Who's the best band you've seen live?

[Delargeinho]

Less Than Jake and also The Hives.

 

[coollino]

Less Than Jake and also The Hives.

LTJ are amazing live, ska in the 00 is very underrated really. It was so much fun

 

[cocklord]

The best gig I ever went to was an NME one in 97 or so: Pavement, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Broadcast and Mogwai. The Astoria I think. That's an insane line up for the price of 10 quid.

But the single best live show I ever saw was G Love and Special Sauce at Glastonbury 95. Mind blowingly live changingly incredible.

 

[blueloon]

It’s hard to get away from Springsteen &The E Street Band , but back in about ‘76 the original Genesis with Peter Gabriel at The Empire were fantastic doing the whole Peter Gabriel stuff. It was a good year , a few months later Emerson, Lake and Palmer were literally (!) blowing everybody’s socks off with the sheer volume of noise they produced. Happy days.

 

[Clarky cat]

The Prodigy knebworth (before the legoheads came on) - music for the jilted generation/some new songs from fat of the land which came out a year after.
Kings of Leon Cambridge corn exchange - Youth and young manhood
Radiohead Earl’s Court - Hail to the thief
Primal scream Brixton Academy - xtrmntr
Lambchop Shepherd’s Bush empire -aw cmon no you cmon
Arcade fire Leeds festival - funeral

Musically stand out as the best I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen lots and lots.

 

[Bazlar]

Rolling Stones at the Feyenoord Stadium. 1980 I think

 

[billypatrick]

Saw War on Drugs this summer in Liverpool and they were excellent. My Morning Jacket another excellent live band if you like WoD. Most recent was IDLES two weeks ago who are properly loud, with energy and purpose.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Prince- Wembley arena 92 -possibly enjoyed his piano playing more than his guitar playing. Incredible on both fronts
Julian Cope- Royal court 92 -Peggy Suicide tour
Jazz defektors - Can't remember where in Manchester with my brother possibly 1990. Tripping off our faces. Just how bloody good is watching a bloody good drummer live. (especially on a really good acid buzz).
Ry Cooder and David Lindley - Glastonbury also 92

 

[Parker]

Turnstile in Nottingham for me.

That is until I finally get to see The Cure.

 

[Brightonblue]

loads of gigs
But after Roger waters then Floyd in the 80,s
Loads of others too
I’m going for the incredible Steve Marriott from the Small faces
at Hardman house circa 89 I think?
What a night that was !

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Maybe Mogwai 99ish. T in the park. Faith no more on a reunion tour in Edinburgh. 12 years ago or something.

Lots of small post rock bands in various grotty little bars. Never liked massive gigs that much.

 

[Nymzee]

Santana

 

[Super Kevin sheedy]

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, few times

 

[Super Kevin sheedy]

Slade

Seen them a couple of times in the late 70’s, brilliant

 

[Ferguson1878]

Daft punk