I think the best gigs I’ve seen have mostly been Biffy Clyro but they never really surprised me- I saw them once and hated them, saw them again and wasn’t too impressed, but by the third time I’d started liking their music more so it wasn’t a shock when they turned out to be fantastic. Think they’ve lost some of that now but, well, if I was to make a top 10 gigs list it’d have at least 3 or 4 biffy shows.
Metallica at Milton Keynes Bowl, the Big Day Out… I was not expecting much at all, since they were well into their sucky phase, so after a long day, sunburnt and shattered I was just going to stand up the back and leave early to get the bus. Ended up running through the crowd and spent the entire show going nuts down the front. Just incredibly good from start to finish. I could barely walk at the end…
Oh and Regina Spektor at T in the Park. Still don’t really know why I went to see her but what a set… I’m old and grumpy so I don’t listen to new bands much, but she didn’t give me much choice.