The Gig Thread

[The Don't]

A thread devoted to gigs.

I went to see The Strokes in Manchester this year and they blew me away, best gig I've ever been to. That was not only the most recent I've been to, but the best aswell.

So describe your favourite gig/recent gigs be it a comedy or musical event.

My English in this post has been absolutely diabolical.

 

[MaSsiVe]

music forum where are you


1. portuguese band ZEN (a.k.a. the f'ckin best f'ckin band in the whole f'ckin world EVER) @ Hard Club (Gaia, Porto, Portugal), on December 7, 1999.

2. brazilian band Planet Hemp also @ Hard Club, on November 1, 2003.

3.
- the great Manu Chao @ Auditorio de Castrelos (Vigo, Spain), on August 26, 2003.
- brazilian band Los Hermanos @ Casa Da Música (Porto, Portugal) on March 24, 2006.



all of them spine-chilling, tear-dropping, goose-bumping moments in my life.



there is like a dozen other memorable concerts for me though.....the ones I mentioned were just the most breathtaking.

 

[adj137]

1. Milburn @ the Barfly in Camden - that was absolutely crazy, place holds like 200 people and it was completely sold out and then some, everyone was jumping on to the stage and into the crowd. The band we're quality and they're songs were amazing as well. A cooler man's arctic monkeys.

2. Muse @ Earl's Court - Purely for the OTT nature of the concert, it was the last gig of the absolution tour and they pulled out all the stops for the ending as well. And the crowd was great as well. Top quality moshing.

although i don't really like Metal/Emo - 36 Crazyfists at the Barfly needs special mention, it was crazy; after 4 minutes my nose was already bleeding. I woke the next day and my entire body hurt, really mental moshing.

Then also Idlewild at Shephards's Bush - back when they were good, great show with decent songs. No queery folk music here

 

[Haukur Gudnason]

David Gray at the MEN in Manchester. Played on his own for about 2 hours and when all the computers stopped working he said "Ah **** it, who needs computers!". He played 3 songs with just two mics on, one for him and one for the guitar. A brilliant live performer!

 

[Juventino]

The most recent concert I went to was the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Paris last june. I'm a big fan of them and it was the first time I saw them live, so of course I thought it was AMAZING. Especially Flea and John were awesome, they literally let the ground shake

The most funny part of concerts is always how it takes everything out of any person. Before the start of a concert I saw this very quiet good looking girl next to me, well dressed, so I thought ''hmm, alright, I dont think I have to worry about elbows in my face''. Was I wrong... she went mental... headbanging... screaming... and I saw her puking outside after the concert...

 

[NottsSupporter]

Havn't been to that many gigs really..

1. Oasis in Copenhagen 2005. Great performance and the fact that me and my mates were right at the front made it even better. Also saw Oasis in Manchester and Nottingham, the highlight in Manchester being the sing-a-long to Don't look back in anger...woah..something else that was.

2. Bob Dylan in Nottingham 2005. Awesome to see the legendary Bobby D, his performance was a little less than awesome though, his voice just isn't good enough for live shows anymore.

 

[smoove]

ahh gigs...my subject. here's my top 10

1.Incubus @ Zenith in Munich
2.The Hives @ Atomic Cafe in Munich
3.Rolling Stones @ Olympia-Stadion in Munich
4.Wu-Tang Clan @ Columbia Halle in Berlin
5.DJ Premier @ 0711 Club in Stuttgart
6.Arctic Monkeys @ Atomic Cafe in Munich
7.Bob Dylan @ Zenith in Munich
8.Red Hot Chilli Peppers @ Sazka Arena in Prague
9.Jeru the Damaja @ Metropolis in Munich
10.Mando Diao @ Zenith in Munich

overall i've been to over 120 concerts,jams or festivals starting from age 13. which sums up to an average of 17 a year .

 

[Seán D]

I've been to a lot of my favourites.

1.) Metallica - RDS Dublin (3 times) last time was this year and they were the best yet. Incredible.
2.) Green Day - Point and Oxegen Festival - Great live band, very consistent. Must See.
3.) Black Sabbath - Ozzfest 05 (in MA) Never thought I'd see it and I was not disappointed!
4.) The Who - Oxegen 06 - another great performance from someone I didn't exepct to see ever!
5.) Placebo - Oxegen 06 - blasted the fish out of the water. great show.
6.) The Strokes - Oxegen 06 - even in the pouring rain they were one of the best around.
7.) Iron Maiden - Ozzfest 05 - Bruce Dickinson is a legend.
8.) Foo Fighters - Oxegen 05 - should be higher on my list but i forgot about them haha. great show.
9.) Queens of the Stone Age - Oxegen 05 - enough said.
10.) Jimmy Eat World - one of my highlights from Oxegen 05

 

[Ubik Valis]

In no particular order:

Metallica - Roskilde Festival 2003
Just pure godness.

Queens of the Stone Age - Copenhagen 2005
Intense, intimate and groovy as hell.

Tool - Roskilde Festival 2005
D-a-m-n.

Roger Waters - Roskilde Festival 2005
Historical. (At least for me).

 

[Daz]

I'm going to see Muse in November, then Iron Maiden in December

My top list would look pretty measley at the mo :

1. Dream Theater

 

[adj137]

I was planning on seeing Muse but i couldnt get tickets for the wembley show(s). Mainly cause i didnt have that much money on me. Well, i'll be seeing them at reading anyway so no big loss

 

[Lean]

-Silverchair @ Credit Card Hall, 2003, São Paulo
-Megadeth @ Credit Card Hall, 2005, São Paulo

The best i've been to.

 

[Daz]

I was planning on seeing Muse but i couldnt get tickets for the wembley show(s). Mainly cause i didnt have that much money on me. Well, i'll be seeing them at reading anyway so no big loss

yea all the standing seats were sold out in some ridiculously short amount of time. So damn NTL decide to unplug my internet that morning Still managed to get tickets, but seated at the back - if it weren't for fu'cking NTL i would've got far better tickets.

 

[yoyo913]

all i've been to is

system of a down in hamilton (2005)

radiohead in toronto (2006)

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Talib Kweli and The Roots were in town this past weekend. I didn't even know until I turned on V100.7 and heard a Kweli song I never heard before and then he was talking about his show later in the night. I was working. Man that sucked.

 

[SlowSilver]

The two most recent gigs I went to were Green Day and Oasis...both held at the Milton Keynes bowl and both were excellent performances.

 

[::Jason::]

My favourite gigs have been Raul Midon and Kanye West at the Pori Jazz Festival and Cunninlynguists doing a small club gig in a venue that was really hella packed.

I've seen some pretty sloppy performances from relatively big artists like The Game and especially Raekwon, who really didn't seem to give a damn 'bout performing in Finland.

 

[The Don't]

Isn't it brilliant the way I make threads then put 'Thread' at the end of the title to make the thread look more important and respectful. I do this in the hope that more people will post in it, leading to a high post count and probably a high number of views. This way, I can sit looking at my own honeypot threads and masturbate whilst observing my sheer importance to this online community, and welcome with open arms the nurturing aspect it provides to my own self worth.

 

[Help?]

Isn't it brilliant the way I make threads then put 'Thread' at the end of the title to make the thread look more important and respectful. I do this in the hope that more people will post in it, leading to a high post count and probably a high number of views. This way, I can sit looking at my own honeypot threads and masturbate whilst observing my sheer importance to this online community, and welcome with open arms the nurturing aspect it provides to my own self worth.

I'm thinking of starting "The Job Thread" now

 

[The Don't]

Might go and see Kasabian at the MEN...

But I might not.