Favourite gig and why?

[Richardvanles]

Mine…
Mid week gig at Tottenham uni (would that be right Dags?)
Anti flag (warm up gig prior to them opening on the main stage at reading festival)
Support from the Cancer Bats and Black Lungs (side project of a couple of members from Alexisonfire)
Queuing to get in a rumour goes round that the Cancer Bats were not appearing. Then someone pointed out across the road in a side street Alexisonfire having an impromptu game of footy.
Quite an intimate gig with around 200 people.
Turns out the rumours were true. Cancer Bate had missed their flight (typical stupid Canucks) so the Black lungs opened the show followed by Alexisonfire, then Anti-flag.
Must say up to that point I’d not really heard much of Alexisonfire but live they were awesome.

Just googled it. 2008 London ULU

 

[jackieguaccamo]

Pogues at DeMont. It was just an amazing atmosphere from start to finish.

Kaiser Chiefs in Brum, little venue tour just as they had made it big, the gig was electric, they knew they’d made it, the crowd knew and it was just an electric atmosphere.

 

[Rodneyfernsfeet]

Free at Loughborough Uni in 1969, my first ever gig, I was totally transfixed , Andy Fraser's dump dump bass and Paul Kossoff's brilliant guitar, I've never been the same since.

 

[sabredunce]

OK, I wasn't at the concert - but anyway. I went to watch a Mike Tyson fight at the Convention Centre and John Cougar was doing a stadium show next door at the Exhibition Ground.
Both events finished at the same time and tens of thousands of people streamed out in a mass - the boxing fans being deeply pissed off that the Tyson fight only lasted about 90 seconds. Anyway, the fight mob just started hauling off and belting the John Cougar crowd. 'John Cougar is a wimp!'
Small riot started and I got out of there. Weird night.

 

[sabredunce]

Went to one of those oldies reunion type tours at the waterfront. Wilson Pickett opened and hundreds of mods in parkas piled in and did their thing. Pickett finished his set and the mods just vanished in a heartbeat. Johnny Cash came on and hundreds of Skins appeared to hear some white heritage music. I just wanted to see Johnny Rivers do 'Seventh Son'.
Wandered over to a smaller venue to see Del Shannon. After the set, wandered by Del's limo and his extremely hot young girlfriend was beside it. Buddy I was with said something rude and she game him a real shot in the mouth and walked off, cool as a cucumber.
Always seems to end in violence.

 

[stokiefox]

De Mont mid sixties Stones Spencer Davis and Marty Fuckin Wilde
Wilde booed off but Steve Winwood and Stones blew the place away!!

 

[Tuz_Not_Tuzz]

if you don't count U2 or The smiths at demont, it would be red house painters at the islington powerhaus, as i got to sit next to Ivo from 4ad and chat to him all evening.

 

[Uttoxfox]

Pixies, Royal Blood, Maximo Park at Castlefields Manchester 2014. All killer, no filla.

 

[Uttoxfox]

Edward Sharp and the magnetic zeros at Manchester cathedral ran it a close second though.

 

[Richardvanles]

Pixies, Royal Blood, Maximo Park at Castlefields Manchester 2014. All killer, no filla.

Saw Maximo Park open for The Police at Twickenham. Probably 1000 maximum watching all waiting for the police. They really tried but it just too big with too few people who were not interested.
(The Police were shit)

 

[SemperEadem]

New Order in Brooklyn, was high as a kite.

 

[sgt_wilko]

I saw Maxïmo Park at Liverpool University on the NME tour in 2006. Support bands were the Mystery Jets, We Are Scientists & Arctic Monkeys. Maxïmo Park were superb, as were the Arctic Monkeys.

 

[mickyhoss]

Without doubt, Slade at the DeMont in 1983ish

 

[mickyhoss]

if you don't count U2 or The smiths at demont, it would be red house painters at the islington powerhaus, as i got to sit next to Ivo from 4ad and chat to him all evening.

I saw U2 at the '77 Club in Nuneaton