Best Live Performance You Have Ever Seen!?
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Topic: Best Live Performance You Have Ever Seen!?
Posted By: Skip
Subject: Best Live Performance You Have Ever Seen!?
Date Posted: February 03 2017 at 03:45
| For me I would have to say The Skints - A Reggae band from London UK who came to Southampton recently and played a killer show. |
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 03 2017 at 04:00
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Barbara Dennerlein. we saw her live twice, and it was a great experience. also Rabih Abou-Khalil with his strange mixture of several musical styles -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 03 2017 at 07:51
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The thing is that the best live experiences are so good and overwhelming, they're just total experiences. This makes it impossible for me to rank them and say that one of them is "the best". Certainly I had quite a number of this quality. A Kraan show in the 80s comes to mind, actually there are many top shows from the 80s, King Crimson just when Discipline came out, one by Eloy, one solo show by Peter Hammill. Fred Frith's Keep the Dog were great. Recently I have for example seen Sigur Ros headlining the Citadel festival in London and they were extremely good, as were Jaga Jazzist when I saw them for the first time perhaps 8-10 years ago. Non-prog, watching the Comsat Angels play again in 2009, 14 years after their last album in their hometown Sheffield for their 500 most devoted fans was a unique experience. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 04 2017 at 00:46
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There's been so many....but theones that stick out in my mind are... It Bites at the T&C London in 1989. Incredible sound and confident performance. Completely blew me away. The Cure (twice) once on the Disintegration tour and again just last year. Just amazing shows with great sound, and they always seem to now what I want to hear! Rush - Hold your fire, London 1988. It was the first time I saw them and I was something of a fanboy so the whole experience was really quite overwhelming. The Gothic symphony - a performance of this legendary classcial work by Havergal Brian at the proms in London 2012 (?) left me stunned. The orchestra for this work is enormous, consisting of multiple choirs and vast string, wind and percussion sections. I've never heard a sound like that in my life. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 04 2017 at 01:13
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Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and a bunch of others at the Ronnie Lane Appeal Tour; Yes 'in the Round' in 1991; Stevie Ray Vaughan for Couldn't Stand the Weather '84; U2 Joshua Tree tour 1987; Joe Satriani '88; Jimmy Page '88; Robert Plant '87; AC/DC & Yngwie 1986; too many others to count ... ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 04 2017 at 02:07
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So many. Magma, both shows last 2 years at Crocodile in Seattle. Yes in the round, Union Tour, Oakland CA Different shows amazing for different reasons. Haven't seen many performances I would classify as bad. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 04 2017 at 03:23
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John Cale Phoenix Festival, Long Marsden July 15 1994. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 04 2017 at 03:27
Most excellent band.  I saw the Comsats at Leicester Poly in '81 supported by some little known Irish band called U2. ------------- What? |
Lewian wrote:Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 04 2017 at 06:38
| Believe it or not the single best rock performance (and I've been to more than a lot) I ever saw was the June 3, 1973, Alice Cooper "Billion Dollar Babies" concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The guitarsmenship Glen Buxton & Michael Bruce displayed that day was awesome. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 06 2017 at 23:00
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Magma, 2010 King Crimson, 2008 Magma, 2015 (?) ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: February 07 2017 at 11:57
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1. Myths & Legends (Wakeman) 2. The Wall (Floyd) 3. Similitude of a Dream (Morse) 4. Beat (Crimson) 5. Going for the One (Yes)
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: February 08 2017 at 12:42
| I think the first concerts of your youth are special: 40 years ago I started going to gigs on a regular basis from the age of 14. In 77, I saw Genesis (Wind and Wuthering), Henry Cow - twice, Peter Gabriel (first solo tour), Hawkwind (Quark), Yes (Going for the One) and Fairport Convention...all wonderful!! |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 09 2017 at 15:16
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There's been a lot of them. I do remember in particular Devo in Bakersfield back in '81. When they were done with selections from that year's album and some of their hits, they did a few of their own brand of American rock and roll jams that were blistering. Quite impressive really, and a band that was at its zenith point for my money-their album with Eno producing notwithstanding. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 09 2017 at 19:15
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Dylan ------------- |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 14:05
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In approximate order: 1/Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fillmore East, 1 November, 1968 2/Henry Cow, ICA(?), Brussels, 20 June, 1974 - opening for Beefheart during the unfortunate Mercury Records period - however: 3/Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Unganos, NYC, either 26 or 27 January, 1971 4/Magma, Trianon, Paris, 13 May, 2000 (I went to all 3 shows, and it's really a tossup) 5/Ayers/Cale/Eno/Nico, Rainbow Theatre, London, 1 June, 1974 (yes, I was there, 4th row center) 6/Television, CBGBs, NYC, 15 June, 1975 & multiple other dates in '75/'76 7/The Alice Cooper Band, Max's Kansas City, NYC, June(?), 1970 (Easy Action tour) 8/David Bowie, Carnegie Hall, NYC, 28 September, 1972 9/King Crimson, Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, NJ, 6 June, 1995 10/Big Brother and the Holding Company/Tim Buckley/Albert King, Fillmore East, NYC, 8 March, 1968 11/Snakefinger, The Ritz, NYC, 3 May, 1987 12/Pere Ubu/John Cale, The Ritz, some time in 1988 or 1989, Chris Cutler joined Scott Krauss on drums Honorable mention: Grateful Dead '68/'69, Jefferson Airplane '68/'69, Talking Heads '75, The Clash '78/'79, The Mekons '89/'90
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Posted By: doompaul
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 16:09
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I don't remember the years I saw these show due to a leaky brain but the artists were as follows: Rush - Hold Your Fire tour Morrisey - San Francisco about ten years ago The Cure - Disintegration tour in a small club that only fit 400 people Judas Priest - Judas is Rising Tour St. Vitus Pentagram about 6 mo. ago. Yob - Catharsis tour Agalloch - first tour that came through SF
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Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 18:26
| My brain ain't that hot, either, so I depend a lot on various internet sites. There's a Fillmore East showlist site, a Captain Beefheart concert list and, if all else fails, setlist.fm. I start with vague memories ("Bowie, Carnegie, maybe '72 or '73") and narrow down the search. I know I saw Henry Cow/Beefheart in Brussels, and I'd only been in Brussels in '74 before several trips in the '90s. I found that date on the Beefheart list (with the wrong venue, Guy Segars from Univers Zero was also at the show and he swears it was @ the ICA). |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 19:50
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Here's a dozen, in no particular order and strictly from what I could recall... Pink Floyd, In the Flesh Tour Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood Tour Neil Young, Rust Never Sleeps Tour Alice Cooper, School's Out Tour Genesis, Seconds Out Tour David Bowie, Diamond Dogs Tour Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Tour Yes, Going for the One Tour Yes, Union Tour (in the round) Pink Floyd, The Division Bell Tour Paul Simon, Graceland Tour Peter Gabriel, Back to Front Tour ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 20:06
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Impossible to state one as I get different things from different gigs Rainbow - Difficult To Cure - Leeds Queens Hall - my first ever gig Univers Zero supported by Miriodor - French Embassy DC '10 Magma - RIO Festival - '12? First time I saw them Motorhead - Mayfair Newcastle 80's - wall of noise Leonard Cohen - Birmingham 80's - beautiful King Crimson - NYC '10 - first time I saw them Once Upon A Time In Belgium - UZ/Present/Aranis at RIO in 10 Knifeworld - London '17 - tiny pub great gig Nik Bartsch Mobile - NYC '16 So many more ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: February 17 2017 at 20:47
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I don't remember much of the music per-se, but performance-wise I'll never forget Sleep Chamber in '88. The level of debauchery and S&M combined with industrial tool instruments sure in hell opened my virgin eyes like a fresh-faced pup being dragged into the urban underworld. The Butthole Surfers, also in '88, was pretty wild. One of the opening acts had this Asian girl who would perpetually scream her brains out like a monster seagull while the band played swirly reverbed no-wave rock. Probably awful on record, but live it was kinda mesmerizing. |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: February 18 2017 at 00:45
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In the early seventies... Thin Lizzy - Long Beach Auditorium Beck, Bogert & Appice - The Swing Auditorium Rolling Stones - Forum Johnny Winter - The Hollywood Palladium Jethro Tull, Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher - LA Coliseum The Kinks - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Procol Harum - Palm Springs Pop Festival '68 Alice Cooper - Whiskey A Go Go '69
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Posted By: Tyler2112
Date Posted: February 21 2017 at 05:52
| I may be bias, but Rush is the greatest band of all time. They kick f**king ass live, and there is no better band than Rush live. They have high energy, sound great, and have never had a bad show. I have seen Rush live 12 times, but the greatest show that I have seen is Rush in Philadelphia during the R40 tour. There was a lot of energy, they sounded great, and you can not beat a set list that spans through their whole career and ends with Natural science, Jacobs ladder, Hemispheres, Cygnus X1, Xanadu, and 2112 all in a row. |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: March 20 2017 at 09:56
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Faust - I stood front and centre, about 6 feet from the chainsaw action ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 18 2017 at 08:01
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Hi, I don't have a favorite ... but many things stand out. Nektar - first US tour at the Santa Monica Civic Hawkwind - Space Ritual Tour when it first came out, also at the Santa Monica Civic Pink Floyd - 1972 Live at the Hollywood Bowl, in the days of the QUAD sound, and its beauty. Tangerine Dream at the Greek Theater - On the album USA Live with pictures of the trees on fire by the lazers ... awesome! Mississipi Charles Bevel - Outstanding voice and beautiful material by a guy that disdained the music business and continued working as a technician for the LA based KPFK. Like the other friends of theirs from there, The Firesign Theater, the material was excellent and well presented and totally out-a-sight! King Crimson - Seattle 2015 With the 3 drummers, and my eyes closed, the whole thing was experiencially ... nirvana! You have to learn to fly with music, and this did not disappoint in any way. The only thing missing? Some "No Pussyfooting" material ... for the inner quiet! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: April 18 2017 at 08:13
------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 01:20
Three of those stand out in my memory: Yes - GFTO (LA Forum); Tull - SftW (Long Beach Arena); Gabriel (Greek Theatre)... |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 08:46
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Rush '78-79? Hemispheres Tour, LA Rush, '90, Presto Tour, Largo MD Rush '07, S&A Tour, Seattle Scorpions '82 Blackout Tour, Orange County Scorpions '83, US Festival Heavy Metal Sunday, San Bernardino Iron Maiden '85?, Powerslave Tour, New Orleans Parliament '77?, P-Funk Tour, LA Earth, Wind & Fire, all shows, Seattle, LA, New Orleans -------------   
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: May 18 2017 at 10:03
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Between the Buried and Me playing all of Coma Ecliptic at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. ------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: Ethos
Date Posted: June 08 2017 at 14:34
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Transatlantic Whirlwind Tour in San Francisco, Peter Gabriel live at the Roxy in Los Angeles, Gentle Giant at the Roxy in Los Angeles, Steve Hackett at the University of Washington in a lecture hall. Umphry's McGee in Seattle 2016 ------------- "As sure as Eggs is Eggs." |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: June 09 2017 at 04:07
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^I too saw Gabriel at L.A.'s Roxy for the "Scratch" tour in '78. It was touted as the only SoCal appearance at the time, so some buddies and I drove up from San Diego in the middle of the night to get in this huge line for tickets winding up the hill in a lot behind the venue the next day. I went with a girlfriend at the time the night of the show, but we had been running late that evening and were actually seated on some band equipment cases lining one wall of the place. We had an obstructed view of the stage and couldn't see Gabriel's drummer (it was that sad). All in all, an awkward night. Some months later, an extra tour stop was added at some theater in downtown San Diego, making me feel kind of foolish for the hassle I'd endured for the L.A. show, but that second show was somewhat lackluster compared to the Roxy performance. Later in the '80s, I'd be walking out of Gabriel show encores when the band would strike up Biko, my fascination with Gabriel waning at that point. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: AndyWalkman
Date Posted: June 18 2017 at 08:08
| I listen 99% guitar based music, but Prodigy in Helsinki on their Invaders Must Die tour was truly amazing. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 18 2017 at 11:40
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Several: A Peter Hammill solo concert at the Zeche in Bochum. Hammill had already given 5 encores, and the roadies were already clearing the stage, but the audience still wanted more. Then he reappeared on stage with a towel around his neck. The instruments, amps and mics had already been removed from stage. Hammill went to the very front and gave a heartbreaking rendition of "Again", without any instrumental or technical support. The audience was absolutely silent, but when he finished there was a thundering applause. It was a moment of pure magic. Nobody wanted another encore; this simply could not be topped. Magma at the Alter Wartesaal in Cologne. Vander did at first only sing and play piano, and some other guy played drums. After about half an hour that drummer and Vander swapped seats, and suddenly the drums were double as loud. At one point Vander broke into a solo, and I looked at the wall clock; I wanted to know how long his solo would be. When he finally finished it 45 minutes had passed, and the amazing thing is that not one second of that ultra-long solo was boring. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Greys0n
Date Posted: July 06 2017 at 04:50
| It was The Weeknd. I love his songs. I was looking for his concert schedule in 2017 and found out that he is going to perform in Lollapalooza festival. I and my friends have already bought http://guruticket.net/festival/lollapalooza.html" rel="nofollow - tickets here and can't wait for it. PS Muse must be there too. |
Posted By: skog_prog
Date Posted: July 22 2017 at 18:36
| Anglagard at the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg 2017. Absolutely incredible show!!!! Really powerful performance |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 22 2017 at 18:56
I was in the 2nd row for Rush's Snakes & Arrows tour. I looked like one of those ladies from the early 90s when Michael Jackson came on stage, all tears and snot  But that's to be expected.Hmm, there's been so many! I think the most memorable for myself wasn't prog at all, but watching Gogol Bordello open for System of a Down as incredible! They had half the stage and packed 9 musicians onto it. So much energy, the lead singer was doing dive-rolls over one of the percussionists. and that's awesome, because System of a Down as terrible  I loved them as a kid, but their last tour felt so forced. They stood on 4 corners of the stage and had no interaction with one another.Mastodon put on an awesome show when they opened for Opeth in 2012. I wish it had been an open venue and not a theater, but the light show definitely made up for it. Muse put on a great show when I saw them in 2013 on their 2nd Law tour. So much pomp and bombast in the stage and lighting rigs. Mother Mother really blew me away when I saw them this year. They were able to segue out of their big hits and into really wonderful covers of songs like Dazed & Confused and The Ace of Spades. Kept me on my toes, I like that. Anyone who thinks they are just a pop-rock band should really see them live before committing to an opinion on them. Finally (many omitted), honorable mention to Turisas. I saw them in a little dive venue and had never heard of them before. When I showed up there was a whole legion of fans in armour and regalia. It was an awesome show and an awesome mosh-pit. The kind where someone will knock you over, pick you back up again, pour fake blood over your head and then put up the horns and scream with you along to the music. Just great  |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: July 23 2017 at 19:53
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Hi, A couple of honorable mentions ... stuff that gets over looked and left behind, but makes things a treat all the same. Porcupine Tree - SF 1999 at the Prog Festival. Richard's Prophet 5 took a spill on the way to the venue, and at 1 or 2 PM there were several folks working on the floor in the back area, trying to find the problem and why it was not working. They could not find anything, and while the show was on, Richard spent several hours back stage, working several synths to cover the missing huge sound that was a part of the band. Their show was magnificent ... and while at the time I did not know the music as well, the sound of it was totally incredible, and only ruined by a stupid roadie upset that the band sound 2nd rate, when they were amazingly professional and totally in tune and touch with their material. I, and one other person, finally asked the roadie to leave the theater and go take a pee somewhere else. Lana Lane and the Rocket Scientists - SF 1999 at the same Prog Festival, but the day before, as they opened the whole thing. They put on an amazingly professional, tight and incredibly good show, and deserved a lot more attention than some comments ... too much metal on their sound ... that sadly took away, what probably was the cleanest and best performance of the whole festival, that was never acknowledged. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: July 23 2017 at 21:12
| King Crimson's current tour should be going into the top concerts seen by most who have attended them, so if anyone still hasn't seen this tour and still has the chance, just take it. |
Posted By: TiddK
Date Posted: August 14 2018 at 09:38
| I don't know if this is the BEST exactly (I saw the Floyd 3 times, Genesis 6 times, The Who 7 times, etc, and they were all amazing) but possibly the most memorable was Grateful Dead's 5-hour set at the Bickershaw Festival in 1972, where Captain Beefheart also played one of his best ever sets. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 22:00
| Saw Rog yesterday and really my big suprise, it was the best gig I`ve ever seen! I don´t think nothing can go closer to Pink Floyd these days, all I can say he and he´s band was amazing! |
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: August 21 2018 at 22:25
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Saw Phish one night of Baker's Dozen, which was pretty amazing. Also was at the very front of the pit for Plini, Intervals, and Animals as Leaders all in one show. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 20 2018 at 17:08
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Until Monday, I'd have said Runrig's gig at Barrowlands in 2007. But after seeing Camel at the Royal Albert Hall, I think they've taken the crown. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 21 2018 at 11:31
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That's a tough one....been seeing shows since 1969.....Tull in 1974 was great as was The Who that same year...really enjoyed Crimson in the 90's at two different venues in Chicago. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Crimsonsnowdog
Date Posted: November 21 2018 at 14:07
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My favorite live shows were: The Who 25th Anniversary Tour- This was my first concert which was at RFK Stadium in DC. They played for 3 1/2 hours, about 40 songs, and Pete Townsend even played his solo songs during the intermission. Possibly one of the most funs shows I've been to. People were hitting beach balls in the stands, and a rainbow was projected over the stadium for Love Reign O'er Me. One of my fondest and most vivid concert memories. Only negative was there was a drunken girl vomiting behind me through half the show. Rush R40 Tour- This was my third time seeing Rush. The first two were from the Presto and Roll the Bones tours, but this was definitely my favorite of the three. I saw them in Philly as they performed songs starting with the Clockwork Angels album and went chronologically back in time to the first Rush Album. While I definitely liked the second half of the show more, I though the first half was still pretty good. I liked all the songs they played except Animate Me and One Little Victory were only okay. Still the first half was very energetic and engaging, as they ended on Subdivisions. I really enjoyed the second half, while they played most of my favorites, including Natural Science, Jacob's Ladder, Hemispheres(Prelude), Xanadu, Cygnus X-1, about half of 2112, and Working Man. They played for about 2 and 1/2 hours and like most Rush concerts has some fun videos as well. King Crimson- I have seen them three times, but my favorite of the three was when I drove to Red Bank, New Jersey on the last show of the 2017 American summer tour. Seeing all eight musicians on stage, performing most of the classics with precision is an amazing experience. They played for almost three hours and the highlights included Red, Fallen Angel, Epitaph, Cirkus, Lizard, Starless, 21st Century Schizoid man,and my favorite King Crimson song next to Starless, Fracture. Highly recommended to anyone who hasn't seen them. Dweezil Zappa- I saw him with his band last April performing his father, Frank's material at the Hamilton in DC. The venue was intimate which held only about 400 people, and the staff waiting on you for food and drinks like a restaurant. They played for three hours, more than 30 songs, had some dialogue during Flakes, and switched instruments and did some intrigiung things during Pound for a Brown, similar to Funny Ways from Gentle Giant. One of the most fun concerts I've been to, and I would definitely recommend people see him. Ween- I saw them back in 1998 on The Mollusk Tour at the 9:30 club in Washington DC. Even Though the 9:30 club isn't the greatest venue, the show was great. They played for at least 2 and 1/2 hours, took a few fan song requests and I consider the Mollusk to be their last good album as the albums that came after were just okay, so they played all their best material.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 21 2018 at 14:18
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gotta be seeing Dave Brubeck at NMU ... like 20 people there. Amazing performance and afterward he took the time to meet and talk with all of us... made for a very special evening which I still remember fondly... and getting my world absolutely rocked later by this yooper I was on a first date with didn't exactly hurt with the memory either hahah ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: November 21 2018 at 17:33
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I'm amazed this thread has only gone three pages since 2/17. This thing should have had legs. Anyway, I went to this concert by Ultravox in the early '80s (why they ain't in the 'Archives is beyond me) in a place called Montezuma Hall at San Diego State University (the school mascot is an Aztec - get it?). This must have been after their album Quartet was released. A terrific show with Vienna being performed towards the end. Just beautifully, too. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 21 2018 at 18:32
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Seeing Magma live in 1999 in San Francisco was a religious experience. They’d been a favorite band of mine for most of the decade and I had never dreamed I’d see them live. But the physicality of the music was even more overwhelming in person than it is on the live albums. Absolutely a high point in my life. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: November 21 2018 at 18:51
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So many shows over the years, so many fine and memorable performances, but my top five best live performances, in order of witnessing: 19 June 1974 King Crimson at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA 16 January 1977 Jethro Tull at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA 3rd row, center. We spent a night outside at the venue to get tickets along with other hardy concert-goers. A janitor joked, "Who's coming, Jesus Christ?" in the morning as he passed us by... Summer 1986 Several days rehearsal with all of the original Buffalo Springfield members at Stephen Still's home in the San Fernando Valley, CA (Not really a "live" show, per se, but yes, wow!) 10 September 1999 Richard Thompson with full band, Mock Tudor tour at The Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa, CA 23 March 2016 Loreena McKennitt Trio at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, OR. Especially memorable also for departed company |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 22 2018 at 06:59
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Hi, On a posting on the TD website, someone was saying that there will be a box set of TD that will be remastered and remixed by Steven Wilson. I shudder and cringed at that thought. Now, if it said that Richard Barbieri was going to do, I would have gone head over heels all around it ... but SW is a rock guy, and has no feel for a symphonic sound other than a little bit here and there for show ... otherwise his material is about his voice and his leads! End of that story! Scared me, but SW is a well known "fan" of TD and KS, and he shows up in a KS DVD talking about "progressive" something or other (and saying nothing, btw!), but in the next segment of the DVD there is one where two technicians are talking to KS about a little change to add something to the DVD that you and I will NEVER EVER find, or hear ... and that slight change is wow ... you've got to be kidding me ... and that is the type of thing that I sincerely doubt that SW can come up with and improve on in various bits and pieces ... if he did, he would have remixed and remastered some of the PT catalogue so it would improve, but he probably would bury the keyboards even more ... the keyboards in his solo material are secondary and only come up for a minute and down they go again to stay secondary ... they do not "drive" the music, like it does in TD and KS. Writing about all this reminded me that as much as I have been lucky enough to see ... there is none better, EVER than Tangerine Dream ... and you can catch any of the shows in the past 30 years to realize that this band was special and totally off its rocker ... amazing! The quality alone is insane, and if there is anything that could use a little remixing and remastering, it would be some of the live shows, otherwise, I would like to suggest that SW should stay home and play with his toys on his own work. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: tigerfeet
Date Posted: November 25 2018 at 12:20
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Meatloaf - Bad Attitude - 1985 I never liked Meatloaf. That was, until my cousin took me to see him perform live ! |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: November 25 2018 at 12:46
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Teaze-spring 1977 at my high school in Prescott, Ontario Rose-spring 1978 at my high school in Prescott, Ontario Rush with Max Webster-Ottawa Civic Centre, spring 1978 Styx with Prism-Ottawa Civic Centre-March 1977 Pat Travers with The Outlaws-Dec. 1978, Massey Hall in Toronto ELP, Ottawa Congress Centre, Jan. 1993
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Posted By: nateliv
Date Posted: December 03 2018 at 06:56
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The best performance i have ever seen is “Phantom of the Opera” I saw it a few years ago and it was fantastic. Everything from the scenery to the acting and music was really good. Everything about the play was awesome, the plot especially. There wasn’t one time during the play when I was bored or not having fun watching. Sometime later this month I am seeing “Spiderman” although the reviews i have read aren’t vey good, I am still excited to see it.
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 03 2018 at 07:49
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Easily, Yes "Close to the Edge" tour, September 22, 1972: Yes with The Eagles, Arie Crown Theater, Chicago. Squire looked just like this, he inspired me to pick up the Rickenbacker bass & I never looked back.  ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: concertlane
Date Posted: December 26 2018 at 05:44
| I had the opportunity to go to Drake's concert in Ottawa. It was a standout amongst the most awesome shows for me. I enjoyed a lot. Drake is again back with his concerts in the USA. You can buy cheap Drake concert tickets at http://www.progarchives.com/forum/uploads/21556/SPAMEGG.jpg" rel="nofollow - here and goodbye spam. |
Posted By: Cylli Kat
Date Posted: December 27 2018 at 02:38
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Victor Wooten - Yin-Yang/Live in America Tour at First Ave, Minneapolis David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive Tour at The (Original Walker Art Center) Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis Those two shows just knocked me senseless... ------------- [Insert Clever Phrase Here] |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: December 27 2018 at 06:14
| Totally impossible to limit it to one. I can't even remember half the gigs I've been to. |
Posted By: rocko
Date Posted: December 27 2018 at 06:34
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Pink Floyd back in 1994 in Berlin at the "Division Bell" Tour ... that was just the most spectular thing i've seen yet .. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 27 2018 at 13:13
I just can't limit this to one so here are my top 5 in chronological order  1) Yes/Gentle Giant : 1976 : Cow Palace, Daly City (near SF) 2) Jethro Tull/Uriah Heep : 1978 : Oakland Arena 3) Robert Fripp : 1979 : Tower Records, Campbell CA (Frippertronics tour) 4) Peter Gabriel/Random Hold : 1980 : San Jose Civic Auditorium 5) Peter Hammill : 1990 : Slims, San Francisco (Room Temperature Live tour) ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: ProfPanglos
Date Posted: May 31 2019 at 22:48
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I've seen a lot of great shows, but these were my 5 faves: Magma, Seattle, 2015
Tangerine Dream, Seattle, 1986 Jean-Michel Jarre, San Francisco, 2017 Camel, Stuttgart, 1997 Peter Gabriel, Seattle, 2002 |
Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: June 22 2019 at 15:55
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For me visiting a concert has always been the ultimate level in the beloved prog experience: first looking at the cover and the lyrics, then listening to the music, and finally watching the band, music and visuals become more than the sum of the parts, prog on stage is an extra dimension! Here's my Prog Top 10: Yes - Going For The One tour in 1977 : Wakeman with his vintage keyboards on 3 stages, Squire and his triple-neck bass and Howe with his guitar museum, playing unforgettable versions of Close To The Edge and Awaken, I had just become 17 but I have still very vivid memories of this legendary gig. Pink Floyd - The Wall in 1980 Earls Court, London (highlight Gilmour on top of the wall playing his mindlbowing solo during Comfortably Numb) The Musical Box (best ever Genesis tribute band) - The Lamb tour in 2013 (many progheads who had seen the original show considered this one as better) Peter Gabriel - Werchter Pop in 1983, what a fascinating performer, and what a great atmosphere between the band and the crowd. Marillion - Fugazi tour in 1984 (the band at its pinnacle, both artistically as visually, and a balanced and inspired unit) Rush - R30 tour in 2004 PLaying again in The Netherlands after many years, so inspired, humorous, and exciting Anekdoten - Uden (2008) magical, an unique blend of symphonic rock and psychedelia, lots of exciting improvisations, also on the Mighty Tron! Jean-Michel Jarre - Electronica World Tour in 2016 - Exciting setlist with lots of early work, and mindblowing visuals. Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings tour in 1981, spectacular start with his Roland guitar synthesizer and only one spotlight from behind, magical. Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself 35th anniversary tour in 2017 - WOW!      |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: June 22 2019 at 18:28
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Surely Bruce Springsteen, great rock for four hours. ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: June 23 2019 at 00:54
He obviously went downhill live after that. He is a laughing stock down here in Oz for his horrendous live performance at the 2011 AFL Australian Rules Grand Final in Melbourne. See ...and if you can bear it...listen below. BTW: he hasn't been invited back!! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 24 2019 at 08:47
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Up until a few years ago it would have been a tough choice - McCartney Yes U2 Springsteen But now it's no contest - Kate Bush at the Eventim Apollo.
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: June 24 2019 at 09:39
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I don't have my list around at the moment. Off the top of my head, these were memorable. Fiona Apple (Tidal) Babes in Toyland Breeders Peter Gabriel (Up) BOC (the Revolution by Night)
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Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: June 26 2019 at 11:25
I have embellished my post with live pictures.
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 26 2019 at 12:12
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^ And nicely chosen, btw ! |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: June 26 2019 at 13:06
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There was a Rush show from 1990 I remember as being amazing. I have seen them 10 times or so but that show was the best.
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Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: June 26 2019 at 13:24
Obrigado Jose. Do you know who this is?  |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 26 2019 at 15:07
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^ hahaha have no idea, you have to help me - that's a white young woman with dreadlocks playing a Mellotron, right ? In a club in the 70's ? |
Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: June 26 2019 at 15:27
The woman is Anna Sofi Dahlberg, from Anekdoten, in the early years of Anekdoten (early Nineties), a friend of mine (Jan Van Santbrink) took this picture during a concert in Sweden, the time of their debut album. Later she changed her dreadlocks to her early haircut. Thanks for your reaction Jose!
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 26 2019 at 15:42
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She was a little skinnier at the time, otherwise I surely would have guessed right away hahaha Love the band, it's nice for you to share these details Erik.
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Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: June 26 2019 at 15:53
Obrigado Jose.
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Posted By: The Shrubbery
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 12:23
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Best Show of recent memory: I think the 2nd round of the Steve Hackett plays Genesis tours was one of the best shows i've seen in ages. Nad Sylvan the first time around I didn't get into him being "Peter" and thought it was just strange but the second tour around he seemed far more comfortable with his role. It didn't seem contrived anymore and I really got into what Nad was doing live and felt like he brought something exciting to it Most historic show: I did a post about this in the live music forum. The 50th Anniversary of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon starring Alan Parsons and of course Neil Armstrong's son's Prog Band Edison's Children was absolutely incredible. They were great before Rick joined them and now they've reached a new level especially with their new album that came out last week. My only complaint is they played a lot of their 1st album and I would have loved to see them play Indigenous or something really hard but I get that it was a "family gig". Alan Parsons i've seen 5 times now and they're all terrific performing live (Only problem is every time I see them they don't play Silence and I and they play it the next night). Marillion did some great music during their Weekend in PZ but loved seeing the swap the band when they played Fugazi and Cinderella Search. Can I say the Musical Box? I know its a cover band but when I saw them at a casino... i was surprised with how good they were. I heard the next night they were going to play the "Black Show" and i had to go ... so I got in the car and drove 4 hours and it was magnificent. Stayed overnight and saw them again the next evening doing Selling England By The Pound and that may have even been better. ------------- Let's make Prog a family again. Tired of Snobbery and trolling. We all have a right to love what and who we love so lets respect and appreciate all who care about the finest music in the world... prog |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 14:24
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Most of these were in the 70's and 80's. National Health with Alan Gowen Utopia - RA tour with the pyramid and glass guitar Rush - several times The Bears - several times (These guys have so much fun on stage) Allan Holdsworth - several times The Aristocrats Culture Clash tour Frank Zappa - several times Bill Bruford with the amazing John Clark Jean Luc Ponty Steely Dan - 1996 Pat Metheny Chick Corea's Elektric Band Beneath the Mask Tour
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Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 14:31
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Roger Waters - Dark Side of the Moon tour ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 14:46
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Rush - Moving Pictures Tour '81 Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager Tour '81 Rush - Signals Tour ' 82 Kinks - State of Confusion Tour - '82 Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast Tour '82 The Who - It's Hard - '82 (yes, even without Moonie, they were awesome) Blackfoot - Siogo Tour '83 Moody Blues - The Present Tour '83 Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood Tour - '83 Shooting Star - Silent Scream Tour '85 Eric Johnson - Tones - '83 Rush - Hold Your Fire Tour '87 Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got the Blues Tour '91 Dream Theater - Images and Words Tour - '92 (mixed emotions as Dixie Dregs were playing at a different venue the same night) ---big gap--- Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour '12 Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline Tour '12 Kansas - 40th Anniversary Tour '14 Within Temptation - Hydra Tour '14 Some other very powerful live performance I've seen: Cascade Quartet - String Quartet #1 (Johannes Brahms) Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra - Music for Prague 1968 (Karel Husa) Also Ran's: Fates Warning, The Rolling Stones, Chevelle, Disturbed, George Thorogood, Machine Head Pleasant Surprises: Amaranthe, Looker, John Campbell, Nothing More, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Volbeat Bands whose live performances didn't quite live up to expectations for me: Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, Megadeth, Five Finger Death Punch, Chicago, B.B. King And some that were just miserable all the way around: Twisted Sister, John Cougar, Krokus
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Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: July 27 2019 at 13:44
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Pink Floyd, June 1975, Pittsburgh PA. They played all of Dark Side of the Moon, plus tracks from Wish You Were Here and Animals -- neither of which were released yet! |
Posted By: Odvin Draoi
Date Posted: July 27 2019 at 14:18
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I'm not a concert/festival/show guy, the best performance I've ever seen was from Randy Coven (bass), while he and John Macaluso were touring with Malmsteen and came to Ankara (Turkey) in 2001 or something. As far as I remember, the vocalist was another legend Mark Boals. Randy Coven (RIP) stole the show, even from Malmsteen. Such precision and diversity. I was amazed. From the videos, the best metal vocalist live performance I've seen was from Fabio Lione of Rhapsody in Sweden Rock Fest (2017). Now that Rhapsody is in the Archives, sharing the video shouldn't be too irrelevant. |
Posted By: souio
Date Posted: August 04 2019 at 13:56
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I've seen McCartney, Stones, ACDC, and some other major classic rock bands but I gotta my best concerts started when I began volunteering at my local jazz festival. My number 1 spot is Dr Lonnie Smith. He's known as one of the best Jazz organist so I went in expecting some fast noodling and virtuosity. Then he began playing and it literally felt like a 70s King Crimson concert. I seriously recommend him if you like King Crimsons intense jams. Even better was that it was in a church so the acoustics of the concert bounced off every wall. Unfortunately he didn't play an encore because his drummer had another gig directly after the concert. It was funny because directly after the concert my buddy and I were walking down the street talking about it and the drummer ran right past us carrying a cymbal under each arm lol. Dude wasn't lying! |
Posted By: vidcom
Date Posted: August 14 2019 at 15:52
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The Who - 1971 (San Diego) - Mind blowing but they almost walked off because people were pressing in toward the stage. Townsend got pissed and threatened to end the concert so people backed off. Yes - 1973 (San Diego) - I guess this was the "Close to the Edge tour" (I'd only heard "Roundabout" on the radio before this and I went to see Poco who were also playing)... Life changing! Had to wait around 3 hours for Yes to take the stage. Yes - 1974 (San Diego) - Tales From Topographic Oceans tour - The last show of the tour and the band were in high spirits. Wakeman's solo album Journey To The Center of the Earth and just gone to #1 in England. We abandoned our crappy seats and ended up right in front of the band, it was like being on stage with them. Naked girls were trotted out by the roadies! Led Zeppelin - 1975? Physical Graffiti tour (San Diego) - Sitting behind the stage this time was a truly new perspective. John Bonham had to leave for 2 or 3 songs I suspect do to inebriation so the band did some acoustic numbers. When he got back the roadies were trying to help him and he proceeded to get into a fist fight with them; I don't know if anyone else but those of us behind the stage saw this. This was one of the best concerts I've ever seen! Pink Floyd - 1975? Animals tour (Anaheim) Earth shattering!!! The pig exploded!!! Camel - 1976 Moonmadness tour (Encinitas - La Paloma Theatre) Too small a venue for such a big show. This one could be the best concert I've ever attended!
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Posted By: Howard the Duck
Date Posted: August 14 2019 at 17:36
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Man I wish I'd been around in the 70s to catch all that stuff! All my favourite bands at their peak of performing! :D I didn't get into prog until my teens in the mid 2000s (child of the 90s here :D). edit: I did see a pretty good PF tribute band in the early 2000s - it was a good venue - good acoustics, and the drummer was actually better than Mason on some tracks! (though my Dad disagreed lol) A few years later I went to see Roger Water's performance of Dark Side, but left after his solo/early PF set because the acoustics were godawful and i was choking on all the weed people were smoking nearby. xD
------------- MacGyver can do a super guitar solo with a broom and an elastic band. Can you do better? |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: August 15 2019 at 01:56
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First one that comes to mind is CKY live at Mr. Smalls 2006. One of the best live sounding rock bands in general, of any generation IMHO. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Ottmar
Date Posted: September 27 2019 at 05:42
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Moloko - V Festival, Weston Park - August 2003 Frank Zappa - Hammersmith Odeon, London - September 1984 Genesis - Philipshalle, Dusseldorf - April 1975 Jimi Hendrix - IOW Festival, Isle of Wight - August 1970 ------------- 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 27 2019 at 06:00
Wish we got a few more things here in the West Coast other than the same crap metal and the same quasi country and western thing ... I mean ... I can't even find GRAILS anywhere on the Portland scene, and it might be they haven't played here in a thousand years!  BTW ... for the Baldies ... you have to listen to GRAILS ... it's an American version of Amon Duul 2 and it is excellent ... totally far out, and one of the best things I have heard in 25 years, since Djam Karet! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 27 2019 at 06:02
Along with Lana Lane and the Rocket Scientists that opened the whole thing, MAGMA were the best thing in the whole Festival. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 27 2019 at 06:03
I like what he says in his book ... "I'm an actor that happens to sing!" ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: September 27 2019 at 06:15
It was always a problem in the PF concerts in the 70's ... the Sports Arena shows had over 700 people busted at the door before they even got in. The DSOTM show (the first one) was horrible in that you couldn't see half the stage due to the smoke ... and later THE WALL was prohibitive with the amount of dope, and folks getting pulled off the audience, obviously busted. Honestly? ... I got tired of it ... PF, for me, was never a "stony" band ... but somehow, the number of stoned folks seemed to just show up ... even in a Grateful Dead show, it was never half that bad! And that ought to tell you something about the audiences. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 27 2019 at 10:21
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Pat Metheny Group - Meadowbrook Arts Pavillion, Rochester, MI - August 1989 - Letter from Home tour (Paul Wertico and Steve Rodby: the best rhythm section I’ve ever seen live) Bruce Cockburn - Ann Arbor, MI 1988 - Big Circumstance tour (Duo: just Bruce and Chapman Stick virtuoso Fergus Marsh!!! AMAZING!) Diana Krall/Tony Bennet - Interlochen, MI - July 2002 (DK: the most Zen-present artist I’ve ever been in the company of; and Tony, the most polished and professional.) Rikkie Lee Jones - Royal Oak Music Theater, Royal Oak, MI - 1982 - Pirates tour (One of the best performer, songwriters, storytellers I’ve ever been with. Right behind Diana Krall in intensity.) Supertramp - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI - Breakfast in America tour - fall of 1979 (an aural, visual extravaganza) Genesis - Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI 1977 - Wind and Wuthering tour (what a show! Laser lights, old and new songs, theatricity, Chester and STEVE!) John McLaughlin Trio (Trilock Gurtu, Pino Palladino) - Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI - 1991 (What a phenom is Trilock Gurtu. Kate Bush/Peter Gabriel - November 1978 - Nancy, France - “Scratches” tour (Peter was sitting right behind me during Kate’s set! Sid McGinnis was awesome! Robert “Dusty Roads” Fripp played, anonymously from behind the stacks.) Art in America/King Crimson - Ann Arbor - State Theater - Beat Tour (Shoshone’s harp, Tony’s Stick, Fripp’s stool, Adrian’s smile, Bill’s hand-held tongue drum…) The Offical Prince Tribute Concert - Xcel Energy Center, Minneapolis, MN - October 14, 2016 (an INCREDIBLY emotional 4.5 hours of extraordinary performances) Donovon/Yes - Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI - October 1977 - Going for the One tour (my second stadium concert marked by the return of WAKEMAN and “CTTE,” “Awaken” “S-ship Trooper” and all the “hit” epics! Amazing show! Howe was on fire! It was like every song was a solo for him!) Kodo drummers - Wharton Center, East Lansing, MI 1987 (Mind-blowing!) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: September 27 2019 at 10:40
and if I had my way... ------------- |
Posted By: Phreak
Date Posted: October 17 2019 at 21:44
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Here is my top ten list. All of these shows were incredible in their own ways. 1. Amon Tobin - ISAM Live (2011) 2. Kraftwerk - 3D Concert (2014) 3. King Crimson - The Elements Tour (2015) 4. Jean Michel Jarre - Electronica Tour (2018) 5. Genesis - Abacab Tour (1981) 6. Neil Young - Ragged Glory Tour (1991) 7. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell Tour (1994) 8. Brian Wilson - Smile Tour (2005) 9. Dweezil Zappa - Tour de Frank (2006) 10. Tom Waits - Mule Variations Tour (1999)
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 11:46
Haha ... guess who was walking around taking pictures of all the performers during both days? Yep!!!! Pictures on my website ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 14:17
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 14:24
| "Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?" Seriously though, is this for live performances that you've attended in real life, or does it include live performances you've seen on YouTube? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 14:26
live performances, concerts attended
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 14:46
Thanks Cristi. In that case, the best live performance I've ever attended was the EMMA festival in Derby in 1994, featuring half a dozen not-so-well-known names in the world of Electronic Music, including amongst others, Mark Shreeve, Paul Ward, Ian Boddy, John Dyson, Andy Pickford, Bekki Williams, David Wright, Robert Fox, Paul Nagle & John Serrie from America. 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 14:52
I'm adding Vezhlivy Otkaz in NYC in June to my list, been a bucket list band for about a decade and this was one of their first gigs in the USA over that time, absolutely brilliant  ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 16:12
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Roger Waters (Dark Side of the Moon/The Wall tours) Roger Hodgson (played mostly his Supertramp hits) ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: December 23 2019 at 06:35
Now that sounds good. I've seen quite a few of those at Awakenings gigs, plus a few others too.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 24 2019 at 02:10
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The two best gigs I ever saw were Kansas (Shepherds Bush Empire) and Mountain (Swindon Art Centre) . I can't remember the exact dates but they were both in this century. I love the way US bands really go for it! ELP at Colston Hall in 1993 was also another great gig. They played a perfect show. Can't say it was exciting but for me the chance to see these 3 legends together again was all I needed. Yes with orchestra on the Symphonic Live Tour was a great experience. Good to see a band and an orchestra working so well together. |
Posted By: charcoz
Date Posted: February 13 2020 at 19:07
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I will always remember the drums of Neil Peart when Rush played in Mexico City with the Vapor Trails Tour in October, 2002. Rush is guarantee of excellent Performance and great Show. Definitely the Best Live Performance I Have Ever Seen. I mentioned the Drums of Neil, because suddenly the sound for the audience turned off and Alex, Geddy and Neil didn't notice that and kept playing, and the only sound that could be heard was the drums of Neil! O my god! Sounded acoustic and clear. In my opinion Amazing! We miss you Neil! miss you Rush! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 13 2020 at 19:55
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A Peter Hammill concert at Zeche Bochum. That was before I met
Jean. Hammill had already given five encores, and the roadies had
already completely cleared the stage, but the audience still wanted
more. Finally Hammill returned with a towel around his neck, went to the
very front of the stage and gave a heartbreaking rendition of "Again",
without microphone or instruments, just clapping his hands slowly to
stay in time. The audience was completely silent, but when he had
finished a storm broke loose. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |