Whenever I've been asked in the past which would be my favourite gig of all time, I have not been able to answer.

Having seen bands such as 'DC, Scorp's / Priest / Rush (4 times), even Van Halen with DLR, I just couldn't pick a favourite.

That changed last night - Friday 20th November 2010 - at the O2 Academy in Leeds - after witnessing the GOD that is LEMMY his current Motorhead line-up!



Just Brilliant!





Why on earth have I not seen these before? I will certainly not miss them when they next do the rounds.

So the question is - what is your favourite gig of all time?

You've been to the O2 Academy.....Good man,it'll be the Cribs next!!
Best gigs.
Oasis at Wembley.
The Clash at The Rainbow Finsbury park.
The Jam at Sheffield uni ,then midnight train to London for our final v Widnes.
The Cribs at O2 academy Leeds.
The list could go on,the beauty of music unlike watching Wakey is that it's very rare that you come away dissapointed!

Looking at the bands listed you may be interested that The Damned were last nights support!

Seems a strange mix to me - Girlschool / The Damned / Motorhead?

Seen the Damned before at Leeds Uni (without the Captain), but they didn't 'float my boat' last night!

TRB - Did you see the Scorpions when they played at Wakey Tech? - brilliant, the place rocked, most be either the best (or one of the best) gigs ever to take place in Wakey.

Other best gigs -

Springsteen - Roundhay Park - 1985

Lynard Skynard - Leeds Uni. 1977 (last UK gig of original group)

Tom Petty / Nils Lofgren - Leeds Uni - 1977

James Taylor - O2 Dublin - 2009

Think it's called an "eclectic" lineup.
Loved the Damned,old school punk,strangely enough i've been listening to machine gun etiquette by the Damned on vinyl the last couple of days.
Think we could do this with a thread of it's own!

Unashamedly pinched from TRB in the chat thread.TRB went to the O2 Academy in Leeds night to see Motorhead and was mighty impressed
What's the favourite gig/gigs you've ever been to?


My best gigs.
Oasis at Wembley.
The Clash at The Rainbow Finsbury park.
The Jam at Sheffield uni ,then midnight train to London for our final v Widnes.
The Cribs at O2 academy Leeds.
The list could go on,the beauty of music unlike watching Wakey is that it's very rare that you come away dissapointed!

No - unfortunately. Nearest I got to a 'home' gig was the festival at Nostell with Marillion and Grand Slam - Phil Lynotts band after Thin Lizzy!

Saw the Stones in Roundhay Park.

I was lucky )?) to be based in Hammersmith for a year -1983/4 - and saw loads of bands like ZZ Top / Def Leppard / Quo there. Also been to Edinburgh Apollo / The Marquee club and Rock City on Nottingham.

As Jinj says - rarely disappointed and occassionally amazed!

Rammstein-Newcastle academy (Unbelievable show)
korn-Brixton Academy
disturbed-Men
Deconstruction 3- Manchester (lost shirt crowd surfing

)
System of a down-Men

Shouldnt this be in the chat thread

sorry for been a spoil sport

Elton John galpharm

Specials - Bridlington Spa 2/11/09
The Jam - Bridlington Spa 06/12/82
The Specials - Bridlington Spa 1980
Men They Couldn't Hang - Brixton Academy - 1993-ish
Shane McGowan and the Popes - Manchester Academy - 1994-ish
Saw Doctors - Brixton Academy (or was is Town and Country Club)
Edwin Starr - Skegness Scooter Rally 1984
Any Paul Weller gig at Manchester Apollo

Regrettably - he's right!

Can't we have some good o/t topic threads on their own in the off season? there isnt that much to talk about really and o/t threads can be more interesting than some on topic ones...

yes does seem to get broken up easily

Saw Jethro Tull there the first year the festival was held (you'll have been too young for that gig

).

My favourite gig of all time is probably Misty in Roots in Bradford (1980, give or take a year, Queens Hall or St George's Hall, no idea now, or even then... was high as a kite).

1979 Skidz gig in Sheffield runs Misty a close second. Anyone remember when they played the Unity Hall in Wakey? As did Ultravox (went to that one too) and The Human League (ended up interviewing the band for a fanzine before the gig - Phil Oakey drinks Carling Black Label, btw, or he did at the time).

That's a fair point. The "Chat Thread" was always a bit of a compromise, to be honest, and it can't please everyone. Who's to decide which O/T topic is good or not? The mods, obviously - but that'll only get people's backs up if their O/T thread is chucked in here as opposed to being granted "good" status.

There has been enough RL stuff to talk about this off season so far, but if the real news dries up, I'm sure we can find some workable compromise.

Anyway - which was your favourite gig of all time?

The Skidz - love 'em! But never saw 'em!

Not sure, but I think Big Country may have played the Unity Hall too. More of the chilly jocko sound, but without Richard Jobson they never cut it for me.

Saw The Kinks at Edinburgh Playhouse when I was a student there - not the best gig I've been to, but definitely the most professional.

Iron Maiden still the best live band I've seen. Special mentions to:
Guns N Roses
Ugly Kid Joe
Oasis
James
Cast

Not seen any of them - and I like all of 'em!



Went to see REM at the McAlpine (as was then) and there were loads of folk walking around with Oasis T-shirts (never heard of them at that time). Turned out that they were booked for the support, but in the meantime their star had begun to rise and they pulled out. We got that band that used to be the Housemartins - and although I quite liked the HM I can't stand their new version - and they are no stadium band, I can tell you!

Can't remember Big Country coming to Unity Hall but did see Squeeze, Boomtown Rats, The Damned and The Rich Kids - the group formed by the original Sex Pistol bassist Glen Matlock. Always remember Matlock became very p****d off at the gig with everyone gobbing at him

Saw the Damned,Tourists and Stiff little fingers at Unity hall,cracking little venue.

No mention for the Piskie Sits?

The following are probably the best I've seen:

Stone Roses/Ian Brown (on the right day)
Primal Scream (ditto - pretty sure they performance was better the more caned they were)
Cribs
Jeru the Damaja
Death in Vegas
Morrissey

I bet you looked well dancing round the wife's handbag

Pre wife days!!

Fabulous band. I am in process of converting my old LP's to digital atm and I compare prices sometimes. A version of Luminous Basement will set you back around £110 these days!