What groups / bands / singers have you seen live?

[WhamBam]

As the topic suggests...

There are so many I have seen.

I'll never forget Buxton Festival in the early 1970's. Mud, rain and mayhem.

Performers like Chuck Berry, Nazareth, The Move to name some that I remember.

A few of us managed to shin up a pipe to get on stage when Chuck Berry was playing. Before security could throw us off stage, Chuck told them it was okay. On stage with Chuck Berry? Brilliant.

Rolling stones - seen them loads of times.

The Who - a couple of times.

The Moody Blues - twice. Last time at Newcastle Arena. Two drummers vying with each other. From up in the balcony it was a fantastic sight.

AC/DC -once. Absolute madness

Status Quo - loads of times.

Hawkwind - twice

Bryan Adams - twice

Split Enz - once

Saxon - several times before they made it to the big time.

Many more that I cannot remember. Sadly, I never saw Pink Floyd or Led Zepplin live.

I still have plenty of T-shirts from some of those concerts - not that they fit me now

Come one, give us your live bands and any stories related to them. There must be plenty of you who have been to concerts.

[Jingthing]

Frank Zappa

Grateful Dead

The Who

Pink Floyd

Joan Baez

Dead Kennedys

Jimmy Cliff

Bette Middler

[Soutpeel]

Stones

Queen

Clapton

Bon Jovi (Sorry Ex-Mrs forced me )

Byran Adam's

Chris de Burge, (an excellent showman)

Simply Red

Santana

Juluka/Savuka

Ones I still may be able to see

AC/DC

Roger Waters

Ones I regret never seeing live.

Gary Moore (My all time Guitar hero)

Pink Floyd

Led Zep

Sabbath

Oasis

Edited March 23, 2015 by Soutpeel

[leo202]

You guys must be a bit older than me but I have seen the stones, the who and AC/DC.

Did Glastonbury a couple of times. Been to countless gigs but the best live act I've seen and I laughed when my uncle talked me into it was muse at the city ground. If you get a chance to watch those chaps I'd recommend it if you like live music.

Edited March 23, 2015 by leo202

[pgrahmm]

Elvis x 2

Roy Orbison

Dire Straits

Ben Vareen

Elton John

Chicago - 2

Beach Boys - 2

Bobby Bare

Wayne Newton

Nat K Cole

Jimmy Buffett - 2

Iron Butterfly

Righteous Bros

Supremes

Tina Turner

Freddy Cannon

Gordon Lightfoot

Del Shannon

Fats Domino

Yanni

Neil Diamond

Quick eclectic list - there's more

Edited March 23, 2015 by pgrahmm

[worgeordie]

Jimi Hendrix,The Who,Pretty Things,

Rolling Stones,The Animals,Family,

Ten years after,Free,Bob Marley,

Moody Blues,Mungo Jerry,Led Zeppelin,

Pink Floyd,Yardbirds, Nice,etc.

The ones I would like to have seen live.

Dr.Feelgood,Burning Spear,Kraftwerke,

Tangerine Dream

regards Worgeordie

[nidieunimaitre]

Top 4:

- Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention, including 2 Turtles

- Nico

- Black Sabbath, their first European (continental) performance

- Leonard Cohen

[leo202]

To all the chaps that's posted on this thread, out of the artists you have seen what would you say was the best? I'm not taking the piss, just intrested as I'm a music fan myself.

[sipi]

Loads of Aussie bands that no-one has mentioned.

Cold chisel, Aussie crawl, Rose tattoo, Midnight oil, etc. etc.

Plus a few other lesser known.

Pink floyd, U2, Deep purple, Fleetwood mac, acdc......

I can't believe no-one has confessed to Susan Boyle or Liberachi.

[Neeranam]

David Bowie

Ian Dury

The Stranglers

The Jesus and MaryChain

Nico

Uk Subs

Misty in Roots

Black Uhuru

Clint Eastwood and General Saint

The Cramps

The Ramones

Iggy Pop

Gary Glitter

Divine!

Simple Minds

The Waterboys

U2

The Rezillos

In Bangkok - Elton John and Red Hot Chii Peppers

Ones I missed

The Fall

Crass

Led Zepp

The best was surprisingly, Ian Dury, Gary Glitter, probably due to the chemicals in my system.

Edited March 23, 2015 by Neeranam

[sipi]

To all the chaps that's posted on this thread, out of the artists you have seen what would you say was the best? I'm not taking the piss, just intrested as I'm a music fan myself.

Small venue: Jethro Tull, Peter Gabriel.

Large venue/outdoors: Pink Floyd, or any of the good rock bands (Deep purple, acdc)

[leo202]

Loads of Aussie bands that no-one has mentioned.

Cold chisel, Aussie crawl, Rose tattoo, Midnight oil, etc. etc.

Plus a few other lesser known.

Pink floyd, U2, Deep purple, Fleetwood mac, acdc......

I can't believe no-one has confessed to Susan Boyle or Liberachi.[/quote

Sipi Susan is one of our finest artist that came from one of the greatest british TV shows britain's got talent. The finest winner of that show and by far the greatest entertainers that ever graced this earth are a Greek father and son team. Stavros flatly. I can't post videos but I'm sure you can help me out.

[sipi]

Loads of Aussie bands that no-one has mentioned.

Cold chisel, Aussie crawl, Rose tattoo, Midnight oil, etc. etc.

Plus a few other lesser known.

Pink floyd, U2, Deep purple, Fleetwood mac, acdc......

I can't believe no-one has confessed to Susan Boyle or Liberachi.[/quote

Sipi Susan is one of our finest artist that came from one of the greatest british TV shows britain's got talent. The finest winner of that show and by far the greatest entertainers that ever graced this earth are a Greek father and son team. Stavros flatly. I can't post videos but I'm sure you can help me out.

I just watched Stavros Flatley on you-tube. Ireland meets Greece meets England. They are up there with Devo.

[leo202]

Loads of Aussie bands that no-one has mentioned.

Cold chisel, Aussie crawl, Rose tattoo, Midnight oil, etc. etc.

Plus a few other lesser known.

Pink floyd, U2, Deep purple, Fleetwood mac, acdc......

I can't believe no-one has confessed to Susan Boyle or Liberachi.[/quote

Sipi Susan is one of our finest artist that came from one of the greatest british TV shows britain's got talent. The finest winner of that show and by far the greatest entertainers that ever graced this earth are a Greek father and son team. Stavros flatly. I can't post videos but I'm sure you can help me out.

I just watched Stavros Flatley on you-tube. Ireland meets Greece meets England. They are up there with Devo.

Please post the video.

[sipi]

Loads of Aussie bands that no-one has mentioned.

Cold chisel, Aussie crawl, Rose tattoo, Midnight oil, etc. etc.

Plus a few other lesser known.

Pink floyd, U2, Deep purple, Fleetwood mac, acdc......

I can't believe no-one has confessed to Susan Boyle or Liberachi.[/quote

Sipi Susan is one of our finest artist that came from one of the greatest british TV shows britain's got talent. The finest winner of that show and by far the greatest entertainers that ever graced this earth are a Greek father and son team. Stavros flatly. I can't post videos but I'm sure you can help me out.

I just watched Stavros Flatley on you-tube. Ireland meets Greece meets England. They are up there with Devo.

Please post the video.

Sorry Leo I am on my phone and don't know how. Will try my laptop when I get home.

[sipi]

Loads of Aussie bands that no-one has mentioned.

Cold chisel, Aussie crawl, Rose tattoo, Midnight oil, etc. etc.

Plus a few other lesser known.

Pink floyd, U2, Deep purple, Fleetwood mac, acdc......

I can't believe no-one has confessed to Susan Boyle or Liberachi.[/quote

Sipi Susan is one of our finest artist that came from one of the greatest british TV shows britain's got talent. The finest winner of that show and by far the greatest entertainers that ever graced this earth are a Greek father and son team. Stavros flatly. I can't post videos but I'm sure you can help me out.

I just watched Stavros Flatley on you-tube. Ireland meets Greece meets England. They are up there with Devo.

Please post the video.

Just for you Leo. A short clip..

[NeverSure]

To all the chaps that's posted on this thread, out of the artists you have seen what would you say was the best? I'm not taking the piss, just intrested as I'm a music fan myself.

Elvis. Straight up and outright. Saw him 3 times in Vegas and Lake Tahoe.

[balo]

I have seen many Norwegian bands but none of them are world famous .

But I've been to concerts with U2 , Rolling Stones (3 times), Paul McCartney (twice) , Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd , 10cc, Queen, Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen, Kim Wilde and some other 80's band that I enjoyed. Good memories.

[NeverSure]

I can't believe no-one has confessed to Susan Boyle or Liberachi.

Liberace was the second best stage performer I've seen behind only Elvis. Stage presence and performer. I saw him twice in Lake Tahoe.

[sipi]

Loads of Aussie bands that no-one has mentioned.

Cold chisel, Aussie crawl, Rose tattoo, Midnight oil, etc. etc.

Plus a few other lesser known.

Pink floyd, U2, Deep purple, Fleetwood mac, acdc......

I can't believe no-one has confessed to Susan Boyle or Liberachi.[/quote

Sipi Susan is one of our finest artist that came from one of the greatest british TV shows britain's got talent. The finest winner of that show and by far the greatest entertainers that ever graced this earth are a Greek father and son team. Stavros flatly. I can't post videos but I'm sure you can help me out.

I just watched Stavros Flatley on you-tube. Ireland meets Greece meets England. They are up there with Devo.

Please post the video.

Sorry Leo I am on my phone and don't know how. Will try my laptop when I get home.

As requested Leo..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tu0PAbW75A

[smokie36]

To all the chaps that's posted on this thread, out of the artists you have seen what would you say was the best? I'm not taking the piss, just intrested as I'm a music fan myself.

Elvis. Straight up and outright. Saw him 3 times in Vegas and Lake Tahoe.

I saw Elvis in Malaysia recently....he has charisma....he aint lost it!

[Patsycat]

Shise, i have to use a pen and paper and write them down and then re type them here. And no. i don't have a scanner.

Ok, wine time. This is going to take time - i have to go right back to the first. Which i know was Van Morrison when i was 15, because my brother gave me my first joint to smoke. I was already smoking cigs at that time so i could "inhale" the j.

Edited March 23, 2015 by Patsycat

[Patsycat]

James Brown

The Dubliners

Status Quo

Bronski Beat

Johnny Clegg

Simple Minds

Simply Red

Paul Simon

David Bowie

Thompson Twins

Eric Clapton

Elton John

Ziggy Marley

Aswad

Men at Work

Dire Straits

John Martyn

Ian Drury

Nigel Kennedy

The Beach Boys

The Pogues

Ray Charles

Joe Cocker

The Stray Cats

Jamiroquai

REM

Guns n Roses

AND the last but not least - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN!!!

Edited March 23, 2015 by Patsycat

[Neeranam]

Good list Patsy

How could have forgotten The Pogues?

They were a great gig as we had backstage passes as my mate worked behind the bar that they were staying in.

A guy called "spider" gave 3 of us a crate of beer and I rolled a joint for Shane, who must have drank a whole bottle of tequila himself - my kinda guy.

[pgrahmm]

To all the chaps that's posted on this thread, out of the artists you have seen what would you say was the best? I'm not taking the piss, just intrested as I'm a music fan myself.

Elvis. Straight up and outright. Saw him 3 times in Vegas and Lake Tahoe.

Agree with the big E.....

Dire Straits....with the guitar magic of MK - 2 tight drummer and horn section blended perfectly....

And the one that caught me by surprise......a 3+ hour concert by Elton John....in between the

schlocky weird outfits era and the sellout that is the Vegas shows/style/venue it was a pretty masterful performance....at an ampitheater that was LOUD and the air quality/clouds made for an electric - laid back experience

Fun time concert with audience participation and a downright drunken orgy of fun - Jimmy Buffet

[berybert]

Not many for me tho I love my music.

Paul McCartney

Billy Joel

Paul Weller

Squeeze

Richard Ashcroft

Kaiser Chiefs

Peters and Lee.

Edited March 24, 2015 by berybert

[rgs2001uk]

To all the chaps that's posted on this thread, out of the artists you have seen what would you say was the best? I'm not taking the piss, just intrested as I'm a music fan myself.

Seen way too many (from AC-DC to ZZ Top) to list and or remember.

Been to all the big concerts from Glastonbuty, Reading and Donnington, Pink Floyd and Zeppelin were probably the biggest crowds.

Too be honest I preferred the smaller more intimate venues.

As for the best,

Rory Gallagher (RIP) seen him many times, a very modest guy, no gimmicks or stage shows or dancing girls, just straight forward rock and blues, NEVER saw him give a bad performance or treat us like mugs with the usual R&R BS like, "its great to be back in ......." or that other old cliche "wow thanks you guys are the best crowd" blah blah blah

Warren Zevon (RIP) what an atmosphere. was like one big party, another no nonsense performer.

Ted Hawkins (RIP) a guy most people have never heard of.

The Velvet Underground on their tour of 20 years ago, will never be seen again.

Television, awesome band.

Queen (RIP Freddy) not even a Queen fan, but that giuy was an entertainer and could work a crowd.

The Black Crowes, great jam band, can take a 5 minute song and jam it out into 15 minutes.

The Church, the most under rated band of all time, its almost criminal they way they have been treated.

Bands that for one reason or another I regret not seeing, Joy Division and Talk Talk.

[berybert]

To all the chaps that's posted on this thread, out of the artists you have seen what would you say was the best? I'm not taking the piss, just intrested as I'm a music fan myself.

Seen way too many (from AC-DC to ZZ Top) to list and or remember.

Been to all the big concerts from Glastonbuty, Reading and Donnington, Pink Floyd and Zeppelin were probably the biggest crowds.

Too be honest I preferred the smaller more intimate venues.

As for the best,

Rory Gallagher (RIP) seen him many times, a very modest guy, no gimmicks or stage shows or dancing girls, just straight forward rock and blues, NEVER saw him give a bad performance or treat us like mugs with the usual R&R BS like, "its great to be back in ......." or that other old cliche "wow thanks you guys are the best crowd" blah blah blah

Warren Zevon (RIP) what an atmosphere. was like one big party, another no nonsense performer.

Ted Hawkins (RIP) a guy most people have never heard of.

The Velvet Underground on their tour of 20 years ago, will never be seen again.

Television, awesome band.

Queen (RIP Freddy) not even a Queen fan, but that giuy was an entertainer and could work a crowd.

The Black Crowes, great jam band, can take a 5 minute song and jam it out into 15 minutes.

The Church, the most under rated band of all time, its almost criminal they way they have been treated.

Bands that for one reason or another I regret not seeing, Joy Division and Talk Talk.

Richard Ashcroft was great. Can I please ask you not to go to any of his future concerts. One of my favorite singers and I hope he will make many more great records.

Last thing I need for you to is to write a post mentioning you went to see Richard Ashcroft (RIP)

[NoshowJones]

George Jones, Randy Travis, Roger McGuinn ex Byrds singer and lead guitarist, Charley Pride, Don Williams etc.

[NoshowJones]

Elvis x 2

Roy Orbison

Dire Straits

Ben Vareen

Elton John

Chicago - 2

Beach Boys - 2

Bobby Bare

Wayne Newton

Nat K Cole

Jimmy Buffett - 2

Iron Butterfly

Righteous Bros

Supremes

Tina Turner

Freddy Cannon

Gordon Lightfoot

Del Shannon

Fats Domino

Yanni

Neil Diamond

Quick eclectic list - there's more

After seeing and listening to Elvis and Roy Orbison, it must have been some comedown seeing and listening to Elton John.