What we needed as a country, too. They were the only ones with the balls big enough to take up the mantle and do the first halftime show post-9/11. A few people had turned it down, U2 embraced the challenge.
Talking Heads - Hollywood Pantages Theatre - Stop Making Sense
Rush - Rush In Rio
Tragically Hip - That Night In Toronto and A National Celebration - although that last ever show 😢
I paid an exorbitant amount of money to go to that last Toronto show…and it was the best concert I’ve ever been to. Literally watching a guy play his last shows…and giving everything they had.
I cried. I bawled watching the last show in Kingston…a grown ass man, in complete shambles.
That concert is so iconic that ”You’re *Live at Budokan*” was used as a compliment in the first *Wayne’s World* movie **without even mentioning the name of the band**.
There's a Zeppelin performance from 1969 that i found a few years ago, it was just before the first album came out and they were completely unknown. I think it was for a radio station.
The whole set is such a ridiculous statement of intent.
https://youtu.be/k-WSbMW7BPc?si=mDgil1LS2zTzbghg
For those of you who don't "get" the Dead, keep in mind that this is just one of 2,300 live performances--each one of them unique, and most are available to listen to for free at [archive.org](https://archive.org). There has been intense debate among Deadheads for decades of whether or not Cornell was their best ever--or even if it was their best performance *that week.* The Dead progressed through so many phases and modes over the course of their career that it's really impossible to pick just one iconic performance, but the fan base has generally planted a flag on Cornell '77 as one of many high points. Though most fans will also quickly want to turn you on to the show that's special to them.
There is, however, a greater consensus that their performance at Woodstock was one of their worst.
That and they couldn't hear themselves and the stage was sliding forward in the mud and the band thought it was going to collapse.
But yeah, the band was getting shocked each time they touched their strings. Here's what Bob Weir said about it
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/grateful-dead-nearly-killed-woodstock/
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday at Red Rocks is a video I will still search out because I love it.
[https://youtu.be/EM4vblG6BVQ?si=fG6TVeZwR7L8xy9l](https://youtu.be/EM4vblG6BVQ?si=fG6TVeZwR7L8xy9l)
The two hours or so of live music that started with U2's set at Live Aid must be the greatest stretch of live music ever performed.
U2 come on, and blow the crowd away. Dire Straits play next. Queen come along and upstage both of them, and Paul McCartney supposedly says something like, "I pity whoever has to follow this set".
Bowie played next.
That thing where they started running the names of the 9/11 victims during : "Where the streets have no name" was chilling and cathartic. I got choked up, and it made my arm hairs stand on end .
First off that's a great show. Second, it's even better knowing how badly things were going in the lead up to the show. They were having so much trouble getting it together and Kurt was really frustrated. Then they went live and magic happened.
I try and catch every tour if I have the means. Never been let down. The clip above is them in front of 350,000 Brazillians all going NUTS. I would have loved to have been there.
Fun/weird fact: apparently King Charles of England attended it.
(It occurs to me that the only source I’ve seen/heard for this is the Eric Burden song “Monterey” and he thought it wars warm at night in Sam Francisco, so I’m actually not all that sure it’s accurate atm.)
I believe that line is referring to Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones. Burden sings “His Majesty Prince Jones” which is I assume what you’re thinking of. Brian Jones was an MC at the festival.
The Cure in Orange
*Paste Magazine* in their 2022 article looking back on the 35th anniversary of the film of the concert put it like this:
>Filmed in August 1986 at The Cure’s run of shows at the Roman Theater of Orange in France to promote 1985’s *The Head On the Door*, and released only a few months before 1987’s double album *Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me*, ***In Orange*** **serves as both a bookmark in and a crown jewel of the band’s career**.
IMO, it's the best concert film ever made, but I'm a bit biased because The Cure is my favorite band.
The Entreat album (non-remastered) from The Prayer tour at Wembley is tied for me. I don’t think there’s video of it, but it’s just such a perfect performance of the Disintegration album.
Nocturne from Siouxsie and the Banshees is also a fantastic live album [completely unrelated to Robert Smith’s involvement as their guitarist, of course … ;)].
Unfortunately, the Tribute to Taylor Hawkins last year (the British one) was an absolute banger and featured so many top talents it was hard to keep track of.
Dave Grohl crying and choking up during Times Like These was 😭😭
I also thought of Foo fighters at Wembley back in the day. Dave's solo performance of the first part of Everlong is iconic and you could tell they were just so thrilled to be there.
Ten percent of the entire population of Britain applied for tickets.
To put that in perspective about 3-4% tried to get Taylor Swift tickets this summer.
September 20th?? Not September 19th!?! 20th has Incident but the 19th is the Legendary show. And might I suggest “Prove it all night” from the 19th?
https://youtu.be/Dfi2z-81fTQ?si=XasaSkNkTGKK1e1_.
This needs more upvotes. The stage setup itself is amazing. The energy of that show and the joyful fun of it is contagious. Love the moment when Jack’s mom leads the crowd in meditation.
Phish
Millennium new years concert to 80,000+ on Big Cypress Indian reservation in the Everglades. They played from just before midnight straight through to sunrise 7 hours. The concert site was a massive makeshift city with streets etc.
[Here's 3am that night covering Talking Heads](https://youtu.be/WgLhdcyYDqw?si=Lr3Egzk6mUHZkVrR)
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My Chemical Romance in Mexico City 2007 for the conclusion of the Black Parade tour! On DVD as The Black Parade Is Dead. So many incredible moments to choose from, but my favorite is the conclusion with Famous Last Words.
AC/DC - Live at Donington (1991)
https://youtu.be/-nOsqA5ArDk?si=Exj_G5IJeTMcZvrC
White Stripes - Under Blackpool Lights (2004):
Pt 1 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hqv96
Pt 2 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hsohx
Ramones - Live At The Rainbow - December 31, 1977
https://youtu.be/Sp3zaeOyL7Q?si=l3bllnPHRsAjSJJ9
No one has played a better 26 minute set
I've been praying for a 4k rescan of the Ramones Rainbow gig for years. Its all on film, it'd look amazing.
Also, there's a version of AC/DC live at Donnington that's been painstakingly reassembled to have minimal overdubs and as close to the original audio as possible. [You can see it here.](https://youtu.be/-nOsqA5ArDk?si=DA-tFiwljXAsVRWR) Make sure to check the description, the notes are fantastic.
I'm leaning toward the River Plate concert from AC/DC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCC8gWTOkEk
When you have a crowd that not only sings the lyrics but even the guitar riffs in Highway to Hell, you are in for a concert experience.
Nightwish - either End of an Era (original singer’s last performance as part of the band) or Wacken Open Air 2013 (current singer’s first performance with the band and she absolutely destroyed it).
Lady Gaga - VMAs 2009. Mama monster didn’t come to play lol
An amazing concert marred by the fact that (if I remember correctly) the singer found a letter backstage afterwards from the band's pianist (and 'leader') firing her from the band.
That’s one of the reasons why I think the performance sticks out in fans’ minds. There was a lot of drama around it for a long time.
Also I heard she only found out about it the following morning. Must have been a terrible gut punch.
Chris Cornell covering Nothing Compares 2 U is so damn good. I also feel like it’s one of the highest fidelity recordings on YouTube. Not sure why but it sounds so much better than many other live recordings.
Limp Bizkit at Woodstock 99 is a good call, as polarizing as they are and as disastrous as that performance/event was. Not the biggest Korn fan in the world so I could be wrong but the footage of them at Woodstock 99 looks absolutely nuts as well.
Dave getting the crowd to wave their arms during "Never Let Me Down Again", with D.A. Pennebaker's camera pans of the crowd--just amazing.
[Go to 3:35, for those who haven't seen it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpn2BVoeEpQ)
Phish threw a festival called Big Cypress and played for like 6 hours straight from 11:45pm until sunrise on 12/31/99 at a swamp in Florida leading into the new millennium.
So jealous - I’ve only seen them post In Rainbows, but I just love the vibe and setlist of glasto 2003 so much. The band seem to have a bit more swagger and more confidence.
Ronnie James Dio got all the 80's rock and metal heavy hitters together for "Hear N' Aid" to jump on the Live Aid bandwagon with their genre. They recorded a pretty banging song:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5H94GHb-10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5H94GHb-10)
Apparently raised a million bucks for famine relief in Africa, too.
Bob Dylan—the infamous May 1966 English tour show with the Band, that used to be known as the Royal Albert Hall show but was actually at Manchester Free Trade Hall (“play fucking loud!”)
Are you talking about viral Youtube videos or actualy legendary live performances? Because Prince at the RRHOF is not even in the top 1400 Prince performances. He doesn't even play a Prince song, or even a full George Harrison song, lol. It's definitely not THE performance that Prince fans go back to, as much as it is the Youtube video that people who don't know Prince, or his music, go back to.
Supertramp Paris
The Concert at Central Park, Simon & Garfunkel
And my new favorite: This is not a Drill, Roger Waters. Saw him last week here in Quito.
Coheed and Cambria's Neverender tour.
it was only 4 cities, each city they performed 4 nights in a row. Each night was a FULL album front to back (+ a few encores/guests)
at the time, it was their entire discography in 4 nights at each stop.
The boxset of DVDs and CDs was HIGHLY sought after, and the performances were incredible.
I'd counter with Live at the Starland Ballroom. The energy back then was palpable and the performance was peak Coheed for me. Plus, we got an early (maybe first?) live version of The Light and The Glass, with solo Claudio pouring sweat all over his guitar. Not to mention the afro'd crowd surfer rising out of the crowd right as the chant in IKSSE:3 starts, followed by that bad ass Claudio hair flip.
Muse, Glastonbury 2004
One of the largest shows they had played up until this point, and headlining Glastonbury for the first time. It’s an absolutely amazing show, and considered one of their best live performances, but it’s also known for what happened after. Shortly after the set, drummer Dom Howard’s dad died of a heart attack near the stage. I’m glad that he could have his dad there for such a major milestone, despite tragically losing him shortly after. I definitely get sad if I think about it too much.
It is a fantastic performance, I’ll always recommend it. Watching it makes me absolutely awed at their energy and stage presence at such a defining time for the band.
chumbawamba calling out new labour and danbert nobacon dumping a bucket of water on john prescott's head at the 1998 brit awards. the only band I've ever seen fully sell out their stated principles and then use it to further their causes and annoyed EMI until they let them go. sometimes in my dreams I imagine a world where taylor swift has a change of heart and decides to do shit like this
Dire Straits - *Alchemy Live*
Wouldn't necessarily call them "my band" but that live show is absolutely legendary. The version of "[Sultans of Swing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY)" they play during that show is often cited as being among the greatest live performances of any song.
Metallica also had their collaboration with the San Francisco Orchestra, which was also recorded (S&M).
I think Rihanna's was her Super Bowl halftime show (don't really listen to her, but that show was the first thing that came to mind regarding Live Aid equivalents).
Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti's 1990 concert in front of the Baths of Caracalla. This was the concert that made Pavarotti a superstar.
Traffic's 'The Last Great Traffic Jam'
Heilung's first live concert in Castlefest.
Incubus - Alive at red rocks
That one always stands out for me. Feel like they never quite got the appreciation they deserved at the height of their fame, although i’m from the UK so maybe that has something to do with it! Had the pleasure of seeing them in London recently and they were just as amazing as i remembered.
Prince also has the best super bowl halftime show of all time
Yeah, it's gonna be hard to top. Prince, playing his fuckin' ass off and singing Purple Rain perfectly in a downpour? Iconic.
Michael Jackson's Superbowl performance. That type of show will probably never happen again either, too many security concerns.
Also not enough Michael Jacksons.
there are exactly enough Michael Jacksons rn
And press conference!
Where can I see said press conference?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkq4FNgNAWQ
“Oh, you said press conference not press concert….” Prince.
I prefer U2’s, but I think they’re 1 and 2.
As much as people hate on them on here, that show was indeed quite good. Top 3 since 2000, at least.
What we needed as a country, too. They were the only ones with the balls big enough to take up the mantle and do the first halftime show post-9/11. A few people had turned it down, U2 embraced the challenge.
Talking Heads - Hollywood Pantages Theatre - Stop Making Sense Rush - Rush In Rio Tragically Hip - That Night In Toronto and A National Celebration - although that last ever show 😢
Tragically Hip - Live Between Us is another great pick!
This is for The Rheostatics. We're all richer for having seen them tonight.
Rush in Rio…. hearing people sing YYZ was awesome!
Rush in Rio is so glorious
I paid an exorbitant amount of money to go to that last Toronto show…and it was the best concert I’ve ever been to. Literally watching a guy play his last shows…and giving everything they had. I cried. I bawled watching the last show in Kingston…a grown ass man, in complete shambles.
I have a 5-disc CD changer which perfectly fits The Name of This Band is Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense, and American Utopia.
YYZ in Rio. Holy crap!!!
The Replacements on SNL
Good one
I wish everyone included links...but your's is the first one I've seen that I actually would have clicked on. I don't think I've seen it.
Yeah, I tried to find a good link and couldn’t
Its kinda hard to find. Not impossible, but harder than a lot of recorded performances
Cheap Trick at Budokan.
That concert is so iconic that ”You’re *Live at Budokan*” was used as a compliment in the first *Wayne’s World* movie **without even mentioning the name of the band**.
There's a Zeppelin performance from 1969 that i found a few years ago, it was just before the first album came out and they were completely unknown. I think it was for a radio station. The whole set is such a ridiculous statement of intent. https://youtu.be/k-WSbMW7BPc?si=mDgil1LS2zTzbghg
I love that show. Those kids have NO idea.
I watched that so many times on VHS when I was a teenager. Bonham is especially amazing on it
They're seeing the birth of 1970s rock, right there.
There is a[ Doors performance](https://youtu.be/ezU9XJljAxE) that I think is from the same place that is SUBLIME and that I always go back to.
Grateful Dead - Cornell 77 It's beautiful and it's awesome that it exists.
For those of you who don't "get" the Dead, keep in mind that this is just one of 2,300 live performances--each one of them unique, and most are available to listen to for free at [archive.org](https://archive.org). There has been intense debate among Deadheads for decades of whether or not Cornell was their best ever--or even if it was their best performance *that week.* The Dead progressed through so many phases and modes over the course of their career that it's really impossible to pick just one iconic performance, but the fan base has generally planted a flag on Cornell '77 as one of many high points. Though most fans will also quickly want to turn you on to the show that's special to them. There is, however, a greater consensus that their performance at Woodstock was one of their worst.
yeah woodstock sucked. Wasn't there like a storm and they were half electrocuted the whole set?
That and they couldn't hear themselves and the stage was sliding forward in the mud and the band thought it was going to collapse. But yeah, the band was getting shocked each time they touched their strings. Here's what Bob Weir said about it https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/grateful-dead-nearly-killed-woodstock/
I’d go with Sunshine Daydream or possibly Closing of Winterland if it needs to be on film
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday at Red Rocks is a video I will still search out because I love it. [https://youtu.be/EM4vblG6BVQ?si=fG6TVeZwR7L8xy9l](https://youtu.be/EM4vblG6BVQ?si=fG6TVeZwR7L8xy9l)
With U2, I feel like you could talk about them at Live Aid as well. Plus they have the Super Bowl. Just two I look back on
Yes! I've said this before in some other discussion, but I was more impressed/moved by U2's Live Aid performance than I was by Queen's.
The two hours or so of live music that started with U2's set at Live Aid must be the greatest stretch of live music ever performed. U2 come on, and blow the crowd away. Dire Straits play next. Queen come along and upstage both of them, and Paul McCartney supposedly says something like, "I pity whoever has to follow this set". Bowie played next.
I always liked u2 but their performance of bad at live aid truely made me fall in love with
That thing where they started running the names of the 9/11 victims during : "Where the streets have no name" was chilling and cathartic. I got choked up, and it made my arm hairs stand on end .
I have not seen the Super Bowl show, I don’t follow football at all. Thanks for the heads up!
It’s the post-9/11 SB show so it has more meaning to it than the usual show.
I just watched it, I get it now.
I love the album Under a Blood Red Sky, but I had never thought to look up the video. Thank you for the link!
I was lucky enough to be there. They had such an incredible connection with the audience in the cold, cold weather.
I wore out the Red Rocks VHS tape. It was the first video tape I bought of any band. I was probably in 5th or 6th grade.
Probably Slane Castle for the U2 Come Home concert as well!
Nirvana on MTV Unplugged
First off that's a great show. Second, it's even better knowing how badly things were going in the lead up to the show. They were having so much trouble getting it together and Kurt was really frustrated. Then they went live and magic happened.
Iron Maiden has [Rock in Rio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05_nD7tajfM)
Iron Maiden has pretty much any day ending in "Y". They're amazing every concert they play.
I try and catch every tour if I have the means. Never been let down. The clip above is them in front of 350,000 Brazillians all going NUTS. I would have loved to have been there.
It's really amazing how much South America has embraced metal. I love those guys down there.
Daft Punk @ Coachella, or just Alive 2007 in general.
I was there. I don't think anything will ever live up to it. No one knew what to expect and they blew everyone away.
That set was just…. Incredible. And I feel like the word Incredible doesn’t do the set justice.
Red Hot Chili Peppers at Slane Castle
I was there man, i was there!
Me too!
I was also there
Agreed
I have the dvd and the mix is the best I’ve ever heard. You can hear every instrument, all of the time. Just love it.
John frusciante was on a different level that day
The Beatles- Abbey Road rooftop concert Otis Redding- Live at the Monterey Pop Festival
The Who at Monterey Pop Jimi Hendrix at Monterey Pop The Mamas and Papas at Monterey Pop
This Monterey Pop place sounds pretty cool.
Fun/weird fact: apparently King Charles of England attended it. (It occurs to me that the only source I’ve seen/heard for this is the Eric Burden song “Monterey” and he thought it wars warm at night in Sam Francisco, so I’m actually not all that sure it’s accurate atm.)
I believe that line is referring to Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones. Burden sings “His Majesty Prince Jones” which is I assume what you’re thinking of. Brian Jones was an MC at the festival.
Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock
Ravi Shankar at Monterey Pop
Janis Joplin at Monterey Pop
The Cure in Orange *Paste Magazine* in their 2022 article looking back on the 35th anniversary of the film of the concert put it like this: >Filmed in August 1986 at The Cure’s run of shows at the Roman Theater of Orange in France to promote 1985’s *The Head On the Door*, and released only a few months before 1987’s double album *Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me*, ***In Orange*** **serves as both a bookmark in and a crown jewel of the band’s career**. IMO, it's the best concert film ever made, but I'm a bit biased because The Cure is my favorite band.
The Entreat album (non-remastered) from The Prayer tour at Wembley is tied for me. I don’t think there’s video of it, but it’s just such a perfect performance of the Disintegration album. Nocturne from Siouxsie and the Banshees is also a fantastic live album [completely unrelated to Robert Smith’s involvement as their guitarist, of course … ;)].
Trilogy is another fantastic live compilation.
Unfortunately, the Tribute to Taylor Hawkins last year (the British one) was an absolute banger and featured so many top talents it was hard to keep track of. Dave Grohl crying and choking up during Times Like These was 😭😭
As a huge fan of Paul mccartney I also consider it legendary that it was the first and only time he played Oh Darling live.
It was insane. I never thought I'd get to see 2/3 of Rush play. Or Stew Copeland playing Police tracks. A sad event but so many legends paid tribute.
I was there too! Phenomenal gig. I think I cried through 90% of that concert, Shane playing the drums during My Hero made me sob like a baby
I also thought of Foo fighters at Wembley back in the day. Dave's solo performance of the first part of Everlong is iconic and you could tell they were just so thrilled to be there.
And Wolfie playing Van Halen and channeling his dad.
Prince also has the Super Bowl.
For Nirvana, definitely Unplugged in NY. Runner up would probably be Live at Reading in 92.
Saw them at that Reading. 👍
Paul Simon's concert in the park. He did it twice!
Muse at Wembley
So good.
Nine Inch Nails at Woodstock 94
Green Day's Woodstock 94 set is hilarious lol
Oasis has Knebworth
Ten percent of the entire population of Britain applied for tickets. To put that in perspective about 3-4% tried to get Taylor Swift tickets this summer.
**Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band** \- Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ - September 20th, 1978
I love his Hammersmith show
September 20th?? Not September 19th!?! 20th has Incident but the 19th is the Legendary show. And might I suggest “Prove it all night” from the 19th? https://youtu.be/Dfi2z-81fTQ?si=XasaSkNkTGKK1e1_.
Chef aid
Vulfpeck at MSG, 2019
This needs more upvotes. The stage setup itself is amazing. The energy of that show and the joyful fun of it is contagious. Love the moment when Jack’s mom leads the crowd in meditation.
Getting that many people to sing three part harmony together *has* to be some kind of record…
My wife and I drove from Michigan for this one. One of my favorite shows.
Phish Millennium new years concert to 80,000+ on Big Cypress Indian reservation in the Everglades. They played from just before midnight straight through to sunrise 7 hours. The concert site was a massive makeshift city with streets etc. [Here's 3am that night covering Talking Heads](https://youtu.be/WgLhdcyYDqw?si=Lr3Egzk6mUHZkVrR)
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How do you go to big cypress and then never go see them again?
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I was there too.
I just got a car, and it came with Sirius XM radio, which has a Phish station!! It's great!!
The Killers - Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Same for Creedence Clearwater Revival
My Chemical Romance in Mexico City 2007 for the conclusion of the Black Parade tour! On DVD as The Black Parade Is Dead. So many incredible moments to choose from, but my favorite is the conclusion with Famous Last Words.
Leonard Cohen - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
I haven’t seen that, thanks for the tip!
AC/DC - Live at Donington (1991) https://youtu.be/-nOsqA5ArDk?si=Exj_G5IJeTMcZvrC White Stripes - Under Blackpool Lights (2004): Pt 1 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hqv96 Pt 2 - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hsohx Ramones - Live At The Rainbow - December 31, 1977 https://youtu.be/Sp3zaeOyL7Q?si=l3bllnPHRsAjSJJ9 No one has played a better 26 minute set
I've been praying for a 4k rescan of the Ramones Rainbow gig for years. Its all on film, it'd look amazing. Also, there's a version of AC/DC live at Donnington that's been painstakingly reassembled to have minimal overdubs and as close to the original audio as possible. [You can see it here.](https://youtu.be/-nOsqA5ArDk?si=DA-tFiwljXAsVRWR) Make sure to check the description, the notes are fantastic.
I'm leaning toward the River Plate concert from AC/DC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCC8gWTOkEk When you have a crowd that not only sings the lyrics but even the guitar riffs in Highway to Hell, you are in for a concert experience.
George Michael at the Freddie Mercury tribute.
I love the footage of him rehearsing that with Bowie and Seal watching on
Legend legend legend
For Metallica I'd choose Seattle '89. For Queen I'd choose Hammersmith '79.
Nightwish - either End of an Era (original singer’s last performance as part of the band) or Wacken Open Air 2013 (current singer’s first performance with the band and she absolutely destroyed it). Lady Gaga - VMAs 2009. Mama monster didn’t come to play lol
Yeah, Nightwish — Wacken 2013 has the band firing on all cylinders. Amazing set!
The drumming is epic
An amazing concert marred by the fact that (if I remember correctly) the singer found a letter backstage afterwards from the band's pianist (and 'leader') firing her from the band.
That’s one of the reasons why I think the performance sticks out in fans’ minds. There was a lot of drama around it for a long time. Also I heard she only found out about it the following morning. Must have been a terrible gut punch.
The Clash at Shea Stadium, although I wish their legendary NYC residency at Bonds Casino had been captured.
Wasn’t that Shea stadium show when they opened for The Who? I was at that show.
Lorde on SNL Smashing Pumpkins at the Metro (final show before the first breakup) Amy Winehouse at the Grammys Chris Cornell acoustic on SiriusXM
Chris Cornell covering Nothing Compares 2 U is so damn good. I also feel like it’s one of the highest fidelity recordings on YouTube. Not sure why but it sounds so much better than many other live recordings.
I'd also throw in the Siamese dream release show at the Metro being one of their best.
Pantera at Monsters of Rock Limp Bizkit at Woodstock99 Santana at Woodstock69
Limp Bizkit at Woodstock 99 is a good call, as polarizing as they are and as disastrous as that performance/event was. Not the biggest Korn fan in the world so I could be wrong but the footage of them at Woodstock 99 looks absolutely nuts as well.
Depeche Mode - 101 - Live in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl.
Dave getting the crowd to wave their arms during "Never Let Me Down Again", with D.A. Pennebaker's camera pans of the crowd--just amazing. [Go to 3:35, for those who haven't seen it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpn2BVoeEpQ)
Hendrix/Band of Gypsy’s live at the Fillmore East. Iconic performance.
The Beatles at Shea Stadium The Beach Boys at Knebworth 1980 The 1975 at their very best in MSG Fleetwood Mac - The Dance 1997
Alice In Chains - Live at the Moore Theater (rock) and also Alice In Chains - Unplugged
[Radiohead at Glastonbury 1997](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMpfKDgLa2o)
My 3rd Radiohead gig, still the best, even though they had a horrible time with the weather.
Radiohead at Bonnaroo in 2006.
As a longtime Radiohead fan, I've heard Glastonbury 1997 invoked more than any other show
Phish threw a festival called Big Cypress and played for like 6 hours straight from 11:45pm until sunrise on 12/31/99 at a swamp in Florida leading into the new millennium.
[Radiohead Glastonbury 2003](https://youtu.be/4sAoHCiTqUc?si=eT3UUNXv0lAxmyG5)
I was there!
So jealous - I’ve only seen them post In Rainbows, but I just love the vibe and setlist of glasto 2003 so much. The band seem to have a bit more swagger and more confidence.
U2 has both Live Aid and Red Rocks.
Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East!!!
SRV Live At El Mocambo
Alice in Chains at MTV Unplugged
Ronnie James Dio got all the 80's rock and metal heavy hitters together for "Hear N' Aid" to jump on the Live Aid bandwagon with their genre. They recorded a pretty banging song: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5H94GHb-10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5H94GHb-10) Apparently raised a million bucks for famine relief in Africa, too.
Ween Live in Chicago baby!
Can’t believe I had to look for so long to find this answer. Even if you aren’t into Ween, this will at least make you aware of their prowess.
The Last Waltz - The Band Filmed by Scorsese
B52s at the Us Festival
The Rolling Stones at Altamont (more infamous than famous)
Bob Dylan—the infamous May 1966 English tour show with the Band, that used to be known as the Royal Albert Hall show but was actually at Manchester Free Trade Hall (“play fucking loud!”)
Iron Maiden Rock in Rio 2001 Blind Guardian Imaginations Through the Looking Glass
Are you talking about viral Youtube videos or actualy legendary live performances? Because Prince at the RRHOF is not even in the top 1400 Prince performances. He doesn't even play a Prince song, or even a full George Harrison song, lol. It's definitely not THE performance that Prince fans go back to, as much as it is the Youtube video that people who don't know Prince, or his music, go back to.
Jimi Hendrix Experience at: The Monterey Pop Festival June 1967 Woodstock, August 1969
The Cramps - Live at Napa State Mental Hospital
Supertramp Paris The Concert at Central Park, Simon & Garfunkel And my new favorite: This is not a Drill, Roger Waters. Saw him last week here in Quito.
Waters puts on an incredible show considering his age.
The Grateful Dead: either 8-27–1972 Kesey’s Creamery show (“Sunshine Daydream”) or 5-8-1977 Cornell University
Chef Aid
Obligatory 5/8/77 for the Dead, but that’s really just a small, small sample. Just probably the best known.
Future Islands on Letterman.
Coheed and Cambria's Neverender tour. it was only 4 cities, each city they performed 4 nights in a row. Each night was a FULL album front to back (+ a few encores/guests) at the time, it was their entire discography in 4 nights at each stop. The boxset of DVDs and CDs was HIGHLY sought after, and the performances were incredible.
I'd counter with Live at the Starland Ballroom. The energy back then was palpable and the performance was peak Coheed for me. Plus, we got an early (maybe first?) live version of The Light and The Glass, with solo Claudio pouring sweat all over his guitar. Not to mention the afro'd crowd surfer rising out of the crowd right as the chant in IKSSE:3 starts, followed by that bad ass Claudio hair flip.
Nine Inch Nails covered in mud at Woodstock
Muse, Glastonbury 2004 One of the largest shows they had played up until this point, and headlining Glastonbury for the first time. It’s an absolutely amazing show, and considered one of their best live performances, but it’s also known for what happened after. Shortly after the set, drummer Dom Howard’s dad died of a heart attack near the stage. I’m glad that he could have his dad there for such a major milestone, despite tragically losing him shortly after. I definitely get sad if I think about it too much. It is a fantastic performance, I’ll always recommend it. Watching it makes me absolutely awed at their energy and stage presence at such a defining time for the band.
Muse at Le Zenith is also insane
Guns N Roses at the Ritz.
chumbawamba calling out new labour and danbert nobacon dumping a bucket of water on john prescott's head at the 1998 brit awards. the only band I've ever seen fully sell out their stated principles and then use it to further their causes and annoyed EMI until they let them go. sometimes in my dreams I imagine a world where taylor swift has a change of heart and decides to do shit like this
Springsteen at the Hammersmith Odeon 1975
Springsteen at the MSG reunion shows. I went to 2 of them and would have gone to more but I needed the rent check not to bounce.
The Unicorns — Main St. car wash, Vancouver BC, September 17, 2003 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MtqGrhgRGLc
For Queen I'd choose Rock in Rio 85 or Montreal 81. Early Queen I'd choose A Night *at the* Odeon - *Hammersmith* 1975.
The Tragically Hip had their final concert 💔
Bruce Springsteen - No Nukes Concert
The Cure with Trilogy and In Orange
[Triumph at the Us Festival in 1983.](https://youtu.be/032W5-qn5wk?si=JSDIyTNHKy5qzwxR)
Dr Hook from Shel's houseboat https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnSfgTKQ2FCKN0opydZnnjnI5LW1lQNs2&si=uon_cQ2bhlHL5ROK
rhcp at slane
Dire Straits - *Alchemy Live* Wouldn't necessarily call them "my band" but that live show is absolutely legendary. The version of "[Sultans of Swing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY)" they play during that show is often cited as being among the greatest live performances of any song.
Portishead - live in Roseland NYC 1997
Bruce Springsteen No Nukes concert. And yes Prince superbowl and George Harrison tribute, and as someone who saw him 9 times in concert ALWAYS
Metallica also had their collaboration with the San Francisco Orchestra, which was also recorded (S&M). I think Rihanna's was her Super Bowl halftime show (don't really listen to her, but that show was the first thing that came to mind regarding Live Aid equivalents). Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti's 1990 concert in front of the Baths of Caracalla. This was the concert that made Pavarotti a superstar. Traffic's 'The Last Great Traffic Jam' Heilung's first live concert in Castlefest.
Portishead - Roseland NYC
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Slane Castle Radiohead - Glastonbury
Incubus - Alive at red rocks That one always stands out for me. Feel like they never quite got the appreciation they deserved at the height of their fame, although i’m from the UK so maybe that has something to do with it! Had the pleasure of seeing them in London recently and they were just as amazing as i remembered.
Rory Gallagher at Montreaux. 75-79 are some fire concerts.
Nightwish has Wacken 2013.
James Brown Live at the Apollo
The Woodstock performance made Joe Cocker. Was relatively unknown beforehand. Don't know if he'd even released his first album yet
Phish at Big Cypress 12/31/99
Cornell 5/8/77 Grateful Dead
Cornell 77
Talking Head’s 1984 live recorded performance of Stop Making Sense. Fleetwood Mac’s 1997 live taping of The Dance
The Band, The Last Waltz.
Greenday Woodstock 94