re: Best concert you attended or the worst

My favorite concerts are the ones that I went to on a whim, or because someone invited me. Something unexpected. So in that vein:

Gwar, at Tipitinas, 1995. My metal head friend invited me, and I wasn't doing anything better. Senior in high school. Got drunk and made out with some metal chick while being shot with Gwar splooge from the Cuttlefish of Cthulu.

Squirrel Nut Zippers - Mid 90s, before their breakout hit "Hell" came out. I was with some people I didn't know that well, one of them says "Hey, I know a guy who can get us balcony seats at Tips for a concert. Wanna go?" We had a great time, and the Squirrels were a delightful band to watch live.

Vampire Weekend - 2010 at the Mahalia Jackson. I had never really heard their music, but the wife wanted to go with friends. The concert was great. But, this was the night of the LSU/Florida game, and I was a little pissed that I was missing it. So During the opening act, I snuck into the VIP lounge and watched it before the headliner. When the band started playing, I was watching the score on my phone. I must not have been the only one, because when LSU finally scored after that fake fieldgoal, the whole crowd went wild. The band look around like "what the frick.. they must really like this song."

Most disappointing concert I can think of is probably Helmet at Tipitina's for their Betty tour. The concert was surprisingly boring.

One of the better concerts I attended was Mothers Finest back in 1980. They were very good live

Cowboy Mouth was the worst.

I think they played “Jenny says” 20 minutes.

And the drum set looked like it was bought from Montgomery Ward catalog.

Best - Pink Floyd 1990 ,Pittsburgh Three Rivers Stadium
Black Sabbath -2017 Detroit
Worst- Megadeth in Cleveland yrs back ...they just went through the motions ..Pantera opened up for them and blew them off the stage ...It just when Pantera was skyrocketing to the top of the metal/thrash world ...Megadeth was real watered down .

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Billy Joel New Orleans 2017

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Wasn't this the concert where he opened with
"Angry Young Man" as the piano rose on to the stage from underneath, and upon being done, the older, heavier, balding, gray-haired artist said, "Hi, I'm Billy's Dad"?

I always found Peelander Z more entertaining than Gwar as far as over the top goof bands

Rammstein at the Cajun Dome was quite the visual attraction as well

Best - Summer of 1981. Baton Rouge. Jackson Five. This was their last tour before Michael went solo. We were standing on the first row right next to the stage.

Worst - I go to the Endymion Extravaganza every year and it is usually great. The worst was when they let Kevin Costner sing. People were leaving in droves.

Worst: James Brown in Birmingham in 2000.

Best: Garth Brooks 1997 in BR.

I saw the same concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland. MMJ came on at like 6:30 PM which was very strange. They put on a good show along with Wilco but neither bad played very long since they were openers. Dylan came on and just basically sucked. Very surreal performance from a legend. We left halfway through his set when they shutdown the beer sales.

Best- Stones 78

Worst- Steve Windwood 89
He wore a Janet Jackson like headset and was trying to actually dance around. I was embarrassed for him.