Best concert ever in your life...anf if you witnessed it, please share

[he-fox]

I definitely hope to witness such an event live during my lifetime , I could only watch the really great ones on media, and here I share my choice:

Live Aid 13th July of 1985 at Wembley.

Queen's performance(part 1/5):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lDckgX3oU...elated&search=

share your experiences, I'm sure the most of you have really astonishing ones

[he-fox]

I will add U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday

https://youtube.com/watch?v=e0rH6YClvNo

one of the top 10 rock tracks ever IMO

[ServerGenius]

Amongst the better concerts that I've seen, faith no more, red hot chili peppers,
iron maiden, carlos santana, pink floyd, Van Halen, Dream Theater then there's a
bunch of festivals with good acts such as "live"

But by far the best concert I've been to was a Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double
trouble concert.

[he-fox]

Originally Posted by he-fox

I will add U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday

https://youtube.com/watch?v=e0rH6YClvNo

one of the top 10 rock tracks ever IMO

btw, I think that the riff from this song originated the Nirvana start of their magic

[triumph]

I believe my best one was in 1989 or so at the Hollywood Palladium.

The RIP magazine anniversary party which featured a few unknown bands at the time. Later on these bands became huge and thats when the grunge scene started in Seattle.

The bands that played that night: Alice in Chains, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and a few others. It was the best concert I had been too, and at the time the Palladium had no seats and the mosh pit was going strong!

[baddog]

I have been to so many, that it would be tough to pick one that was "the best" but one of the most impressive was ELP at the Hollywood Bowl, circa 1972.

[he-fox]

Originally Posted by triumph

I believe my best one was in 1989 or so at the Hollywood Palladium.

The RIP magazine anniversary party which featured a few unknown bands at the time. Later on these bands became huge and thats when the grunge scene started in Seattle.

The bands that played that night: Alice in Chains, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and a few others. It was the best concert I had been too, and at the time the Palladium had no seats and the mosh pit was going strong!

sweet jebus rockstar, that should have been amazing!

[triumph]

Originally Posted by he-fox

sweet jebus rockstar, that should have been amazing!

It was awesome, I remember when Pearl Jam played Jeremy, I looked at my friend and said that song is gonna be huge, and it made it really big.

I looked it up and it was in 1991, I was off by two years, those were the times.


Another good concert was Nirvana opening for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in Los Angeles, great concert.

[he-fox]

Freddie Mercury really stole the show that magic July '85 night...

here's the Queen performance part 2/5. I apologize for those who already watched it on YouTube, I'm just sharing something really amazing:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MfYcKNqQoJo

...nobody from gfy was there?

[Pryda]

Tiësto In Concert, November 2004

[he-fox]

Originally Posted by baddog

I have been to so many, that it would be tough to pick one that was "the best" but one of the most impressive was ELP at the Hollywood Bowl, circa 1972.

amazing band, amazing performers, didn't actually listen them until now, but I found this 1970 Knife Edge song performance:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-B3UrB_dex8

[he-fox]

Originally Posted by Pryda

Tiësto In Concert, November 2004

he's a amongst the best DJ's ever, no doubt about that

[Dirty F]

Ive seen many, many concerts but the one of the best concerts was Tool, just last year.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by he-fox

amazing band, amazing performers, didn't actually listen them until now, but I found this 1970 Knife Edge song performance:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-B3UrB_dex8

Keith Emerson took keyboards to an entirely new level. He would play 8 different instruments at one time. I will never forget when he wanted to hold a note down on one organ while playing two or three others. He took a really cool knife and stabbed it in between two keys to hold them down while he moved on to anothe r keyboard. While it was 35+ years ago, it is an image I will never forget.

Don't even get me started on Carl Palmer's skills on the drums.

[CDSmith]

Canada Jam outdoor festival at the Stadium in '81.

Heart - Ted Nugent - Blue Oyster Cult - Loverboy - The Rockets


All were great but BOC was incredible.

[he-fox]

Originally Posted by baddog

Keith Emerson took keyboards to an entirely new level. He would play 8 different instruments at one time. I will never forget when he wanted to hold a note down on one organ while playing two or three others. He took a really cool knife and stabbed it in between two keys to hold them down while he moved on to anothe r keyboard. While it was 35+ years ago, it is an image I will never forget.

Don't even get me started on Carl Palmer's skills on the drums.

here's their Tarkus, Pictures Medley part1 performance at the '97 Tollwood Festival.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6aM982J4izc

[Rochard]

I went to Live Aid when I was a kid. It wasn't just a concert but an event.

When you look back decades later the line up looks horrible, but at the time they were the biggest and best the music industry had to offer.

[bobby666]

Supertramp live in germany

[he-fox]

Originally Posted by Rochard

I went to Live Aid when I was a kid. It wasn't just a concert but an event.

When you look back decades later the line up looks horrible, but at the time they were the biggest and best the music industry had to offer.

Well, I wouldn't call that line up horrible:

Wembley Stadium, London:
Status Quo (W 12:02)
Style Council (W 12:19)
Boomtown Rats (W 12:44)
Adam Ant (W 13:00)
Ultravox (W 13:16)
Spandau Ballet (W 13:47)
Elvis Costello (W 14:07)
Nik Kershaw (W 14:22)
Sade (W 14:55)
Sting (with Branford Marsalis, W 15:18)
Sting & Phil Collins (with Branford Marsalis, W 15:32)
Howard Jones (W 15:50)
Bryan Ferry (with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on guitar,W 16:07)
Paul Young (W 16:38)
Paul Young & Alison Moyet (W 16:48)
U2 (W 17:20)
Dire Straits with Sting (W 18:00)
Queen (introduced by comedians Mel Smith and Grf Rhys Jones) (W 18:44)
David Bowie (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) (W 19:22)
The Who (W 20:00)
Elton John (W 20:50)
Elton John & Kiki Dee (W 21:05)
Elton John, Kiki Dee & Wham! (W 21:09)
Freddie Mercury & Brian May (W 21:48)
Paul McCartney (W 21:51)
*
Final at Wembley Stadium: Band Aid (led by Bob Geldof) (W 21:54)

Philadelphia JFK Stadium:

Bernard Watson (JFK 13:51)
Joan Baez (introduced by Jack Nicholson, JFK 14:02)
The Hooters (JFK 14:10)
The Four Tops (JFK 14:33)
B. B. King (Performing in The Hague, 14:38)
Billy Ocean (JFK 14:45)
Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath (JFK 14:52)
Run-DMC (JFK 15:12)
Rick Springfield (JFK 15:30)
REO Speedwagon (JFK 15:47)
Crosby, Stills and Nash (JFK 16:15)
Judas Priest (JFK 16:26)
Paul Young & Alison Moyet (W 16:48)
Bryan Adams (JFK 17:02)
Beach Boys (JFK 17:40)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers / Bo Diddley / Albert Collins (JFK 18:26)
David Bowie & Mick Jagger (video, JFK 19:02)
Simple Minds (JFK 19:07)
The Pretenders (JFK 19:41)
Santana & Pat Metheny (JFK 20:20)
Ashford and Simpson (JFK 20:57)
Teddy Pendergrass (JFK 21:12)
Madonna (JFK 21:27)
Tom Petty (JFK 22:14)
Kenny Loggins (JFK 22:30)
The Cars (JFK 22:49)
Neil Young (JFK 23:07)
PowerStation (JFK 23:43)
Thompson Twins (JFK 00:21)
Thompson Twins with Madonna (JFK 00:25)
Eric Clapton (JFK 00:39)
Phil Collins again (having taken Concorde from UK to USA) (JFK 01:04)
Led Zeppelin with Phil Collins and Tony Thompson on drums (JFK 01:10)
Robert Plant, Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones (JFK 01:13)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (JFK 01:40)
Duran Duran (the last time the original five members performed together, until 2003) (JFK 01:45)
Patti LaBelle (JFK 02:20)
Hall & Oates (with G.E. Smith of Saturday Night Live fame on guitar) / Eddie Kendricks / David Ruffin (JFK 02:50)
Mick Jagger (JFK 03:15)
Mick Jagger with Tina Turner (JFK 03:28)
Bob Dylan, Keith Richards & Ron Wood (JFK 03:39)
Final at JFK Stadium: USA for Africa (led by Lionel Richie) (JFK 3:55)


info taken from BoB Geldof's site,
http://www.bobgeldof.info/Charity/liveaid.html

[Kevin Marx]

I have never done the concert/event things because they are too freakin long... OzFest, LollaPolooza, etc, etc...

Best I ever went to was Billy Idol, opened by Faith No More. Was just after his motorcycle accident. He was performing in the leg cast, moving around on stage with a cane. Great performance... Faith No More was just becoming highly popular before they started headlining.

[he-fox]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

Canada Jam outdoor festival at the Stadium in '81.

Heart - Ted Nugent - Blue Oyster Cult - Loverboy - The Rockets


All were great but BOC was incredible.

BOC's Don't Fear The Reaper has one of the most amazing guitar riffs ever.

I found this 1976 live version:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dDuYlRs9_Do

fucking amazing

[he-fox]

Originally Posted by Rochard

I went to Live Aid when I was a kid. It wasn't just a concert but an event.

When you look back decades later the line up looks horrible, but at the time they were the biggest and best the music industry had to offer.

I forgot to say that I envy you for having the chance to be there, didn't I?

[aflex]

Jay-Z & Friends.. Madison square garden a few years back.. IT WAS CRAZZZZZZZZZY

he went on to use the concert footage for a music video and put out a movie called Fade to Black that describes the making of the album and preparation for the concert

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gXahoikYQpc

[KILL_FRENZY]

Prodigy => https://youtube.com/watch?v=IrJvel66MSA

[Violetta]

Id kill to see queen live with Freddy M! Rip Im was only 5 in 1985, so I didnt even know who they were.

Best concert I have seen was TOOL last summer!

[Vendzilla]

A little concert called Us Festival 1983, I think the biggest in history

Three days (plus a fourth Country Day a week later), 670,000 in attendance, $7-8 million lost.


Saturday, May 28
Divinyls
INXS
Wall of Voodoo - Stan Ridgway's last appearance with Wall of Voodoo
Oingo Boingo
The English Beat
Flock of Seagulls
Stray Cats
Men at Work
The Clash - Mick Jones' last appearance with The Clash.

Sunday, May 29 (Heavy Metal Day)
Quiet Riot
Mötley Crüe
Ozzy Osbourne
Judas Priest
Triumph
The Scorpions
Van Halen

Monday, May 30
Los Lobos (on a side stage only)
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul
Berlin
Quarterflash
U2
Missing Persons
The Pretenders
Joe Walsh
Stevie Nicks
David Bowie

As far as I can remember i was there for the three days, never seen anything like since

[he-fox]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

A little concert called Us Festival 1983, I think the biggest in history

Three days (plus a fourth Country Day a week later), 670,000 in attendance, $7-8 million lost.


Saturday, May 28
Divinyls
INXS
Wall of Voodoo - Stan Ridgway's last appearance with Wall of Voodoo
Oingo Boingo
The English Beat
Flock of Seagulls
Stray Cats
Men at Work
The Clash - Mick Jones' last appearance with The Clash.

Sunday, May 29 (Heavy Metal Day)
Quiet Riot
Mötley Crüe
Ozzy Osbourne
Judas Priest
Triumph
The Scorpions
Van Halen

Monday, May 30
Los Lobos (on a side stage only)
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul
Berlin
Quarterflash
U2
Missing Persons
The Pretenders
Joe Walsh
Stevie Nicks
David Bowie

As far as I can remember i was there for the three days, never seen anything like since

wow! ...just wow! you're a lucky man!

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by he-fox

wow! ...just wow! you're a lucky man!

it was a grand experince


"It was the day new wave died and rock n' roll took over" - Vince Neil, in a famous quote regarding the overwhelming attendance on Sunday, "Heavy Metal Day", at the '83 US Festival. It set the single day concert attendance record for the US with an estimated 375,000 people.

[Lee]

Tool last November, Pink Floyd in 94 and The Stones last summer are my best 3.

That saturday lineup above at that US Festival is right up my street though I gotta say.

[Babagirls]

I would say marilyn manson was the best for me during Ozzfest a few years back. His energy was insane and a kick ass performance!

[rapmaster]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

A little concert called Us Festival 1983, I think the biggest in history

Three days (plus a fourth Country Day a week later), 670,000 in attendance, $7-8 million lost.


Saturday, May 28
Divinyls
INXS
Wall of Voodoo - Stan Ridgway's last appearance with Wall of Voodoo
Oingo Boingo
The English Beat
Flock of Seagulls
Stray Cats
Men at Work
The Clash - Mick Jones' last appearance with The Clash.

Sunday, May 29 (Heavy Metal Day)
Quiet Riot
Mötley Crüe
Ozzy Osbourne
Judas Priest
Triumph
The Scorpions
Van Halen

Monday, May 30
Los Lobos (on a side stage only)
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul
Berlin
Quarterflash
U2
Missing Persons
The Pretenders
Joe Walsh
Stevie Nicks
David Bowie

As far as I can remember i was there for the three days, never seen anything like since

That's insane... doubt there will be anything quite like that anytime soon