Best Live Act You've Ever Seen *MACCA NOT INCLUDED*

[Genuine_Indian_Guru]

Best live performance from a band you ever seen? *NO MACCA*

Metallica - And Justice For All Tour april 3/89


Runner up....

AC-DC- SARS Concert for Toronto Summer 2003

[2 of 3]

Toss up for me

Neil Young
Peter Gabriel
Yes
U2
The Who
Rush
Coldplay
Pink Floyd
Elvis Costello
Supertramp
Police
Crowded House

They were all great, but Neil Young sort of blew the roof off the dump.

[maccastheman]

I never can limit these things to one. Hmmm. Top 10:

1. The Rolling Stones - Vodoo Lounge Tour 1994 - Little Rock
2. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - 1999 Tour - Little Rock
3. David Bowie - Heathen Tour 2002 - St. Anne's Warehouse - Brooklyn
4. Bob Dylan and Paul Simon - 1999 Tour - St. Louis
5. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang Tour 2005 - Memphis
6. R.E.M. - Monster Tour 1995 - Memphis
7. Prince - Musicology Tour 2004 - Dallas
8. Cream - 2005 - Madison Square Garden - NYC
9. Roxy Music - 2003 Tour - Radio City Music Hall - NYC
10. The Arcade Fire - 2005 Tour - Austin, Texas

[maccastheman]

Crap. After looking at 2 of 3's list I realized I left Peter Gabriel off my list. Okay, add:

Peter Gabriel - 1993 Secret World Live Tour - Dallas

[Paperback Writer]

WoW - this is hard, when you see some of my nominees, you'll realize how great Macca is - because he topped ALL of these great acts, in no particular order:

Grateful Dead 1972
Allman Brothers 1973
The Band 1974
Creedence Clearwater Revival 1970
Roger McGuinn (Byrds) 1975
Beach Boys 1975
The Who 1976
James Brown 1987
Bonnie Raitt 1982
Van Morrison 1979
Crosby Stills Nash and Young 2002

[2 of 3]

The Peter Gabriel show was pretty amazing. I was really close to the stage for that one. The way each song was presented as a little play was really interesting to watch.....props coming up through the stage,...just a real eye opener.

[ANGRY]

peter gabriel
peter himmelman
pink floyd
the who
george thorogood
robert cray
REM
devo

[EddieV]

Rolling Stones, 1998
Kinks 1993
Neil Young, 1993
Santana, 1991
Pere Ubu, 1991
Nils Lofgren 1991
Bob Mould, 1993
Midnight Oil, 1993 and 1985
DAD, several times
Sandmen Several times
INXS 1996 with M. Hutchence
Kashmir 2004
Suede 2003
Lonnie Mac 1985
Velvet Underground 1993

[maccastheman]

The Peter Gabriel show was pretty amazing. I was really close to the stage for that one. The way each song was presented as a little play was really interesting to watch.....props coming up through the stage,...just a real eye opener.

I couldn't agree more - I saw him a few months after seeing Macca, and those were two of the first three shows I ever saw. They were really tough acts to follow. That 1993 tour was just incredible. I really liked "Shock the Monkey" when he was jumping on the bed - and how he ended the show - putting everybody in a suitcase and hauling it off. So clever. "Digging in the Dirt" was really cool, too. And "Steam." Heck, it was all incredible... The tree that came up during "Shaking the Tree." I could go on and on...

[Laura]

Billy Joel
ZZ Top
Julian Lennon
Fleetwood Mac