The Best Gig You've Ever Been To

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  1. Fon

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    We probably have this thread every few months, but I'm sure I've not seen it for a while.

    There's two that stand out for me. Firstly, Oasis at Bridlington Spa. It was their warm up gig for their 2009 World Tour - the tour that never happened because the teddies fell out of the pram. A small venue holding around 2,000 people - a surreal experience after seeing them at the Etihad a few years prior. There was definitely a sense of something in the air, a bit of niggle between Liam and Noel. Made for such an atmosphere.

    Honourable mention to Ash in the early 2010s in Manchester. A greatest hits set on a sunny Bank Holiday Sunday. Stunning.
     
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    AC/DC in Aberdeen 96
    And Rush at their final appearance in Toronto
     
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    Nice. Bet Rush was something else. I'm a bit boring when it comes to music - but some of their 'big uns' played live must have been worth the entry fee.
     
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    Focus at Sheffield City Hall in 1973, fantastic gig, brilliant band.

     
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    Indoor
    Band. Green Day. Sheffield arena.
    Artiste. Cyndi lauper. Several venues.

    Outdoor
    U2 several venues.
     
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    Queensryche, before they turned *****, Promised Land tour Sheffield City Hall. The loudest gig I've ever heard.
     
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    Cats for Peru @ Grapes in Sheffield
     
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    REM -Huddersfield 95. Should have been Oasis supporting them but one of them had a crash - had Beautiful South instead who were great!
     
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    McCartney at Sheffield arena 2004
     
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    Lynyrd Skynyrd Sheffield City Hall 1975
     
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    Never been disappointed with a Housemartins/Beautiful South concert, superb live.
     
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    I've seen AC/DC, Stranglers, Ramones, Thin Lizzy etc and recently ticked Steely Dan off my bucket list but best ever.......
    Scissor Sisters....absolutely brought the house down.
     
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    1985 sheffield City Hall. The smiths supported by James
     
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    Eagles - Hell Freezes Over tour in 1996 at Wembley Stadium.
    I was 14 and thought it was amazing.

    2nd favourite was seeing Deftones and Rage Against the Machine at Download in 2010.
     
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    Best day...Rolling Stones Roundhay Park 82 support J Giels Band, George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Joe Jackson who was immense...Loudest Hawkwind with Lemmy Bradford 73...deaf for two weeks:D
     
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    Ashfield, I think.
     
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    If it was Motörhead you’d be Deaf Forever
     
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    Loudest I’ve experienced was Judas Priest at the SECC in Glasgow.
     
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    David Bowie, 1973, Rollarena, Leeds.
    Absolutely ruined my future rock concerts because I compared every gig with this one, it was so good, nothing ever came close .
    RIP David, and thanks.
     
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