Whats the best concert you've been to?

[SNEDDS3]

I would have to say mine is Phish New years Millenium show in the Everglades. Rocked for 3 days and on NYE they played from 11:50pm to 7:00 am, AWESOME SHOW!!!!!

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Colin Hay. He's a fantastic story teller. Followed closely by Todd Snider, again, an excellent story teller.

 

[HawkFanISUalum]

Pink Floyd -- Jack Trice Stadium -- 1994

Nothing I've seen has ever come close to that spectacle.

 

[Knownothing]

Floyd at the Jack. Paul McCartney at the Jack. Rage against the Machine. Motley Crue Girls tour.

 

[isukendall]

Flaming Lips and the White Stripes, New Year's Eve 2004, Aragon Ballroom in Chicago

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Metallica & Godsmack - Hilton 2004

 

[timappelgate]

Coldplay at Xcel in 2007. Yeah I'll take some heat for this one. Im going to Tim and Eric Awesome Tour at the State Theater in Minneapolis for all you Tim and Eric fans out there!!

 

[friarcrazy]

Deadmau5 and Crookers (The Whip and Lake of the Pier were there too!!) at the Congress theater in Chicago, March 2009. Kaskade at Epic in Minneapolis, June 2010. Both were amazing shows. I bought 200 glowsticks for Kaskade and distributed them amongst eight people, we looked awesome. Best live dance music that I've ever heard, hands down. Electro house forever baby!!

 

[Clones21]

Ratt and Poison Summerjam 2007. Iowa speedway had to at least had 25,000 people in there.

 

[isukendall]

Coldplay at Xcel in 2007. Yeah I'll take some heat for this one. Im going to Tim and Eric Awesome Tour at the State Theater in Minneapolis for all you Tim and Eric fans out there!!

Honestly, I saw Coldplay in Chicago in 2003 and it was easily top 3 shows I've seen.

 

[RyCy04]

The Pixies were here a couple weeks ago and I completely forgot about it and didn't get tickets. Everybody I have talked to (with similar music tastes) has said it is definitely a contender for the best concert they have seen. Still kicking myself for that one.

 

[Frak]

I'd say either the Lollapalooza with Metallica and Soundgarden at the state fairgrounds or Springsteen at excel in St. Paul 2008.

 

[CarolinaCy]

Dec. 31,1999 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI:

Sevendust
Ted Nugent
Kid Rock
Metallica

The entire floor of the dome was general admission. There had to be 90,000 people there, the place is huge.

 

[RoseClone]

George Strait, Tim McGraw, Dixie Chicks, Kenny Chesney, Jo Dee Messina, and A Sleep At The Wheel - at the Jack

Bob Seger in McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colorado - "Get Out Of Denver" Roooooooocked!!!

 

[Cyballz]

Coldplay at Xcel in 2007. Yeah I'll take some heat for this one. Im going to Tim and Eric Awesome Tour at the State Theater in Minneapolis for all you Tim and Eric fans out there!!

Honestly, I saw Coldplay in Chicago in 2003 and it was easily top 3 shows I've seen.

 

[Broodwich]

Pink Floyd Division Bell Tour in 94 at "Cyclone Stadium"

Epic grandiosity that will never be paralleled.

 

[SNEDDS3]

I should add this one:

Tibetan Freedom Festival
June 13th 1999 Over 55,000 Attendees $50,000 raised

• Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Wisconsin

Run DMC, The Cult, Beastie Boys, Blondie, Tracy Chapman, The Roots, Live, Eddie Vedder, Otis Rush, Cibo Matto, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, Chaksam-pa

pretty awesome line-up!

 

[clones26]

Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper, and Jurassic 5 with a special appearance by Neil Young to sing 'Rockin in the Free World' at Hilton...epic
or

Jimmy Buffett in Tinley Park, IL at the Tweeter Center/First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

 

[Angie]

Tenacious D over in the Quad Cities, I want to say 2002. Or Rilo Kiley at First Ave, 2008.

 

[Bubbahotep]

Pink Floyd Division Bell Tour in 94 at "Cyclone Stadium"

Epic grandiosity that will never be paralleled.

Oh yeah, I was there too. U2's ZooTV show at Cyclone stadium was also an epic. I'd have to say Lollapalooza II at Alpine Valley, Jane's Addiction at Palmer Auditorium in Davenport, and Smashing Pumkins at Hairy Mary's in Des Moines are my top three.