What was the best concert you have ever seen?

[Expat]

Styx 1979... I don't remember much of it, but I am sure I had a good time.

 

[Goosepond Monster]

Reading this thread makes me quite jealous and I wish I had the chance to see some of these great 70's bands. It's a good thing they live on through vinyl.

 

[vulindlela]

Very easy to answer.

Monster's Of Rock Tour
Candlestick Park
San Francisco
July 16, 1988

Kingdom Come
Metallica
Dokken
Scorpions
Van Halen

All for $25!

 

[MrSmitty]

Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA" tour, 1985, Frankfurt, Germany....He played for 3 hours

 

[churchmouse]

Man that’s a tough one.

Saw ELO at the square. Amazing show.
Saw yes in Chicago. Perfection.
Saw Kansas at the dome on the tour for Masque. They were fabulous.
Saw sabbath at the same show and good God they were great.
Saw Bob Segar and the silver bullet band.
Those guys were on fire.
Saw Rush at the arena. What a great show.
Saw the Moody Blues and they were great.
Hard to say any was the best.

 

[churchmouse]

Wow talk about threads from the archives

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

Van Morrison 04/07/2004
Chicago Theatre, Chicago IL
(setlist)
Immaculate Speech of the Heart I & II
Have I Told You Lately
Once in a Blue Moon
Back on Top
In the Midnight
Days Like This
Cleaning Windows
Vanlose Stairway
Stop Drinking
Bright Side of the Road
All Work and No Play
Into the Mystic
Whinin Boy Moan
Sometimes We Cry
Jackie Wilson Said
Precious Time
It's All in the Game
(encore)
Brown-Eyed Girl
Gloria

 

[JCSR]

The necrophilia is strong in this thread .

 

[klausm]

Styx 1979... I don't remember much of it, but I am sure I had a good time.

was that at the ACC in South Bend?, I was there

 

[klausm]

Springsteen about 20 years ago in Indy
His energy level is amazing

 

[churchmouse]

was that at the ACC in South Bend?, I was there

Saw Styx in Columbus Ohio. They were amazing.

 

[klausm]

saw Seger in Fort Wayne a few years ago and he was still rockin

 

[Expat]

was that at the ACC in South Bend?, I was there

Indiana State Fairgrounds

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Seen may a good show from a lot of big name bands over the years, but I'll have to say The Eagles. First, they've always been one of my top 3 bands of all time. Second, I didn't see them until just a few years back (before we lost Glenn) so I was able to take the wife and kids with me. My wife and I danced in the isle next to the sound board as they played "our song" ... "Love will keep us alive"

Honorable mention to "Get The Led Out", a Led Zeppelin tribute band.
Zeppelin is one of the few I didn't get to see live, but now after seeing "Get The Led Out" a couple times... I feel I have.
Extremely faithful to the Led Zeppelin experience.
Like listening to a studio album.


It wasn't a concert per se, but we did go see "Phantom of the opera" once.
That was completely amazing...

 

[nipprdog]

YES, on the rotating stage. Twice.

 

[Double T]

Recently, Ghost and Volbeat put on a great show.

 

[cosermann]

John Denver, 1980 in Saginaw Michigan. He sang the ENTIRE concert (had to be at least 2 hrs). Even when his band took a break, John stayed on stage by himself, and with just his guitar entertained the packed arena.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Led Zeppelin
Market Square arena
April 17th 1977.
My very first concert. Got in with a 5 dollar fake ticket. Real tickets were only $7.50. I was 14 years old

 

[snorko]

1987 U2 The Joshua Tree Tour. Hoosier Dome in the corporate suite of my room mate's father's law firm. The BoDeans and Los Lobos were the opening acts. Per wikipedia: On 1 November in Indianapolis, U2 appeared as their own support act, disguised as "The Dalton Brothers", playing between sets by the BoDeans and Los Lobos. They were dressed in Western outfits and wigs while Bono spoke with a twangy southern accent. Playing their own country-influenced song, "Lucille", and Hank Williams' "Lost Highway", only some of the audience in the front few rows recognised them.

 

[gregr]

I`ve seen Styx, Elton John, and Chicago. I`d say of those, Elton John was the best, at Market Square Arena in 1976.

The concerts I WISH I`d have seen:

Eagles
Rolling Stones
Boston
Moody Blues
Steely Dan
Jackson Browne
Jim Croce
Dooby Brothers

I reserve the right to add to the list of concerts I WISH I`d have seen.