The Best and The Worst Concert

[Deleted member 16999]

Lot of folks like their music on here, so here goes what is the Best concert you have attended and which was the worst.
For me, the best was Limp Bizkit about 4 years ago at Knebworth Hall, they were supporting Slipknot and for me stole the show, they had 80,000 people eating out the palm of their hands.
The worst, Johnny Cash in Southport 1985, just awful, one of those icons I was brought up listening to, unfortunately he was going through his religious phase and in an hour and a half the only song I recognised was Amazing Grace

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Pink Floyd at Earls Court the best (with Genesis a close second and Dire Straits in third). Worse gig was probably Elton John who spent most of the gig playing album tracks when 95% of the audience only there for the hits. He eventually rolled out some of the classic but only for the last thirty minutes or so.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Simple minds - delamere forest, 2-3 years ago, on a sun-kissed "ethereal" night.
Eagles - last year in Liverpool.
Madness - every time.
Beach boys - Royal albert hall.

Hard to split all the above, for different reasons.

Worst - Adam Ant a few years ago...........although it was the same night that man U got beat my Barcelona in the CL final. I was terribly, terribly.........

 

[Hobbit]

Best - Rory Gallagher... probably one of the best guitarists I've ever heard.
Worst - Be Bop Deluxe... Mmm, that was a waste of an evening. Made some good stuff but were lousy live.

 

[louise_a]

Tough to pick a best, there have been some memorable ones for different reasons but I will pick Arthur Lee and Love at Manchester Academy in about 2004, I pick it cos Love are favourite ever band and I never thought I would ever get to see Arthur live and it was amazing.
For the worst I am going for Kula Shakar in Warrington about 5 years ago, KS were great but instead of a support band they showed a load of left wing based videos, I dont want such obvious political stuff played at me when I go to a gig.

 

[stevek1969]

Best U2 last weekend at the Hydro , Worst Morrisey at the Caird Hall in Dundee, loved the Smiths but it was so depressing we left half way thru

 

[Old Skier]

Best - Rolling Stones, been three times and they just get better.
Worst - Went to a Peter Green concert about 3/4 years ago. Music great (because of those around him) but so sad to see someone who was so great be in the state he is.

 

[Craigg]

Tough question.
Best, couldn't possibly pick one there are so many.
Worst, Meatloaf at the O2 a couple of years back. Vocally rubbish!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Tough question.
Best, couldn't possibly pick one there are so many.
Worst, Meatloaf at the O2 a couple of years back. Vocally rubbish!

Had a bad Meat Loaf gig but only becasue we were at the very back of Wembley Arena, back row, of the top tier and as far away as you can get and the sound simply never travelled, and what did was rubbish

 

[louise_a]

Worse gig was probably Elton John who spent most of the gig playing album tracks when 95% of the audience only there for the hits. He eventually rolled out some of the classic but only for the last thirty minutes or so.

Most fans of bands or artists like to hear new songs and album tracks, most tours are to promote new albums so a lot of tracks off them must be expected. Also there is nothing worse than trying to enjoy an album track being played live, when the people who have only gone to hear the hits start talking though them.

At least they should be quiet and respect the fact that a lot of people will be enjoying the songs that don't know.

Rant over

 

[Imurg]

Sweet Jeez...where do I start..?
So many "best", very few worst....

Best.
Thunder at Nottingham Rock City
Def Leppard In the Round at Sheffield
Thin Lizzy at Hammersmith
Quo anywhere
Rush anywhere
Motorhead at Reading Uni followed by No Sleep till Hammersmith the next night
Blue Oyster Cult at Dunstable

Worst
Black Sabbath at Hammersmith - too many boring solos
Dire Straits at Wembley Arena - brilliant musicianship but a soulless performance

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Most fans of bands or artists like to hear new songs and album tracks, most tours are to promote new albums so a lot of tracks off them must be expected. Also there is nothing worse than trying to enjoy an album track being played live, when the people who have only gone to hear the hits start talking though them.

At least they should be quiet and respect the fact that a lot of people will be enjoying the songs that don't know.

Rant over

And I agree with what you say and I've no issue with tracks from the new album being played. It's an ideal way of getting the new music to a wider audience and every band/artist I've seen does it and I haven't a problem. However in this case this was album tracks taken from the entire back catalogue which meant that a lot of people hadn't heard of them. Of course the dedicated fan got a rare treat and heard rarely performed songs but I just felt that for a pretty hefty ticket price it was a bit unfair on the majority of the audience.

 

[Tashyboy]

Best, Omd, spandau ballet, Madness, Rick Astley, Lionel Ritchie, lighthouse family, Rod Stewart, Take That.ABC. Luther Vandross. deacon Blue.
Oasis day after city beat the rags last derby game at Maine rd.Epic.
police, queens hall Leeds.

Worst by a country mile Paul Young, I sound more like Paul Young than Paul Young does.

PS, Northumberland pipe band a couple of years ago on Burns night. Massive.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Joint effort from Mrs BiM & I, as we are usually there together (unless it's The Who or Fleetwood Mac), and like others, can't narrow it down to just one;

Best: Rod Stewart, front row at Warwick Castle; Rod Stewart at the Royal Albert Hall; Bon Jovi opening night of the O2; Bon Jovi, Soldier Field, Chicago; Dire Straits, Hammersmith Odeon, warm up gig for the Nelson Mandela concert at Wembley; Bruce Springsteen at Wembley last time round, all for different reasons.

Worst; without a shadow of a doubt, The Rolling Stones at Wembley Stadium, same night as England played Germany & lost on penalties, Jagger's nose was right out of joint over the fact that people were interested in something other than him and weren't we made to pay. Honourable mentions to Madonna for trying to break the world record for the number of times the F word could be used in one evening and Whitney Houston for her complete inability to cope with a revolving stage.

 

[spongebob59]

Loads of good ones, best 2 I think were :
Genesis @ Twickenham
The Who @ The Indigo2 (so close you could shake hands with them)

Bad - not many, one that stands out was Yes @ Lewisham Odeon. The tour where the 2 idiots from Bugles took over vocals and keyboards, they were embarrassing.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Sweet Jeez...where do I start..?
So many "best", very few worst....

Best.
Thunder at Nottingham Rock City
Def Leppard In the Round at Sheffield
Thin Lizzy at Hammersmith
Quo anywhere
Rush anywhere
Motorhead at Reading Uni followed by No Sleep till Hammersmith the next night
Blue Oyster Cult at Dunstable

Worst
Black Sabbath at Hammersmith - too many boring solos
Dire Straits at Wembley Arena - brilliant musicianship but a soulless performance

Quo would never be a best for me, but they are always a damn good night out & loved the Aquostic gig at the Royal Albert Hall.

Dire Straits are the first to make the best and worst category then.

 

[GB72]

Best, Foo Fighters without a doubt but close run thing with The Wonderstuff on the original Sleigh the UK tour, Neds Atomic Dustbin at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, James and PIL at Alton Towers and Metallica at the Hamersmith Odeon on the damaged justice tour.

Not seen too many howlers. Them Crooked Vultures not great and Fields of the Nephilim was a bit too down for me. Saw 2 good Carter USM gigs and one Howler due to technical issues

 

[richart]

The best, Foreigner with Lou Gramm at Southampton. UFO at Guildford University, Styx, somewhere in London, can't remember where, Paradise Theatre tour. Always enjoyed After The Fire as a support band. Graham Parker always good over thirty years now. Slade at Donnington Park Monsters of Rock.

Worst, Blue Oyster Cult at Donnington Monsters of Rock. Bob Dylan at Earls Court. Must have been about half a mile back from the stage. Status Quo when Francis Rossi couldn't sing through illness. Haven't been to many ones fortunately.

 

[richart]

Worst by a country mile Paul Young, I sound more like Paul Young than Paul Young does.

I saw Q Tips, and they were very good. First time I had heard Paul Young.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Pink Floyd at Earls Court the best (with Genesis a close second and Dire Straits in third). Worse gig was probably Elton John who spent most of the gig playing album tracks when 95% of the audience only there for the hits. He eventually rolled out some of the classic but only for the last thirty minutes or so.

And I agree with what you say and I've no issue with tracks from the new album being played. It's an ideal way of getting the new music to a wider audience and every band/artist I've seen does it and I haven't a problem. However in this case this was album tracks taken from the entire back catalogue which meant that a lot of people hadn't heard of them. Of course the dedicated fan got a rare treat and heard rarely performed songs but I just felt that for a pretty hefty ticket price it was a bit unfair on the majority of the audience.

Sorry Homer, got to disagree here. I probably saw the same Elton John tour and actually got to see him do Funeral for a Friend live and it was fantastic. My favourite Bon Jovi track by a country mile is Dry County, other favourites are Diamond Ring, Santa Fe, Justice in the Barrel, Blaze of Glory, Blood Money, Hey God, These Days and they are rarely if ever heard because they keep trotting out the biggest hits and the latest album, and unfortunately in their case the latest albums can't hold a candle to the old back catalogue. You can argue it's unfair to those who have been following them 20+ years if the load the playlist for this weeks fans, who probably aren't the majority of the audience.