The 3 Best Current Live Bands

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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    edited March 2019
    australia and europe look out cause one of the best live bands on the planet is coming yer way  :)
    there is nothing like this out there now....
    https://www.littlesteven.com/on-tour
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CanRnjvdYNU
    Post edited by helplessdancer on
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    For my money:

    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Bon Iver
    3. The National

    honorable mention:  Phish.  Not a huge fan, but damn fun shows 
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • PJINFLA
    PJINFLA Posts: 839
    Guns N Roses
    Metallica
    Pearl Jam
    4/22/92 St. Petersburg, 8/23/92 Orlando, 3/29/94 St. Petersburg, 10/7/96 Ft. Lauderdale, 9/8/98 East Rutherford, 9/22/98 West Palm Beach, 9/23/98 West Palm Beach, 8/9/00 West Palm Beach, 8/10/00 West Palm Beach, 8/12/00 Tampa, 4/11/03 West Palm Beach, 4/13/03 Tampa, 6/2/03 Irvine, 6/3/03 Irvine, 9/28/04 Boston, 9/29/04 Boston, 9/1/05 George WA, 9/11/05 Kitchener, 9/12/05 London, 9/13/05 Hamilton, 10/03/05 Philadelphia, 5/16/06 Chicago, 5/17/06 Chicago, 6/23/06 Pittsburgh, 6/24/06 Cincinnati, 6/11/08, West Palm Beach, 6/12/08 Tampa, 6/19/08 Camden, 6/20/08 Camden, 8/23/09 Chicago, 8/24/09 Chicago, 10/27/09 Philadelphia, 10/28/09 Philadelphia, 10/30/09 Philadelphia, 10/31/09 Philadelphia, 5/18/10 New Jersey, 5/20/10 New York, 5/21/10 New York, 9/3/11 East Troy, 9/4/11 East Troy, 9/11/11 Toronto, 9/12/11 Toronto, 9/02/12 Philadelphia, 9/21/12 Pensacola, 7/19/13 Chicago, 10/18/13 Brooklyn, 10/19/13 Brooklyn, 11/23/13 LA, 10/24/13 LA, 11/16/13 Oklahoma City, 10/1/14 Cincinnati, 10/20/14 Milwaukee, 10/22/14 Denver, 4/8/16 Ft. Lauderdale, 4/9/16 Miami, 4/11/16 Tampa, 5/1/16 New York, 5/2/16 New York, 8/5/16 Boston, 8/7/16 Boston, 8/20/16 Chicago, 8/22/16 Chicago, 4/07/17 New York, 8/08/18 Seattle, 8/10/18 Seattle, 8/20/18 Chicago
    9/02/18 Boston, 9/04/18 Boston, 9/11/22 New York, 9/16/22 Nashville, 9/22/22 Denver, 8/31/23, St. Paul, 9/2/23 St. Paul, 9/18/23 Austin, 9/19/23 Austin
  • nycrats
    nycrats Posts: 1,355
    pretty interesting seeing this 11 year old thread bumped up out of nowhere.  originally i didnt see it was from 2008 and was confused by some of the answers as people were dead/disbanded etc..

    interesting that the bands havent changed that much in the 11 years either
    interesting a (great) band listed many times hasnt had a new album in the entirty of the thread- tool
    also interesting some of the comments allowed on the first 3,4 pages.  ive seen people banned for way less. 
    radiohead, pj, mmj for me..  when the thread started in 2008 it would have been rh,pj, petty- that would have been it up until his passing
    '98: Camden 1 '00: JB2 '03: MSG1 '04: Boston 1 '05: AC1
    '06: Irving Plaza, East Rutherford 1 & 2 '07: Lolla '08: Camden 2, MSG2, Beacon
    '09 :Philly 1 & 2 '10: Buffalo, Newark, MSG1, MSG2
    '11: PJ20 1 & 2 '12: Missoula '13: Wrigley, BK2, Philly 1 & 2, Hartford
    '14: Ams 1 & 2, Cincy, St Louis, Detroit, Moline '15: Central Park
    '16 Philly 1 & 2, MSG 1 & 2, Toronto 1 & 2, Fenway 1, Wrigley 1
    '17 Brooklyn hall of fame ‘18 Fenway 1 '21 Jersey Shore '22 MSG  '24: MSG1, MSG2
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,890
    PJINFLA said:
    Guns N Roses
    Metallica
    Pearl Jam

    The part that bugs me is I really liked the reunion show I saw in Seattle in 2016.   It was really good.   The thing is, that first guns n' replacements show I saw in Edmonton (somewhere around '09), was insanely good.   The replacement lineup had no business being that good, but it was.    I saw the replacement gnr again a few years later it didn't have that magic.    Still I find it odd I hold a guns n replacement show almost up there, at part, or possibly better than the real thing :)
  • pljam
    pljam Posts: 387
    PJ
    Rival Sons
    Iron Maiden 
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    My Morning Jacket
    Pearl Jam
    Radiohead 
  • nycrats
    nycrats Posts: 1,355
    nycrats said:

    radiohead, pj, mmj for me.. 

    pledgeagrievance said:
    My Morning Jacket
    Pearl Jam
    Radiohead 

    sadly feels like we may have to get used to more than half of these bands collective output to be via thom, ed, and jim solo for new music/touring with the way things are trending
    '98: Camden 1 '00: JB2 '03: MSG1 '04: Boston 1 '05: AC1
    '06: Irving Plaza, East Rutherford 1 & 2 '07: Lolla '08: Camden 2, MSG2, Beacon
    '09 :Philly 1 & 2 '10: Buffalo, Newark, MSG1, MSG2
    '11: PJ20 1 & 2 '12: Missoula '13: Wrigley, BK2, Philly 1 & 2, Hartford
    '14: Ams 1 & 2, Cincy, St Louis, Detroit, Moline '15: Central Park
    '16 Philly 1 & 2, MSG 1 & 2, Toronto 1 & 2, Fenway 1, Wrigley 1
    '17 Brooklyn hall of fame ‘18 Fenway 1 '21 Jersey Shore '22 MSG  '24: MSG1, MSG2
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,821
    PJ
    NIN
    Wilco
  • jimjam1982
    jimjam1982 AZ Posts: 1,471
    Pearl Jam
    Metallica
    Tool
  • CB254133
    CB254133 Posts: 153
    Pearl Jam
    Coheed and Cambria
    Placebo
  • Release 11
    Release 11 Posts: 81
    1 Pearl Jam 
    2 Bob Hund 
    3 Kings X

    Not current
    The Tragically Hip 
    Prince
    92 Roskilde
    96 Cork, Dublin, London x 2
    00 Barcelona, Stockholm
    03 Uniondale
    06 Verona, Milan
    07 London, Copenhagen
    09 Berlin
    10 Dublin, Belfast
    11 Alpine Valley x 2
    12 Amsterdam x 2, Stockholm, Oslo
    13 Brooklyn x 2
    14 Amsterdam x 2, Berlin, Stockholm
    16 MSG x 2
    18 Prague, Krakow, Berlin
    22 Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam
  • derbydave
    derbydave Columbus, OH Posts: 11,254
    edited March 2019
    nycrats said:
    nycrats said:

    radiohead, pj, mmj for me.. 

    pledgeagrievance said:
    My Morning Jacket
    Pearl Jam
    Radiohead 

    sadly feels like we may have to get used to more than half of these bands collective output to be via thom, ed, and jim solo for new music/touring with the way things are trending
    Love Jim's solo shows...seeing him for the 4th time in Detroit at the end on May.
    I also got to see 2 Carl Broemel solo shows (the most recent one was with Tyler Ramsey from Band Of Horses) in the past few months & they were GREAT, but I'm really glad they have a few My Morning Jacket shows scheduled for August!!
    Post edited by derbydave on
    '96: Seattle: Key Arena
    '98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
    '00: Columbus: Polaris
    '03: Columbus: Germain
    '10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
    '11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
    '12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
    '13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
    '14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
    '15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
    '16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
    '17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    '18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
    '22: Nashville / St. Louis


    http://www.livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=170

  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,199
    I think objectively pj, phish, and springsteen are top of their game. I’m not the hugest phish fan , or springsteen for that matter, but you have to repect what they are doing with their live shows.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
    eeriepadave said:
    in alphabetical order:

    Arcade Fire
    My Morning Jacket
    Pearl Jam

    there a few which i haven't seen in ages which are real good live like Muse (although am seeing them in a few weeks), NIN and The Dirtbombs
    Ok i'm replacing Arcade Fire with Foals. I first saw them about 5 years ago and they were pretty awesome! Then saw them a couple years later on Halloween, pretty solid show. Saw them a few nights ago and wow, that was fantastic.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • tylermoore
    tylermoore St. Joseph, MI Posts: 1,113
    edited April 2019
    I love R.E.M. but hasn’t it been a decade since they’ve played together. Does they qualify as a current live band? Never had a chance to see them tho sadly. 
    Pearl Jam
    Jack White
    Car Seat Headrest is a young fun great live band. 

    Honorable mention might have to be Tenacious D.

    EDIT
    wow didn’t realize the date of this post. Late night scrolling 😬 sorry guys 
    Post edited by tylermoore on
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    smithnic said:
    For my money:

    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Bon Iver
    3. The National

    honorable mention:  Phish.  Not a huge fan, but damn fun shows 
    I just don't see how Bon Iver and The National can be seen as great live acts?  After a few songs I want to shoot myself.  Very low key bands.


  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,359
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Thee Oh Sees
    Arcade Fire
    Radiohead
    Pearl Jam
    Jack White should be put on my list too.  Every show I've seen of his is different.
  • PSUS2H
    PSUS2H USA Posts: 2,388
    NIN || PJ || Metallica  (BRAND NEW when they were touring....) 
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  • crookedcross
    crookedcross Right Near Da Beach, Boiii Posts: 1,545
    edited April 2019
    PJ
    Metallica
    GnR

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