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Recently enjoyed two great gigs* - embarrassingly, the first for a very, very long time
Manics at Liberty Stadium and 'Phonics at Cardiff City. Both were brilliant, but I reckon the Manics edged it, especially with the SFA as support.
Definitely make the effort to go again.
So who else is good live? (Rather than a shit imitation of their studio work)
* feels uncomfortable using "gig" for something in a sports stadium, but hey ho... 🙄
Coldplay and mumford and sons.....
JLS
#prayfordarcy
BITD I saw Hadaway at The Dome in B'ham.
I was on acid at the time.
One of the above is something you probly should never publically admit to 
I was going to say Coldplay, but no, has to be Adele... Although yes strictly not a band
She is rather good though don't you think ?
rush are bloody great live
not my video btw
have seen them a few times now,but they always put on a great show.
also marillion are great live too.
Most enjoyable for a long time was Wheatus, in a tiny sweatpit.
'Big' bands - James still have presence. And the Levellers
Muse
Trevor Roots & The Collaborators.
The Blockheads. Unbelievably fantastic.
Coldplay (obvious choice !)
And I was blown away by how bloody brilliant The Feeling were at the Keswick Mountain Festival a couple of years ago.
Muse
Saw them at Download last year - I'd never even heard of them
Wasn't overwhelmed, but they were way better than KISS :/
Suicidal Tendencies were awesome!!
The Hives are fun
Pretty much anyone. I saw Jamelia live at a festival once. Girlfriend insisted at the time. Not my musical taste....but that lady can sing and belt out a tune. She was very impressive. Since then I never refused to see anyone live as you never know.
New Model Army are pretty good live
Jack White the best I've seen - wasn't even that much of a fan of the White Stripes but I've never seen anyone that good before or since.
That was years ago - Whether he's still got it I'm not sure, he could be hot and cold with the White Stripes and I think I read that he's not that motivated by touring any more.
Savages
Stuff I like
Yothu Yindi, though their lead singer has died so unlikely to ever tour again 🙁
Saw them in Germany back in the 90s. Brilliant gig
Biffy
Kasabian
Beans on toast
Frank turner
Lower than atlantis
Lonely the brave
Slaves
Reverend and the makers
Young guns
Foals it goes on and on to be fair.
Springsteen
I'm far from a fan, but without doubt one of the best I've seen live. Superb.
Agree on the Manics,last time I saw them it was amazing.
Polyphonic Spree for the specticle
Radiohead - obviously
Rammstein, but only if you are prepared to lose your eyebrows & love the smell of spent gasoline
Alt -J - simply breathtaking, how it's done live is beyond me
Foals - fantastic live orientated songs
Everything Everything - truely charismatic lead singer, and cracking songs
Muse - Jaw dropping show, I'm not even that much of a fan of their music, but it was worth every, very expensive, penny we spent seeing them in Manchester recently.
'Big' bands - James still have presence. And the Levellers
I'm off to see the Levellers in December. More of an excuse to get pissed with old university friends I haven't seen for about 20 years than any real interest in the band. Which I didn't particularly like back in the day, either 🙂
Marillion
Everything Everything - truely charismatic lead singer, and cracking songs
+1 saw them at Newcastle 02 and they were very good.
Super furry animals
Mogwai.
Cheers all - some good stuff and a few surprises...
I'd heard from a mate the Springsteen played a fantastic show in MCH. Wouldn't be a natural choice for me, but you never know!
Would still love a time capsule to go back and see the Pogues circa 85-86
The Damned are still great live.
The Coral are always brilliant.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, White Denim
Would still love a time capsule to go back and see the Pogues circa 85-86
That's presumably before the era when McGowan was too drunk to actually perform? Saw them in 1989, I think, and it was entertaining, but not for the right reasons.
Def Leopard - cheesy but great
Gun
Thunder
Status Quo
Bjorn Again
I have to say Springsteen and the E Street Band. And thanks to periscope you can 'watch' them live during their current European tour (Amazing last night from Paris).
But so long as you like the music, any band is pretty good live.
Gogol Bordello - never been to *such* an energetic gig in my life!
Rachel
Pigeon Detectives were very good when I saw them at an outdoor festival a few weeks ago.
Defo not the super furry animals. I really like them but they are lost it live. Back when they had the techno tank maybe but I saw them at Brixton a while back and... yawn
Beck a few weeks back was ace.
I was surprised how good Coldplay were live and I really don't like them.
Foals are shit. Seen em 3 times and can't remember any of the performances!
Best bands I've seen:
Pitch shifter
Beck
Bad religion
Orbital at glasto
Skunk anansi just before they became huge
Coldplay (i can't believe it either)
Wilco johnson
Anthrax with public enemy.
Fugazi
Ice t/bodycount - just for the brutal pit.
I want to see enter shikari. And king gizzard and the Lizard wizard.
Parliament Funkadelic. One of my best gigs ever.
The Charlatans - obviously!
David Byrne.
Shed Seven.
The Stairs.
James.
The Stone Roses - but that's more because I love them!
Steve Mason is always good.
Public Enemy - especially in a smaller venue.
Edit. As previously mentioned - Jack White was very good.
But so long as you like the music, any band is pretty good live.
hmmmm, I've seen Madonna and Elton John live, and I wouldn't choose to listen to the music of either of those artists, they are however fantastic performers, and the "gigs" (I hesitate to use the word for their acts) were both really good.
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich
Mumford & Sons
Florence & the Machine
Both at Shepherds Bush Empire before they got really big - both awesome.
Saw Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott last week at Somerset House - they were still knocking out the tunes.
Don't really go in for big stadium gigs, but I did see the Michael Jackson Bad tour at the old Wembley when I was about 7. I remember it being pretty good.
Coldplay are (sad to admit it) very good live.
Best gig(s) I've been to in recent times were Frank Turner's - seems to get it right whatever the venue.
I've seen Metallica live four times and they've never disappointed.
Machine ahead live are brilliant too. Rob Flynn is a great front man.
Less Than Jake have always been good too when I've seen them live.
One Minute Silence were good in their day too.
Quite enjoy Marilyn Manson, but I think it's the stage show and theatrics that make.
Might be wishful thinking trying to get to a gig in this day and age, but Pulp are hands down the best live performers I've ever seen. For comparison, I've seen Muse, Foo Fighters, Paul Weller, GnR, Slipknot, Basement Jaxx, Prodigy, Biffy Clyro, Franz Ferdinand, Keane, Deacon Blue and Gary Moore. Foo Fighters and Slipknot were close, but Jarvis Cocker is in a different league altogether.
Edit: forgot about Jurassic 5. They were pretty damn special too.