Top 10 live shows you’ve ever seen

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

 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

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. 

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?

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.

Only 10?  Impossible!  But, OK, pretty much in chronological order:

The Who/ Blue Cheer ( 1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience/ The Buddy Miles Express (1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience/ Taj Mahal/ Sandy Bull/ Lee Michaels (1969)
Sun Ra and the Solar Arkestra (Golden Gate Park Planetarium,  1970-?)
Talking Heads/ Tom Tom Club/ Black Uhuru (1982)
U2/ The Alarm (1983)
Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1986)
Cecil Taylor/ Sun Ra and His Arkestra (1987)
Willie Nelson and Family (2005)
Pearl Jam (2012)

Ones I painfully had to cut to make it a top 10 list:

The Beach Boys/ Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (1964)
Buffalo Springfield (1967)
Santana/ Tower of Power/ Sons of Champlin (1969)
Larry Coryell (1969)
John Mayall (1970)
Miles Davis (1970)
Jethro Tull (1982)
The Psychedelic Furs (1982)
King Crimson with Adrian Belew (1982)
R.E.M./ Gang of Four (1983)
Dizzy Gillespie/ Freddie Hubbard/ McCoy Tyner/ Bobby Hutcherson (1982)
Harvey Mandel (1990)
Johnny Cash and family (1992)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse (I had to cut this otherwise top 10 show because I listened to the show from the park just outside Shoreline Theater) (1996)

1) The Who-2001 Concert for N.Y. - 4 songs and 25 minutes of music no other band can imagine touching! If you weren't crying you aren't human!!
2) The Who- 1981Chicago International Amphitheatre- the 3 greatest hours of electric rock Guitar these eyes have ever seen.
3) David Bowie- 1978 Chicago Arie Crown Theatre Low/Heroes tour...off the blow but, still blowing minds! Btw this was my first concert and I was 14!
4) Prince- 1993 Chicago Theatre - front row right in front of maybe the most talented artist I've ever seen?! The solo in Purple Rain never ended.
5) PJ- 2014 Moline...No Code show nothing else needs to be said...my favorite PJ album front to back in all its glory in a perfect small arena!
6) Peter Gabriel- 1987 London Earls Court- Just really hard to understand how phenomenal every aspect of this show was from the superb musicians, the theatrics and the just fucking great songs the man wrote during the first 10 years after he left Genesis!
7) U2 - 1983 Aragon Ballroom Chicago...5000 people before all the megalomania set in and they were just starting their ascent that would land them on the cover of Time magazine as the most important band in the world and they absolutely were on this night!!
8) The Clash- 1982 Aragon Ballroom Chicago...opened with London Calling and by the time they closed with I'm So Bored With The USA I thought I was going to die at least 2 or 3 different times...over crowded, dangerous and absolutely beautiful brutal music!
9) Radiohead- 2001Grant Park Chicago...with the unbelievable Chicago skyline right behind the band, not a festival show, just Radiohead sounding like aliens on a perfect Chicago summer night with 40,000 fans in awe on the Kid A/ Amnesiac tour!
10) The Ramones- 1980 College of DuPage a junior college where I would later attend school in Glen Ellyn, Il...maybe 1000 people and they probably played 25 songs in 70 minutes in a punk rock fury of pure perfection!

vito said:

1) The Who-2001 Concert for N.Y. - 4 songs and 25 minutes of music no other band can imagine touching! If you weren't crying you aren't human!!
2) The Who- 1981Chicago International Amphitheatre- the 3 greatest hours of electric rock Guitar these eyes have ever seen.
3) David Bowie- 1978 Chicago Arie Crown Theatre Low/Heroes tour...off the blow but, still blowing minds! Btw this was my first concert and I was 14!
4) Prince- 1993 Chicago Theatre - front row right in front of maybe the most talented artist I've ever seen?! The solo in Purple Rain never ended.
5) PJ- 2014 Moline...No Code show nothing else needs to be said...my favorite PJ album front to back in all its glory in a perfect small arena!
6) Peter Gabriel- 1987 London Earls Court- Just really hard to understand how phenomenal every aspect of this show was from the superb musicians, the theatrics and the just fucking great songs the man wrote during the first 10 years after he left Genesis!
7) U2 - 1983 Aragon Ballroom Chicago...5000 people before all the megalomania set in and they were just starting their ascent that would land them on the cover of Time magazine as the most important band in the world and they absolutely were on this night!!
8) The Clash- 1982 Aragon Ballroom Chicago...opened with London Calling and by the time they closed with I'm So Bored With The USA I thought I was going to die at least 2 or 3 different times...over crowded, dangerous and absolutely beautiful brutal music!
9) Radiohead- 2001Grant Park Chicago...with the unbelievable Chicago skyline right behind the band, not a festival show, just Radiohead sounding like aliens on a perfect Chicago summer night with 40,000 fans in awe on the Kid A/ Amnesiac tour!
10) The Ramones- 1980 College of DuPage a junior college where I would later attend school in Glen Ellyn, Il...maybe 1000 people and they probably played 25 songs in 70 minutes in a punk rock fury of pure perfection!

Excellent, Vito!  Wish I'd seen the Ramones! 

Guy Dudebro said:

Well, brianlux wins this thread (what, no Zeppelin to throw the dagger in our hearts???) but I'll throw mine out there anyway in no particular order:
Pearl Jam-LA3 09, (first time on the rail)
Pearl Jam- Santa Barbara 06
Black Crowes- The Fillmore, San Francisco 12-19-10
Public Image Ltd.- Hollywood Palladium 6-10-83
Tool- The Glass House, Pomona, CA 10-16-96
Black Flag- The Vex, East LA, 8-20-83
Metallica- The Troubadour, West Hollywood, 5-24-88
Chris Cornell- Benaroya Hall., Seattle, 9-29-15
David Bowie- Dodger Stadium, LA, 5-26-90
Iggy Pop- The Scream, LA , 7-9-88

I still have my copy of the Chicago Tribune containing the mail-order form for tickets to LZ at the Chicago Stadium for 4 nights in 1980 and the very same day Bonzo drinks himself to death!

brianlux sai

vito said:

1) The Who-2001 Concert for N.Y. - 4 songs and 25 minutes of music no other band can imagine touching! If you weren't crying you aren't human!!
2) The Who- 1981Chicago International Amphitheatre- the 3 greatest hours of electric rock Guitar these eyes have ever seen.
3) David Bowie- 1978 Chicago Arie Crown Theatre Low/Heroes tour...off the blow but, still blowing minds! Btw this was my first concert and I was 14!
4) Prince- 1993 Chicago Theatre - front row right in front of maybe the most talented artist I've ever seen?! The solo in Purple Rain never ended.
5) PJ- 2014 Moline...No Code show nothing else needs to be said...my favorite PJ album front to back in all its glory in a perfect small arena!
6) Peter Gabriel- 1987 London Earls Court- Just really hard to understand how phenomenal every aspect of this show was from the superb musicians, the theatrics and the just fucking great songs the man wrote during the first 10 years after he left Genesis!
7) U2 - 1983 Aragon Ballroom Chicago...5000 people before all the megalomania set in and they were just starting their ascent that would land them on the cover of Time magazine as the most important band in the world and they absolutely were on this night!!
8) The Clash- 1982 Aragon Ballroom Chicago...opened with London Calling and by the time they closed with I'm So Bored With The USA I thought I was going to die at least 2 or 3 different times...over crowded, dangerous and absolutely beautiful brutal music!
9) Radiohead- 2001Grant Park Chicago...with the unbelievable Chicago skyline right behind the band, not a festival show, just Radiohead sounding like aliens on a perfect Chicago summer night with 40,000 fans in awe on the Kid A/ Amnesiac tour!
10) The Ramones- 1980 College of DuPage a junior college where I would later attend school in Glen Ellyn, Il...maybe 1000 people and they probably played 25 songs in 70 minutes in a punk rock fury of pure perfection!

Excellent, Vito!  Wish I'd seen the Ramones! 

Well thank you but, The Who with Moonie, Miles Davis and James Marshall Hendrix I have to tell you makes me very jealous!