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O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:46 pm

I want to watch the Oasis comeback recently.

Serious good, Liam sounded better than ever and the instrumentals were spot on. Noel great on the instrumentals too.

Only paid £600 for the privilege.



Another highlight for me was seeing Kings of Leon before they were famous, £20 in Gloucester in front of about 200 people.


What's the best music gig you've been to?

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:57 pm

I saw Genesis a couple of times back in the day; once with Peter Gabriel in London and once with Phil Collins in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Both were fantastic gigs

I also see most ‘gigs’ at the MillStad, and I have to say as a non-fan, that Oasis the other week were incredible; particularly after a 26 year break!

Overall, though, I thought Taylor Swift was incredible in her first Cardiff visit! Her ‘show’ was out of this world! :ayatollah:

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:01 pm

Foo fighters seen a few times and never disappoint

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:10 pm

Sven wrote:I saw Genesis a couple of times back in the day; once with Peter Gabriel in London and once with Phil Collins in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Both were fantastic gigs

I also see most ‘gigs’ at the MillStad, and I have to say as a non-fan, that Oasis the other week were incredible; particularly after a 26 year break!

Overall, though, I thought Taylor Swift was incredible in her first Cardiff visit! Her ‘show’ was out of this world! :ayatollah:


Oasis were incredible Chris.

I've seen them both perform separately but there's something about Liam and Noel together. Just brilliant.

The performance of "Live Forever" was out of this world.

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:18 pm

Sven wrote:I saw Genesis a couple of times back in the day; once with Peter Gabriel in London and once with Phil Collins in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Both were fantastic gigs

I also see most ‘gigs’ at the MillStad, and I have to say as a non-fan, that Oasis the other week were incredible; particularly after a 26 year break!

Overall, though, I thought Taylor Swift was incredible in her first Cardiff visit! Her ‘show’ was out of this world! :ayatollah:


Queued overnight in the freezing cold to get tickets for that Genesis concert at Sophia Gardens in 1980.

Tickets cost £3.50 and that's what you paid - none of this "dynamic pricing" bollocks or waiting ten hours online to be told that you were number three million in the queue when Ticketmaster and Viagogo had already bought all the tickets and were selling them for a massive mark up.

Queued again for hours on the day of the gig to get down the front as soon as the doors opened and loved every minute of it.

Followed the band after the concert to the Post House in Pentwyn where they were staying and got their autographs!

Peter Gabriel had played Sophia Gardens about three weeks earlier on the tour promoting his third album and was also superb.

Happy days! :old:

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:29 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:
Sven wrote:I saw Genesis a couple of times back in the day; once with Peter Gabriel in London and once with Phil Collins in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Both were fantastic gigs

I also see most ‘gigs’ at the MillStad, and I have to say as a non-fan, that Oasis the other week were incredible; particularly after a 26 year break!

Overall, though, I thought Taylor Swift was incredible in her first Cardiff visit! Her ‘show’ was out of this world! :ayatollah:


Oasis were incredible Chris.

I've seen them both perform separately but there's something about Liam and Noel together. Just brilliant.

The performance of "Live Forever" was out of this world.

I agree, mate. It was something special! :clap:

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:31 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:I want to watch the Oasis comeback recently.

Serious good, Liam sounded better than ever and the instrumentals were spot on. Noel great on the instrumentals too.

Only paid £600 for the privilege.



Another highlight for me was seeing Kings of Leon before they were famous, £20 in Gloucester in front of about 200 people.


What's the best music gig you've been to?

I go to the isle of wight festival every year, seen some really good bands acts etc over the years , but Robbie Williams as a show a couple of years ago even know i don't really like his music he was fantastic had the crowd in the palm of his hand

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:33 pm

The Manic Street Preachers are always very good.

Rammstein of course put on a full Pyrotechnics show.

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:59 pm

Saw Linkin Park before Chester passed away and they were almost too good, sounded just like their studio stuff.

Aerosmith are amazing live and it feels like a real show.

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:13 pm

Roath_Blue wrote:The Manic Street Preachers are always very good.

Rammstein of course put on a full Pyrotechnics show.

Rammstein were excellent and the crowd itself class! :ayatollah:

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:18 pm

davids wrote:
Sven wrote:I saw Genesis a couple of times back in the day; once with Peter Gabriel in London and once with Phil Collins in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Both were fantastic gigs

I also see most ‘gigs’ at the MillStad, and I have to say as a non-fan, that Oasis the other week were incredible; particularly after a 26 year break!

Overall, though, I thought Taylor Swift was incredible in her first Cardiff visit! Her ‘show’ was out of this world! :ayatollah:


Queued overnight in the freezing cold to get tickets for that Genesis concert at Sophia Gardens in 1980.

Tickets cost £3.50 and that's what you paid - none of this "dynamic pricing" bollocks or waiting ten hours online to be told that you were number three million in the queue when Ticketmaster and Viagogo had already bought all the tickets and were selling them for a massive mark up.

Queued again for hours on the day of the gig to get down the front as soon as the doors opened and loved every minute of it.

Followed the band after the concert to the Post House in Pentwyn where they were staying and got their autographs!

Peter Gabriel had played Sophia Gardens about three weeks earlier on the tour promoting his third album and was also superb.

Happy days! :old:

We were lucky, a couple of our group queued for the tickets but I agree it was much better/fairer then!

I wasn’t at the Cardiff Gabriel gig but I saw him later, and I also saw the Steve Hackett Band, and Mike and the Mechanics separately. Hackett was in the Top Rank and his support act was a ventriloquist called ‘Magritte the Rat’, who was hilarious and (we think) later became Roland Rat!

Fantastic days! Everything seemed so much simpler! :ayatollah:

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:37 pm

Ozzy & Black Sabbath, Metallica, Guns n' Roses, Slayer, Pantera, Lamb og God, Mastadon, 2 weeks ago at Villa Park. An amazing day with the creme de la creme of Heavy Metal playing their stuff. Steven Tyler singing Zepplin's 'Whole Lotta Love' was unforgettable. The guy's a legend! Ozzy rules tho :occasion5:

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:53 pm

Stairway to Merthyr wrote:Ozzy & Black Sabbath, Metallica, Guns n' Roses, Slayer, Pantera, Lamb og God, Mastadon, 2 weeks ago at Villa Park. An amazing day with the creme de la creme of Heavy Metal playing their stuff. Steven Tyler singing Zepplin's 'Whole Lotta Love' was unforgettable. The guy's a legend! Ozzy rules tho :occasion5:


I recently watched the first part of the Back to the Beginning video and going to watch the second part when I can kick my missus out for a few hours. Incredible line-up who did not disappoint! Must have been an amazing atmosphere there.

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:55 pm

Roath_Blue wrote:The Manic Street Preachers are always very good.

Rammstein of course put on a full Pyrotechnics show.


Manics are fantastic, a proper band that can sing live.

Ready For Drowning is one of my favourite songs.

Probably in my top five of the best I've seen live alongside Oasis and Muse.

Re: O/T Best gig you've been to

Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:55 pm

The Clash Sophia Gardens around 1978. Absolutely superb.