Been having an extended break from Gig-going since having kids, but I went to some amazing ones 'back in the day' (late 80's early 90's)
Guns'n'Roses at Wembley Stadium (twice)
Springsteen (5 times)
Metallica at Wembley Arena + Milton Keynes bowl
Dinosaur JR at Brixton
Megadeth at Hammersmith
Slayer/Megadeth headlining the 'Clash of the Titans' tour
INXS at Wembley
Simple Minds
U2 (when they were more about music than Bonos ego)
Rolling Stones - twice at Wembley
Living Colour
Faith No More
The Cure
Madness (including 'Madstock')
I think the prices for big gigs are crazy these days - not sure I'd pay £100+ for a 'standing' ticket.
I guess some people get it, and others don't.
I can't imagine paying good money to stand in the cold watching men kick a ball around for 90mins.
I'm not really a gig goer and haven't been to many concerts but I do like a bit of Coldplay, saw them in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow in 06 (?), then again in Madrid two years ago, then in Sunderland, took my family to see them in Manchester, then happened to be in Auckland when they played there. Superb.
Went to T in the Park in something like 2009 and enjoyed the bands I saw but the other people made me sick, throwing pints of p!ss over the crowds in front of them, huuuuuuuge queues for everything, expensive prices, no thanks. Have seen Feeder a couple of times too.
Having said that, I'll be hoping my boss at work doesn't notice me using company time on Friday morning for Foo Fighter tickets at the Stadium of Light next year.
Any of the gigs by Here & Now (Planet Gong).
Best live band I've ever seen, and the best audience too.
Cheetham Hill Library was a highlight.
No bar, just mushroom tea.
All dayer with Lemn Sissay, Arthur Brown & Fungus.
Now that's a line up.
I could see the basslines by two in the afternoon, laughed solidly for 12 hours and had to be coaxed out of a Kentucky at four in the morning.
"I could see the basslines by two in the afternoon"
ha .I remember that sensation.
I went to watch the Gaslight Anthem and Deer Tick at Alexandra Palace last night.
Gaslight Anthem were good, but Deer Tick were fantastic. They did things that absolutely wouldn't work on an album (five minute guitar freakouts, rockabilly cover) but are mindblowing live. That's a big part of the appeal for me.
I'm paying for it today though, and I didn't even drink...
Went to see Volbeat this week
You lucky, lucky person. only discovered them myself about 2 weeks ago.
Definitely a band on my to see list.
