What is your favorite concert moment you have seen live, any band?

tempo_n_groove

mysticweed said:

without a doubt Philly 16 N2  opening set was ten

I was there for that!  I should have listed that too...

Loujoe

Not big on the hits but LOVED how they rocked ten. To get once, even flow and alive right in my face to start a show. Speechless...

^^^got MC's drum head after that show! Dude breaking apart the stage threw them like frisbees into the mostly empty seats. It was like slow motion. Me and another fan  jumped a few rows and grabbed them. Killer to have. It's on my wall with a note on the back so hope when I kick out the jams it gets the love it deserves...

dades

PJ doing Betterman , New York ‘10. Will live with me forever.
Dancing on stage with Ozzy in Edinburgh in ‘91ish
Cornell, Glasgow, Royal concert Hall. One guy with a guitar, sheer class.
Prodigy, Glasgow Barrowlands ‘95ish. Awesome.
Just a few 😀

Gigatonofbricks

dades said:

PJ doing Betterman , New York ‘10. Will live with me forever.

ditto!

"DON'T LET ME DOOOOOWWWWWWWWWNNNNNN!"

jerparker20

A few that stand out:

- Rolling Stones, Bridges to Babylon Tour, Metrodome in Minneapolis. Stone out on the satellite stage and tear into “Like a Rolling Stone” the place lost its mind.

- Bob Dylan, maybe 1995, Duluth, MN. Bob in hi first show ever in the town of his birth. Some hippie lady manages to get on stage, security guard hits her like Ronnie Lott about 3 feet from Bob Dylan, who doesn’t blink or miss a note.

- Neil Young, HORDE Festival maybe 1996. Neil brought a giant Lionel Train display out on the tour. While hanging around, stoned, watching trains with maybe 15 people around, out walks Neil. He sits down, maybe 6-8 feet away,  knocks out a couple songs and off he goes.

- Oasis, The old Northrop at the U of M in Minneapolis around the time Mourning Glory was released. Noel is doing his solo acoustic number and the fire alarms in the building go off. After a few moments of confusion, back to the music.

- PJ, OKC 2013. For whatever reason catching PJ live had evaded me until then.Opened with Wash.

herogroundzero

telluride pearl jam

telluride bluegrass festival

and red rocks is ok too !

the first time i saw bowie was serious moonlight tour. mind blown

tom petty 3 nights at the vic in chicago 2003

gabriel so tour front row center. paid a scalper $100 per ticket. lay your hands on me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YdYOhtkLXY

brianlux

June 23, 1982, S.F. Civic Auditorium.  I'm with my buddy Andrew in some choice balcony seats.    Somewhere in the middle of the show, Joe Strummer takes a quick step up to the mic and yells at us, the audience, chewing us out for something- not sure what- then flips us the bird and ends his rant with, "Fuck off!", and charges into something off of London Calling.  We all went blissfully berserk, of course!

herogroundzero

saw jason's last 2 shows with dbt 2 nights in atlanta for nye 2006(dec 30/31)

cornelia.h

The Webb sisters (Leonhard Cohen's background singers) doing "If it be your will" during his show. You could hear a pin drop in an 14,000 arena, I had tears in my eyes.

Both Eddie Vedder/Glen Hansard shows in London 2012 (+Roger Daltrey coming out for 2 songs).

My first Nick Cave show in 2008 and him and the Bad Seeds doing "Jubilee Street" on their last European tour.

darwinstheory

But as someone mentioned earlier, Neil Young as part of the H.O.R.D.E. tour in Tinley Park in 1997. He was headlining the daylong festival and there were storms that came in during his set. Lightening everywhere. Rain swirling below the pavilion above while the rain water collected a few feet deep in front of the stage. Knuckleheads mudsliding in the lawn. Amphitheater speakers went out and the music was coming from just the stage. They tried to get him off stage and he pushed them away and kept playing. It was fucking epic!

Despite what would surely be very poor quality, I would LOVE to have audio or visual of this show more than any other. Do yourself a favor and check out the review from other fans and a Chicago Tribune article about it 10 years afterward:

http://neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2009/08/concert-ill-never-forget-horde-97.html?m=1

MedozK

hrd2imgn said:

MedozK said:

Pearl Jam - Live at Third Man Records

Without a doubt, the best concert EVER

That must have been the best vibe.

Unbelievable really.

1ThoughtKnown

tempo_n_groove said:

Loujoe said:

Zod said:

I saw AC/DC play a show at the outdoor Stadium in Edmonton.   A big thunderstorm blew through the area during the show.  It pissed down rain as heavy as I've ever seen it.  There was lightning coming from all around (but luckily not directly over the stadium).   Seeing them play Thunderstuck in the middle of a badass thunderstorm.... fuuuuuuck.

That's one of my favourite shows I've ever seen.   The worse the weather got the more the crowd and the band were like fuck you.   Everyone had so much much fun.....

Another one would be the last tragically hip tour.   Gord Downie had brain cancer and they decided to do one last tour.   The show in my town (Victoria) was the first show of that tour.   Seeing a band where you knew the singer was on his final spin.   It was crazy.   No one knew what to expect at that first show.  The crowd was emotional and went absolutely apeshit when the hip came out.   It gives me chills to this day.

Awesome experience^^^^.
AC/DC was my first concert. Yngwee malemsein was opener. My brother took my 14 year old self with him and his friends. Actually one of his friends in the back seat became the guitarist for  Powerman 5000. They had the cannons on stage, it was awesome. Saw them again later for money talks tour. It was killer too. They dumped a bunch of fake money with angus's picture on it. I had a few but never took care of my collections and got lost along the way. 

Funny AC/DC was my first concert.  LA Guns opened.  Razors Edge tour and they dropped the money down for Money Talks too, lol!

That was one of the loudest concerts I have ever been to.  I measured against the next few I went to by the length of days my ears rang.

I hung tough with the deafness for the opener Thunder struck.  Couldn't even tell what the song was the crowd was that loud.  Next loudness tester was Hells Bells and banging that damn bell w a sledge.
Lastly it was Those about to Rock where I actually had to plug my ears.  I cried uncle.  Too fucking loud for this 14 YO.

My ears rang for the next 3 days.

AC/DC with LA Guns was also my first concert in Edmonton. Razors Edge ‘91 tour! Cool memories! I was 15 and I remember For Those About to Rock..  that still is the loudest thing I’ve ever heard in a concert. Was crazy. 

1ThoughtKnown

PJ playing RITFW at Trieste ‘14.  I had three Canadian Flag pins in my pocket and tried (unsuccessfully) twice to get one of the pins in EV’s general direction from about 4-5 rows back in the “Prato”.  I had one chance left and I jumped and threw the pin with all my might. Ed was singing and saw something bounce off the monitor in front of him and looked down. I was surprised as hell when I saw him pick it up and look at it, give me a knowing grin and hold it up for everyone. He pinned it on his shirt (my wife was ecstatic) and showed the crowd. 

Attaway77

Pantera (w/Type O Negative) - 3/22/95, Amarillo Texas....  Just intense shit, still love this band to this day. Have been to a lot of concerts of other artists throughout the years, but damn... Pantera, 90's, youth...absolutely...

Attaway77

Was damn close to seeing AIC live in 94 with Metallica in Alb, NM.....  Great concert, but AIC had to pull out for obvious reasons. 

eeriepadave

Gigatonofbricks said:

dades said:

PJ doing Betterman , New York ‘10. Will live with me forever.

ditto!

"DON'T LET ME DOOOOOWWWWWWWWWNNNNNN!"

this was more special to me. Still get chills/goosebumps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNjwyyzUAAY

rgambs

1ThoughtKnown said:

PJ playing RITFW at Trieste ‘14.  I had three Canadian Flag pins in my pocket and tried (unsuccessfully) twice to get one of the pins in EV’s general direction from about 4-5 rows back in the “Prato”.  I had one chance left and I jumped and threw the pin with all my might. Ed was singing and saw something bounce off the monitor in front of him and looked down. I was surprised as hell when I saw him pick it up and look at it, give me a knowing grin and hold it up for everyone. He pinned it on his shirt (my wife was ecstatic) and showed the crowd. 

That was a sweet show!  Hot night though and I had a bad stomach ache from a disagreement with some street meat.
Great show though, my wife enjoyed it more than Milan, but I liked Milan better.
Vienna topped them both for both of us.

1ThoughtKnown

rgambs said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

PJ playing RITFW at Trieste ‘14.  I had three Canadian Flag pins in my pocket and tried (unsuccessfully) twice to get one of the pins in EV’s general direction from about 4-5 rows back in the “Prato”.  I had one chance left and I jumped and threw the pin with all my might. Ed was singing and saw something bounce off the monitor in front of him and looked down. I was surprised as hell when I saw him pick it up and look at it, give me a knowing grin and hold it up for everyone. He pinned it on his shirt (my wife was ecstatic) and showed the crowd. 

That was a sweet show!  Hot night though and I had a bad stomach ache from a disagreement with some street meat.
Great show though, my wife enjoyed it more than Milan, but I liked Milan better.
Vienna topped them both for both of us.

Vienna was a great show as well.  Lot of rarities that night. But Trieste was pretty magical for an outdoor show. Those Italians are fun to rock out in the Prato with. Closest experience to a South American show I’ve had personally. 

herogroundzero

pete t quadrophenia chicago full orchestra with eddie vedder signing quad tunes.

ray charles oct 2000

herogroundzero

23scidoo said:

EV in Taormina was something special..this venue..wow

well played !! WOW