Best Live Music Experiences??

[bandrewes]

What was the best gig you've seen?
Mine has to be Radiohead at Reading 09.

[bandrewes]

AND Hot Chip at Brixton Academy

[OldJersey]

I saw Say Anything at cbgb's like 5 years ago or so, it was Max's first show since being out of his last stint in a mental hospital. It was terrific to say the least.

[fishguts182]

probably both blink shows i went to this past year.

[italiancapp31]

everytime i see mars volta

[yellowhouse]

Sigur Ros at Bonnaro 08.

[J.Hearne]

saw you me at six last year, twas a beaut.

[SmeezyBeezy]

I saw Weatherbox in L.A. this fall, there were like 20 people there and it was at this sick venue/bar up on the 2nd floor. I've been to so many shows, big and small, but this was probably one of my top 2 or 3 of all time. The other ones would have to be the various times I saw Brand New

[SophGod]

Thursday about a month ago. best live band i've ever seen and best experience i've ever had.

[Wisdom Tooth]

Gwar

[only the clouds]

Therefore I Am in Hartford a couple months ago. The singer spent a lot of his time with us kids in the crowd, it was awesome.

[ssteveohh]

probably the blink reunion , or valencia at the note in west chester last march

[JoshAugustine]

Story of the Year.. Every time.

[Neo Cassady]

Against Me! at Mad Hatter in Covington, KY
AA Bondy and The Weakerthans at Mad Hatter
Violent Femmes at LC Pavilion in Columbus

[sleepyseanzzz]

Less than Jake

[alis21]

What was the best gig you've seen?
Mine has to be Radiohead at Reading 09.

That was an amazing set, but the best gig I've been to is probably Patrick Wolf at Birmingham Academy 2 with support from Yacht. Aw man that was so good. Hellogoodbye at Oxford will always hold a special place in my heart, and recently I saw Dananananaykroyd with Dinosaur Pile-Up there and that was incredible even though I didn't know a single song.

[anamericangod]

Marvelous 3 Farewell Show 2001
Thursday War All The Time Tour
Straylight Run/Northstar/Say Anything 2004
The Darkness 2004
Aerosmith 2004
Every Butch Walker show 2003-2007
Hidden In Plain View/Midtown 2005?
Death Cab For Cutie at The Fox Theatre 2008

[Deezlink]

2*Sweet's final concert.

Not too good of supports, but they took the stage and did amazing.

(Note: I haven't been to many concerts, I just got my license though a few weeks ago. Hope that will change!)

[Regards]

David Crowder Band
Flatfoot 56
Emery

All put on some of the best shows I've seen.

[runningohfive]

Blink-182/Green Day Pop Disaster tour (my first concert)

Taking Back Sunday at the Chance (I believe it was in 2003)

Say Anything at Quinnipiac University 2006


I wish I went out to more show, their are so many other bands I want to see but never got the chance. :(

[And Hours Pass]

Less than Jake

Shouldn't you be outside enjoying your vacation?

Marvelous 3 Farewell Show 2001
Thursday War All The Time Tour
Straylight Run/Northstar/Say Anything 2004
The Darkness 2004
Aerosmith 2004
Every Butch Walker show 2003-2007
Hidden In Plain View/Midtown 2005?
Death Cab For Cutie at The Fox Theatre 2008

I actually wondered for awhile what Aerosmith was like live. That good?

Blink-182/Green Day Pop Disaster tour (my first concert)

Taking Back Sunday at the Chance (I believe it was in 2003)

Say Anything at Quinnipiac University 2006


I wish I went out to more show, their are so many other bands I want to see but never got the chance. :(

I saw Pop Disaster in Camden, NJ. It was an incredible show. I still have (and occasionally wear) my blink 182 shirt from that concert.

It's a toss-up for me between seeing a private John Mayer show on 12/28/04 at Webster Hall where he played all blues covers (essentially a precursor to Trio), and Nickel Creek at The Pageant in STL.

[Neo Cassady]

Blink-182/Green Day Pop Disaster tour (my first concert)

Mine too! With Saves the Day opening. Good memories there.

[Wisher]

lydia with like 12 other people in a snowstorm last winter.

[showyourteeth]

As Cities Burn announced they weren't breaking up anymore and it was their very first show without tj at the door in dallas and there was only about 15 people there, one of the best shows i've ever seen

oh and pretty much every time i've seen Trophy Scars

[sleepyseanzzz]

Shouldn't you be outside enjoying your vacation?



I actually wondered for awhile what Aerosmith was like live. That good?



I saw Pop Disaster in Camden, NJ. It was an incredible show. I still have (and occasionally wear) my blink 182 shirt from that concert.

It's a toss-up for me between seeing a private John Mayer show on 12/28/04 at Webster Hall where he played all blues covers (essentially a precursor to Trio), and Nickel Creek at The Pageant in STL.

Haha I was inside for lunch, and I just came back in again and happened to see unc versus ga tech is a close one which is why I'm back on, I'm a slave to technology

[anamericangod]

I actually wondered for awhile what Aerosmith was like live. That good?



I don't think I've ever had another show that made me feel like that one did. It honestly didn't even feel like it was real, it was like I was in a movie or maybe dreaming. My seats were insane, and at the end when they were going crazy during the last part of "Don't Wanna Miss A Thing," all sorts of confetti and glitter fell from the ceiling. Everyone was just singing, covered in all this stuff, smiling and laughing like it was the greatest moment of their life. Totally unforgettable.

[And Hours Pass]

Haha I was inside for lunch, and I just came back in again and happened to see unc versus ga tech is a close one which is why I'm back on, I'm a slave to technology

Haha, who isn't? Just making sure you're not being forced to sit in while it rains again.

I don't think I've ever had another show that made me feel like that one did. It honestly didn't even feel like it was real, it was like I was in a movie or maybe dreaming. My seats were insane, and at the end when they were going crazy during the last part of "Don't Wanna Miss A Thing," all sorts of confetti and glitter fell from the ceiling. Everyone was just singing, covered in all this stuff, smiling and laughing like it was the greatest moment of their life. Totally unforgettable.

Wow. From that description alone... my disappointment over Tyler's departure from Aerosmith has augmented.

[kbi the crowing]

Portugal. The Man

Also, the Fall of Troy Tour with The Dear Hunter, Foxy Shazam and Tera Melos

[MattArkin]

Thursday, Death Cab, BTBAM.

Every time they play.

[SweetThye]

Brand New, Thrice, mewithoutYou at the Tabernacle, ATL

BEST SHOW OF ALL TIME!

[narcoleptic953]

Butch Walker on the Rise and Fall tour: Detroit, August 1 2006: It was the hottest fucking day of the year, hovering at about 98 outside and well over 100 in the club. When we walked out, it was like getting out of a pool we were so fucking drenched. They started spraying the audience with hoses a bit before Butch went on and we kept refilling our one water bottle to make sure we didn't pass out. And some idiots were still drinking and smoking in there. Still, when piano time came around, you could have heard a pin drop and I've never heard better versions of those songs (Joan and Dominoes).

Butch Walker on the Sycamore Meadows tour: Grand Rapids, March 2009: Saw him two days in a row that weekend, the night before in Detroit, but I was front and center for this one, like a foot or two away from him. Great setlist; got a guitar pick and he climbed right over my brother and I to come down into the audience.

Bruce Springsteen: November 13th, 2009: Best show I've ever been to, hands down. Just over a week before the end of the tour and before the much talked about hiatus, Bruce played for three hours, including the Born to Run album in full. When he started playing Thunder Road, it just gave me chills. Seeing all of those songs live and singing along at the top of my lungs was pretty much the best night ever. And I touched his neck.

[FallOutWeeze]

09 Weezer tour.
AMAZING
They seemed to get so energetic after the blink tour

[yaz06]

Definitely the Blink show I seen during the summer

[cirerelleum]

Brand New last July during their small club tour in New York.

Story of the Year in winter 05 (I NEED to see them again)

Less Than Jake is always fun

Anti-Flag at warped

[You Won't Know]

Thursday about a month ago. best live band i've ever seen and best experience i've ever had.

A few come to mind...

I saw Thursday headlining Strhess Fest in Cleveland, and that was fantastic. At that time, there was a really good chance the band was going to break up and they had no more shows scheduled after that one. They even touched on it at the concert, saying it could be their last show in America ever. I just felt like there was some kind of a crazy urgency, even more than a normal Thursday show.

Then I saw Brand New at the Grog Shop (THE FUCKING GROG SHOP? WHAT?) at the end of this summer. In a club that holds about 300-400, I sat on the bar and was still about 20-25 feet away but I had the best view. They played the most fan-friendly and intimate set ever, featuring random b-sides (that I am proud to say I knew the lyrics to), old songs, and lesser played songs off TDAGARIM, as well as three new songs that no one had really heard before. To top it off, before the show was even over, half the band had stopped by the bar and had a beer with me. It was pretty cool talking to Vinnie about the new record and then discussing the best IPAs with Brian. Made my summer.

But my favorite show has to be Brand New, Thrice and mewithoutYou at House of Blues. Thrice was so on point and mewithoutYou was great. Honestly, how can you top this lineup? Three of my all time favorite bands.
This was during the TDAGARIM touring cycle, so then Brand New played a shit ton off of that record, including Limousine, which was so fucking epic. I don't think I've seen them play it since, and it's one of my favorite songs. They played an 18 song set (including a NMH cover) and it just blew my mind because of how into it Jesse was and how well the songs played into the intimacy of the House of Blues.

[You Won't Know]

Butch Walker on the Rise and Fall tour: Detroit, August 1 2006: It was the hottest fucking day of the year, hovering at about 98 outside and well over 100 in the club. When we walked out, it was like getting out of a pool we were so fucking drenched. They started spraying the audience with hoses a bit before Butch went on and we kept refilling our one water bottle to make sure we didn't pass out. And some idiots were still drinking and smoking in there. Still, when piano time came around, you could have heard a pin drop and I've never heard better versions of those songs (Joan and Dominoes).

Butch Walker on the Sycamore Meadows tour: Grand Rapids, March 2009: Saw him two days in a row that weekend, the night before in Detroit, but I was front and center for this one, like a foot or two away from him. Great setlist; got a guitar pick and he climbed right over my brother and I to come down into the audience.

Bruce Springsteen: November 13th, 2009: Best show I've ever been to, hands down. Just over a week before the end of the tour and before the much talked about hiatus, Bruce played for three hours, including the Born to Run album in full. When he started playing Thunder Road, it just gave me chills. Seeing all of those songs live and singing along at the top of my lungs was pretty much the best night ever. And I touched his neck.

If it kills me, I will definitely see Bruce before he stops touring.

[You Won't Know]

Brand New, Thrice, mewithoutYou at the Tabernacle, ATL

BEST SHOW OF ALL TIME!

Like I said in my post, best lineup ever?

[FallOutWeeze]

Definitely the Blink show I seen during the summer
Thats the 2nd best concert I've been to also!

[El_Jeffe]

Any time I've seen one or both of the Finn Brothers perform their magic on stage. Blows me away each & every time.

[Ricketts]

Chiodos at Warped '07 because I passed out during the last song and had to be carried to water haha, gotta love TX in July.

[xNC1212x]

A Day To Remember every time ive seen them (10 times) More importantly the time I saw them at the Stone Pony in 2006 when they opened the show for Bayside and The Sleeping. Aerosmith in 2004 or 2005? at the Beacon Theater in NYC was amazing. There were maybe 200 people there?

Brand New played at a venue in my hometown before YFW came out, they played a christmas show unanounced. It was amazing.

[CircaKnives]

This may be frowned upon by a few of you, but My Chemical Romance with Rise Against on their Black Parade tour was great. My Chem played "The Black Parade" in its entirety then played about 7 older songs. But Rise Against was so on during that show! Everything got so intense that there were floods of people leaving the pit.

Other than that, the Cage The Elephant, Manchester Orchestra, Silversun Pickups tour was fantastic. CTE opened with a pure punk-alternative set, so energetic with the lead singer eventually crawling onto the stack of amps. Manchester is just a great live band. They have been spot on every time that I see them. Then Silversun Pickups played such a great show, I was blown away. It was a packed house at Sokol, and they basically burned it down.

[WheresTheChorus]

say anything a couple months ago, saves the day stwya tour, any of the dozen of the minus the bear shows i've been to

[ModusPwnens]

Man Man.

Everybody gathers around them in a sweaty ring and dances furiously like it's some kind of tribal shroom-ritual at the full moon. What an incredible experience.

[xsinkshipsx]

life in your way's final show...one of my all time favorite bands...such a great show

last month I saw thursday and the dillinger escape plan and DEP BLEW ME AWAY! I couldn't even take it...and singing along to anything off of full collapse and war all the time was some of best time I've ever had at a show

[warp]

Jimmy Eat World playing Clarity straight through is something else live.

[COREhorizon]

say anything a couple months ago, saves the day stwya tour, any of the dozen of the minus the bear shows i've been to

I'm goin to see MTB in a few weeks. What do they mostly play in their sets?

[matt_bergeron]

new found glory, cartel, the early novmber, hit the lights....that tour was pure pop punk goodness.

[ohitsmark]

Kylie Minogue. Hammerstein Ballroom. NY.

Best show I have ever attended, and probably will be for a long time.

[JustLove]

La Dispute is always a favorite, so energetic.

Kevin Devine/Andy Hull solo tour in East Lansing was amazing though. KD is so laid back, me and the fifty or so other kids there all just sat on the stage with him. It was an incredible experience.

[Tautou107]

Manchester Orchestra in March '08, mostly because I hadn't really listened to them much beforehand, so they blew me away even more than they probably would've if I'd already been a big fan. "I Can Barely Breathe" gave me the biggest chills.

Next to them, Thrice and Brand New.

[Alex1410]

Seeing frank turner acoustic at 1 in the morning in one of the smaller tents at Glastonbury 08

[bandrewes]

Marvelous 3 Farewell Show 2001
Thursday War All The Time Tour
Straylight Run/Northstar/Say Anything 2004
The Darkness 2004
Aerosmith 2004
Every Butch Walker show 2003-2007
Hidden In Plain View/Midtown 2005?
Death Cab For Cutie at The Fox Theatre 2008

I saw death cab in a really small venue in paris few years ago, so so good
literally could touch ben gibbard

[BensonHedges]

Probably R.E.M. in 1999 at Jones Beach. One of my first "big" concerts, first time I was seeing a favorite band live, amazing setlist (especially since I love Up), great night for an outdoor show and Patti Smith was on hand for an encore of "Ebow the Letter". I'll never forget the acoustic version of "Why Not Smile", just Mike and Michael. And "Nightswimming"! I've seen some awesome shows since but I think this one will be in the top spot for a long time.

[WheresTheChorus]

I'm goin to see MTB in a few weeks. What do they mostly play in their sets?

well i saw the two times in october and it was a pretty good mix of a few songs from each LP (none from the first ep) and 3 new songs. but i heard they changed their set for new years with alot of old songs so i'm not sure which set you'll see. you won't be disappointed though!

[TotalCollapse]

Thursday

[Bananaface]

i saw mewithoutyou last summer with gasoline heart and maps and atlases, it was sick. one of the best, if not the best ive seen

[natetor]

lydia, lovedrug, copeland. free show. unreasonably amazing.

[roughroads]

Definitely the Blink show I seen during the summer

I SAW during the summer.
How hard is basic grammar?

[TSLROCKS]

The Starting Line/Copeland/Gatsby's American Dream/ Cartel was easily one of the best live experiences I've ever had. Show was at Starland in NJ and was so freaking intense. Amazing show

[Elle_]

Muse at Wembley! Amazing. I loved Greenday at Milton Keynes too... it was my first big rock concert and Taking Back Sunday and Jimmy Eat World were supporting.

[IcedOpethBlind]

Tigercity/Wintersleep in a small, shitty venue in Houston back in March '09

[runningohfive]

Mine too! With Saves the Day opening. Good memories there.

Oh wow, I forgot that Saves the Day was there. Now that I think about it, I was mad that My brother, cousins and I got there a little late and I only heard 3 songs from them.

[myplanforescape]

Old Crow Medicine Show is always fun to see live. Only band I've seen multiple times and its always great.

[IcedOpethBlind]

good band

[DejaNew]

Thrice live.

[ggolden91]

Radiohead in 08.
Manchester Orchestra w/ Kevin Devine, All Get Out, and Dead Confederate in 08
Death Cab For Cutie, Cold War Kids, and Ra Ra Riot in 09
Between The Buried and Me in 08
Monsters of Folk in 09
Girl Talk in 08
Modest Mouse in 09

[Laur3l]

probably both blink shows i went to this past year.

agreed.. but mine was three ;-)

[Hiroki]

Pitchshifter live and the time I saw Bush

[Chrisj182]

Offspring at Download 08 springs to mind, one of the best atmospheres ever, considering it was a metal festival as well.

[jallamon]

rise against

[yaz06]

I SAW during the summer.
How hard is basic grammar?

Good for you. I didn't realize English was required to be on this site.

[roughroads]

Good for you. I didn't realize English was required to be on this site.

It really, really is.