What is the best concert you've been to?

[sjp]

Now i know this should be in the music section but its also general.

[paul jones]

New Kids On The Block.

man they rocked the house that night and Joey threw his baseball cap out and I caught it.I nearly pissed my pants

[Kid Presentable]

I don't go to a lot of shows, but I was at pretty much the last ever QOTSA show to feature Nick, early 2004 (so, pretty much the last ever QOTSA show). He was mental, they played for about 2 and a half hours, full touring complement (Lanegan etc) and I was drinking lots. Enjoyed it.

[mathcart]

Maceo Parker during Mardi Gras in some abandened warehouse. Shit was delicious! He played for 4 hours straight without stopping and the packed house was getting down to some serious funky stuff! Amazing show.
Rebirth Brass Band opened for him and they were like an additional hour of awesomeness.
(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)

[Randetica]

u2 x 2

[Audio.]

Polysics.... It was long ago but certainly liked it. I lost my Polysics glasses few months ago :(

[Caribou]

Radiohead in 2000 and 2008
Gogol Bordello, Lowlands 2006
Sigur Ros Lowlands 2008

[DipDipDive]

1. Radiohead @ Bonnaroo, June 2006
2a. Built to Spill @ Pitchfork Festival just a few weeks ago
2b. Grizzly Bear, also @ Pitchfork
3. Ween @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium, August 2008
4. The Roots @ Chicago House of Blues, June 2001
5. Rjd2 @ Bonnaroo, June 2005

Honorable mentions include Fiona Apple @ The Riviera in Chicago, 1999 and Chris Whitley @ Fletcher's in Baltimore, 2003.

[RobMoney$]

Beastie Boys @ Hiro Ballroom - NYC, 2006

Legendary.

[The Notorious LOL]

1. Nine Inch Nails - November 2008
2. Radiohead - June 2006
3. Ween - July 2008
4. White Stripes - June 2003
5. Beastie Boys - Summer 1998

[Pootytang]

Other than any Beastie Boy show...

The Cramps - Tijuana, Mexico New Years Eve 1992

I would have to agree with robmoney on the best show ever though. Beastie Boys in the HIRO Ballroom was freaking nuts.

Edit: Morris Day and the Mother Fuckin' Time - 2003

[YoungRemy]

Beastie Boys MSG 2004
Beastie Boys HIRO 2006
Pink Floyd, Rice Stadium 1994
Page & Plant, Summit 1995
Radiohead MSG,Liberty State Park Aug 2001

[Guy Incognito]

1. Run DMC - Manchester Ritz 2001 (maybe not their prime but still awesome)
2 Radiohead (Big Top Tour) 1999? - Warrington
3. Beastie Boys - MEN Arena 2004
4. Ian Brown - Delamere Forest 2005
5. Tom Jones - MEN Arena - 1998

didnt include festivals

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Beastie Boys, Key Arena, Seattle, WA, 2004
Everclear, Crystal Ball Room, Portland, OR, 2007
De La Soul, The Roseland, Portland, OR 2004
Weird Al Yankovic, Some shit fair, Puyallup, WA 2007

[mate_spawn_die]

Edit: Morris Day and the Mother Fuckin' Time - 2003

i also seen them that same year haha (y)

never been to many shows...

this was my all-time favorite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP60yycI8Ds&feature=related)

another clip from same show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9iyl7UPj40&feature=related)

[Documad]

1. Nine Inch Nails - November 2008
Damn. I had a ticket and didn't go on account of surgery.

I'm too old to pick a best ever concert, but in recent years it would be something Radiohead in a small venue.

The MSG one in 2004 was one of my favorite Beasties concerts because it had been so long and I had given up on seeing them. Then at the last minute I paid an enormous amount to a broker and traded in my frequent flier miles and suddenly I was in NYC. But some of the ones in small venues were better concerts.

[camo]

Beasties and Rage at MSG.

I can't believe so many of you fell for the Mike D accident joke :rolleyes:

[Kid Presentable]

Gotta give a shout to those Beastie shows, but 2 of them were festivals, and the 99 one had lots of tech issues. I know the next time they tour I'm gonna be happy, though.

[trailerprincess]

Beasties ones have been fab but probably (an audience with) Patrick Wolf at Bloomsbury Theatre sticks out for me.

Artic Monkeys (before the hype took over) at Reading Festival in that tiny tent was good too.

[Fern]

I have ben thinking about it for a while.... it would probably have to be Warped Tour 96' .... just the time, the place, and atmosphere... I was in 9th grade, sneaking out, hoping on the train after saving all of my cash over the spring, sneaking into the Station Cafe' in Woodside, Queens (before they locked the doors), hooking up with my friends aunt (she was in 12th grade), seeing the Bosstones, face 2 face, fishbone, NOFX, missing the last train and getting stranded in Babylon having to have my father come get me and get my ass chewed out.....

i dont care if it is a festival or not, when I think of best time + music = this event..... probably one of the best times I have ever had and the best thing is/was that I was aware of how special it was during it...

[countrymikedj]

Roger Waters - Superpages.com Dallas 2008

Beastie Boys - American Airlines Center . Dallas 2004

[hpdrifter]

Beastie Boys, Key Arena, Seattle, WA, 2004
Everclear, Crystal Ball Room, Portland, OR, 2007
De La Soul, The Roseland, Portland, OR 2004
Weird Al Yankovic, Some shit fair, Puyallup, WA 2007

I was at the '04 Key Arena show
Haha, Puyallup fair. File under things I never thought I'd see mentioned in this forum. Can't wait for some scones!

[mikizee]

Tool x 2.

The first time I saw the show I remember walking out saying to my friend that I will never see such an amazing show ever again.

The second time I saw them I travelled to Melbourne where they played in botanic gardens and I took a shitload of acid and it was mind bendingly awesome.

I returned to my dorm at the hostel after the show to find a wet partially naked japanese tourist in a towel lying on my bed.

Finding that shit when you're still fully tripping balls is not good. (he was given a wrong key to a wrong room).

Hmmmm Roger Waters playing the whole Dark Side Of The Moon live last year was really good too.

And the foo fighters last year, not a really huge fan, but got free tickets. Man, can Dave Grohl put on a good show. A true entertainer, you could tell he was genuinely having a terrific time up on stage. Played for almost 3 hours.

RATM were really good both times I saw them, except when a dude next to me peed on the ground and it splashed on my shoe.

Oh oh oh and Stevie Wonder was fucking awesome.

[hpdrifter]

Tool x 2.
And the foo fighters last year, not a really huge fan, but got free tickets. Man, can Dave Grohl put on a good show. A true entertainer, you could tell he was genuinely having a terrific time up on stage. Played for almost 3 hours.


Same here. I saw them a couple summers ago and fuck Dave Grohl was made for being a rock star. He owned that arena like it was a 500 seat-club.

[peterclamp]

Public Enemy @ Brighton Centre 1990
Beastie Boys @ Wembley Arena 2004
eminem @ Milton Keynes 200?
Nelly @ Wembley Arena 2005

3rd Bass supported PE and were shite, saw 50 cent at Wembley, also shite.

Honourable mention to Shakin Stevens circa mid 80s...my brother still goes to his shows now though!

[willis drummond]

Run DMC - Wetlands NYC, 1990-something. It was akin to seeing them in your elementary school gym. A dude in front of me tried to touch Run and accidentally hit his mic while he rapping, Run slapped his hand down and gave him this look like "touch my mic, I'll kill you!" Amazing show, hip-hop at its finest.

[Echewta]

Bestie Boys - Los Angeles Forum and The Fonda/Music Box
Lolapalooozzzaaa 1 with NIN and Janes Addiction
Rush - Los Angeles Forum
Depeche Mode - Staples Center
Lalalapaoloozza 3? with Rage Against the Machine

[jabumbo]

Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Club Cafe, circa 2006

Mighty Mighty Bosstones/Flogging Molly @ Metropol, 2003 maybe?



most recently though, it has to be Phoenix @ Bonnaroo this year

[saz]

black grape '95
charlatans '06
beasties '98
buddy guy '06 & '07
roger waters dsotm '07
ian brown '05
eric clapton '06
my bloody valentine '08
gangstarr '04
bb king '07
mad professor '07
supergrass '06

[checkyourprez]

del the funky homosapien 05
slick rick 09
weezer 02
ATCQ 05ish

[ET]

Tool at the Great Western Forum or Bjork at Hollywood Bowl. Girl Talk comes in second.

[b i o n i c]

cosignin': gotta say Beastie Boys @ Hiro in 2006

when i say it was like a dream come true, it was literally like a dream come true. we call got to be like 3 feet from them, i was basically in the armpit of horovitz (no homo). it was almost like having them play in your living room.

also it was great to be at that show with a bunch of cool peeps from the board.

best concert i think refers to the best performance, which isnt what im referring to. this was the overall experience and most memorable

[mickill]

Top 5, for reasons varying from outstanding performances to the good times had:

Prince in '04
Tony Bennett in '08
Lollapalooza 4 with Smashing Pumpkins, Beasties, Tribe, George Clinton etc in '94
Dre & Snoop in '00
Travis in '01

[Dorothy Wood]

I saw Beck two times in 1997, had a terrific time. other than that, I mostly enjoy smaller shows, and have been to so many that it's hard to say what's best.

I did have a great time seeing The Apes in...2004 maybe?
http://www.myspace.com/apes

and Black Mountain a couple years ago

and White Mystery, a few days ago
http://www.myspace.com/whitemysteryband


hmm, I guess I like psychedelic rock.

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

I was at the '04 Key Arena show


That's right your a fellow Northwesterner HP! Sick show, was it not?

My first and favorite concert I've ever been to. I was the gigantic mexican teenager dancing in the upper right hand corner.

Good times.

[Hakeldama]

Late but not less important I guess...
My passion is Hip Hop but I'm really into metal too, and the best show I've been to was this year, when Iron Maiden played here in Buenos Aires!
It's an amazing show!
:)

[The Notorious LOL]

Damn. I had a ticket and didn't go on account of surgery.

The visuals were absolutely breathtakingly pants shittingly amazing. There really is no video online that can even come close to doing it justice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwV5cWLFM9U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-dbu6RuL8c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvfYqU4kpng

This sort of displays some of the aesthetics kind of.

From a musical standpoint...they were tight, solid and extremely energetic without sounding too polished or too "studio". Trent Reznor at 40+ has more energy onstage than most 20 year olds.

I contemplated seeing them in Chicago this summer with Janes, but ultimately decided that they would not top that show. Since they may not ever tour again, I would rather remember an amazing show than an ok but not as good one.

[b i o n i c]

holy shit

[jennyb]

cosignin': gotta say Beastie Boys @ Hiro in 2006

when i say it was like a dream come true, it was literally like a dream come true. we call got to be like 3 feet from them, i was basically in the armpit of horovitz (no homo). it was almost like having them play in your living room.

also it was great to be at that show with a bunch of cool peeps from the board.

best concert i think refers to the best performance, which isnt what im referring to. this was the overall experience and most memorable

cosignin' the cosign (y)(y)(y)(y)

[yeahwho]

Maceo Parker during Mardi Gras in some abandened warehouse. Shit was delicious! He played for 4 hours straight without stopping and the packed house was getting down to some serious funky stuff! Amazing show.
Rebirth Brass Band opened for him and they were like an additional hour of awesomeness.
(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)

I have no doubt that was an incredible show.

Beastie Boys, Key Arena, Seattle, WA, 2004
Everclear, Crystal Ball Room, Portland, OR, 2007
De La Soul, The Roseland, Portland, OR 2004
Weird Al Yankovic, Some shit fair, Puyallup, WA 2007

I was at the '04 Key Arena show
Haha, Puyallup fair. File under things I never thought I'd see mentioned in this forum. Can't wait for some scones!

Oddly enough I was at that Weird Al Yankovic Puyallup fair 2007 show. Scones, Onion Burgers, rides and a couple of bucks in those foot vibrators. Not one of my top shows but it was really fun.

[pshabi]

This bboys show (http://www.beastiemania.com/gigog/show.php?g=20040828) from '04. It was basically the same environment at that HIRO show. 2 feet from the band, waist high stage, pretty much no barrier. Club was mad small. 21 and over crowd so next to no meatheadism. TT5B had just dropped so that new shit was hype and, well, new. Lots of interaction with the band. Got perfectly shitfaced with no bad effects. (i.e. drunk as hell but no throwin' up). Greatest night ever.

This bboys show (http://www.beastiemania.com/gigog/show.php?g=20061023) in Vegas was 2nd. The start of "the mix up" era, imo. The wore the suits for the first time and didn't take them off for a couple of years. Crowd was bonkers. Lots of message board peeps. Awesome fucking setlist. Paul Revere: rat pack stylee from the stools. I also opened for them that night. My avatar is a pic of me on stage.

NOTHING BEATS THE BBOYS.

[RobMoney$]

2. The Ramones - Chestnut Cabaret 1990? - Venue in Philly on Univ. of Penn's campus, no longer in existence. Smaller than the Hiro. Basically the equivelent of the Beasties Hiro Show, just starring the Ramones. Got to Hi5 Joey and Johnny and had a bunch of eye contact (no homo)(EDIT:well now that I reflect on it, NO HOMO at least from my side, Dee Dee was known to suck a cock or two in his day) and acknowledment that I existed from Dee Dee.

[DeeJayZap]

I don't go to a lot of shows, but I was at pretty much the last ever QOTSA show to feature Nick, early 2004 (so, pretty much the last ever QOTSA show). He was mental, they played for about 2 and a half hours, full touring complement (Lanegan etc) and I was drinking lots. Enjoyed it.

i mess neck

[LuciferHam]

Itd be out of

Tool, Big Day Out 2007
De La Soul, Christchurch 2009
Arctic Monkeys, Big Day Out 2009
Peaches, Big Day Out 2007
Iron Maiden, Christchurch 2009

I friggin wanna see Beastie Boys already though!!! Damn me living in the bottom of the world