Best concert(s) you've ever been to

[beardown07]

Too many shows, too many drugs, too many variables.

 

[GNG]

Cheap Trick
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Rolling Stones
ZZ Top
Genesis

 

[TheDayMan]

Pearl Jam—played until the stadium turned the lights on and then some
Red Hot Chili Peppers—seen a few times (always with John F) and every time cemented themselves among the best live acts of ever in my mind
Nine Inch Nails w/ Queens of the Stone Age opening

 

[williewilliejuan]

Jane’s Addiction in 1989 at a free show at UC Santa Barbara. They were amazing.

 

[tnapucco]

Gotta throw both the WEEN shows in here too.

Sorry, but anytime you go to see a band you love and you get 3+ hours of their music created over the last 30 years YOU. ARE. WINNING. BIGLY.

If you go see WEEN at a festival, you're getting ripped off.

 

[TheDayMan]

Jane’s Addiction in 1989 at a free show at UC Santa Barbara. They were amazing.

I imagine the original Jane’s Addiction line up in their prime would be hard to beat.

 

[Chewbaccer]

I've been to a lot of concerts. Some of my favorites I've been to:

Merle Haggard in Cherokee, NC in 2015
Sturgill Simpson and Tyler Childers at Gwinnett in March of this year
Drive By Truckers, Georgia Satellites and Drivin N Cryin last year in Atlanta
Hank Williams Jr, Eric Church and Jamey Johnson in like 2010 at Gwinnett
Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams in 2018 in Atlanta

 

[williewilliejuan]

I imagine the original Jane’s Addiction line up in their prime would be hard to beat.

It was most likely drug-fueled, but their energy was just incredible. They were also just really tight as a band. They had amazing chemistry, which probably also contributed to their downfall.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

I've been to a lot of concerts. Some of my favorites I've been to:

Merle Haggard in Cherokee, NC in 2015
Sturgill Simpson and Tyler Childers at Gwinnett in March of this year
Drive By Truckers, Georgia Satellites and Drivin N Cryin last year in Atlanta
Hank Williams Jr, Eric Church and Jamey Johnson in like 2010 at Gwinnett
Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams in 2018 in Atlanta

I saw Jerry Jeff Walker once. And Earl Scruggs Revue as well. Sometime in the late 70s at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.

Good concerts but nobody was doing the pogo on the bouncy dance floor....

 

[shopson67]

I imagine the original Jane’s Addiction line up in their prime would be hard to beat.

Saw them in 97 or 98 in San Diego with Flea on bass; that was pretty great too...

 

[shopson67]

My favorite was probably Flaming Lips, early on their Clouds Taste Metallic tour. Tiny club, band right on top of you practically, and as soon as the first song kicks in about 2 minutes in (The Abandoned Hospital Ship), thousands of flashing Christmas lights strung all over the club come on. Of course, this may have been drug-aided as well, but that's a permanent memory I cherish...

 

[ctc]

Springsteen - the Main Point- Philly '75
Rolling Thunder Review - Forum Montreal -'75
Dire Straits, The Who, Eric Clapton on consecutive nights at Rainbow Theater London -'81
The Rumour, The Pretenders, The B-52,s, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello - Heatwave - Mosport, Ontario '80 (Talking Heads stole the show)

 

[Wazmankg]

Springsteen - the Main Point- Philly '75
Rolling Thunder Review - Forum Montreal -'75
Dire Straits, The Who, Eric Clapton on consecutive nights at Rainbow Theater London -'81
The Rumour, The Pretenders, The B-52,s, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello - Heatwave - Mosport, Ontario '80 (Talking Heads stole the show)

I saw the B-52s again last summer. They always put on a great show. Elvis Costello in concert hasn't been quite the same since the early days with the Attractions. Graham Parker, The Pretenders, Talking Heads... I think we may agree about music, if nothing else.

 

[averagejoe]

Best ever without a doubt, Queen 1980.

Cheap Trick

Chicagofest 1981 was awesome.

 

[GNG]

Springsteen - the Main Point- Philly '75
Rolling Thunder Review - Forum Montreal -'75
Dire Straits, The Who, Eric Clapton on consecutive nights at Rainbow Theater London -'81
The Rumour, The Pretenders, The B-52,s, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello - Heatwave - Mosport, Ontario '80 (Talking Heads stole the show)

I'm not a fan of Springsteen.

 

[UK Cowboy]

1 Alter Bridge
2 Disturbed/FFDP
3 Creed/Staind

 

[fknhippie]

Pink Floyd
Genesis
Pat Travers
ELO