Best live show you've ever been to!/

3sheets

Best PJ Show: Seattle II '00 and then the Orlando HOB show in '03 only for being so damn close to the stage and in a GA crowd following Roskilde.

Best Non-PJ Shows: NIN-Tampa '94 during the Downward Spiral Tour; Lolla '96 w/ Ramones, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, RATM, Rancid, and Metallica (sure it wasn't in the true spirit of the origins of the festival, but what a kick ass lineup); Faith No More in Australia '97 b/c I snuck in free with some Aussies I had met; Radiohead-West Palm Beach '03; Yo La Tengo-last month (an actual transcendental show if I've ever witnessed one); and Crystal Method/BT/Taylor in '98 b/c it was intense and insane and I was on some good X.

Trau

I've only been to three real concerts in my life, and they're were all quite good. Very different from each other.

In 2002, I saw Dio, Deep Purple, and the Scorpions in Concord, California.

In 2003, I saw Pearl Jam in Mountainview, California. Idlewild sucked.

In 2007, I saw Type O Negative at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California.

PissBottleMan

The '98 Knoxville YIELD show was great...so was Memphis '00 and Kitchener '05.

Other than that, both DBT shows last year (Nashville in Feb. / Memhis in Oct.) were great and I'm looking forward to a couple more this year.

PBM

dignin

i agree with most on here....all pearl jam shows ive seen....but a show i must mention because it stands out in my mind was The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness tour ....i think back in 96' in Calgary, that show was mind blowing for me. Say what you will about Billy Corgan but he was a rock god that night.

gnr+pj=2bestever

metsfan531941 wrote:

bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuce and the e street band giant stadium 03- seats were all the way in the upperdeck in the back of giant stadium. just 3+ hours of the bruce and the band on a summer night, no stadium lights, no encores.just singing my lungs and dancing like a crazy person, coolest part is i went with my mom. no concert will ever top this for me

oh my god, what i would give to have been to a concert like that. Too me, nothing beats bruce on a nice warm summer afternoon/evening (on the east coast, mind you)

given2fly78

Any Pearl Jam Show is great IMO so they will always be #1 for me.

The Who - Raleigh, 1998
Dave & Friends - Rochester Aud
HORDE (Lenny Kravitz kicked ass!) - SPAC - 1996
Phish - SPAC - 2004????
The Rolling Stones - Wembley Arena- UK - 1999
and so many more!

bubbamackdaddy69

for me I'd have to say

Pearl Jam..all of them but specifically Ottawa 2005
Tragically Hip
Tool
The cure

Keller

its really hard to pick but i'll try to narrow it down to 3.

1.ryan adams - cold roses tour (sayersville nj)
2.Bruce - the rising tour (the linc)
3.Pearl Jam - camden 03


that was real hard i really wanted to include roger waters doing dark side of the moon but he just missed out.

Tenacious B

Top 3 for me:

PJ - 7.8.95
http://www.pearljam.com/tour/setlist.php?date=199507080000

DMB - 8.31.02
http://dmbalmanac.com/TourShowSet.aspx?id=453055838&tid=58&where=2002

The Raconteurs - 8.3.06
http://littleroom.whitestripes.net/index.php?showtopic=47650

direwolf74

The Tragically Hip at Sasquatch 2006. Unfortunately they only got to play 8 songs due to the crazy hail storm, but it was the single greatest performance I've ever witnessed by anybody. Short, but mind-blowing.

cutz

My best 2 PEARL JAMS shows were: Oct. 1, 2006 at the Borgata in Atlantic City, and OCt. 3. 2006 in Philly(Whacovia).

ROLLING STONES: SEPT. 22 2005 (TOWER THEATER)

ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN AND HOWE(YES): AUG 3. 1989(SPECTRUM)

CROSBY STILLS NASH AND YOUNG; MARCH 20, 2000(FISRT UNION CENTER)

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN:OCT. 2, 2003 (STONE PONY)

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN:NOV. 20,2005(IRVING PLAZA)

ALICE IN CHAINS:AUG. 4,2006(STARLAND BALLROOM)

ROGER WATERS:SEPT. 12, 2006 (MSG)

RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS: OCT. 24,2006(WHACOVIA CENTER)

ALICE IN CHAINS: OCT. 28, 2006 (BORGATA)

ROLLING STONES: SEPT. 25, 1981(JFK STADIUM)

THE WHO: JULY 10, 1989(VET STADIUM)-38 SONGS OVER 3 1/2 HOURS

THE WHO: SEPT. 25, 1982(JFK STADIUM)-WITH SANTANA

RUSH: OCT. 27, 2002(FIRST UNION CENTER)

ROLLING STONES: FEB 1, 2006 1ST MARINER ARENA-BALTIMORE)

NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE: SEPT. 17, 1986(SPECTRUM)

DAVID BOWIE: JULY 19, 1983 (SPECTRUM)

patrickredeyes

Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes Milwaukee's Summerfest. Didn't have tickets , got lucky from somebody selling them outside the venue. 15th row almost center. I was talking about that show for weeks. Closest I'll ever get to seeing a Led Zeppelin show.

boroff89

Trau wrote:

I've only been to three real concerts in my life, and they're were all quite good. Very different from each other.

In 2002, I saw Dio, Deep Purple, and the Scorpions in Concord, California.

In 2003, I saw Pearl Jam in Mountainview, California. Idlewild sucked.

In 2007, I saw Type O Negative at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California.

Man, I thought Idlewild were incredible. Seeing them open that show and Vancouver two nights before made me into an Idlewild fan.

aNiMaL

Pink Floyd at BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, BC (Dark Side of the Moon played live in its entirety!!!!!!!)
Pearl Jam at The Showbox, Seattle, WA
Fishbone at The Fenix, Seattle, WA

Arctangent

i have been to so many fantastic gigs that i can't pick the best. some that spring to mind are:

pearl jam at brixton circa vs and at wembley arena circa binaural.

tool - seen them 4 times all excellent, but especially wembley last november seeing wings for marie/10,000 days live

nin - seen them 5 times all excellent (soon to be 6 times!)

rush at wembley on the R30 tour

ministry at the astoria circa animositisomina

fear factory at the astoria circa demanufacture

interpol (with bloc party supporting) at the islington academy circa antics

pink floyd at the docklands arena circa momentary lapse of reason

therapy? at brixton in the middle of the brixton riots!

muse at wembley arena last november

endlessparade

stones/rush/acdc SARSTOCK

dead/dylan/tom petty BUFFALO

but those are just today's picks...

Scratchin a Letter

Pearl Jam aside..

Roling Stones and AC/DC-Hockenheim, 2003
Neil Young and Crazy Horse-Finsbury Park, 2001
The Strokes-Electric Ballroom, 2001
Bob Dylan-Brixton Academy, 2005
Prince-Hammersmith Apollo, 2003
Arthur Lee-Aylesbury Civic centre, 2004
Queens of the Stoneage-Astoria, 2002
Echo and the Bunnymen-Oxford Zodiac, 2006
Patti Smith-St James' Church, 2001

Arctangent

Scratchin a Letter wrote:

Pearl Jam aside..

Prince-Hammersmith Apollo, 2003

nooooooooooooooo! it will always be the hammersmith ODEON to me

Scratchin a Letter

Arctangent wrote:

nooooooooooooooo! it will always be the hammersmith ODEON to me

Cool place though. He had it decked out in orange panels, and about a gaziloiyhiohdionduianillion flourescent mirrorballs.

My parents call it the Odeon, I think they went to see Bowie there while I was in the making.

Footsteps in Toronto

Roger Waters- Dark Side of the Moon Tour 2006 ACC
David Gilmour- Massey Hall 2006
Tool- September 18, 2001
NIN with Soundgarden & Marilyn Manson, PWEI Molson Park 94
Pearl Jam Buffalo 2003/Toronto 96
Metallica- Fillmore SF May 2003/Toronto Warehouse 1998