What was the best concert you’d ever been to?

[Roadgeekteen]

I'm not really into concerts, but I went to a Star Wars concert at Tanglewood once which was pretty good.

[NWI_Irish96]

Not really in any particular order:

Fleetwood Mac (2017)
Def Leppard/Styx/Foreigner (2007)
Chicago (1995)
Barenaked Ladies (1994, in a 1000 seat venue, before they were huge)
"Weird Al" Yankovic (several times between 1992 and 2019)

[roadman65]

Beach Boys at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ.  It was pouring rain during the event, but we all got soaked. Then afterwards went on Roaring Rapids where if I got soaked in dry weather, at that moment wouldn't matter.

[SectorZ]

May 2018, Sons of Apollo in Worcester, MA.

For those who don't know them, they are a prog-metal supergroup that has Mike Portnoy (formerly of Dream Theater) as the drummer, along with a lot of well known names in the hard rock world.

As their second-to-last song, they played Van Halen's "And the Cradle Will Rock". Their lead singer, Jeff Scott Soto, was running around among the fans singing it. As he approached me, he handed me the mic and had me sing the chorus. I will never forget that.

[Flint1979]

Paul McCartney opening night Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Second was any of the Eddie Money concerts I went to at Pine Knob.

[Takumi]

I have been to a bunch of good shows, and it would be impossible to pick just one, but here are some of the highlights:

Pearl Jam
Metallica (x2)
Nine Inch Nails
Failure (x2)
The Prodigy
Tricky
Tool (3x)
Puscifer (2x)
A Perfect Circle
Tori Amos (x2)
Iron Maiden (x2)
BT (x2)
Smashing Pumpkins (5x+WPC solo 1x)
Deftones (5x)
Paul McCartney
Foo Fighters (x2)
Judas Priest

I've been to a bunch more, but these are some of the artists you might have heard of.

I want to see the Pumpkins once touring resumes. The next tour is supposed to be Mellon Collie themed.

[bugo]

I want to see the Pumpkins once touring resumes. The next tour is supposed to be Mellon Collie themed.

The first time I saw them was at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa in 2010. They played a mix of old, new and obscure Pumpkins songs. They were touring behind that album that they gave away on their website (which, in true Corgan style, was eventually abandoned), and they played several songs off of it. The second time was at the Cain's in 2012, and they played the entirety of <i>Oceania</i> and a few old songs. The third time was at the Brady Theater in Tulsa in 2013, which was the <i>Plainsong</i> tour, which was mostly acoustic but with some electronic beats towards the last half of the show. They played a bunch of songs that I had never heard before, which was great. The fourth time was at the big arena in Oklahoma City in 2018, right after Iha and Chamberlin rejoined the band. They played mostly older Pumpkin songs, which was a treat. The fifth time was again at the Brady in 2018, and they were touring behind the <i>Shiny and Oh So Bright</i> album, and they played a few new songs and a bunch of old ones. The last concert I ever attended was Billy Corgan solo at the Cain's in late 2019. It was an acoustic show, and he played guitar on some songs and piano on others. I'm very fortunate to have been able to see them as many times as I have.

[Takumi]

I want to see the Pumpkins once touring resumes. The next tour is supposed to be Mellon Collie themed.

The first time I saw them was at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa in 2010. They played a mix of old, new and obscure Pumpkins songs. They were touring behind that album that they gave away on their website (which, in true Corgan style, was eventually abandoned), and they played several songs off of it. The second time was at the Cain's in 2012, and they played the entirety of <i>Oceania</i> and a few old songs. The third time was at the Brady Theater in Tulsa in 2013, which was the <i>Plainsong</i> tour, which was mostly acoustic but with some electronic beats towards the last half of the show. They played a bunch of songs that I had never heard before, which was great. The fourth time was at the big arena in Oklahoma City in 2018, right after Iha and Chamberlin rejoined the band. They played mostly older Pumpkin songs, which was a treat. The fifth time was again at the Brady in 2018, and they were touring behind the <i>Shiny and Oh So Bright</i> album, and they played a few new songs and a bunch of old ones. The last concert I ever attended was Billy Corgan solo at the Cain's in late 2019. It was an acoustic show, and he played guitar on some songs and piano on others. I'm very fortunate to have been able to see them as many times as I have.

They've played the National here in Richmond a few times. Maybe they'll come here again.