| There's nothing quite like going to see a live concert; | | | | more than just a marketing angle. These guys really |
| you've bought your concert tickets, you've waited a | | | | mean it. |
| while for the day to come round, and finally it arrives. | | | | Madness |
| All the excitement has built up and you are ready to | | | | Still on the go after 28 years, this North London band |
| explode. But the gig turns out a flop, and never quite | | | | never did much to change their act in any huge way, |
| meets with your high expectations. | | | | other than let it mature into a solid and skanking |
| So how can you ensure that no matter where you go, | | | | master showpiece. From playing in back street London |
| a top-class concert will always be delivered? What | | | | pubs to 100,000 in London's Hyde Park, these guys will |
| bands exist that no matter where or when they play, | | | | make every section of society move it's feet whether |
| your concert ticket will deliver a memorable gig, | | | | they want to or not. |
| packed with memories and experiences you can tell to | | | | Their legendary Madstock concerts sold out every |
| your grandchildren? | | | | time, and the first one in 1992 went down in history as |
| There are five UK bands that deliver legendary | | | | the only concert ever to ever register on the Richter |
| performances to their audiences time and time again. | | | | Scale. And it's all done with a backdrop of humorous |
| Buy a concert ticket for one of these acts, and you | | | | cockney banter and a clear love for the music. |
| will never come away disappointed. | | | | Madness never liked rehearsing, but their stage |
| Alice Cooper | | | | presence comes over with no pretension - just a |
| An Alice Cooper concert transcends a mere musical | | | | simple rock-stomping beat, it is no wonder they still |
| concert. It's a show, an actual performance of not just | | | | have followers of all ages, colours, creeds and sexes |
| top quality rock and roll music, but a horror, a stage | | | | up and dancing madly on their feet. |
| play, and a human experience of immense proportions | | | | Jean Michel Jarre |
| all rolled into one. | | | | Ever since his famous gig in London's Docklands, the |
| Alice Cooper will take you to the depths of the human | | | | UK public has been fascinated by Jarre's surreal and |
| soul, twist you round and drop you on your head, then | | | | exciting on-stage wizardry. With some spectacular and |
| sail you close to the dark side before delivering you | | | | confounding visual performances with light and sound, |
| redeemed, and free to live another day. | | | | that have to be witnessed to be believed, Jarre now |
| Cooper is a legend, which is why his concert tickets | | | | only plays to massive crowds at one-off events, yet |
| cost so much. Each show is as carefully crafted as a | | | | his music is such that it works anywhere. |
| Cuban cigar, so you can be sure that any ticket for | | | | A Jarre concert is more than just a concert, it is a |
| one of his concerts is the promise of a night to | | | | chance to witness a modern-day musical genius at |
| remember. | | | | work, with a selection of timeless tracks some of |
| The Rolling Stones | | | | which you will recognise, but never knew were his. |
| Legends in their own time with a back catalogue to pull | | | | Queen |
| from that most other modern bands can only envy, | | | | No list of top live bands would be complete without |
| The Rolling Stones, despite being grandfathers most of | | | | mentioning Queen. |
| them, are still rocking hard and leading the way in | | | | So legendary were their concerts, people from all |
| quality live musical entertainment. | | | | walks of life would go to see them even if hey disliked |
| Rumor has it they have a team of doctors watching | | | | their music. The appeal and magnetic allure of Freddie |
| various monitors backstage to ensure they stay fit | | | | Mercury is something more people should have had |
| (alive?) enough to perform - while performing! But even | | | | the pleasure of seeing, and as such tickets for his |
| so, the lifestyle that made them so famous means that | | | | concerts sold like gold dust. |
| even the people hired to keep their hearts pumping are | | | | Mercury can never be replaced, and Queens' |
| banned from the after-show party. | | | | performances, pinnacled with their Live Aid concert at |
| A Rolling Stones gig will either take you back down | | | | Wembley in 1985, gave them a new audience and |
| memory lane, or expose you to a time when rock and | | | | fondness within the British psyche, that can never be |
| roll really was rock 'n' roll and it stood for something | | | | matched. |