Best concert you've attended

I’ve seen a lot of shows and I can’t say that there is one that was the best show I’ve ever seen in my life. Many are memorable for the setting, the events leading up to, during, or after a show. Some were great performances by bands I wasn’t expecting to be. The best show I’ve seen in the last 2 years was the most recent one that happened to be last night. The New Pornographers played a small venue in Baton Rouge. Standing room only with a crowd of about 150-200 people. It was like a living room concert. The band was tight and gave a great show. I’ve never not been disappointed by TNP live.

I’d say my top performing live bands would be:

New Order

The Cure

Skinny Puppy

Nine Inch Nails

Front 242

Calexico

Janelle Monae

Thievery Corporation

Massive Attack

Radiohead

New Pornographers

Broken Social Scene

Peter Murphy

Fishbone

Dave Alvin

Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys

Jason Collett

Flaming Lips

The The

U2

Depeche Mode

TV on the Radio

Old 97s

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

Neko Case

Norah Jones

OMD

Sonny Rollins

Van Morrison

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@bipod72 WOW! How do you have the time for anything else?

How can you even remember them all?

@tomcarr I’ve been going to concerts since I was a kid. My dad took me to see Chuck Berry, Bob Seger, Queen Ida, and the Moody Blues when I was young. The  first concert I went to with a friend, sans parents, was to see New Order and Echo & the Bunnymen at Red Rocks in 7th Grade. Fortunately, I was blessed with being able to see a lot of bands for relatively cheap. Music festivals were/are also a good way to see a lot of bands too for not much $. To say that I like seeing live music is an understatement. Also having lived in Denver, DC and New Orleans over the years, the ability to see a wide array of acts (big and small) in a variety of venues has been a blessing for sure. My kids love to see live music as well! So we now do the local music festivals here in Lafayette every year - Festival International and Festival Acadien et Creole.  A few weeks ago, I saw Alejandro Escavedo here in town as well. That was also a good show. 

Tie between Stevie Nicks in Indio, CA and Paul McCartney in Las Vegas. Also Dead and Co. at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Chicago and Earth Wind and Fire together in Las Vegas. Philip Bailey singing 25 or 6 to 4 I will remember a long time. 

Rolling Thunder Review, Madison Square Garden, December 8 1975.

No Nukes, Central Park, June 12 1982.