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What has been your favourite music event/gig/concert?

ThursdayN3xt

I like going to see bands but I’m often put off by the crowds. I like a bit of space and I fixate on people being too close and it messes with my enjoyment of the music.

But the other night I went to see the hip hip, bluegrass band, Gangstagrass and it has to be one of my favourite gigs. Before I go to a gig I worry about getting there, parking, looking like a noob if I haven’t been to the venue before, worrying it’ll be too warm, crowded, noisy, … But the venue was welcoming and everything was easy to find. It was just the right sized crowd for me - people around, but not too close. It wasn’t too warm and the sound levels were just right (no distortion where you can’t actually hear the music). Lighting was right. I felt comfortable all round and it was such a pleasure to be there. I was pleased to enjoy it so much because I’d been looking forward to seeing the band and they were amazing live.

Some of my past gig experiences have been ruined by things not being perfect and then I can’t get over things not being perfection and haven’t been able to fully enjoy the music, so it’s a relief when everything slots into place.

Annnnnd, I didn’t need hours to wind down afterwards - how is that possible?! Usually when I get home from things I can’t switch off. Maybe being comfortable and relaxed meant I didn’t have to wait for the anxiety to subside.

  • in reply to ThursdayN3xt

    In 1979, it was two fields, one campsite and a stalls and stage one, I wouldn't go now, way to many people, more than live on the whole of Anglesey

  • I've been to many great concerts. It's hard to pinpoint just one,

    I've seen,

    Kiss, three times 

    Squeeze 

    Madness twice 

    The Tubes, 

    The Missions

    Marky Ramone's  Blitzkrieg 

    Showaddywadd, four times 

    The Fratellis 

    King King, Twice 

    Europe, Twice 

  • in reply to ThursdayN3xt
    ThursdayN3xt said:
    it rained the whole time, but, similar to what you mentioned, the crowd made it enjoyable.

    I have vivid memories of the crowd turning one pathway into a giant slide and having people run up and slide on their belly for about 20 feet through a shallow but very liquid muddy puddle - they were completely covered in mud but the end.

    These days people would be too paranoid that their phones would get damaged to try it I suspect.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I’ve never been to Glastonbury. I’ve been happy to watch from home, but I expect the atmosphere is awesome.

    Bill Bailey is a fantastic musician. I haven’t seen him live, but he’s got some skills.

  • in reply to Iain

    My last open air concert was Bruce Springsteen and it rained the whole time, but, similar to what you mentioned, the crowd made it enjoyable. I think us all having the shared rain experience was bonding and eventually we didn’t care any more. Just makes it more memorable.

  • There's been so many over the years, Glastonbury in 1979 was brilliant.

    Every Runrig gig I've ever been too, they're the most consistently good band to see live, or they were.

    Bill Bailey was really good too, as was Rowan Atkinson

  • For me it was a big open air concert back in 1985 at the Milton Keynes Bowl with a load of rock bands headlined by Marillion.

    There were about 45,000 people who were all out in the sun, sitting about on the grass bowl of the stadium and just enjoying it. When Marillion came on I was up at the front of the crowd with a friend from uni and we were singing our hearts out.

    The only negative was at the end as there was a lot of crowd surging that quite literally lifted us off our feet and there were a few times it felt like the crush was going to get dangerous, but it passed.

    It was my second big concert but the one before (U2 were headlining at the same venue) was a very wet day so the whole place turned into a muddy swamp which was entertaining enough but it got quite cold.

    I guess finding so many people who shared the same interest and were there just for it made a lot of difference to how enjoyable it was.