Guide To The Best Bands To See Live
Author: Bret Robson

There's nothing quite like going to see a live concert; you've
bought your concert tickets, you've waited a while for the day
to come round, and finally it arrives. All the excitement has
built up and you are ready to explode. But the gig turns out a
flop, and never quite meets with your high expectations.

So how can you ensure that no matter where you go, a top-class
concert will always be delivered? What bands exist that no
matter where or when they play, your concert ticket will deliver
a memorable gig, packed with memories and experiences you can
tell to your grandchildren?

There are five UK bands that deliver legendary performances to
their audiences time and time again. Buy a concert ticket for
one of these acts, and you will never come away disappointed.

Alice Cooper

An Alice Cooper concert transcends a mere musical concert. It's
a show, an actual performance of not just top quality rock and
roll music, but a horror, a stage play, and a human experience
of immense proportions all rolled into one.

Alice Cooper will take you to the depths of the human soul,
twist you round and drop you on your head, then sail you close
to the dark side before delivering you redeemed, and free to
live another day.

Cooper is a legend, which is why his concert tickets cost so
much. Each show is as carefully crafted as a Cuban cigar, so you
can be sure that any ticket for one of his concerts is the
promise of a night to remember. www.alicecooper.com

The Rolling Stones

Legends in their own time with a back catalogue to pull from
that most other modern bands can only envy, The Rolling Stones,
despite being grandfathers most of them, are still rocking hard
and leading the way in quality live musical entertainment.

Rumor has it they have a team of doctors watching various
monitors backstage to ensure they stay fit (alive?) enough to
perform – while performing! But even so, the lifestyle that made
them so famous means that even the people hired to keep their
hearts pumping are banned from the after-show party.

A Rolling Stones gig will either take you back down memory
lane, or expose you to a time when rock and roll really was rock
`n' roll and it stood for something more than just a marketing
angle. These guys really mean it. www.rollingstones.com

Madness

Still on the go after 28 years, this North London band never
did much to change their act in any huge way, other than let it
mature into a solid and skanking master showpiece. From playing
in back street London pubs to 100,000 in London's Hyde Park,
these guys will make every section of society move it's feet
whether they want to or not.

Their legendary Madstock concerts sold out every time, and the
first one in 1992 went down in history as the only concert ever
to ever register on the Richter Scale. And it's all done with a
backdrop of humorous cockney banter and a clear love for the
music.

Madness never liked rehearsing, but their stage presence comes
over with no pretension – just a simple rock-stomping beat, it
is no wonder they still have followers of all ages, colours,
creeds and sexes up and dancing madly on their feet.
www.madness.co.uk

Jean Michel Jarre

Ever since his famous gig in London's Docklands, the UK public
has been fascinated by Jarre's surreal and exciting on-stage
wizardry. With some spectacular and confounding visual
performances with light and sound, that have to be witnessed to
be believed, Jarre now only plays to massive crowds at one-off
events, yet his music is such that it works anywhere.

A Jarre concert is more than just a concert, it is a chance to
witness a modern-day musical genius at work, with a selection of
timeless tracks some of which you will recognise, but never knew
were his. www.jeanmicheljarre.com

Queen

No list of top live bands would be complete without mentioning
Queen.

So legendary were their concerts, people from all walks of life
would go to see them even if hey disliked their music. The
appeal and magnetic allure of Freddie Mercury is something more
people should have had the pleasure of seeing, and as such
tickets for his concerts sold like gold dust.

Mercury can never be replaced, and Queens' performances,
pinnacled with their Live Aid concert at Wembley in 1985, gave
them a new audience and fondness within the British psyche, that
can never be matched.

It's one of the tragedies in life that people like Mercury
leave us so young, but the rest of the band live on, and the
music will never die. www.queenonline.com


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