What is the best concert you've been to?

[CorvusRexus]

The best concert I've ever been to? Probably the Iron Maiden/Megadeth one I went to last September.

 

[Zander]

The Toledo Speedway Jam summer of 1980!!! Absolutely no bottles or cans!! (so we brought our beer in gallon milk jugs!)

ZZ Top
AC/DC
Humble Pie
Sammy Hagar

 

[JOSweetHeart]

The best that I have been to is my most favorite singer James Otto on January 31, 2011.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t3lX8wX_wg]James Otto[/ame]

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

P.S. My avatar and signature shots are from that very special night and after my signature shot was taken, I actually heard James say "I love you." to me.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I am in the Audience in this video, Awesome show. The Pot smoke was so thick you got a contact high just sitting there.

Pink Floyd: The Wall Live 02/27/1980 N.Y. - YouTube

seen them in 74...Dark side tour.....everyone was patted down for drugs going in.....as soon as the lights went down there must have been a thousand joints being lit up....and passed around...

 

[Harry Dresden]

saw these guys open for Queen....they rocked the place down.....they got called back for 2 encores.....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WulRA48x7LM]Thin Lizzy Live And Dangerous Full Concert - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Harry Dresden]

AC / DC - HELLS BELLS (Live) - YouTube


Hells Bells live was awesome

im a Bon Scott era guy.....could not get into the new guy....

 

[Harry Dresden]

saw Cream in late 68 on their last tour....Spirit opened ....they were pretty good too....

 

[Ropey]

Yes - Close to the Edge at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver 1972
Nazareth and Rush at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver 1975
Supertramp - (Crime of the Century) at the Queen E in Vancouver 1975.

 

[Zander]

Loved Robin Trower at the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit ...circa 1978....

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMySsuBVVRI]Robin Trower- Too Rolling Stoned(Live!) 1975-Sweden - YouTube[/ame]

 

[alan1]

Out in the Green concert Dinkelsbuhl, Germany. Jethro Tull, Foreigner, Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones and Bo Didley. Other great concerts: Kansas, Boston, Journey. Best concert ever: The Who...who else? And believe it or not, Steppenwolf put on a helluva show.

I was in the service in the early 80's, stationed in Germany, and I tell ya, those Germans sure knew how to gather a bunch of musicians together to stage an awesome show back then. The Golden Summer-night concert I went to was scheduled from 12 noon to 12 midnight but lasted until 2:00am. Not only that, they had two stages. As one band was playing, the next band would be setting up on the other stage. It was literally scant minutes between the end of one band and the start of the next.

I think the second best concert I ever saw might have been Stevie Ray Vaughn. It was a small venue, maybe 3,000 people, but he played as if he was doing a concert for 30,000 or more. SRV was impressive on a guitar. Shame that he died so young.

 

[Mr. H.]

Styx ~ Grand Illusion (Live) - YouTube

Columbia SC 1978

I first saw Styx in '73. They were brought to campus to replace an act that cancelled. At the time they were just getting started. Blew me away.

Anyhow- the best... so many good'ns, but the bestest was Yes in '72. They were at their absolute peak and had just released Close to the Edge. Insanity!

 

[Toro]

I haven't been to many, growing up in the middle of nowhere, but my favourite is my first --> Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith tour.

 

[asterism]

At Jacob's Run in Wilmington, NC:

White Zombie in 1992, the day their first video aired on MTV (I was sidestage for that one)
Pantera 1994

At The Tabernacle in Atlanta:

Kid Rock 1999
Godsmack 1999

Agnostic Front at a very small dive bar in Atlantic Beach, NC in 1991. The Fire Marshal closed the venue 30 minutes into it and the band started playing in the back parking lot. 4 ambulances came because the mosh pit got too rough.

Misfits at The Masquerade in Atlanta, 2001 or so.

Rammstein in 2012 in Tampa. It was the absolute loudest concert I've ever attended.

 

[bayoubill]

New Orleans International Pop Festival...

three-day event that happened two weeks after Woodstock...

lotsa big names...

but of 'em all, the one that blew my socks off was this one...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhLinEY7Zn8"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhLinEY7Zn8[/ame]as I stood at the edge of the stage no more'n twenny feet away from her...

 

[Sarah G]

Surprising maybe but Billy Joel was one of my favorites. His entire cast was so entertaining and the music was wonderful.

 

[Unkotare]

What is the best concert you've been to?

That's easy: Frank Sinatra.

 

[Unkotare]

Surprising maybe but Billy Joel was one of my favorites. His entire cast was so entertaining and the music was wonderful.

Why would that be surprising?

 

[Unkotare]

Styx ~ Grand Illusion (Live) - YouTube

Columbia SC 1978

I first saw Styx in '73. !

Did they ever play a concert with the Rolling Stones?

 

[bayoubill]

second best for me is a three-way tie...

Cars...

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Tina...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebTAvZHHdKQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebTAvZHHdKQ[/ame]

Robert Palmer...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCHFaarTjY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwCHFaarTjY[/ame]

 

[Sarah G]

Surprising maybe but Billy Joel was one of my favorites. His entire cast was so entertaining and the music was wonderful.

Why would that be surprising?

Well I've been to big rock concerts with hundreds of thousands and some might think those are the best. I saw Billy at our local arena when his songs were fresh and new. It was just such a good experience. Memorable.