What was your last concert you went to ?

Think Floyd very good, not an exact copy but captured the spirit really well. I doubt that DG played Comfortably Numb any better.

Howard

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra playing the 4th Brandenburg Concerto, Bach's Third Orchestral Suite and some Bach vocal pieces.

The local orchestra is getting better by the year. They have been moving to becoming a full time orchestra over the last few years and are employing quite a few Eastern European musicians now.

Deane

My last three shows

Andrea Bocelli at the Sydney Superdome - he comes in for some criticism but this was a very beautiful event

The Who at the Sydney Entertainment Centre - great powerful show with Townsend and Daltrey in good form

Dave Douglas with Chris Potter and Uri Caine at the Village Vanguard New York - the place rinks of jazz history and what a great atmosphere


Next Up - The Eagles

Cheers
Adrian

Last was Willard Grant at Manchester Academy.

Lead singer huge man with a beard the size of a rhododendron and a good line in dry wit. Looked like ZZ top in NHS spectacles.
Enjoyed it.

Bruce

Peter Hammill - Queen Elizabeth Hall

A solo concert, just Hammill on piano or guitar and vocals. He's an old favourite of mine and he played a selection from his entire career. In spite of his recent health problems (he had a heart attack last year) he was in fine voice. He played to a packed house who listened and applauded in the right places.

When he announced the last song of the set I couldn't believe how quickly the time had passed; a quick check of the watch revealed that he had been on stage for nearly an hour and three quarters.


Julian Cope - Reading Arts Centre, Aldershot West End Centre

So good we went to see him twice! Just JC and a guitar with various effects pedals and lots of stories. His patter would have done a stand-up comedian proud. Left the gigs with a broad grin on my face.

A Woman's Heart 2 tour in Belfast - mostly excellent but no Mary Black and Delores Keane's voice had gone that night.

Does this year's Proms in the Park in Belfast count as a concert as such?

Brad

Hearing is believing

Cowboy Junkies supported by Vic Chesnutt in Manchester. Went mostly for Vic but enjoyed the lot.

Mike

Richard Thompson - 1,000 Years of Popular Music Tour

Very entertaining!

During the mid to late 90's, I used to go to gigs almost weekly, and one week even did Brixton Academy 3 times in 10 days. But that was what I mainly went to - US grunge bands that have now mostly died out. I would love to go to more gigs, but there is little that I want to see lately. My last was Chick Corea at the Barbican, but I'm not counting regular local Blues Bar gigs that can be good, and Oldie has got me tickets for a couple of blues gigs coming up in November, which I am looking forward to.
I watch out weekly to check for the next Pearl Jam tour, and I'm kicking myself for not going to a Janes Addiction gig when I chose to go to another gig on the same night that ended up being cancelled

Last concert was The Sixteen performing Dixit Dominus at the Oxford Handel Festival. Bloody marvelous it was too!

Prior to that the last live performance was Korn at Hammersmith Apollo. Variety is the spice of life!



Matt

Wishbone Ash at Bolton Albert Hall. Love those twin lead guitars!

Sonic Youth, in a classic concert hall (Geneva).

Sonic Youth are not always my cup of tea on record. They are definitely an acquired taste.

The show was ASTOUNDING. A smorgasborg of luscious - if very warped and deranged - sounds. The kind of thing you may sometimes find difficult to bear in your living room (at least I do), or for a very limited time only, took on a whole new meaning live. They had me riveted for two hours as they just added layer upon layer of waves of fuzzed out guitar. Aural sculpture was what it struck me as, and it was mesmerizing.

Concert before that : Lou Reed, an outdoor venue, excellent sound too, a much better show than expected (had seen 8 years ago, and he just seemed so bored he almost put us to sleep).

Edouard S.

Hazard County Girls (New Orleans Fri. Nite)


"Louder than a monster truck show" (that's the band's motto)

James Yorkston and The Atheletes at The Zodiac in Oxford. Fantastic.

Picked up the first album after a recommendation on this forum. Haven't found the 2nd album as enjoyable yet.

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Picked up the first album after a recommendation on this forum. Haven't found the 2nd album as enjoyable yet.

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...glad it is not just me then. I was really looking forward to it too.

Bruce

David Helfgott solo at the Natal Playhouse in Durban. Playing Rach; Chopin; Lizt etc. Excellent

b

Last one I went to was a Make Trade Fair concert in Hammersmith Apollo a couple of months back... The Thrills, Jamelia, Minnie Driver (yes the actress), all performed, Ricky Gervais was there doing a 10 minute sketch... The secret headliners though were R.E.M. They were fantastic... Opening with "Losing my Religion", halfway through played "Man on the Moon" during the second verse of which Chris Martin from Coldplay came on and sang a verse... Then finished with "Bad Day"... Excellent night that was...
Next up are Lostprophets in november, Faithless and The Manic Street Preachers in december, Green Day in february, and then R.E.M. at Hyde Park next july...

Reminding me of a couple of years ago when I saw Coldplay, JJ72, Underworld, Oasis and The Manics in the space of 2 months...

Those were the days...

Ad

Court and Spark and American Music Club at Cafe du Nord San Fran last thursday. Great concert, superb laid back atmosphere, both bands in fine form, this is the start of their tour which is well worth catching if you can.

Jeremy

"The Sadies" at London's Borderline last Thursday. Very good indeed and a bonus with the wonderful rock icon Robyn Hitchcock on vocals for the last four songs, including some incredible harmonica and a rousing "Maggies Farm" Catch em if you can.

Chris

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and I'm kicking myself for not going to a Janes Addiction gig when I chose to go to another gig on the same night that ended up being cancelled

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If this was Jane's Addiction after they reformed, then you missed nothing. If, on the other hand, it was before they split, then that is probably the most appalling error in gig going judgement I have ever come across! Who were the band that cancelled?
Simon

Nickel Creek, Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC
Very good show!!

ShawnG

Sarah McLachlan at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge last night. Raw talent like this is becoming a rarity and I felt priveliged to witness such a fine display of musicianship.

Only topped by James Taylor live at Blickling Hall in Norwich this Summer - now that was spine tingling!

It only took 16 years for Sarah to make it to the UK - I only hope it doesn't take Nickel Creek that long.

Cliff Richard

Earlier this year at the Albert Hall. Three hours of superb entertainment by a guy who, like Elvis, really can sing.

Mama Mia

A couple of months back at the Prince Edward. Again superb songs, in a new light, but very well presented. could almost feel ABBA in the theatre.

Buddy

OK, a couple of years ago, and a few other concerts in between. But, this time, I would say even better than the original (better instruments, better trained voices, better amplification)

Cheers

Don

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Originally posted by Simon Perry:
If this was Jane's Addiction after they reformed, then you missed nothing. If, on the other hand, it was before they split, then that is probably the most appalling error in gig going judgement I have ever come across! Who were the band that cancelled?
Simon

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It was this year - or was it late last year?
It was Mogwai that cancelled, but we just hung around the bar with lots of "faces". Bobby Gillespie strode in looking purposeful quite late on and poor old John Peel was surrounded by a gaggle of admirers at the bar, and he didn't seem able to escape. It turned out to be a live radio broadcast thingy - a week of Brighton live venues, and the only way we were there was because we were with some guy who is apparently a radio 1 DJ - but I don't know who he is. He kept blagging me beer all night though, so I shouldn't complain. Bit of a twat though, as these people tend to be sometimes.
This was just after Strays came out, so I wanted to see Janes Addiction.

Kate Rusby at Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Bit dissapointed, she admitted to having a cold but I found the whole performance a bit flat. She sang about sailors and Botany Bay which didn't seem to have any emotional meaning to her or to me or my partner for that matter. The performance only came alive on a couple of occasions where she covered contemporary songs such as Richard Thompson's 'Withered and Died'. She has a beautiful voice but not a lot of range so every song is one-dimensional. Her band was excellent though.

Coming back and seeing Nick Cave on Later perform with conviction and excitement made Kate's performance seem pretty dismal.

Andy