Best gig you've ever been to

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I've had a lot that I thought were great. My favourite 1 and 1a are:

George Michael on the last night of his European Faith Tour at Earl's Court in 1989. Some mates and I went last minute, bought tickets the same day and figured wtf, why not. It was FANTASTIC! George was a great showman, a couple of local girls shared a bottle.of liquor with us they'd brought in. It made me a fan of his to this day. The fact that he was apparently a very decent human being makes it even better.

Metallica's And Justice for All tour show is the.1/1a. My two mates and I had floor tickets, we got there very early and ended up being right on the rail in front of the stage for the show. It was fantastic. I ended up leaving with a guitar pick Kirk Hammett threw out to the crowd.
 
The Who at the Men - not long before John Entwistle died, one of the few bands to get the acoustics right

Thin Lizzy at the Academy - long after Phil Lynott and wasn't sure how it was going to go
 
better dead than red said:
I've had a lot that I thought were great. My favourite 1 and 1a are:

George Michael on the last night of his European Faith Tour at Earl's Court in 1989. Some mates and I went last minute, bought tickets the same day and figured wtf, why not. It was FANTASTIC! George was a great showman, a couple of local girls shared a bottle.of liquor with us they'd brought in. It made me a fan of his to this day. The fact that he was apparently a very decent human being makes it even better.

Metallica's And Justice for All tour show is the.1/1a. My two mates and I had floor tickets, we got there very early and ended up being right on the rail in front of the stage for the show. It was fantastic. I ended up leaving with a guitar pick Kirk Hammett threw out to the crowd.
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George Michael was the best white soul singer bar none.
 
Maybe just because it's still fresh in my memory but Pearl Jam last summer at the University of Montana Grizzly Stadium was hard to beat
 
^^^Kenbworth? Yep. Prodigy were brilliant that day ;)

I may well have seen a thousand gigs in my lifetime and the best was Melt Banana at the Cleveland Grog Shop in 2013. I was a bit wary as it was their first tour as a duo having dropped the bass player and drummer and all their parts live were via an Orbit DJ controller. Not to worry though as they were absolutely transcendental that night. There was a 20-25 minute section in the middle of that gig which was just perfection.
 
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Bongo Dog Doo Dah Band, Manchester Apollo, 2007.
The most joyous evening’s entertainment I have ever experienced.

Leonard Cohen, Manchester Opera House, 2008.
Not so much a gig, more a religious experience.

Mahler Resurrection Symphony, Sir Simon Rattle and Berliner Philharmonika, London Festival Hall, 2015
Full concert orchestra, Two full choirs, awesomely powerful music.
 
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