Colesman Ballz
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With some eulogising over favourite bands and their gigs on the relevant thread, I thought it might be fun to start this one.
Just trying to narrow it down is a bit of a bugger though, but here's my stab at it to start the ball rolling.
No 1 Pink Floyd Division Bell Tour, Earl's Court October 1994. Wow ! The masterclass in how to go out in style.
No 2 Bruce Springsteen & the East St Band, Born in the USA tour, Wembley 4th July 1985. Independence Day with the maestro of high energy performance
No 3 Nanci Griffith solo acoustic gig, the Mean Fiddler Acoustic Room 1988. Now I'm not a great C&W lover, but was one of the lucky 130 or so crammed in, who were spellbound by the purity of her songs. You could hear the proverbial pin drop.
No 4 Osibisa, Brighton Dome c 1973/4. Had the whole audience out of their seats and dancing to the infectious rhythms, which unfortunately led the venue to banning them from appearing there again. Miserable party-poopers !
No 5 I am going to cheat a bit here and say ANY gig by The Funking Barstewards. Ok they may be just a covers band, but do they deliver a great night out . Any band that can get the entire audience singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody must be doing something right !
So many great gigs had to be left out, I may have to do another list later ! Over to you...................
Just trying to narrow it down is a bit of a bugger though, but here's my stab at it to start the ball rolling.
No 1 Pink Floyd Division Bell Tour, Earl's Court October 1994. Wow ! The masterclass in how to go out in style.
No 2 Bruce Springsteen & the East St Band, Born in the USA tour, Wembley 4th July 1985. Independence Day with the maestro of high energy performance
No 3 Nanci Griffith solo acoustic gig, the Mean Fiddler Acoustic Room 1988. Now I'm not a great C&W lover, but was one of the lucky 130 or so crammed in, who were spellbound by the purity of her songs. You could hear the proverbial pin drop.
No 4 Osibisa, Brighton Dome c 1973/4. Had the whole audience out of their seats and dancing to the infectious rhythms, which unfortunately led the venue to banning them from appearing there again. Miserable party-poopers !
No 5 I am going to cheat a bit here and say ANY gig by The Funking Barstewards. Ok they may be just a covers band, but do they deliver a great night out . Any band that can get the entire audience singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody must be doing something right !
So many great gigs had to be left out, I may have to do another list later ! Over to you...................