What band and why? For me it was getting to see Metallica from a luxury box on my birthday last year.
What was your best concert experience?
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Muse or Flight of the Conchords at Birmingham NIA (both of them)
Muse is Muse, nuff said
FotC is funny, but the best part was the terrifyingly awesome sprinting we had to do through late-night Birmingham (a city NONE OF US were familiar with) to find the train station. We asked random people (including, I think, one hooker), ran down random streets and shouted a lot
We got on the LAST TRAIN with a literal few seconds to spare
Muse is Muse, nuff said
FotC is funny, but the best part was the terrifyingly awesome sprinting we had to do through late-night Birmingham (a city NONE OF US were familiar with) to find the train station. We asked random people (including, I think, one hooker), ran down random streets and shouted a lot
We got on the LAST TRAIN with a literal few seconds to spare
Seeing S Club 3 at my freshers ball, because pretty much everyone was drunk and reverted to the mental state of a 7 year old.
Other notable mentions... Pavement, My Bloody Valentine (leaving the concert after their famous "holocaust" section genuinely felt like I had taken something), the Hold Steady
Seeing Flaming Lips possibly twice this Summer. They are meant to be one of the best live bands in the world (seriously worth youtubing them to see the stuff they do), so they should be great.
Other notable mentions... Pavement, My Bloody Valentine (leaving the concert after their famous "holocaust" section genuinely felt like I had taken something), the Hold Steady
Seeing Flaming Lips possibly twice this Summer. They are meant to be one of the best live bands in the world (seriously worth youtubing them to see the stuff they do), so they should be great.
I saw Aerosmith 14 days ago at the )2 arena. I was standing about five people back from the stage.
I have never had so much awesome concentrated near me in my life.
I have never had so much awesome concentrated near me in my life.
The Music as a Weapon tour was pretty awesome. I was there for Disturbed and Killswitch but the other bands were a nice treat as well.
In February i got to see Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, i'm a musician myself and a massive fan of both so it was really an incredible night.
Ontop of that they were giving out free passes to a "history of music" museum they had set up in the same place that was massive.
The whole day was just breathtaking
Ontop of that they were giving out free passes to a "history of music" museum they had set up in the same place that was massive.
The whole day was just breathtaking
3) Queens of the Stone Age at Rock Werchter (Werchter)/Triggerfinger at Watt (Rotterdam)
A shared third place for two great rocking shows. Both performances were pure embodiments of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll.
2) Tool at The Heineken Music Hall (Amsterdam)
I've seen a couple of their performances, but this one was the best hands down. From the overwhelming Aenema to the shiver-inducingly beautiful and fragile rendition of Right in Two, each and every one of their songs was perfect.
1) Mark Lanegan acoustic show at Tivoli (Utrecht)
Just one guy with an acoustic guitar and Mark Lanegan, the man with the best voice since Louis Armstrong, performing simple songs in a small room for a small audience. One of the most beautiful experiences in my life.
A shared third place for two great rocking shows. Both performances were pure embodiments of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll.
2) Tool at The Heineken Music Hall (Amsterdam)
I've seen a couple of their performances, but this one was the best hands down. From the overwhelming Aenema to the shiver-inducingly beautiful and fragile rendition of Right in Two, each and every one of their songs was perfect.
1) Mark Lanegan acoustic show at Tivoli (Utrecht)
Just one guy with an acoustic guitar and Mark Lanegan, the man with the best voice since Louis Armstrong, performing simple songs in a small room for a small audience. One of the most beautiful experiences in my life.
Taste of Chaos 2009 at Globen in Stockholm. Consisted of:
1. Maylene and The Sons of Disaster
2. Every Time I Die
3. Dead By April
4. Killswitch Engage
5. In Flames
1-3 had around half an hour each, KSE had an hour, and In Flames around 1½ hour. ETID, KSE and In Flames were the parts I really liked. In Flames is my absolute favorite band in the universe, they're what God would make if he was metal. And they're even better live. (Also, their guitarist who had been absent the whole tour showed up for the two last songs!)
And as the delicious topping, I was there with some of the most awesome people ever, including my best friend.
1. Maylene and The Sons of Disaster
2. Every Time I Die
3. Dead By April
4. Killswitch Engage
5. In Flames
1-3 had around half an hour each, KSE had an hour, and In Flames around 1½ hour. ETID, KSE and In Flames were the parts I really liked. In Flames is my absolute favorite band in the universe, they're what God would make if he was metal. And they're even better live. (Also, their guitarist who had been absent the whole tour showed up for the two last songs!)
And as the delicious topping, I was there with some of the most awesome people ever, including my best friend.
Emilie Autumn show, gothic-victorian violin-industrial with awesome quasi-burlesque background crew called the Bloody Crumpets. Great performance with humor and original music.
Love their "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots", Emilie made a nice cover of that.the Dept of Science said:
Nice, I love Clapton and Jeff Beck isn't bad either.CpnBeef said:In February i got to see Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, i'm a musician myself and a massive fan of both so it was really an incredible night.
Ontop of that they were giving out free passes to a "history of music" museum they had set up in the same place that was massive.
The whole day was just breathtaking
