Which band is the best to see live?

[Thants]

I'm off to see Ladies and Gentlemen...at the Royal Albert Hall in September, can't wait for that one.

 

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

I.Blame.Olly.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Ive only been to one concert snoop doggy dog and it was Snoop doggy dogshit.

[aikido]

U2 at Madison Square Garden. Hands down the best live gig I've ever seen. Honorable mention to Nirvana in Dublin being backed up by The Breeders and Teenage Fan Club. Green Day were also ace.

 

Worse goes to Smashing Pumpkins and Blink 182. Both super shite.

[sparta7]

Motorhead have never disappointed in the 30+ times I've seen them, you know what you are going to get and they get out there and deliver.

[Caramac]

Metallica are fantastic live...............Metallica - Broken Beat & Scarred

 

REM are also good.

 

imo

[sparta7]

Indeed Metallica were fantastic live unfortunately I've only seen them the once.

[wiiksie]

Motorhead have never disappointed in the 30+ times I've seen them, you know what you are going to get and they get out there and deliver.

Here's one for you then mate.

 

Ace of Spades - Accapella:

 

http://bit.ly/JKxDh

[wiiksie]

Metallica used to be fantastic live, but they got old and slow.

[sparta7]

U2 at Madison Square Garden. ...

 

I've always wanted to see a gig there. I was in NYC last year and they were advertising Van Halen at the venue, wanted to get to that but couldnt in the end. Is it a good place to see a gig?

[L19red]

one of my earliest gigs was Elvis Costello and the Attractions at the Royal Court, and I've yet to see a better performance.

 

I've seen him loads of times since, as a soloist, with the Confederates and with the Imposters and its always good, but nothing tops having seeing him with the original Attractions when they were in their pomp. A snarling angry frontman with a band playing as if their lives depended on it. It was an amazing gig.

 

The paley's reunion last year was amazing as well, but more for the emotion of the night than any claims on them being wonderful live performers.

[Xherdan]

Some people have already mentioned:

 

Prodigy. Seen them many times in the mid nineties. They played dublins Point Depot on three consequtive New Years Eve's. That was fucking mental.

 

Zutons: Massive every time I have seen them. Perfer them in smaller venues.

 

Cold War Kids: My favourite gig of 2008. Fucking excellent live band. Considering travelling to Europe to see them this year. New allbum is ace too.

[Caramac]

Metallica used to be fantastic live, but they got old and slow.

 

They've been getting great reviews on the latest Death Magnetic world tour, and rightly so, saw them at Sheffield Arena last month and they were brilliant.

[dirty_sanchez]

Metallica used to be fantastic live, but they got old and slow.

 

And James Hetfield's voice is a real disappointment compared to the recordings.

[sparta7]

Metallica used to be fantastic live, but they got old and slow.

 

They were anything but on this tour, they tore the roof off the place.

 

Good one for acapella ace by the way:thumbup:

[Paul]

Best live acts I've seen, in no particular order (and not necessarily all bands I'm into - although most are):

• The Pixies
  
• Radiohead
  
• Paul Weller
  
• U2
  
• The Pogues
  
• Big Audio Dynamite
  
• Rage Against The Machine
  
• The Beastie Boys
  
• The Stone Roses
  
• Happy Mondays
  
• Oasis
  
• The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  
• Pulp
  
• A Tribe Called Quest
  
• Public Enemy
  
• Massive Attack
  
• The Wedding Present
  
• Lambchop
  

Deffo forgotten loads here, but all of these were fucking brilliant live.

[Paul]

I've always wanted to see a gig there. I was in NYC last year and they were advertising Van Halen at the venue, wanted to get to that but couldnt in the end. Is it a good place to see a gig?

Mrs Paul and I saw The Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest (in their last ever gig) there on our four week anniversary while on honeymoon. It was fucking great seeing two massive NYC bands at the Garden. It was all set up in the round and was one of the best gigs I've ever seen.

[Guest TK-421]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

I.Blame.Olly.

 

They have announced a couple more dates.

[sh#t waffle]

They have announced a couple more dates.

 

I've already told him. But will he listen? Noooooooooooo. Or maybe. I'm seeing them at the Festival Hall, are they doing the Albert Hall too?

[ISeeRed]

Crowded House. Neil Finn is a genius. At their live gigs they change the set every night, take all sorts of requests from the audience (I once saw them attempt Pretty Vacant in Dublin :biggrin:), and the banter amongst the band members & with the crowd is usually very funny.

[Joe Le Taxi]

You've already named my favourite. Saw them at Download Festival in 2006 and they were amazing. Stupidly they were only on in the second stage tent, so it was too small for the number of people who wanted to see them, but if you managed to 'force' your way in to see the gig it was completely worth it.

 

Metallica are also really damn good live and I used to love a band called One Minute Silence (who nobody has probably heard of) who were pretty awesome too, until they broke up a few years ago.

 

Repped for Prodigy love. :biggrin:

[GUS]

Rage Against The Machine

The Zutons - Great at the Arena but even better in smaller venues

Alice Cooper

Acid Mothers Temple

AC/DC - Wish I had a ticket for Manchester or Birmingham this month

Hawkwind

Marillion

Pink Floyd - Pulse tour. The most unbelievable lightshow I have ever seen

[Guest TK-421]

I've already told him. But will he listen? Noooooooooooo. Or maybe. I'm seeing them at the Festival Hall, are they doing the Albert Hall too?

 

Hmm, I may have my halls mixed up. And months, haha. Anyway I'm off to see them somewhere later this year.

[taliesin08]

David Byrne was good in the Phil the other night.

[Stu Monty]

Give me a R

Give me an A

Give me a D

 

 

Etc.

[Faustus]

If anybody gets the chance to see Leonard Cohen, I suggest you grab it with both hands.