Worst Concerts You Have Attended ??


I just left a remark about a favorite band of mine back in the day - April Wine - that I saw in concert and was disappointed. Could have been that it was an off night for them, or maybe they were never good in concert. Maybe the lead guitarist had too much to drink? April Wine was not the worst, however. I remember Neil Young in the 1990's who was on his one-man acoustic show type of tour that many artists were taking advantage of (perhaps for financial reasons) during that time. While a friend of I had near front row seats at Desert Sky Pavilion (now Ak-Chin) in Pheonix, the crowd was just roused up into a frenzy by the warm-up band (James) and here comes Neil and his guitar/harmonica. Wow, what a sonic letdown. I remember getting up and leaving and feeling Neil's glaring eyes on us as we ushered out. I think, to this day, he probably still remembers me. We all can remember the great live concerts we attended, but what were the worst and why?
goodlistening64
Best:  Roger Waters Us and Them tour Newark NJ.  No comments necessary. 

worst:  Joan Biaz. 1984 Cologne, West Germany.  Opened for Santana who opened for Bob Dylan.  Or maybe it was the other way around.    I enjoyed the train ride up and back from Baden but I had no money and cheaped out on tickets.  It was a soccer stadium.  Enough said. But hey.  It was West Germany!
Yomo Toro at Symphony Space. He was way too old, needed to be helped on and off the stage, could barely hold his cuatro never mind actually play it. He passed away a year later.

The concert producers should have been ashamed of themselves: for putting a revered artist in an embarrassing situation, and for ripping off a nearly full house.
Jethro Tull in the 70's
My fault our seats were on the back side of the stage. We saw Ian's back for the whole concert!
1968/1969  Country Joe and the Fish. Country Joe was too wasted to stand up much less perform.
Aaron Neville about 5 years ago had a bad night.
Black Crows about 30 years ago in a bad venue with the volume turned up so loud there was no music just noise.
@feldman
Sounds like the Warren Zevon I saw wasn't indicative of him as a live performer. That is very unfortunate, because he was a truly brilliant songwriter. And yes, because of the venue the audience sat in their seats for the entire show. Mind you, this was 1978 and the following night, same venue, we saw Springsteen and the E Street band play for almost 4 hours. Best show ever.