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Barnet Flame · 05-29-2012, 02:40 PM

1) AC/DC - Wembley - 2009 Stadium - Rock n Roll Train Tour. I don't know how it happened, but I managed to go without seeing these guys til 2009. My favourite band, I just love them. But I was never in the same city as they played. I tried not to raise my expectations too high - afterall I was convinced I'd missed them in their prime and thought how good could these guys be? They're in their 50s and 60s. Well it turns out they were so good I was so emotional I could cry tears thinking about it. One of the best nights of my life and a memory I will take to my grave.

2) Rush - Stampede Corral 1982 - New World Man Tour. My first concert and what a concert it was. They are masters of their craft and I do feel a bit smug that even as a zitfaced teen I had good taste.

3) Foo Fighters - Wembley 2008 - Their biggest ever show - 86000 of us at it and Dave Grohl had everyone rocking. He is a really nice guy and he has amazing stage presence and rapport with his audience. It was the second time I had seen them. Got the DVD of the show.

4) Def Leppard - Hammersmith Apollo - 2006. My wife got me tickets for this for Fathers Day. Cheap Trick were one of the support acts. It was an incredibly hot night and I was close enough to the stage to grab a few of the plastic cups of water they were handing to and throwing over the crowd to keep us cool. On a side note, I was at Dublin airport the year previous and was standing by Joe Elliot and Phil Collen and saw them being hassled by a youngish teen. Thought it was an over eager fan - turned out to be Phil Collen's son.

5) Hothouse Flowers - RDS Dublin 1988 - A beautiful hot sunny day in Ireland, so deserves to be remembered purely for that. The lines for drinks were insane and when we saw someone pushing a pallet full of milk cartons we were so desperate we offered to buy them off the guy there and then. He just gave them to us. As we were drinking our milk, we saw some guy full on giving one to his girlfriend. We just stood there, four of us watching him give her a good seeing to while drinking milk. For this reason alone, the Hothouse Flowers knock Green Day at Wembley 2010, with Joan Jett opening, out of 5th place.

05-29-2012, 02:40 PM	#59
Barnet Flame Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Barnet - North London Exp:	1) AC/DC - Wembley - 2009 Stadium - Rock n Roll Train Tour. I don't know how it happened, but I managed to go without seeing these guys til 2009. My favourite band, I just love them. But I was never in the same city as they played. I tried not to raise my expectations too high - afterall I was convinced I'd missed them in their prime and thought how good could these guys be? They're in their 50s and 60s. Well it turns out they were so good I was so emotional I could cry tears thinking about it. One of the best nights of my life and a memory I will take to my grave. 2) Rush - Stampede Corral 1982 - New World Man Tour. My first concert and what a concert it was. They are masters of their craft and I do feel a bit smug that even as a zitfaced teen I had good taste. 3) Foo Fighters - Wembley 2008 - Their biggest ever show - 86000 of us at it and Dave Grohl had everyone rocking. He is a really nice guy and he has amazing stage presence and rapport with his audience. It was the second time I had seen them. Got the DVD of the show. 4) Def Leppard - Hammersmith Apollo - 2006. My wife got me tickets for this for Fathers Day. Cheap Trick were one of the support acts. It was an incredibly hot night and I was close enough to the stage to grab a few of the plastic cups of water they were handing to and throwing over the crowd to keep us cool. On a side note, I was at Dublin airport the year previous and was standing by Joe Elliot and Phil Collen and saw them being hassled by a youngish teen. Thought it was an over eager fan - turned out to be Phil Collen's son. 5) Hothouse Flowers - RDS Dublin 1988 - A beautiful hot sunny day in Ireland, so deserves to be remembered purely for that. The lines for drinks were insane and when we saw someone pushing a pallet full of milk cartons we were so desperate we offered to buy them off the guy there and then. He just gave them to us. As we were drinking our milk, we saw some guy full on giving one to his girlfriend. We just stood there, four of us watching him give her a good seeing to while drinking milk. For this reason alone, the Hothouse Flowers knock Green Day at Wembley 2010, with Joan Jett opening, out of 5th place.