The title says it all, what's the best concert you've ever been to?
What do you consider to be the worst live show that you've attended?

I'd say the best show I've seen has to be the very first Decibel Magazine tour in '12 IIRC. The lineup was BEHEMOTH, WATAIN, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD, and CHILDREN OF BODOM. It was Nergal's first tour after beating leukemia, and it was the first time I'd seen any of them before as well.
We all know what happened to TDB and COB. I've seen WATAIN and BEHEMOTH several times since then.

The worst show has to be the Heritage tour by OPETH. I'd seen them a few times prior to this tour, but hadn't heard any of their new stuff before the concert. I'm a huge fan of everything they've done up until Heritage, but that's it.
At that show, they played several songs from the new album, as well as some older stuff, as long as it was all "clean" vocals, not a single "heavy" song. If I had known this in advance, I wouldn't have driven 75 miles each way to see them.
I wasn't the only one at the show that was pissed when it was over.

Best definitively AC/DC in the Live at River Plate 2009 concert, I had the luck to be in one of those three very special nights. Another one that was pretty awesome was Black Sabbath in both the 13-album tour and The End tour, pretty amazing shows. Nine Inch Nails the one time I went to see them was pretty awesome too, one of the best lights shows that I've ever seen.

On a smaller scale, Down and Meshuggah, both crushing bands, are great shows.

And the worst? I saw The Exploited and they really suck ass live and also Testament, they aren't good live, they have one of the worst sounds of any live band that I have seen.

A couple of the acts at Psycho last year might take the cake for me. Carcass's set was incredible, and I'm not even a fan of them. Top tier sound, performance, and crowd energy, made all the more memorable by me dislocating my knee in the pit. Creeping Death was another surprise where I came out going "that might be the most fun I've ever had at a show". They closed out the fest at like 1am in a bar venue, and it seemed like everyone let loose the remnants of whatever energy they had left. I was insanely drunk by this point though, so maybe it was just me lol.

Also shoutout to Black Breath at MDF 2010, a band I'd never heard of who got a skeptical crowd super into it. I checked them out after the fest and wasn't all that into their music, but damn, if I could go back in time to any set it might've been that.

Worst is probably Necrophagist at summer slaughter (sometime in the late 2000's?) in Cleveland. Crowd was dissipating since the deathcore bands all ended, Mohammed seemed bored (as did the crowd), played badly, and with horrid sound. Really disappointed me since I've heard they're generally good live.

The best would be Slayer during the Divine Intervention tour.

The worst would be Primus.

Easily, the Ghost/Mastodon/Opeth tour around 2012. Ghost opened and basically played all of Opus Eponymous. Mastodon was incredible. Opeth were great, but Mastodon was on another level. I stood at the stage the entire concert.

Worst, I'd say Metallica around 1997. Nothing really bad about it, but they seemed to be missing something.

Probably a little cliche, but my first concert: Gorguts opening for Death To All back in 2012. Gorguts playing early material? Check. Death To All constantly rotating former members from Death and covering 21 songs including Voice Of the Soul? Check. In a time before cellphones with good cameras were abundant and everyone decided to go crazy instead? Check. A close second had to be Day 2 of California Deathfest 2016: Icon of Phobos, Our Place Of Worship Is Silence, Spectral Voice, The Ruins Of Beverast, Razor, and Nuclear Assault. Simply put, I broke my nose here during Razor and the violence has rarely been matched since. Both of these shows had an an absolutely diehard ambience, but I reminisce about the first one more, and Death is up there in my top 3 of all time.

The worst? Sunn O))). The edible wore off 30 minutes into their set and I got bored in the first 10. The crowd was full of hipsters that didn't even appreciate Hissing, crushing band live. FUCK hipsters. Grave Miasma is a close second due to the fact that the frontman couldn't make it, leaving them to perform as a 3 piece with no vocals...

I started to find and dig into darker music in mid-90's. Suitably, a cool international 3-band line was to play in Lepakko, Helsinki, Finland: Moonspell, Rotting Christ & Samael. They were touring for 'Irreligious', 'Triarchy of the Lost Lovers' & 'Passage'. A thing to remember fondly!

Worst concert... Something that was mixed badly and for example lead guitar wasn't audible. There has been some. I also do not like huge concerts with "packed atmoshere"...

Best was possibly Iron Maiden in 2006, mostly because I'd been waiting about 10 years to see them, they're so consistently good live everytime since, butyou never forget your first time!

Devin Townsends Retinal Circus show would probably be the other, completely lost my shit when Jed Simon came out and they broke into SYL stuff

Worst, and the only concert I've walked out of was Wintersun. Nothing to do with the band, but it was in a tiny sold out venue, during a heatwave, with broken air conditioning. Had to leave because I was nearly passed out with the heat. I'm sure Jari didn't mind the fact it was like a sauna though

Both happened this year, within a week of each other. Quite a juxtaposition.

The best was Iron Maiden, earlier this year. Sold-out venue, the crowd were mental for everything, Bruce sounded better than ever and nobody else missed a beat. I shed tears of pure joy upon hearing Alexander the Great live. I felt 13 years old, listening to them for the first time, all over again.

The worst wasn't the entire gig, just the opening act. I took my dad to see KISS back in July. Say what you want about KISS, but they threw a great show. Pure rock 'n' roll spectacle, it was great and my dad loved it.

However, for whatever reason, the opener was Skindred. Talk about a clash of styles. I'd never heard Skindred before and neither had my dad, but I distinctly remember us turning to each other and both agreeing that this was the worst fucking music we'd ever heard. The crowd (shockingly) weren't into it either. The vocalist (singer would be too generous of a term) seemed to spend 5 - 10 minutes between each song (?) preaching about love and tolerance and generally huffing his own farts turning what should have been a 45 minute set into a good hour or so. I saw plenty of people leaving during this nonsense, too.

Best was probably Edguy at Bloodstock Open Air 2005. I'd never heard them before, but their performance was top tier. Tobi was hilarious and had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. I became a fan on the back of this set, and had their entire discography by the end of the year.

Others would include Iron Maiden (Legacy of the Beast tour), and Avantasia (Ghostlights tour). Non metal wise, no one comes to close to Kate Bush. Guns n' Roses were superb in 2010 as Axl's voice was in great shape, and any show by Alice Cooper and Tori Amos has been pretty special (even on an off night).

Worst was probably Type O Negative. The performance was okay, but they came on really late with no explanation (Pete was sick, but no one in the audience knew), and did stuff to wind up the crowd and deliberately made an already angry crowd even more pissed off. It was weird - they would finish playing songs and the crowd literally wouldn't react - just a strange, awkward silence. They did end up playing past curfew, but the shortened set meant Love It to Death and Christian Woman got cut; if they'd have cut These Three Things and kept those two instead, the crowd may have been a little more forgiving. The lack of communication and hostile atmosphere made for a memorable evening (even if not for the best reasons) - they ended up putting out a statement a day or two after explaining what happened.

Non metal wise - I've seen Marilyn Manson twice, and he was wrecked both times.

Best -
Godflesh - was really crossfaded and couldn't stand up for 20 minutes after the gig bc of how overwhelming it was
The Armed - insane energy
Melvins - incredible live band

Worst -
Aerosmith - was bored to death
Christian Death - only played their new stuff (which is terrible) and the singer went on klaus schwab new world order rants between the songs. terrible

Metal:
The best, not including a festival with a ton of bands, was probably the Maiden/Queensryche/Halford tour in 2000. Maiden was amazing as was Queensryche. Or Slayer when they played RiB in its entirety with Lombardo on drums.

Worst: Well most disappointing was Vader in the early 2010's at a small club in STL. They just went though the motions IMO. Little energy.

That is not mentioning bands I don't even like.

Non-metal. Even though I don't really listen to them much anymore, every time I saw Pearl Jam from 1998-2010 they were amazing and I walked out going WHOA!

Worst: Limp Bizkit on the Family Values tour in 1998 or so. Just awful.

The best:

Moonspell. They played for the first time here, small and packed (sold out) avenue, crowd crazy like hell. Lightning was dim and the smoke machine was on rampage. The band was in the zone, and they completely crushed it that night! Night to remember for sure!

The worst:

Paradise Lost on Tragic Idol tour. Completely lifeless and non-caring, out of tune...Sometime at the middle of the gig I turned by back and went to bar. Saved my nerves and ears!

Best: Dismember. Just pure fun. Everyone was smiling including the band. I brought a friend who wasn't a dismember fan and he loved it too.

Worst: Kreator. Not that it was bad, just unmemorable. Can't say why really.

A few of the best gigs I've attended:

1989 Metallica / Queensryche
My first concert and it was two of my fav bands in their prime. A complete ass-kicking for 2.5 hours.

1989 King Diamond / Sepultura / Sacred Reich / Toxik
The King on Halloween at NYC's The Ritz in support of the recently released 'Conspiracy'. This was a monumental show for many reasons.

2008 "Metal Masters" Tour: Black Sabbath / Judas Priest / Motorhead / Testament
An unbelievable bill...but Sabbath (I refuse to say Heaven & Hell) absolutely stole the show. I've seen Dio many times over the years but this was his absolute best. The gig was at Jones Beach Ampitheater, so right on the water, under a gloomy overcast sky. It looked like the cover of "Live Evil".

2000 Maiden / Halford / Queensryche
The return of Maiden AND Halford. Rob killed it....totally lived up to the "Metal God" reputation.

1991 "Clash of the Titans" tour: Slayer / Megadeth / Anthrax / Alice in Chains
Three of 'big four' before the fall. While everyone crushed it, Slayer's "presence" was a tangible thing. They truly were metal's bluest flame during their first 8-10 years.

At the show I saw it was kind of the opposite. Rob was reading off a teleprompter and honestly the set just didn't feel very energetic. Seen Priest a few years later after the reunion and it was the exact opposite.

Best:

Metallica (1989) - 3 encores, plus the one tour they played Eye Of The Beholder. 3 encores, Leper Messiah, etc. Queenryche opened (as noted above). Phenomenal show.

Pantera (1992) - Probably the most violent show I've ever been to, in a good way. Obviously only songs from Vulger and Cowboys. Trouble and White Zombie opening were a big plus.

Fates Warning (2016) - Playing Awaken The Guardian with that lineup to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Once in a lifetime show from my favorite band.

Worst:

Warrior Soul (1990) - They were opening for Danzig. They were terrible. Crowd was openly hostile. Singer flipped off the crowd and told us he'd been fucking our mothers for years then they walked off. Everyone was happy.

Born Of Osiris (2009) - Terrible band, terrible live show. Was there to see Hate Eternal and Cannibal Corpse. Had to suffer through these imbeciles.

Helloween takes the cake for best concert experience for me: seeing their full line-up onstage at once was an unforgettable experience, and everyone was on top of their game even though they're getting into their 50's and 60's now!

As for the worst, honest Iron Maiden, but it wasn't the band's fault. The venue had pretty a pretty crappy sound system and the only seats I could afford were way back on the lawn, and even then, it wasn't worth that reduced price.

Haven't really had any major disappointments. I did go to the Opeth show mentioned in the OP, but I wasn't too bummed or surprised with the song selection, as it was my first time seeing the band, and I was already aware that Mikael's growls were beginning to decline. There was an okay selection of growl-free traditional material - "Hex Omega," "A Fair Judgement," "Face of Melinda," maybe another I'm forgetting; and then it was a bunch of mellower stuff and mostly Heritage stuff. Next couple times I saw them, the growls returned, but somehow I wasn't quite as excited to see them - must've just been the "first time" factor.

A minor letdown was Bell Witch on the Mirror Reaper tour. It was advertised that they'd be playing the whole album/song, with visual accompaniments. Not the case - no visuals, and they concluded after about 50 minutes. Not a big deal for me, as I wasn't quite feeling it... Sore feet, bit tired after the opening acts, etc. (This has been more of a trend as I've gotten older!)

Best show(s): Swans, three times amidst the releases of their reunion trilogy. Very loud and entrancing, more intense than any metal I've seen.

SO many I could mention for the best.

- Metallica's 40th anniversary shows were really something to be a part of, coming out of the pandemic, seeing your favourite band in their hometown while they play so may deep cuts.
- Seeing Power Trip in a small club in Toronto on the Nightmare Logic tour. They came out, ripped for like 45 minutes and fucked off.
- Deafheaven seems to split people here, but I think George is totally entrancing live. Being in the front row for a Deafheaven show is a crazy experience
- Seeing Opeth in a place that held like 300 people in 2006. Dark Tranquillity and Devin Townsend opened. Wild line-up in a small bar in London, Ontario, Canada
- Anathema's shows in 2015 where they were playing songs from every record with old band members. Saw the final show of the tour in Dublin, Ireland. Surreal to hear some of those songs live with Darren on vocals.
- Pantera on the Reinventing The Steel tour. I was 15 years old and it was the biggest thing ever to me at the time.

In terms of some disappointments from bands on the archives
- Motley Crue is never really great live (at least not in the last couple decades, I'd say.) Vince Neil is gassed.
- Deep Purple. I saw the tour where they played AFTER Priest, and the energy let-down was huge from one act to the other.
- Lamb of God never really impresses me live. I've seen them 3 or 4 times as openers - and it just does nothing at all for me.


Non-Metal, but the best shows ever for me are still Springsteen with E Street. I've seen him 29 times, and there are at least 5 of those shows that I'd put in my top 25 of any band, any show.

Worst Non-Metal - I've seen numerous glam bands past their prime and it's always kind of sad. Ratt was REALLY bad when I saw them (one of the only concerts I've ever left.) Country music artist Keith Urban had such bad sound at an outdoor gig I was at that I left.

Best lineup was Lords of the Land in 2017 - Autopsy, Mayhem playing DMDS, Primordial, Marduk, Venom Inc, Dragged into Sunlight and Acid Reign. Didn't enjoy Memoriam but every other band kicked ass, great day.

In order probably these for the rest of the best:

Best individual bands: The Gathering, saw both 25th anniversary shows in 2014
David Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall
Dark Fortress - every time, but their last London show and when I saw them at the Bull and Gate were immense.
Z2 sucked, but the best of set Devin did at the Albert Hall
Sunn O))) at the Barbican and the Royal Festival Hall
Maiden at Hellfest 2014
Nightwish at Brixton 2012
Kreator at the Forum 2014
Slayer at the Forum 2010
Anaal Nathrakh at Candlefest, can't remember the year
Stream of Passion, every time, but their show with Xandria in London in I think 2014?
Napalm Death, especially the first time I saw them, don't recall the year but children of bodom supported

Other great sets I've seen that spring to mind: Sabbath, Eyehategod, Cianide, Thanatos, Deicide, wolves in the throneroom, amon amarth, necros christos, wormed, accept, judas priest, slowdive, dead can dance, UDO, incantation, subrosa, ross the boss, anathema, conan, carpenter brut

Worst: Mayhem in 2010 in London, it snowed so getting there was a pain in the arse, none of the supports showed up, had spent most of the day on trains and buses, then they spent like twice as long setting up the drumkit than their set, they only played around 45 minutes. Just a bad experience
I don't wanna single out some of the ropey support bands I've seen, but there was one who were perpetually support in London at BM shows for a while in the mid 2010s, and they were just so boring and generic it was a waste of a slot
Electric Wizard are either incredible or dogshit live, download 2016, metaldays (don't remember the year) brutal assault 2019 they were great but hellfest 2014 and brutal assault 2017 they were particuarly awful.

best: the exploited
worst: nocturnal winter

Best was probably Iron Maiden in 2016. Great show, great energy. My friend and I sat all the way in the back of the stadium where it was loud enough to be fun but not loud enough to require earplugs. I really, really wish more shows were like that.

Worst was probably Buckethead. There was no supporting act, and he didn't start playing for a solid 2.5 hours after doors opened. I was kinda ready to leave after standing on concrete for so long. I think he really only played music from before the Pikes started, and most the Buckethead music I know is from the Pikes. In general, his discography is so absurdly huge that the odds of you hearing your favorite song are pretty low. He did play Jordan though, so that was cool. Glad I went to see him, but I'm not sure I would do it again.



Did they play with their backs to the crowd? I think read someone's post here saying that Dragged into Sunlight did that and the show kinda sucked because of it.

Best: Annihilator 2012, Black Sabbath 2013
Worst: Ratzinger 2010

Too many 'best' shows to list.

Worst is easy. Van Halen 2004 reunion with Sammy Hagar.

The "best" show I've been to is definitely a tough one to narrow down, but I think I'd have to go with Iron Maiden on the Maiden England Tour in 2012. Setlist was fantastic, Seventh Son is my favorite album by them so it was insane to hear some of the deeper cuts live, the title track in particular. I'm also a huge Alice Cooper fan and seeing him open for Maiden was my first time seeing him live. Lastly, it was a special show for me as I went with my high school metalhead friend group right after we all graduated. It was a good night.

"Worst" show is kind of tough because I'm not sure I've been to a truly bad show. I've seen some bad sets, but not a show overall. Maybe the "worst" (though actually more like most disappointing) headliner I've seen live would be Sunn O))). I'm a fan of their recorded output, especially their collabs with Boris and Ulver, but seeing them play just pure drone for an hour and fifteen plus minutes was a bit much. I recall being consciously bored around halfway through. I was sober though, so that might have had something to do with it. I think I prefer Sunn O))) on record because they can augment the drones with a whole host of other vocalists and instrumentation, but in a stripped down live setting they leave a bit to be desired.

Best: Agalloch in Portland a few weeks ago, maybe tied with when I saw them for the first time in 2012. Both incredible setlists spanning their whole career up to that point, great performances and such an immersive atmosphere. The band members were in another world, and they took us all there with them. And in both cases it felt like a taste of the forbidden fruit - a few weeks ago was a reunion show I never thought would happen, ever, and 2012 was when I was too young to go to 19+ shows in Toronto - I private messaged the promoter asking him kindly if I could get in to see my favourite band, not drink, etc. and he spoke to the venue. He spoke to the venue and came through for me (we've since become friends and my band has played a few shows of his), the door man marked the biggest X's on my hands and that show was one of the most incredible experiences ever. So many great memories, like Don Anderson breaking a string near the end of Ghosts Of The Midwinter Fires, casually grabbing one of John's backup guitars, tuning it up and coming in EXACTLY when his solo at the end starts - the type of shit you see in movies, but happened in real life and we were ecstatic at what was one of the most badass ways to recover from a broken string, ever.

Okay I think the shows are tied.

Runner Ups: Emperor at Heavy MTL in 2018, tied perhaps with when I saw them in Brooklyn earlier this year. Montreal was a tighter performance, plus the torrential downpour set the most diabolical mood (not to mention the crowd chanting "SQUEEGEE GUY! SQUEEGEE GUY!" and the Squeegee Guy hoisting his squeegee in the air and roaring back at us in triumph), they played Anthems front to back including Alsvartr (The Oath) - and actually PERFORMED the 2nd half! I don't care what anyone says; it's an infinitely better opener than the Nightside intro, as cool as that one is - and played The Wanderer and the whole crowd sang the guitar melody. Plus Curse You All Men! fucking OBLITERATED. EVERYONE. immediately after and is still one of the most intense things I'd ever witnessed at a show.

Not to mention that until that show was announced, I was content with the fact that I may never witness Emperor live. I think there's a trend here.

The Brooklyn gig was phenomenal too. Not AS tight, but they did almost the same setlist plus Into The Infinity Of Thoughts in full as part of their encore, and also played Towards The Pantheon (FUCKING FINALLY) which had 15-year-old me crying with joy. I'd heard some good black metal before that, but hearing that song for the first time basically got me into the genre as a whole. Meeting the band at the VIP earlier was a dream come true as well.

Worst: Fuck if I know. I don't usually think of them. Maybe Napalm Death during the Decibel Magazine tour where they were direct support for Cannibal Corpse? I remember having a hard time getting into them prior and hoping they'd win me over, and I actually liked them less afterwards - wasn't into their performance and the guitar tone was one of the worst I'd ever heard - as if they were plugged into toy amps. They DID sound better at Heavy MTL the same day as Emperor (the only other band that day I was remotely interested in). There's probably other shows I've seen that were worse; I just don't know where to start.

Interesting. I saw the Toronto show and the crowd was beyond hot. They opened with Jump and you could barely hear the band from where I was because the crowd was going so crazy.

I remember Sammy doing a solo song (Deeper Kind Of Love) on acoustic guitar and it was great.

While it wasn't the worst the most dissapointing for me was the VH tour in 2015. While there were moments where EVH showed his power and glory, on the whole the band did not seem like they really wanted to be up there together. As a huge fan of DLR era Van Halen I was let down a bit as it was my only time seeing them, minus MA. When I saw DLR on his tour with Hagar that band was much better.

BEST : King diamond in chile 2017 (Abigail 30 years tour)
WORST: Paul di'anno in chile 2012 ( SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD)

Best: Sunn O))) with Attila Csihar and Moore back in 2010.
Worst: Sunn O))) last month playing the most monotonous and boring setlist you could imagine.

I've seen Van Halen, Van Hagar, Dave solo and Sammy solo - and I have to agree, in 2015, it kind of seemed like they didn't want to be there and Wolfgang hadn't "found it" yet. The best part of that show was when Dave told the story before Ice Cream Man.

The best one I saw was probably Iron Maiden in 2006 or whatever year it was when they were doing the Live After Death tour. Not the first time I saw them, nor the last, and they were stellar every time, but that one was probably my favorite. I saw Suicidal Tendencies 3 times in the 90s (twice with the Suicidal For Life line up and once with the Muir/Clark post-reunion line up with Brooks Wackerman on drums in '97) and they were fantastic every time. The only downside was probably Muir's philosophizing/rambling between songs, which seemed to go on and on and made me think they could have probably squeezed an extra 2 or 3 songs into the set if he didn't talk so much.

It would be hard to identify "worst". I've seen some local stuff and/or club stuff that was bad or forgettable and it's hard to really remember those bands. I saw the original Black Sabbath reunite in 2004 at Ozzfest and I thought Bill was kinda sloppy and, of course, Ozzy was already way past his peak. I saw the Misfits in 2019 and Danzig's voice was SHOT and by the time they finished the second song he was panting into the microphone which he continued to do all night as he tried to banter between songs (I heard later that he might have been sick). I'm also pretty sure that Doyle was not in the PA for most of the set (the only time I was convinced he was playing was when he took the guitar solo in "Who Killed Marilyn?" and that is like 2 notes). Mostly, he just seemed to stalk around the stage and punch his guitar in the same manner, no matter what song they were playing. Both bands were fun to see but also just a stark reminder that reunions will almost never live up to your expectations.

For me it was when EVH tore into Romeo Delight, that riffage was just nuts and for a moment I thought I was in the early 80's. But those moments were few.

Best: a few
- Both times I've seen The Ruins of Beverast in Baltimore they've been absolutely enthralling. The second time just last year might've been better because they ended the night and had room to play a longer set than the first time.
- Triptykon playing in Philly in 2018 or 2019 or something brought me back to junior year in high school when Eparistera Daimones was still new. Life affirming shit that was.
- Vastum in DC in 2022 not only played a great set to a small sold out back room of a brewery but also helped me grow a bit as a concert photographer with all of the front man's crowd surfing antics.

Worst:
- Blaze of Perdition in Montreal in 2016. So many technical problems that I just wanted them off the stage after not that long. They were weirdly only played as a three piece when they ought to have been five, so the sound and presence just wasn't there either.
- Hellwitch just this year. Bear in mind, this has nothing to do with the band themselves who were awesome. But they played a pretty low key venue in York, PA on a weekday so turnout wasn't going to be amazing. The thing that made this worse is a local band named Spellbook, aside from having a completely different sound that makes them out of place for a bill like this, does this thing that I absolutely hate from local bands: they invite all their friends, they play the opening set, and then they and their friends all fucking leave. Only the singer and one of the guitarists stuck around. Hellwitch's touring support was also out of place too. Some metalcore band that I don't even remember the name of. When I went, I only posted photos of Hellwitch.

They're probably the best live band I've seen too. 8 times and 6 of them were incredible. The other two were great but they played terrible venues so not their fault it wasn't as good.

This video is incredibly accurate:



Neurosis and Cult of Luna are also incredibly strong live and always sound great. Same about Amenra. Isis on the other hand was a complete disaster when I saw them. Terrible sound, overcrowded venue and they really seemed to hate each other on stage. They all had miserable faces and played like robots.

When I saw the announcement several months ago that EMPEROR was going to play a "tour" in America, I thought that I might actually be able to see them live before they call it quits(again). When I saw where/when they were playing, it was pathetic, 5 shows in different parts of North America? You're calling that a fucking tour?

I've lived on the West coast my entire life, 35 years in SO. CAL., and almost 30 in the Seattle area. I can't afford to go down to LA just for a concert, not a chance. Now I know that I definitely won't ever see them live. Fuck.

I saw the Hershey, PA gig. 2nd show of tour. Cracked out Eddie, bad sound, crowd couldn't tell what song was playing (even when they opened with Jump).

And to top it all off, during the video montage of "Right Now" it said "Right now Van Halen is kicking ass in......Greensboro, NC!"

So...nobody updated the video for night 2. Crowd began to boo. It was pretty brutal.

The worst bands that you have seen are the original formation of Black Sabbath and The Misfits? Damn man I don't know what is a good concert to you LMAO.

I've got too many best shows but a more recent one was Emperor in Chicago earlier in the year. It was just an incredible experience and I never thought I would get the opportunity to see them perform. Worst was Marilyn Manson. I am not a fan really to begin with and went with a friend. Just terrible.