here's mine im intrested to know what you guys think.

1) Muse
2) Coldplay
3) Snow Partol
4) Damien Rice
5) Greenday

1. Greenday (Reading 2004)
2. Coldplay (Glasto 2002)
3. Faithless (Glasto 2002)
4. Stereophonics (Earls Court 2003)
5. ummmm Chili Peppers (Hyde Park 2004)

Asian Dub Foundation
levellers
PJ Harvey
Killing Joke
ministry

U2
MUSE
CHILIS
JAMES
ATHLETE

rancid
fun lovin' criminals
the get up kids
lcd soundsystem
the ataris

u2
the pogues
bowie
rem
saw doctors

The Hives
Hope of the States
The Music
Faithless
Keane

Paul McCartney
U2
Guns n' Roses (1991)
Stone Temple Pilots
Levellers

just outside top 5:
The Cult
AC/DC

worst:
Inspiral Carpets
Hair & Skin Trading Company

Rage Against The Machine
Muse
Prodigy
Nirvana
Levellers

1) Muse - Glasto 04
2) Oasis- Wembley 2000
3) Coldplay- MEN 03
4) MSP - MEN 02
5) Killers - last friday!

Metallica
Velvet Revolver
Machine Head
Slayer
Anthrax

1) White Stripes
2) Muse
3) The Prodigy
4) Million Dead
5) Morrissey

rage aginst the machine
muse
bjork
radiohead
dylan

1. green day
2. less than jake
3. flogging molly
4. alkaline trio
5. rancid

1. Green Day (leeds 04)
2. Razorlight (brum academy 04)
3. chili's (hyde park 04)
4. dashboard confesional (brum academy 04)
5. Brand new (brum academy 04)

In no order;

Muse (Glasto 04)
McCartney (Glasto 04)
Prodigy (Leeds 02)
Metallica (Download 04, cause of old setlist + Joey on drums :-D)
Franz Ferdinand (Glasto 04)

Thats why Glasto's the best fest :-P

i hope your joking! they were terrible when i saw them supporting radiohead, it was almost laughable.

now here's my bands

green day (reading 04)
muse (glastonbury 04)
foo fighters (V03)
radiohead (newcastle telewest arena)
the cooper temple clause (norwich UEA)

Muse (MEN)
DJ AFX (Glade Festival)
Chk Chk Chk (Manchester Academy3)
Radiohead (South Park - Oxford)
Grandaddy (Manchester Academy1)

Tool - Barrowlands 2001
Jurassic 5 - Manchester Academy 2003
Rancid - Manchester Apollo 2003
Manic Street Preachers - Barrowlands 2001
Groove Armada - Manchester Apollo 2004

Green Day
Chilis
Muse
Pixies
Foos

Foos - V2003
Feeder - Glasgow Barrowlands
Manics - Glasgow SECC
Faithless - Glasto 02?
Reel Big Fish - can't remember where

radiohead - glastonbury 2003
the smiths - GLC jobs for a change festival 1984
the ramones - portsmouth guidhall 1979/80
kraftwerk - hammersmith palais 198?
pink floyd - earls court 1981

#1: Futureheads (Sheffield Leadmill '04 & Leeds '04)
#2: Lostprophets (Manchester Academy 3 '03)
#3: System of a Down (Leeds '03)
#4: Avenged Sevenfold (Manchester Academy 1 '04 & Leeds '04)
#5: Green Day (Leeds '04)

Pink Floyd
Jimi Hendrix
The Eagles
Faithless (indoors)
David Bowie

Eric Clapton
Frank Zappa
Van Morrison
Jackson Browne
Chris Rea

Radiohead (Cardiff Arena 03?)
Kings of Leon (Islington Academy 04)
Bloc Party (Camden Lock 04)
Franz Ferdinand (London Astoria 03)
Counting Crows (London Asoria 02) - sorry I know no-one will like them but they are honestly a great live band!

1. Coldplay - V2003
2. Muse - TITP 2004
3. Athlete - V2003
4. Faithless - TITP 2004
5. Moz - Leeds Fest 2004 (How soon is now......WOW!)

The Levellers
James
New Model Army
The Cure
Big Country

Great band. utter class.
Shit venue. utter shit

lou reed
REM
UB40
faithless
Athlete

RHCP
Counting Crows (best atmosphere!)
James
Stereophonics
Incubus/Hundred Reasons

Worst: Bob Dylan (he played songs no one knew and everyone boo-ed him cos he wouldn't do an encore!!)

This is my first post by the way, hello!!

welcome chezza

Thank you!

its outta soad muse the used my chemical romance taking back sunday funeral franz probs

Green Day - Nottngham Arena - 27th Jan 2005
Manic Street Preachers - Nottingham Arena - 11th december 2004
Kings Of Leon - 21st December 2004 / VFest 2004 (staffs)
The Strokes - V2004
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dockland Arena London - 8th March 2003 / VFest 2003 (staffs)

such good bands.

Kasabian, INme, the Zutons and Idlewild also deserve mentions

Radiohead ( Glasto 97)
Flaming Lips ( Brum Academy 03 )
Elbow ( Wolverhampton Wulfrum 03 )
Pearl Jam ( Manchester MEN 00 )
Pixies ( V 04 )

1) At The Drive-In
2) British Sea Power
3) Sparta
4) The Crimea
5) Rage Against The Machine

Wow, only 3 months yet so much has changed.

Keane are no longer on the list, and neither are Faithless. Very difficult to choose between The Hives and The Music as well seeing as how I remembered an act that should have been near or at the top of my orignal list.

Anyways:

1. Hope of the States
(V Festival Staffs 2004, Manchester Academy 1 Oct 2004, Sheffield Leadmill Sep 2004, London Astoria Feb 2005)
Have now seen them 4 times, and they just keep getting better and better. It's not just the music (which on it's own would be awesome) but the whole experience with the projections and the sheer enjoyment they seem to get out of it.

2. Rammstein
(Nottingham Arena Feb 2005)
While Hope of the States were clearly #1, Rammstein only just took number 2 - and that's definitely because of the show. The music's very good, but it's the whole show with the flames and the "acting" that makes them such a good live act.

3. Muse
(V Festival Staffs 2004, Earls Court Dec 2004)
Just missing second, although it's very very tight there. With Muse it's the music that makes the gig, as opposed to the performance as it is Rammstein. Still definitely owrthy of their two recent "Best Live Act" awards.

4. Metallica
(Summer Sanitarium Orlando 2003, Leeds Festival 2003)
This is on here probably more because of what it was than neccesarily for the quality. The chills I got down my spine - both times - when I heard the intro to Ecstacy of the Gold, made me get seriously into seeing live music.

5. The Hives
(Leeds Festival 2004, Sheffield Octagon Sep 04)
Just sneaking it ahead of The Music, who could easily have been here. the Hives just sneak it on performance which basically came down to the antics of Pelle (put your noodles in your pocket) Almqvist, and Nicholas Arson.

1.Fall Out Boy
2.Futureheads
3.Lostprophets (Pre 2004)
4.Green Day
5.Avenged Sevenfold


Im expecting Streetlight Manifesto to enter this list after i see them in april though

1. Queen -1986
2. Rush - 1990
3. Iron Maiden - 1982
4. Metallica - 1991
5. Levellers - 1992

That's well over a decade since anyone has come close to these acts!

1. Joint first Mad Caddies and Flogging Molly (just such a fun time)
3. The Living End
4. No Use For A Name
5. Hmm not sure, Green Day, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Thrice, Weezer, Goldfinger, Rise Against, Lagwagon, Offspring...??? I've enjoy so many.

Could all change after Iron Maiden this year.

Lostprophets
Flogging Molly
Dropkick Murphys
The Distillers
A

The Damned
Nick Cave
Rage Against The Machine
Rory McLeud
Iggy Pop

greenday

the hives

the others

the distillers

farse

Nick Cave & TBS
Eat (no, really, they were great)
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Pixies
Pulp

Green Day
(hed) pe
Symposium
Coldcut (do djs count?)
Less Than Jake

1)Paul Weller
2)The libertines
3)Kaiser Chiefs
4)Kasabian
5)The futureheads

im seeing oasis end of the month so that will be f**kin top notch

The Cooper Temple Clause
Radiohead
Metallica
Seafood
65daysofstatic

White Stripes @ wolverhampton civic 2003
Muse 2002 @ Reading (not a fan but impressive live act)
Red Hot Chili Peppers @ V 2003
Billy Talent @ Warped Tour 2004
System of a Down @ Brixton earlier this month

i'm gonna feel unique cos my top 3 aint even been mentioned

1: The Duke Spirit - Rescue Rooms, Notts April 05
2: Interpol - Rock City, Notts Dec 04 and Octagon, Sheffield 05 (crap venue that!)
3: Millencolin - The Academy, Manchester (what an atmosphere) April 02
4: System of a Down - Ice Arena, Notts - 2002
5: The Rakes - Dot to Dot festival, Rescue Rooms, Notts May 05


special mentions to Cast, my first gig way back in 1996 and 1997. And Metallica, at reading festival 2003, Radio 4 at the dot to dot festival and Chikinki in 2004 at the Social, Notts

Mine would be

1: Muse
2: Faithless
3: The Hives
4: The Killers
5: The Ordinary Boys