Just really curious as I spend like 20% of my annual income on concerts. I always invite lots of good friends/familyto experience the music I love. ...
Yup I'm a sucker with extra $.
So who are your faves?
looom
Around the Australia Day 2011, went for the Rainbow Serpent festival
meriter
Probably NIN in 07 or 08, really surprised how good it was. That was the all around "best" soundwise and performance-wise.
Most fun I've had at a show was Melt Banana, hilarious
Deftones in '98
right now sad to say there's nothing new I'd care to see. Battles was okay. If you're in LA you should definitely go to the Hatsune Miku concert if tickets are still available
PivotTechno
The first Lollapalooza - at least that's what immediately came to mind. The '92 and '93 editions were pretty boss, too.
Jane's Addiction
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Living Colour
Nine Inch Nails
Ice T & Body Count
Butthole Surfers
Rollins Band
yeah...
Now that I think about it, '91 was a good year for shows. Also caught Fishbone at The Masonic Temple - total mayhemic show, that.
Scoops
Slayer/ Anthrax/ Megadeth/ Alice in Chains - MSG summer 1991
Metallica/GnR/Faith No More - Meadowlands Summer 1992
Police reunion - Atlantic city Nov 2007
Silky Johnson
Recently saw Beck and the show was amazing. He doesn't just do Beck stuff - lots of covers and him and his band just jamming out. He is a great performer, he just oozes music. Plus I saw him at a proper music theatre and had great seats in the orchestra section. Made a huge difference. Cool lights + visuals too! I would definitely go back and see him live again and again, and recommend the same to anyone else, he for sure does something unique each time. Love that.
Beastie Boys back in 98 was pretty dope. They got the audience (this was at a concert park/fairground type venue that no longer exists) to clear a 6 foot wide pathway from the stage all the way back so that people could dance/form a boogie line like on The New Dance Show, during Body Movin. in so awesome.
Saw Metallica about 10 years ago and you can't really argue with that amount of pyrotechnics, lol.
Dykes_on_Jay
Not the best music, but the most entertaining was most certainly Rammstein.
The best musical show? Stevie Wonder, solo. No backup, just piano.
Lews
Seeing Outkast this year was pretty ing amazing.
Halcyon+On+On
My favourite show was possibly the Subcon Beyond festival in Denver, 2011. cEvin played a special Download set just for us, was delightful and nostalgic.
'Concert', though? I would for sure see Queens of the Stone Age again.
Sykonee
Not including festivals, probably Aphex Twin doing live PA in '97, with Crystal Method as the opener also doing live PA (this was just around the time CM were blowing up). Portisehead was supposed to perform that show too, but they were sick, so had some local 'rocktronica' group open instead. What sweetened this show was the fact it was at a club, and I was underage, so getting in made me feel all badass and .
CM put on an entertaining show, but I had no idea Aphex would do this:
Blew my mind at what a 'rave concert' could entail.
Runner ups:
Neil F'n Young in 2008, despite getting decked in the jaw for no reason.
The Police Reunion tour in 2007.
LCD Soundsystem in 2007.
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien in 2002.
Dykes_on_Jay
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Originally posted by Lews
Seeing Outkast this year was pretty ing amazing.
