re: Your greatest concert experience ever?

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Best festival experience may have been Voodoo '04. I only went 1 day but the last three bands were Pixies, Green Day, and then Beastie Boys. I had never seen any of these bands before. I wasn't a huge fan of Green Day's latest stuff (american idiot) but they were actually pretty good live. Pixies were very good. I got within a few people of the stage for Beastie Boys and that was an awesome show.

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Killers, Sonic Youth, & Polyphonic Spree all played the main stage that day too.. Cypress Hill, Talib Kweli, Gogol Bordello, & Northern State played other stages... dog, happened to Voodooo???

The Cure concert at the Southern Star Amphitheater at Astroworld in 1986.
Bad Brains at Tipitina's.

fare thee well in chicago 2015
three days of bliss

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The Ramones opening for Pearl Jam in September 1995 because 1)The Ramones and 2)Pearl Jam.

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I was there. And I appreciate your take, as you are obviously a Romones fan.

I'm not. I thought their set was the biggest bunch of noise I'd ever heard in person, and 3/4 of the crowd totally tuned them out for that reason. But, it only built the anticipation for real music that was about to happen.

Not to mention, the canceled PJ tour at the height of their popularity made the only 4 shows they did nationwide that year all the more special. People came from all over the country to see that show. I was partying with people from Florida and Pennsylvania.

With the rain earlier in the day, the padded floor of Tad Gormley, the low-hanging clouds drifting over the stadium illuminated by the city lights on a balmy September night, and the anticipation... Pearl Jam put on my favorite concert ever.

You could tell that the band was eager to perform, too. The crowd matched their intensity. I think the crowd singing "Alive" was louder than the band. It was magical to experience, and I've been to a boatload of concerts.

Several years later, 92.3 WCKW asked the question, "What was the best concert you ever saw in New Orleans?" and Pearl Jam at Tad Gormley was the easy winner.

Many great ones but this one comes to mine - It was in the early 1980's (summer of 1981 I believe)at the Assembly Center. I was standing in the front row next to the stage. It was the last tour of the Jackson Five before Michael went off on his own. What a performer. Incredible concert.

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Killers, Sonic Youth, & Polyphonic Spree all played the main stage that day too.. Cypress Hill, Talib Kweli, Gogol Bordello, & Northern State played other stages... d

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I had almost all those bands on my list but I was only able to catch most of Polyphonic Spree and all of the Killers set. The Spree blew me away actually and became one of my favorite bands since then. The Killers sort of bombed unfortunately. They just did not seem happy to be there and the audience wasn’t feeling them either. I remember reading an article where they were interviewed and complained about the audience.

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Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live
The Summit in Houston, 1993

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I watched the dvd of this tour and it looked like an amazing show. I wanted to see him when he came to Atlanta but can’t remember why I couldn’t make it. I’ve regretted missing this tour ever since. I saw him at Chastain Park later on in his career and while it was a good show, it was nothing close to the Secret World tour.

Pink Floyd 1994

Went and saw them in Nashville at Vandy's football stadium. Was epic, especially with the 1/2 oz of weed and shrooms we had with us.

Runner-up would have to be seeing GnR before anybody really knew who they were. They opened up for Motley Crue on the Crue's Girls, Girls, Girls tour in '87. I saw them in Huntsville about 3 weeks before Appetite for Destruction came out.

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Eagles 2/11/80 at PMAC

Saw Metallica twice and both were awesome

1994 - Houston raceway park
1999 - Cajun Dome

More recently:

Muse - 2015 at staples center

Haven't been to a ton of festivals but ACL in 2013 was bad arse