OT: What's the best live performance(s) you've ever seen?

[kittypie]

I'm 53 and have seen hundreds of live performances.

Best:
Springsteen and the E-street Band, 3X, best one in 1979. I still have the ticket stub. $5.50 There is nothing that compares to the energy at a Boss concert. RIP Clarence Clemons

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes Was absolutely stunning

What say you?

ETA: Most FUN performances were Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, 3X, and Metallica.

EETA: Anyone who's seen U2 can just bite me. so jealous.

 

[incantius]

not many to choose from for me lol

Randy Travis/Ricky Shelton
Skid Row/Bon Jovi
Third Day/Casting Crowns

 

[kittypie]

not many to choose from for me lol

Randy Travis/Ricky Shelton
Skid Row/Bon Jovi
Third Day/Casting Crowns

Duuuude, I was in the front row at a Randy Travis concert and all I could do was stand there and stare adoringly

 

[Macks]

The best live performance I've seen was probably The Moody Blues back in 1991. Even though I was still in high school, and the average audience member's age was around 45, the band absolutely rocked the house.

 

[incantius]

Duuuude, I was in the front row at a Randy Travis concert and all I could do was stand there and stare adoringly

i wasn't looking at either of those 2 adoringly lol

 

[Lauralie]

Lodestar, Kenny Chesney and Alabama the same night! Kenny was still pretty new to country and they all rocked the house!

Fu Fighters and red hot chili peppers were pretty good too for not knowing what my friend got me in to!

 

[wader2k]

Too many to count....some of note:

Little Feat....great band!
Dixie Dregs with Steve Morse----magical show!
Stevie Ray Vaughan..saw him before anybody knew who he was.
AC/DC...need I say more?
Metallica.
Allman Brothers
Lynyrd Skynard
Steely Dan--awesome show!
Cheap Trick....can't stand their records, but GREAT live show!
Jackyl...rocked out!
John Kay and Steppenwolf...
Johnny Winter..oh yeah!
Buddy Guy.
ZZ Top
Black Crowes
Tom Petty
Rush
Robin Trower...at 2 different smaller venues...inside and out....helluva treat!
Charlie Daniels
Edgar Winters w/Rick Derringer....hell yeah!
Leslie West and Mountain w/Savoy Brown .... 8^)

 

[phishtraveler]

Three really stand out. The best Live performances I've ever seen

phish - Florida Everglades NYE Millenium
U2 - 360° Tour - No Line on the Horizon
Flaming Lips - D-Fest 2007

 

[sawlight]

Nickle Creek, saw them at a small venue, they actually sound better live than they do on the album, I was amazed that was even possible! It was even cooler that Ozzy Osborne's bassist was still playing for them!
Metalica's Re-load tour was awsome as well!
Seen Marylon Manson three times, it's worth going to at least once.
Type-O-Negative, just save the money and stay home!
Lee Greenwood, Ricky Van Shelton, Alabama all in one show, not bad, not what I'd hoped for, I guess it was too hard to set the sound up for all of them to sound good?
Teddy Nugent and .38 Special, I'll never go to another Ted Nugent show again!
Van Hagar OU812, decent show.
A few others I don't recall LOL!

 

[been there]

I saw the Rolling Stones back in 1981 in Cleveland,Ohio when I was 29 and I was surprised that there show was just average but right after that I saw the j. Geils band and they were great.

 

[kittypie]

I saw the Rolling Stones back in 1981 in Cleveland,Ohio when I was 29 and I was surprised that there show was just average but right after that I saw the j. Geils band and they were great.

Best "nobodies" I ever saw was Kings X opening for Billy Squier in a small venue here in Charlotte. Rocked my face off!

 

[AG51]

OT: What's the best live performance(s) you've ever seen?

My hubby's acting when I catch him doin sumpin he shouldn't be ........................Now dats a live performance there Oops, ya meant concerts ? sorry bout dat

 

[been there]

Best "nobodies" I ever saw was Kings X opening for Billy Squier in a small venue here in Charlotte. Rocked my face off!

I still have the ticket stub it was 15.00 I know I saw a lot more but I can't remember most of them.

 

[demon72]

Gotta be Credence Clearwater Revisited.... in '96ish at state line.... wasnt even the original singer, but sounded to a T.... the whole vibe of the show was just awsome.... and the First time I saw Steve Miller...that was an awsome show as well.

 

[incantius]

oh geez I forgot John Anderson! the company I worked for brought him & a couple of other bands in to play at a company picnic (the owners were seriously loaded lol)

 

[SnowDragon]

These were all the best....hard to say which was #1

Day on the Green 4.....1977....Frampton, Santana, Skynyrd, Outlaws
Day on the Green 6.....1977....Zeppelin, Judas Priest
U.C.S.B.....................1978....Grateful Dead (Zevon & Elvin Bishop Sucked Boo'd off stage)
Day on the Green 4.....1978....Rolling Stones, Santana
Day on the Green 5.....1978....B.O.C. Nugent AC/DC Journey (AC/DC Rocked, Everybody left when Journey played)

Keystone...................1978....Jerry Garcia Band
Stanford Arena...........1980...Willie Nelson
Cow Palace................1991....Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Pearl Jam (New Years Eve Show)


Day on the Green 4... 1977...Frampton... was special...I was 12 years old and it was my first concert.

 

[Morandir835]

Ms. Kittypie that's an easy answer for me:

King Diamond House of God tour, with Babylon Whores and Shadows Fall as two of the opening acts. It was the first show he ever played "The Black Horsemen" at (though still not in it's entirety, he wouldn't do that until a few years later on the Deadly Lullabuy's tour).

After that would go ilyAIMY at Dogfish head in Gaithersburg a few years back, first time seeing them.

Third on the list would be a toss up seeing Tool on the Lateralus tour or Nine Inch Nails on the With Teeth tour.

Been lucky enough to say in all the shows I've been to, only had one bad expreience, but the headliner was still great. The Summer Sainitarium tour in 2000 (when Jason Newsted was still with Metallica and they didn't suck so much as they do now). All the opening acts were un-needed. System of a Down were horrible, Korn terrible, Kid Rock and Joe C awful, and that show we got Limp Bizkit instead of Powerman 5000, and let me just say, LB was a nightmare.... Metallica kicked @#$ though. Only wish they had played their best song they ever did, "Mercyful Fate"....

 

[kittypie]

Ms. Kittypie that's an easy answer for me:

King Diamond House of God tour, with Babylon Whores and Shadows Fall as two of the opening acts. It was the first show he ever played "The Black Horsemen" at (though still not in it's entirety, he wouldn't do that until a few years later on the Deadly Lullabuy's tour).

After that would go ilyAIMY at Dogfish head in Gaithersburg a few years back, first time seeing them.

Third on the list would be a toss up seeing Tool on the Lateralus tour or Nine Inch Nails on the With Teeth tour.

You and my DDH would have had a bromance.

 

[Hyena 37]

Judas Priest,Scorpions , Def Leppard
Kiss,Nugent,Skid Row
Foriegnor at the Purple Gator -Myrtle Beach-Front stage Table
Billy Joel
Elton John
Black Eye Peas
Just a few...

 

[EleanorR]

Never much cared for concerts (have always hated crowds), but the best ones I (ahem) remember were:

Lou Reed (Richmond, 1984)
Bonnie Raitt (Charlottesville, 1982?)
Bob Dylan (Norfolk Scopes, 1979)

Was surprised at how many live perfomances kinda -- um, you know. Like Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse, the "Rust Never Sleeps" tour (I was expecting him to be awesome! NOPE.)