along with Helloween, Cinderella, Ratt, Metallica and Dio. Purple blew me away with their laser light show.

Donington's Monsters of Rock a year later, Iron Maiden headlining. Helloween, Guns n' Roses, Megadeth, David Lee Roth and Kiss. Unfortunately that was the year two kids died during Guns n' Roses' set, crushed when the crowd surged forward.

Megadeth in October 1991, Berlin. Supported by Pantera - incredible energy from both bands.

Slayer in London, 1999. Supported by System of a Down and Sepultura. Due to the lousy public transport in this country I missed SOAD and Seputura, but Slayer were immense. I remember getting a shiver down my back when the sound effects start of "Raining Blood" began.

Halford in London, 2000. Support was supposed to be one of my favourite bands, Overkill, but they couldn't make it. I remember being seriously pee'd off when I got to the gig to see the notices. However Halford just blew me away - a consumate master of the metal concert.

AC/DC at Milton Keynes, 2001. Supported by Megadeth, Queens of the Stone Age and The Offspring. It was the 5th time I'd seen the Aussie rockers, and it has to be said, the best.

August 16th, 2011, 02:12 AM	#11
CRASH Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 555 Thanks: 5,828 Thanked 10,271 Times in 548 Posts	Share your concert ticket collection and the best concert(s) you have ever been to For me: Nirvana (four times...should have gone to as many as I could) Page & Plant 1998 Kiss 1979 Eric Clapton 1985 Grateful Dead 1988 Van Halen 1984 (this was the opening to the show i saw...it was crazy...I was only 12 at the time) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzTFFuEOJj4

August 16th, 2011, 07:47 AM	#13
sweatyhat Woodwose Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: In the mud and rain Posts: 10,869 Thanks: 97,859 Thanked 187,973 Times in 10,563 Posts	Saxon Eagle Has Landed Tour Saint David's Hall Cardiff, 1983. __________________

August 16th, 2011, 02:53 PM	#18
ubu_roi Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Northeastern USA Posts: 3,962 Thanks: 83,135 Thanked 43,794 Times in 3,958 Posts	Pere Ubu at The Modern Theater in Boston, 1978. Touring behind the Dub Housing album, they never sounded better. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at The Roxy in Boston, 1998. Maximum intensity. Tori Amos at the State Theater in Portland Maine, 1994. Before she became a parody of herself, she was magical. __________________ Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

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tygrkhat40 Long Suffering Bills Fan Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The City of Good Neighbors Posts: 9,669 Thanks: 304,243 Thanked 153,137 Times in 9,629 Posts	Eurthymics, Shea's Buffalo Theatre, April 1, 1984 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band with the Fabulous Thunderbirds opening, Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, September 19, 1986 Paul McCartney, Toronto SkyDome, December 7, 1989 David Bowie, Niagara Falls NY Convention Center, July 25, 1990 Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (3rd Edition), Melody Fair, North Tonawanda, NY, July 29, 1995 __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

August 18th, 2011, 09:04 PM	#20
Davemetalhead Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Near Oxford, UK Posts: 528 Thanks: 3,930 Thanked 5,047 Times in 522 Posts	Difficult to say really, lots of great gigs, many of them festivals. My first gig, August 1987 Monsters of Rock in Pforzheim, West Germany (as it was then). Deep Purple headlining, along with Helloween, Cinderella, Ratt, Metallica and Dio. Purple blew me away with their laser light show. Donington's Monsters of Rock a year later, Iron Maiden headlining. Helloween, Guns n' Roses, Megadeth, David Lee Roth and Kiss. Unfortunately that was the year two kids died during Guns n' Roses' set, crushed when the crowd surged forward. Megadeth in October 1991, Berlin. Supported by Pantera - incredible energy from both bands. Slayer in London, 1999. Supported by System of a Down and Sepultura. Due to the lousy public transport in this country I missed SOAD and Seputura, but Slayer were immense. I remember getting a shiver down my back when the sound effects start of "Raining Blood" began. Halford in London, 2000. Support was supposed to be one of my favourite bands, Overkill, but they couldn't make it. I remember being seriously pee'd off when I got to the gig to see the notices. However Halford just blew me away - a consumate master of the metal concert. AC/DC at Milton Keynes, 2001. Supported by Megadeth, Queens of the Stone Age and The Offspring. It was the 5th time I'd seen the Aussie rockers, and it has to be said, the best. __________________ The resident lurker of the GD&N forum.

August 16th, 2011, 07:10 AM	#12
KingKeigh Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 514 Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,538 Times in 512 Posts	ZZ Top Dixie Dregs George Clinton and Parliament=Funkadelic Soundgarden David Lee Roth (Eat 'em and Smile tour) The Police (Ghost in the Machine tour) Prince (Purple Rain tour with Sheila E opener) Peter Gabriel (SO tour w/Yousou N'dor opener) Pat Metheny

August 16th, 2011, 08:05 AM	#14
otiscleotus Proprietor of the Baulsaglough Nuclear Waste Dump Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Minnebraska Posts: 5,424 Thanks: 26,442 Thanked 103,803 Times in 5,473 Posts	NRBQ around 1991, Big Al still in the band and Terry wasn't f'ing around too much. Bob Dylan in 92, when he had just entered another unintelligible vocal phase at this show at an amusement park (I don't recall if there was a puppet show afterwards). Two things made this show for me: 1) a blistering harmonica bit he did at the opening, not using the holder and trying to play guitar at the same time he showed he could really wail with the harp. 2) as he likes to play songs he feels like playing at the moment instead of staying locked to the set list at one point he had to gather the band around him and explain how the unrehearsed song was supposed to go. It very nearly fell apart in mid-tune but they managed to lurch through it whatever it was, just great.

August 16th, 2011, 08:12 AM	#15
longshaw Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 5 Thanks: 75 Thanked 62 Times in 5 Posts	loudest - acdc - sheffield , first concert and loudest i was deaf for four days it was amazing best - foo fighters , milton keynes bowl , amazing concert open air warm summers night , biffy clyro where the warm up band along with death cab for cutie those two where worth the admission price alone

August 16th, 2011, 01:47 PM	#16
tubalcaine Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 49 Thanks: 320 Thanked 491 Times in 46 Posts	Deep Purple- 4 shows on the Perfect Strangers tour. Best of the 4 was Philadelphia March 85. Dead on performance, sound was excellent, great seats.

August 16th, 2011, 02:43 PM	#17
moreteavicar Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 32,539 Thanked 19,172 Times in 1,256 Posts	I don't travel around much for gigs so mainly catch them in my home town, the best I have been to are (in no particular order): The White Stripes Beautiful South The Stranglers The Specials Ocean Colour Scene Jools Holland Quite an eclectic mix as you can see.