Best Live Act You've Seen ? (1 Viewer)

[bringbackrattles]

As Glastonbury gets underway today it got me thinking about the concerts I've been to and the acts I've seen. I've got it down to three as for the best live acts and they were.1.ACDC at the N.E.C.2.The Stones at Wembley.3.Big Country at the Humming Bird club in Brum. The worst being a drunk/hungover Ozzy Osbourne at Leicester University,and Lou Reed at Warwick University who even though was a music legend was boring.

 

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[Otis]

Okay.

Quite a long list.

Grandaddy - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Cocteau Twins - same
Spiritualized - Leicester De Monfort
Sex Pistols - Mr. George's, Cov
Buzzcocks - Coventry Theatre
XTC - Tiffany's, Cov
Depeche Mode - NEC
Radiohead - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Flaming Lips - Birmingham Alexandra
Polyphonic Spree - Roadmenders
Human League - Coventry Theatre
Eels- National Theatre, London
Oasis - Earl's Court
The Clash - Tiffany's
The Undertones - Tiffany's

 

[Covkid1968#]

Radiohead supporting REM

But Specials by a country mile.....that 1st Ricoh gig was awesome

 

[TheRoyalScam]

1) Stevie Wonder - NEC
2) Yes (Union Tour - Anderson/Howe/Rabin/Wakeman/Kaye/Squire/Bruford/White) - NEC
3) John McLaughlin (with Katia LaBeque, Dominique DiPiazza and Trilok Gurtu) - Birmingham Town Hall

 

[bringbackrattles]

Okay.

Quite a long list.

Grandaddy - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Cocteau Twins - same
Spiritualized - Leicester De Monfort
Sex Pistols - Mr. George's, Cov
Buzzcocks - Coventry Theatre
XTC - Tiffany's, Cov
Depeche Mode - NEC
Radiohead - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Flaming Lips - Birmingham Alexandra
Polyphonic Spree - Roadmenders
Human League - Coventry Theatre
Eels- National Theatre, London
Oasis - Earl's Court
The Clash - Tiffany's
The Undertones - Tiffany's

Great taste in music there Otis. XTC were/are a great band from Swindon making plans for Nigel etc.Sex Pistols at Mr Georges what a memory that is I bet ?

 

[SkyBlueM]

Hmm tough one - probably Metallica on the Master of Puppets Tour at the Birmingham Odeon supported by Anthrax, it just a week or so before Cliff Burton was tragically killed.

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Oohh...far too many to choose from...some great nights over the last 25 years seeing the likes of Blur, Jesus & Mary Chain, Pixies, The La's, Nirvana, Primal Scream, Portishead, Public Enemy, Inspiral Carpets, Oasis, The Specials, The Who.....could go on & on...

but for a pure rock & roll story, I saw the Stone Roses back in the 1990s at a secret gig....I was picked up by some mates who spotted me at the side of the road as I had just hitch-hiked from Liverpool to Devon....They had car full of cider & pills...I took more than my fill, went to the gig...got in for nothing...had an absolute riot...then set off to a rave & fell out of a moving car on the way home....

 

[bringbackrattles]

As a teenager I saw Marc Bolan at the Lanchester College which is now Coventry University and didn't think much of his music that night. But he went on to become a massive star with his band T.REX but never really rated him myself.

 

[Nick]

Sticky Vicky, ibiza 1991

 

[robofcov]

Girls Aloud, Warwick Castle 2008

 

[turlykerd]

1..Chilies supported by PIL and kasabian at impact fest poland

2..Metallica at sonisphere

3.. Radiohead in LA

4.. Foo fighters at wembley

5.. Muse in Prague

6.. Smashing pumpkins in Munich

7..bon jovi Hyde park

8.. Queen ..hammersmith

9.. Soundgarden Hyde park

10..parkway drive..camden

All gigs completely different and all a fuckin blast

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

Okay.

Quite a long list.

Grandaddy - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Cocteau Twins - same
Spiritualized - Leicester De Monfort
Sex Pistols - Mr. George's, Cov
Buzzcocks - Coventry Theatre
XTC - Tiffany's, Cov
Depeche Mode - NEC
Radiohead - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Flaming Lips - Birmingham Alexandra
Polyphonic Spree - Roadmenders
Human League - Coventry Theatre
Eels- National Theatre, London
Oasis - Earl's Court
The Clash - Tiffany's
The Undertones - Tiffany's

At three of those with you Otis.

Clash, undertones and buzzcocks.

For me , no one comes close to the clash.

Very impressesed with Kaiser Cheifs at V festival in Melbourne.

Spoke to Joe Strummer and Topper afterwards upstairs. Long time ago.

 

[turlykerd]

At three of those with you Otis.

Clash, undertones and buzzcocks.

For me no one touched the clash.

Very impressesed with Kaiser Cheifs at V festival in Melbourne.

Spoke to Joe Strummer and Topper afterwards upstairs.

I saw them at hard rock 2011 supporting killers and James and they were very good live

 

[bringbackrattles]

I saw them at hard rock 2011 supporting killers and James and they were very good live

Impressed by the bands you've seen and locations.

 

[Covkid1968#]

Feck me...talk about everyone being out trumped. Wel done fella

1..Chilies supported by PIL and kasabian at impact fest poland

2..Metallica at sonisphere

3.. Radiohead in LA

4.. Foo fighters at wembley

5.. Muse in Prague

6.. Smashing pumpkins in Munich

7..bon jovi Hyde park

8.. Queen ..hammersmith

9.. Soundgarden Hyde park

10..parkway drive..camden

All gigs completely different and all a fuckin blast

 

[Houchens Head]

Been to a few but most memorable for me was Pink Floyd - Knebworth - June 1990. Also appearing on stage throughout the day were: Genesis, Led Zepplin (well, Page & Plant!), McCartney, Quo, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits and Elton John and many more. Best part of the whole thing was, I had a back-stage pass and a VIP car park ticket! (All gained by a golden gift of the gab!)

 

[turlykerd]

Impressed by the bands you've seen and locations.

It turns out cheaper sometimes to fly with Ryan or easyjet to eastern Europe and stay a few days than go to the O2 in London.. When we went to Prague the muse ticket cost30 pound and the flight was 45 return, but the tickets for London O2 was 80ish if I remember, so we thought fuck it, lets go to Prague.
Its crazy how overpriced shit is in the UK sometimes

 

[SkyblueBazza]

UFO at Brum Odeon - lights failed after about 3 songs. They played on with just the two spotlights. A measure of their entertainment value.
Kings of Leon in Bournemouth second album tour. They just rattled the tracks out no needing about or massive dialogue.
Opposite end of the scale...Green Day pre-American Idiot at Wembley arena...although very choreographed.
Led Zepplin at Knebworth - just raw rock n roll!
Motörhead - Overkill tour...just seemed manic & off-the-cuff at the time.
Meatloaf/Ozzy/Yes/Genesis all good value in their own way
Foo-fighters Wembley & Earls Court...just catching rock!
Too of my pile? Status Quo Brussels (500 or so British Quo fans packed at the front which in those days was quite a fete)/NEC/Donnington/Wembley back in their hey-day. Just superbly entertaining & always engaged the audience brilliantly - no two shows the same & THEY looked like they were genuinely enjoying themselves.



PUSB

 

[bringbackrattles]

Reading through all these it shows we may follow a declining football club but we do have some great Rock fans !

 

[oldskyblue58]

Have to confess not been to many concerts recently so going to show my age...........

Bowie at MK Bowl
U2 at MK Bowl
Tina Turner at NEC
Queen at NEC
The Specials at various places in Cov - just because there was a buzz around the city at the time

 

[Houchens Head]

Reading through all these it shows we may follow a declining football club but we do have some great Rock fans !

Agreed BRR, but unfortunatley, on the same bill at the Knebworth gig I went to, was Cliff bloody Richard! Ah well, it was a freebie after all!

 

[bulko]

Pink floyd earls court
Simple minds mk bowl / Wembley
U2 nec 1987 and wembley
Coldplay rebock and richo.

 

[turlykerd]

Reading through all these it shows we may follow a declining football club but we do have some great Rock fans !

Ikr .... Some gigs here I would love to have gone too .... I'm off to see pat benatar / Rick Springfield on sunday lol
Its at the same place I caught shinedown and papa roach last year ..the local radio station gives out free tickets every week and the phone it corresponds exactly when my wife leaves work an we've won a bunch on there

 

[turlykerd]

On the opposite side,I had an ex who went to Garry glitters last gig ... Fuck I had fun with that

 

[Real]

Journey - Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

Guns N Roses, supported by The Cult - MK Bowl.

Journey, supported by Foreigner and Thunder - NEC.

Rod Stewart - various, but his gig in Liverpool last year was something else.

Bryan Adams - various, including The Ricoh, but mainly NEC.

Bon Jovi - Ricoh Arena.

I saw Keith Urban supporting Bryan Adams at the NEC many years ago and he went down a storm.

Leo Sayer - The Robin2 in Bilston. Tremendous show.

I'm going to see Steve Harley at the Symphony Hall this coming Sunday. Looking forward to that.

 

[Jack Griffin]

Best live gigs were (and with roughly even scores) George Melly with John Chiltons Feetwarmers & (I had to check the name) The Grimms which was the members of the scaffold plus Viv Stanshall & Neil Innes.

Both at Surrey University in 1975 or 1976 (if memory serves).

But I've also seen The Jam, Queen, Tom Robinson, Quo, Stones, Squeeze, RHCP, Kinks all pretty entertaining.. I used to go to gigs when I was young, not much recently except RHCP at the Ricoh.. & even that was a few years ago now.

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

Curved Air,Vinegar Joe,Skynyrd,Free- all at the Lanch
Led Zep,Stones-Locarno/Tiffanys
Rory Gallagher-Chesford
Cream-Albert Hall
Southside Johnny-Crystal Palace Garden Party
Bob Dylan-Blackbushe Aerodrome
Springsteen-NEC
Thunder-Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Pat Benetar-Birmingham Odeon
BeachBoysand the Eagles-Wembley Elton John headline got bottled off stage the others came back on to calm the crowd down lol

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

U2 cardiff arms park
Oasis old trafford cricket ground
Madness nec
The stone roses heaton park
Springsteen at the ricoh

And a lesser known group called The sawdoctors bloody fantastic,
Also met The dubliners years ago Ronnie drew and barney mckenna gentlemen rip

 

[Tonylinc]

Queen at Knebworth closely followed by Keith Urban in Brum (probably never heard of him)

 

[Johnnythespider]

Blondie on bbc4at glasto, now!!
Can't believe she is 68, wow

 

[Grendel]

Blondie on bbc4at glasto, now!!
Can't believe she is 68, wow

Was she hanging on the telephone?

 

[Johnnythespider]

Was she hanging on the telephone?

No, but she was touched by your presence on this thread.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

A Few of my favourites are in no particular order


ACDC at Donnington
Queen at Knebworth
Led Zepplin at knebworth
Black Sabbath,UFO,Journey, Rush,Rory Gallagher just to name a few at Coventry theatre.
The Who, and Eric Clapton at Wembley
Fleetwood Mac, foreigner, Deep Purple and Heart NEC.

The one that got away but would have loved to have seen was Pink Floyd

But the best Comedy act I have ever seen was last year at the Holiday Inn Comedy Club a double Act of Tim Fisher and his Accountant still laugh at that today.:laugh:

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Now that is a top concert.

Reminds me of Reading in the late 70's early 80's to many bands to remember.

Been to a few but most memorable for me was Pink Floyd - Knebworth - June 1990. Also appearing on stage throughout the day were: Genesis, Led Zepplin (well, Page & Plant!), McCartney, Quo, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits and Elton John and many more. Best part of the whole thing was, I had a back-stage pass and a VIP car park ticket! (All gained by a golden gift of the gab!)

 

[ccfctommy]

Okay.

Quite a long list.

Grandaddy - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Cocteau Twins - same
Spiritualized - Leicester De Monfort
Sex Pistols - Mr. George's, Cov
Buzzcocks - Coventry Theatre
XTC - Tiffany's, Cov
Depeche Mode - NEC
Radiohead - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Flaming Lips - Birmingham Alexandra
Polyphonic Spree - Roadmenders
Human League - Coventry Theatre
Eels- National Theatre, London
Oasis - Earl's Court
The Clash - Tiffany's
The Undertones - Tiffany's

I would have really like to seen Radiohead live. Will go when they tour again. Seen Spiritualized a few years ago, very decent, Oasis I seen before they split up ans was a bit underwhelmed to be honest.

Anyway...

Bruce Springsteen @ The Ricoh. Went on for 3 hrs 25 mins. Was awesome.
Queens Of The Stone Age @ B'ham Academy
At The Drive In @ Reading Fest
Green Day @ Reading Fest
The Hives @ Reading Fest
Pulp @ Leeds Fest
Deftones @ Leeds Fest
The Cribs - Seem em about four or five times. Once when Johnny Marr was in the band, top live band.
Nine Inch Nails - NEC - This was only last month. Amazing.