Favourite gigs ever?

1; nick cave and the bad seeds @ latitude festival 2009
2; sonic youth @ vfestival 2005
3; pulp @ thetford forest 2002
4; thom yorke @ cambridge corn exchange 2010
5; the verve @ v2008

nick cave was just fucking stunning headline set. just came out and played the hits perfectly, no messing about, no encore and probably the finest set ive ever seen. sound was spot on too.

sonic youth was crazy, fucking v festival of all places. mahoney fucked off to see the kaiser chiefs and left a small but devoted crowd to see one of the best bands of all time in action in the pretty small jjb arena.

pulp back in 02 was my first ever mosh pit experience. pretty sure i only really knew the hits back then but afterwards i was fully converted. what a band and possibly the best frontman ever.

have seen radiohead once and thom yorke solo twice but would put his cambridge gig as the best. smallish venue and just felt real intimate and special. also was the first ever airing of tracks like give up the ghost which blew my mind.

having the verve in there always seems to suprise people as i dont think anyone really thinks of me as a huge verve fan. i dunno why but they just seemed to absolutely nail it that day and it was one of the best crowds ive been in too, proper vibes going about in chelmsford that evening.

Give up the Ghost was amazing at the Park Stage too, probably the highlight of a set which included the likes of Street Spirit and Reckoner.

1.The Prodigy - Milton Keynes 2010 - Best venue I've ever been to and probably the best gig. The Prodigy were fucking great, the crowd were and the setlist was. Everybody In The Place, No Good, Charly, Weather Experience all played when nobody was expecting it.

2.Oasis - Heaton Park 2009 3rd neet - A load of us went down and had a fucking amazing day on the drink then went mental in the mud for an hour and a half to tune after tune.

3.Pulp - Isle Of Wight Festival 2011- This one just pips Glasto for me as I was right down the front and it was the first time i'd seen them. Jarvis just absolutely blew me away I couldnt keep my eyes off him. I was expecting them to be good, but this was amazing.

4.Noel Gallagher - TCT 2010 First neet - What a setlist, what a performance and the crowd sung every word to all of them songs Oasis hadnt performed live in years. Very special night, and it kind of added something to it that there was no more Oasis yet Noel was playing a set full of classic b-sides and album tracks

5.Pulp - Glastonbury 2011 - Performed just as amazing as IOW, only things that IOW had over this was i knew how good it was gonna be this time and i was a bit further back so sound/view wasnt as good. One of the best bit of news ive ever read when i checked my phone on the Saturday morning. Again, special and a historical Glastonbury moment.

All from 2009 onwards

1. Noel Gallagher - Toronto 2006. I could write a book about that night. The setlist, the performance, the fact that a MOVIE was the support act, the tribulations of trying to get a ticket, talking to Marcus Russell...glorious times.

2. Paul McCartney - Toronto 2005. Mull of Kintyre with a full pipe band? Helter skelter? Fixing a hole solo on the piano? For no one? I'll get you? Please please me? Too many people? Fuck me, what a show.

3. Neil Young - Toronto Massey Hall 2007. Neil's first show at Massey Hall in 36 years. Half solo, half with a band. All sorts of rarities, and a mesmerizing version of 'ambulance blues'. Oh my.

4. Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Tony Bennett, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eddie Vedder, Sonic Youth, Tegan and Sara - Bridge School Benefit, California 2004. Paulie duetting with Tony Bennett, Neil duetting with Paulie, Eddie singing backup on 'harvest moon'. The first time I ever saw a Beatle. Unreal.

5. Bob Dylan - Toronto, The Phoenix 2004. Dylan, in a club holding 900 people, the night after he played a hockey arena. I've seen the old man over 20 times and this was far and away his best.

5a. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Giants Stadium New Jersey 2008. Saw two nights in a row of the Boss in Jersey but the first night was the best. I'd seen the e street band a few times before that and didn't really get what people referred to when they said it was like a religious experience. After this, I did. He walked out onstage arm-in-arm with Clarence, Max started the drumbeat to 10th ave. freezeout, the crowd sang the "OHHH OH OH" bit for a good 3 minutes, he started singing and I was hooked.