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Worst Concerts You Have Attended ??

I just left a remark about a favorite band of mine back in the day - April Wine - that I saw in concert and was disappointed. Could have been that it was an off night for them, or maybe they were never good in concert. Maybe the lead guitarist had too much to drink? April Wine was not the worst, however. I remember Neil Young in the 1990's who was on his one-man acoustic show type of tour that many artists were taking advantage of (perhaps for financial reasons) during that time. While a friend of I had near front row seats at Desert Sky Pavilion (now Ak-Chin) in Pheonix, the crowd was just roused up into a frenzy by the warm-up band (James) and here comes Neil and his guitar/harmonica. Wow, what a sonic letdown. I remember getting up and leaving and feeling Neil's glaring eyes on us as we ushered out. I think, to this day, he probably still remembers me. We all can remember the great live concerts we attended, but what were the worst and why?
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Always an admirer of Bob Dylan, several years ago he played in Chicago and we couldn’t wait.  It was the worst performance by any musician I’ve ever seen. On top of Dylan’s mumbling, something fully expected, the music was loud, but not in a good way.  Painfully loud, high distortion loud, unintelligible loud, so loud and distorted there were no dynamics, just loud.  Dylan didn’t say a word and I honestly couldn’t say that he actually sang anything.   A puppet might have had more personality.  
I’m just now recovering from the experience.  His music won’t be denied and I began to listen several years later but man we’re we disappointed that evening.  
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