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Best Live Bands

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Quite simple, just name the best live bands you've ever seen (except for Rush of course).

For me, its got to be:

Queen
Queensryche
Levellers
Fairport Convention
Thin Lizzy
Diamond Head
Whitesnake (pre 1987)
Hawkwind
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Pink Floyd
Triumph
Judas Priest
Kiss (reunion tour #1, when it was all fresh.)
And believe it or not, Cinderella and Bon Jovi put on excellent live shows.
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Pink Floyd (Docklands Arena '91)
Jethro Tull
Iron Maiden
AC/DC
Pantera
Marillion

Stand out gigs from my shady past.
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Stiff Little Fingers...every year on St Patricks Day in the Barrowlands
Motorhead ...surprisingly
Alice Cooper
Christy Moore
Planet Gong....which was supporting Hawkwind but blew them away
Nazareth doing an accoustic set
Jethro Tull
and Bon Jovi were really good live
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Post by Slaine mac Roth »

I've only seen Bon Jovi once and they were pretty poor. The again, I've never been much of a fan anyway.

A few I forgot to add.

Marillion (agree with you there Ogg - seen them 8 times, all Fish era)
Clannad
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (unbelievable)
Romeo's Daughter
Saraya
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whose fish?
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Yes
The Flecktones
Alan Holdsworth
Mannheim Steamroller
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That's 2 L's, buddy!

Peter Frampton was good live
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U2, best band I've ever seen live. :cool:
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BLACK SABBATH!!!!!
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The Who- circa 1997
Rush (duh!)
The Go-Go's (ask my friend about the cage dancers lmao...)
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Slayer on the "Reign in Pain" tour...seriously they were incredible
Crowded House
Thin Lizzy
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Diamond Head (good choice Slaine!)
New Model Army
Killing Joke
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