Iggy Pop, B'ham 1988 in a tiny club called Hummingbird. Steve jones from the Sex Pistols playing bass and Andy McCoy from Hanoi Rocks on guitar. The best two and half musical hours of my life. Made memorable by the fact I left with two gorgeous gothic girls who came back to my place. Oh to be 20 again and single Love and Rockets (ex Bauhaus members), Manchester 1987 Never listened to pop music again. This was tough as I have been to hundreds of gigs, everything from the Stones to Live Aid. Going to see the Who in Hyde park in June.
Best entertainer I've ever seen - John Otway - pretty much anywhere, and I've seen him loads of times... Best performer - probably Sophie Ellis-Bexter. There's a woman who can hold an audience's attention. Best singer - Amy Lee. Saw Evenescence last time they toured the UK a while ago. AMAZING voice...
The Prodigy at Creamfields in 2013, epic set and an all round brilliant show. not seen too many bands as when I was younger clubbing and dance music was more our thing. The best event I went to was Gods Kitchen at Amnesia in Ibiza in 1999. 18 years old, just finished my A Levels, on holiday with my mates. There were over 5000 people in one room, crazy dancers on stilts, banging trance music and lots and lots of beer. Happy days...
Nils Lofgren, forgettable, perhaps the greatest guitarist of our time? well I suppose music is about individual tastes. Best Concert; Radiohead, Glasgow Barrowlands, OK Computer Tour(98 or therabouts) Worst Concert; Radiohead, Glasgow Green, Kid A Tour(pile of steaming poo) honourable mentions go to Augustines, Edinburgh Liquid Rooms 2014 Muse, Dublin about 5 years ago(supported by Kasabian who were just meh) The Stones,(Fairwell Tour yeah right) (supported by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Joe Jackson and J Geils Band) Leeds Rounday Park 1982
There's a bit difference between being a great musician and making superb music. Lofgren was clearly talented (well, Zappa thought so) but which tunes of his are memorable? Er....
That's the thing about music, you either like it or don't. Neil Young, Springsteen and your own Roger Daltrey don't think he's too shabby either.
I was down the front for this gig. Still have the ticket stub somewhere. Patti Smith in 78/79 in Newcastle City Hall. Ac/c with Bon at the Mayfair twice and once at Bingley Hall. Zeppelin at Knebworth Alabama 3 anywhere Black crowes and various bands at the old riverside in Newcastle.
Ive never been to anything live (gigwise) in my life....strange I know but true....im 46 this year and I was in school right when HipHop started, so its always been my favourite type of music (or the one that I fall back to...) - had a friend that was in my opinion to this day the best person ive ever heard mix on a set of decks, so much so that we used to go to the local newsagent and buy those kids magazines with the plastic record stapled to the front - my little pony etc etc and he'd mix those in as well...30 years later I still have the tapes he made in the loft....we'd go round with records and empty tapes for him to fill up. Absolute genius - haven't seen him since school but heard he pretty well has been smoking weed right up to this day....he could have made quite a lot of money if he did it as a career. So, live concerts no, but we literally got a live concert (me and a handful of mates) every sunday afternoon...those were the days...
In last few years, Florence + the Machine. Ceremonials Tour at the dome. For sheer entertainment and atmosphere Take That, The Circus at Wembley, they played instruments for 1 number which was nice. Gaga support on day we went.
