It was fun to type these out. I hadn't really thought of most of these in a long time.
U2 ZooTV - PNE Coliseum Apr 23/1992. Kind of the peak of U2’s popularity, they played a small tour of hockey arenas before doing football stadiums. So much excitement for this one. They put tickets on sale by phone only with 2 ticket limit and it took out all the phone systems in BC for an hour. I kept trying and was able to get tickets once the lines were back. The show they put on was like nothing I’d ever seen before.
Nirvana - PNE Forum. Jan 4/1994 - Hole Vancouver Commodore Ballroom Nov 15/1994. The shows musically may not have been the greatest, but a time I will always remember. Nirvana got a little better as they went, but started out kind of just going through the motions. Hole was interesting with Love kind of breaking down a lot of stage, but they played a pretty solid set.
Radiohead - Mac Hall - Mar 21/1996 - I saw them a few times in later years, but nothing will beat seeing them in that small of a venue
Tragically Hip - 7/26/1991 - Edmonton Convention Center. It was set up like a beer hall with tables in the back that they’d been serving beer all night. It was pretty drunk out by the time they came on. The surge of people halfway through the first song broke the stage, and they went away for another hour. The venue had run out of cups but they decided to keep selling beer, but only be the pitcher. It was almost midnight by the time they came on. Beer jugs were flying everywhere. They’d be landing on the stage and Gord would be throwing them back. He snapped a couple mic stands that night, and they put on a pretty great show, to the best of my memory.
Lollapooza Aug 31,1994 Gorge in George, Washington - Green Day/Nick Cave/Beastie Boys and Smashing Pumpkins and the venue were my highlights
Rounding out the top ten would be Joe Strummer with the Pogues PNE forum, Pink Floyd Division Bell - BC place 94, Nick Cave - Beacon Theater in NYC, Pearl Jam @ Grizzly Stadium, Pixies at the Commodore Ballroom in 91.
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