Which concert would you have given your right arm to have been at?

[iluvjeisa]

There are a lot of concerts it would have been soooo much fun to have been to. Shame most great live bands were buried before most of us were even allowed (or in existence) to go to concerts

This is high up on the list - GNR 1988...That voice and the dance, there is a god....guess I should use past tense on that one, tho

 

[kanita]

My right arm is very dear to me, but this is pretty amazing, looks at the crazy crowd!

 

[tangerine]

Good thread idea!

I would not part with my right arm, but the two concerts I would most like to have seen were Bob Dylan at Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1966 and Jimi Hendrix playing the Haleakala Crater in Maui, Hawaii in 1970.

You can see footage of the Dylan show in Scorcese's No Direction Home, and footage of the Hendrix concerts in the motion picture Rainbow Bridge, though I don't know if that would be easy to find.

This is actually from Edinburgh, not Manchester, but it is representative:



This is not my favorite song from the Haleakala shows, but it is representative:

 

[lady stardust]

the ziggy stardust tour in the 70's....
and like iluvjeisa i would love to see GNR in the 80's..
jimi hendrix..rolling stones - mmm, the list goes on forever.
Janis Joplin..
And sex pistols 1976 - 77...

 

[StellaMare]

the rock and roll circus with the Stones and Marianne Faithfull in '68...

 

[iluvjeisa]

^That Circus concert looks like such a blast. My fave so far from that show is Jumping Jack Flash, it's the neatest dance ever there...and the song seems to suit the mood of the venue.



And salt of the earth too...those yellow outfits...everyting's just so effortlessly fabulous.

 

[La bordélique]

david bowie/ziggy stardust farewell concert
i so wish I were born in that period...

 

[Erin]

Many old picks on here. My heart is definitely in rock music... not necessarily the new rock of today, though.

The Tibetan Freedom Concert in '97 is among my top picks... you've got Radiohead, Beastie Boys, and U2... etc. Great billing.

But the consummate concert expereience would have been at Live Aid in '85... and particularly witnessing this performance... "Bad"...

 

[Erin]

^

 

[lmelanie]

Nirvana's last show and Dark Side of the Moon tour in the 70s..

 

[iluvjeisa]

david bowie/ziggy stardust farewell concert
i so wish I were born in that period...

Yeah, either that or the 60s or, for me, even the 80s (I love the sleaze). I mean, we're just out of luck

 

[MulletProof]

..probably one of the festivals at newport in the 60s.
and, of course, this show...[because i was sooo close to get tickets and never managed to score ].

 

[tangerine]

This is great, so many good choices!

I'm going to add one more. WARNING: Loud and Distorted! Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, London 1977.

 

[peacelover142002]

Woodstock 69

 

[Melly5525]

Nirvana unplugged, Elvis Presley in Las Vegas, The Doors, Sublime

 

[Twill Bill]

The Libertines with Pete - any of 'em: Filthy McNasties, Love Music Hate Racism at the Astoria, The Forum, Rhythm Factory, etc.
The Strokes at Arlene Grocery
and Nirvana, The Clash and Bob Dylan in the 60s (especially around Freewheelin') - not sure of specific shows.

 

[Maciej_Kleban]

Nirvana and Queen

 

[johnnys_girl09]

NONE!

I like my right arm thank you very much

 

[m.j.]

Blur - not likely to happend
Queen - impossible
Babyshambles - i will be in england in march, so.... hope to catch them then... if not, can anyone give me pete's address?
LMAO

 

[tifa]

manic street preachers astoria 1994. i'm pretty morbid.
reading leeds 1994...loads of great bands at that. also 1991 with nirvana.
ziggy stardust farewell.
any joy division gig. luckily, i've seen new order twice but still...
the smashing pumpkins farewell tour 2000, i believe? i kick myself for missing this constantly.
stone roses back in 1988.