[thepostman]

to add...best LU concert ever....Five Iron Frenzy's farewell show...Liberty hasn't had a show like that since....amazing...

[blwall1416]

...ELO...complete with the laser light show

hey...don't bring me down, you evil woman. all over the world, there is strange magic brewing. you don't want me to turn to stone, do ya? guess I'll just hold on tight..


that's all I got off the top of my head...

[Fumblerooskies]

...ELO...complete with the laser light show

hey...don't bring me down, you evil woman. all over the world, there is strange magic brewing. you don't want me to turn to stone, do ya? guess I'll just hold on tight..


that's all I got off the top of my head...

You are on quite the roll, today!

[AZjonz]

The Metallica concert was the best I have ever been to. It was the "No where else to roam" tour before they cut their hair and changed their style. I was front row and Lars Ulrich handed me a drumstick.

Very nice. I was happy that they didn't rely heavily on St. Anger tracks when I saw them. Here is the set list from the show (4/24/04):

Blackened
Fuel
Seek And Destroy
Fade To Black
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Frantic
The Memory Remains
St. Anger
Sad But True
Creeping Death
Battery
- - - -
I Disappear
Nothing Else Matters
Master of Puppets
One
Enter Sandman
- - - -
Motorbreath

They played "One" by itself and then did a Justice medley of some of the other songs. That's a pretty goos set list - no Sanitarium?

[blwall1416]

You are on quite the roll over beethoven

can't believe I forgot that one...

[scuzdriver]

What no mention of INSYNC? Backstreet Boys? Jeremy Camp puts on a good show. One of the problems with most secular acts is that they spend half of the show spouting politics rather than just performing. i.e. the Eagles, David Mathews.....Just shut up and sing!

[RubberMallet]

the dmb show i went to had none of that...

[Hold My Own]

most secular acts is that they spend half of the show spouting politics rather than just performing.

No kidding...Jay-z went on a tirade about Bush and then put up a huge picture on the screens of Obama saying its time for change...lucky for us 90% of those there wont take the time out to vote so what does it matter...but still..that bothered me

[kel varson]

Miley Cyrus " The best of both world's tour"

Great concert. Mostly kids though. I was one of only single guys there.

[mrmacphisto]

My Top Five:
1. Sufjan Stevens: The BQE (at BAM, November 2, 2007)
2. Crowded House: North American Tour (at the 9:30 Club in D.C., May 2, 2008)
3. The Police: Reunion Tour (at John Paul Jones Arena, November 6, 2007)
* I also saw them at Madison Square Garden on October 31 in full Halloween costumes, which was awesome. This one ties for #3.
4. Foo Fighters: Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace Tour (at Charlotte Cricket Arena, October 5, 2007)
5. U2: Vertigo Tour (at New Charlotte Arena, December 12, 2005)

[Casper]

Hootie

[RubberMallet]

the metallica show i went to was terrible....it was for the load tour....i was sooooo dissapointed...

[whmatthews]

Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood a few weeks ago in Raleigh for the Love, Pain and The Whole Crazy Carnival Ride and in July going to Raleigh for Chuck Wicks and Brad Paisley.

Am I the only person on the board that likes country?

[Cider Jim]

LU concert triva: to the best of my knowledge, LU has only hosted one "secular" concert. It was in the Vines Center shortly after the students left for the spring semester, and I believe the year was 1995. Do any of you old hags remember who was here in concert then?

["R" i "]

If we are talking "all time favorite" concerts, my big three are:

Neil Diamond at the Roanoke Civic Center in 1992.
Wild Cherry in Parkersburg, WV in 1977.
James Taylor in Charlottesville in 2006.

Ha. I was just talking to my dad, and he took my mom to the Neil diamond concert in '92 at the civic center. He said that they left after three songs. I hope it was becasue they didnt like the music!

[WinthropEagleFan]

My favorite concert of all-time that I've been to was the first one I ever went to...

Beastie Boys w/ the Roots opening for them at the Patriot Center at GMU back in the spring of 1995...two great live acts (I've seen the Roots 2 more times since then at the 9:30 Club in DC)...

Honorable mention goes to:

-Rage Against the Machine w/ Wu-Tang Clan as the opening act back around 1997 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD...
-Tricky at the 9:30 Club in DC around 1998..

[AZjonz]

I forgot to mention this (or these) concerts in Laughlin, NV -

It was Eddie Money and REO Speedwagon. I think they were separate concerts. Both were way past their prime. It was at the Riverside Casino and had cocktail waitresses serving buckets-o-beer. It was the graveyard of mullets.

Eddie Money screams to the crowd "I've got two tickets to paradise and I'm taking all of you with me!" Wha? How does that work?

[SuperJon]

One of my favorites was Reel Big Fish's Coast to Coast Roast tour in 2004. It was Suburban Legends (awesome), Lucky Boys Confusion (ehh), Catch 22 (decent), RX Bandits (hate them), and Reel Big Fish (great). That was the last big show I went to unless you consider Brand New at LC. I just don't let myself go to concerts very often because I come out of them wanting to play music too much again.

[BJWilliams]

If we are talking "all time favorite" concerts, my big three are:

Neil Diamond at the Roanoke Civic Center in 1992.
Wild Cherry in Parkersburg, WV in 1977.
James Taylor in Charlottesville in 2006.

Both of my parents are HUGE James Taylor fans...my dad would take my mom whenever he stopped in Tidewater.

[ToTheLeft]

1. Sufjan Stevens: The BQE (at BAM, November 2, 2007)

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

I wanna see him in concert so much. I am sure he is AMAZING.

[RagingTireFire]

the metallica show i went to was terrible....it was for the load tour....i was sooooo dissapointed...

That album was called "Load" for a very good reason.

[AZjonz]

Going down memory lane here and I had also forgotten (again) about seeing KISS in concert in Las Veagas. They did a tour in the late 90s with the original band members and put the make-up back on. They put on a heck of a show though I wasn't really into them so much.

[Hold My Own]

LU concert triva: to the best of my knowledge, LU has only hosted one "secular" concert. It was in the Vines Center shortly after the students left for the spring semester, and I believe the year was 1995. Do any of you old hags remember who was here in concert then?

No...who was it?




Went to hear Kanye West last night...disappointed...he pretended he was on a spaceship the whole time and he kept talking to the screen like it was a robot...really gay

[ToTheLeft]

LU concert triva: to the best of my knowledge, LU has only hosted one "secular" concert. It was in the Vines Center shortly after the students left for the spring semester, and I believe the year was 1995. Do any of you old hags remember who was here in concert then?

No...who was it?




Went to hear Kanye West last night...disappointed...he pretended he was on a spaceship the whole time and he kept talking to the screen like it was a robot...really gay

Cocaine, it's a heck of a drug...

[Cider Jim]

LU concert triva: to the best of my knowledge, LU has only hosted one "secular" concert. It was in the Vines Center shortly after the students left for the spring semester, and I believe the year was 1995. Do any of you old hags remember who was here in concert then?

No...who was it?

Ricky Van Shelton