Best Live Band Concert You've Been To

For me, Collective Soul. The band is tight, Ed Roland's vocals impeccable and the stories growing up the son of a GA preacher and how that influenced his and his brother's music insightful.

Foreigner is 1B for me.

I went to see Rogers Waters after he left Pink Floyd, I wasn't a big Floyd fan but it was at Reunion Arena in Dallas, it was about half empty and they moved all the crowd down to the lower level, He did the Wall it was outhanding concert.

I saw Rolling Stones at the Cotton Bowl wasn't a big fan either, but they were outstanding as well.

Saw Hank Williams Jr at Six Flags over Texas, he kicked all the band off the stage and went solo for one hour.

Robert Plant on his solo tours was pure greatness, Page/Plant was great as well

Ozzy Osbourne "Shot in the Dark tour' in Fort Worth was on point

I saw Brooks and Dunn in Dallas, they put on great concert

Van Halen with Sammy at the Texxas Jams were great

Probably the best concert ever was Sammy Hagar live before he joined Van Halen

Triumph at the Texxas Jams were on point

They are all great concerts, and hard to rank as best ever any one of them.

The Day of Rock and Roll at the Super Dome in New Orleans in the late 70's. Foreigner, Chip Trick, Christopher Cross and the Eagles, all on the same day.

IMO, The Eagles are one of those very bands that sound better live than they do recorded.

Def Leppard and Heart in one show

Best concert ever but honestly couldn’t say who was better. Def Leppard sounded absolutely fantastic

But Heart killed it. Ann Wilson can sing like no other

Stevie ray Vaughn, the fabulous thunderbirds and the who at the cotton bowl. Easily the best ever!
Pink Floyd at reunion and Texas stadium
Rush at reunion.
Triumph at reunion.

Hank Williams, Jr.

Won entertainer of the year that year. Dude is amazingly talented.

Chicago, about 1977. They still tour and do more dates than any of the other old timers.

Metallica in 2018

Sevendust-Bronco Bowl. Hands down the BEST show I’ve seen.

Metallica was my first though. Coca-Cola Starplex, ‘99

Pat Green’s free show July 4th in Flower Mound wasn’t bad

I’ve been playing them lately on Pandora. Great tunes from my high school age

AC/DC in Fort Worth for the "Who Made Who Tour" was great, and I got to see in their last concert in Dallas which they were still rocking, just not quite as hard

Guns & Roses, Mannheim, Germany, 1992 I think

Tie between Boston - Don't Look Back and Van Halen - Diver Down. I did get laid after a Louisiana Le Roux concert, so that ranks up there too.

I hope I get a chance to see an AC/DC concert.

Charlie

I like Johnny Cash. Any concert in which he appeared.

Summer of '65 (IIRC)......The Beach Boys in Anaheim California.......Roy Orbison in San Antonio

Two, for me.

The James Gang and The Guess Who at Moody Coliseum in about ‘76.

And Elton John and Steely Dan in the Cotton Bowl in 1973....Yellow Brick Road had just come out....it was quite a show!

U2 years ago at the Alamo Dome in SA.

They were amazing at the state fair a cpl yrs back. They still have it.

Genesis or The Police pop

Van Halen or ACDC rock

ZZ Top or Black Crowes blues rock

Neil Young or Fleetwood Mac classic rock

Willie or Waylon country

They've all been pretty good, the only one that sucked was U2

Black Sabbath.

With or without Ozzy? I saw them with Dio .

They're better with RJD.

Metallica

Foo Fighters

I should've added Metallica and Tool, both were awesome.

With Ozzy, Dio, and also Tony Martin.

Springsteen, at the old Summit in Houston. We were right up front. Took about 3 days for my hearing to recover.

I’ve heard others bands interviewed and they said you do not want to perform after Sevendust because there is no way to compare to their live show.

Good taste in music BTW.

AC/DC For those about to rock tour. My ears are still ringing....

Also found REO Speedwagon and Doobie Brothers to be good.

Allman Brothers

The other concert questions were easy for me. This one is very difficult.
Overall, I can narrow it down to KISS (79), Van Halen (81), and AC/DC (81 & 09). In that order but so close it probably doesn't matter.

Sea Level

Funny, I was not a fan of either, but a group of co-workers were at a conference in Tampa and decided to go see Prince, backed up by Sly and The Family Stone. It was easily one of the most memorable concerts i had ever seen, just for the showmanship.

Already mentioned Bob Seger in other thread, but will add Roger Waters The Wall about 8 years ago. The visuals were amazing.

Bad Company playing the Straight Shooter album with Ted Nugent as the lead band was pretty good. REO, Rush, Robin Trower, Little Feat and others put on good shows.

Hal Ketchum in front of a small group was special. Marty Stuart, yes, Marty Stuart, was real nice as where Pam Tillis, the Oakridge Boys and more.

Best two shows though were at the rodeo. Alan Jackson was the entertainment and when we saw George roping, we knew what was gonna happen. During the performance, he jumped over the railing and two of them sang recently released Murder on Music Row. The second was when Alan Jackson got sick and they rushed in Clay Walker who sang to that full arena with only a guitar as accompaniment.

KISS 1998 with all four original members Woodlands Pavillion

Lynyrd Skynyrd reunion tour Halloween night 1987 The Summit in Houston

Billy Idol and The Cult together at the Summit in Houston

Too many.
It's like best song or best movie.

The top 4 for me would be
Skid Row when they opened for Bon Jovi. Absolutely blew the doors off of Jovi and I liked them so much I went and bought their CD the next day.
Billy Joel at a concert in Houston just before Christmas one year. He did his regular set plus about 30 minutes of Christmas songs.
Lionel Ritchie at the rodeo. I wasn’t expecting a lot, but he put on one heck of a show.
Rod Stewart at a show in Atlanta around 90/91. He canceled the show earlier in the year because he was sick. So when he came back at the end of the tour, he probably added 45 minutes to the end of the show to make up for it. At the end, he was up there with sheet music in his hands because he didn’t remember the words to all the extra songs they were playing and hadn’t done in 20 years. The guy can also kick a soccer ball a mile and probably launched 20 soccer balls from the stage to the general seating area in the grass.

While stationed out of Norfolk, heard that The Outlaws were playing in VA Beach.
They set up in a smallish club , probably held about 200-300 people, with those huge Marshall amps across one wall and put on one helluva show!
I couldn’t hear sh** for it seems like a week.

Genesis would have been cool. Phil Collins was awesome. Also a band that bonded my Dad and me/my brother growing up.

Chris Ledoux. Saw him 5 times and he never disappointed. GOD BLESS CHRIS LEDOUX!
We saw Kenny Loggins about two years ago and he was amazing also.

Alan Jackson, Dickies Arena, last year just prior to the shut down. Have also seen him twice before at the San Antonio Rodeo.

They have dates this year. I have a ticket available to me supposing I can fit it in my schedule.

https://www.genesis-music.com/

Barry Manilow in Vagus put on one heck of a show.

Lenny Kravitz 1st tour 1989 Auburn Alabama Craig Ross on guitar. His entire band playing through vintage tube amplifiers and crystal clear analog PA. The best sounding show I've ever attended over 35 years.

Opened for the cult. Left early.

Here's the set list when I saw them


https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/genesis/1984/the-summit-houston-tx-63d7a2e3.html

sat in the third row from the stage at reunion in the 80s and saw them/him bad [censored] and my seat was free. phil said"lets levitate" wow!

Jethro Tull.........Moody Blues and Zeplin in Dallas-Ft Worth early 70's...................................Chicago in San Antonio 90's

Concert I most enjoyed was the Cars "Candy O"

Boston was great. Best? Not so sure. Same with The Black Crowes.

Black Crowes got shut down at the astro hall for fighting, said they'd be back for a free concert after the tour. They booked the Sam Houston Coliseum, which was a dump by that time, and played one of the best shows I've seen

Metallica in 2009 with Death Magnetic in Chicago. Then Metallica in Houston and San Antonio on the most recent tour. Still kicking myself for not going to S&M 2.

Queen

Elvis, in his prime
Eagles w/Joe Walsh
Bob Seger
Queen woulda been awesome

This was an underrated post, thats hilarious. I regret never seeing Boston, they are one of my all time favorite bands.
Eagles are the best i've seen!

Not a big concert goer, but of what I have been too for me hands down Alabama was the one I enjoyed most.

I thought someone might be sniffing glue. Actually saw Boston at Retama when they came out of retirement.

I’m fortunate to say I been to many great concerts and could never choose one.....

Pitch, did you prefer the one with the Jackson Five or were the Backstreet Boys a better performance?

Chris Stapleton , Durant OK didn't know at the time how well he can play guitar.

Eagles , Hell freezes over tour in Bossier City, They did some Eagles songs , Some Don Henley songs , then
Joe Walsh stole the show, He started playing " Life's been good " and the crowd went wild.

MO

Best - Pink Floyd at Texas Stadium 1994
Worst - Waylon Jennings Billy Bob's early 90's.

did you get rained on?

Early 80's was the hey day of great rock tours. AC/DC Back in Black was awesome. But ZZ Top El Loco Tour and Judas Priest British Steel were kick [censored] as well.

DKershen, now that is badazz!! I missed all of that by five years.

Third Day, George Strait, and Don Williams tops for me.

Sublime in Prescot AZ. Still can't believe I'm a live after that weekend.

Years ago I saw a show in the round in Denver that had Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton performing together and they also had the Oak Ridge Boys and the Righteous Brothers on the ticket. I had seats 3 rows from the stage. That one was a good one.

But the absolute best was probably the original line up of Lynyrd Skynyrd in the Free Bird Tour. They played Mile High Stadium and I was 13 at the time. Less than 2 years later they had the plane crash. Those performing as Lynyrd Skynyrd today don't even compare to the original line up.

Yes. We were 15th row in front of the stage. Me or my buddies or people in the general vicinity may have been doing things that made weird [censored] happen with those laser lights in the rain. Best night I probably shouln't remember but do. It was great........

Nirvana 93 - that was incredible to see them live! I got punched in the face as I tried to grab a pick from Kurt’s mic stand that a roadie threw out in the crowd as the band finished the show, and Dave Grohl saw it go down. Security guards pulled me and the full grown man that punched me backstage. I got the pic, somehow, and He wanted it! They arrested him and Kurt and Dave came over to check on me. Kurt gave me the pic he played the entire show with and Dave got me a bunch of tour gear. Was the best punch I’ve ever taken! Lol!

Pink Floyd 94 at Rice (got rained on and the show ended early, but was incredible while it lasted)

Eagles at ACL Fest

Pantera in 94 or 95 (my band HollowPoint got to meet em before hand and they jammed our demo and gave us a shout out on stage - for a teenager, that was golden!)

Michael Franti and Spearhead. Hard to pick which show. They are all incredible. Highly suggest seeing them. It’s an experience and will lift your spirits for weeks. He’s invited me on a stage a few times. Absolutely love his energy.

Faith No More about 5 years back was outstanding

Foo Fighters are incredible live!!

Rage Against The Machine and Tool - Lollapalooza - wow.

Kings of Leon about 5-6 years back at the Cynthia Woods Mitchel Pavilion

Midnight Oil in 2002 in NYC - was there as their guests and the dudes are so cool. My buddy Harvey Arden was a National Geographic author, had written a book called DreamKeepers about Aboriginals from Australia and they were big fans. Arranged a meet up and they put on an amazing show and were just great guys to talk with.

Incubus in 2002 - Hartford CT one of the tightest performances, ever.

Willy - around 96 in Houston.

Polyphonic Spree circa 96 Christmas show in Dallas. Reunion tour a handful of years back for Tripping Daisy was equally as cool.

Dandy Warhols 2004ish - Engine Room, Houston.


I will likely remember more, but these were Epic!