cb25 wrote:
Iron Maiden. Even well into their 50s they know how to bring it.
Up the Irons!
Saw them at Leeds festival 2005, it was amazingly good. What really stood out was that they played loads from their 1st album, including "Phantom of the Opera", note perfect. They were the stars of that festival.
However, the most iconic performance was seeing The Pixies for the first time at "T in the Park 2004". Not only were they fantastic live, but it felt like the whole of Scotland came out to pay homage to them, never seen a crowd reaction like that, before, or since. That whole festival was incredible though, just look up who was playing and you can see it was the best festival ever.
Best individual gig was The Damned at the Odeon Hammersmith (now the Apollo) in 1982. They even played a full version of "curtain Call" with Rat Scabies doing a drum solo that must have lasted at least 7-8 minutes and even had Robert Fripp as a guest guitarist for a few songs. The whole gig was so epic, they seemed to be playing for a lot longer than a usual gig (but this was when they were at the height of their popularity and arguably had the best line up), it will always last in my memory.