Your Favourite Live Shows

[Chet]

mine would be:

VELVET UNDERGROUND 1991
DAVID SYLVIAN 2007
PORTISHEAD 1997
NEW ORDER 1991
CHET BAKER 1984
NEIL YOUNG 1991
KRAFTWERK 1998
DAVID BOWIE 2002

[godisinthesilences]

Sadly I've not seen many shows live.... but of what i've seen
1985 The Power Station
1988 Robert Palmer (most amazing show)
1986 Psychedelic Furs
1985 John Cougar Mellencamp
1987(?) Sting
2006 Duran Duran

[proggrl]

Echolyn at Metuchen, NJ - the NJ proghouse gig sold out to packed house of 30. An emotionally intimate show and great set.

Paul McCartney - Foxboro - the Old Pats stadium, also sold out for the Flowers in the Dirt tour - I think the last with Linda - incredible!

Peter Gabriel - MSG, NY for the Up tour. Amazing and such an honour to see that man perform.

PTree - Masquerade in Tampa, FL for the Deadwing tour. A complete out of body experience - it's gotta count for something.

ProgFest 94 - LA. My first big shoot, meeting great new friends and discovering a community I belonged to. Often termed the 'weekend of my life'. Tho this past NearFest in PA 2008 comes awfully close.

[VaporTrail]

Porcupine Tree - First time in 05 in Minneapolis was amazing, then saw them at Park West in Chicago later that year. After that show on the drive home I realized just how amazing the band was and fell in love with their music on a completely new level.

Mono 2006, I had never seen them or heard any of there music before, and when I saw them I was absolutely blown away. I've never heard music fill a room so perfectly.

Live 1999, One of my first concerts. They were my favorite band at the time, and that show still was one of the best I've ever attended. There was so much energy and power in the music that night that it's still hard listening to their music because it just doesn't live up to that show.


Rush 2007, Saw them with Kera in St.Paul, and it was the best I've ever seen the boys.

[godisinthesilences]

Mono 2006, I had never seen them or heard any of there music before, and when I saw them I was absolutely blown away. I've never heard music fill a room so perfectly.

I totally love this group!!!

[E.T.]

I haven't seen many live
I went to
1998 Fuji Rock Festival in Tokyo - almost forget, I just remember that Ian Brown wore nice hat and the island was shaking to musics.
2000 Culture Club - amazing! George had more brilliant voice than album.
2005 Hall and Oates - have fun!
Maxim (piano solo) - I was sleepy in the middle, but encore was fantastic!
2006 summer sonic festival - the high light was Daft Punk - it was something
2007 Phoenix - beyond expression

If I knew, I went to David and Steve's live ... (sigh)

[Sylvie]

1. the number one Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 96


2. Suede 94
Tindersticks whenever it was
Pet Shop Boys 03?
Kraftwerk 98
Robbie Williams 99
David Sylvian 07
Paul Weller 95
Steve Jansen 08

oh yes, almost forgot, The Cure 92, most important concert of my life.

[Astronaut]

1. Patti Smith - October 2006. AMAZING!

[Chet]

and I forgot John Cale last year...
the first five songs of the show was the strongest opening of a concert ever.

[Tin Bird]

David Sylvian Slow Fire Tour Washington DC 1995
Depeche Mode Devotional Tour Washington DC 1993
The Chameleons Reunion Tour Black Cat Club in DC 2002
Devo Premier Theatre Norfolk, VA 1980
Talking Heads Remain in Light Tour Norfolk, VA 1981
David Sylvian Everything and Nothing Tour 9:30 Club DC 2002
Echo and the Bunnymen The Boathouse, Norfolk, VA 1987
Interpol 9:30 Club DC 2001

[lastgoldstar]

I don't even need a full five-fingered hand to count all the shows I've been to... and most of those were artists I'd rather not admit to seeing live. My favorites never seem to play anywhere close to here so most shows I go to are things my friends are interested it. But...

2008 Streetlight Manifesto

I'm not expecting anyone else to know of them, but that show was incredible.

[Tin Bird]

David Sylvian Slow Fire Tour Washington DC 1995

Depeche Mode Devotional Tour Washington DC 1993

The Chameleons Reunion Tour Black Cat Club in DC 2002

Devo Premier Theatre Norfolk, VA 1980

Talking Heads Remain in Light Tour Norfolk, VA 1981

David Sylvian Everything and Nothing Tour 9:30 Club DC 2002

Echo and the Bunnymen The Boathouse, Norfolk, VA 1987

Interpol 9:30 Club DC 2001

The Talking Heads' show was actually 1984 and it was the Speaking in Tongues tour, not Remain in Light. Great nonetheless.