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By *icboy OP Man
over a year ago
Glasgow |
This is for everyone.
As a frequent gig goer, Biohazard lastnight... 
Name your top live bands.
Mine are as follows...just to get you rolling...
1) Dead Kennedys - Nightclub Edinburgh
2) The Cramps - Nightclub Edinburgh
3) Nirvana - QMU Glasgow
4) Meteors - Dingwalls London
5) White Lies - King Tuts Glasgow
So come on lets see your favorites...Mine change all the time...  |
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best venue
Barrowlands
best concert - too many to mention but the highlights are
Peter Gabriel at the SECC (twice)
Big Country, Seer Tour, Playhouse, Edinburgh
Simple Minds, Barrowland
Duran Duran - Barrowland - met Sharleen Spiteri there
Aztec Camera - Hartford CT
The Alarm - Barrowland
REM - Queen margaret Union
Bangles - QMU
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"This is for everyone.
As a frequent gig goer, Biohazard lastnight...
Name your top live bands.
Mine are as follows...just to get you rolling...
1) Dead Kennedys - Nightclub Edinburgh
2) The Cramps - Nightclub Edinburgh
3) Nirvana - QMU Glasgow
4) Meteors - Dingwalls London
5) White Lies - King Tuts Glasgow
So come on lets see your favorites...Mine change all the time... "
Bloody hell you saw nirvana...i am totally green with envy!
Recently...a christmas concert by a folk musician friend, 40 ppl ,wine on tables, chat, joining in, music without the frills, it was fab
Ever...either Mrs woods...greatest dj ever or sabersonics.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Saw Nirvana too and yes they were awesome.
My fave are:-
Iron maiden
Metallica
Rage against the machine
U2
Ozzy
Tickets are so damn expensive these days went to download last year and it cost a bomb |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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U2s Elevation Concert at Slane Castle
The line up was
JJ72
Kelis
Coldplay
Redhot Chilli Peppers
U2
Awesome day that was, although I've been to every tour U2 have done since Jashua Tree, they always please the crowd |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My favs are
Iron Maiden @ Monsters of Rock
Guns and Roses @ dolphins stadium miami
And my all time best was Ozzy @ Lees Cliff in Folkstone last year. Ozzy is a legend. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Seen loads of bands but the stand out ones are
The 20th Centuary Doors (the original doors but with Ian Astbury from The Cult as front man)
Green Day
Limehouse Lizzy (Thin Lizzy tribute, can't tell the difference!)
Ian Dury and the Block Heads
Shane Mcgowan
One THE best Iggy Pop |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Seen loads of bands but the stand out ones are
The 20th Centuary Doors (the original doors but with Ian Astbury from The Cult as front man)
Green Day
Limehouse Lizzy (Thin Lizzy tribute, can't tell the difference!)
Ian Dury and the Block Heads
Shane Mcgowan
One THE best Iggy Pop"
Limehouse lizzy are the best covers band i have ever seen. Saw them at MCN weekend at butlins and tried to get to as may of their gigs as possible. Oftern on in derby at the flower pot and assembly rooms. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Mine are:
Metallica
Muse
Soundgarden
Fear Factory
Korn.....
....and an honourable mention has to go to White Zombie for the plastic cup-fight before the show started. The atmosphere during that was awesome :D |
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By *aulnh2Man
over a year ago
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Thanks all for giving more music for my ever expanding collection 
Neil Young
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Bob Dylan
Motorhead
and best gig ever without a doubt was with 40 people in an Islington Bar,
Brian Robertson with the Popes
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've been to a fiar few but here are my favourites:
Radiohead - played at their hometown oxford. Supported by supergrass, also oxford band. Great day and went to aftershow party. So many top people there.
Coldplay - wembley stadium. Awsome.
Magic numbers - O2 oxford. Intimate but great.
Steroephonics. - cardiff. They know how to rock.
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A friend of mine was at the legendary MTV Unplugged Nirvana gig. I've hated him for that ever since!!!
My best gig was MeatLoaf at the Leeds showground 2002. He was awesome. He asked if anyone had any requests, and a little girl right in front of the stage, shouted out the T-Rex song; 20th Century Boy. When he said he didn't sing it, she was all disappointed, so Meatloaf and his daughter sang it acapella for her!!
A seriously amazing artist and showman. |
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Scissor Sisters ..
My favorite band. I follow them around a bit I love brixton academy. Such an intimate place. Much prefer the smaller gigs O2 is too large. . I do like other bands but too much effort to go on my own. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Seen loads, but off the top of my head,
Dizze Rascal @ Wolves Civic
Robbie @ Knebworth
Billie Idol @ Download
Feeder, Ozzy, Slipknot, My Chemical Romance, Rage Agaainst The Machine, Linkin Park,@ Download, over the years
Red Hot Chilli Peppers, suppirted by Jamea Brown @ Manchester City
Bon Jovi @ Wembley (old stadium)
Depeche Mode @ NEC
Caiser Chiefs, Hives, Bullet For My Valentine @ Carling Academy, Brum.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bit alternative but
Pop will eat itself at brum on a reunion tour as no one thought we'd ever see clint mansell come back from Hollywood and they lifted the roof off the academy in brum |
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Meatloaf .. absolutely amazing on stage
Lost Prophets - 3rd visit on the way
Papa Roach - even better cos i grabbed Jacoby Dakota Shaddix ass whilst he sang (and its on You Tube)
Bryan Adams
Madness too (back in 1980;s though) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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well i saw Jonathan wilson last night and he was rather splendid, as for best gigs
Indigo Girls-Swamp Ophelia Tour-Mcr Academy
Davis Sylvian-Apollo
Stone Roses-Blackpool
Blue Nile-Opera House
Lone justice-International
Leftfield-Academy
Ray lamontagne-Night and day
AC/DC-MEN
Pat Metheney- Appolo
Patti Smith-Academy
Van Morrison-Appolo
LCD Sounsystem-Ritz
The Fall-Ritz
Happy Mondays-Hacienda
Laura marling-Glastonbury
New order-Reading
..and every Falming Lips Gid Ive ever been too |
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The Boss - Giants Stadium New Jersey
The Boss - Olympic Stadium, Seville
Rolling Stones - Slane Castle, Dublin
Led Zeppelin - Knebworth
Van Halen - Old Wembley Stadium
Guns n Roses - Old Wembley Stadium
Rush - Wembley Arena |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Primal Scream - Barrowlands
Terrorvision - Purple Turtle, Reading
Evan Dando - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
Motorhead - Portsmouth Guildhall (I was 12 and they were loud)
Toots & the Maytals/Jimmy Cliff - Wolverhampton
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My top live bands.
Mine are as follows...
1) Travis - Excel, Docklands
2) Level 42 - The Forum, London (1991)
3) Incognito - The Jazz Cafe, London
4) N'dea Davenport - Dingwalls, Camden
5) Stanley Clarke and Courtney Pine - Barbican Centre, London
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best ever gig?.
linda ronstadt at bham odeon 1976
2/the faces at weeley festival 1971
3/queen,heart,joan jett,teardrop explodes at milton keyners bowl 1982
4/dexys midnight runners at cedar club bham 1979
5/never the bride at severnside festival 2008 when i was given an acoustic guitar by murray gould and david levy and invited out on stage for the sound check!. |
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got free tickets to earth wind and fire in berlin wasnt my cup of tea but after an hour thier support band came on "Phil collins" he did 2 hours then they came back on with him for 2 more hours best f'in gig i've been to |
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By *ayTVTV/TS
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
Jean Michel Jarre, Paris
Mike Oldfield. Heidelberg
Mike Oldfield, Ipswich
Mike Oldfield, Edinburgh......bit of a pattern developing
Steeleye Span, Ipswich
Thin Lizzy, Bridlington |
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"We're off the see Van 'the man' Morrison a week on Saturday.
We hope to come home and say, "That was the best gig we've ever been to" "
Saw him in Leeds a long long time ago, was just after 'A night in San Francisco' was released, same set list and line up but without Junior wells and John Lee Hooker etc
Van was mainly pished, so Brian Kennedy and Georgie Fame did most of the vocals, was still a great gig though
Bets gig i have been to, (which was not really a gig in the true sense) was a small spur of the moment gig, when Mark knopfler walked into his old watering hole, The Grove Inn, Leeds, sat down with Brendan Crocker, and joined in.
Second best I have been to was Queen at Elland Rd Leeds, 1982, Hot Space tour, same tour line up as was mentioned earlier at Milton Keynes.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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1) Guns & Roses
2) Kasabian
3) NO FX (for the simple fact they got the whole of leeds festival to run round the sound tower!)
4) Arctic Monkeys
5) Coldplay
Surprisingly Oasis was the worst gig! They weren't talking at the time they came on stage mumbled their words and liam walked off half way thru leaving noel to finish up. Who promptly went off stage after the next song, all without uttering a word to the audience! So disappointing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Best Venue, The National Bowl Milton Keynes.
Acts,
Bon Jovi
Nickelback (blessed to see these with Bon Jovi in 2006)
Pink."
LOVE to see nickelback AND Bon Jovi. Am jealous!! xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Scissor Sisters ..
My favorite band. I follow them around a bit I love brixton academy. Such an intimate place. Much prefer the smaller gigs O2 is too large. . I do like other bands but too much effort to go on my own."
Seen them at the metro arena, I love them but I'm only little and we got floor standing so I couldn't see a thing!
I much prefer smaller venues or festivals x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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So many to choose from!!!!
Cramps
Meteors
Restless
Ramones
Stray Cats
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Bo Diddley
Crazy Cavan
Sleepy LaBeef
Br549
Motorhead
All great gigs in thier own way! |
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Genesis- roundhey park? 1980's invisible touch tour.
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They played Roundhay Park twice, once in 1987 and again in 1992 Invisible touch was 1987
Springsteen in Sheffield might have bene th Born in the USA tour, saw him at Leeds in '85 again Roundhay park |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Scissor Sisters ..
My favorite band. I follow them around a bit I love brixton academy. Such an intimate place. Much prefer the smaller gigs O2 is too large. . I do like other bands but too much effort to go on my own.
Seen them at the metro arena, I love them but I'm only little and we got floor standing so I couldn't see a thing!
I much prefer smaller venues or festivals x"
smaller venues to get hot n sweaty then lol x |
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By *ucky_LadsCouple (MM)
over a year ago
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the jam easter 1980 at finsbury park,was a great gig cos i was on night shift but my mate covered for me and i got paid!,went to the gig as a guest of john and paul weller with an access all areas pass and had drinks with the band before and after!.
the ramones -- barbarellas b'ham
led zeppelin--kinetic circus b'ham
the who--1966 smethwick baths 12/6p entrance fee!.
geno washington & the ram jam band --1966 the midnight city b'ham |
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By *icboy OP Man
over a year ago
Glasgow |
More to keep it going...
1)The Clash - Glasgow Apollo
2)The Ramones - Playhouse Edinburgh
3)The Young Gods - Glasgow Tech
4)Sex Gang Children - Dingwalls London
5)The Damned - Strathclyde Uni
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Genesis- roundhey park? 1980's invisible touch tour.
They played Roundhay Park twice, once in 1987 and again in 1992 Invisible touch was 1987
Springsteen in Sheffield might have bene th Born
in the USA tour, saw him at Leeds in '85 again
Roundhay park"
Hey thanks for that.......they were ace anyway!!!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oasis-wembley stadium ( kasabian and the enemy as supports)
Paul weller- 11 times so can't really pick one
Kings of Leon - Hyde park
Sterophonics-Chelmsford
And last but not least green day - men arena |
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Barrowlands
Leftfield - o2 Academy
Sigur Ros - o2 Academy
R.E.M. - Balloch
Radiohead - S.E.C.C.
Tool - S.E.C.C.
Coldplay - Bellahouston Park
Malcolm Middleton - somewhere in Paris |
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david bowie b'ham 1973?...ziggy stardust tour
david bowie in 80s at milton keynes bowl on magical moonlight tour mid 80s
robert gordon with link wray(rock'a' billy)at bham barbarellas late 70s
sam & dave at barbarellas early 70s
lifetime (jack bruce)supported by the greatest show on earth 1971 ,bham town hall
john mayalls bluesbreakers 1970 bham town hall
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
South West London / Surrey |
Pink Floyd
Guns N Roses
Roger Waters
Velvet Revolver
Hyde Park Calling 2006 - Baking hot day and some great bands.
Due to take our daughter to see JLS next month  Not looking forward to that one! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Biohazard!! Fantastic!
Metallica, Slipknot and Iron Maiden always put on a great show.
Best Venue for me has always been Donington Park... But second favourite is Hammersmith Apollo.
Going to have a think now as to what i've seen!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Sisiter of Mercy - various venues.
The Damned - various.
Neil Young - Nottinham.
Bowie - Sunderland 87 (Glass Spider)/90 - Maine Road, Manchester.
All brilliant, all special memories! |
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By *icboy OP Man
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"Biohazard!! Fantastic!
Metallica, Slipknot and Iron Maiden always put on a great show.
Best Venue for me has always been Donington Park... But second favourite is Hammersmith Apollo.
Going to have a think now as to what i've seen!!"
Seen Biohazard last week...they were fantastic... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Can't name venues  but have really enjoyed the following...
White Stripes
Iggy Pop
Nick Cave
Violent Femmes
Gogol Bordello
Bauhaus
Einsturzende Neubauton
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By *icboy OP Man
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"Oops.... didn't mean to blush there "
You can blush when ever you want.
Bauhaus...long before they were big...in a small venue in Glasgow...dry ice...Daniel Ash playing his bass with a bow...fantastic... |
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David Bowie - Heroes tour
Pink Floyd
Johnny Cash
Frank Sinatra with Lisa and Sammy Davis Jr
Social Distortion
The Undertones
The Specials
Boy George - benefit gig somewhere
Stiff Little Fingers
Conflict / Crass - shitty music, but what a gig
GBH
John Denver - yeah I know, but he was actually really good live
Tina Turner
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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David Bowie - BBC Radio Studios Maida Vale 2002..only about 60 people there,you could have shot me right there and then and I would have died a happy man.The highlight of what's now a 40 year obsession
Prince at The O2..Fantastic show |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oops.... didn't mean to blush there
You can blush when ever you want.
Bauhaus...long before they were big...in a small venue in Glasgow...dry ice...Daniel Ash playing his bass with a bow...fantastic... "
Ah! Bauhaus too! Absolute class!! Love your taste (er, if you catch my drift!) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Bit alternative but
Pop will eat itself at brum on a reunion tour as no one thought we'd ever see clint mansell come back from Hollywood and they lifted the roof off the academy in brum"
I was at both nights and it really was special, particularly when they played the really early stuff and Crabbie drummed again. Were you at the Stourbridge Rock Cafe gig a few years later when Clint failled to show but the rest of them played?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think my fave ever was a Joe Strummer memorial night in aid of the Jail Guitar Doors charity at Proud Galleries in Camden. Billy Bragg, Mick Jones of the Clash, Wayne Kramer out of MC5 and one of the Foo Fighters who's name I forget doing Redemption song, Kick out the Jamms and Jail Guitar Doors. Crazy.
Other notable ones?
Frank Turner at the Borderline last year
Wonder Stuff's first reformation gig at Dudley JB's
Ministry at Manchester acadamy
Jane's Addiction at the hummingbird
Carter USM doing a very short set in a pub in Brixton for Fruitbat's 50th Birthday
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hayseed Dixie..
Best one I have ever been to
(I don't go to many) lol"
Bugger! How could I have forgotten? I've seen them 3 times or 4, can't remember now, very good gigs, not very sober either They are also the Kerosene Brothers, who open for Hayseed Dixie (not a lot of people know that) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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30 seconds to mars in glasgow.
Guys know how to put on a show. Jared has a potty mouth though 
Hoping to see lots more bands this year. Also lots of you have great taste esp. Indie/alternative choices.
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Best gig ever... Foo Fighters in The Barrowlands back in the 90's.
I worked security in the pit at the front of stage, pulling crowd surfers out! Dave Grohl just a couple of feet behind me, and streams of good looking people needing pulled out of the crowd! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bon Jovi - multiple times
U2 - Multiple times
Prince
Tina Turner
John Miles
Gary Moore - the best one ever
Springsteen
Rod Stewart
Lindisfarne
ELP
Phil Collins
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Been lucky enough to see many bands I love, many listed above in others posts but without doubt the best gigs I've been to was slayer at rock city, 1st on the south of heaven tour and then on the world painted blood tour.
Both times the place was packed and went mental  |
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By *bfoxxxMan
over a year ago
Crete or LANCASTER |
Not necessarily in order :
The Who. Black Sabbeth. Deep Purple
All at Lancaster Uni
Frank Zappa and the Mothers at Manchester
Pink Floyd
at Knebworth, Earls Court, Bath Festival, Lancaster Uni, Weeley and Bickershaw festivals, Man City.
Rolling Stones at Man City
Jools Holland at Larmer Tree Festival with Lulu Ruby Turner, and Alison Moyet
Police in Blackpool.
Simply Red at Broadlands
Van Morrison at Torquay. |
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"I have to confess to boyhood fantasies about Marianne Faithfull. She's still horny now."
saw marianne faithfull early 60s when she first started out on her singing career at an open air gig in cannon hill park birmingham,it was first time i had seen a singing star from tv and she looked and sounded divine!. |
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