Your greatest gig/show of all time?

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Sexy Grey Fox got me thinking about this with something he said and how it might be a good topic OMG .. I've had a quite a few.

No particular order.

Rammstein ... obviously and recently last year at Coventry ... band was heard up to 12 miles a way ... what more can i say

Erm ... Aerosmith back in late 80's, show near Edinburgh (Ingleston) met Steven Tyler that time, biggie for sure meeting him and icing on that shows cake.

Queensryche doing Operation Mindcrime in their prime at Edinburgh Capitol ... we gave them a standing ovation and cheered so loud, the band appreciated it so much, Dokken support on that one I think?

Couple of early Ritchie Blackmore Rainbow shows .. my first ever Rock show in life was seeing Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio and Cozy as part of that old power trio ... it was crazy, was near the front and there was Ritchie right in front of me, his Strat he smashed was a copy though .. what a cheapo, saw him again 1984 and arguably more in his Rainbow prime and he played some blinding good moments on his guitar this ... was Ingleston near Edinburgh again .. and yes it was a replica Strat Ritchie destroyed that night too Seen him a few times since and its sad to say Ritchies hard rock days are over now, still great fun though ... massive Deep Purple fan still and along the way have become friends with Jerry Bloom and even Babs whome was Ritchies wife once ... she has a great sense of humour and often slips her love of Ritchie and the good old days into her posts ... bless her

Rush .. only saw them once at R30 Glasgow ... pure Magic.

Its really difficult to choose my best show ever .. Pink Floyd at Earls Court, Metallica in London .. I've been spoilt and despite my disability got some good shows coming up soon.

Oh, have to mention Ghost, first time I saw em was supporting Metallica at London 2019 just before Covid ... I'd just heard of them, but by time they finished loved them, saw them later that year before Lock Down and again since ... what an amazing band.

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Rammstein at both Downloads and MK
Iron Maiden and Donington '88
Russkaja at Manchester last year.

seen many many other superb shows, but those are the very tops.

Suprised to see you mention Donington 1988 my friend, was there too and weather was not great, brill line up for sure ... the two kids accident marred it for me, also the going down there and coming back were 12 of us and of the 12 of us who returned ... 4 died in short order from that trip, (2 were eventual suicides) One was my dear friend Sarah Darnelly who later became infamous as the first lady to die in a North sea oil related accident returning home in a Helicopter ... not superstious or anything, just dont have that many fond memories of that particular show any more.

 

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Thanks Adidan, never meant to post so sad, but you are right, the real life events overtook that occasion in lots of ways.

In many ways, some of the smaller shows Ive seen bring back happier memories than the bigger shows .. go figure

This one from local Inverness recently closed Rock Club Iron Works ... damn I loved that place, was in a bit of a rut at time, but a dear Girlfriend got me coaxed out of my shell and never looked back really!

I was huuming and Haing and trying to wriggle out of it, but went and wowee, got right back into the swing of things again and not looked back since ... hello Cleveland!
See if you can guess who the band are

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Pink Floyd at earls court in 92 I think it was.

It was 94, was at one of those nights too, awesome. Manic trip down from N Scotland with mates after a full days work on Friday, hired car took a lot of punishment and we arrived in London exhausted with no sleep and surviving on just adrenaline and excitement for the show... we arrived far too early, it was just bad planning for a long road trip through the night, we parked near as poss to our hotel who told us to go away and come back about 1 PM and did what Scotsman do best after a hearty breakfast at a local cafe .. got drunk in some great London pubs.
We staggered back to hotel about mid afternoon absolutely knackered with no sleep for well over 24 hrs, asked our hotel receptionist to give us a wake up call at about 6PM ... that never happened .. I was the first to wake up I think, looked outside and it was pitch black and was in instant panic ... OMG what time is it, panic stations, but it was late in year, Oct or Nov? and we still had time, woke my friends up, quick showers and out the hotel ASAP. Pure darkness of course ... but luck was on our side ... nearby Earls Court and in the darkness had two powerful searchlights probing the London skys, that had to be it we thought, so we ran towards those searchlights, even vaulting a sort of dual carrigway barriers and dodging cars to get there ... very very silly, but it was about 30 years ago but we were much younger and stupid LOL

We made it though, grabbed some shirts and a beer and got sat down about 5 minutes before first song Astronomy Domine started ... magic

Edit ... spot my mistake here ... i thought it was a Saturday night and this is deffo my ticket scan, so we must have went down on the Thursday, not Friday ... doh

 

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Blocked !!

Sorry, will have a look at that now

Edit .. it is blocked, had that once or twice on Youtube about copyright claim or something? It was just a short clip from a Skid Row show that was fun ... cant see any way round it? It was my filming clip though LOL

Oh and not that I'm their biggest fan or anything, but it was one brilliant intro and crash on stage that set their pace for the rest of night ... a fine little gig.