Martes 29 Dic 2009, 7:06
Faster Pussy Cat @ Camden Underworld
Faster Pussy Cat
Beautiful Creatures
Bang Tango
Priest Feast @ Wembley Arena
Judas Priest
Megadeth
Testament
AC/DC @ o2 Arena
AC/DC
The Answer
Battalions of Steel World Tour II @ Kentish Town Forum
Saxon
Doro
Sweet Savage
Download Festival @ Donington Park
The Prodigy
Marilyn Manson
Limp Bizkit
Slipknot
Staind
Billy Talent
ZZ Top
Faith No More
Dream Theater
Journey
Whitesnake
Lacuna Coil
Def Leppard
Opeth
Mötley Crüe
DragonForce
Hatebreed
DevilDriver
Tesla
God Forbid
Skin
Five Finger Death Punch
Down
The Blackout
In This Moment
Thunder
Anvil
Stone Gods
Steel Panther
Lawnmower Deth
Steadlur
Tim "Ripper" Owens
Man Raze
Steadlür
AC/DC @ Wembley Stadium
AC/DC
The Answer
The Subways
One Night Only World Tour @ Wembley Arena
Spinal Tap
The Folksmen
Blur @ Hyde Park
Blur
Foals
Crystal Castles
Golden Silvers
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
NiN|Ja @ o2 Arena
Nine Inch Nails
Jane's Addiction
Mew
Massive Attack @ Brixton Academy
Massive Attack
Martina Topley-Bird
L.A. Guns @ Underworld, Camden
L.A. Guns
SPiT LiKE THiS
Pixies @ Brixton Academy
Pixies
The Big Pink
Frank Turner @ Shepherds Bush Empire
Frank Turner
Fake Problems
Beans on Toast
Hard Rock Hell 3 @ Prestatyn
W.A.S.P
RATT
Monster Magnet
Queensrÿche
Korpiklaani
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Terrorvision
Girlschool
Waylander
Gun
Tigertailz
The Quireboys
The Glitterati
Logan
Pig Irön
Rammstein @ Berlin Velodrome
Rammstein
Combichrist
Highlights (in no order)
Pixies - first time seeing pixies live and they played the Doolittle album in full. Kim deal's bass is so fucking sexy, her bass sounds soooo good. Franks wailing… reliving the gig.. oh yes :D
Download Festival - Awesome festival, most likely the best overall lineup of any festival i've been to. Great memories, roll on next year.
AC/DC - Greatest intro video/band introduction going on. So many hits and sing-alongs.
W.A.S.P. - Awesome crowd atmosphere, one of the best atmospheres to any gig i've ever been to. band were electric, feeding from the crowd.
Judas Priest - My first time seeing the metal god, did not disappoint.
Doro - she should have headlined rather than subbed to Saxon. Truly amazing woman, one of the kindest person i've met in rock.
Blur - mini festival for the band at Hyde Park, wonderful sing-along huge atmosphere thing going on. Band were ace and they were obviously loving every second of it.
Nine Inch Nails - What amazing experiences at that gig :D Maybe NiN last ever uk gig aswell.Gary Numan coming onstage for 2 songs was so awesome and totally unexpected.
Massive Attack - really fluid, trippy musical adventure of a gig. Shara Nelson has the most amazingly beautiful voice, goose-bump worthy listening to her sing live. Damon Albarn coming onstage and doing a couple of songs was also special.
Frank Turner - busking outside Shepherds Bush Empire, chatting to him, doing a photoshoot with him. Humble as fuck. Ace gig aswell, cant wait to see Frank again in 2010!
Rammstien - Stage show/pyros next to nobody… Really impressive gig, and so many explosions and flame-throwers lol. Extra special seeing them play in their home town of Berlin aswell. Deffo going to see them on their next tour. Hopefully a greatest hits tour!
Best Support bands:
Doro
Janes Addiction
Beans on Toast
Worst Band/Performances:
Crystal Castles - maybe I'm not down with "new" music, too much sound (noise) and screaming…
Marilyn Manson - biggest disappoint of a gig ever for me. So many amazing songs… I just wish I could have seen him 10 years or so ago at his peak. He was either totally coked off his tits (most likely) or just pure narcissistic to the point even his die hard fans couldn't handle.
Bands i missed:
Pearl Jam @ Shepherds Bush - couldn't get a ticket sold out in minutes and ticket site gayed up, ronnie wood came onstage and pete townsends brother both played with the band. so disappointed I couldn't get a ticket.
Dio @ Kentish Town Forum, get well soon Ronnie!
Regina Spektor @ Apollo Hammersmith - clashed with Hard Rock Hell 3. Will see her on next tour for sure. Beautiful music.
Favourite Venues:
The o2 for big shows, awesome sound quality. Shepherds Bush Empire has a special place in my heart, first time I saw Smashing Pumpkins live was there back in 2007?. Frank Turners little busking before his gig there this year was really cool.
Worst Venue:
Wembley Stadium - sound quality is so muffly, nasty nasty nasty. Will only goto and see a band there if its a one a off, legendy shit like Led Zeppelin.