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By *inkyHnS OP Couple
over a year ago

The Council of Elrond

Whats everyone's best band / artist they have seen live

Mine is a hard choice its between -

Coheed and Cambria

System of a Down

R.E.M

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jake bugg great live.ocean colour scene still as good when I seen them recently

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By *imale38Man
over a year ago

Barnsley

Not seen many but went to see Guns n Roses in London couple weeks ago and they were AWESOME.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just been to Glastonbury and my two faves were Kate Tempest and the Flaming Lips.

Closely followed by Elbow though

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By *oby le roneMan
over a year ago

Treorchy

Saw Alice Cooper a few years ago. Fantastic show.

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By *atindollTV/TS
over a year ago

edinburgh

Motorhead in 1982

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By *inkyHnS OP Couple
over a year ago

The Council of Elrond

The bands i hope i get to see on my list is

Foo Fighters as i am a big Nirvana fan and would be awesome to see Dave Grohl live.

Nightwish is another i wouldnt have saw them with Anette Olzon but now Floor Jansen as she is amazing singer not as good as Tarja Turunen but i better fit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Ramones at the Brixton Academy back in the early nineties...awesome

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alice Cooper puts on a superb show.

And Orianthi was hot...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bucks Fizz, October 1992 in Blackpool

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

God been so many over the years.

Two of the best were definitely Counting Crows and Lenny Kravitz at Werchter festival about 2009. Both blew me away.

For 10-10 for effort would be Seb Bach (Skid Row) at Marcos in Edinburgh. They'd booked to play same night as Whitesname and Def Leppard were playing and it was dead. He played to an empty room like it was a packed stadium that night - then the Mrs and I took him to a strip bar on Lothian Rd

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Too many to pick just one but the following have all excited me live:

Muse

Madness

Biffy Clyro

The Beat

The Specials

...and really looking forward to seeing Green Day for the first time on Saturday

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By *lubPartyPeepsCouple
over a year ago

London

ELO

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For technical excellence probably Steely Dan, for sheer foot stamping, arse kicking, funktastick hard rock riffing then Trapeze (4 piece lineup) at The Marquee

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nightwish

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm going with nightwish over any other sympharmonic metal band for 2 reasons, they filled Wembley areana. And you ain't heard of em.

The pyro tech don't give a shit about rules!

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By *mcouple1Couple
over a year ago

nr warrington

ACDC . Job done.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The corrs it was a good night years ago though.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Bowie, Queen and U2 all brilliant live

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wow this is a tough one !

Morrissey.

The specials.

madness.

Eminem.

Scouting for girls.

Bad manners.

Odd mix I know but I enjoyed them all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In no particular order;

Kasabian,

Scissor Sisters (I know, but brilliant live),

Blondie (Again, I know, but a legend),

Highly Suspect,

Metallica,

Limp Bizkit were the best I've seen live.

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By *urchoicenowCouple
over a year ago

Ashford

ELO

Last year O2, awesome

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Metallica, AC/DC or the who.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

"In no particular order;

Kasabian,

Scissor Sisters (I know, but brilliant live),

Blondie (Again, I know, but a legend),

Highly Suspect,

Metallica,

Limp Bizkit were the best I've seen live."

Oh yes limp bizkit were a great guilty pleasure. Great set.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Enter shikari

You need to experience the human pyramids & wall of death

Their live shows are brutal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dropkick Murphys.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm actually going to wreck this one for the PC and right on and let's face it the normal and weak.

Skrewdiver with No Remorse as support

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm going with nightwish over any other sympharmonic metal band for 2 reasons, they filled Wembley areana. And you ain't heard of em.

The pyro tech don't give a shit about rules!

Great White's pyro tech probably thought like that too in 2003

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By *ilkynmyzzyCouple
over a year ago

Bridlington

"Just been to Glastonbury and my two faves were Kate Tempest and the Flaming Lips.

Closely followed by Elbow though

The Flaming Lips are awesome live. It's a toss up between them and Augustine's for us.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just been to Glastonbury and my two faves were Kate Tempest and the Flaming Lips.

Closely followed by Elbow though

Going to see Elbow tonight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Showaddywaddy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pink Floyd by a country mile

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Foo fighters.. . Dave Grohl is awesome

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By *ounce-N-BoomCouple
over a year ago

London

Guns n roses in 1993. 1st concert. Awesome. Pleasantly surprised by Stereo mc's at Glastonbury a few years back. Best recent live are Bring Me The Horizon, crowd are just nuts and that's what makes it.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Have seen loads over the years, but here are a few of my favourite gigs :-

Jean Michel Jarre at the Olympic Stadium, Barcelona in '93

Alice Cooper at Reading in '87

Queen at Knebworth in '86

Stevie Ray Vaughan at Manchester Apollo in '88

AC/DC at Derby in '77 (my first ever gig)

Any S.tranglers gig anywhere

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By *ieman300Man
over a year ago

Best Greggs in Cheshire East

"I'm going with nightwish over any other sympharmonic metal band for 2 reasons, they filled Wembley areana. And you ain't heard of em.

The pyro tech don't give a shit about rules!

Within temptation are better than nightwish live. Saw nightwish with tarja havibg said that. Maybe new singer is better live i dunno.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

U2 are by the best at putting on a live show, obviously you have to like their music first of course .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm actually going to wreck this one for the PC and right on and let's face it the normal and weak.

Skrewdiver with No Remorse as support "

I'll bite.

Vile band.

And most people's contempt of a notorious beo-nazis band has nothing to do with being PC or right in amd us about being a decent human being.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm not even a fan but saw Basement Jaxx when they were supporting Robbie Williams and they were amazing. Don't even know if they still perform together x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kasabian are the best that I've seen live. Going to see muse soon too and have heard good things

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not really my type of music but Slipknot put on an amazing show. But I've seen hundreds if not thousands of bands live over the last 3p years so it's a hard call. Frank Turner consistently puts on amazing live shows and along with Skinny Lister and Ferocious Dog are the only current bands I go out of my way to see.

Carter USM's final comedown gigs were amazing, I saw Jane's Addiction amd Nirvana at year peak, manic when thet were a 4 piece playing 30 minute sets in pubs, so many amazing shows, it's hard to find a favourite

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ACDC and Thin Lizzy at the Glasgow Apollo.

Kate Bush at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh.

Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul at the Niteclub, Edinburgh.

Tony Bennett at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh.

Little Feat at Avila Beach, California.

Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes at the Ferry, Glasgow.

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

"Kasabian are the best that I've seen live. Going to see muse soon too and have heard good things"

Muse have been awesome each time I've seen them

One of the best ever gigs I saw was Portishead in a 'secret' venue which turned out to be a tiny central London nightclub. The intimacy of listening to them in a small space with just 200 or so others was mindblowing.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"U2 are by the best at putting on a live show, obviously you have to like their music first of course ."

Whilst I'd agree that U2 put on fantastic shows that go beyond the music - I'd say Muse have surpassed them in that respect - the last tour was a simply mindblowing experience all round.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm going with nightwish over any other sympharmonic metal band for 2 reasons, they filled Wembley areana. And you ain't heard of em.

The pyro tech don't give a shit about rules!

Within temptation are better than nightwish live. Saw nightwish with tarja havibg said that. Maybe new singer is better live i dunno."

I saw within temptation live at Wembley with Delian suporting.

I've seen nightwish with taja live but I've got to say, the last uk gig also at Wembley with the new singer Floor was amazing, it was head and shoulders above the last within temptation gig I saw.

But endless forms most beautiful is in my opinion a better album than hydra was.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm actually going to wreck this one for the PC and right on and let's face it the normal and weak.

Skrewdiver with No Remorse as support

I'll bite.

Vile band.

And most people's contempt of a notorious beo-nazis band has nothing to do with being PC or right in amd us about being a decent human being.

lol I was at Waterloo

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By *ordonBennettMan
over a year ago

dover

Bob Marley and the Whalers

Pink Floyd Animals Paris 1977

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By *orwich danMan
over a year ago

Norwich

I saw Radiohead a few weeks ago in Stockholm, an amazing gig! And not a slit-wrist in sight

it bettered Paul McCartney at Glastonbury.

Expecting them both to be bettered by Depeche Mode later this year though! Can't wait

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