Top 5 Live Performances of 2014

[Gnomicide]

I'll show you mine if you show me yours....

1. Jesse Malin - Liverpool Kazimir

2. Anti-flag - Glastonbury

3. Dingus Khan - Latitude

4. Metallica - Glastonbury

5. Love/Hate - Buckley Tivoli

[CHRLY]

Didn't see much this year unfortunately but what I did was top:

1. Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

2. The National - BBC Radio 6 Festival

3. Metallica - Glastonbury

4. The Afghan Whigs - Manchester Cathedral

5. St. Vincent - Glastonbury

[kingcrawler]

1. Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

2. Jack White - The Hydro

3. Kasabian - Dunfermline Alhambra

4. Foals - O2 Academy Glasgow

5. Elbow - Glastonbury

[Winslow Leach]

In the order I saw them:

Neutral Milk Hotel- The Roundhouse

Beans on Toast- Hell Stage, Glastonbury

Mogwai- The Park, Glastonbury

The National- The O2

Los Campesinos!- Norwich Arts Centre

[the wonderwhy]

Kasabian- Nottingham Arena (both nights hehe)

QOTSA- Reading Fest

Black Sabbath- BST

Gogol Bordello- Reading Fest

Jamie T- Rock City, Nottingham

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Couldn't limit it to just 5. So here's my top 10:

1. Kate Bush- London Apollo

2. Prince- Manchester Academy

3. Damon Albarn- Royal Albert Hall

4. Beck- Bestival

5. Prince- Leeds Arena

6. John Grant- Manchester Bridgewater Hall

7. Morrissey- 02 arena

8. Arcade Fire- Glastonbury

9. Massive Attack- Glastonbury

10. St Vincent- Glastonbury

Edit: Forgot NIN & Neutral Milk Hotel. Too many good gigs this year.

Edited December 8, 2014 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[Amy Lawn]

I've done 15 because I've loads of awesome stuff, I'm not sorry, it was still a tough choice, fight me IRL. I limited myself to only be able to mention one performance for each artist.

1. Massive Attack - Glastonbury

2. The Twilight Sad - Deaf Institute, Manchester

3. Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

4. Teeth Of The Sea - Latitude

5. Metronomy - Albert Hall, Manchester (last night!)

6. Jack White - Leeds Arena

7. Los Campesinos! - Sound Control, Manchester

8. Sharon Van Etten - Manchester Cathedral

9. Royksopp & Robyn - Latitude

10. Lykke Li - Albert Hall, Manchester

11. St Vincent - Manchester Cathedral

12. Fall Out Boy - Manchester Arena

13. 65daysofstatic - Manchester Cathedral

14. Nine Inch Nails - Manchester Arena

15. The Flaming Lips - Manchester Apollo

[bocumaroy]

1. Arcade Fire - Earls Court, Night 1

2. Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

3. St Vincent - Roundhouse

4. Arcade Fire - Earls Court, Night 2

5. St Vincent - Glastonbury

What a life.

In fairness, I was supposed to see The New Pornographers, The Besnard Lakes, The Raveonettes, Wolf Alice and loads of other people who do good music things, before I decided to leave London after a week. Then there's The Antlers gig that I can't remember.

Edited December 7, 2014 by bocumaroy

[Rose-Colored Boy]

1) Prince, LG Arena

2) HAIM, Glastonbury

3) Paolo Nutini, Glastonbury

4) Justin Timberlake, LG Arena

5) Ben Howard, Manchester Apollo

5) Kanye West, Wireless

5) James Blake, Glastonbury

5) Janelle Monae, V Fest

(can't decide soz)

Edited December 7, 2014 by Zac Quinn

[rawrsomesauce]

1. Chvrches - Scala

2. Arcade Fire - Glastonbury

3. QOTSA - Reading

4. Frank Turner - O2 Arena

5. Arcade Fire - Earl's Court 1

[CHRLY]

Couldn't limit it to just 5. So here's my top 10:

1. Kate Bush- London Apollo

2. Prince- Manchester Apollo

3. Damon Albarn- Royal Albert Hall

4. Beck- Bestival

5. Prince- Leeds Arena

6. John Grant- Manchester Bridgewater Hall

7. Morrissey- 02 arena

8. Arcade Fire- Glastonbury

9. Massive Attack- Glastonbury

10. St Vincent- Glastonbury

Edit: Forgot NIN & Neutral Milk Hotel. Too many good gigs this year.

Would the first Prince one be the Academy or The arena? That's a list I'm very envious of.

[deadpheasant]

1) Soundgarden, BST Hyde Park [supporting Black Sabbath] (Incredible. 20th anniversary of Superunknown of which "4th of July" was played on 4th of July. Soo good)

2) Anti-Flag - Glastonbury (Largest circle pit ever in the Left-Field tent in Glastonbury. Had so much energy)

3) Klaxons - Mr Kyps, Poole (Really tiny venue, unbelievable performance)

4) Disclosure - Glastonbury (Perfect end to the weekend, flares popping up "When a Fire Starts to Burn" played was awesome)

5) Pixies - Glastonbury/Cypress Hill - NASS (both great atmosphere, people singing along)

[justanothername]

The Wonder Years - Leeds Festival (I nearly cried)

Queens Of The Stone Age - Leeds Festival

A Day To Remember - Sheffield O2 Academy

letlive.- Leeds Festival

Baby Godzilla - Corporation

Honourable mentions (in no specific order)

The Libertines - BST Hyde Park (dam the crowd, could have been have been on the list)

Neil Young - BST Hyde Park

Slaves - BST Hyde Park

Baby Godzilla - Tramlines/Leeds Festival (The Corporation just was miles better than these two)

Every Time I Die - Manchester O2 Apollo

[the wonderwhy]

"4th of July" was played on 4th of July.

That was so fucking cool. Almost as good as The Cure playing Friday I'm in Love on a Friday

Edited December 8, 2014 by MattDavies__

[FuzzyDunlop]

1. Prince @ manchester academy

2. Arcade Fire @ Glastonbury

3. Royal Blood @ Manchester Ritz

4. Metallica @ Glastonbury

5. Prince @ Manchester Arena

Not a particularly "out there" bunch

[Tuna]

Neil Young - BST

Jon Hopkins - Glastonbury

The National - O2

Darkside - Coronet

Hookworms - Rough Trade East

shout outs to Lykke Li, Caribou, Beck, Courtney Barnett, The National, Arcade Fire (x2), Neutral Milk Hotel, Darkside again, Antlers, METZ.

DJ Sets

Romare - Corsica Studios

John Talabot & Jamie XX - Glastonbury (beat hotel)

Daphni - Brixton Academy

Seth Troxler - Glastonbury (beat hotel)

Jackmaster's Tweak-a-Holic - Glastonbury (beat hotel)

Four Tet - Glastonbury (stonebridge)

[Mouseboy11]

1) Brand New - The Troxy (Incredible show)
2) Metallica - Glastonbury
3) Neutral Milk Hotel - The Roundhouse
4) Nine Inch Nails - Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
5) The Libertines - Alexandra Palace

Honourable mentions to - Jamie T, Arcade Fire, Mongol Horde

[Lord Rooster]

The National - O2 Arena

Arcade Fire - Earl's Court (Night 1)

Brand New - O2 Academy, Newcastle

65daysofstatic - Thé Foundry, Sheffield

Neutral Milk Hôtel - Barrowlands, Glasgow

Mogwai - Glastonbury

St Vincent - Thé Sage, Gateshead

Nine Inch Mails - Thé Hydro, Glasgow

Thé War On Drugs - Glastonbury

Those are thé main performances that I feel warrant a particularly special mention. If I had to pick a tenth to round out the list at present I'd probably go with either Sharon Van Etten or CHVRCHES but I'm confident that the Manics' Holy Bible show next week will warrant a place in the top ten!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Kasabian - Glastonbury

Jack White - Glastonbury

Metallica - Glastonbury

Kasabian - Metro City, Perth

Rolling Stones - Perth Arena

Special mentions to:

Jack White - O2 Arena

Skrillex - Glastonbury

Skrillex - Stereosonic Festival

Depeche Mode - NEC

Robert Plant - Glastonbury

[kalifire]

1. John Grant & Royal Northern Sinfonia - Colston Hall, Bristol

2. Metallica - Glastonbury

3. Prince's live stuff in the UK

4. Rodrigo y Gabriella - Glastonbury

5. Royal Blood's 2014 pre-album tour.

[TomViolence]

No particular order...

1) Interpol - The Met, NY

2) Julia Holter - The Barbican

3) Arcade Fire - Earls Court

4) Jack White - Open'er Festival

5) The Antlers - Bristol Trinity

Special mentions to St. Vincent, 65daysofstatic, Mogwai and Massive Attack.

Seeing The Cure and Anna Calvi in the next fortnight may change my mind

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Would the first Prince one be the Academy or The arena? That's a list I'm very envious of.

Agh my mistake, it was indeed the academy. Brilliant gig!

[benscheff]

As i live in Sydney most of these venues/festivals wont be known by most of you, however the artists is the important part. Its been an amazing year of music. I imagine this list will change quite drastically within the next three weeks though.

1- Arcade Fire - Big Day Out

2- Outkast - Splendour In The Grass

3- Violent Soho - Splendour In The Grass

4- Run The Jewels - Laneway Festival

5- Foals - Splendour In The Grass

6- Earl Sweatshirt - Laneway Festival

7- Little Dragon - Oxford Art Factory

8- Darkside - The Hi Fi

9- Phuture - Vivid Live, Sydney Opera House

10- Wookie - Outsidein Festival

[mr_monkey]

havent been to many gigs this year (due to having a baby on the way) but from the ones i've seen:

1. Against Me - Hellfest

2. Brand New - Hit the deck Bristol

3. Neutral Milk Hotel - Paris

4, The Menzingers - Bristol Fleece

5. Beans on toast - Bristol Fleece

Edited December 8, 2014 by mr_monkey

[Muppetmark]

1. Prince - koko

2. Arcade fire - earls court

3. Kasabian - Shepard Bush empire

4. Blink 182 - brixton

5. Prince - roundhouse

6. Faith no more - bst

7. Arcade fire - bst

8. Kasabian - brixton

9. Franz Ferdinand - Somerset house

10. Francois & the atlas mountain - Somerset house