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Mmm, gonna have to go through my ticket stubs collection to really get into this! Will update or repost later this week hopefully. But school also starts. So hopefully soon.
Something like this, idk. I'd say 7-20 is really close to each other and could be placed in a random order and it'd still make sense to me and 31-50 is also really close, just a list of really great concerts and shows idk.
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Sportpaleis, Antwerp (13/10/2017) 2. Above & Beyond - Pukkelpop (21/8/2015) 3. Radiohead - Rock Werchter (30/6/2017) 4. Radiohead - Lollapalooza Berlin (11/9/2016) 5. Paul McCartney - Rock Werchter (30/6/2016) 6. Tame Impala - Rock Werchter (2/7/2016) 7. Gorillaz - Vorst, Brussels (22/11/2017) 8. Pearl Jam - Rock Werchter (7/7/2018) 9. Sigur Ros - Vorst, Brussels (1/10/2017) 10. Bon Iver - Vorst, Brussels (25/10/2018)
11. Flume - Vorst, Brussels (5/11/2016) 12. David Byrne - Rock Werchter (8/7/2018) 13. Thom Yorke - Down The Rabbit Hole (6/7/2019) 14. Rosalia - Rock Werchter (30/6/2019) 15. The Cure - Rock Werchter (28/6/2019) 16. Arcade Fire - Rock Werchter (29/6/2017) 17. Tool - Rock Werchter (28/6/2019) 18. PJ Harvey - Rock Werchter (2/7/2016) 19. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Rock Werchter (29/6/2019) 20. Gorillaz - Rock Werchter (5/7/2018)
21. Janelle Monáe - Down The Rabbit Hole (7/7/2019) 22. Foo Fighters - NOS Alive (7/7/2017) 23. Alt-J - NOS Alive (6/7/2017) 24. The 1975 - Vorst, Brussels (30/3/2016) 25. Justice - DOUR (16/7/2017) 26. Rosalia - Down The Rabbit Hole (7/7/2019) 27. Amenra - Depot, Louvain (6/4/2018) 28. London Grammar - Rock Werchter (6/7/2018) 29. Porter Robinson LIVE - Pukkelpop (21/8/2015) 30. Tame Impala - Mad Cool (12/7/2018)
31. Deadmau5 - Pukkelpop (14/8/2014) 32. Brockhampton - Rock Werchter (27/6/2019) 33. Florence + The Machine - Rock Werchter (3/7/2016) 34. Jamie xx - Rock Werchter (3/7/2016) 35. Disclosure - Rock Werchter (30/6/2016) 36. Lorde - Rock Werchter (29/6/2017) 37. Arcade Fire: In The Round - Sportpaleis, Antwerp (19/4/2018) 38. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Rock Werchter (8/7/2018) 39. ODESZA - Lollapalooza Berlin (10/9/2016) 40. Beach House - AB, Brussels (13/10/2018)
41. Tim Hecker & The Konoyo Ensemble - Botanique, Brussels (3/4/2019) 42. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rock Werchter (5/7/2018) 43. Daughters - Botanique, Brussels (11/4/2019) 44. Roger Waters: Us and Them - Sportpaleis, Antwerp (11/5/2018) 45. Kraftwerk 3D - Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp (21/5/2017) 46. In Remembrance Of Johann Johannsson - Begijnhof church, Brussels (19/9/2018) 47. Goose: releaseshow - Vooruit, Ghent (16/4/2016) 48. Oh Wonder - AB, Brussels (25/2/2016) 49. Justice - Mad Cool (12/7/2018) 50. Oscar & The Wolf - AB, Brussels (7/12/2016)
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Something like this, idk. I'd say 7-20 is really close to each other and could be placed in a random order and it'd still make sense to me and 31-50 is also really close, just a list of really great concerts and shows idk.
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Sportpaleis, Antwerp (13/10/2017) 2. Above & Beyond - Pukkelpop (21/8/2015) 3. Radiohead - Rock Werchter (30/6/2017) 4. Radiohead - Lollapalooza Berlin (11/9/2016) 5. Paul McCartney - Rock Werchter (30/6/2016) 6. Tame Impala - Rock Werchter (2/7/2016) 7. Gorillaz - Vorst, Brussels (22/11/2017) 8. Pearl Jam - Rock Werchter (7/7/2018) 9. Sigur Ros - Vorst, Brussels (1/10/2017) 10. Bon Iver - Vorst, Brussels (25/10/2018)
11. Flume - Vorst, Brussels (5/11/2016) 12. David Byrne - Rock Werchter (8/7/2018) 13. Thom Yorke - Down The Rabbit Hole (6/7/2019) 14. Rosalia - Rock Werchter (30/6/2019) 15. The Cure - Rock Werchter (28/6/2019) 16. Arcade Fire - Rock Werchter (29/6/2017) 17. Tool - Rock Werchter (28/6/2019) 18. PJ Harvey - Rock Werchter (2/7/2016) 19. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Rock Werchter (29/6/2019) 20. Gorillaz - Rock Werchter (5/7/2018)
21. Janelle Monáe - Down The Rabbit Hole (7/7/2019) 22. Foo Fighters - NOS Alive (7/7/2017) 23. Alt-J - NOS Alive (6/7/2017) 24. The 1975 - Vorst, Brussels (30/3/2016) 25. Justice - DOUR (16/7/2017) 26. Rosalia - Down The Rabbit Hole (7/7/2019) 27. Amenra - Depot, Louvain (6/4/2018) 28. London Grammar - Rock Werchter (6/7/2018) 29. Porter Robinson LIVE - Pukkelpop (21/8/2015) 30. Tame Impala - Mad Cool (12/7/2018)
31. Deadmau5 - Pukkelpop (14/8/2014) 32. Brockhampton - Rock Werchter (27/6/2019) 33. Florence + The Machine - Rock Werchter (3/7/2016) 34. Jamie xx - Rock Werchter (3/7/2016) 35. Disclosure - Rock Werchter (30/6/2016) 36. Lorde - Rock Werchter (29/6/2017) 37. Arcade Fire: In The Round - Sportpaleis, Antwerp (19/4/2018) 38. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Rock Werchter (8/7/2018) 39. ODESZA - Lollapalooza Berlin (10/9/2016) 40. Beach House - AB, Brussels (13/10/2018)
41. Tim Hecker & The Konoyo Ensemble - Botanique, Brussels (3/4/2019) 42. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rock Werchter (5/7/2018) 43. Daughters - Botanique, Brussels (11/4/2019) 44. Roger Waters - Sportpaleis, Antwerp (11/5/2018) 45. Kraftwerk 3D - Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp (21/5/2017) 46. In Remembrance Of Johann Johannsson - Begijnhof church, Brussels (19/9/2018) 47. Goose: releaseshow - Vooruit, Ghent (16/4/2016) 48. Oh Wonder - AB, Brussels (25/2/2016) 49. Justice - Mad Cool (12/7/2018) 50. Oscar & The Wolf - AB, Brussels (7/12/2016)
Random Q, but how old are you? I find it interesting that your oldest listed show is in 2014 here. Is that because you started going to live music late or just nothing stands out before then? Not trying to sound rude, I'm honestly just interested.
Something like this, idk. I'd say 7-20 is really close to each other and could be placed in a random order and it'd still make sense to me and 31-50 is also really close, just a list of really great concerts and shows idk.
1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Sportpaleis, Antwerp (13/10/2017) 2. Above & Beyond - Pukkelpop (21/8/2015) 3. Radiohead - Rock Werchter (30/6/2017) 4. Radiohead - Lollapalooza Berlin (11/9/2016) 5. Paul McCartney - Rock Werchter (30/6/2016) 6. Tame Impala - Rock Werchter (2/7/2016) 7. Gorillaz - Vorst, Brussels (22/11/2017) 8. Pearl Jam - Rock Werchter (7/7/2018) 9. Sigur Ros - Vorst, Brussels (1/10/2017) 10. Bon Iver - Vorst, Brussels (25/10/2018)
11. Flume - Vorst, Brussels (5/11/2016) 12. David Byrne - Rock Werchter (8/7/2018) 13. Thom Yorke - Down The Rabbit Hole (6/7/2019) 14. Rosalia - Rock Werchter (30/6/2019) 15. The Cure - Rock Werchter (28/6/2019) 16. Arcade Fire - Rock Werchter (29/6/2017) 17. Tool - Rock Werchter (28/6/2019) 18. PJ Harvey - Rock Werchter (2/7/2016) 19. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Rock Werchter (29/6/2019) 20. Gorillaz - Rock Werchter (5/7/2018)
21. Janelle Monáe - Down The Rabbit Hole (7/7/2019) 22. Foo Fighters - NOS Alive (7/7/2017) 23. Alt-J - NOS Alive (6/7/2017) 24. The 1975 - Vorst, Brussels (30/3/2016) 25. Justice - DOUR (16/7/2017) 26. Rosalia - Down The Rabbit Hole (7/7/2019) 27. Amenra - Depot, Louvain (6/4/2018) 28. London Grammar - Rock Werchter (6/7/2018) 29. Porter Robinson LIVE - Pukkelpop (21/8/2015) 30. Tame Impala - Mad Cool (12/7/2018)
31. Deadmau5 - Pukkelpop (14/8/2014) 32. Brockhampton - Rock Werchter (27/6/2019) 33. Florence + The Machine - Rock Werchter (3/7/2016) 34. Jamie xx - Rock Werchter (3/7/2016) 35. Disclosure - Rock Werchter (30/6/2016) 36. Lorde - Rock Werchter (29/6/2017) 37. Arcade Fire: In The Round - Sportpaleis, Antwerp (19/4/2018) 38. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Rock Werchter (8/7/2018) 39. ODESZA - Lollapalooza Berlin (10/9/2016) 40. Beach House - AB, Brussels (13/10/2018)
41. Tim Hecker & The Konoyo Ensemble - Botanique, Brussels (3/4/2019) 42. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rock Werchter (5/7/2018) 43. Daughters - Botanique, Brussels (11/4/2019) 44. Roger Waters - Sportpaleis, Antwerp (11/5/2018) 45. Kraftwerk 3D - Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp (21/5/2017) 46. In Remembrance Of Johann Johannsson - Begijnhof church, Brussels (19/9/2018) 47. Goose: releaseshow - Vooruit, Ghent (16/4/2016) 48. Oh Wonder - AB, Brussels (25/2/2016) 49. Justice - Mad Cool (12/7/2018) 50. Oscar & The Wolf - AB, Brussels (7/12/2016)
Random Q, but how old are you? I find it interesting that your oldest listed show is in 2014 here. Is that because you started going to live music late or just nothing stands out before then? Not trying to sound rude, I'm honestly just interested.
That was my first big festival I went to. I went to a few EDM festivals in 2012 and 2013 but this was the first actual big festival I ever went to. My first real concert was even much later in 2016 (Oh Wonder). I'm not that young (I think? I probably am compared to most people on here), I think I've just started late with listening to other music than electronica.
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Random Q, but how old are you? I find it interesting that your oldest listed show is in 2014 here. Is that because you started going to live music late or just nothing stands out before then? Not trying to sound rude, I'm honestly just interested.
That was my first big festival I went to. I went to a few EDM festivals in 2012 and 2013 but this was the first actual big festival I ever went to. My first real concert was even much later in 2016 (Oh Wonder). I'm not that young (I think? I probably am compared to most people on here), I think I've just started late with listening to other music than electronica.
Nah, it's all good. This board has a big age range. I was just being nosey. I started going to concerts pretty young, but my brother who is basically your same age just went to his first festival like 4 years ago. And you've more than made up for lost time! haha
Just to prove the point on a wide range of ages.....
Top 10 Shows: (by year)
75 - The Who (Who by Numbers)....with Keith Moon, my first concert 77 - Led Zeppelin (Presence / Song Remains the Same) 77 - Pink Floyd (Animals)...Gilmore and Waters together 79 - Fleetwood Mac (Tusk)....In their prime, with all of the key band members. 86 - Peter Gabriel (So) 87 - R.E.M. (Document/Green) 90 - Stevie Ray Vaughan with The Fabulous Thunderbirds 91 - Nirvana (Bleach)......small bar in Columbus, OH before they had hit it big 09 - Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood 13 - Paul McCartney - First Bonnaroo with daughter...pure fun
Other Favorite Shows:
76 - Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer (Wired/Live) 76 - YES (Relayer) 76 - Eagles (Hotel California) 76 - Peter Frampton (Comes Alive) with Roxy Music 77 - Rush (Farewell to Kings)....in Toronto 77 - ELP with full Orchestra (Works) 78 - Black Sabbath with Ozzy (Technical Ecstasy)...warm up was Bob Seger 78 - Genesis (And Then There Were 3) 78 - Bob Dylan (Street Legal) 79 - Frank Zappa (Joe's Garage) 80 - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Bad Reputation) 80 - The Kinks with Jonny Cougar (Low Budget) 81 - Allman Brothers (Brothers of the Road) 81 - Dire Straits (Brothers in Arms)....in France 81 - Johnny Cash and the Carter Family 82 - Blondie with Duran Duran 83 - David Bowie (Serious Moonlight) 85 - Tears for Fear (Songs from the Big Chair) 89 - Lou Reed (New York) 90 - Bob Mould (Black Sheets of Rain) 93 - Steely Dan 96 - King Crimson (Thrak) 99 - The Pretenders (Learning to Crawl) 05 - U2 (Vertigo)....in Rome 06 - CSN&Y 07 - Ryan Adams & Cardinals (Easy Tiger) 10 - Roger Waters (The Wall) 11 - Neil Young unplugged 14 - Arctic Monkeys (AM) 16 - Tame Impala (Currents) 18 - The National, 2 nights at Homecoming festival (Homecoming) 18 - RadioHead (A Moon Shaped Pool)
Most Notorious Show: 79 - The Who, Cincinnati (11 dead...RIP)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order):
J Geils Band, Warren Zevon, ZZ Top, Wolf Alice, Jack White, Violent Femmes, Vampire Weekend, The Tubes, Matthew Sweet, Sugar, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Smashing Pumpkins, Foals, St Paul & the Broken Bones, Tod Rungren, RHCP, The Ravonettes, Robert Plant, Phoenix, Tom Petty, Passion Pit, Angel Olsen, Japandroids, OMAM, Nada Surf, My Morning Jacket, Kacey Musgraves, Parker Millsap, Midnight Oil, Max Webster, Dave Matthews, Little Feet, Annie Lennox, LCD Soundsystem, Ray LaMontagne, The Killers, The Joy Formidable, Elton John, Jethro Tull, Jason Isbell, Houndmouth, Emmy Lou Harris, Buddy Guy, Rory Gallagher, Noel Gallagher , Frightened Rabbit, Florence and the Machine, First Aid Kit, The Districts, Tyler Childers, Joe Cocker, ColdPlay, Return to Forever, Ray Charles, Kendrick Lamar, Lauryn Hill, Car Seat Headrests, The Call, Elvis Costello, The Black Keys, Courtney Barnett, Julien Baker, Better Oblivion Community Center, Tori Amos, Alt-J, 10,000 Maniacs
01. Prince @ Sydney Opera House, February 20th, 2016 (late show) 02. The Rolling Stones @ Hope Estate, November 15th, 2014 03. Patti Smithperforming ‘Horses' @ State Theatre, April 10th, 2017 04. Radiohead @ Bonnaroo, June 8th, 2012 05. My Morning Jacket @ Madison Square Garden, December 31st, 2008 06. The Cure @ Sydney Superdome, July 25th, 2016 07. Leonard Cohen @ Sydney Opera House, December 2nd, 2013 08. Peter Hookperforming 'Unknown Pleasures' @ The Roxy, December 4th, 2010 09. Paul McCartney @ Fenway Park, August 5th, 2009 10. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss @ Bonnaroo, June 15th, 2008 11. New Order @ Day for Night, December 19th, 2015 12. The Black Angels @ Bonnaroo, June 10th, 2011 13. Iggy Pop @ Sydney Opera House, April 15th, 2019 14. Wilco @ Orpheum Theatre, April 6th, 2010 15. Flaming Lips & Weezer @ PNC Bank Arts Center, July 28th, 2011 16. Pearl Jam @ Big Day Out, January 26th, 2014 17. Morrissey @ Sydney Opera House, May 26th, 2015 18. Eminem @ Sydney Superdome, July 27th, 2001 19. Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires @ Enmore Theatre, April 2nd, 2015 20. Porcupine Tree @ Nokia Theatre, NYC, October 6th, 2006 21. The Frames @ Sydney Opera House, March 26th, 2013 22. Television @ Enmore Theatre, October 30th, 2013 23. Roger Waters performing 'The Wall'@ Boston Garden, October 3rd, 2010 24. Florence & The Machine @ Sydney Opera House (Forecourt), November 14th, 2015 25. LCD Soundsystem @ Terminal 5, March 30th, 2011
Some notes:
• Any of these are likely to shuffle up or down the list depending on my mood... but my #1 will always be my #1.
• I could chew your ear off about any one of these shows, and what made it so special. But we would be here all week.
• I limited my list to one show per artist, because otherwise you might be stuck with a list that is 90% Radiohead / Patti Smith / My Morning Jacket / Wilco / Paul McCartney.
• Flaming Lips & Weezer was not one band opening for the other, but a weird rotating thing, so that's why I've listed it as such. It's impossible to separate the two. Each band played for 15 minutes or so for 3.5 hrs, bookended by a couple collaborations.
I've been looking at this thread for a long time but just couldn't get my head around the broad spectrum of concert experiences it's been my privilege to have. I still don't feel I can do any justice in ranking them so I'll give a chronological ordering instead and also have to toss in 10 honorable mentions as well.
Bush/Veruca Salt - 05/02/97 - Freedom Hall - Louisville, KY Since the subject is live music experiences in MY life it's only right to begin with my first concert ever. Tickets were present for 16th birthday and 350+ shows later it obviously had an impact.
Nine Inch Nails - 4/20/00 - Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN Mind-blowing performance with incredible lighting/effects too. I was in the pit and made it up to the railing early on which I clung to for the rest of the show. I don't know that I've still ever left a show so exhausted and satisfied.
Prince - 4/12/04 - Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN Even from up in the upper arena seating this show managed to amaze(!), as much for its big powerful performances as well as for its ability to connect and be intimate. The subsequent rarity has also only enhanced it's reputation in my memory.
Vote For Change Tour (Bruce Springsteen, REM, John Fogerty, Bright Eyes) - 10/02/04 - Gund Arena - Cleveland, OH I had been awake in preparation for over 24 hours before the show even began but it was all worth it when I was lucky enough to get a pit bracelet and the fatigue was forgotten once things got underway. My first time seeing any of these acts and all were unforgettable.
Radiohead - 6/17/06 - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Manchester, TN What can I say on here that hasn't already been stated about this concert. I will add that it was my first Bonnaroo (I haven't missed any since) and Radiohead was the group that got me there. Thanks guys!
The Rolling Stones - 9/29/06 - Churchill Downs - Louisville, KY Churchill Downs really isn't a good place to have a concert, it was rainy, and my seat was about twice as far away from the stage as when I saw them play indoors the year before but this show was big enough and good enough to make it work and even trump that other one as good as it was too.
Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem - 10/03/07 - Waterfront Park - Louisville, KY I was destroyed when I discovered Arcade Fire's Funeral to learn that they had played a small club show 1 1/2 hours away before I knew about them. This double bill two years later did a lot to make up for it especially since I was into LCD Soundsystem by this time as well.
Paul McCartney - 4/17/09 - Coachella Music Festival - Indio, CA The draw to see this show was large enough to board a plane and it was totally worth it. I've surprisingly had the chance and pleasure to see him 3 more times since then (and they've all been every bit as good) but this one remains special for being my first and also as the show that took me to Coachella.
U2 - 7/02/11 - Vanderbilt Stadium - Nashville, TN Simply awe-inspiring. The staging for the U2360 tour as huge and impressive as it is, is honestly really overdone. However, the scope and power of their live performance really shrinks it down to size and even makes it almost unnoticeable.
Roger Waters - 6/11/12 - Bankers Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN Whereas the staging for U2 was quite frivolous, the presentation for The Wall while no less grandiose was in every way more awesome and effective. Absolutely tremendous concert!
Honorable mentions: Rage Against the Machine - Nashville, 12/08/99 The White Stripes - Indianapolis, 7/09/02 The Strokes - Chicago, 4/23/04 Pixies - Indianapolis, 6/07/05 Stevie Wonder - Nashville, 12/01/07 David Byrne - Louisville, 10/21/08 Pearl Jam - Bonnaroo 6/14/08 Patti Smith - New Orleans, 4/24/10 The National - Bonnaroo, 6/11/10 Bjork - Bonnaroo, 6/15/13
Hard to conceive of it but Fragility 2.0, 20 years ago today! Listening to a recording now and plan to watch the "And All That Could Have Been" tour DVD this evening.
Edit: Shout out also to Patti Smith 10 years ago this week which was an aftershow at Tipitinas during Jazz Fest that year. It was a few hours after I got to witness the final (to date) Simon & Garfunkel show. Sad that I won't be seeing her again next month at Homecoming as I was looking forward to that but have a recording for this one too so at least can enjoy that instead.
My first big arena rock show, I was 15 years old. This was the Load tour and they had that monster in the round stage. In terms of pageantry it kind of fucked me up for future shows, and instilled in me a bias for Metallica being one of the greatest live acts of all time. They just get it. The show I saw in 2017 was technically even better but this one still makes the list for being so formative.
My dad brought me to that day of Boston Calling when I was 11, and it really was an incredible experience. I was a pretty big OMAM fan at the time, and their set was great. But we decided to skip Young the Giant to get a front row spot for the National. It was an amazing set, and they ended it on Terrible Love where Matt jumped into the crowd right in front of me. Absolutely mindblowing.
HMs: Bon Iver, TD Garden 2019 - Fantastic setlist, amazing light show, finally got to see one of my favorite bands.
Car Seat Headrest, The Royale 2019 - The best crowd I've ever been a part of. Everyone was loving it and the performance was great.
The Cat Empire, The Royale 2019 - The only time I've been able to see my favorite band.
The blue stage on Sunday at Boston Calling 2018 - Was tired from the previous day and camped the stage the whole day. I believe the run was Zola Jesus > Dirty Projectors > Julien Baker > The Decemberists > Fleet Foxes.
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