Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:44 am  

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:

The best was Bobby Memphis at Wawne Ferry in 1992. He had the audience in the palm of his hand. The place was rocking.

We had a night out with Bobby Memphis. Highlight was him in full Vegas regalia stood on a table in the lamp doing Burning Love hips arms and gut everywhere. That was a long night.

Best live acts...too many.
Pavement at the Adelphi. P Funk All Stars at some festival or other, pogues and New Order at reading 1989, Bill Hicks at Hull Uni around 1990, Gil Scot-Heron at Manchester on his last tour, Pavement at the Astoria 1991.
Some Big Audio Dynamite gigs, Pulp, The Bays at the big chill in Naxos and many many I've forgot.

Worst the Butthole Surfers....pah.

Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:50 am  

Best no frills gig was prodigy at brid spa, about 4 years ago, high energy from minute one. Worst was ugly kid joe circa 1993, they were supporting Def Leppard at Sheffield and were just awful!

Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:22 am  

Seeing the stone roses at Heaton park was very special especially as I never thought I'd get the chance to see them after they broke up , the nerves and excitement of finally getting through and booking the tickets , the journey down there with a coach full of lads I've grown up with down victor street and the Holderness road area , the actual performance is pretty much a blur if I'm honest as I think I was in a bit awe haha !!!!

Kings of Leon were very good live .
I went more for my wife and friends but so glad I did as Iron Maiden were unbelievable live in Sheffield s few years back , such an outstanding performance and experience !!

Hard to pick a worse one but I'd have to say the who at the Kc , not so much the band ( as I'm a massive fan) but the sound and set up just didn't do it for me tbh . Such a shame really

Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:23 am  

Red hot chilli peppers, Hyde park 2004, great performance all around from Kiedis making the whole set current and personal rather than just going through the tracks. The reference to the fathers for justice guy climbing Buckingham palace walls dressed as Batman by announcing "I've figured out a way to break in to Buckingham palace, I don't want to get anybody in to trouble but I kinda figured it out". Funny, at the time.

Followed closely by Oasis at Knebworth, 2006.


Worst? Take that at Wembley, 2011 I think? Pet shop boys were the warm up, they were great.

Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:24 pm  

Burtons Forearm wrote:

Gil Scot-Heron at Manchester on his last tour.

Officially very jealous.

Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:50 pm  

dum-dum wrote:

Worst? Take that at Wembley, 2011 I think? Pet shop boys were the warm up, they were great.

That must have been their Circus tour. Took the wife to see them at Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Good atmosphere but more a West End Stage Show Tbh than a concert. The Saturdays were their support act for this gig. Nice lookers, but total cackamallababshit.

Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:13 pm  

I've seen some support artists or bands on an unplanned basis who went on to be famous. I saw Yes in a marquee at Bilton Carnival in 1969 as 2nd support to The Gun and Ainsley Dunbar's Retaliation. Saw Taste and Rory Gallagher at farewell Cream gig in London in 1969. Saw Vinegar Joe (Robert Palmer and Elkie Brooks) supporting Free at Hull City Hall in 1971, Rihanna supporting John Legend in 2006 in Birmingham and One Republic supporting James Morrison in Cardiff in 2009.

One Republic were particularly good. Lead singer is Ryan Tedder and he has written and produced for loads of top artists in the last decade.

Also Robin Thicke was supporting John Legend at Birmingham too.

Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:15 pm  

Best gigs...Def Leppard (Sheffield, in the round) The Who (Leeds Uni) Great White (Newcastle) AC/DC (Manchester)

Best live vocailists...Steve Overland (FM) Danny Bowes (Thunder) Anne Wilson (Heart) Bryan Adams

Worst gigs...Jean Michel Jarre (London Docklands, went on forever & I got bored) The Frank & Walters (somewhere in London, was very ill that night) Bon Jovi (KC, only did half a show) ...& several at Hull City Hall ruined by the terrible sound

Wasn't expecting much & genuinely surprised...Roxette

Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:34 pm  

Sit down, Waldo wrote:

Best gigs...Def Leppard (Sheffield, in the round) The Who (Leeds Uni) Great White (Newcastle) AC/DC (Manchester)

Best live vocailists...Steve Overland (FM) Danny Bowes (Thunder) Anne Wilson (Heart) Bryan Adams

Worst gigs...Jean Michel Jarre (London Docklands, went on forever & I got bored) The Frank & Walters (somewhere in London, was very ill that night) Bon Jovi (KC, only did half a show) ...& several at Hull City Hall ruined by the terrible sound

Wasn't expecting much & genuinely surprised...Roxette

Some crackers there, Waldo. I'm jealous about The Who in Leeds. Missed out on tickets for that one. Did get to see Led Zeppelin, the Stones and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers at Leeds Uni though all in the space of a fortnight.

Saw Roxette at the NEC in Birmingham sometime during the 90's. Up there with the best.

Daughter saw Bon Jovi at the Olympic Stadium in Munich in 2003. She said the concert lasted over 3 hours. She also saw Maroon 5 in Nottingham in 2004 before they got famous in a venue holding just 200.

Re: O/T - Best and Worst Live Artist(s) You've Ever Seen : Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:48 pm  

SirStan wrote:

This is gonna be hard Picky, so many choices in both categories. I have been asked this so many times and to be honest I don't have a definitive answer, if pushed my 2 favourite performances would be Pixies at Reading in 1990 or Nirvana at Bradford Uni in 1991.

I seriously doubt I have seen a worse live performance than the one Ray Quim put on at Craven Park earlier this season.

I was never a fan of Prince but recognise his talent, his peak coincided with my student years and so he triggers great memories. Incidentally, watching the news tonight reminded me that I saw Paul Weller at 1st Avenue Minneapolis in 1997. Iconic venue.

Pixies and Nirvana, Stan. Very eclectic bordering on substance induced esotericism.

Loved Paul Weller in his Jam and Style Council years. Never saw him live though. Must say, he's got away from me a bit in his solo years.