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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Very disappointing: Jackson Browne at the Garden State Art Center in Holmdel, NJ. Just blah. 
Jimmy Buffet, not a fan. got the tickets to take this girl out i hadn't even spoke to, thought she would say yes. walked up to her front door and asked if she wanted to go to a concert with me, she said no, i said ok turned around and left. went the concert anyway and it sucked. Bad experience all around.
The bad concerts that come to mind were all in recent years.  I think they were even more disappointing because we had high hopes they would be good:

Bob Dylan — As others noted, he was like this little depressed old man that mumbled, not sure he didn’t doze off in parts, and he played blah music with no comprehensible lyrics.  Total snoozefest.

Willie Nelson — It was a tour “with Family”.  His voice was faint and so was the music.  He must have been tired of singing his hits, as he did a brief medley of his hits and then on to something unfamiliar.  Big letdown.

Three Doors Down — This was after lead guitarist Matt Roberts left due to health problems and bassist Todd Harrell was gone due to drunk driving accident.  So they had replacement players.  Music was so LOUD that I couldn’t enjoy it or understand what Brad Arnold was singing.  I loved their albums, so this live rendition was disappointing and headache-inspiring. 
This might shock a few folks but it was a Van Morrison show in New Jersey in the late 80’s, he played a medley of his songs for an hour, he’d start a song, sing a line or two, then roll into another one, it was clear the songs that had meant a lot to me, meant nothing to him any longer. In my mind, if you think your own songs aren’t worth the time and effort to sing them, I’m not going to take the time and effort to listen to them.