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Post by playthehitsgetoff on Jan 2, 2018 15:53:31 GMT -5
I will start. Marvin Gaye. Old Vic. Fkn awesome.
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Post by heathenchemist01 on Jan 2, 2018 16:15:54 GMT -5
AC/DC
Die Toten Hosen
Don McLean
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Post by durk on Jan 2, 2018 16:44:50 GMT -5
The Smiths
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Post by bringmethemonkey on Jan 2, 2018 16:57:15 GMT -5
The Police
The Cure
The Kills
Savages
Jack White
P.I.L
QOTSA
Radiohead
Elvis Costello
Bob Dylan
Grace Jones
Joan Jett
FKA Twigs
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Post by playthehitsgetoff on Jan 2, 2018 17:02:54 GMT -5
Bowie. Along with MG, got me into music..My musical heroes..
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Post by harryg101 on Jan 2, 2018 18:20:04 GMT -5
I've seen Jake Bugg twice, and I've also seen the Chili Peppers! The latter was fucking amazing!
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Post by madferitusa2025 on Jan 2, 2018 19:01:00 GMT -5
Great thread. Be nice to hear some personal stories and special moments. Bring it on.
Stevie Wonder 12/31/94 Fox Theater, Detroit. After years of hanging with the old school crowd on new years, decided to do something different. Took a date to this show, was one of about 50 white people in the whole theater. Stevie was fucking rockin'. He played Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud. Everybody stood up, and started joining in. I was baffled for a couple seconds... then gave it my all. A nice lady in the seat next to me, hugged me afterwards and said happy new year baby. A top new year for sure.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Jan 2, 2018 22:11:40 GMT -5
Oasis
Beady Eye x2
NGHFB x2
Klaxons
Black Kids
Stereophonics
Arctic Monkeys
Stars
The Wombats
Kasabian
Los Campesinos
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Post by madferitusa2025 on Jan 2, 2018 22:25:11 GMT -5
Oasis Beady Eye x2 NGHFB x2 Klaxons Black Kids Stereophonics Arctic Monkeys Stars The Wombats Kasabian Los Campesinos In one of those shows you got a good story. Tell us about it. Make this thread happen. |
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Post by walterglass on Jan 2, 2018 22:31:47 GMT -5
I’ll always be grateful I seen Cast and Gomez at V99. Two bands from the ‘90s who almost hit the Oasis stratosphere.
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Post by bringmethemonkey on Jan 2, 2018 23:45:43 GMT -5
The Police The Cure The Kills Savages Jack White P.I.L QOTSA Radiohead Elvis Costello Bob Dylan Grace Jones Joan Jett FKA Twigs I’m a long term Cure fan. In 2012 my partner and I travelled to Bilbao to the BBK Festival where The Cure headlined the first night to see them for the first time. We climbed the mountain to where the festival was held and with true fangirl grit and determination I made it through the approx 40,000 crowd to a spot one back from the rail in front of Robert Smiths microphone with partner in tow. She was whinging and whining about feeling sick, being too hot and feeling faint. I naturally told her to buck up. There were technical difficulties that night and the band were delayed by about 30 mins. Excitement and anticipation were growing when suddenly I felt my partner slide down behind me and the next thing I saw was her limp body and dangling little feet being passed over my head and being pulled out of the crowd by the bouncers. A choice presented itself. Leave my spot to find my wife of 15 years who had fainted, doesn’t speak Spanish and who had the handbag we were sharing with all the cash/tickets etc......or stay put for my hero and the concert of my life. Begrudgingly - I chose the missus. I found her at the designated safety spot at the side/rear of the concert and 2 things happened: 1. The spouse told me that while she was being tended to backstage by the kindly medics - Robert had driven up and she’d seen him up close walking backstage; and 2. Because of the technical problems, Robert played an acoustic set which, although I saw it on the big screens at the rear - wasn’t quite the same as from under his nose. As my very best friend Sallie says - if the bitch had only eaten a sandwich! this incident was too painful for me to even recount to friends for many months. Luckily for me - I got to see Robert from the rail last year when I saw The Cure in Sydney for a big birthday and he spoke to me - at least it seemed like he did. This was his acoustic set - it was magical: My partner is coming with me to see LG at Fremantle and that will be the first concert I’ve allowed her to accompany me to since the cursed Bilbao concert... |
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Post by World71R on Jan 3, 2018 0:28:00 GMT -5
U2!
I saw them this past year in September for The Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour and they were fantastic. The acoustics of the venue (U.S. Bank Stadium) were shaky, but the energy and spirit they brought performing such fantastic songs shined through and it was one of the best nights of my life. I'm thankful I was able to see such a classic album live being performed, with such an amazing display which I feel was like a full realization of what the PopMart Tour setup was going for (especially with that screen and the tree!). I'm thankful for being able to see some rarities like New Year's Day with the final verse actually being done, Red Hill Mining Town, and the back half of the album, with deep cuts like Exit (amazing live track) and Mothers of the Disappeared, being performed. Songs like Elevation and Vertigo that are kind of goofy (for a lack of a better term) in their studio form are absolute showstoppers and party tracks live.
If you have the chance to see them live when they do the E + I Tour next year, I highly highly recommend it. They can still bring it live and in the studio, even 42 years after their formation.
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Post by sgtpeppr on Jan 3, 2018 1:17:52 GMT -5
too many to list really...but some of my favorites:
pulp
OCS
the streets
RHCP
the strokes
foo fighters
the darkness
nirvana
hilltop hoods
redman & methodman
ice cube
RATM
the prodigy
chemical brothers
fatboy slim
underworld
most bands that i was in to, i managed to see. the only one i never got to was massive attack.
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Post by playthehitsgetoff on Jan 3, 2018 3:39:58 GMT -5
too many to list really...but some of my favorites: pulp OCS the streets RHCP the strokes foo fighters the darkness nirvana hilltop hoods redman & methodman ice cube RATM the prodigy chemical brothers fatboy slim underworld most bands that i was in to, i managed to see. the only one i never got to was massive attack. |
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Post by playthehitsgetoff on Jan 3, 2018 3:41:00 GMT -5
2 bands there i wld love to have seen Prodigy n Underworld.
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Post by playthehitsgetoff on Jan 3, 2018 3:43:29 GMT -5
Saw Bowie at the Bowl MK on the Serious Moonlight Tour. Cant remember exactly how long he was on stage for but it seemed like hours...certainly got your monies worth. Wot a ledg...RIP Heroe x
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Post by morning_rain on Jan 3, 2018 3:51:53 GMT -5
I met Robert Smith in 2008. I won a competition on MTV and met him before a gig in my city, I was surprised with how tall he is and how calmly he spoke. It was a week before my first gig, he was really kind and asked the name of my band and gave me some tips  I asked him to play The Lovecats which he didn't, but the gig lasted 2 and half hours! It was a magical night for me and my girlfriend. My list: The Cure Blur The Stone Roses Franz Ferdinand Arctic Monkeys Death Cab for Cutie Those are the big ones, then there are a lot of indie/small bands or gigs from bands that I don't like anymore: Jet, Green Day, Mando Diao, Starsailor, The Coral (opening for Oasis in 2005)... |
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Post by beentherenow on Jan 3, 2018 4:54:18 GMT -5
Whilst these bands are not the biggest or most legendary I’ve seen, the venues and circumstances I saw them in are pretty cool. From 2002-2005 I really had my finger on the Indie Scene pulse
Kasabian supporting Chikinki at Lichfield Garrick in Feb 04
The Killers supporting Stellerstar at Birmingham Bar Academy in 03
Kings of Leon at Scruffy Murphys in Birmingham 2002
Bloc Party at Birmingham Bar Academy in 2004
White Stripes at Shepherds Bush 2002
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Post by will97smith on Jan 3, 2018 12:17:00 GMT -5
Off the top of my head:
BE
NGHFB (x4)
LG
The Stone Roses (x2)
The Courteeners (x3)
Blossoms (x2)
Paul Simon & Sting
The Killers
Richard Ashcroft
Rick Astley
Got Paul Weller next march
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Post by SheSaidHerNameWasDot on Jan 3, 2018 13:21:03 GMT -5
Blur
Black Grape
U2
Beady Eye
NGHFB
Eric Clapton
Roger Waters
Chris Rea
The Stone Roses
Foo Fighters
Embrace
Travis
Ian Brown
Coldplay
Feeder
The Who
Kasabian
The Prodigy
Neil Young
Stereophonics
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Post by mimmihopps on Jan 3, 2018 13:36:39 GMT -5
As far as I remember I’ve seen following bands/singers in past 11 years except Oasis (4 times)/BE (3 times)/NGHFB (3 times):
Weller (11 times) met him in person several times
Patti Smith (4 times)
Moz (4 times)
The Cribs with Johnny (twice) met Johnny before the gig
Modest Mouse with Johnny
Marr solo
The Twilight Sad (5 times)
Frightened Rabbit (3 times)
The National (4 times)
Mogwai (twice)
Sigur Ros (twice)
Erland and The Carnival (twice)
Ed Harcourt (twice)
The Stone Roses (twice)
Ian Brown (twice)
The Rifles (3 times)
Cat Power (twice)
Mark Lanegan (3 times) met him after the gig
Travis
Damien Rice
The Cure
Temples (3 times)
The Coral (4 times including supporting Oasis in 2005) met James before the gig
Syd Arthur (supporting Weller)
Tame Impala (twice)
Franz Ferdinand
Arctic Monkeys (4 times)
The Kooks (3 times)
Manics (3 times)
BRMC (3 times)
Airbone Toxic Event
Everything Everything
Augustines (supporting NGHFB)
Miles Kane (4 times including supporting Beady Eye in 2011) met him before the gig
Jake Bugg (3 times)
The Moons (supporting Beady Eye in 2011)
Circa Waves (supporting Arctic Monkeys in 2014)
Kasabian (9 times) met them several times
Little Barrie (supporting Kasabian in 2012)
Florence and The Machine (when they were pretty unknown)
The XX (at free festival)
Wombats (at free festival)
Asteroid Galaxy Tour (at free festival)
Badly Drawn Boy
Amy MacDonald (supporting Weller & Cradock acoustic gig in 2007)
Holy Miranda
The Drytones
Weezer
Block Party
The Specials (twice)
Elvis Costello
Sly and The Family Stone
The Ordinary Boys
Blossoms (supporting The Coral)
The Last Shadow Puppets
Doll and The Kicks (3 times, supporting Moz)
U2 (only first a few songs when Noel supported them in July 2017)
Richard Ashcroft (twice, including supporting Coldplay in 2005) met him before the gig
Coldplay
The Who (on “Quadrophenia” Tour)
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Post by powerage09 on Jan 3, 2018 13:53:41 GMT -5
AC/DC
Aerosmith
The Rolling Stones
U2
Eric Clapton
Tom Petty
Status Quo
Iron Maiden
Stereophonics
The Who
David Bowie
Black Sabbath
BRMC
Motorhead
Cheap Trick
The Stone Roses
Ian Brown
Guns N Roses
To name a few...
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Post by Longtime Servant of the Gun on Jan 3, 2018 14:16:51 GMT -5
Oasis
NG
Cast
Don
Idewild
Wishbone Ash
The Chicks
Coldplay
Elbow
Doves
Muse
Ash
Roachford
All Saints [Got dragged to]
Also, My Band supported Paulo Nutini
WIN
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Post by rekrelf on Jan 3, 2018 18:00:07 GMT -5
Out of my head:
Stereophonics
Kasabian
Marilyn Manson
Eric Clapton
Editors
Mark Knopfler
Neil Young
Muse
Black Rebel Motorcicle Club
Travis
Franz Ferdinand
Coldplay
The Prodigy
Arctic Monkeys
Bush
Tito & Tarantula
AC DC
Limp Bizkit
Foo Fighters
Beatsteaks
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Post by rekrelf on Jan 3, 2018 18:02:07 GMT -5
As far as I remember I’ve seen following bands/singers in past 11 years except Oasis (4 times)/BE (3 times)/NGHFB (3 times): Weller (11 times) met him in person several times Patti Smith (4 times) Moz (4 times) The Cribs with Johnny (twice) met Johnny before the gig Modest Mouse with Johnny Marr solo The Twilight Sad (5 times) Frightened Rabbit (3 times) The National (4 times) Mogwai (twice) Sigur Ros (twice) Erland and The Carnival (twice) Ed Harcourt (twice) The Stone Roses (twice) Ian Brown (twice) The Rifles (3 times) Cat Power (twice) Mark Lanegan (3 times) met him after the gig Travis Damien Rice The Cure Temples (3 times) The Coral (4 times including supporting Oasis in 2005) met James before the gig Syd Arthur (supporting Weller) Tame Impala (twice) Franz Ferdinand Arctic Monkeys (4 times) The Kooks (3 times) Manics (3 times) BRMC (3 times) Airbone Toxic Event Everything Everything Augustines (supporting NGHFB) Miles Kane (4 times including supporting Beady Eye in 2011) met him before the gig Jake Bugg (3 times) The Moons (supporting Beady Eye in 2011) Circa Waves (supporting Arctic Monkeys in 2014) Kasabian (9 times) met them several times Little Barrie (supporting Kasabian in 2012) Florence and The Machine (when they were pretty unknown) The XX (at free festival) Wombats (at free festival) Asteroid Galaxy Tour (at free festival) Badly Drawn Boy Amy MacDonald (supporting Weller & Cradock acoustic gig in 2007) Holy Miranda The Drytones Weezer Block Party The Specials (twice) Elvis Costello Sly and The Family Stone The Ordinary Boys Blossoms (supporting The Coral) The Last Shadow Puppets Doll and The Kicks (3 times, supporting Moz) U2 (only first a few songs when Noel supported them in July 2017) Richard Ashcroft (twice, including supporting Coldplay in 2005) met him before the gig Coldplay The Who (on “Quadrophenia” Tour) Wow! |
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