Top 10 live shows you’ve ever seen

Wobbie

in no particular order:

PJ
Neil & crazy horse
warren zevon
hold steady
kenny wayne shepherd
rush
bruce
black crowes
jethro tull
U2

crowes74

Pearl Jam
The Black Crowes
Tedeschi Trucks Band
U2
Nine Inch Nails.  (Downward spiral)
Extreme.  (3 sides)
Paul  McCartney
Pantera (trend kill)
Chris Cornell (acoustic)
Jason Isbell (acoustic)

Wobbie

jason isbell is always a good show. tedeschi trucks, too.

F Me In The Brain

PJ
Soundarden
Chris Cornell
Eddie Vedder

Ozzy
NIN
Primus
Alice in Chains
Pavement
Temple of the Dog

Half are PJ/SG related.  Lots of other fun shows.  These are the ten most fun shows

Wobbie

primus sucks. I saw them in support of living colour.

placement or pavement?

goldrush

Pearl Jam
Neil and the Horse
EV solo
Chris Cornell acoustic solo show
Foy Vance
Mark Lanegan
Tim Rogers / You Am I
Counting Crows
Ryan Adams acoustic solo show (with Jason Isbell solo as support)
Beastie Boys

23scidoo

Pearl Jam, Buenos Aires GA, no words
EV, Taormina, pure magic
The Rolling Stones, i saw them with brocken knee
Roger Waters, The Dark Side tour,  few days after Barrett's death, so emotional
Primal Scream, Screamedelica tour at Paradiso Amsterdam, great building and so much fun with the Irish guys
Portishead, next to the sea, some summer night
Massive Attack, one o'clock in the morning at Venice, under a small rain
Nick Cave, 3 months ago, he was ECSTATIC
Sonic Youth, Valentine's day with my girlfriend those days, sweet night
B.B. King, 17 years old, didn't knew shit about blues..he blew my mind

northerndragon

Cowboy Junkies
Guns 'n' Roses
Rival Sons
PJ
System of a Down
Beastie Boys
July Talk 
Temple of the Dog
Buddy Guy
Midnight Oil

pledgeagrievance

Great thread. Top ten but in no particular order

Pearl Jam - Randall’s Island 9/29/96 and Atlantic City ‘05 (and really every show)
My Morning Jacket - Red Rocks ‘16
Radiohead - ‘97 Hammerstein Ballroom NY
Radiohead w/ Beta Band - Liberty St Park ‘01
Eddie Vedder - Newark ‘10?
The Strokes - ‘01 Stone Pony Asbury Park
The Strokes - NYEve Apollo Theater ‘01
Rage Against the Machine - ‘96 Roseland ballroom 
Beta Band - TLA Philly ‘02
Tool - Roseland ‘96

JH6056

Wobbie said:

primus sucks. I saw them in support of living colour.

placement or pavement?

Was about to post my own list, but saw the above comment about Primus and it just seems like if you're going to ask people for their lists, it's not cool to then trash bands that someone lists like that.  Fine if you don't like them, but asking for a list and then saying "Primus sucks" doesn't really make others want to put their lists up.

derbydave

1. Pearl Jam - PJ20: Alpine Valley / East Troy, WI 2011 (2 shows)
2. Pearl Jam - iWireless Center / Moline, IL 2014
3. My Morning Jacket - Red Rocks / Morrison, CO 2015
4. Band Of Horses - The Ryman / Nashville, TN 2013 (2 shows)
5. Pixies - The Boathouse / Norfolk, VA - 1991
6. Eddie Vedder - Moran Theater / Jacksonville, FL 2012 (2 shows)
7. Bon Iver - The Ryman / Nashville, TN 2017
8. Beck - The LC / Columbus, OH 2014
9. Chris Cornell - Lakewood Civic Auditorium / Lakewood, OH 2013
10. Jeremy Enigk - The Hi-Fi / Indianapolis, IN 2016

F Me In The Brain

JH6056 said:

Wobbie said:

primus sucks. I saw them in support of living colour.

placement or pavement?

Was about to post my own list, but saw the above comment about Primus and it just seems like if you're going to ask people for their lists, it's not cool to then trash bands that someone lists like that.  Fine if you don't like them, but asking for a list and then saying "Primus sucks" doesn't really make others want to put their lists up.

Share anyway.  Any Primus fan will explain that fans chant "Primus Sucks!" as a sign of affection for the band.  Wobbie is a grouchy old bastard but he is probably interested. 

Also -- anyone that would watch both bands and say Primus was not as good as Living Colour is only hurting their own credibility.  I have seen them both and it is not any contest.  Primus blows the roof off.

NWOntario

Eesh. Uh...
1. Pearl Jam, 5/2/03 in Buffalo (Buffalo and State College in the same weekend; I've been chasing the fucking dragon ever since...)
2. Pearl Jam, 5/10/06 in Toronto (...and I almost caught it a couple times, this one time in particular)
3. The Who, 2006 in Toronto
4. U2, 2011 360 tour closer in Moncton, NB
5. U2, Innocence + Experience tour opener in Vancouver (which is one of two shows - PJ Buffalo '03 being the other - where I was so overwhelmed I had to sit down after it was over; also, this was the show where the Edge fell off the stage)
6. The Tragically Hip, 8/12/16 in Toronto

Those are my pantheon concerts. In addition, I've seen two that cannot be ranked:
1. The Hip's final concert
2. Pearl Jam, 9/9/05 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The thought of seeing Pearl Jam in my hometown was always my ultimate rock n' roll fantasy, but not for a second did I think it'd ever come to pass. Until it did.

tempo_n_groove

Beck At ACL 2014.  Best I've ever seen him perform.
Skrillex NYE at MSG 2014
Matt&Kim House of Blues New Orleans 2010
Metallica Nassau Coliseum 1991
Thee Oh Sees Warsaw 2017.  Dwyer gets better every time I see him.
LCD Soundsystem Last show at MSG 2010
Dillinger Escape Plan Webster Hall 2016
Beastie Boys Santa Barbara 1995
Pearl Jam LA 1998.  The show was so good that they made a vault out of it!
Awolnation Webster Hall 2011

tempo_n_groove

pledgeagrievance said:

Great thread. Top ten but in no particular order

Pearl Jam - Randall’s Island 9/29/96 and Atlantic City ‘05 (and really every show)
My Morning Jacket - Red Rocks ‘16
Radiohead - ‘97 Hammerstein Ballroom NY
Radiohead w/ Beta Band - Liberty St Park ‘01
Eddie Vedder - Newark ‘10?
The Strokes - ‘01 Stone Pony Asbury Park
The Strokes - NYEve Apollo Theater ‘01
Rage Against the Machine - ‘96 Roseland ballroom 
Beta Band - TLA Philly ‘02
Tool - Roseland ‘96

These are three shows that must have been absolutely amazing to be at!

ConorKavanagh

Rage Against The Machine - Oxegen 2008
Tool - The Point, 2006
The Stooges - Royal Hospital Kilmainham 2008
Kerbdog - Cleere's, 2005
Bob Mould - Liss Ard 2012
Stereophonics - Oxegen 2008
Pearl Jam - The Point, 2006
Chris Cornell - The Olympia, 2016
Soundgarden - The Point, 2013
Eddie Vedder - The Marquee, 2017

JojoRice

Here's mine......in no particular order
PJ 
Paul McCartney 
Roger Waters
Green Day
Metallica
Bush
Tom Petty
Garth Brooks 
Soundgarden
Smashing Pumpkins

pledgeagrievance

tempo_n_groove said:

pledgeagrievance said:

Great thread. Top ten but in no particular order

Pearl Jam - Randall’s Island 9/29/96 and Atlantic City ‘05 (and really every show)
My Morning Jacket - Red Rocks ‘16
Radiohead - ‘97 Hammerstein Ballroom NY
Radiohead w/ Beta Band - Liberty St Park ‘01
Eddie Vedder - Newark ‘10?
The Strokes - ‘01 Stone Pony Asbury Park
The Strokes - NYEve Apollo Theater ‘01
Rage Against the Machine - ‘96 Roseland ballroom 
Beta Band - TLA Philly ‘02
Tool - Roseland ‘96

These are three shows that must have been absolutely amazing to be at!

Yeah, incredible. The Radiohead Hammerstein show was the MTV Live at the 10 spot broadcast, not sure how we scored tickets for that. It was when OK computer was ascending. 
The rage show was when Evil Empire had just come out and the show was intense and surprisingly fun. Crowd was cool as hell.
And the Tool show was when Aenima came out. They opened the show was the beginning of H. For like 15 minutes and the anticipation of them exploding was great 
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/radiohead/1997/hammerstein-ballroom-new-york-ny-5bd6efac.html

JH6056

F Me In The Brain said:

JH6056 said:

Wobbie said:

primus sucks. I saw them in support of living colour.

placement or pavement?

Was about to post my own list, but saw the above comment about Primus and it just seems like if you're going to ask people for their lists, it's not cool to then trash bands that someone lists like that.  Fine if you don't like them, but asking for a list and then saying "Primus sucks" doesn't really make others want to put their lists up.

Share anyway.  Any Primus fan will explain that fans chant "Primus Sucks!" as a sign of affection for the band.  Wobbie is a grouchy old bastard but he is probably interested. 

Also -- anyone that would watch both bands and say Primus was not as good as Living Colour is only hurting their own credibility.  I have seen them both and it is not any contest.  Primus blows the roof off.

Ok, you convinced me to post but partly because I've also seen both bands and I had to post cuz you saying Primus blows the roof off of Living Color... I had to tell you Living Color blew the roof off higher and further, although I agree Primus live is amazing! 

1. REM Radio City Music Hall NYC 1987
2. The Clash, Asbury Park Convention Hall, NJ 1982
3.  U2, Spectrum, Phila, PA
4. Jeff Buckley, Sin-e, NYC, 1995
5. Radiohead, Fairgrounds/Racetrack (spacing on name of place), Boston, 2001 (?)
6. Ray Charles (and others), Willie Nelson's 70th Birthday, Beacon Theater
7. Nirvana, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, 1991
8. Uncle Tupelo, Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 1991
9. Cassandra Wilson, Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, 1994
10. The Frames, Central Park Summerstage, 2003 (?)

Honorable Mention (like, could probably squeeze them up in these Top 10 because they were really just as good):
1. REM, Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1989
2. David Bowie, Academy Theater (right name?) Times Sq, NYC, 1996ish?
3. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Palladium, Worcester, MA 2001
4. Pearl Jam, E Center, Camden, NJ 1998
5. Radiohead, Merriweather Post, 1998 (?)
6.  Stevie Wonder, Atlanta, GA 2008
7. Pearl Jam, Randalls Island, NYC 1996
8. Pearl Jam, MSG, 1998
9. The Waterboys, Beacon Theater, 1990 (?)
10. At The Drive In, Axis, Boston, 1996 (?)
11. Glen Hansard, Town Hall Theater, NYC, 2018

crowes74

Primus does indeed suck!   And it’s a beautiful thing, I don’t miss Les when he comes to town.

tempo_n_groove

JH6056 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

JH6056 said:

Wobbie said:

primus sucks. I saw them in support of living colour.

placement or pavement?

Was about to post my own list, but saw the above comment about Primus and it just seems like if you're going to ask people for their lists, it's not cool to then trash bands that someone lists like that.  Fine if you don't like them, but asking for a list and then saying "Primus sucks" doesn't really make others want to put their lists up.

Share anyway.  Any Primus fan will explain that fans chant "Primus Sucks!" as a sign of affection for the band.  Wobbie is a grouchy old bastard but he is probably interested. 

Also -- anyone that would watch both bands and say Primus was not as good as Living Colour is only hurting their own credibility.  I have seen them both and it is not any contest.  Primus blows the roof off.

Ok, you convinced me to post but partly because I've also seen both bands and I had to post cuz you saying Primus blows the roof off of Living Color... I had to tell you Living Color blew the roof off higher and further, although I agree Primus live is amazing! 

1. REM Radio City Music Hall NYC 1987
2. The Clash, Asbury Park Convention Hall, NJ 1982
3.  U2, Spectrum, Phila, PA
4. Jeff Buckley, Sin-e, NYC, 1995
5. Radiohead, Fairgrounds/Racetrack (spacing on name of place), Boston, 2001 (?)
6. Ray Charles (and others), Willie Nelson's 70th Birthday, Beacon Theater
7. Nirvana, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, 1991
8. Uncle Tupelo, Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 1991
9. Cassandra Wilson, Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, 1994
10. The Frames, Central Park Summerstage, 2003 (?)

Honorable Mention (like, could probably squeeze them up in these Top 10 because they were really just as good):
1. REM, Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1989
2. David Bowie, Academy Theater (right name?) Times Sq, NYC, 1996ish?
3. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Palladium, Worcester, MA 2001
4. Pearl Jam, E Center, Camden, NJ 1998
5. Radiohead, Merriweather Post, 1998 (?)
6.  Stevie Wonder, Atlanta, GA 2008
7. Pearl Jam, Randalls Island, NYC 1996
8. Pearl Jam, MSG, 1998
9. The Waterboys, Beacon Theater, 1990 (?)
10. At The Drive In, Axis, Boston, 1996 (?)
11. Glen Hansard, Town Hall Theater, NYC, 2018

Oh man, how was THIS show?!?

even flow - question mark

Motorhead - The only concert I attended that I could only hear ringing in my ears for the next three days

Ozzy - Diary of a Madman

Rush - Signals

The Guess Who

Tool

Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

54-40

John Cougar Melloncamp

Pearl Jam

U2 - Achtung Baby

BIGDaddyWil

Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Prince
Peter Gabriel
Tool
U2
Billy Joel
Queens of the Stone Age
Primus
The Black Crowes

tempo_n_groove

even flow - question mark said:

Motorhead - The only concert I attended that I could only hear ringing in my ears for the next three days

Ozzy - Diary of a Madman

Rush - Signals

The Guess Who

Tool

Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

54-40

John Cougar Melloncamp

Pearl Jam

U2 - Achtung Baby

That is a tour I would loved to have gone to see.

Weston1283

 Pearl Jam - Philadelphia - 4/29/16 is my number 1-10

Other than that, not sure I have an ordered list, but some memorable ones are

Pearl Jam - Wrigley 2013
Pearl Jam - London, ONT 2013
Pearl Jam - Telluride 2016
Pearl Jam - Pittsburgh 2013
Chris Cornell Solo - Lakewood, OH - 2015
Kings of Leon - Red Rocks - October 2017
Cage the Elephant - Unplugged - Washington DC - 2017
Temple of the Dog - Philadelphia - 2016
Queens of the Stone Age - Niagara Falls - 2017
The Gaslight Anthem - Pittsburgh / Cleveland / Columbus - 2014 & 2015
Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco and 21 Pilots - Detroit - 2013
Foo Fighters - Wrigley Field 2015

Pap

Pearl Jam
Sepultura
The National
The Avett Brothers
Gogol Bordello
The Waterboys
Madeleine Peyroux
Orishas
Lizz Wright
Public Service Broadcasting

dankind

Fuck your 10!

Tom Waits
Sonic Youth
David Bowie
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter
X
Morphine
The Stooges
Tom Petty & the Hearbreakers
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Dead Milkmen
The Modern Savage
Red Hot Chili Peppers (with Frusciante)
Faith No More
AC/DC
The Cure
Altar—Boris and Sunn O)))
Ramones
Fucking Slayer!!! (with Lombardo and Hanneman)
Up the Irons!
Public Enemy
Wilco
Roger Waters
Sam Rivers
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Violent Femmes (with DeLorenzo)
Tori Amos
Les Paul (with Friends, including Slash)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse/Neil Young solo
The White Stripes
Merle Haggard
The Coral
Interpol
They Might Be Giants
Neko Case
Fishbone
Beastie Boys (with MMM)
Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder in Taormina

I wish I had seen Jethro Tull before Ian Anderson’s voice went to hell; the music was still good the times I saw them, though. I might check out Martin Barre’s solo show coming up. 

JH6056

Pap said:

Pearl Jam
Sepultura
The National
The Avett Brothers
Gogol Bordello
The Waterboys
Madeleine Peyroux
Orishas
Lizz Wright
Public Service Broadcasting

Gogol Bordello and the Waterboys, YESSSSSS!!  

I"ve seen Gogol Bordello in a nightclub and at an art gallery, plus festivals and regular shows.  So much fun!

JH6056

tempo_n_groove said:

JH6056 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

JH6056 said:

Wobbie said:

primus sucks. I saw them in support of living colour.

placement or pavement?

Was about to post my own list, but saw the above comment about Primus and it just seems like if you're going to ask people for their lists, it's not cool to then trash bands that someone lists like that.  Fine if you don't like them, but asking for a list and then saying "Primus sucks" doesn't really make others want to put their lists up.

Share anyway.  Any Primus fan will explain that fans chant "Primus Sucks!" as a sign of affection for the band.  Wobbie is a grouchy old bastard but he is probably interested. 

Also -- anyone that would watch both bands and say Primus was not as good as Living Colour is only hurting their own credibility.  I have seen them both and it is not any contest.  Primus blows the roof off.

Ok, you convinced me to post but partly because I've also seen both bands and I had to post cuz you saying Primus blows the roof off of Living Color... I had to tell you Living Color blew the roof off higher and further, although I agree Primus live is amazing! 

1. REM Radio City Music Hall NYC 1987
2. The Clash, Asbury Park Convention Hall, NJ 1982
3.  U2, Spectrum, Phila, PA
4. Jeff Buckley, Sin-e, NYC, 1995
5. Radiohead, Fairgrounds/Racetrack (spacing on name of place), Boston, 2001 (?)
6. Ray Charles (and others), Willie Nelson's 70th Birthday, Beacon Theater
7. Nirvana, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, 1991
8. Uncle Tupelo, Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 1991
9. Cassandra Wilson, Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, 1994
10. The Frames, Central Park Summerstage, 2003 (?)

Honorable Mention (like, could probably squeeze them up in these Top 10 because they were really just as good):
1. REM, Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1989
2. David Bowie, Academy Theater (right name?) Times Sq, NYC, 1996ish?
3. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Palladium, Worcester, MA 2001
4. Pearl Jam, E Center, Camden, NJ 1998
5. Radiohead, Merriweather Post, 1998 (?)
6.  Stevie Wonder, Atlanta, GA 2008
7. Pearl Jam, Randalls Island, NYC 1996
8. Pearl Jam, MSG, 1998
9. The Waterboys, Beacon Theater, 1990 (?)
10. At The Drive In, Axis, Boston, 1996 (?)
11. Glen Hansard, Town Hall Theater, NYC, 2018

Oh man, how was THIS show?!?

At The Drive In were AMAZING! They were the 2nd support act, totally blanking on who the headliner was, but we were there for the headliner, saw all of ATDI's set, were totally and completely blown away, and then watched like 2 songs of the headliner and left.  Just couldn't watch anything else after ATDI.

I missed their reunion shows a year or 2 back, did you go to any Tempo n Groove?

ST66483

Prince -Massey Hall Toronto
Neil Young - Fox Theatre Detroit
Radiohead -Montreal / Barrie - Amnesiac era tour
Pearl Jam - Lincoln 2014 or Toronto 1 2011
white stripes - London, ON
Janes Addiction / porno for pyros (tough to choose between the two) - Air Canada Centre / Eden Fest
Bjork - Hummingbird Centre Toronto
Sonic Youth- Washing Machine Tour - tough to pick a favorite show
Lou Reed - Massey Hall or Sony Centre (or maybe it was still the Hummingbird) both superb shows
Ramones - Hamilton, ON

tempo_n_groove

JH6056 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

JH6056 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

JH6056 said:

Wobbie said:

primus sucks. I saw them in support of living colour.

placement or pavement?

Was about to post my own list, but saw the above comment about Primus and it just seems like if you're going to ask people for their lists, it's not cool to then trash bands that someone lists like that.  Fine if you don't like them, but asking for a list and then saying "Primus sucks" doesn't really make others want to put their lists up.

Share anyway.  Any Primus fan will explain that fans chant "Primus Sucks!" as a sign of affection for the band.  Wobbie is a grouchy old bastard but he is probably interested. 

Also -- anyone that would watch both bands and say Primus was not as good as Living Colour is only hurting their own credibility.  I have seen them both and it is not any contest.  Primus blows the roof off.

Ok, you convinced me to post but partly because I've also seen both bands and I had to post cuz you saying Primus blows the roof off of Living Color... I had to tell you Living Color blew the roof off higher and further, although I agree Primus live is amazing! 

1. REM Radio City Music Hall NYC 1987
2. The Clash, Asbury Park Convention Hall, NJ 1982
3.  U2, Spectrum, Phila, PA
4. Jeff Buckley, Sin-e, NYC, 1995
5. Radiohead, Fairgrounds/Racetrack (spacing on name of place), Boston, 2001 (?)
6. Ray Charles (and others), Willie Nelson's 70th Birthday, Beacon Theater
7. Nirvana, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, 1991
8. Uncle Tupelo, Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX 1991
9. Cassandra Wilson, Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, 1994
10. The Frames, Central Park Summerstage, 2003 (?)

Honorable Mention (like, could probably squeeze them up in these Top 10 because they were really just as good):
1. REM, Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1989
2. David Bowie, Academy Theater (right name?) Times Sq, NYC, 1996ish?
3. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Palladium, Worcester, MA 2001
4. Pearl Jam, E Center, Camden, NJ 1998
5. Radiohead, Merriweather Post, 1998 (?)
6.  Stevie Wonder, Atlanta, GA 2008
7. Pearl Jam, Randalls Island, NYC 1996
8. Pearl Jam, MSG, 1998
9. The Waterboys, Beacon Theater, 1990 (?)
10. At The Drive In, Axis, Boston, 1996 (?)
11. Glen Hansard, Town Hall Theater, NYC, 2018

Oh man, how was THIS show?!?

At The Drive In were AMAZING! They were the 2nd support act, totally blanking on who the headliner was, but we were there for the headliner, saw all of ATDI's set, were totally and completely blown away, and then watched like 2 songs of the headliner and left.  Just couldn't watch anything else after ATDI.

I missed their reunion shows a year or 2 back, did you go to any Tempo n Groove?

I tried for tickets but didn't get them.  This was a band I REALLY wanted to see too.  You got to see them in their prime.

Very nice.