Ziggy Stardust - Radio City 1973

Floyd - Roosevelt Stadium 1973

Tull - MSG 1973

Genesis - Capitol Theatre 1974

Zeppelin - MSG 1975 ( Four blocks in the snow )

Stones - MSG 1975

Van Halen - Izod Arena 1986 ( front row )

U2 - Izod Arena 1987

Stones - Shea Stadium 1989

YES - MSG 2004

Roger Waters - Barclays Center 2017



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Last Year: Jeff Beck in London. John McLaughlin in Rotterdam. Dann, they are getting really old, but still great players .

There are many as I've been to hundreds. For a long period I actually used to get paid to go to shows as part of my job as a music buyer & Billboard sales reporter. If I had to pick 1 I'd have to go with David Bowie/Nine Inch Nails on the Outside tour in 1995. It was a very unique show. NIN came out & did a fantastic set & were slowly replaced by Bowie's band so it was 1 long set. Bowie was amazing. Perhaps I'll put more down later as I've seen a lot of awesome shows over the years. This one stands out in my mind though.

so many great Iggy Pop shows over the years and the great Nick Cave shows more recently.

social distortion shows were terrific last year.

for me the best shows come from those who have paid their dues and perform like their life is at state.

my best stones show was also my first...buffalo 81

James Blood Ulmer NYC 'Black Rock'

Twilight Singers 'Powder Burns' tour w/ Afterhours from Italy opening

Spiritualized in 2017

Neville Bros in New Orleans

Contortions, every time

Gun Club

Steve Earle 'Copperhead' debut

Greatest ever - Prince

Iggy & The Stooges - San Jose CA 2013 (Last show)

Neil Young - Vancouver BC 2008

Rolling Stones - Vancouver BC 2006

Paul McCartney - Seattle WA 2013

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 - Vancouver 2008

1. Stones 75 Chicago Stadium
2. Stones 97 Double Door Club Gig Chicago
Keith Richards 88 Hollywood Palladium LA
60+ other Stones/KR concerts worldwide
3. The Who 75 Chicago Stadium
4. Chuck Berry 09 Duck Room STL
5. Frank Sinatra 92 Greek Theater LA
6. Queen 76 Auditorium Chicago
7. Eagles 72 Arie Crown Chicago
8. Tom Petty 80 Whisky A Go Go LA
9. Warren Zevon 80 Roxy LA
10. Led Zeppelin 77 Chicago Stadium
11. The Clash 80 Hollywood Palladium LA
12. Neil Young 81 CalExpo Sacramento
13. Foghat 75 Aragon Chicago
14. Elvis 77 Chicago Stadium
15. The Knitters 83 Crest Theater Sacramento
16. The Monkees 87 Greek Theater LA
17. Paul McCartney 02 Arco Arena Sacramento
18. The Pretenders 84 Greek Theater Berkeley
19. Willie Nelson 99 Konicti Harbor Calif
20. Lynyrd Skynyrd 77 Soldiers Field
Jenny Lewis 09 Squaw Valley CA
Bruce Springsteen 81 LA Sports Arena

Regrets not seeing live: Muddy, Allman Bros, Goose Creek Symphony, Michael Jackson, Los Panchos, Gipsy Kings, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, George Harrison,

among many great ones by far the best
David Bowie, Vienna 1997, Arena club gig



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Top ten in chronological order:

The Undertones, 1983, Hultsfred, Sweden
Johnny Thunders & Syl Sylvain, 1984?, Hultsfred, Sweden
Chuck Berry, 1984, Norrköping, Sweden
Nomads, 1985? Hultsfred, Sweden
Waterboys, 1987, Roskilde, Denmark
Telephone, 1987, Roskilde, Denmark
Echo & The Bunnymen, 1987, Hultsfred, Sweden
James Brown, 1988, Sofiero Slott, Helsingborg, Sweden
Rolling Stones, 2003, Olympia, Paris
Black Keys, 2010, Atelier, Luxembourg

Leonard Cohen in Helsinki was pretty good. The sound was crystal clear. This was back in 2012.

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1. Stones 75 Chicago Stadium
2. Stones 97 Double Door Club Gig Chicago
Keith Richards 88 Hollywood Palladium LA
60+ other Stones/KR concerts worldwide
3. The Who 75 Chicago Stadium
4. Chuck Berry 09 Duck Room STL
5. Frank Sinatra 92 Greek Theater LA
6. Queen 76 Auditorium Chicago
7. Eagles 72 Arie Crown Chicago
8. Tom Petty 80 Whisky A Go Go LA
9. Warren Zevon 80 Roxy LA
10. Led Zeppelin 77 Chicago Stadium
11. The Clash 80 Hollywood Palladium LA
12. Neil Young 81 CalExpo Sacramento
13. Foghat 75 Aragon Chicago
14. Elvis 77 Chicago Stadium
15. The Knitters 83 Crest Theater Sacramento
16. The Monkees 87 Greek Theater LA
17. Paul McCartney 02 Arco Arena Sacramento
18. The Pretenders 84 Greek Theater Berkeley
19. Willie Nelson 99 Konicti Harbor Calif
20. Lynyrd Skynyrd 77 Soldiers Field
Jenny Lewis 09 Squaw Valley CA
Bruce Springsteen 81 LA Sports Arena

Regrets not seeing live: Muddy, Allman Bros, Goose Creek Symphony, Michael Jackson, Los Panchos, Gipsy Kings, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, George Harrison,

You put my dad at #4 on your list? That's the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. 2009? I was on stage with him almost certainly.

Thank you, total coolness!

CBII

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1. Stones 75 Chicago Stadium
2. Stones 97 Double Door Club Gig Chicago
Keith Richards 88 Hollywood Palladium LA
60+ other Stones/KR concerts worldwide
3. The Who 75 Chicago Stadium
4. Chuck Berry 09 Duck Room STL
5. Frank Sinatra 92 Greek Theater LA
6. Queen 76 Auditorium Chicago
7. Eagles 72 Arie Crown Chicago
8. Tom Petty 80 Whisky A Go Go LA
9. Warren Zevon 80 Roxy LA
10. Led Zeppelin 77 Chicago Stadium
11. The Clash 80 Hollywood Palladium LA
12. Neil Young 81 CalExpo Sacramento
13. Foghat 75 Aragon Chicago
14. Elvis 77 Chicago Stadium
15. The Knitters 83 Crest Theater Sacramento
16. The Monkees 87 Greek Theater LA
17. Paul McCartney 02 Arco Arena Sacramento
18. The Pretenders 84 Greek Theater Berkeley
19. Willie Nelson 99 Konicti Harbor Calif
20. Lynyrd Skynyrd 77 Soldiers Field
Jenny Lewis 09 Squaw Valley CA
Bruce Springsteen 81 LA Sports Arena

Regrets not seeing live: Muddy, Allman Bros, Goose Creek Symphony, Michael Jackson, Los Panchos, Gipsy Kings, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, George Harrison,

You put my dad at #4 on your list? That's the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. 2009? I was on stage with him almost certainly.

Thank you, total coolness!

Wow!

I made a 7 hour round trip one Monday night in 2008 to see your dad.
It was worth the shitty Tuesday at work, and then some. The glow lasted for a good week.

Glad you are here.

Charles, after that show I kept flying back from Calif to STL and I saw you and your sister with your Dad play that room many times. As he got older you guys helped him put on a great show, and I remember some songs he played from the couch in that little room just off stage…and when his muscle memory kicked in and he hit a lick like only Chuck could, it was magic.

Hope you’re well, thanks for the memories!

John

One to add to the list:
1976 White Sox Park
Derringer
Jeff Beck w/Jan Hammar
Aerosmith

The stadium started on fire when Beck was playing- literally- during his Set..

“The unassuming Jeff Beck eventually noticed the chaos in the far reaches of the stadium. "Are we gonna let this fire bother us?", Beck asked the huge crowd. "@#$%& the fire!", the moody guitarist responded to his own inquiry. While Jeff Beck continued to perform, rock fans in the cheap seats scrambled for safety. Firemen and police fought the blaze as best they could, considering the circumstances. A few minutes later, Beck's band was ushered from the stage for safety precautions.”

[youtu.be] It’s at the end …

It was the hottest (temperature) concert I’ve ever attended and Aerosmith was great

Mama Kin
Write Me a Letter
S.O.S. (Too Bad)
Lick and a Promise
Big Ten Inch Record
Sweet Emotion
Dream On
Lord of the Thighs
Last Child
Walk This Way
The Train Kept A-Rollin'
Batman Theme
Peter Gunn Theme
Movin' Out
Toys in the Attic

Since I've seen shows since 1969 (Fanny was the headliner!), I'll go opposite. Out of perhaps 200 shows and maybe 140 groups, I'll consider 198 of them great.

The WORST were simply disappointing, unfortunately very memorable, and the only two times I felt like my money was stolen.

- George Harrison 1974 (poor performance, no voice, snafus on stage)
- Ted Nugent 2000's; I walked out furious after what he did 30 minutes in (I won't write about it was)

Going to mention two shows that were absolute surprises, both in a small venue. Joe Jackson, 1982. And Devo, 1982. Also, Dylan theater show in '07. Dylan Petty tour was great, too. But most of the shows I've gone to are worth it.

Other than many Stones shows, my stand outs were probably Rory Gallagher on a few occasions and ...oddly perhaps....Donovan at the Crucible Theatre in the early 70s.

[Skynyrd were always a good turn too ...with fondest memories, as with Rory, being of shows at Sheffield City hall in the 70s.]

Call me a freak but Ministry in 92 then in 2006 are among the best gigs I ever attended.
Rammstein in 2005 was another great one as, song after song you knew you were witnessing something special in the making.

Btw...I saw Jeff Beck at the Paris Cigale in 93 for the opening of his "rockabilly" world tour (which was aborted after this very gig iirc). It was humongously loud (think the Straycats playing on Slayer's P.A.) and it left me kinda "meh".



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live aid london 1985

Nina Hagen 1979 in Kiel
The Charge about 1980 in Kiel
Stones 1982 in Frankfurt.
Violent Femmes 1985 Munich
Frank Zappa 1987 in Munich
The Cure 1989 Hamburg
Calexico (only Joe Burns and John Convertino) about 1996 in Hamburg
Stones 1990 Berlin Olympiastadion
Stones in Shüttorf 1995
John Cora about 1996 in Hamburg
Stones in Düsseldorf 1998
Bonnie Prince Billy about 2002 Cologne
Björk about 2001 Clogne Opera
Iggy Pop about 2002 in Cologne
Neil Young 2007 in Hamburg
Stones 2022 in Munich



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2022 best show I saw was Roger Waters "This is not a Drill".

Saw it 3 times. Hope to see it again in Europe this year.
It was an audio/visual spectacular!

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2022 best show I saw was Roger Waters "This is not a Drill".

Saw it 3 times. Hope to see it again in Europe this year.
It was an audio/visual spectacular!

Yes. Hard to top Waters. Seen him 3x since 2012 (Wall, US+Them, Drill).

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In no particular order:

Simon & Garfunkel St. Louis - 2003
Chuck Berry Hail Hail Rock & Roll Shows St. Louis - 1986
Van Morrison - Shoreline Amphitheater - 1998
David Bowie Sound & Vision tour St. Louis - 1990
Pink Floyd St. Louis - 1987
Rolling Stones St. Louis - 1981
Pretenders St. Louis - 1998
Beach Boys (w/all 3 Wilson's) St. Louis - 1983
Hall & Oates St. Louis - 1981
Jethro Tull St. Louis- 1996
ELP St. Louis - 1997
Yes Union Tour St. Louis - 1991
Deep Purple St. Louis - 1985
Marshall Tucker Band (w/Toy Caldwell) St. Louis - 1982
Allman Brothers St. Louis - 1989
Fleetwood Mac Mirage Tour St. Louis - 1987
Jerry Lee Lewis Memphis - 2007
Little Richard Memphis - 2000
Neville Brothers St. Louis - 1989
Waylon Jennings St. Louis 1988
Soundgarden Memphis - 2017
BB King, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks St. Louis - 1993

That's good for starters!

I only mention Jethro Tull and Hall & Oates because I didn't like either band and was dreading having to sit through them as openers (JT for ELP, J&O for ELP), but was blown away at how good they were and left as a fan of both.



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In no particular order:

Simon & Garfunkel St. Louis - 2003
Chuck Berry Hail Hail Rock & Roll Shows St. Louis - 1986
Van Morrison - Shoreline Amphitheater - 1998
David Bowie Sound & Vision tour St. Louis - 1990
Pink Floyd St. Louis - 1987
Rolling Stones St. Louis - 1981
Pretenders St. Louis - 1998
Beach Boys St. Louis - 1983
Hall & Oates St. Louis - 1981
Jethro Tull St. Louis- 1996
ELP St. Louis - 1997
Yes Union Tour St. Louis - 1991
Marshall Tucker Band St. Louis - 1982
Allman Brothers St. Louis - 1989
Fleetwood Mac St. Louis - 1987
Jerry Lee Lewis Memphis - 2007
Little Richard Memphis - 2000
Neville Brothers St. Louis - 1989
Waylon Jennings St. Louis 1988
Soundgarden Memphis - 2017

That's good for starters!

Nice list. I was at that Soundgarden show too! Ten days before Cornell's death, sadly, as you know.

Mother's Finest in Greenville, NC, USA in 1976. A small club.

The Cramps, various times, nothing else ever came close.

John Mayall´s Bluesbreakers 1987 in Örebro Sweden. Small club. Walter Trout. Ears ringing for two days. Tottas Bluesband with Ronnie Wood, also Örebro - 1988, I think. I seem to be one of those who eats nostalgia for breakfast. [www.youtube.com]



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In no particular order:

Simon & Garfunkel St. Louis - 2003
Chuck Berry Hail Hail Rock & Roll Shows St. Louis - 1986
Van Morrison - Shoreline Amphitheater - 1998
David Bowie Sound & Vision tour St. Louis - 1990
Pink Floyd St. Louis - 1987
Rolling Stones St. Louis - 1981
Pretenders St. Louis - 1998
Beach Boys St. Louis - 1983
Hall & Oates St. Louis - 1981
Jethro Tull St. Louis- 1996
ELP St. Louis - 1997
Yes Union Tour St. Louis - 1991
Marshall Tucker Band St. Louis - 1982
Allman Brothers St. Louis - 1989
Fleetwood Mac St. Louis - 1987
Jerry Lee Lewis Memphis - 2007
Little Richard Memphis - 2000
Neville Brothers St. Louis - 1989
Waylon Jennings St. Louis 1988
Soundgarden Memphis - 2017

That's good for starters!

Nice list. I was at that Soundgarden show too! Ten days before Cornell's death, sadly, as you know.

Yeah they were coming to my hometown of St. Louis 2 weeks after that at a festival, I told my kid to get tickets, then of course we know what happened; they canceled the whole festival as they were the headliners.

Cream reunion shows - RAH, London. May 2005 (2 shows)
Neil Young - solo Greendale shows. May 2003 (3 shows). Vicar St., Dublin.
The Beach Boys - 50th Anniversary tour. RAH, London. September 2012.
Eagles - Odyssey Arena, Belfast. July 2009.
Spirit - Rainbow Theatre, London. March 1978.

Lots more but those are my top five.

Whenever this question comes up the first thing that comes to my mind is: Jimmy Cliff at the Roxy in West Hollywood. In the '80's sometime. The sound was superb. Each song started with that infectious reggae rhythm. By the time all the musicians engaged it sounded like a symphony. Just look at an instrument and you could hear it. Cliff's voice is beautiful. Ronnie and Jo were sitting a table away. They went back stage presumably to visit with the opener, Ian Drury and the Blockheads.

Next would be the Stones at the Forum in 1969. Strong show by Keith. Not the most exciting show (perhaps the lateness of the hour had something to do with it), but I left feeling that I had seen something historic.