What's the 12 best gigs you have been to?

[BadFish]

Radiohead - The Richmond 93
Stone Roses - Festival Hall - Melbourne 2012
Ride - The Event 91(ish)
BrianJonesTown Massacre The Forum - Melbourne 2011
The Specials - Palace Theatre - Melbourne 2012
The Chemical Brothers - Concorde - mid/late nineties
Paul Weller - Royal Albert Hall - 94?
The Verve/Beck - Wigan - 96
The Cure - Glastonbury 95
Courtney Pine - Concord early 90's
The Wailers - some festival in Brighton (I think) in the early 90's
Worldswirl - Several
Orbital - Brighton Centre - mid 90's

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Rolling Stones - Maine Rd
Terence Trent D'Arby - The Hacienda
The Fall - Lancaster Uni
Radiohead - O2
Kasabian - Terminal 5
Eagles - Madison Sq Garden
Depeche Mode - O2
Fleet wood Mac - Madison Sq Garden
Simple Minds - Albert Hall
Transfusion Vamp - Manchester Intl ( purely on what Wendy James was wearing)

Transfusion Vamp?

 

[somerset]

Transfusion Vamp?

Time of the month?

 

[1234andcounting]

Kate Bush - Hammersmith Apollo - last month
Specials/Madness/Selecter - Top Rank '79
Slade/Thin Lizzy/Suzi Quatro - Top Rank '72
Tom Robinson Band (as support) - Leicester Uni '77
Five Live Stiffs Original - Leicester Uni '77
Dr Feelgood - Eastbourne Winter Gardens '75
Radiohead - O2 - 2012
The Who - Charlton - 76
Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Brighton Centre - '82
Morrisey - Fairfield Hall - '95
Gnarls Barkley - Astoria 2 London - 2008
Paul Simon - Hammersmith Apollo - 2000

 

[paul wickens]

In Chronological order;

1981 Teardrop Explodes: Brighton Dome
1981 Adam and the Ants: Brighton Centre
1982 U2; Brighton Top Rank
1982 Kool and The Gang: Brighton Dome
1983 Tears for Fears: Brighton Dome
1984 Tina Turner: Brighton Centre
1985 Bruce Sprinsteen: Wembley Stadium
1988 Fleetwood Mac: Wembley Arena
1990 Billy Idol: Birmingham NEC
1990 Stranglers: Nyon, Switzerland
1996 Bryan Adams: Wembley Stadium

2014 The Eagles 02 Arena

Loved going to concerts when I was younger and it was far cheaper.Too expensive now but would pay any amount of money to see The Eagles

 

[soistes]

Hendrix: Isle of Wight

Cream: Albert Hall

Led Zeppelin: Albert Hall

Bob Marley: Lyceum

Hugh Masakela: Brecon

Youssou N'dour: Womad

Eric Clapton: Rainbow

T Rex: Weeley Festival

Faces: Weeley Festival

John Martyn: Oxford
Polytechnic

The Who: Charlton

Frank Zappa: Rainbow

 

[KLUNK]

In Chronological order;

1981 Teardrop Explodes: Brighton Dome

I couldn't be more jealous. Got into them from Wilder onwards, but only starting going to gigs from '83. Massive Teardrops fan and Julian Cope. Seen Copey about 20+ times, always entertaining, starting with the infamous mic-stand stomach slashing incident at Hammersmith Palais in 1984!
Xtc are the other band I missed out on, just
Can't think of 12 just now, but the Damned at the GLC free concert(84) in Hyde Park & The Adicts/Pogue Mahones/King Kurt/Dancing Tarantulas(83) at the Lyceum were very memorable, latter very messy !!

 

[Rogero]

Bobby Sampson. Top Rank Suite.

 

[boik]

I couldn't be more jealous. Got into them from Wilder onwards, but only starting going to gigs from '83. Massive Teardrops fan and Julian Cope. Seen Copey about 20+ times, always entertaining, starting with the infamous mic-stand stomach slashing incident at Hammersmith Palais in 1984!
Xtc are the other band I missed out on, just
Can't think of 12 just now, but the Damned at the GLC free concert(84) in Hyde Park & The Adicts/Pogue Mahones/King Kurt/Dancing Tarantulas(83) at the Lyceum were very memorable, latter very messy !!

XTC were one of the best live bands I ever saw and I used to see them whenever they played within reach. The amazing thing is that Andy Partridge was crippled by stage fright, and yet if you'd ever seen him you'd have thought he was loving it up there. I loved the fact that the songs were completely different when played live.

Got a couple of good quality recordings of their live shows if you're interested?

 

[DurringtonGull]

Bruce Springsteen - Wembley 2013

Steve Earle - Mean Fiddler

Chuck Berry

Stones - 1990

Bruce Springsteen - Wembley 88

Bruce Springsteen - Albert Hall & Paris Bercy Arena 2005

U2 Zoo TV tour

Carter USM - The Event & Steyning Grammar School!!

Paul Weller - Brighton Centre

Eric Clapton - Brighton Centre

Gaslight Anthem Hyde Park 2009

Zac Brown Band Olympic park 2013

Alabama Shakes Olympic Park 2013

 

[foul old ron]

AC/DC - Brighton Centre - 70s

The Damned, The Fall, New Model Army + others - Brockwell Park early 80s?

Pearl Jam - Reading fest - 2007?

The Skids - Top Rank - 81ish.

Killing Joke - Top Rank - 81ish.

Kiss - Hammersmith Odeon - 76ish.

The Tubes - Hammersmith Odeon - 78ish.

Status Quo - Rainbow - 74ish.

Green Day - Reading - 2005.

Bob Dylan - Blackbushe - 78ish.

Rolling Stones - Wembley - 99ish.

UFO - Roundhouse - 75ish.

 

[KLUNK]

XTC were one of the best live bands I ever saw and I used to see them whenever they played within reach. The amazing thing is that Andy Partridge was crippled by stage fright, and yet if you'd ever seen him you'd have thought he was loving it up there. I loved the fact that the songs were completely different when played live.

Got a couple of good quality recordings of their live shows if you're interested?

Wow, jealous again! Presumably AP, Moulding, Chambers & Gregory? Or are you lucky enough to have seen them with Barry Andrews too? I should have been born a couple of years earlier !!!
Always hoped Xtc would play live again at some stage, but it wasn't to be. Gave up any realistic hope when Dave Gregory left. Epic band. Agree with your comment re stage fright. Very odd. He always comes across as very extrovert. I have a whole case of live cassettes, in my loft, so most probably have your recordings, but many thanks for the offer mate

 

[Lower West Stander]

Transfusion Vamp?

Bloody spell check!

Whatever happened to Wendy James?

 

[KLUNK]

Bloody spell check!

Whatever happened to Wendy James?

Dunno. A friend of a friend says he fingered her, in Ringmer. Sadly, it wasn't my finger....[emoji108]