World's best live venue

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Spent all day at the O2 arena in London yesterday and I remember seeing a poster declaring it to be the worlds best venue my 1st thought what a load of w*nk.

No choice in drinks as you can only get a becks for an overpriced £4.30, they don't normally let you out for cigs, travelling there is a joke as buses take ages which leaves an expensive boat trip or the Jubilee line which is too often closed at night/weekends for repairs, barmaids are never that pretty, the security don't have a sense of humour and it feels new and flashy and not very rock n roll.

Much prefer the my beloved crappy Electric Ballroom or the Astoria before they closed it.

[Paul ™]

Best one I've been in is the Barra's in Glasgow

[Tomo18]

i always feel the smaller venues are the best venues

[kingjamma]

The Astoria will always be the best live venue imo. Loved the place.

I really want to go to a gig at Red Rocks though as that looks like a pretty awesome venue.

[ampersand]

o2 is a souless pit! it's impressive but not for 'rock and roll'.

i dunno what my favourite venue is. i do like the academy at glasgow but the bands start so late i always have to miss the encore! suppose the picture house in edinburgh is pretty similar so that would get my vote as it's just a bawhair from the bus stop too!

[t8yman]

Manchester Apollo

Manchester Academy 2

Leeds Cockpit

All miles better than the 02. My fave venues in this country.

actually, I really like brixton academy too.

Edited September 19, 2010 by t8yman

[Paul ™]

King Tut's is good for small initimate gigs

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Manchester Apollo

Manchester Academy 2

Leeds Cockpit

All miles better than the 02. My fave venues in this country.

actually, I really like brixton academy too.

Edited September 19, 2010 by jump

[minute5072]

King Tuts is probably my favourite.

Loved the Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh but dunno what its like since it re-opened. Quite like ABC and ABC2 as well. QM is alright.

[saratink]

Spent all day at the O2 arena in London yesterday and I remember seeing a poster declaring it to be the worlds best venue my 1st thought what a load of w*nk.

No choice in drinks as you can only get a becks for an overpriced £4.30, they don't normally let you out for cigs, travelling there is a joke as buses take ages which leaves an expensive boat trip or the Jubilee line which is too often closed at night/weekends for repairs, barmaids are never that pretty, the security don't have a sense of humour and it feels new and flashy and not very rock n roll.

Much prefer the my beloved crappy Electric Ballroom or the Astoria before they closed it.

[jump]

I was in london yesterday and paid £4.35 for a brothers in camden... i was sat drinking it and realised i could have bought 3 near enough in asda for that price :|

aha

[adustlandfairytale]

ABC Glasgow is great.

But the best by a mile is The Barras just ask anyone who's been there

[Alcatraz]

The Avalon Tent at Glastonbury

[kingjamma]

The Avalon Tent at Glastonbury

[The Nal]

Vicar Street in Dublin is the best I've been to in Ireland. The new "best sound in the world" venue, the O2, is pretty shit.

[LusciousLucy]

I am quite partial to the Brighton Centre for epic electronic dance concerts eg. Chems, Prodge and Orbital.

Nicest looking has to be the Albert Hall really but the sound is shocking.

Earls Court is an epic fail obviously. £40+ for a gig in a shed...no thanks!

[dakyras]

In terms of aesthetics, I really like the KOKO, but like most places it's an overpriced load of balls.

The Astoria was a terrible venue that put on really good bands. The sound in the Brixton Academy is f**king awful. Unless you're standing in the sweetspot, which is about 1 meter square between the sound desk and the stage.

Edited September 19, 2010 by dakyras

[Pogues Mcgogues]

ABC is probably the best venue in Glasgow for sound wise and atmosphere and just general things that have already been mentioned.

Stereo is a fantastic venue for big-small bands (ie small bands with a good following).

13th Note's quite good too.

[Kowalski]

Best one I've been in is the Barra's in Glasgow

[ampersand]

barra's is a filthy midden. i know people say that's part of it's appeal, but no thanks.

[Pogues Mcgogues]

barra's is a filthy midden. i know people say that's part of it's appeal, but no thanks.

[Kowalski]

Nothing wrong with filthy middens.

[Pogues Mcgogues]

Nothing wrong with filthy middens.

[Ed209]

+1 to Brixton. I really love that venue. Never had a bad gig there.

Koko is a cool venue but a scandalously expensive bar. I quite like the roundhouse, great acoustics and they really turn it up to 11 in that place.

I really like the Forum too, good little rock venue, and cus its a 2 minute walk down my road

[BlackHole2006]

Concorde 2 is my all time venue, converted ballroom, right under the walkway so the acoustics are great and brilliant atmosphere too even when people arn't moving. Camden Scala comes a close second though.

The worst venue I've been to has to be the Shepards Bush Empire, I saw Dinosaur Jr there and expected it to be earbleadingly loud, but it wasn't as the acoustics there are so awfull.