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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Showing 1 response by rcronk

So many candidates for worst of the worst.  I see with many posts already in that nobody named Zappa & the Mothers!  Of course, how could anybody who ever saw Zappa live say that?! Only "awesome" when that meant 'full-of-awe'.  
In 1999 Santana and crew played in Minneapolis at the Target Center.  Into the second or third song the new Gov. Jesse 'the body' Ventura slid onto the stage and stood in the back and slapped at some drum they gave him.  I wanted to puke.  It was like watching Ted Nugent trying to upstage Wayne Kramer and MC-5.  Kramer is still great.  Ted still sucks and I saw him when it was still the Amboy Dukes.  Santana peaked at Woodstock.  Jessie 'I got no brain' Ventura made it all the worse.  In 1999 in Mnpls. he should have been playing with Otto's Garage!