Foo Fighters several years back. Dave Grohl is an amazing performer and he did several encores for us. Every time he stepped off stage, a camera cut to the back area where he was drinking a beer and chilling with his bandmates and when the audience called for an encore, he came running. It was magnificent and I never wanted that night to end.

Stomp, in Chicago, about 10 years ago. Loved, loved, loved their show.

John Mellencamp, Willy Nelson & Bob Dylan 2010, Austin, Tx

Believe it or not, Alice Cooper.

He has a certain "magic" as a performer that is very rare.

Lady Gaga

As far as just pure talent it would have to be the Eagles for me. I should add that they would probably be tied with Eric Clapton except the Eagles seem like they were enjoying themselves more than he did.

Marilyn Manson. He just gave it all and it was amazing.

1992, The Bottom Line, NYC: They created a non-smoking section for me in front of the stage. We'd gone to see Leslie West and mountain, but soon they were joined by Clapton, who came onto the stage wearing the glasses/moustache/Big nose disguise - which didn't fool us one bit; THEN Ginger Baker and Keith Richards. They jammed all night. NOTHING like New York City! Oo oo and I forgot Dizzy Gillespie at Carnegie Hall...wait wait there was Billy Joel and Elton John, OYES and Tom Petty at Jones Beach...I can't say just one : (

Glastonbury one of the years it was a mud bath waiting for the main act to come - to the main stage, very cold and Michale Eavis who owns the land and puts on the whole show got his five year old daughter to play 'Twinkle Twinkle Little star on her violin' the crowd went wild shouted encore so many times, it was very sweet

Prince. Amazing show. Incredible artist. His guitar playing was SO good that I have yet to see anyone even close to his skills.

Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden all always put on an amazing live show

The best live performance I ever saw on as Paul McCartney in Pittsburgh. He did 22 Beatles songs. It was awesome!

AC/DC 2001 in Charlotte NC. Badass show!

Uriah Heep for $5 just a couple years ago - open seating. They came down into the crowd after the show and partied with people for a while. Second place Spirit - I worked security keeping people out until the promoters broke even - then we opened the doors to everyone. After the show, we went out to eat at the L&K Resturant (Now Bob's Big Boy I think) and sat next to the band for a late snack. Mr. Skin was very cool, both in song and in person

Every time my ex said "I love you". lying hag.

During Desert Storm we were along side the aircraft carrier the Indepence doing highline transfer. 5 Tom Cats one after the other took off the Independence flight deck. After that 3 Harrier lifted off and jetted away. The intense emotion that rushes through you is indescribable.

Peter Gabriel. Houston, November, 1982. What a superb showman!

Audio only from the tour:

I saw the Old Crow Medicine Show open for John Prine a few years back, and they tore it the hell up. Then Prine was Prine.

Ironically Faust

Tori Amos is always awesome!

I'm going to see the "Red Hot Chilli Pipers" at the Hershey Theater this Saturday. Looks like it my be a pretty good show. You can go wrong with bagpipes.

• 1990 Meat Beat Manifesto, 99% tour
• Test Dept -Totality Tour '96
• DeadMau5 2017
• Young Gods - 1992

/couldn't choose

I was lucky enough to see a lot of concerts.
My top 5
The Orb with full band Hollywood Ameican legion hall 1991
My Bloody Valentine The roxy and the Palace 1991
Kyuss ( Queens of the stone age right after high school) Ethyl Meatplow Maxwax at the Whiskey in 1991
Massive Attack The Wiltern 2010
Stone Temple Pilots back when they were called Mighty Joe Young Rage Against the Machine and Sugartooth in the Shamrock which is now Cheetah's a strip club on Hollywood Blvd. I actually promoted that show myself before any of those bands had gotten signed.

Probably "Phentom of the Opera" or "Miss Saigon", but in both cases I have to wonder if spectable influenced my deision.

The best show I saw live with no spectacle, was "A Chorus Line" at the Grand Hotel Dinner Theater in Anaheim, around 1984. (I have been told the hotel was torn down for a Disney expansion.)

I did see Ellen Degenerous in San Francisco way back before she became famous. She only had a just OK night. I also saw Bill Cosby in Las Vegas. He was just OK live. I think I prefer to see comedians on recordings, as you usually get to se them on a better night that way.

The Dixie Dregs in a small bar in Murfreesboro, NC back in 1983 or 4.. Steve Morse is one of the most amazing guitarist alive, and to see him up-close like that was an awesome thing. If you like progressive jazz/rock,, you'll love these guys. [houstonpress.com]