Favourite Venue?

[PDAD]

Not too sure about that. Can imagine Bruce being a lot better in a small, sweaty venue having been bored shitless by him in a stadium sized field somewhere in somerset...

[thegremlin_1999]

The electric ballroom in Camden's nice!

Brixton's a great venue too,

The Roundhouse is nice too I must say.

Outside of London, I haven't been to too many concerts yet but The Kasbah in Coventry is a lovely little venue! I saw White Lies do a warm up for T there in 2011 and it was great

[Dead throne]

The London Underworld (downstairs).

No barrier

[thegremlin_1999]

The London Underworld (downstairs).

No barrier

[Dead throne]

Oh good call! Saw Beatsteaks there few years back. Bloody amazing gig and sounded great!

Also a decent pub upstairs.

[thetime]

Royal opera house...stunning acoustics and design.

[Gre]

Add me to the Brixton Academy fan list - and for central London the bar is pretty standard prices I think. Also big a fan of Koko, Blackpool Empress & Blackburn St Georges. Manchester Bridgewater Hall is lovely for the right type of concert too.

Worst venue; Preston Guild Hall for a rock gig... it just doesn't work.

[PDAD]

Royal opera house...stunning acoustics and design.

[Ed209]

Shepherd's Bush Empire, especially the first balcony....

Kentish Town Forum

Brixton Academy

Only been to Koko twice, but that's good

Festival Hall

Nashville Rooms when it was around

most pub venues

Madame Jojo's

Ally Pally is horrendous. I've never experienced anything close to a decent sound there, or the O2 arena...

[Ed209]

The Electric Banana in Greenwich Village, NY. Don't look for it, it's not there now ....

[lharris92]

brixton academy for sure, only been there a few times but always great (apart from booze costs). also rock city in notts is good as well

[incident]

But on the same level, it would be weird to see someone like Springsteen anywhere smaller than a stadium.

[minute5072]

King Tuts or Liquid Rooms

[thetime]

I would say a lot of the newer venues are far to Posh, sterile and new to be good rock venues.

Give me an old, sticky, smelly venue anytime. Special mention to the dear departed Birmingham hummingbird and Wolverhampton Wulfren.

[Dead throne]

London Roundhouse aswell...beautiful venue

[LondonTom]

I would say a lot of the newer venues are far to Posh, sterile and new to be good rock venues.

Give me an old, sticky, smelly venue anytime. Special mention to the dear departed Birmingham hummingbird and Wolverhampton Wulfren.

[Ed209]

He does play a variety of venues depending on what he's doing at the time. I've seen him at the RAH, Hammersmith Apollo, and a handfull of Arenas over the past 15 or so years.

My favourites-

The Olympia in Dublin

Rock City in Nottingham

Not a huge fan of most of the London venues mentioned so far, including the now closed ones. Might just be because they get London crowds who in my experience are far more likely to talk through performances.

[thetime]

Surely though all "rock" venues have to start off as new at some point? Maybe a point on posh and sterile but venue isn't going to be deliberately built smelly and sticky are they?

Oh I didn't mention the Garage!! Great venue really, pleasant staff, can see from the back mostly. Nice and Intimate and doesn't overfill for its bigger gigs like smaller venues tend to.

[Wooderson]

Just had a look at the Setlist for that show. Jeez, that must have been a blinder!

[incident]

Is that really the case? Or is the "London crowds are shit" jibe that is inevitably wheeled out at some point in these discussions just a bit of a cliche.

I've been to gigs in plenty of places, although the majority is definitely in London, but I can't say I notice too much difference in crowds around the country.

[Babyquack]

Glad the kasbah is good! Not been before but off to see Coheed there in a couple of months.

[thegremlin_1999]

Looking forward to it! Coheed always put on a great show so should be fun!

[sifi]

Has anyone been to the old market hall in Hove?

[dondo]

When I lived in Scotland I loved Barrowlands as a venue. Since moving down to Leeds the Apollo in Manchester is my favourite.

[Babyquack]

When I lived in Scotland I loved Barrowlands as a venue. Since moving down to Leeds the Apollo in Manchester is my favourite.