Best Gig/Concert?

Hi All -

Just to get our minds off of the recent FFC form... what is the best concert/gig (for our UK friends) you've seen recently? I was fortunate enough to catch the Arctic Monkeys last Saturday night at Alexandra Palace. Honestly one of the best nights of my life - pure energy on stage, crowd singing every word, beer flying through the air, amazing light show... Anyway, this was probably my best concert experience. What is yours? Any recommendations for bands currently or soon-to-be touring?

As a former Deadhead, I'd also strongly recommend either Phil and Friends or Ratdog - both tour a lot. And the reformed Dinosaur Jr. is a 'must see'.

Happy holidays to all....

HarbordSteve

 

The best concert I saw in the last year was Shout Out Louds. Good energy and great music at a small venue. There are few bands that can translate studio albums into their LIVE performances. Shout Out Louds nailed it and really cemented themselves into being one of the better bands out there in my opinion.

 

The Arcade Fire at Radio City Music Hall back in the spring. They put on a great live show.

 

Since you said "recently" I have to say the Woodbury Elementary School 5th grade band. 250 kids who have been playing their respective instraments for about 3 months. The basoon player fell off the stage.

 

Short list:
1. The Flaming Lips @Tabernacle
2. X @Tabernacle and Masquerade
3. Saves the Day @ The Roxy (shockingly...since their fanbase is about 1/2 my age)
4. Pixies @ The Fox and Music Midtown
5. Sleater-Kinney @ Variety Playhouse
6. The New Pornographers @ Variety Playhouse
7. Tenacious D @ Ziggy's (?) in Winston-Salem
8. The Streets @ Avalon in Boston
9. DeVotchKa @ The EARL
10. The Decemberists @ Variety Playhouse (even though the theatre was ridiculously hot)
11. Big Star and The Flaming Lips @ Southern Comfort Music Experience
12. The Buzzcocks @ Cotton Club
13. PJ Harvey @ Cotton Club
14. ABC @ Center Stage
15. Jane's Addiction @ Center Stage (1990!)
16. Supergrass @ 1150
17. Radiohead @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
18. Bob Mould @ Variety Playhouse and Eddie's Attic
19. Personal Local Favorite Show Ever- 17 Years @ Star Bar
20. Fleshtones and Sugardaddies @ Scrap Bar the night of the "OJ Chase"
21. Mission of Burma at The EARL
22. Mitch Easter at The EARL
23. Peter Gabriel US Tour at the Omni
24. David Bowie Sound and Vision Tour at The Omni
25. REM and Pylon at The Fox Theatre
26. Guadalcanal Diary at The Roxy
27. Bauhaus at The Tabernacle
28. Rock*a*Teens at The Point
29. Lily Allen at Center Stage
30. Matthew Sweet at The Roxy
31. Morphine at The Point
32. G. Love and Special Sauce at The Point
33. Scissor Sisters at The Tabernacle
34. Morrissey at The Tabernacle
35. Duran Duran at The Tabernacle

Sure there are many, many more...going to see Band of Horses and Tenement Halls on the 29th!

I kinda like going to concerts

 

I saw Fish doing the Misplaced Childhood aniversary tour in Southampton and London and loved every moment of it.

 

Thanks to all for the suggestions! Especially Terri's list which will keep me busy throughout 2008. Going to Radiohead in Victoria Park in June - high hopes for that one! Any other suggestions welcome...

 

My best concert was Subhumans about 4 years ago. They are a british punk band in case you do not know. It was super fun and only $10 which is cheap and the venue was decent. The pit was amazing and so was all the people there.

 

Yes, you must. We all now know what you're doing when you're not watching Fulham. j

I saw Matthew Sweet on the list. Is he still making music?

 

jens lekman - blackcat, dc
aloha/appleseed cast - ottobar, baltimore
shearwater/xiu xiu - (same)
grizzly bear/beach house - black cat, dc
dan deacon - some abandoned building, bmore
andrew bird - sonar, bmore
some 21-piece french brass band - christiania, cph
posi numbers 2005 (underdog reunion!!) - wilkes-barre, pa
bold (reunion) - ct
elliott (second to last show) - middle east, cambridge

and terri - they're called 'shows', okay? if you saw all of those great bands i'd expect you to know the jargon.

 

Gigs, shows, whatever...

 

Matthew Sweet did a side project with Susanna Hoffs (Sid and Susie). Apparently, he is working on a new album.

Just went to the Band of Horses/ Tenement Halls SHOW on Saturday...was quite amazing.

BTW- The list I posted was written after a friend of mine and I had tried to name all the SHOWS we've attended...so I had it already written before someone posted this thread. Left off several SHOWS...these are the ones I felt were the best from the past few years(except for the obvious older shows).

 

Twenty five years ago, what about the shows you do, doesnt that count?

BTW neither ELO or Journey (dont care so much about them) are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I think ELO should be when you consider some of the other inductees.

 

OTOH, don has probably retained most of his hearing.

 

hah just messing with ya.

 

Timmyg, you're such a scamp

 

Off the top of my head (no, not every gig I've ever been to):
- U2 as the headline act at Phoenix Park in Dublin; other bands playing were: Eurythmics, The Alarm, Steel Pulse, and Big Country. A looooong day.
- The Shirts -- seeing them as the first band I ever saw at CBGB's and then 20+ years later, the last band I saw at CB's.
- The Clash, at NYC's piers on the Hudson: final encore was "White Riot". In the rain. The only band I've ever seen that exhausted its audience.
- Ultravox at Lincoln Center (yup!). Weird setting, but an excellent show.

 

1st show: The Police and The Fixx 1983 at the Old Comiskey Park in Chicago.

Best Stadium Show: Pink Floyd at the Rose Bowl.

Best Arena Show: Rush..can't pick a favorite concert, seen them upteen times.

Best Smaller Venue: The band (Live) at the Wilturn in LA. Berlin on a sidestage at KROQ's flashforward from the 80's

Best Hole in the Wall Show: Albert Collins playing the blues at a little place in Phoenix

Biggest Regret: Had a chance to see Stevie Ray Vaughn in Tucson, but being a poor college student was my excuse for not going 'I'll see him the next tour' (never a time when I hear him playing when i don't feel a tinge of regret for not going). Know exactly where I was when I heard about the helicopter crash.