Best gig you have ever seen?

[kasey11]

Re: Best gig you have ever seen?

Porcupine Tree is the best gig I've ever been to. Joe satriani in second place.

[DoctorQui]

Re: Best gig you have ever seen?

Late 90s. Howard Jones doing a small gig at The Hobbit in Southampton...he was one of my 80s idols and I actually had a conversation with him after the gig...he is very intelligent and friendly!

[DemonEyeX]

Re: Best gig you have ever seen?

Best funk/soul,
James Brown or Funkadelic.

Best rock/punk
Fugazi or Bad Brains.

Best hip hop
De La Soul, Beastie Boys or Biz Markie.

Best DJ
Q-Bert.

I'm sure not to the taste of many a member here, but some amazing live acts none the less.
Also, my organisation Strictly Business put on some pretty awesome live shows.
We recently had Lords Of The Underground & Jeru The Damaja if anyone here knows who they are. They tore the roof off.

[onthebusesfan]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

Madness Bloody Amazing they were

[Jay Mc]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

Best ever for me was Madness at Finsbury Park in 1996 - Simply because it was boiling hot summers day loads of Ska Bands on before and watched England V Spain in Euro 96 on the Big screens before hand (England won on Pens - That alone made it a special day).


Just one of those days that will live with me forever


Also saw the Prodigy at the roadmender in northampton around 1992 ish before they were well know - Very very good !!!

[havasack]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

The Stranglers, Newcastle city hall, 1982 or 83.

[DemonEyeX]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

Kraftwerk 1981

Wow, that sounds good from here,
I would have loved to have seen them back in the day.

[ayrshireman]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

Page and Plant SECC 1995
Rolling Stones Hampden 2006

[ayrshireman]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

Billy Ocean last year at Epcot. I saw that he was playing there when we were on holiday and thought it'd be a laugh to hear his 80s tunes. The Mrs didn't have a clue who he was. We found out at the gig that he wasn't exactly a has-been, he'd made enough dosh from 'When the going gets tough' in particular he had decided to quit working to raise his kids. His daughter was a singer, she was in his band, and he was playing to help get her started. After twenty years of not performing, he loved being on stage and it was amazing to join in with his enthusiasm. A brilliant voice, didn't take his cheesy hits too seriously (he spent a lot of 'get out of my dreams get into my car' laughing his head off, and he had a photo taken with me holding my 1yr old daughter. After not knowing who he was the Mrs always has his tunes on in the car now!

Considering my usual type of music is 70s punk, saying that Billy Ocean is my favorite gig is quite something!

I cant abide his 80's stuff. But the man made some fantastic soul songs in the late 70's: Love Really Hurts Without You, Red Light Spells Danger.....

[stuckinthe80's]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

Madonna - Who's That Girl World Tour at Wembley Stadium was my first ever and best ever concert. I was 14 and it was just fantastic! Seen loads and loads of people since. Another stand out concert was The Pretenders. They supported bryan Adams at Gateshead stadium. He was good but the pretenders were fantastic. Squeeze were supporting him too. A great night!

[Retrogames]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

Ah, WetnWetnWet! Remember the old joke, what was Marti Pellows last hit?..... heroin! Wonder what the other three do nowadays, they must have made good cash from their famous hits

[80sChav]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

I have not been to too many gig's really, but the 2 i'll nominate are Wet Wet Wet and Boyzone both in the mid or late 90s! Wet Wet Wet were the best from the 2 by a "Country Mile" though, not that i'm saying Boyzone were popor - far from it, they were very good but of course they'd only began in the mid 90s (1994/1995) I think, so you can not expect miracles compared to a group that's being going 5/10 years I think.

I think they did 2 encores, truly amazing indeed and top quality they were too. For me (though i've always liked Wet wet Wet), they summed up the 80-s with hit after hit just like the Pet Shop Boy's but beyond into the mid 90s too. This somehow just made the gig so amazing and special.

[themilkman]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

Kraftwerk 1981

[Retrogames]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

Billy Ocean last year at Epcot. I saw that he was playing there when we were on holiday and thought it'd be a laugh to hear his 80s tunes. The Mrs didn't have a clue who he was. We found out at the gig that he wasn't exactly a has-been, he'd made enough dosh from 'When the going gets tough' in particular he had decided to quit working to raise his kids. His daughter was a singer, she was in his band, and he was playing to help get her started. After twenty years of not performing, he loved being on stage and it was amazing to join in with his enthusiasm. A brilliant voice, didn't take his cheesy hits too seriously (he spent a lot of 'get out of my dreams get into my car' laughing his head off, and he had a photo taken with me holding my 1yr old daughter. After not knowing who he was the Mrs always has his tunes on in the car now!

Considering my usual type of music is 70s punk, saying that Billy Ocean is my favorite gig is quite something!

[ozzydog]

Re: Best gig you ever seen?

The Rolling Stones For me,Bridges to Babylon Tour 1998.
Absolutely Fantastic