Who have you seen that you'd consider great Live in Concert

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skelters

Veteran
 Greenock, Scotland
In no particular order....

Bob Dylan around 40 times Scotland, England, Brooklyn since 1989. 5 ft from Bob in 2000 in Newcastle. Eyes are very blue like nothing you've ever seen. Very small bloke with a huge nose and lots of hair or wig!
Joan Baez every tour in the past 20 years.
Steve Earle loads of times in the past 20 years.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
John Martyn
Peter Case
The Who
U2
Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen - Scotland, Sunderland, Milan. Milan being the best although not a fan of the pretend working class crap he spouts.
Crosby, Stills and Nash, Concert Hall, Glasgow. Graham Nash came on stage barefoot. That's enough to walk out for. #Wan*Stain
Celtic Connections - Usual musicians, Ally Bain, Phil Cunningham, John McCusker etc.
Mark Knophler
Van Morrison
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemiens
Elvis Costello
The Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Whitney Houstons mother! What a voice. At a Gospel night in Carnegie Hall in New York.
Willie Nelson
Eurythmics
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Nick Harper
Roy Harper
Graham Parker & The Rumour

Also once seen The Sensational Alex Harvey Band but Alex was dead by the time I'd seen them!
 
The Darkness 8)
Mud :D
The Supremes :thumbsup:
Boney M :thumbsup:
The Human Leauge :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Dave Essex. :)
Cliff Richard :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Val Doonican. ( Just kidding my mother took me when I was too young to run) :cry:
 
Prodigy SUPPORTED by Foo Fighters was a standout gig for me. Glasgow, 1996
 
Thomas Dolby
Thomson twins
Imagination
Level 42
Gloria Estefan
Beautiful South
Sam Smith
:)
Just reading SARS input and I forgot Howard Jones
(before he was famous) He used to live down the road and I saw him at a local club as a warm up artist. He was better then the main act :rofl:
 
I too have to many to list, but some of the highlights

Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd (with roger waters)
Beth Hart
Thin Lizzy
Black Stone Cherry
 
Far too many to list but the stand out has to be Kiss at Expo Square, Tulsa in 1990, I was lucky enough to be working at American Airlines (computer dept.) on a 3 month training course. I also got to see The Beach Boys at Tulsa Drillers Baseball stadium while there as well. Only problem with that was you had to endure hours of dull baseball to see the concert after the game.
 
Cant say Ive not enjoyed any gig Ive been to but the ones that really stand out as Amazing were
U2
Simple Minds
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The Prodigy
Iron Maiden
The Stone Roses (probably my favourite of the lot)
 
Now how spooky is this - i've just found some of my old gig ticket stubs whilst listening to some old cassettes!

I wish Ida kept all the stubs, esp pink floyd at earls court but at least theres a few happy and debaucherous memories invoked here.... :P :lol:
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Out of all the bands Ive seen (a lot..! :lol: ) probably the most memorable was seeing Fish after he’d left Marillion at the students Octagon in Sheffield, a tiny place, held about 200 or so, and he was utterly brilliant..!! His backing band were amazing, they had fantastic gear so the sound was unreal. He sat on the edge of the stage between songs to tell fascinating stories or answer questions, the most down to earth not up his own backside man you could meet. Amazing gig..!!
 
Assuming we’re only talking those events attended in person, not seen on TV

- Foo Fighters, every time except when Dave had his Davros chair
- Rolling Stones, Steel Wheels Wembley rescheduled date after cancellation - Mic onstage for 3 hours continuously, no break, with full on energy of a teenager chokin the chicken for the whole performance
- Madonna, Orange Bowl in 83, FL
- Freddie M, Live Aid
- The Damned, @ the Pally
 
john-e89 said:
Out of all the bands Ive seen (a lot..! :lol: ) probably the most memorable was seeing Fish after he’d left Marillion at the students Octagon in Sheffield, a tiny place, held about 200 or so, and he was utterly brilliant..!! His backing band were amazing, they had fantastic gear so the sound was unreal. He sat on the edge of the stage between songs to tell fascinating stories or answer questions, the most down to earth not up his own backside man you could meet. Amazing gig..!!
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Went to see The Scorpions at Edinburgh Playhouse and Fish was sitting at the bar ended up having a few beers with him,he's a lovely bloke :thumbsup:
 
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