Top 10 live shows you’ve ever seen

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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?!?