The 50 BEST CONCERTS I've Ever Seen Live RANKED! 

I think rock concerts would be a good reason to invent a time machine.

he doesn't even play the guitar in this one, he just holds it ominously like he's about to burst into stairway to heaven in a music instrument store at any moment

Imagine seeing a concert. Can’t relate.

I have online class BUT this is more important!

Imagine being to so many concerts that you start to forget who you saw live... goals af

YOUVE BEEN TO 50 CONCERTS!?!?!?

I went to a Queen concert and Brian May performed a solo with galaxies in the background. What an experience!

Saw Motörhead just before Lemmy died. You could tell Phil and Mikkey knew that any of the shows could be Lemmy's last one, and they went the extra mile to make him comfortable and to entertain the crowd. Lemmy was only half alive but he was still the man. He pulled through the whole show and gave everything he got. That was the only time I saw Motörhead and I am super grateful that I got to go. I was in tears when I hear he passed. He was not only a rock god but a fantastic human.

You always have really good stories to tell. Must've been cool seeing a former student perform. As for my best concert, I'd have to go with seeing TOOL live. I need to see them again since I was new to their music when I saw them and didn't know their catalogue as well as I do now. Phenomenal musicians.

My dream concert would be a Zeppelin reunion.not realistic but one of my biggest dreams

Oasis and Nirvana are the two bands I would have loved to see live in the 90s but I was too young.

I'm sneakily watching this at work 😄

Soundgarden opening for Danzig in 1990 was pretty rad. Tools first US tour. Nirvana. Pearl Jam’s first US tour. NIN in 1990. Alice In Chains 1992 in a club for Dirt. Smashing Pumpkins in 1992. Rage at lollapalooza, first national tour. Saw Metallica Black Album tour, epic show. Added- I saw Ween when they were just a duo and a tape machine, multiple times. Gwar several times prior to 1994. Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, prior to 1994. The original Janes Addiction several times. Fugazi several times. Early 90s Pantera, Slayer, Ice T, Digable Planets, Beastie Boys

I went to my very first concert in 2013, it was Metallica concert live in Malaysia. The best moment in my life 😭. Few days after the concert, I still can't sleep properly because my brain and ear keep hearing that massive sound/riff from this concert. It is not disturbing, it just incredible. I will never forget this ❤️❤️❤️

No ACDC? Saw them twice, best concerts i ever been in my life. Also the darkness was the most fun.

I'm a guy who listens to black metal, doom metal, and death metal, but the best concert I have ever seen was Harry Connick Jr.

I’ve never been able to go to a single concert for anyone :(

I saw Pink Floyd, the Pulse Tour, at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton. I can die now fully sated.

The best concert I've been to by far is Iron Maiden from their Legacy of the Beast tour. I've seen them 3 times. Here's the list of shows I've been to. Metallica twice Blue Oyster Cult 10 times Doobie Brothers twice Kansas twice Cheap Trick twice ZZ Top twice Ted Nugent five times Avenged Sevenfold (with Metallica) Ghost (with Iron Maiden) Heart Trans-Siberian Orchestra 3 times Alter Bridge 4 times Styx twice Def Leppard twice REO Speedwagon Deep Purple Lynyrd Skynyrd Slipknot (with Volbeat, Gojira and Behemoth) Slayer (with Lamb of God, Anthrax, Testament and Napalm Death) Slash feat Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators Distrubed Evanescence George Thorogood Alice Cooper (with Halestorm and Motionless in White) Joe Bonamassa Peter Frampton Robin Trower Sammy Hagar (with David Lee Roth) Twisted Sister

Awesome trip down memory lane. Love it. Hopefully the other YT guys respond in kind. Great job!

In no particular order: August Burns Red Trivium Lamb of God Bullet for my Valentine Metallica Megadeth The Offspring Roger Waters (The Wall) A Day to Remember Parkway Drive System of a Down Disturbed Slipknot Machine Head Joe Satriani Experience Hendrix (Steve Vai, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, etc.) Story of the Year Hatebreed Terror Alexisonfire All That Remains Animal as Leaders Periphery Avenged Sevenfold Killswitch Engage Billy Talent Chelsea Grin Despised Icon Emarosa For Today Rise Against Skindred Veil of Maya Whitechapel

Tool is my favorite band and I’ve seen them three times. I’m still jealous my dad saw Zeppelin twice!

I’ve seen all of the big bands but I got to see Cannibal Corpse at a small venue and it was the heaviest thing I’ve ever seen. Their guitar tone was this syrupy thick absolute crushing sound. Amazing. 1. Cannibal Corpse 2. Slayer 3. Green Day 4. Slipknot 5. Tool 6. Lamb of God 7. Metallica 8. Rob Zombie 9. Attila 10. Buckethead

My first concert was The Wiggles when I was 4. I just remember how insane the kids went during the show. I’ve seen Springsteen twice. The best was the Wrecking Ball tour in 2012. It was a 3 1/2 hour show. So moving and such an emotional moment for 12 year old me. I went to Experience Hendrix once and as a young guitar student it was so inspirational to see Billy Cox (Jimi’s friend and bassist during the Band of Gypsies era) as well as Eric Johnson, Zakk Wylde, Dweezil Zappa, Buddy Guy and Kenny Wayne Shepard all there and playing my favorite guitarist’s work. I saw Rain who are a Beatles cover band. The gimmick is they change their outfits throughout the show as the eras of the Beatles pass. The effect really sold me on this being more than just a cover band. They love this band as much as all the fans do. Then I saw Brit Floyd. That was special. Pink Floyd is my favorite band and David Gilmour along with Hendrix were my two biggest guitar inspirations. Seeing the Floyd light show and screen recreated as well as incredibly accurate versions of Pink Floyd’s music was incredible. I’ve seen Joe Bonamassa once and he was great although his mic was a little off. The last concert I went to was The Rolling Stones. Being one of my favorite bands and one of the first bands that left an impact on me, it was stunning to see these guys still doing it after all these years. It was emotional to see people of all ages there. It makes you realize (similar to the Springsteen show) how an artist can really transcend time through great music. That is my concert resumé. Nowhere near 50 but I’ve got plenty of life left in me.

KISS are mixed in terms of their discography for enjoyment but goddam they really know how to put on a show.

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50 Concerts?! I barely even seen 4 Concerts where I'm totally Interested on.

Toad the Wet Sprocket was one of the best live shows I’ve seen hands down

Great job, that was awesome,I'm 56 and have seen lots of bands,but the one concert stands out at what i would consider the hardest working band has to go to pantera, the who in 81 was pretty rad too.thanks rock on folks

Awesome to see that you know Bradley Hall

U2, Muse and Green Day are all must-see live bands

My best? Bon Jovi at Hyde Park. 2013. The stars aligned and I got to duck out of a work trip to Croatia early to spend 24 hours in London to catch a concert with my best mate (who moved there a decade earlier). We'd been planning to see them together for nearly 20 years. Runner up, Sebastian Bach opening for GNR in Perth in 2007. What a nut case. So good. Wish I was there : INXS, Wembley, 1991.

This is fun. I started doing this about 5 years ago. I was digging up the concert, openers, date, venue. I used setlist, band touring pages, friend's memories. I'm at over 100 concerts myself. I put them all on setlist and AskFM, so they're "saved" so to speak. I know I'm missing a few more too but can't track down the concert dates. Definitely an activity that makes you smile from the memories. Cheers.

the only rock concert I've ever been to was ACDC in 2008. I was lucky enough to see them when it was still all the main members

Solid selection!

This was a great list man. Hearing Doctor Beato's would be pretty cool

Wow that quite an impressive list .. I need to do mine

Seems like you had a pretty dreamy life my man, really glad for you!

Nice one Mike 😎

The Mirage! I snuck into a Pantera concert at that place. Also seems like I was in a similar section of the Metrodome for FNM

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I saw Melt-Banana live about 9 years ago. One of the best-mixed and most audible shows I’ve ever been to. It was perfect.

Im in my 40's now and so glad I got to see so many good bands on great tours back when they were at their peak in the 80's and 90's. Megadeth, Metallica, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, Pantera, Judas Priest, Testament, Coroner, Overkill, Anthrax, Sevendust, Slayer, Prong, Alice Cooper, Ministry, Dark New Day, Faith No More, God Lives Underwater, Soul Coughing, and so many more. A lot of these tours and shows you saw are the same ones I saw. These days ive been so lucky to do art for people like Bobby Gustafson and Sid Falck (both formerly Overkill) in their recent bands and meet some of the people that inspired me to pick up a guitar and drums as a kid

Hey Mike, thanks for making this video! We appreciate your perspective brother. Ever seen QOTSA live? I saw them a handful of times, they're reliable. But when they're really fucked up, magic happens. Josh has an amazing presence on stage. Yawning Man was amazing. They played this meditative thing once at a show in London and it was the only time in my entire life I was able to sleep standing up.

Motley Crue - Carnival of Sins , one of the best shows I've seen , Also Iron Maiden Powerslave Tour in the 80's was amazing

Kiss was my first concert back in 2000. It was a life changing experience and the reason I started playing guitar

Surprising how you never went to a SOAD concert. I bet you would have enjoyed watching Daron.

I was at that rage against the machine concert! The reason for them playing was to protest the two party system, not long after that show they would break up. That was my personal second favorite show, I even have brad wilks drumsticks from that night. My favorite concert was tool who ironically was at that same venue but actually inside the building.

This made me very nostalgic for the old Mirage in south Minneapolis. I saw many great shows there, including the Dream Theater show you mentioned. I saw Anthrax there twice with John Bush as well. I also miss Ryan’s in lowertown St.Paul and Triple Rock near Cedar/Riverside. We’ve lost some great club venues over the years. At least we still have 7th Street/First Ave!

Haven't been out to too many shows but The Wood Brothers always kill it live. Also got to see Jeremy Enigk solo which was really intimate. His voice is so unique and he can still sing as good as ever.

We've probably been at the same shows because I used to go to The Mirage all the time. In South Minneapolis. Loved that venue. Savatage in 94 at The Mirage was one of my favorite shows. It's on RU-vid. :) Mr. Big, Motley Cru, Tyketto, Firehouse, Dream Theater all played the Mirage. My top show of all time is King's X at Ground Zero on their Tape Head tour. October 19th, 1998. BEST. CONCERT EVER. One last thing. I used to work at Title Wave Music & Video in Coon Rapids. Great memories.

Great video man. It's awesome you got to see so many great shows. No acdc?

It's so hard to pick favorite concerts I've seen but these shows for sure stood out. Metallica-Master of Puppets tour. Megadeth-Rust in Peace tour. Roger Waters-The Wall tour. Death-Scream Bloody Gore tour. Monsters of Rock tour (with VH, Scorpions,Metallica,etc) Metallica-Justice for All tour, M.O D.-USA for MOD tour, Death-Leprosy tour, I could go on and on and on. all the times I seen Rush,Yes,Deep Purple,Dio,Ozzy,Kiss,Aerosmith,Robert Plant, Countless Metallica shows and tours, One strange line up Metallica show I seen was Aerosmith,Black Crowes,and Metallica on the same bill, Great Great show!! Seen hundreds of bands live, One thing I miss most was the ticket prices back in the day.

I am subscribed to Rick Beato! Love his videos. Especially What Makes this Song Great.

My first ever concert was Pantera on the 'Far Beyond Driven' tour. I caught one of Rex's picks.

Ty Segall (most talented rock musician of the last decade without question), NiN (with Janes Addiction), and The Who are my personal favorite shows I've ever attended.

4:47 OMG Toad is my FAVORITE BAND OF ALL TIME!!! Glad you remembered to include them! No, they’re not a flashy rock band with a huge stage presence, but they have the best music and are all super cool guys. I think they would get a chuckle out of being #29.5, too. ;)

You actually saw Jeff Buckley live?! I would pay any amount of money to see his show. May he rest in peace.

Seen fear factory quite a few times now, always amazing

the only bands im really sorry that i never had the oportunity to watch live were ; QUEEN , Black Sabbath and Led Zepplin... and if i may include as a band Michael Jackson...

I got to see Styx, Steve Augeri at our local 4th of July fest (back when I lived in Kentucky), Foo Fighters, Bad Religion, 3DG, POD, and Shinedown (twice), Breaking Benjamin, Sevendust, Tool, and this September I get to see AIC (unfortunately it’s not Layne but still really awesome)!

My first show was the Beach Boys as a kid. Then it was White Zombie with the Ramones in 1995, when I was in 6th grade. Quite the leap. Loudest show was Down with the Melvins hands down. P.S. I love you mentioning the local and underground bands, you're legit.

I never got to see a RUSH concert and it has been a real sorrow for me. They are My favorite group and there is nothing I would have loved more than to go to one. Unfortunately, a worker I had to be to survive.

Only been to one. Slipknot in Manchester! The good ol’ behemoth opened and it was amazing!

That was great hearing Fear Factory mentioned. Seem so underrated and deserving of much more attention. I got to see them open for Zombie during his Hellbilly Deluxe tour and I was blown away. Never even heard of them at the time and now I'm a huge fan, that concert was so powerful and intense, shock, edge crusher, linchpin, there cover of Cars was just damn. I wish they had done more that night and cancelled Monster Magnet who was terrible, singer was so wasted the guitarist had to keep pulling him back onto the stage because he'd almost walk off the edge or just fall down.

i love a good chunk of these bands

Saw Rush on all but 1 or 2 tours starting from Presto(@90),Page & Plant, Black Crowes with Jimmy Page, Dream Theater in a small venue on their Images and Word tour, Pink Floyd(Division Bell tour), Metallica a couple of times, GnR opening for Motley Crue, Kiss on one of their Farewell tours, and Jethro Tull which was awesome to name a few. Have tickets for Metallica in November because one of my new favorite bands, The Warning (a young power trio of sisters from Mexico) was added to the bill. Looking forward to that!! I know I've seen a few other greats but slipping my old mind right now.

Love it

Really feel ya on what you said about seeing Jeff Buckley & Dimebag shortly before they passed. One of my top 50 would be Stevie Ray Vaughan and it was his second to last show. So many others on your list and mine who have passed away, for me starting way back with Terry Kath a couple years after I saw Chicago (yeah, I am old), some way, way too young. Feel both lucky to have seen them and devastated to know I’ll never again be able to.

good one

Best show seen. the White strips in a Theater that sat only about 300 people. They just hammered out song after song it was none Stop. They sounded awesome the music was just flowing over the crowd. Jack seemed to have gone into a trance playing ball and a biscuit. It was a Hendrix like moment. pure sonic bliss.

I've seen Prince live 9 times. Even flew to Vegas specifically to see him. Lovesexy was the first tour I saw. I didn't get the medley thing at first; I was way young and didn't know musically what he was doing. But I saw a German show from this tour on RU-vid a few years ago and thought "holy s--- I was at this show/tour". Zoo TV is my favorite show of all time. Still surreal with all that neural stimulation.

Best concert I’ve been to was Mastodon, KSE, and Slayer. Funniest concert was Yes, where one dude kept yelling, “Roundabout,” followed by, “Slayer!!!”

I have sadly never been to a concert, i was supposed to see iron maiden in may 2020 but obviously it didnt work out :(

from what Ive heard, during images and words, dream theater would also do an encore song, and at least one of those times, that song was A Change of Seasons. a 20+ min epic they did around that time. wish I couldve seen that

Mike, i’m 13 (a month until 14) and the other day my mom said in the car that we could go see KISS in nashville in october, been a diehard fan for about a year now and it’s gonna entirely change my life.

Ah, the good old days when we could go to a ton of gigs... I used to go to 30 gigs a year, mostly to hear all the good artists while they're still around. My most memorable Top 10 rock gigs in no particular order: Bon Jovi in 2006 @ Milton Keynes UK (my first proper rock concert, lost my voice after that one), Extreme in 2009 in Boston (my fave band since teenage years, got to be front row for the live DVD recording of that gig), Steve Vai in 2008 (got to watch soundcheck and pester him with my wannabe guitarist questions), Chris Cornell, Prince x3, Foreigner (playing a 600-capacity club in 90F heat after having played large outdoor festivals just days before), Chris Rea opening for himself under the cover of darkness, U2 playing in torrential rain, Muse on their Drone tour, Velvet Revolver days before splitting up. The list could go on...

I've never been to a concert and I have no idea how you could go to almost 100 concerts... pretty mindblowing to me

I haven’t attended too many shows, but of the ones I remember, here’s a pretty eclectic list: Pray For Rain (PFR) was a Christian rock band that specialized in Beatles-influenced rock tunes and they were wonderful. Very catchy and fun to see live. Maynard Ferguson, who was a jazz trumpeter in the 60s-70s who had many popular renditions of big tunes. His band just slayed and he was insane as always. Talk about piercing; loud guitars might be your thing, but imagine being very close to the stage while a brass-heavy band plays super loud all night! Toad The Wet Sprocket, who is my favorite band of all time, had many good concerts I attended. And finally, the British vocal group The King’s Singers. I saw them in the early 90s and we got to meet them. That was a wonderful concert!

My Bro-in-law won "Pit Passes" to Metallica off Z-Rock so we were inside their stage on the Black Album Tour in '91 in Dallas. I saw them a 2nd time in Dallas with Faith No More and GnR. This was right after James was burned by the pyrotechnics and Kirk's guitar tech/Metal Church guitarist John Marshall was playing guitar and James was just singing. Imagine that. GnR was very late getting on stage because of Axl Rose.

Wow you have seen some great bands! I also shook Peter Steele's big ass hand after seeing Type O Negative on their Dead Again tour and I too blew my chance to see White Zombie with Pantera however I did catch the Beasties at Lollapalooza in 94'. My number 1 concert was Pink Floyd 1994 on the Division Bell tour.

I saw Ozzy on the Bark at the Moon tour. Also on the bill was Motley Crue. They were supporting their Shout at the Devil Tour. I also got to see Metallica on their Ride the Lightning tour a few months later. The venue was small. It was cool to see them in such a small place.

I've always heard that Prince was just phenomenal live. My greatest live gig was Anthrax in Newcastle, Australia back in 1997 on the 'Stomp 442' tour. John Bush almost got into a fight with the security. Frankie fell off the stage. The band walked off at one point, and and Scott Ian came out to the mic and addressed the crowd. He said: "This is the craziest show we've seen since Jersey in '82..." The band then came back on and just took the roof off the place.

Wow, I’m very jealous! I’ve been blessed enough to see kiss and Metallica is next on my list. That’s how I found your channel and fell in love with it. We both have this deep love for kiss.

I really cant wait to go to my first concert. This pandemic is gonna make me appreciate it more!

First and best.... Black Crowes 92 Glasgow barrowlands...high as the moon tour...nearly bounced to the moon on that wooden floor :)

I would've loved to see that Metallica/GNR/FNM concert in '92, three of my favorite bands who were all (arguably) at their peak.

You have seen some great concerts. I have also seem a lot of great concerts and kinda want to compile my own list now. I hope that Rick sees this as I would love to hear his list. I don't know the other guys but if you included them, they probably have interesting lists as well. Oh, interesting note on my list. My very first concert that I ever attended was Johnny Cash. I was only a child and could not really grasp the greatness of it but nonetheless, it is a cool first concert.

Great list! However many of the band's I'm not familiar with. I'm 53 so I've seen lots of shows. Iron Maiden a few times, Ozzy 3 times. First time was Bark at the Moon at the old Boston Gahden with Motley Crue. Scorpions were great (1983?) With a band called Bon Jovi opening. Sabbath 3 times, none of which had Ozzy on vocals or Dio. The first Sabbath show was the Born Again your with Ian Gillan on vocals with Quite Riot opening. The second show had Anthrax opening. When Sabbath came on I ran into Joe Belladonna standing back in the audience watching the show- that was awesome. Third time I saw Sabbath Motorhead was the opener. Deep Purple with Joe Lynn Turner on vocals. U2 at Gillette stadium. Def Leppard was really good in concert a band called Pop-Evil opened- those dudes were freaking awesome live. Boston was an AWESOME show in (85?) On the Third stage tour. I saw Boston again in like 2018 with Cheap Trick and Styx. AC/DC twice! Flick of the Switch tour was loud. I saw an awesome double bill in 1986 -Poison with Ratt. Van Halen on the last 2 tours with Dave. Metallic twice- Black album and Load. Extreme twice! Oh yeah- Buddy Guy was cool. Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators at the house of blues in Boston was awesome! I saw Guns on the Chinese Democracy tour- i call that the "Axl and Friends tour". Oh yeah Aerosmith Permanent Vacation tour! I've seen more but you get the idea. Anyway- the BEST shows! OZZY- No More Tears at the Orpheum theatre in Boston. This is a medium sized venue that feels like an old movie theatre. I was in the front row. There was no barrier between the stage and seats and the stage was about 4 feet high. I could literally reach out and touch Zakk's guitar it was like being on stage with the band. Extreme also at the Orpheum theatre was probably the BEST show I've ever witnessed. It was in support of the first full-length album with Mutha... You can never imagine the showmanship of Gary Cherone. He was up in the rafters in the building, swinging on ropes like Tarzan. It was unbelievable what he was doing. He put EVERYTHING he had in Every show! Not to mention Nuno was running back and forth to stage ramps on both sides the stage which both had Freddie Kruger posters on the front of them. And finally Nuno finished his guitar solo with the theme song from the "Flintstones". The Metallica Black Album tour was AWESOME. But I must say the Extreme show stands out as the BEST Ever! Thanks for reading..

Kiss was also my first album and inspired me to play

I've been to dozens of performances of many great bands (mostly during their peak) but The Who's "Quadrophenia" anniversary tour and their show in Detroit blows any other concert I've attended out of the water. It really makes it more impressive that they were in their 70's and played for over two and a half hours.

Top bands you haven't seen live but wish you would have?

Prong are an awesome live band. Tommy Victor has such a great voice, stage presence and the riffing is outworldly.

Loved your Tori Amos and Weezer stories Mike. Mine had to be Nine Inch Nails second only to Tool when it comes to the pinnacle of what a modern rock show could be. Just keep being a relatable and overall awesome dude. Thanks

I got really good tickets to S&M2 through the company I work for. Incredible performance I will never forget.

I saw the Clash of the Titans tour too! it was Alice in Chains, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax.

dude I'm so jealous of all the bands you have seen.

I've seen a lot of these bands, but was surprised and thrilled to see Tori Amos on this list. Saw her on her American Doll Posse tour and was blown away!

Omg Pete! TON did a local show, that I believe was the last tour that he was able to do, and I had to work, so I didn't go. I am so pissed.

Queensryche in '91 with Suicidal Tendencies opening was incredible. Tool was underwhelming. Death Angel playing at Shovelhead Lounge here in Central Florida January 2020 was killer! I've seen Fear Factory three times, one time opening for Maiden during Blaze Bayley era in a club. One of my favorites