Best Concerts Evah?

[Snaggletiger]

What's some of the bestestest concerts you've ever been to.  Haven't been hitting a ton of them in recent years but I look back on some of the acts I saw that I probably took for granted then.  One of those being Queen at the Omni in Atlanta.  Went because my buddy was a huge Queen fan.  Was absolutely blown away. Freddy Mercury was an incredible performer.

Got to see Kiss in the Ham at old Rickwood Field (I believe that was the name).  Enough said.

Ted Nugent is still the loudest event I've ever been to.  That was one bad son of a bitch.  Speaking of...Nazereth opened for him.

Who kicked your ass and who do you want to see???

[GH2001]

Best:
Bob Seger (2011)
Alabama (1990 and 2003)
LIVE (1997)
America (2005)
Three Dog Night (2010)
Alan Jackson (1997)

Worst:
Merle Haggard (1998) - drunk as piss and couldn't even say the words
Eve 6 (1998) - punk asses
U2 (2010) - Yep, it was boring as shit. And Bono went into 2 seperate 30 min diatribes about dead missionaries in Africa. Fuck you. Sing you asshat.

[Townhallsavoy]

Best:
Tommy Emmanuel (Any)
Sigur Ros (Taak tour)
Radiohead (Hail to the Thief tour)
Metallica (Fuel tour - back when I was a fan of theirs it was one of the most incredible shows I'd ever seen)
Lightning Bolt

[Saniflush]

Gotta say that L.T. hooked a brother up here in ATL with the AC/DC concert.  God those fuckers rock out!

In the past...

Van Halen at BJCC
Damn Yankees at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, CA (this was about two months after seeing Tommy Shaw jam at Kegglers Cove in fromt of Bama lanes) Like you said Nugent was off the hook
Rod Stewart in Barcelona
Eagles at BJCC
Billy Joel and Elton John at the MGM in Vegas ( by far the longest concert I have ever been to.  Went almost   4.5 hours)

Those are the ones that stick out in my memory.

[Snaggletiger]

Speaking of not being able to sing, I wound up seeing Hank Williams Jr. 3 times.  He was always part of one of those music fests with about 10 acts.  In 2 out of the 3, he screwed up countless songs, probably drunk as hell.

 

[Snaggletiger]

When I think about my time at Auburn, it occurs to me the incredible number of bands that I saw there.  The ones that come to mind:

Eagles
Jimmy Buffet
Heart
Pat Benatar
Commodores (Pointer Sisters opened)
Hall & Oates
Blackfoot
Joan Jett

I miss college

[AUJarhead]

When I think about my time at Auburn

It sucked when I was there.  Widespread fucking Panic every year.

Best shows I've been too:

Pearl Jam (1992) - When Eddie Vedder called me a pussy.  Side note, I've got this on CD, if anyone wants a copy, please PM me.

Cowboy Mouth - 1997 - They actually played at the Supper Club.  There were like 50 people there, which shocked the hell out of me that a band like that couldn't get more support from Auburn people.

Jimmy Buffett - 1998 - We showed up to tailgate at 6am.  Christ, I was hungover when the show started.

Sammy Hagar - 2002 - My buddies planned my bachelor party in Vegas the weekend Sammy was playing.  We started at the Hard Rock seeing him, and it went downhill quickly after that.

[Vandy Vol]

I saw George Clinton and the Parliament Funk in 2002.  Still the best concert I've ever attended.

[Snaggletiger]

Never got to go to one of their shows but I heard Detox on the Rocks was one bad ass concert.

[Vandy Vol]

Never got to go to one of their shows but I heard Detox on the Rocks was one bad ass concert.

Unfortunately, the massive amount of butt sex was the band's downfall.

[Snaggletiger]

Unfortunately, the massive amount of butt sex was the band's downfall.

Pffft...One can't get too much butt sex.

[Vandy Vol]

Pffft...One can't get too much butt sex.

Oh?

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[AU_Tiger_2000]

Best:

Eagles at BJCC on the "Hell Freezes Over Tour"

George Strait Country Music Festival at Turner Field in '01 or '02 (acts were George Strait, Alan Jackson, Lonestar, Brad Paisley, Lee Ann Womack, Sarah Evans, Asleep at the Wheel)

Alabama Farewell Tour at Oakwood in '03

Others in the running: Tim McGraw, Willie Nelson, Charlie Daniels, 311, Widespread Panic in Auburn; Jamey Johnson (would be on the best list except he had mic issues that kept me from understanding him for half the set), Merle Haggard, B.B. King in Huntsville.

[Snaggletiger]

Year before last, I saw Sheryl Crow open for John Mayer in the Ham.  Lot of good music played and a lot of beer consumed.  We had an RV so the beers flowed quite freely.

[AUTiger1]

Best

Bonnaroo (03 and 04).  Gov't Mule, Old Crow Medicine Show, Allman Brothers, Les Claypool, Jack Johnson, Widespread Panic, and Emmylou Harris.

Willie Nelson and BB King (2009) - awesome guitar playing

Big Spring Jam (98) - Kansas and Kenny Wayne Shepard

Saliva/Cowboy Mouth (03)

Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses (2011)

Dwight Yoakam (2005)

and the next night

Alter Bridge/Black Crowes/Theory of a Dead Man

Cake (2002)
 
Worst

Bonnaroo (03 and 04).  Music was great, the smell of dirty hippies and the hot ass sun baking us to a crisp I could have done without.

3 Doors Down (2000)- They may have been awesome, I was a tad to intoxicated to really know.  Beer was expensive and I left the place with no money.  I do remember loving the Allman Brothers and Brother Cane beforehand.

Marshall Tucker Band (1998 or 99) They couldn't remembered the words to their songs and fucked it all up, pissed I hung around to watch them.

Lynard Skynard/Hank Williams Jr/Billy Joe Shaver (1994) - sucked ass.  Billy Joe Shaver was the best part of it.  If the ticket hadn't been free I never would have went.   Fucking hate the new Skynard with a passion.

[Kaos]

Best

KISS: 1978 Destroyer Tour, 1996 Reunion Tour, 1990 Hot In the Shade Tour.  Pretty much every show I've seen and I think I've made at least 50.  Taken my wife, my kids, my dad all at least once.

Charlie Daniels Band:  Probably 1981 or 1982

AC/DC: 1998.  Right under the cannons during For Those About to Rock *FIRE*.  I was deaf for several days and hearing hasn't been right since.

Earth Wind & Fire: 1978.  Funkalicious.

Journey: 1981

Prince: pre-1999 release.  First time I heard some of those songs. 

Also: Hall & Oates (saw them six or seven times), Olivia Newton-John Physical Tour (she was so sexy), Duran Duran, Van Halen 1984 tour.  Enjoyed Bayfest in Mobile last year: Nelly, Lady A, Crue, EWF, Skillet, Fuel, Godsmack, Saving Abel, Shinedown, Tonic, Papa Roach and a bunch of country acts I'd never go see.

Worst
Hank Williams Jr. and Jerry Lee Lewis.  Drunk, forgetting the words, farting in the microphone putzes.

Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart

Chicago (drunk, forgot the words)

Guns & Roses (huge disappointment, Axl was a jackass and screwed up most songs)

Eagles, Hell Freezes Over.  They opened with Hotel California so my favorite was gone early.  All they did was sit there and play the songs.  I can spin a CD and hear that.  Nothing blew up, nobody spit fire.  It was just guys sitting around in jeans.