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Leonidas:
Edit: Bloody hell, that was moved quickly!


Feeling rather happy with myself after acquiring two tickets to see Weezer play in Edinburgh on the 26th of Aug, and looking to book tickets to see The Foo Fighters in Glasgow when they become available on Friday.

So just a thread about what concerts you have been to. Which ones were especially good, and which ones were pretty damn poor.

I've been to some great concerts over the years. I've seen Eric Clapton live, and whilst he didn't exactly light up the stage with his personality, the music was flawless. I've also seen David Gray live which was again quite flawless, though I was more taken with the support band Turin Breaks, who I saw at a smaller venue a few months later.

I've also seen the Bootleg Beatles, which as well as being a great concert, was also great in that I got the tickets for free from the one who played George, all for serving him "the best gin and tonics he had ever had in his life"

The worst one I have seen had to be Badly Drawn Boy. All he did was swear and drink guiness, not even bothering to finish a few of his songs as he was too cool for that. Tosser.That and there was some little shit at the back throwing drink over people (why is that somehow an  accepted thing to do at a concert???). If I had caught him I would have beaten him to death with his own shoes.

The last concert I went to see though was a few months back when I was living in London. My friend called me and said he had two tickets to see Kylie and would i like to go. I tohught why not, and while it's not something I would have normally thought of seeing it was good fun. Even though my friend and I were the only straight men there! My friend (an aspiring male model) was getting a few looks his way..... :D

Bumface:
The Pixies last year at Brixton were a bit great, especially seeing as I didn't have a ticket but managed to buy one outside for face value while everyone else was getting ripped off by touts. Go me.

Le Tigre, Biffy Clyro, Gang of Four and stellastarr* I would also count as brilliant gigs I've seen.

Worst one would be PJ Harvey, who although has decent stage presence, was incredibly dull. That may have had a lot to do with the crowd being shit but what the hell.

Still, good gigs coming up soon, !!! tonight, Hot Snakes on Thursday then Yo La Tengo and Boy Least Likely To next week.

weevil:
VCR at the black cat in DC was pretty good. The band sufficiently rocked faces off, but the venue was small and the crowd was smaller, so there were only a few people dancing. Ted Leo put on a great show, too, but the crowd there were even bigger assheads and decided to stand there. Hey, thick-frame wearing, tight-pants-and-tshirt hipsters, get up and dance at a concert. You're not impressing anyone with your Mount Eerie shirt.

heretic:
modest mouse at bonnaroo was great, Kings of Leon (who i didn't expect much from) at the same concert, were aweful. dreadful.

Leonidas:
I forgot to add that I have also seen The Strokes live a few years ago at a concert in Glasgow Green. Again I managed to get in for free after smooth talking my way past the ticket booth by telling them I was a music reporter for the Evening Times (local paper). All I had was a name, yet I still blagged it. ;) No thanks to my drunken friend though was was barely managing to retain consciousness

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