Gotta distinguish between best concert EXPERIENCE and best concert MUSICALLY. For the former, the August Jam, 1974, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Nearly 200,000 people, a tent city in front of the stage, rain and mud...sound familiar. A southern Woodstock? And the music was very good, even with the Eagles no-showing. ELP and the Allman Brothers Band capped it off. I bought a t-shirt for $4 and gave it to a girl 3 years later. I'd pay $100 for it now, even though it probably wouldn't fit. Musically, the best rock concert I've attended was Crosby, Stills and Nash (no Young) at the Spartanburg (SC) Memorial Auditorium (capacity ~ 2500.) That building is a true concert hall (not a hockey rink or a football stadium) and the harmony and acoustics of CSN were magical on that late 1990's night. Didn't but a shirt that night, but I have saved a search on eBay looking for one...I need an XL.
Yo ! I was at that August Jam Back in 74 ! What a "wild time" ! 3 days ! But ? Never again ! What a fun time but what a massive mess !!! 50 or 60 thousand is the limit for me. Favorite Concert ? Hmmm. Well. Many Many even from way back ! With so many different styles & bands ? It's hard to put your finger on just one ! Loved just about all of them except for a few. I've been to many concerts in my time. The last one I went to was the Qeensryche-Empire tour. Very tight & very professional ! But ? I could go way way back with many bands ! But ! don't wanna show my age too much ! How about Mountain ? Steppenwolf ? Bloodrock ? Ted Nuggent & The Amboy Dukes ! Too many & Most where excellent ! Yo ! Hello there Bluesman ! Hello to you all ! Russ:) Oh ! No More 3 days for me dude !
BACK TO BACK NIGHT DOUBLE HEADER TO AC-DC. HAD TICKETS FOR BOTH NIGHTS.... ZZ-TOP HAD A GREAT SHOW SETUP ONCE WITH THE FRONT END OF A CAR.. CARLOS SANTA HAS A KILLER..... STAGE PRESSENCE WITH A TON! OF MEMBERS THAT TRAVEL WITH HIM.. .BUT TO WATCH ANGUS NEVER STOP TWO DAYS IN A ROW WAS SOMETHING...
This is hard. I've been a lucky guy. Some of my top picks are, Woodstock, The Concert For Bangladesh, a Grateful Dead dance concert that was super excellent, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon tour at Radio City Music Hall, The Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East. At the Rainbow in Los Angeles, I saw a special benefit show with John Mayall, Mick Fleetwood, John and Christine McVie, and Mick Taylor. It was really fine.
This is a tough one! I feel so lucky to have been living during a time when so much dynamic, awesome music was around!
Beatles - Cow Palace, San Francisco Led Zeppelin - with Jethro Tull in Sta. Barb., CA - We were amazed by J. Page playing guitar with the violin bow. Three Dog Night Cream
Now I live close to an outdoor amphitheater so I hear concerts, but don't see some of them. Def Leppard was awesome; so were The Eagles. The loudest I remember hearing was ZZTop. The Cure and Radiohead were great, too. And Gwen Stefani puts on a good show. What a voice.
HAVE seen FLOYD , STONES, THE WHO, QUEEN, ALICE COOPER, ZAPPA, KISS, AEROSMITH,RAINBOW, YES, GENESIS,UTOPIA, MOTT & IAN HUNTER, SABBATH, THIN LIZZY, NEIL YOUNG, GRATEFUL DEAD,UFO, BOSTON, TED NUGENT,FOREIGNER, FOGHAT,RUSH, BOC,STARZ, ANGEL, SWEET,WIDOWMAKER ( ariel bender), MONTROSE, PETER FRAMPTON,YES, GENESIS,DEEP PURPLE, AC/DC to name a few and i'm not outta the 70's yet ! 80's , 90,s and 2k's resume just as impressive ! Have met ACE FREHLEY,RONNIE JAMES DIO, GEOFF TATE(Queensryche), Barry GOUDREAU & SIB HASHIAN of Boston, MICHAEL SCHENKER(UFO & MSG Group), ULI JON ROTH (Scorpions), TONY IOMMI & GEEZER BUTLER (Sabbath) SIMON WRIGHT (AC/DC, IAN HUNTER & MICK RONSON ,RICK DERRINGER and more ! Pick a best ? TOO HARD
FORGOT JETHRO TULL , ELP, UK, URIAH HEEP in 70's and have STEVE VAI's and PAUL STANLEY, GENE SIMMONS, BRUCE KULICK, ERIC SINGERS autographs.... OK done tootin' my horn.
It DOES say "best", not all, lol! hmmm well the memory fades... but in my memory, there was the most awesome Grateful Dead concert in Denver, probably in about 1972. What I remember was that it started raining at the break, and people started leaving. We were able to move up closer; the Dead came out and started playing again and they brought out the sunshine! It was amazing, lol! I was wearing a long fake fur cape and looked like a drowned rat. Jerry kicked out a large brown grocery sack into the audience full of little plastic baggies. Any Dead concert - and there were thousands - was worth any effort to get there because of awesome it was that people treated each other with such love and respect; it is so sad that the era had to end.
Who ever said all ? That was just some ! This post won't allow me room to list all. Those were my favorites ! I'll make enemies with this remark though, Worst show THE GRATEFUL DEAD about 1978, BORING, guess i'm not into 45 min improvised space jams, or maybe I wasn't doing the right drugs, LOL !
U2 at Franklin Field -Pop tour (5stars) Marilyn Manson on Easter Sunday 1999 (awesome) Last GD show at the Spectrum (sad) Soulfly w/ Ramstein (pure fun) My boss in high school let me off work early and drove me to see 7Seconds perform 99red balloons! Went to the 7-11 with the band afterwards and got a ride home. lol
i SEEN A LOT OF SHOWS FOR GREAT PREFORMES AND PLEASING THE CROWD LED ZEPPLEIN PINK FLOYD, EMERSON LAKE & PLAMER SUPERTRAMP YES SUMPERTRAMP DOES ONE HELL OF A SHOW.MIND BLOWING SHOW WAS ELP WHEN KEITH EMERSON PLAY A SPINNING PIANIO. OR STABBES HIS KEY BOARDS.
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