Whenever I've been asked in the past which would be my favourite gig of all time, I have not been able to answer.

Having seen bands such as 'DC, Scorp's / Priest / Rush (4 times), even Van Halen with DLR, I just couldn't pick a favourite.

That changed last night - Friday 20th November 2010 - at the O2 Academy in Leeds - after witnessing the GOD that is LEMMY his current Motorhead line-up! Just Brilliant!

Why on earth have I not seen these before? I will certainly not miss them when they next do the rounds.

So the question is - what is your favourite gig of all time?

TRB - Did you see the Scorpions when they played at Wakey Tech? - brilliant, the place rocked, most be either the best (or one of the best) gigs ever to take place in Wakey.

Other best gigs -

Springsteen - Roundhay Park - 1985

Lynard Skynard - Leeds Uni. 1977 (last UK gig of original group)

Tom Petty / Nils Lofgren - Leeds Uni - 1977

James Taylor - O2 Dublin - 2009

Think it's called an "eclectic" lineup.
Loved the Damned,old school punk,strangely enough i've been listening to machine gun etiquette by the Damned on vinyl the last couple of days.
Think we could do this with a thread of it's own!

Unashamedly pinched from TRB in the chat thread.TRB went to the O2 Academy in Leeds night to see Motorhead and was mighty impressed
What's the favourite gig/gigs you've ever been to?


My best gigs.
Oasis at Wembley.
The Clash at The Rainbow Finsbury park.
The Jam at Sheffield uni ,then midnight train to London for our final v Widnes.
The Cribs at O2 academy Leeds.
The list could go on,the beauty of music unlike watching Wakey is that it's very rare that you come away dissapointed!

No - unfortunately. Nearest I got to a 'home' gig was the festival at Nostell with Marillion and Grand Slam - Phil Lynotts band after Thin Lizzy!

Saw the Stones in Roundhay Park.

I was lucky )?) to be based in Hammersmith for a year -1983/4 - and saw loads of bands like ZZ Top / Def Leppard / Quo there. Also been to Edinburgh Apollo / The Marquee club and Rock City on Nottingham.

As Jinj says - rarely disappointed and occassionally amazed!

Rammstein-Newcastle academy (Unbelievable show)
korn-Brixton Academy
disturbed-Men
Deconstruction 3- Manchester (lost shirt crowd surfing )
System of a down-Men

Shouldnt this be in the chat thread

sorry for been a spoil sport

Elton John galpharm

Specials - Bridlington Spa 2/11/09
The Jam - Bridlington Spa 06/12/82
The Specials - Bridlington Spa 1980
Men They Couldn't Hang - Brixton Academy - 1993-ish
Shane McGowan and the Popes - Manchester Academy - 1994-ish
Saw Doctors - Brixton Academy (or was is Town and Country Club)
Edwin Starr - Skegness Scooter Rally 1984
Any Paul Weller gig at Manchester Apollo

Can't we have some good o/t topic threads on their own in the off season? there isnt that much to talk about really and o/t threads can be more interesting than some on topic ones...

yes does seem to get broken up easily

Saw Jethro Tull there the first year the festival was held (you'll have been too young for that gig ).

My favourite gig of all time is probably Misty in Roots in Bradford (1980, give or take a year, Queens Hall or St George's Hall, no idea now, or even then... was high as a kite).

1979 Skidz gig in Sheffield runs Misty a close second. Anyone remember when they played the Unity Hall in Wakey? As did Ultravox (went to that one too) and The Human League (ended up interviewing the band for a fanzine before the gig - Phil Oakey drinks Carling Black Label, btw, or he did at the time).

That's a fair point. The "Chat Thread" was always a bit of a compromise, to be honest, and it can't please everyone. Who's to decide which O/T topic is good or not? The mods, obviously - but that'll only get people's backs up if their O/T thread is chucked in here as opposed to being granted "good" status.

There has been enough RL stuff to talk about this off season so far, but if the real news dries up, I'm sure we can find some workable compromise.

Anyway - which was your favourite gig of all time?