[Closed] gig you would've loved to have been at?

Orbital, Glastonbury 1994.

Seen them loads of other times, Somerset house in the rain being particularly memorable but I'd have loved to have been at that one.

The Clash - anywhere

The Who with Keith Moon

Live Aid and seen Queen play there.

Joy division - when they did the gig for les Bains douches bootleg

Pixies before they split.

Stone Roses on first album tour.

The Band final show @ Winterland Ballroom.

Oasis, Nebworth. Saw them elsewhere and they were sh1t

the cramps in their heyday and Adam and the ants 79-81

Culture Shock, Teardrop Explodes, Clash

the cramps in their heyday

Good call.

Stooges before I was born also, for me.

The Stones 1969 american tour, Madison Square Gardens.

oh and Mozart with Haydn's requiem in C minor 1772

Elvis in Vegas, the music may not have been the king at his best. But that would be a night to remember forever.

I saw the Pixies before they split (at Preston Guildhall), and I saw Nirvana 3 times, when the headlined Reading, the year before when they were something like 2nd bottom of the bill (where Kurt broke his arm jumping into the drums), and once at Manchester Academy.

Cash at Folsom prison.

I saw the Pixies before they split (at Preston Guildhall), and I saw Nirvana 3 times, when the headlined Reading, the year before when they were something like 2nd bottom of the bill (where Kurt broke his arm jumping into the drums), and once at Manchester Academy.

No one like a show off 😀

shakers - this is gigs/bands you wished you had seen (let's not get into willy waving)

Cash at Folsum - great call.

Springsteen at the Apollo 1975

swedish house mafia at MK bowl last year. Last time they will play in England

I saw Cash at Folsom, but not a lot else for a couple of decades.

I saw those gigs. My life on it.

So did many people here. (Nirvana - shittest band I ever saw - third on the bill under Mudhoney/Tad at Edwards no. 8 in Birmingham). Pixies? Load of shit every time I saw them, from the small gigs to the festys. Stine Roses at Dudley JBs? An event, but not a great gig....

This is about gigs you would have wanted to see 😀

Fair point - well Spike Island would be my wish I was there gig, again an event more than a decent gig from what I hear.

Sex Pistols in Manchester 1976. Mind you, I'd probably be the one person that didn't end up in a band 🙁

Yep, although the Stone Roses gig for me would have been Ally Pally....

Same venue Dylan going electric - "traitor"

Saw Pixies before they split, probably the best gig I ever saw.

Would have liked to see the Stones in their heyday, ideally when the Hells Angels provided the security 🙂

Sorry to be clear not saying I saw Dylan at the Free Trade Hall, but would have liked to.

Ally Pally - good shout!

Would've liked to see the Stone Roses in their early days even though I suspect they wouldn't have actually been that great. Same for Orbital, in the early days.

Arcade Fire at Coachella 2011 when those big inflatable glowing coloured balls fell on everyone's heads during Wake Up.

I saw orbital at glasters in 94. Same year or year after I saw Cash. Would have loved to seen Townes van Zandt.

The Doors in Miami, March 1 1969.

Just to see if he did or didn't.

Not strictly a gig as such, but: The Beatles on the roof above Savile Row.

Any Genesis gig with Gabriel, particularly Foxtrot/Selling England... era, and Sandy Denny when she played Bristol, around '92, I think. Would have loved to have seen The Who, and Bowie doing Ziggy. Oh, and Tom Waits, and Joni Mitchell, at any time, nothing specific.

The Pogues in their prime when Shane could still sing.
The Who at Woodstock, it looks amazing on the film.
Leftfield in a smallish venue.

Wife and duaghter went to see Dry The River at Fibbers in York last night. Would have loved to have gone too, but I'm stuck away at work. Dang.

The Emperor reunion gig at the Astoria in 2006.

Metallica on the Master of Puppets tour, before Cliff Burton died and still on the way up.

Rocket From The Crypt on their first UK tour.

I saw Metallica on the only UK show for Ride the Lightening at the Lyceum. Tank and Bernie Torme supported an amazing night. Stupidly loud and was offered £100 for my ticket outside. It was as James said a "melon farmer of a neck ache"

I would of loved to of seen the Tubes in there heyday

Pixies? Load of shit every time I saw them, from the small gigs to the festys

There was a nice interview with Neil Hannon on Radio 6 a few weeks back where he was saying how he always tells people how much he regrets that he never got to see the Pixies play live. The one day he was clearing out his loft he found a Pixies ticket stub, so he had seen them after all but it obviously wasn't very memorable.

The Jam. Anywhere really.
And Gary Numan at Glasgow Apollo 1983?

Maccruiskeen, the point was, he'd found the TICKET, which he'd bought, but then forgotten, so he never got to see them despite having a ticket.

^ not really. I have countless ticket stubs knocking around....
EDIT: When I say stubs, I mean tickets without stubs. Don't know why I typed stubs...probably the vodka.

I have a frame in the downstairs shitter full of 'em.

+1 The Cramps
Janis Joplin, Monterey 1967
Ramones, Rainbow Theatre New Year's Eve 1977

Would also loved to have seen the MC5, John Coltrane, Beefheart, Clash...

And GG Allin, that'd be something to regale the grandkids with 🙂

Radiohead, Glasto, 97(?)
Talon, Near home, tonight (Stuck offshore)

any early-mid era Misfits or Black Flag gig

As nobody has done it yet i'll go for the obvious one: Hendrix, IOW 1970

saw the Pixies a few times in the old days. Usually at the International 1 or 2 in Manchester. They were always excellent

although I have to say I saw the Stones Roses when they were a aupport to someone or other and I dont remember them

Seen many of the bands mentioned above but I have never seen I really wanted to go to watch Rainbow in 1978/79

well gutted I couldnt be arsed to make the effort

Would love to have seen, through the decades:

00's: No-one, I think I'd gone off bands by this point.
Jellyfish, that would have been back in the early 90's.
Queen, sometime in the 80's (live aid?)
Big Star, sometime in the 70's.
Beatles in the 60's before they became big.

Talk Talk on the Spirit of Eden tour. Imaginary gig, since they didn't play live at that point and never did subsequently.

Future Sound of London, 1994-1996. Lifeforms is still a benchmark for me and i'd love to have seen what they did with it live.

Sonic Youth, 1987-1989. Evol, Sister and Daydream Nation are all fantastic albums and I've never seen them live.

James Brown was mentioned on another thread, I reckon he'd have been awesome in his prime.

Iron Maiden, Longbeach arena 1985 (although I would have only been 7!).
Any Queen gig with Freddy...
Nirvana at Reading
Smashing Pumpkins before they split.

Good call for Janis Joplin, just been looking at some of her vids on Youtube.

Stevie Ray Vaughan (any).

Rory Gallagher (any).

Actually, scrub that lot ...

Woodstock, oh yeah. 8)

Any Genesis gig with Gabriel, particularly Foxtrot/Selling England

Yep, I saw them at Wembley. I don't 'get' them. 😐

Orbital, Glastonbury 1994 was good. Pixies were good saw them a few times.

Sonic Youth, 1987-1989. Evol, Sister and Daydream Nation are all fantastic albums and I've never seen them live.

Me? Either Joy Division in their heyday - saw New Order loads of times but bet they didnt compare. That or the first IOW festival in 1970 Hendrix, Who, Doors, Miles Davis, Sly & Familly Stone etc etc...

Come on, no ones mentioned James Brown in the 70's, that would have been epic!

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Live Aid and seen Queen play there.
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RichPenny, oh yes, TalkTalk! I [i]love[/i] that band! If there's anybody I would do anything to see reform and play live again, it's them. There was a concert of theirs on one of the Sky Arts channels, and they were astonishing live, I deeply regret never seeing them.

Hendrix. The gig where he does Machine Gun and it's just astonishing and mind blowing. It's such a killer of a performance.
I'd love to have been there. where was that? (digs out CD's..)

Would like to see;

The Doors at Whisky A Go Go

The Who at Leeds

John Martyn circa late 1970s

Have seen;

Queen, Kind of Magic Tour, Wembley. Supported by INXS, The Alarm, Status Quo. Blew my 15 yo mind.

John Martyn, 2005, Glasgow. Past his best and broke my heart to see it.

Van Morrison, Bob Dylan. Phoenix Festival 1996, both over supported/produced, horrible disapointment.

808 State. I have no idea what happened but I remember them fondly.

Kingmaker, Teeside Polytechnic, 1993, got stabbed by lead singer, best part of the concert, music forgettable.

The Redskins at Newcastle poly in 86 . I could have gone, with a really nice girl too. I stayed in to revise , on the basis I'd seem them and her another time. They split and never reformed she copped off and never split .

RichPenny, oh yes, TalkTalk! I love that band! If there's anybody I would do anything to see reform and play live again, it's them.

I was going to reply that it will never happen, as Mark Hollis had retired from the music making process.

Then I found this:

[url= http://pitchfork.com/news/47680-talk-talks-mark-hollis-resurfaces-with-new-music-for-the-kelsey-grammer-tv-show-boss/ ]New Grass[/url]

:cries with joy:

The entire reading festival that had an amazing lineup - can't remember it all but featured RATM and Metallica.

Beatles roof top

Zeppelin at Earls Court in 74(?). Saw them at Knebworth in 79 and they were awesome but would love to have seen them in their peak doing the acoustic section as on the DVD.

The entire reading festival that had an amazing lineup - can't remember it all but featured RATM and Metallica.

2008 had Queens of the stone age on before Rage and tenacious D before Metalica too.im sure that was the year them crucked vultchures did a suprise gig, the killers headlined the saturday so i would,nt say entire 😉

 

Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets and Happy Mondays concert 1990 Gmex Manchester.

+1 for Radiohead at Glastonbury 1997. I've got the recording on my Freesat box. Proper legendary gig.

Sex Pistols at Ivanhoes in Huddersfield - the last time they played live in Britain.

+1 for Sex Pistols at Manchester Free Trade Hall. I'd have started a band and been famous. And another +1for James Brown in the 70s - wasn't there one gig where he was credited with preventing a race riot?

Too many to mention tbh. But Donington Monsters of Rock 94. I listened to it live on the radio and it basically kicked off my love of rock and metal. Amazing bill... SO it's got a personal significance for me.

The entire reading festival that had an amazing lineup - can't remember it all but featured RATM and Metallica.

2008 had Queens of the stone age on before Rage and tenacious D before Metalica too.im sure that was the year them crucked vultchures did a suprise gig, the killers headlined the saturday so i would,nt say entire

They spoilt it by scheduling RATM to play at the same time as Pennywise.

Good year that... We walked out of Them Crooked Vultures, so dull... Then spent the rest of the weekend meeting people who'd failed to get into the tent and telling them we were right down the front but then left

Fair one!

I didnt get to see them. I was probably busy watching something awful like Anti Flag on the main stage at 12.30pm

My ambitions are pretty low....I wish I'd seen Bo Ningen in Hull last thursday 🙁

husker Du

Rich, thanks for that link, I'm astonished, to say the least! I've got Mark Hollis' solo album, and I'll be the first to admit that it's a challenging listen; bugger-all happens for long periods of time, which I find a bit... nerve-wracking, if you know what I mean. Still, TalkTalk were going ever more minimalist in their music. I want desperately to see them work together again.

Zeppelin at Earls Court in 74(?). Saw them at Knebworth in 79 and they were awesome but would love to have seen them in their peak doing the acoustic section as on the DVD.

Excellent thread & something I metioned on my show a few weeks back.
For starters, I'd loved to have seen/been at -

the Rolling Stones Rock n roll circus
Sly & the Family (early 70s)
James Brown / the JBs (as above)
the Temptations (Psychadelic Shack album tour)
Woodstock
Early Burning Spear
Any old JA dances
Stone Roses (1st tour / Spike island)

+1for James Brown in the 70s - wasn't there one gig where he was credited with preventing a race riot?

Documentary about it was screened last year I think.

Radiohead at Glastonbury 97 - I had to be persuaded to go and see it, not being a huge fan at the time..........

Not too shabby...

I've always found live gigs a bit disapointing, but I'm more of a dance music club sort guy.

Kraftwerk at the Manchester velodrome
Richie havens Woodstock
Larry levan DJ at paradise garage
Africa Bambaataa DJ at a original hip hop block party.
Mancuso DJ at he loft.

One of my regrets in life is not going to see the White Stripes at Blackpool Empress Ballroom a few years ago. However, I'm hoping to partially rectify this by seeing Jack White at that venue in November.

the killers headlined the saturday so i would,nt say entire

Ah yeah I forgot about that one 😛 Rest of the lineup looked immense though.