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