Best Concert/Worst Concert

stephendamour
stephendamour Posts: 161
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What is the best live act you have seen live?
What is the worst act you have seen live?



Best: Tie....Paul McCartney @ The Hollywood Bowl/Adele @ Open Air Theatre San Diego

Worst: Easily Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Staples Center they are just horrible.

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  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
    While I was in the Army (stateside), I moonlighted as doing concert security.

    Best: (tie) Meatloaf/Harry Conick Jr.

    Worst: Guns N Roses. (it's like they didn't even care...

    An honorable mention goes to Charlie Daniels. He puts on one hell of a show.
  • dancinnik
    dancinnik Posts: 17
    Best ever-Iron Maiden at the White River Amphitheater or Pink Floyd years ago at the King Dome
    Worst ever-Cheap Trick at the Emerald Queen casino.
    Oh yeah the Police rocked the Key Arena
  • jamfan
    jamfan Posts: 124 Member
    Best:
    Big 4 at Yankee Stadium for Metallica & megadeth not so much Anthrax or slayer
    &
    Foo FIGHTERS

    Worst:
    Rascal Flatts every two songs they needed a break
    Kelly Clarkson, free tix, Performance was ok the crowd was full of weirdos.
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    Worst : Jet at Brixton Academy, although they will always sound like a covers band wherever they play. Was with 2 mates, we all agreed they were appaling, so we walked before the end.
    Best : New Order at Brixton Academy, quite late in their career, but they were amazing.
  • Lone_Wolf70
    Lone_Wolf70 Posts: 2,820 Member
    Best Ever: 3 way tie and ive been pretty lucky

    1985 Van Halen during the 1984 tour (Philly spectrum where they filmed Panama)
    1990 Tesla at the Troc in Philly (recorded for their live album Five Man Acoustical Jam)
    1990-91 Aersomith/Gnr Philly Spectrum....GNr has a 40min opening set...during Knockin on Heaven's Door Axl jumped off stage, got in a fight, came back on stage and the band never missed a beat.

    Worst Concert: Dire Straights like 1993/94....had free tickets to sky box, free beer, but they suck as a band.
  • laurajcrampton
    laurajcrampton Posts: 71
    Best: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland 2012 - absolutely amazing. No gig will ever live up to this!! It was at least a 3hr set, without any breaks or support acts... Just pure Bruce, and it was fantastic.

    Worst: Jon Allen at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham 2012 - at least I only paid a tenner for the ticket.
  • joe3166
    joe3166 Posts: 78
    Best concert by far was Queen at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto 1980
    Honourable mention to Rod Stewart - Landsdowne Park, Ottawa 1988 and The Who - Pontiac Silverdome 1982
    Worst all time was David Wilcox in London 1989 - we walked out after 1/2 hour
    Rolling Stones Steel Wheels tour was pretty lame too but that could have been the venue - Skydome
  • disdatdude
    disdatdude Posts: 118
    Hands down will be ANY Coachella event every time:love: It's like a musical, all you can eat, buffet. The only questions are where you should be and when?

    Individual shows:
    A Tribe Called Quest
    Devo
    The Prodigy
    Dwele
    Erykah Badu
    Jill Scott
    Public Enemy
    Mint Condition
    Ronie Size

    Biggest Let Down:
    New Order - Could have been the lame venue
    Nine Inch Nails - I don't know. I found the show boring.

    Avoid:
    Martin Lawrence
  • NotRailMeat
    NotRailMeat Posts: 509 Member
    Best: Oingo Boingo Halloween night 1995 at Universal Amphitheater. -or- Zac Brown Band at Verizon Amphitheater -or- B.B. King at House of Blues, Anaheim

    Worst: So bad, I can't even remember the name of the band, but I do remember the opening band (Throwing Muses) had an EXCELLENT drummer. Just remembered, Band was New Order.
  • sissiluv
    sissiluv Posts: 2,205 Member
    I'd say at once my best and worst concert was Rush's Time Machine show in Vancouver.
    Worst because I was pretty sick the day of and day before, slept for crap the night before, and got half drunk/high on the pot and booze fumes alone and can barely remember a thing (though I do remember being practically carried out after it was done) and best because what I DO remember?
    Bloody ****ing awesome.
  • Wargamergal
    Wargamergal Posts: 58 Member
    Best for me is a tie between U2 and Yellowcard - U2 because last time they toured Oz they had to reschedule their shows and i ended up missing the show (and i was devistated). Yellowcard because last time they toured i left my ex in charge of getting tickets and he didn't and that was the same night that my beloved Sydney Swans made the grand final so a brilliant night was had by all :)

    Worst - well i haven't been to that many but the most recent Foo Fighters concert was a little disappointing TBH - just not a good atmosphere at all
  • stephendamour
    stephendamour Posts: 161
    Best: Oingo Boingo Halloween night 1995 at Universal Amphitheater.

    for this right here sir you win!

    I love Oingo Boingo and couldn't get tickets to this show, although some friends went.

    I think Boingo is more of a Southern California band more than anything. There were lots of rumors this year that they may reunite for Coachella.
  • stephendamour
    stephendamour Posts: 161
    Oh i should add that Adele has the purest voice I have heard live and is just incredible.

    I was blown away.

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