Worst Concert You Ever Saw?

Me too, but they have no gigs either. Right now, going out to see anybody would be good. I'm Covid'd out.

 

Shannon Hoon had no idea where he was when Blind Melon opened for the Stones in Ames. Shouted “Hello, Des Moines” into the mic and out came the tomatoes. Played a short but still lethargic set and slunk away. Jagger won the crowd back immediately with what has to be the most accurate and impressive dissertation on the local geography ever performed during a rock concert.

I’d say that Blind Melon was the worst opener ever if I hadn’t seen Jackyl open for Aerosmith.

 

No idea abt the band, but I love opening in Iowa & getting the town wrong.
You have to apppreciate the foresight it took to bring tomatoes.

 

Speedicut’s video above:
btw, this is why you never take the tone film off your pickguard.

& regarding the Tomato Foresight.
Duh, again: IOWA. They likely bring produce to every concert.

 

Did that happen to be in the mid 80’s in the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island? I saw them there and was so excited because they were one of my favorite bands but it was exactly as you described.

 

That’s a shame. I saw Santana twice. once outdoors in the pouring rain and both times they were amazing concerts. I guess it's nice to know that even master’s can have an off night!!

 

Well, at least the guitarist knew that you're supposed to put your foot up on the monitor when you shred a hot solo, so at least give them credit for that.

 

Ya, it would have been mid eighties but it was in Toronto. It was truly awful.

 

His reputation is that he is a dickhead! lol

 

David Bowie in Melbourne around 10 years ago. Volume 1. Knew about 4 songs (new album). No drinking allowed. No leaving your seat. Total *****. Kings of Leon were ******* awful, that was at a festival waiting for The Beta Band who more than made up for that shower of talentless cunts.

 

Brian Connolly bless him, doesn't surprise me. It was always the drink.

 

Strokes and folks, but Sonic Youth were amazing every time I caught them in the late 90s and early 2000s. Definitely one of the better bands from the NYC No Wave 80s live, especially after they got more melodic.

 

Queen at Wembley stadium. Quite dreadful. Mercury treated the audience with utter contempt and May's guitar playing was inept.
Support band was INXS. Made Queen look desperately ordinary.

 

I remember going to see a band called The Mac Lads (from Macclesfield, I assumed). It was the first time I saw a band soaked in beer, and the music was atrocious - if music it was.

 

After 6 months in uniform on The Falkland Islands they thought it would be a good idea to entertain us by sending down.....Bucks Fizz

 

I think the worst show through no fault of the band I ever saw was the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in the mid-2000s when Karen O came out with some horrible flu, sang "Maps" and then projectile vomited on the first row of people at the Metro in Chicago and left. Thank goodness I was getting a drink at the time. (Come to think of it, if they had refunded the tickets, it would have actually been pretty awesome. But the Metro did not.)

I think one of the most disappointing shows I ever saw was Charlie Daniels at a county fair in PA nigh on 20 years ago. Bad sound. Bad attitude (I mean, I know podunk PA isn't great, but c'mon, it's no worse than anywhere else in rural America). The backing band seemed really out of their depth (which was odd because it's Charlie Daniels, he should have hired a better band), he played like a 6 songs and a 20+ minute version of the "Devil Went Down to Georgia." Just kind of puzzlingly bad, especially in context because that same summer I saw Ray Charles play an amazing set just one county over.

Probably the worst show I had to actually attend though was Jet in the mid-2000s when I was briefly working as an arts and culture journalist. To call them a one hit wonder would be incredibly generous, but their label spent no small amount of money on literally paying people to turn up for their half-a-hit. Punishingly bad, loads of super expensive gear, and they spent most of the show just coked out of their minds being obnoxious. Runner up: Keane. Who were very puzzled that nobody knew about their rivalry with the Darkness in the US and spent most their set time talking smack about a band nobody had ever heard of or cared about at that moment.

 

Not an opening band, but a supporting band. The Melvins.

 

Rolling Stones in Philly, would have been late 90's. Should have been decent seats, front row of second level facing stage. Worst. Sound. Ever. Could barely tell what song they were playing. Couple of times you knew there were horns because you could see them playing them, but could not hear them at all. Left early, but stopped in the bathroom first. It actually sounded pretty good in there....

 

Dylan also for me....you’re brave - I was afraid to post that....LOL