Whats the best gig/performance you've been to in your life???

Basq

smashey wrote:

From a personal point of view, my performance last night was legendary

Heard the support act was even better!...

(to quote Basil Brush)... "BOOM BOOM!"

smashey

basquille wrote:

Heard the support act was even better!...

(to quote Basil Brush)... "BOOM BOOM!"

Have to admit, I did laugh. Quite witty coming from a Sligo man:D

klingklang

The Ramones - State Cinema Phibsboro
The Smiths - SFX Centre
Iggy Pop - Stadium
The Babysnakes - The New Inn
Prince - Spirit
Kraftwerk - The Olympia
Peaches - TBMC

Nightwish

Nightwish in the Apollo in Hammersmith last September. It was an amazing gig.
Also as much as I dislike the guy, Robbie Williams is a great showman and put on a great gig in Phoenix Park.

monument

Just on purely on the music, Mercury Rev in some tent at Witnness a few years back. For the same reason Rodrigo & Gabriel, the Quay (the pub/venue), Galway.

There's too many to list that I'd rate "good/very good".

Pighead

monument wrote:

Just on purely on the music, Mercury Rev in some tent at Witnness a few years back..

Agreed, that gig has always stuck out in Pigheads memory as a special one. "The Dark is Rising" being particularly memorable as Jonathan orchestrated the band during the eh orchestry sounding parts. Think Spiritualized played in that same tent that year which was also a classic.

steveland?

Basement Jaxx in Marlay Park last year would get my vote from a purely musical spectacle point of view...

Every note was pitch perfect and the fact that they came on just as the sun was setting was great... and let's face it, anything was going to be amazing compared to Mylo...

Civilian_Target

Hurricane Festival in Germany last summer. System of a Down supported by Audioslave on the saturday evening was just superb. If I never go to another gigs as good again, I won't mind.

Hippo

The Buzzcocks in TCD 1978

The Jam in the Top Hat Dun Laoghaire 1979

The Clash in the Rainbow London 1979

Iggy Pop in the Ritz New York 1981

Paul McCartney in the RDS 2003

Eels in Vicar Street last year

But then I'm old...

klingklang

Hippo wrote:

But then I'm old...

You and me both - nice list though!
Seeing The Top Hat mentioned reminded me of a brilliant Jesus And Mary Chain gig there sometime in the fog of the 80's.

Hippo

fraid the JAMC gig is lost in the fog for me! The Clash played in the Top Hat as well, but were a bit disappointing as far as I can remember...Iggy was great, though the band he was hauling around at the time was appalling.

ek942

Pink Floyd in Earl's court '94.JUst 'cos I love them so much and didn't think I'd ever get to see them live.

egon spengler

radiohead at punchestown, 2000, unbelievable, the performances were amazing, i loved the way they improvized on some of the songs, the lighting was awesome, when they played lucky the red lights shone right through them just leaving their outlines during the chorus. it was religious.

Nightwish

Nightwish at the Hammersmith Apollo last September or Children of Bodom at the London Astoria last week, both stand out as amazing gigs.

gracehopper

The Verve @ the point in may 98
Groove Armada @ the first witness
Beck @ the first Witness
Santana in tuijana summer 2003

just a few that i'll never forget

Rockee

Hippo wrote:

The Jam in the Top Hat Dun Laoghaire 1979

The Clash in the Rainbow London 1979

Damn, I was born in '81 and I wouldve loved to have seen them in their day. Damn it Dad you were lucky!:D

Hippo

There there, son.

Rockee

Haha! Fair play:D

Spicy Lauren

Beck @ Aeronef, Lille, France. Nov 1996
Massive Attack @ Point, Dublin. August 2003
Nick Cave @ Vicar Street, Dublin. Oct. 2003
U2 @ Croke Park, Dublin. June 2005
Mudhoney @ Village, Dublin. Sept. 2005

dingding

Fleetwood mac - Belfast a couple of years ago, I was also at their concert in point the week before.

meldrew

U2 at Croker in 1987 what a gig just at the start of the Joshua Tree tour

rabbitinlights

Arcade Fire - EP 2005 - The crowd singing the opening part of "Wake up" nearly blew my ears off! It will be tough to beat that

Interpol - Oxegen 2005 - I was very nervous about seeing them just incase they didnt live upto what I had hoped, but they were unbelivable, and the crowd were just as crazy!!

Massive attack - Everytime Ive seen them...... just amazing stuff....

Orbital - Oxegen 2004 - Last show in Ireland. totally rocked the tent:

Video: Orbital - Oxegen 2004

S.

garred

Best gig I've seen was AC/DC in the Point. Was'nt a fan of them (got a free ticket) but what a show. Huge inflatables, Angus Young all over the place like a chicken on crack, and "the dollars" which I got one.
10/10

ClareBear

Robbie Williams - Phoenix Park, August 2003.

Just a great day with a great friend. Good times.:)

spacecoyote

U2 at Landsdowne for the PopMart tour
The Fugees at the Point ('94 i think)
Grandmaster Flash and Rahzel in the Redbox
The Roots at the Olympia

Red Alert

Dylan this year at the point.

arbeitsscheuer

Madness, Point Depot, November 2003.

Freakin brilliant.

term

Fave gigs:

Neil Young - Point 03
firehose - Subterrania, London early 90s
Depeche Mode - SFX late 80s
U2 Phoenix Park Racecourse 82

somano

Bad Manners - Trinity (I think)
Jean Michel Jarre - Docklands London
U2 - Phoenix Park (no comparison between this & Slane gigs imo)
Peter Gabriel - Point (right at front and he sang 2 lines of Games of Frontiers right in my face)
St Germain - Olympia
Paul McCartney - RDS (biggest regret was getting a seat - should have been up the front)

JamesM

somano wrote:

Paul McCartney - RDS (biggest regret was getting a seat - should have been up the front)

Paul McCartney - RDS ( Was up front - it was like hearing the Beatles like we never heard them in the 60s - we didn't have the good sound amplification then)
Paul Simon - "Rythm of the Saints" concert - 90s sometime.