Top 10 Gigs

Top 10 now this is going be tough because I've been to over 30 in the last 8 years. Also not sure how I can put it in a fair order as I have seen new and old bands alike so here I go (information provided depends on my memory): ~ Nightwish - with support from Paradise Lost ~ Hammersmith Apollo - London - 25/09/05 ~ Set List (may not be in order): Dark Chest of Wonders Planet Hell Ever Dream The Kinslayer Phantom of the Opera (musical) The Siren Sleeping Sun High Hopes (Pink Floyd cover) Bless the Child Wishmaster Slaying the Dreamer Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan Nemo Ghost Love ...  Read the complete review

So do a review about "TOP 10 GIGS" Please bare in mind this will change about 200 times in my lifetime, i will do my best to update this. This is hard to do from 10-1 1-10 so I may just throw in a random number which sounds right, but may get altered later. 10. Doves - Manchester Apollo 09.12.2002 Support: Alpine Star & Delgados What a night, my first Doves show and since they're from Manchester and it was last night of their huge tour over land and sea, it was a beauty. The album tour (Last Broadcast) had been long and extensive and finished with two night in the famous Stockport road theatre of ...  Read the complete review

Perhaps I'm jumping the gun here a bit. I mean I have yet to see all of my favourite bands live, I have many to see this year and many still to come afterwards. Yet to think like that will mean that I'll never get anything done. In the last 2 years I've seen a tonne of bands, some I regret and some I truly enjoyed. To me they are my main chance to escape and therefore I happily present my top 10 gigs of all time. 10: Reel Big Fish - V Festival 2003 For a band I was never all that fond off to come on and totally blow me away in a mid-afternoon set that lasts a mere 20 minutes would take a lot. But they managed it. Exciting the crowd whilst pretending ...  Read the complete review

I have been to some amazing concerts and I feel that I must relate my experiences with you the good people in cyberspace. I love live music whether it is some busker playing a truly tortuous version of 'Wonderwall' in the city centre or the venting fury of a heavy metal concert. I play guitar, bass and the electric organ for fun in a university band (only for fun I have no desire to be a professional musician but I find playing music is a good pastime to have). So ladies and Gentlemen tonight I give to you Hunting Bears Top Ten Gigs of my 24 years in existence. In descending order, so that there is a build up. 10. 'Green Day' ...  Read the complete review

10: Babes In Toyland + Some local band Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 2001 Atmosphere 14 performance ? entertainment 25 circumstances 22 Total 61% OK, this first one only just made it in and is included purely on the basis of craziness and novelty value. I had arrived in Portsmouth early to meet my then girlfriend and venture to the promenade where we were to sit with her ex boyfriend and his new girlfriend and drink until the venue opened. Some vodka-based concoction lay in wait and some Don Pavral wine was purchased. Finding no corkscrews for sale in the convenience stores we had to open the bottles by shoving the corks in very hard. I could not do this ...  Read the complete review