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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: lonestar on March 27, 2012, 09:20:48 AM
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Only five, no more, no less. Specific shows, not acts in general. If you can find the date and setlist, share them please.
Mine-
Pete Townshend- Psychoderelict tour, Berkeley Community Theater- Aug 3, 1993
Set 1
Tommy Can You Hear Me?
Let My Love Open The Door
Rough Boys
Keep Me Turning
Pinball Wizard
Who Are You
'Till The Rivers All Run Dry
Sheraton Gibson
Sleeping Dog
English Boy
Meher Baba M3
Let's Get Pretentious
Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box)
Early Morning Dreams
I Want That Thing
Outlive the Dinosaur
Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box)
Flame (Demo)
Now and Then
I Am Afraid
Electronic Wizardry
Don't Try to Make Me Real
Predictable
Flame
Meher Baba M5 (Vivaldi)
Fake It
Now And Then (Reprise)
Baba O'Riley (Demo)
English Boy (Reprise)
Set 2
North Country Girl
A Little Is Enough
Behind Blue Eyes
Face the Face
Won't Get Fooled Again
Let's See Action
Got Love If You Want It
(The Kinks cover)
I'm the Face
Save It For Later
(The Beat cover)
The Kinks, Farewell Tour, Berkeley Community Theater, 1988
No setlist found, but they played for over three and a half hours, with six encores, in which they kept turning on and off the lights. Classic Kinks fucking with the audience.
Roger Waters, The Wall, San Jose HP Pavillion, Dec. 7, 2010
Set: The Wall
Dream Theater, World Turbulence Tour, San Fransisco Warfield Theater, March 9, 2002
Finally Free outro (intro tape)
1. The Glass Prison
2. Strange Deja Vu
3. Surrounded
4. Burning My Soul
5. Another Hand/
6. The Killing Hand
7. The Great Debate
8. Another Dimension (LTE)
9. keyboard solo/
10. Lines in the Sand
11. Take the Time (w/ excerpts of Working Man (Rush) and By-Tor (Rush))
~~~intermission~~~
12. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence:
I Overture (orchestra-only intro tape)
13. II About to Crash
14. III War Inside My Head
15. IV The Test That Stumped Them All
16. V Goodnight Kiss
17. VI Solitary Shell
18. VII About to Crash (reprise)
19. VIII Losing Time/Grand Finale
~~~encore~~~
20. Home
21. The Spirit Carries On
22. Peruvian Skies
23. Pull Me Under (w/ Master of Puppets (Metallica))
(it was a tough call between this and the Scenes tour, but this one won out by a nose)
Yes, Masterworks Tour, Concord Pavillion, June 21, 2000
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
(Benjamin Britten song)
Close to the Edge
Starship Trooper
The Gates of Delirium
Heart of the Sunrise
Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)
I've Seen All Good People
Roundabout
Let's see what you got, I'm sure some peeps here have seen some kick ass shows...
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Off the top of my head however I may change it:
Dredg - St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre - April 26, 2009
I can't recall the setlist but it did have some of my favorite songs and the place was just full of so much energy, songs that I remember:
- The Canyon Behind Her
- Triangle
- Lightswitch
Roger Waters - The Wall Live - Sometime in November, I can't seem to remember the Date
Kaki King - Freak Guitar Tour @ Capitol Theatre - November 9, 2011
I lost the setlist somewhere but she played some of my favorites as well some stellar covers, what I can remember:
- Bone Chaos In The Castle
- Zeitgeist
- Playing With Pink Noise
- Ingots
- Nails (Hidden song from My Insect Life)
- Sunnyside
Tom Petty - O' Connell Center @ UF Gainesville, Florida - Sept. 21, 2006 (filmed for DVD)
1. Listen To Her Heart
2. Mary Jane's Last Dance
3. I Won't Back Down
4. Free Fallin'
5. Saving Grace
6. I'm A Man
7. Oh Well
8. Handle With Care
9. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
10. I Need To Know
11. It's Good To Be King
12. Down South
13. Southern Accents
14. Insider
15. Learning To Fly (Awesome piano version)
16. Don't Come Around Here No More
17. Running Down A Dream
18. You Wreck Me
19. Mystic Eyes
20. American Girl
(I started working for the O'Dome after I became a student so I saw many, many great shows there)
Dream Theater - Score
Don't really have to post the setlist to this one. :)
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Liquid Tension Experiment, 07/27/08, (Downey, CA)
Acid Rain
Kindred Spirits
Biaxident
Freedom of Speech
Improv Jam #1
Another Dimension
State of Grace
Universal Mind
(with keyboard solo)
When the Water Breaks
Improv Jam #2
Rhapsody in Blue
(George Gershwin cover)
Osmosis
Paradigm Shift
Iron Maiden/WASP, 3/4/85, Dallas, Tx
Intro - Churchill's Speech
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Powerslave
Guitar Solo
The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Run to the Hills
Running Free
Sanctuary
Metallica/Queensryche, 2/5/89, Dallas, Tx
The Ecstasy of Gold
(Ennio Morricone song)
Blackened
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Leper Messiah
Harvester of Sorrow
Eye of the Beholder
Bass Solo
Master of Puppets
One
Seek & Destroy
...And Justice for All
Encore:
Creeping Death
Fade to Black
Guitar Solo
Battery
Encore 2:
Last Caress
(Misfits cover)
Am I Evil?
(Diamond Head cover)
Whiplash
Queen of the Reich
Anarchy-X
Revolution Calling
Operation: Mindcrime
Speak
Spreading the Disease
Take Hold of the Flame
Breaking the Silence
I Don't Believe in Love
Eyes of a Stranger
Iron Maiden, 2/19/08, Los Angeles, CA
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
Revelations
The Trooper
Wasted Years
The Number of the Beast
Can I Play With Madness
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Powerslave
Heaven Can Wait
Run to the Hills
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Moonchild
The Clairvoyant
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Roger Waters, 11/6/06, Hollywood, CA
First Set
In the Flesh
Mother
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Southampton Dock
The Fletcher Memorial Home
Perfect Sense (Parts 1 and 2)
Leaving Beirut
Sheep
Second set
Speak to Me
Breathe
On the
Time (w/ Nick Mason)
Breathe (Reprise)
The Great Gig in the Sky
Money
Us and Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
Encore:
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
Comfortably Numb
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Damn I wish I had caught the DSOTM tour.
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Damn I wish I had caught the DSOTM tour.
Caught it twice. Here in Dallas and at the Hollywood Bowl (worth the trip). Honestly, the show probably wouldn't have made the list based solely on the concert, but looking at the overall picture it certainly should qualify. Talk about a spectacle.
(https://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo299/000jesus/floydw.jpg?t=1332871394)
not my picture
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Nothing will ever top...
Pink Floyd, 06/20/1994, Kansas City, MO
Set 1:
Astronomy Domine
Learning to Fly
What Do You Want from Me
On the Turning Away
Poles Apart
Take It Back
Sorrow
Keep Talking
One of These Days
Set 2:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
Breathe in the Air
Time
Breathe (Reprise)
High Hopes
The Great Gig in the Sky
Wish You Were Here
Us and Them
Money
Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
Comfortably Numb
Encore:
Hey You
Run Like Hell
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Kinda how I felt about the Wall's visuals. Musically alone, it would have been just a great show, but after 200+ concerts and many many musicals, visually it made them all look stupid and amateurish. The second solo of Comfortably Numb, with the Wall exploding in color, was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
For me, nothing will top that Yes show. I had a friend with me who knew little of their music other than radio hits, but was a musician herself. About ten minutes into Close to the Edge, during the I get up, I get down part, the grabbed my knee,and I looked towards her. She had tears streaming down her face, and mouthed "thank you" to me, then turned back to the show. Amazing testament to the power of music.
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For me:
Rush-August 30th, 2010 (I think), Atlanta GA
Set 1:
The Spirit of Radio
Time Stand Still
Presto
Stick it Out
Workin' Them Angels
Leave That Thing Alone
Faithless
BU2B
Freewill
Marathon
Subdivisions
Set 2:
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Limelight
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs
Caravan
Drum Solo
Closer to the Heart
2112 Overture/Temples of Syrinx
Far Cry
Encore:
La Villa Strangiato (with polka intro)
Working Man (with reggae intro)
Bruce Springsteen-September 16th, 2009, Greenville SC
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Badlands
No Surrender
Hungry Heart
Outlaw Pete
Working On a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Atlantic City
Raise Your Hand (Eddie Floyd cover)
This Hard Land
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Rolling Stones Cover)
Ramrod
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Backstreets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
Encore:
Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster cover)
Double Shot of My Love (Swingin' Medallions cover)
American Land
Glory Days
Detroit Medley
Dancing in the Dark
Thunder Road
The Dear Hunter/Porcupine Tree/Coheed & Cambria, August 2010, Asheville NC
In Cauda Venenum
The Procession
The Thief
The Church and the Dime
He Said He Had a Story
Occum's Razor
The Blind House
Great Expectations
Kneel and Disconnect
Drawing the Line
Open Car
Russia on Ice/Anesthetize
Trains
Blackest Eyes
The Start of Something Beautiful
Way Out of Here
Sleep Together
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Ten Speed (of God's Blood and Burial)
Here We Are Juggernaut
The Crowing
The Suffering
Pearl of the Stars
Everything Evil
When Skeletons Live
Fuel for the Feeding End
Delirium Trigger
No World for Tomorrow
Encore:
Wake Up
World of Lines
Welcome Home
Mastodon + a shitton of bands I don't care about-December 6th 2011, Atlanta GA
Dry Bone Valley
Black Tongue
Crystal Skull
I Am Ahab
Capillarian Crest
Colony of Birchmen
Megalodon
Blasteroids
Sleeping Giant
Ghost of Karelia
All the Heavy Lifting
Spectrelight
Curl of the Burl
Bedazzled Fingernails
Circle of Cysquatch
Aqua Dementia
Crack the Skye
Where Strides the Behemoth
Iron Tusk
March of the Fire Ants
Blood and Thunder
Encore:
The Creature Lives (with Dillenger Escape Plan, Black Lips, Tiger Tiger, Red Fang, and Monstro)
Muse-February 2010, Atlanta GA
Too lazy to look for the setlist.
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I hate myself so much for missing that Dear Hunter/PT/Coheed tour :'(
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Forgot they played Mustard Gas too!
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1. Dream Theater- ADTOE Tour
Bridges in the Sky
These Walls
Build Me Up, Break Me Down
Endless Sacrifice
Drum Solo
The Ytse Jam
Acoustic
The Silent Man
Beneath the Surface
Outcry
On the Backs of Angels
Forsaken
Through My Words
Fatal Tragedy
Breaking All Illusions
Encore:
Under a Glass Moon
2. Porcupine Tree- Incident Tour
Occam's Razor
The Blind House
Great Expectations
Kneel and Disconnect
Drawing the Line
The Incident
Your Unpleasant Family
The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train
Time Flies
Degree Zero of Liberty
Octane Twisted
The Séance
Circle of Manias
I Drive the Hearse
(False start; Steven Wilson's … more)
The Start of Something Beautiful
Russia on Ice
(First half)
Anesthetize
(Part 2: "The Pills I'm Taking")
Normal
Strip the Soul
(Coda segued into .3)
.3
(Second half)
Bonnie the Cat
Encore:
The Sound of Muzak
Trains
3. Rush - Time Machine Tour
The Spirit of Radio
Time Stand Still
Presto
Stick It Out
Workin' Them Angels
Leave That Thing Alone
Faithless
BU2B
Freewill
Marathon
Subdivisions
Set 2
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ
Limelight
The Camera Eye
Witch Hunt
Vital Signs
Caravan
Drum Solo
(Love 4 Sale)
Closer to the Heart
2112 Part I: Overture
2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
Far Cry
Encore:
La Villa Strangiato
Working Man
4. Tool- 2012 tour
Hooker With a Penis
Jambi
(-) Ions
Stinkfist
Ticks & Leeches
Pushit
Schism
Intension
Forty-Six & 2
Lateralus
Ænema
5. Zappa plays Zappa- Prog Nation tour 09
The Purple Lagoon
(Frank Zappa cover)
(Unknown)
(introduced as multiple songs … more)
Dirty Love
(Frank Zappa cover)
Pygmy Twylyte
(Frank Zappa cover)
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
(Frank Zappa cover)
(Unknown)
(multiple songs? possibly including Inca Roads)
Bamboozled by Love
(Frank Zappa cover)
(Unknown)
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I tried to do 5, but every single time I tried, my computer crashed. So, here is the set for the most amazing concert I've ever been:
Jerry Lee Lewis :
“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”
Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“Woodstock”
“Marrakech Express”
“Almost Cut My Hair”
Bonnie Raitt with David Crosby and Graham Nash:
“Love Has No Pride”
Bonnie Raitt and Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“Midnight Rider”
Jackson Browne with Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“The Pretender”
James Taylor with David Crosby and Graham Nash:
“Mexico”
Crosby, Stills and Nash with James Taylor:
“Love the One You’re With”
Crosby, Stills and Nash:
“Rock and Roll Woman”
Crosby, Stills and Nash with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and James Taylor:
“Teach Your Children”
Paul Simon:
“Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”
“Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”
“You Can Call Me Al”
Dion DiMucci with Paul Simon:
“The Wanderer”
Paul Simon with David Crosby and Graham Nash:
“Here Comes the Sun”
Paul Simon:
“Late in the Evening”
Little Anthony and the Imperials:
“Two People in the World”
Simon and Garfunkel: “The Sounds of Silence”
“Mrs. Robinson”/”Not Fade Away”
“The Boxer”
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”
“Cecilia”
Stevie Wonder: “Blowin’ in the Wind”
“Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”
“I Was Made To Love You”
“For Once in My Life”
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”
“Boogie On Reggae Woman”
Smokey Robinson with Stevie Wonder:
“The Tracks of My Tears”
John Legend with Stevie Wonder:
“Mercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)”
Stevie Wonder with John Legend:
“The Way You Make Me Feel”
B.B. King with Stevie Wonder:
“The Thrill Is Gone”
Stevie Wonder:
“Living for the City”
Stevie Wonder and Sting:
“Higher Ground”/”Roxanne”
Stevie Wonder with Jeff Beck:
“Superstition”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“10th Avenue Freeze-Out”
Sam Moore with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“Hold On I’m Comin’”
“Soul Man”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with Tom Morello:
“The Ghost of Tom Joad”
John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“Fortunate Son”
“Proud Mary”
“Oh. Pretty Woman”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“Jungleland”
Darlene Love with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“A Fine, Fine Boy”
“Da Doo Ron Ron”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band with Tom Morello:
“London Calling”
“Badlands”
Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“You May Be Right”
“Only the Good Die Young”
“New York State of Mind”
“Born To Run”
Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Tom Morello, Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, Peter Wolf and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
“(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”
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Tough to pick. I'll try to be objective and go more after what was really awesome, then which band I like more. Because I feel like it wouldn't be fair to pick a band I like more then another, if the live-show wasn't as good. I also have the bad luck of living in Sweden, so I haven't gotten to see all the bands I want to. Still, here's my picks:
Porcupine Tree - The Incident Tour - Lund (2009)
1. Occam's Razor
2. The Blind House
3. Great Expectations
4. Kneel and Disconnect
5. Drawing the Line
6. The Incident
7. Your Unpleasant Family
8. The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train
9. Time Flies
10. Degree Zero of Liberty
11. Octane Twisted
12. The Seancé
13. Circle of Manias
14. I Drive the Hearse
---------Break------------
15. The Start of Something Beautiful
16. Stars Die
17. Anesthetize (Part 2)
18. Remember Me Lover
19. Strip the Soul/.3
20. Mother and Child Divided
---------Encore------------
21. The Sound of Muzak
22. Trains
Pain of Salvation - Road Salt Two Tour - Gothenburg (2012)
1. Softly She Cries
2. Ashes
3. Linoleum
4. The Deeper Cut
5. 1979
6. To the Shoreline
7. Iter Impius
8. Chain Sling
9. The Perfect Element
10. Stress
11. Kingdom of Loss
12. Healing Now
13. No Way
------Encore--------
14. Nights in White Satin (Cover)
15. Enter Rain
16. The Physics of Gridlock
17. Sisters
Opeth - Heritage Tour - Gothenburg (2011)
1. The Devil's Orchard
2. I Feel the Dark
3. Face of Melinda
4. Porcelain Heart
5. Nepenthe
------Acoustic Set--------
6. The Throat of Winter
7. Credence
8. Closure
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9. Slither
10. A Fair Judgement
11. Hex Omega
-------Encore--------
12. Folklore
Riverside - Memories in My Head Tour - Gothenburg (2011)
1. After
2. Artificial Smile
3. Hyperactive
4. Living in the Past
5. Ultimate Trip
6. Conceiving You
7. Egoist Hedonist
8. Left Out
9. 02 Panic Room
10. Second Life Syndrome (Part 1 & 3)
-------Encore----------
11. Forgotten Land
12. Reality Dream III
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will Tour - Gothenburg (2011)
1. White Noise
2. Friend of the Night
3. Death Rays
4. Rano Pano
5. I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
6. I Know You Are, But What Am I?
7. San Pedro
8. How to Be a Werewolf
9. George Square Thatcher Death Party
10. New Paths to Helicon Pt.1
11. 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
12. Batcat
-------Encore----------
13. Hunted By a Freak
14. Auto Rock
15. We're No Here
Would also have said Tallest Man on Earth when I saw him, but can't remember the exact setlist. :/
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Rush- Great Woods Amphitheater, Mansfield, MA, June 23, 1997 6th row and 2112 is on the live album Different Stage CD
Dreamline
Limelight
Stick It Out
Driven
Half the World
Red Barchetta
Animate
Limbo
The Trees
Virtuality
Nobody's Hero
Closer to the Heart
2112 Part I: Overture
2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
2112 Part III: Discovery
2112 Part IV: Presentation
2112 Part V: Oracle: The Dream
2112 Part VI: Soliloquy
2112 Part VII: Grand Finale
Set Two
Test for Echo
Freewill
Red Sector A
Roll the Bones
Resist
Leave That Thing Alone
Drum Solo
Natural Science
Force Ten
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer
Encore:
YYZ
("Cygnus X-1" outro)
Porcupine Tree - Somerville Theater, Boston, MA, May 18, 2005
Deadwing
The Sound of Muzak
Lazarus
Halo
A Smart Kid
Hatesong
Arriving Somewhere but Not Here
Fadeaway
Shallow
The Start of Something Beautiful
Blackest Eyes
Even Less
Encore:
Shesmovedon
Trains
Pink Floyd at Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA, on May 20, 1994
Astronomy Domine
Learning to Fly
What Do You Want from Me
On the Turning Away
Take It Back
A Great Day for Freedom
Sorrow
Keep Talking
One of These Days
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
Breathe
Time
Breathe (Reprise)
High Hopes
The Great Gig in the Sky
Wish You Were Here
Us and Them
Money
Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
Comfortably Numb
Encore:
Hey You
Run Like Hell
Rush - Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME, December 4, 1985 Opening night of this tour.
Front row with the Steve Morse Band opening
The Spirit of Radio
Limelight
The Big Money
New World Man
Subdivisions
Manhattan Project
Middletown Dreams
Red Sector A
Closer to the Heart
Marathon
The Trees
Mystic Rhythms
Distant Early Warning
Territories
The Weapon
YYZ
Drum Solo
Red Lenses
Tom Sawyer
Encore:
2112 Part I: Overture
2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
Grand Designs
In the Mood
Dream Theater - Rocky Point Palladium, Warwick, RI, May 15, 1993
Learning to Live
Under a Glass Moon
Status Seeker
Wait for Sleep
Surrounded
Puppies on Acid
Take the Time
To Live Forever
Another Day
Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper
Encore:
Eve
Pull Me Under
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Oh God, this is difficult. Let's see:
Iron Maiden @ Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium. June 29, 2008
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
Revelations
The Trooper
Wasted Years
The Number of the Beast
Can I Play With Madness
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Powerslave
Heaven Can Wait
Run to the Hills
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Moonchild
The Clairvoyant
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Opeth @ Zwarte Cross Festival, Lichtenvoorde. The Netherlands. July 26, 2009
Heir Apparent
Ghost of Perdition
The Lotus Eater
Godhead's Lament
Closure w/ jam
The Leper Affinity
Deliverance
Demon of the Fall
Shadow Gallery @ Biebob, Vosselaar, Belgium. October 17, 2010
Stiletto In The Sand
War For Sale
Mystery
Deeper Than Life
Pain
Destination Unknown
Questions At Hand
Ghost of a Chance
Digital Ghost (Intro)
Brian's Solo Piece
Strong
Drum Solo
Strong Part II
Keyboard Segue
Andromeda Strain
Crystalline Dream
Haunted
Encore:
Room V
Gold Dust
Dream Theater @ IJsselhallen, Zwolle, The Netherlands. February 1, 2012
Bridges in the Sky
6:00
Build Me Up, Break Me Down
Surrounded
The Root of All Evil
Drum Solo
A Fortune in Lies
Outcry
The Silent Man
Beneath the Surface
On the Backs of Angels
War Inside My Head
The Test that Stumped Them All
The Spirit Carries On
Breaking All Illusions
Encore:
Pull Me Under
Pain of Salvation @ De Bosuil, Weert, The Netherlands. March 10, 2012
20th Century Fox Theme Flute Edition
Road Salt Theme
Softly She Cries
Ashes
Linoleum
The Deeper Cut
1979
To the Shoreline
Chain Sling
Iter Impius
Ending Theme
The Perfect Element
Stress
Healing Now
Kingdom of Loss
No Way
Encore:
She (KISS cover)
The Physics of Gridlock
Sisters
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I'm so jelly of all you guys who saw Pink Floyd on the Division Bell tour
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Dream Theater - ADTOE, Dec 4, 2011, Mesa Arts Center
Front row, 3 seats left of center. JLB and JMX within inches of me all night long
1. Bridges in the Sky
2. These Walls
3. Build Me Up, Break Me Down
4. Endless Sacrifice
Drum Solo
5. Ytse Jam
6. The Silent Man
7. Beneath the Surface
8. Outcry
9. On the Backs of Angels
10. Forsaken
11. Through My Words
12. Fatal Tragedy
13. Breaking All Illusions
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14. Under a Glass Moon
Rush, RTB Tour, Dec 16, 1991, Maple Leaf Gardens
(first time seeing Rush; The Tragically Hip opened)
Force Ten
Limelight
Freewill
Distant Early Warning
Time Stand Still
Dreamline
Bravado
Roll the Bones
Show Don't Tell
The Big Money
Ghost of a Chance
Subdivisions
The Pass
Where's My Thing?
The Rhythm Method
Closer to the Heart
Xanadu
Superconductor
Tom Sawyer
The Spirit of Radio
2112: Overture/Finding My Way/La Villa Strangiato/Anthem/Red Barchetta/The Spirit Of Radio (reprise)
Page/Plant, March 27, 1995, Skydome
The Wanton Song
Bring It on Home
Celebration Day
Thank You
Dancing Days
Shake My Tree
Lullaby
No Quarter
Gallows Pole
Hurdy-Gurdy Solo
Nobody's Fault But Mine
The Song Remains the Same
Since I've Been Loving You
Friends
Calling to You
Four Sticks
In the Evening
Black Dog
Kashmir
Rush, T4E Tour, June 30, 1997, Molson Amphitheater
Dreamline
Limelight
Stick It Out
Driven
Half the World
Red Barchetta
Animate
Limbo
The Trees
Virtuality
Nobody's Hero
Closer to the Heart
2112 (Complete)
Test for Echo
Freewill
Red Sector A
Roll the Bones
Resist
Leave That Thing Alone
Drum Solo
Natural Science
Force Ten
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer
YYZ
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, December 30, 2009, Copps Colisseum
(3rd row, first time my kids saw them)
Night Enchanted
March of the Kings
An Angel Came Down
O Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night
The Prince of Peace
First Snow
A Mad Russian's Christmas
Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)
Good King Joy
Ornament
Old City Bar
Promises to Keep
This Christmas Day
An Angel Returned
Epilogue
Toccata - Carpimus Noctem
The Mountain
Dreams We Conceive
Queen of the Winter Night
Moonlight and Madness
Siberian Sleigh Ride
An Angel's Share
Wizards in Winter
Mozart/Figaro
Christmas Canon Rock
Carmina Burana
Requiem (The Fifth)
Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness)
Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) (Reprise)
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Rush- Great Woods Amphitheater, Mansfield, MA, June 23, 1997 6th row and 2112 is on the live album Different Stage CD
I came real close to including that tour, myself. Like you, I had fifth row, absolute dead center. My first opportunity to sit and watch the Professor do his thing, up close and personal like. God damned captivating, to say the least.
I'm so jelly of all you guys who saw Pink Floyd on the Division Bell tour
I considered that, as well. By a weird bit of happenstance, I wound up with seats that were actually too close to appreciate the enormity of it all, which lessened the experience. Rather than the spectacle side of things, I got the musical side, and quite frankly that lineup isn't all that interesting to watch up close. Not complaining though, and it still nearly made the list for being a fantastic show.
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I'm so jelly of all you guys who saw Pink Floyd on the Division Bell tour
I saw them on the tour earlier, real good show. I also saw Waters do Radio K.A.O.S. a month beforehand, so I got a full dose of Floyd over the two shows.
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I've been to exactly 5 "real" concerts so far. #6 will be Opeth and Mastodon, and #7 will be Evanescence and Shinedown.
But I can rank the 5 shows I've been to I guess
1. Trivium
2. Coheed and Cambria
3. Between the Buried and Me, Animals as Leaders, Tessaract
4. Eisley
5. Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Sevendust
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Rush- Great Woods Amphitheater, Mansfield, MA, June 23, 1997 6th row and 2112 is on the live album Different Stage CD
I came real close to including that tour, myself. Like you, I had fifth row, absolute dead center. My first opportunity to sit and watch the Professor do his thing, up close and personal like. God damned captivating, to say the least.
I'm so jelly of all you guys who saw Pink Floyd on the Division Bell tour
I considered that, as well. By a weird bit of happenstance, I wound up with seats that were actually too close to appreciate the enormity of it all, which lessened the experience. Rather than the spectacle side of things, I got the musical side, and quite frankly that lineup isn't all that interesting to watch up close. Not complaining though, and it still nearly made the list for being a fantastic show.
Did the show really come off as grand as PULSE makes it out to be?
I'm so jelly of all you guys who saw Pink Floyd on the Division Bell tour
I saw them on the tour earlier, real good show. I also saw Waters do Radio K.A.O.S. a month beforehand, so I got a full dose of Floyd over the two shows.
Was that the Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour?
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Did the show really come off as grand as PULSE makes it out to be?
Beats the shit out of me. Like I said, it was more of an intimate thing for me up front, rather than the spectacle that was PULSE. It was kind of strange. We were so close that we only saw a small part of the stage, yet the stage was so ginormous that you never felt connected with the band, either. For one thing, the stage itself was two stories up. There was an 8' wall of car headlights in front of us (blinded us every time they came on), and we were constantly looking up to see the guys. We were underneath the background singers/Dick Parry, and between the stage and the amps they were standing on, they seemed 30' above us.
Another example was when the pigs that came out during One Of These Days. Those towers projected out a bit, so they were actually over our heads. The guy behind me tapped me on the shoulder and pointed up so I'd even notice them.
Seeing PULSE actually makes me wish I'd had better seats for the show. That remains the greatest light show ever produced, IMO. I'd loved to have been able to take it in more than we could.
Rush- Great Woods Amphitheater, Mansfield, MA, June 23, 1997 6th row and 2112 is on the live album Different Stage CD
I came real close to including that tour, myself. Like you, I had fifth row, absolute dead center. My first opportunity to sit and watch the Professor do his thing, up close and personal like. God damned captivating, to say the least.
Was that the Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour?
Can't speak for Lonestar, but they actually toured twice with TDB. Before the stadium tour that most of us saw was a smaller arena tour. It actually hit Dallas a year earlier, but I wasn't a big PF fan at that point so I didn't go. That's probably what he was talking about.
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Yes, it was the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, the first one they did without Waters. I remember reading that the first show of the tour they opened up with Echoes, as Gilmour said, "our way of saying hello.'
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Did the show really come off as grand as PULSE makes it out to be?
Honestly, as awesome as Pulse is, it would have been better if:
a) They opened the show with Astronomy Domine, like they did for the majority of the shows on the tour. The light show to it was awesome, and it got the concert off to a rocking concert, as opposed to the slow burn of Shine On..., which is better suited to open the second set. Sadly, once they started playing all of Dark Side in the second set, the additions of the Dark Side songs that they hadn't been playing every night already meant that some songs had to bite the bullet, and Astronomy Domine was one of them that did. Hey You was also an unfortunate subtraction.
b) They recorded a show that was outdoors. That massive mirror ball that opens up during the ending of Comfortably Numb was much better coming up out of nowhere in the middle of the crowd instead of just hanging from the ceiling.
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One of the things they did with PULSE was to gradually increase the complexity of the lighting. Each song tended to take it to the next level. For the opener of SOYCD, it was fairly static, except for the blinding flash during the chorus. I think this was a reasonable strategy. It let the excitement build up gradually, rather than blowing their wad right out of the gate. That made the insanity that was RLH at the end all the more fantastic. That said, I didn't get to see the AD light show, and I suspect it was spectacular.
Our's was an outdoor show, and the mirror ball wasn't as cool when it was supported from the ground. It's possible that this is a "grass is always greener" thing, but hanging from the ceiling seems cooler than lifted on a platform.
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I'll respectfully disagree. :)
Oh, and not even including Astronomy Domine as one of the bootleg extras on the DVD set was an even bigger kick in the balls. But at least they included Poles Apart. :biggrin:
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One of the shows they did in the outdoor colisseum in Oakland got rained on, my buddies who went to that one said it was a billion times more intense because of the rain.
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Haven't been to that many live shows, my first was less than 6 years ago and most of them have been in the last 2 and a half years. Anyway:
1. Deftones - Diamond Eyes Tour - Glasgow, 12th November 2010, O2 Academy
Nothing can beat this in terms of energy for the gigs I've seen. Everyone was really pumped up, the crowd and the band all seemed really up for it. Chino was on amazing form vocally and it was a great setlist.
Rocket Skates
Around the Fur
My Own Summer (Shove It)
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
Lotion
Feiticeira
Digital Bath
Knife Prty
Elite
Diamond Eyes
Prince
CMND/CTRL
You've Seen the Butcher
Royal
Sextape
Beauty School
Bloody Cape
Minerva
Passenger
Change (In the House of Flies)
Encore:
Birthmark
Engine No. 9
7 Words
2. Dream Theater - ADTOE Tour - Glasgow, 8th February 2012, Clyde Auditorium
2nd time seeing my favourite band, just last month. Great to see the renewed energy of the band with Mangini. Best sounding gig I've ever been to by far - it wasn't overpoweringly loud like most gigs and you could make out all the members of the band clearly. New songs sounded amazing and I got my preferred setlist of the 2 in rotation - was dying to hear Metropolis or LTL though :-[ Only problem was it being a seated arena, never been to a gig like that before and don't really want to go to one again if the crowd there were anything to go by. A large proportion of the audience stayed seated for most of the show :tdwn
Bridges in the Sky
6:00
Build Me Up, Break Me Down
Surrounded
The Root of All Evil
Drum Solo
A Fortune in Lies
Outcry
Acoustic
The Silent Man
Beneath the Surface
On the Backs of Angels
War Inside My Head
The Test that Stumped Them All
The Spirit Carries On
Breaking All Illusions
Encore:
Pull Me Under
3. Radiohead - Edinburgh, 22nd August 2006, Meadowbank Stadium
The first gig I ever went to and the only one I've been to outdoors, which made it a little different. Lovely summers day, huge crowd and an awesome setlist. Was also impressed and amused by Beck who was one of the support acts. This was probably the perfect time for me to see Radiohead as they played nearly all my favourite tracks and I've gone off them with their last 2 albums.
Airbag
2+2=5
The National Anthem
My Iron Lung
Morning Bell
Videotape
Nude
Lucky
The Gloaming
Where I End and You Begin
Paranoid Android
All I Need
Pyramid Song
Fake Plastic Trees
I Might Be Wrong
Idioteque
How to Disappear Completely
Encore:
You and Whose Army?
Bodysnatchers
Just
Karma Police
Encore 2:
There There
True Love Waits
Everything In Its Right Place
Creep
4. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations Tour - Aberdeen, 6th November 2006, AECC
2nd gig I ever went to and they were my favourite band at the time. They put on a great live show experience, great crowd too. Got to see my all time favourite song (at the time) 'New Born' (Seeing my favourite song by the band seems to have eluded me at most of the other gigs I have been to :() Would have preferred the first and last songs switched and disappointed they didn't play Citizen Erased, but a pretty good set otherwise.
Knights of Cydonia
Hysteria
Map of the Problematique
Butterflies & Hurricanes
Exo-Politics
Plug In Baby
Forced In
Bliss
Feeling Good
Soldier's Poem
Hoodoo
Invincible
Supermassive Black Hole
Time Is Running Out
New Born
Encore:
Starlight
Stockholm Syndrome
Take a Bow
5. Dream Theater - Prog Nation 2009 - Glasgow, 11th October 2009, SECC
First time seeing DT, who had overtaken Muse as my favourite band. Only a 90minute set unfortunately, but ANTR was a brilliant opener, TCOT an awesome closer and Take the Time was great too. Much better energy in the crowd than their more recent gig as it wasn't a seated arena. Best support for any gig I've seen too, Opeth were :metal and Bigelf were surprisingly good. If it wasn't for that support, I'd probably have had Godspeed You! Black Emperor in December 2010 in Glasgow at 5th place.
A Nightmare to Remember
A Rite of Passage
Hollow Years
Keyboard Solo
Erotomania
Voices
Solitary Shell
Take the Time
Encore:
The Count of Tuscany
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Rush- Great Woods Amphitheater, Mansfield, MA, June 23, 1997 6th row and 2112 is on the live album Different Stage CD
I came real close to including that tour, myself. Like you, I had fifth row, absolute dead center. My first opportunity to sit and watch the Professor do his thing, up close and personal like. God damned captivating, to say the least.
I was right in front of Geddy. To see all the little nuances was staggering.
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Yes Sydney Entertainment Centre - September 2003 (Full Circle Tour - Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Squire, White)
Easily the best concert I've ever seen. The sound was stunning and the versions of Awaken, And You And I and Don't Kill the Whale were mesmerising.
Iron Maiden Thebarton Town Hall Adelaide South Australia 1982 (Beast on the Road Tour - Dickinson, Harris, Murray Smith, Burr)
Probably the loudest concert Iv'e been to. My ears were ringing for two days. The fact I was two metres from the front of the stage and about 4metres from the left hand side speaker bank, probably had something to do with it. Great setlist that included most of the Number of the Beast album, Running Free, Iron Maiden, Phantom of the Opera and Murders In the Rue Morgue.
Tangerine Dream Thebarton Town Hall Adelaide South Australia 1982 (Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmolling)
Easily the sparsest concert I've seen. Completely instrumental withnot a single word spoken. They came on to a fairly minimalist stage, played their music for two hours and then exited to raptuour applause. It was one of those occasions where words eedn't be said - The music spoke for itself. Incredible!!
Dream Theater Metro City Perth Western Australia December 2009 (Labrie, Petrucci, Portnoy, Ruddess, Myung) Great show and seeing them in a relatively small venue really added to the atmosphere. Pain of Salvation were the support. I'm not at all familiar with them, but their 30 minute set was sensational. Portnoy came out and took over on drums for one particular piece which for me was the highlight of the entire evening. If anyone has any idea what that track is and the album it's off, I would really like to know. It was pretty epic. Went for about 10 - 12 minutes and after starting off fairly atmospheric and laid back, steadily built to a real crescendo during which MP absolutely belted the crap out of his set. A great way to set the scene for the main act of the night.
These are the real obvious ones for me. Far too many others to choose from to pick the 5th.
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Yes Sydney Entertainment Centre - September 2003 (Full Circle Tour - Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Squire, White)
Easily the best concert I've ever seen. The sound was stunning and the versions of Awaken, And You And I and Don't Kill the Whale were mesmerising.
Iron Maiden Thebarton Town Hall Adelaide South Australia 1982 (Beast on the Road Tour - Dickinson, Harris, Murray Smith, Burr)
Probably the loudest concert Iv'e been to. My ears were ringing for two days. The fact I was two metres from the front of the stage and about 4metres from the left hand side speaker bank, probably had something to do with it. Great setlist that included most of the Number of the Beast album, Running Free, Iron Maiden, Phantom of the Opera and Murders In the Rue Morgue.
Tangerine Dream Thebarton Town Hall Adelaide South Australia 1982 (Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmolling)
Easily the sparsest concert I've seen. Completely instrumental withnot a single word spoken. They came on to a fairly minimalist stage, played their music for two hours and then exited to raptuour applause. It was one of those occasions where words eedn't be said - The music spoke for itself. Incredible!!
Dream Theater Metro City Perth Western Australia December 2009 (Labrie, Petrucci, Portnoy, Ruddess, Myung) Great show and seeing them in a relatively small venue really added to the atmosphere. Pain of Salvation were the support. I'm not at all familiar with them, but their 30 minute set was sensational. Portnoy came out and took over on drums for one particular piece which for me was the highlight of the entire evening. If anyone has any idea what that track is and the album it's off, I would really like to know. It was pretty epic. Went for about 10 - 12 minutes and after starting off fairly atmospheric and laid back, steadily built to a real crescendo during which MP absolutely belted the crap out of his set. A great way to set the scene for the main act of the night.
These are the real obvious ones for me. Far too many others to choose from to pick the 5th.
Hey there, Bundy!
Is there any chance you still have your TD Adelaide '82 stub?
For the past 2 years I've been working on a 10x13" coffee table book of their concert memorabilia for a publisher (currently at 350 pages, with over 920 images of passes, tickets, flyers, posters, contracts, riders, stage plots, itineraries, programs, invites, stage plots, etc.), and would LOVE to include it if you still had it!
Please let me know - and thanks!
Brad
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There are so many ways to answer this question - based on musical performance? Based on the amount of fun I had? The setlist? This list is basically the last two combined - what songs did I hear live, and how much did I love the show? Over the years it will and has changed based on the memories I have of the concerts that I've attended.
1. Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back in Time Tour / Chicago 2008
I was 4 years old when they started the World Slavery Tour. I'd always said that if I could go back in time to see one show, it would be that tour (or Metallica in 1989!). Seeing them recreate that tour and play Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the big mummified Eddie, and a ton of classic tunes was a dream come true. I had already seen them twice, including the Ed Hunter reunion tour, but the arena show and throwback set/setlist was much more meaningful to me.
2. Rammstein - LIFAD Tour / Chicago 2011 & Made in Germany Tour / Chicago 2012
Yeah, I'm listing both shows. I saw them on the LIFAD tour in 2011, which was incredible. I had been a fan for 15 years and was dying for them to come back to the US. Overall, I liked the MIG tour more, since the setlist had more of their older songs, though it lacked the emotional impact of seeing them for the first time and being in awe for 2 hours straight. Perfect sound, perfect stage show, and a killer live band.
3. Heaven & Hell / Reunion tour 2007.
I had always been an "Ozzy or nothing" fan when it came to Sabbath. Then I discovered the Dio-era in the early 2000's and completely changed my tune. Seeing them live with Dio was amazing. He sounded killer, and yeah, they're old fogeys and aren't very entertaining on stage anymore, but this was about finally getting to see Dio front Black Sabbath, regardless of the name of the band. And I can say that I was there. Megadeth had an amazing set, squeezing so much music into an hour, including about half of Rust in Peace.
4. Soilwork - The Ridge Majestic Tour / Arlington Heights, IL 2016
They only played for an hour and a half, tops, maybe closer to an hour, but it was pure magic. Again, I had never seen them and ended up in the front, on the rail in between Speed and Sylvain. Everyone around me was just raging from start to finish, singing along, going ballistic. That was such a fun crowd to be in. I wish they had played longer, though my neck and back wouldn't have been able to take the punishment.
5. Pantera - Official Live Tour / Chicago 1997
Pantera, indoors, at the Aragon Ballroom. 'Nuff said, right? I was 17, and it was my second metal concert (after seeing them at Ozzfest a few months earlier). I found some neighborhood friends and one of them dragged me into the pit. I camped out at the edge of the pit for the rest of the night and got to witness them from a fairly close distance. They were so much more intense when the energy was captured by playing smaller ballroom shows than arenas or sheds. I can say that I saw them 3 times, which makes me happy.
Honorable Mention - American Carnage Tour 2010. Megadeth playing all of RIP, Slayer doing all of Seasons, and Testament as an opener? THRASH HEAVEN.
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Another recent archive dig. I just wish I knew the dates for the concerts that 73109 posted eons ago, as there are a few that would have been most enjoyable depending on the year.
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Among the approximately 500 shows I've seen (most are listed here (https://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/2015/11/my-concert-attendance-history.html)), without question the Pain of Salvation
Pain of Salvation ProgPowerUSA 1.0
(the final band out of 11 the Friday/Saturday, and their North American Live Debut):
Playing on 3 hours sleep per missing their connection in the Baltimore Airport, they left it all on stage. 2+ hours of emotional bliss.
approximately 11:00PM - 2:15AM
Saturday February 24th, 2001
J.J. Kelleys Lansing, ILL
USED
IN THE FLESH
ASHES
MORNING ON EARTH
WELCOME TO ENTROPIA
WINNING A WAR
PEOPLE PASSING BY
NIGHTMIST
OBLIVION OCEAN
REVIVAL
NEW YEARS EVE
THE BIG MACHINE
SONG FOR THE INNOCENT
FALLING
THE PERFECT ELEMENT
(encore)
SPIRIT OF THE LAND
INSIDE
IDIOGLOSSIA
!
LEAVING ENTROPIA (extended electric version)
As far as the other 4? I'll try to follow-up with setlists later.
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Rush
Dream theater
Smashing pumpkins
Rammstein
King crimson
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1) King's X - June 24, 2016, St. Charles, IL
Groove Machine
The World Around Me
Pillow
Flies and Blue Skies
Vegetable
(Thinking and Wondering) What I'm Gonna Do
Everybody Knows a Little Bit of Something
A Box
Over My Head
Over and Over
Pleiades
We Were Born to be Loved
Go Tell Somebody
Dogman
Goldilox
2) Van Halen - April 29, 2012, St. Louis
Unchained
Runnin With the Devil
She's the Woman
The Full Bug
Tattoo
Everybody Wants Some
Somebody Get Me a Doctor
China Town
Hear About it Later
Pretty Woman
Drum Solo
You Really Got Me
The Trouble With Never
Dance the Night Away
I'll Wait
Hot for Teacher
Women in Love
Outta Love Again
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Guitar Solo :hefdaddy
Ain't Talkin Bout Love
Jump
3) Rush - R40 tour, May 14, 2015, St. Louis
The Anarchist
Clockwork Angels
Headlong Flight
Far Cry
The Main Monkey Business
One Little Victory
Animate
Roll The Bones
Distant Early Warning
Subdivisions
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
The Spirit of Radio
Jacob's Ladder
Hemispheres Prelude
Cygnus X-1
Closer to the Heart
Xanadu
2112: Overture, Syrinx, Presentation, Grand Finale
Lakeside Park
Anthem
What You're Doing
Working Man
4) Iron Maiden - Maiden England 2013 tour, September 8, St. Louis. Megadeth also opened, which I was very excited about, but I ended up missing their first few songs due to traffic. They didn't play long, and it was all just standard hits, plus Kingmaker, since Super Collider had recently come out
Moonchild
Can I Play With Madness
The Prisoner
2 Minutes to Midnight
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
The Trooper
The Number of the Beast
Phantom of the Opera
Run to the Hills
Wasted Years
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Clairvoyant
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden
Aces High
The Evil That Men Do
Running Free
5) Alice Cooper - July 9, 2014, St. Louis. Opening for Motley Crue
Hello Hooray
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Under My Wheels
I'm Eighteen
Billion Dollar Babies
Poison
Dirty Diamonds
Welcome to My Nightmare
Feed My Frankenstein
Ballad of Dwight Fry/Killer/I Love the Dead (With Guillotine)
School's Out
I saw him again last year, and he played a much longer set with great stuff like Halo Of Flies and Long Way to Go, but nothing will ever top the first time I saw him play Ballad of Dwight Fry (one of my absolute favorite songs) and get decapitated. Easily the coolest thing I've ever seen at a concert.
Honorable mention: Judas Priest - November 9, 2011 in Springfield IL. It was my first concert, they were fantastic and played a great set
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5) Alice Cooper - July 9, 2014, St. Louis. Opening for Motley Crue
I saw him again last year, and he played a much longer set with great stuff like Halo Of Flies and Long Way to Go, but nothing will ever top the first time I saw him play Ballad of Dwight Fry (one of my absolute favorite songs) and get decapitated. Easily the coolest thing I've ever seen at a concert.
Bolded two of the greatest tunes in American classic hard rock. I actually consider Halo Of Flies to be the original progressive metal tune.
As DTF's biggest Alice Cooper fan, I applaud your listing of his show. He makes my list for sure.
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5) Alice Cooper - July 9, 2014, St. Louis. Opening for Motley Crue
I saw him again last year, and he played a much longer set with great stuff like Halo Of Flies and Long Way to Go, but nothing will ever top the first time I saw him play Ballad of Dwight Fry (one of my absolute favorite songs) and get decapitated. Easily the coolest thing I've ever seen at a concert.
Bolded two of the greatest tunes in American classic hard rock. I actually consider Halo Of Flies to be the original progressive metal tune.
As DTF's biggest Alice Cooper fan, I applaud your listing of his show. He makes my list for sure.
Thanks, I'm seeing him again in a few months, it'll be my third time. I'll never forget the first time I saw him and the piano intro of Dwight Fry started playing over the loudspeakers. I wasn't really up to date on what he typically played in his shows so I wasn't expecting him to play it, and I'll admit I got a little teary eyed.
And Halo of Flies is 8 minutes of perfection. So many changes and each part is better than the last. Great lyrics too, I've always loved "I've got a watch that turns into a lifeboat"
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I'm really struggling with this. I've seen so many great shows... I've got two or perhaps three of them already, but I'll see if I can narrow it down to five today.
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I'm really struggling with this. I've seen so many great shows... I've got two or perhaps three of them already, but I'll see if I can narrow it down to five today.
Same here. I saw this thread yesterday and wanted to add my list, but really am having a hard time figuring it out. I definitely don't have some of those classic concerts like some others or any really memorable ones from a dvd filming or anything. However, I think one of the two Iron Maiden shows from 08 will make my list like many others.
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Damn, talk about reviving a dead thread.
Not sure if I'd adjust my list in the OP, though I can say that Anathema and SW gave those shows a run for their money for sure.
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I really wanted to post my top 5, but I have top 5's for different reasons. Like best technical performances, or that fucking rocked performances, emotional and so on.
Some favorites
Many shows by The Who, Led Zeppelin, Porcupine Tree, Chickenfoot, Van Hagar, Transatlantic and Neal Morse and more than a few DT shows.Damn I wish I had caught the DSOTM tour.
Caught it twice. Here in Dallas and at the Hollywood Bowl (worth the trip). Honestly, the show probably wouldn't have made the list based solely on the concert, but looking at the overall picture it certainly should qualify. Talk about a spectacle.
(https://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo299/000jesus/floydw.jpg?t=1332871394)
not my picture
I too was at this show and have a mighty fine recording as well ;D
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Yes Sydney Entertainment Centre - September 2003 (Full Circle Tour - Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Squire, White)
Easily the best concert I've ever seen. The sound was stunning and the versions of Awaken, And You And I and Don't Kill the Whale were mesmerising.
Iron Maiden Thebarton Town Hall Adelaide South Australia 1982 (Beast on the Road Tour - Dickinson, Harris, Murray Smith, Burr)
Probably the loudest concert Iv'e been to. My ears were ringing for two days. The fact I was two metres from the front of the stage and about 4metres from the left hand side speaker bank, probably had something to do with it. Great setlist that included most of the Number of the Beast album, Running Free, Iron Maiden, Phantom of the Opera and Murders In the Rue Morgue.
Tangerine Dream Thebarton Town Hall Adelaide South Australia 1982 (Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Johannes Schmolling)
Easily the sparsest concert I've seen. Completely instrumental withnot a single word spoken. They came on to a fairly minimalist stage, played their music for two hours and then exited to raptuour applause. It was one of those occasions where words eedn't be said - The music spoke for itself. Incredible!!
Dream Theater Metro City Perth Western Australia December 2009 (Labrie, Petrucci, Portnoy, Ruddess, Myung) Great show and seeing them in a relatively small venue really added to the atmosphere. Pain of Salvation were the support. I'm not at all familiar with them, but their 30 minute set was sensational. Portnoy came out and took over on drums for one particular piece which for me was the highlight of the entire evening. If anyone has any idea what that track is and the album it's off, I would really like to know. It was pretty epic. Went for about 10 - 12 minutes and after starting off fairly atmospheric and laid back, steadily built to a real crescendo during which MP absolutely belted the crap out of his set. A great way to set the scene for the main act of the night.
These are the real obvious ones for me. Far too many others to choose from to pick the 5th.
Hey there, Bundy!
Is there any chance you still have your TD Adelaide '82 stub?
For the past 2 years I've been working on a 10x13" coffee table book of their concert memorabilia for a publisher (currently at 350 pages, with over 920 images of passes, tickets, flyers, posters, contracts, riders, stage plots, itineraries, programs, invites, stage plots, etc.), and would LOVE to include it if you still had it!
Please let me know - and thanks!
Brad
Hi Brad
I wish I could help you out, but I don't have any of my concert stubs prior to about 2005. Up until then I never saw them as something worth keeping, let alone something that may even end up being cool let alone, in some cases being of value, even if only historical or nostalgic. Consequently, up until about 2005, all of my concert stubs ended up in the nearest bin once I had entered the venue. :facepalm: I don't even want to think of my complete collection of 1981 -1983 Sounds magazines and many really cool Rodney Matthews and Chris Foss posters I had on my wall around that time which I also ended up binning in the early 90s when I moved house. :facepalm: :facepalm:
Good luck with the book. i would be interested in finding out details on how to obtain a copy once you've published it. Fortunately I do still have all of my vinyl including Australian pressings of Phaedra, Rubycon, Cyclone, Thief, Ricochet, White Eagle and Hypoborea. Don't know if digital images of any of those would be interest, but I'm happy to supply if you would like any. Still remember the first time I heard TD back in 1980. Went out the very next day and bought Cyclone, still my favourite. The Dream have been one of my top 10, probably top 5 acts ever since.
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In chronological order:
Iron Maiden/Judas Priest, New Haven Coliseum October 9, 1982
1. Murders in the Rue Morgue
2. Wrathchild
3. Run To The Hills
4. Children of the Damned
5. The Number of the Beast
6. 22 Acacia Avenue
7. Hallowed Be Thy Name
8. Iron Maiden
9. Drifter
The Hellion
1. Electric Eye
2. Riding on the Wind
3. Heading Out to the Highway
4. Metal Gods
5. Bloodstone
6. Breaking the Law
7. Sinner
8. Desert Plains
9. The Ripper
10. Diamonds & Rust
11. Devil's Child
12. Screaming for Vengeance
13. You've Got Another Thing Comin'
14. Victim of Changes
15. Living After Midnight
16. The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)
17. Hell Bent for Leather
U2, Hartford Civic Center, May 08, 1987
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. I Will Follow
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
4. MLK
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Bullet The Blue Sky ("Outside is America... outside is HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT!")
7. Running To Stand Still
8. A Sort Of Homecoming
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. Exit/Riders On The Storm (snippet)
11. In God's Country
12. Trip Through Your Wires
13. C'mon Everybody
14. Bad
15. October
16. Springhill Mining Disaster
17. New Year's Day
18. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
19. Mothers Of The Disappeared,
20. With Or Without You/Shine Like Stars (snippet)
21. Gloria
22. 40
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Brendan Byrne Arena, April 7, 1995
1. Tales of Bron
2. Thank You
3. Bring It On Home
4. Ramble On
5. Dancing Days
6. Shake My Tree
7. Lullaby
8. No Quarter
9. Gallows Pole
10. Hurdy-Gurdy Solo
11. When the Levee Breaks
12. Hey Hey What Can I Do
13. The Song Remains the Same (Probably the single greatest live experience I've ever witnessed.)
14. Since I've Been Loving You
15. Friends
16. Calling to You (Medley: Break On Through, For What It's Worth… more )
17. Four Sticks
18. In the Evening
19. Black Dog
20. Kashmir
Kiss, Madison Square Garden, July 25, 1996 (HOMECOMING! On the first leg of the reunion tour, first of four nights)
1. Deuce
2. King of the Night Time World
3. Do You Love Me
4. Calling Dr. Love
5. Cold Gin
6. I Stole Your Love
7. Shout It Out Loud
8. Watchin' You
9. Firehouse
10. Shock Me
11. Guitar Solo
12. Strutter
13. Rock Bottom
14. Bass Solo
15. God of Thunder
16. Drum Solo
17. New York Groove
18. Love Gun
19. 100,000 Years
20. Black Diamond
21. Detroit Rock City
22. Beth
23. Rock and Roll All Nite
Paul McCartney, Wells Fargo Arena, Philadelphia, August 15, 2010
1. Venus and Mars
2. Rock Show
3. Jet
4. All My Loving
5. Letting Go
6. Drive My Car
7. Highway
8. Let Me Roll It (followed by 'Foxy Lady' jam)
9. The Long and Winding Road
10. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
11. Let 'Em In
12. My Love
13. I've Just Seen a Face
14. And I Love Her
15. Blackbird
16. Here Today
17. Dance Tonight
18. Mrs. Vandebilt
19. Eleanor Rigby
20. Ram On
21. Something
22. Sing the Changes
23. Band on the Run
24. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
25. Back in the U.S.S.R.
26. I've Got a Feeling
27. Paperback Writer
28. A Day in the Life (with 'Give Peace a Chance' snippet)
29. Let It Be
30. Live and Let Die
31. Hey Jude
Encore:
32. Day Tripper
33. Lady Madonna
34. Get Back
Encore 2:
35. Yesterday (I cried like a baby; second greatest concert moment ever).
36. Helter Skelter
37. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
38. The End
Honorable Mention:
Temple of the Dog, MSG, NY November 7, 2016
Pink Floyd, Yankee Stadium, New York, June 11, 1994 (Division Bell Tour)
ELP, Palace Theater New Haven, CT February 9, 1993
Marillion, Toad's Place, New Haven, CT February 12, 1990 (first tour with Hogarth)
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Saw Page/Plant 2 nights later at the old Boston Garden. Damn what a show. I'm not even a huge Zeppelin guy but that was amazing.
Also saw U2 on that same tour, also at the Garden. Not a fan, but went to the show anyway.
I wasn't going to shows yet to see the Priest/Maiden tour. I remember them coming though. I wouldn't see my first show until the following summer.
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I've seen pretty much everyone I ever wanted to see over the years, except for Queen I guess. It seemed like I was at a gig every couple of weeks, and everyone toured in those days (the 80s). These are the five that jump out.
Donington Monsters of Rock 1984 - Accept, Motley Crue, Y&T, Gary Moore, Ozzy, Van Halen, AC/DC. Possibly the greatest festival line up ever. My first festival.
DT - SFAM tour, Spock' Beard supporting
Queensryche- Empire tour
Meat Loaf - 10th Anniversary of Bat Out of Hell tour 1988, Lost Boys and Golden Girls tour. Meat was in great voice with a great band and a great set list. I missed the last bus home but biker band Dumpy's Rusty Nuts (YouTube 'em :biggrin:) were playing a late gig nearby so I went to that to kill the time before a coach home. Several beers and a great unexpected gig rounded off the night in style.
KISS - reunion tour. I'd seen them several times but never with Ace and Peter and never in makeup.
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In no particular order.
Boston 1997 at The Gorge in Wa State (Walk On, greatest hits tour)
Rush. Presto and R30 tours
Yes. at The Gorge. TALK tour
Dream Theater. ToT, Prog Nation, and TA tours.
Symphony X. Underworld tour
Iron Maiden.
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I’ve seen ton of shows, most of them back in the day. It was very hard to narrow it down. Actually, it was hard to simply not list 5 Iron Maiden shows!
But using the Desert Isle method, these are the 5 shows I’m taking with me:
Iron Maiden/Waysted
Providence Civic Center
March 30, 1987
This is my favorite Iron Maiden tour. My all time favorite concert moment in my life was hearing the opening notes to Phantom Of The Opera. This was long before you ever saw a setlist, so seeing a show was watching blind. The Murray/Smith solo was amazing. It’s the only time Caught Somewhere In Time, which is a TAC Top 5 Maiden tune, has been performed.
A few pics from the show:
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(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/SIT3.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/SIT3.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/SIT5.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/SIT5.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/SIT6.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/SIT6.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/SIT7.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/SIT7.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/SIT8.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/SIT8.jpg.html)
The other thing that made this show so special was having Waysted as the opener. I am a HUGE UFO fan, so finally seeing Pete Way and Paul Chapman in person was amazing. In fact, Paul Chapman was right in front of us the whole show.
Here’s a shot of Chapman:
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Iron Maiden/Dream Theater
The Ritz, New York City
June 8, 1992
This was actually my 8th time seeing Iron Maiden. After they played L’Amour’s to kick off the 7th Son tour, my college roommate, who lived in northern NJ, and I pledged that if they ever did something like that again, we’d go. Seeing Maiden in a small place was a dream come true.
We lined up so when they opened the doors, we’d get a spot near the stage. Of course that meant standing for some no name local band.
Of course, within 2 minutes of Dream Theater hitting the stage, my jaw was on the floor. Holy crap! I had never heard a band this good. Never. Anyway, I was reluctant to take any pictures because I didn’t want to get busted for Iron Maiden.
Obviously, Iron Maiden was amazing! I did manage a few good shots. In fact, if you see the bootleg, you can see my flash going off down in front of Dave Murray.
Here are a few pics:
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(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/Ritz2.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/Ritz2.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/IM-DTsign.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/IM-DTsign.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/052.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/052.jpg.html)
Alice Cooper/Megadeth
Providence Civic Center
February 17, 1987
Alice Cooper’s “The Nightmare Returns” tour in 1986-87 was one of the most impactful experiences of my musical life. I was never really into him, but for some reason, I watched the Halloween ‘86 show from Detroit on MTV. I was extremely interested. He came to Worcester a few weeks later and I saw that show. I was blown away. I thought about listing that one, but at that point, I wasn’t really familiar with his catalog. Well, by the time he came to Providence 4 months later, I was a full fledged Alice maniac. Over the next few years, I probably listened to more Alice Cooper than anything else.
Oh, and Peace Sells era Megadeth!!! I had an awesome view of Gar Samuelson. What a solid drummer. Unfortunately I didn’t take any shots of Megadeth, but here’s a few of Alice:
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/AliceProv8701.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/AliceProv8701.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/AliceProv8702.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/AliceProv8702.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/AliceKMKW.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/AliceKMKW.jpg.html)
Dream Theater
Axis, Boston
December 16, 1992
Having seen Dream Theater open for Iron Maiden in June, and then again in Boston in October, this was actually my third DT show in 6 months. And man, they were already my new favorite band. At this time, I was just so amazed by them. I was pleasantly surprised that they were coming back to Boston again. And Axis was a real small club. Very intimate. They played an awesome version of Oh Holy Night. And I vividly remember MP spinning his cymbals during The Killing Hand which to this day, remains a TAC Top 5 DT track. One thing I remember is that it was snowing pretty good. And walking through the snow to my car, with Learning To Live’s outro echoing in my head, is a concert scene I’ll never forget. I taped the show as well as shot some pics, and I literally listened to the entire show on the way home that night.
As mentioned..some pics:
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(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/JP92_zpsbqav7lxs.jpeg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/JP92_zpsbqav7lxs.jpeg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/KevMo.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/KevMo.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/DT1.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/DT1.jpg.html)
So picking a 5th show was damn near impossible. So I’m going to pick two #5’s!
5A:
UFO
The Living Room
Providence, RI
June 14, 1986
So, UFO, along with Iron Maiden, was basically the soundtrack to my high school life. I genuinely referred to them as my favorite band during this time. Even though Misdemeanor era UFO only contained Phil Mogg and Paul Raymond, I was hugely into it. I was only 17 for this club show, so thankfully it was an all ages show. Problem was, I was too young to drive home after the show. A guy (who was 22) whose wife worked with me was a UFO fan, so we paid for his ticket and he drove my car home. We actually went down early to try and meet the band. For some reason we stopped outside the Biltmore, figuring that was the nicest hotel in downtown Providence. When I tell you that we were not standing out there for 20 minutes, and then Phil Mogg walks out the front door, I am not kidding. My picture with Phil Mogg is one of my prized possessions. This was literally one of the best days of my life! Literally.
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/UFO.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/UFO.jpg.html)
5B:
Grim Reaper/Armored Saint/Helloween
The Living Room
Providence, RI
September 24, 1987
The metal guys on the forum already know this, but I blind bought Helloween’s Keeper Of The Seven Keys after reading a magazine article describing the music. I remember buying the tape, putting it in, and I literally had to pull over into a nearby park and stop and listen to it in its entirety while reading the booklet. It was musical life changing. When I found out they were coming to Providence I was there! The three bands did a signing at a local Strawberries. I skipped Armored Saint and Grim Reaper, and I remember talking with Michael Kiske. He looked so young, I asked him how old he was. He said “19”. I had just turned 19 myself!
After the signings, we were walking around, when we saw ⅗ of Helloween going to Dunkin’ Donuts. There I got a pic with them, arm in arm with Kiske.
Anyway, Helloween was all I expected, but after deciding to stay for a song of from Armored Saint, I couldn’t leave as they blew me away. Their energy, especially from John Bush was absolutely incredible. We stayed for Grim Reaper’s first song, but seeing Helloween AND Armored Saint was amazing.
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/MK.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/MK.jpg.html)
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/Hween.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/Hween.jpg.html)
Ingo RIP
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Dave RIP
Honorable Mentions:
Metallica/Queensryche
Worcester Centrum
March 16, 1989
We had second row seats, plus I got Jason’s pick! Some pics:
(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/JHKH1.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/JHKH1.jpg.html)
Guns n’ Roses/EZO
The Living Room
Providence RI
October 26, 1987
Appetite era club show. Amazing! Some pics:
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(https://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z246/TACPics/GnR1.jpg) (https://s195.photobucket.com/user/TACPics/media/GnR1.jpg.html)
Iron Maiden/Accept
Providence Civic Center
June 2, 1985
While not a huge Powerslave fan at the time, this show is notable as Accept turned in the best opening performance I’ve ever seen. Well second only to Dream Theater..
Kiss/Shooting Gallery
Avalon, Boston
May 8, 1992
Revenge era club tour. This was incredible. Avalon was such a great place to see a show. Small enough to be intimate, yet big enough to not be cramped. It was amazing seeing Paul and Gene so close. Plus Revenge was so bad ass, it was made for a club.
Oh, and Shooting gallery, which included Hanoi Rocks’ guitarist Andy McCoy was amazing. A TAC Top 5 Opening Performance.
Dio/Twisted Sister
Providence Civic Center
August 20, 1984
Last In Line tour. ‘Nuff said. Dio was just amazing. His band was fantastic on this tour. Blown away by them and the stage show. Vivian Campbell kicked ass too. WTF happened to him? And Twisted Sister was awesome.
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Tim, amazing pictures and amazing write ups!!!
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I had some time tonight, was going to offer up my five, and then I see TAC's post and pix. Will simply add to the many accolades this will generate, and say 'damn'.
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Among the approximately 500 shows I've seen (most are listed here (https://allmediareviews.blogspot.com/2015/11/my-concert-attendance-history.html)), without question the Pain of Salvation
Pain of Salvation ProgPowerUSA 1.0
(the final band out of 11 the Friday/Saturday, and their North American Live Debut):
Playing on 3 hours sleep per missing their connection in the Baltimore Airport, they left it all on stage. 2+ hours of emotional bliss.
approximately 11:00PM - 2:15AM
Saturday February 24th, 2001
J.J. Kelleys Lansing, ILL
USED
IN THE FLESH
ASHES
MORNING ON EARTH
WELCOME TO ENTROPIA
WINNING A WAR
PEOPLE PASSING BY
NIGHTMIST
OBLIVION OCEAN
REVIVAL
NEW YEARS EVE
THE BIG MACHINE
SONG FOR THE INNOCENT
FALLING
THE PERFECT ELEMENT
(encore)
SPIRIT OF THE LAND
INSIDE
IDIOGLOSSIA
!
LEAVING ENTROPIA (extended electric version)
As far as the other 4? I'll try to follow-up with setlists later.
Wow, this setlist is definitely my favourite compared to the other more recent PoS setlists I've read in this thread.
I've been to only a few live shows and it doesn't make sense to me to do a top 5, but my favourite one remains this one, which was also my first concert ever:
Leprous at Barrio's, Milan, Italy, 12th October 2012:
Setlist:
Forced Entry
Restless
Dare You
Passing
Mb. Indifferentia (best memory of this show)
Thorn
Waste Of Air
Coal (unreleased song at that time)
White
Acquired Taste
Honorable mention to the Anathema show in Milan the 6th October 2014. The opening with The Lost Song Pt1 and 2, Untouchable Pt1 and 2 and Thin Air was really emotional, one of my friends could start to cry at any moment, it was difficult to resist.
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Tim, amazing pictures and amazing write ups!!!
Thanks Joe...
...and Joe!
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01: The Big 4 live from Yankee Stadium (2011)
Nothing will ever beat seeing these four bands at one show not to mention that Metallica played Orion.
02: Dream Theater Along For the Ride Tour @Hammerstein Ballroom (2014)
My first time seeing Dream Theater and what a show it was. Getting to see these virtuosos perform TDoE was a dream come true and I was right on the barrier for the whole thing.
03: Good Charlotte and Sum 41 @Starland Ballroom (2004)
At this point in time these were my two favorite bands and seeing them co-headline a show was the highlight of my preteen years.
04: Avenged Sevenfold Hail to the King Tour @Giant Center (2014)
I was torn between this show and the first time I saw them back in 2011 on the Nightmare tour but I decided to go with this one. I got Fiction at both shows but at this one they surprised the crowd by playing the full version of Second Heartbeat. Combine that with them bringing a fan on stage to play Unholy Confessions with them and it made for a memorable concert experience.
05: Green Day American Idiot Tour @Giants Stadium (2005)
There was nothing particularly special about this show as much as it was just an overall great concert. Green Day played their asses off and are one of the best live bands I have ever seen up there with Metallica and Dream Theater.
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02: Dream Theater Along For the Ride Tour @Hammerstein Ballroom (2014)
My first time seeing Dream Theater and what a show it was. Getting to see these virtuosos perform TDoE was a dream come true and I was right on the barrier for the whole thing.
Good concert, I was there too.
TAC, those IM and DT experiences are making me jelly
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TAC, those IM and DT experiences are making me jelly
Thanks Cram. It just means I'm old. ;D