The best live act you’ve ever seen

Thrashssacre

As the thread says what band or singer have you seen that absolutely blew you away?

For me has to be iced earth 2012 in the button factory, their newest singer has some set of lungs.

https://youtu.be/5ua1FiWTjVo

https://youtu.be/so99F-1DbOk

Big Words

Picture this with eoghan MacDermott

bodhrandude

Iggy Pop & the Stooges at Electric Picnic 2007.

riffmongous

I never saw it live but 'A Right Funny Man Darcy' must be one of the funniest live performances ever

frag420

RATM

arybvtcw0eolkf

Probably Christy Moore, I've lost count of the amount of times I've been to his gigs.

Most memorable was my first gig, AC/DC at the RDS Oct 22nd 1982.

Worse was Bob Dylan in Slane in 1984.

Poor Uncle Tom

Milli Vanilli of course, they had it all going on.....

EmmetSpiceland

Orbital at Oxegen 2004.

Wanderer78

frag420 wrote:

RATM

Definitely one of my top ones, mother of divine god

DeanAustin

Danna Scrawny Space wrote: »

Probably Christy Moore, I've lost count of the amount of times I've been to his gigs.

Most memorable was my first gig, AC/DC at the RDS Oct 22nd 1982.

Worse was Bob Dylan in Slane in 1984.

Bon Jovi at the RDS in 2000 in a biblical thunder storm was unbelievable. They were talking about cancelling Slane the next night if the weather was as bad but Bon Jovi just kept playing and revelled in it.

ACDC in Punchestown a few years ago were excellent and I'm not much of a fan.

Worst was Dylan in the Three Arena in 08 or 09. Mixed up his songs so they were unrecognisable and his voice was in sh!t. GNR in the same venue in 2010, when Axl walked off, was brilliant and terrible all in one.

GetWithIt

The Redneck Manifesto - any gig

Gentleman Off The Pitch

The Prodigy, 94 - 97

Hard to beat a Metallica show, especially if you're a big fan like I was.

EagererBeaver

Springsteen - any time, anywhere.

Prince - Malahide Castle 2011

James Brown - Oxegen 05

The Prodigy - Oxegen 05

Ash - Ulster Hall 03

xzanti

Sam Smith. His voice is hypnotic and flawless.

Outlaw Pete

The Boss.


I work in in Dunnes and the manager here does a great country and western tribute act every Tuesday in Barry's, amazing!

nlrkjos

BB KIng...Neptune stadium Cork..198?.

PTH2009

Rolling Stones last year in Croke Park how there still going is amazing. There actually not human id say

U2 are amazing live and the 3 shows ive seen live were top notch

Too many others too list

Big Words

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

The Boss.

Nobody wins unless everyone wins.

EagererBeaver

Also, the only live hip-hop gig I've ever been to in my life was incredible. Souls of Mischief in Crawdaddy c. 2009.

enricoh

Ac/dc or daft punk, kinda different genres, but both rocked it!

arybvtcw0eolkf

DeanAustin wrote: »

Worst was Dylan in the Three Arena in 08 or 09. Mixed up his songs so they were unrecognisable and his voice was in sh!t.

Someone would have to pay me good money to go see Dylan again.

Someone I missed and regret is Rammstein.

Not great and wouldn't pay to see them again were RHCP, very disappointing.

Damn almost forgot.. U2 360 tour in Croke Park 2009, UNREAL. I'd goosebumps all night. They were supported by The Kaiser Chiefs, brilliant outdoor performance.

MAJJ

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Definitely one of my top ones, mother of divine god

Feile mid 90s , that was my sentiment too. I seem to remember a pause between some songs so everyone could catch their breath and not get stomped at the front.

Delta2113

Michael Jackson in Cork.

ambasite

Primal Scream @ SFX early 90's.

lbc2019

Lady Gaga

Lynnington3

Coldplay in 2017, Croke Park

The Boss, all 3 times I’ve seen him

Soulsun

The prodigy
U2
The verve
Take that (with the misses)

Heckler

Gary Numan in the Cork Opera house a few years ago. Am a big fan of Tubeway Army but just a casual fan of Numan.

But that gig was the best I've been at. I bought a ticket in the hope he'd play Jo the Waiter. He did and it just got better and better.

Wanderer78

Deleted User wrote:

Hard to beat a Metallica show, especially if you're a big fan like I was.

Slane will be number 10 for me, should be good

Big Words

Lynnington3 wrote: »

Coldplay in 2017, Croke Park

The Boss, all 3 times I’ve seen him

Look at me everyone I did the boss not once but three times.

Thrashssacre

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Slane will be number 10 for me, should be good

It’ll be my first, picked up the ticket recently. Absolutely dreading doing slane again.

eviltwin

Rammstein in the Point a few years back. No contest. Me and the husbag still talk about it to this day.

Drumpot

Radiohead 97 (i think rds)
Rem slane 95
jamiroquai
Massive attack - 96?!
Stevie wonder 2014

Lynnington3

Big Words wrote: »

Look at me everyone I did the boss not once but three times.

I meant every time I’ve seen him was up there with the best, but way to show everyone what an a**hole looks like

Wanderer78

Thrashssacre wrote:

It’ll be my first, picked up the ticket recently. Absolutely dreading doing slane again.

It's a fcuking ****hole, band should be good though

LETHAL LADY

Don't get to gigs as often as I'd like to but the most recent ones I really enjoyed were Neil Diamond and Guns n' Roses in 2017.

Thrashssacre

Wanderer78 wrote: »

It's a fcuking ****hole, band should be good though

Here’s hoping was disappointed enough with gnr last time but a couple more decent support acts and a solid set list from Metallica and it could be a good day

OldRio

Hawkwind in 1970.
Nothing was ever the same again.

Rothko

Heckler wrote: »

Gary Numan in the Cork Opera house a few years ago. Am a big fan of Tubeway Army but just a casual fan of Numan.

But that gig was the best I've been at. I bought a ticket in the hope he'd play Jo the Waiter. He did and it just got better and better.

I was there too. Great gig.

joe swanson

Red hot chili peppers - john frusciante era. Unbelievable

Strumms

I can’t think of just one that stands out so it will be amongst these few...

Richard Hawley - Whelans (2007?)
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Liverpool University Academy (2002)(last ever gig)
Morrissey - Dublin Castle (2004)
Rodney Crowell - Whelans (forget year)
The Decemberists - Vicar St (2018)

Bobby Baccala

The War on Drugs in the electric arena tent at electric picnic 2015. Saw grown men crying when they were playing "Under the pressure". 😂

Third_Echelon

Saw 'Rage Against the Machine' at the Reading Festival in 2000. Probably one of the best live acts that there has ever been. The sound and atmosphere that they created on stage was phenomenal. The energy was bouncing off the stage! Unforgettable experience.

In terms of being flawless in an arena as well as a smaller venue, Radiohead and Blur were superb live.

Love them or hate them, U2! Always a brilliant live gig. Great live act.

The Satanist

frag420 wrote: »

RATM

With Tool supporting in the Tivoli, around 93? Great show

I'll go with Cannibal Corpse in The Mean Fiddler around 96 I think it was, mental show

selwyn froggitt

I saw loads of really great bands when I lived in Bristol in the 1980’s
Motorhead,Stranglers,AC/DC,Sabbath and Priest

But for pure and utter mayhem and joy it had to be Pop Will Eat Itself at the students union at Norwich UEA in 1990

lbj666

Faith No More Olympia 2009 but I am waiting for some old fart to tell me..." nah they we way better at sunstroke in dalymount back in 1891 "

The Satanist

Thrashssacre wrote: »

It’ll be my first, picked up the ticket recently. Absolutely dreading doing slane again.

There's a campsite beside the castle, avoid the ridiculous traffic after the gig

dasdog

OldRio wrote: »

Hawkwind in 1970.
Nothing was ever the same again.

Wow...where did you see them?

eamonnq

David Byrne, Dublin Oct 24, 2018

MonkieSocks

Michael Jackson in Cork.