Good thread Hmm Yes - Brighton Dome 1997 ... nearly Steven Wilson - Royal Festival Hall 2014 ... almost Got it Todd Rundgren - Hammersmith 2010 - The A Wizard A True Star tour. Bucket list entry & magical.
Ooops. Nearly forgot. Doors at the Roundhouse 1970. Do I spot a theme here? I was 14 in 1970. Maybe music meant a whole lot more then.
I too have been to plenty, and still continue to go to watch live music at least once a month. Best gig/s have both been by The Blockheads at Holmfirth Picturedrome. Fun Lovin' Criminals are a very close second. Worst gig ever was Wizzard about 3 years ago. They did a 40 minutes set and then fucked off. And when Roy Wood was tackled about it later in the bar by two disappointed fans he glibly said "We were contracted to do 40 minutes, so that's what we did". What an arsehole.
Tricky, very tricky, but probably: Pink Floyd -1989 Lausanne La Pontaise - Delicate Sound of Thunder Pink Floyd -1994 Lausanne La Pontaise - Pulse Talking Heads - 1981? - Empire Pool Wembley
Been to a number but, 1968 Cream Farewell at the Albert Hall stands out......maybe it was because I was younger and more impressionable.
May be a separate thread but the worst concert experience I ever had - also in the 1970s - was going to see the Grateful Dead at the Ally Pally. Not because it was that awful - though 40 minutes of Dark Star is enough to kill the joy in anyone sitting on the cold floor of the auditorium - but because I wrote off my expensively race-faired and painted Honda 250 (I know I know - but I was only 17 or so) at the Elephant and Castle at 2am on the way home.
I went to see the reformed Cream gig at the RAH a few years ago now (2005/6?). It was good but not outstanding. At 12, I'd heard Disraeli Gears - courtesy of a friends older sister - and liked it but was far too young to be allowed to go to the concert, although I was aware it was happening.
Worst concert I attended was Todd Rundgren's State tour, 2013. I was worried about my sister's health at the time, as was my bro'-in'law who was with me ... plus the most annoying dickhead I have ever met in my entire life was there, being such a PITA that I actually considered lumping him (whilst hoping my bro'-in-law would then jump in and rescue me cos the guy was big). He had enough to worry about with my sister so I didn't want to make things worse for him. The quality of the album is well below Todd's usual standard and the live set was not inspiring. Bummer all round.
Torn between 2 so I'm having a joint best ever Led Zeppelin Earls Court 1975 Led Zeppelin Knebworth 1979
@Rudolph Hart cool you where there. me to. right in the middle about 50-60 ft from the front. cracking party in the camping area the night before.
Yep! I worked at the hospital in Gloucester in those days & a bunch of us hired a minibus. One of the other guys had been on call on the Friday night & hadn't had any sleep, so I did all the driving. Great gig, and I never thought I'd see Status Quo supporting Queen on the same bill.
On 26 March 1971 I attended a concert at the City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Emerson Lake and Palmer. It was the occasion when they recorded what became the live album Pictures at an Exhibition (based on Mussorgsky). I didn't have to pay to get in, being employed casually as stage security - I was stationed below the front of the stage, trying to stop screaming girls from dismembering Greg Lake. I don't usually like music much at all, but I found Keith Emerson impressive on the organ. On the whole it was fun.
