Concerts you wish you'd been at.

[Aperitif]

This: No gimmicks, just sound and expertise. (The video doesn't do it justice...)

 

[ianrauk]

This: No gimmicks, just sound and expertise. (The video doesn't do it justice...)

Their comback gigs a few years back at the same venue were fantastic. Didn't manage to get a ticket but have the DVD.

 

[Stephen C]

While they were in their prime:

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I bet seeing a show by this old boy would have been fantastic!

 

[User169]

Sort of wish i'd had the chance to see GG Allin, but there seemed to be an unhealthy voyeuristic element to his audiences and there would have bee the risk of him lobbing poo around.

You can find footage on youtube, but it's not for the faint-hearted.

 

[Aperitif]

 

[SteCenturion]

Easy - in order.
1. James Marshall Hendrix - Woodstock
2. Led Zepp - (any)
3. Guns 'n' Roses (any that didn't end early/start late)
4. Bob Dylan - Manchester freetrade hall.
5. Nirvana - Manchester Uni

 

[Blue]

The Wall -Pink Floyd Earls Court, I was there twice, we knew people that worked at Earls Court and they got us in.

I was at that one. Great gig.

 

[Profpointy]

First performance of the Rite of Spring - caused a riot allegedly, though possible this was a bit of a publicity stunt by Diagilev.

 

[Chromatic]

Can at The Blowup, Munich, May 1970

 

[Julia9054]

I love Youngblood. Saw them in York about 4 years ago. Each time they have toured the UK since it has clashed with gigs of my own. Hope I'll get to see them again soon.

View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rz2rd6nuA5o

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Any of Mazzy Star's live gigs.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Pink Floyd at any time roughly from 1973-1979. I would have loved to have been at Live 8 just to see the classic 70's line up, 20 minutes of pure bliss for this ageing Floydie. Sadly, although Gilmour & Waters seem to have patched things up, Rick Wright is no longer with us.

Also would have loved to have been at Glasto 2011 just to see U2.

 

[Vidor06]

Nirvana 1992 at the Kings Hall, Belfast. All my friends went but as I was a poor student I had to work instead. Never got the chance to see them again for obvious reasons.
This is how Tim Wheeler from Ash remembers it...
I'm not exactly sure why Nirvana came to Belfast, but I remember it was postponed twice before they actually came and each time it was moved to a bigger venue. I felt so lucky to see them at the height of excitement around the Nevermind album. They pirouetted on to the stage to Tori Amos's version of Smells Like Teen Spirit and they finished the gig smashing their gear while Dave Grohl played the drumbeat to Sunday Bloody Sunday. I loved how they were always taking the piss like that; they got away with it because they were just so good. I listened to a bootleg of the show recently and it was as great as I remembered it.

 

[dellzeqq]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DosnGkDC3MU


oh - sorry........... I WAS THERE!