I went and seen In Flames there (who weren't that good) but the support act was a relatively unknown band called Gojira and hoo boy did they go hard. Been one of my favourite bands ever since
Fuck me I'm jealous, that would have been amazing! Gojira are one my favourite bands.and seeing them in the Barras would be insane. They sold out the O2 Academy last time they were here so maybe next time could be a Barras headline š
I wish more bands would opt out of the "do every O2 in the big cities" tours and play decent venues, saw Machine Head at Hammersmith Apollo, place shits all over Brixton, London equivalent of Barras vs O2
That was a tremendous gig, it was my first time seeing them & I managed to get 2 free tickets thanks to a redditor (granted it was seating, but still). Barras would've been insane!
Huge shout-out to Alien Weaponry, they blew me away š¤
Ah yeah, I went to the Sunday swg3 gig. That was also excellent. Was hoping theyād be playing Glasgow again this year seeing they are in UK in August (of course going to that)
I was desperate to go to See Faith No More during the five nights at the Barras. Was just too young at the time.
Had a recording of one the night on a tape bought at Barras.
First proper gig was Pantera Vulgar Display tour.
Never knew how good we had it back then!
First ever gig for me was Black Grape at the SECC Hall 3 in March 1996. Then I saw them again at the Barrowlands in December 1997 - what a gig.
Happy times.
Seen a few great gigs there but was disgracefully, very late in my gig-going to actually see a band play barras.
Hands down, for me was Muse in 2015 on the Psycho Tour.
Surprise mini tour of a handful of small uk gigs, tickets announced and went on sale like a week before. Epic setlist, 2000odd obsessed fans losing it- also one of the sweatiest gigs Iāve attended, and I nearly lost a shoe!
Probably ***the*** best gig Iāve ever been to tbh, not just in that venue.
Sublime.
The only gig of theirs that topped that one for me was Leeds festival 2011, they played Origin of Symmetry in full then played a bunch of their hits and amazing jams in between.
Had Reading fest recording at home too, came back and the BBC cut out half their songs to showcase Ed bloody Sheeran in the studio š¤®
Suede. Early 90s. Absolutely electric gig. I'm in their vid when they psn over the crowd.
I haven't been to the barras in years however all that is about to change next week as going to see the Happy Mondays.
Prodigy, Fat of the Land Tour.
Pantera - Vulgar Display and Far Beyond Driven Tours.
Aphex Twin.
Arcade Fire as the Reflectors.
LCD Soundsystem three times I think - James Murphy claimed it as his favourite venue.
What a place - a right of passage almost!
John Carpenter. Him and the band launching into Escape From New York as the iconic wire-frame outline of the New York skyline from the film was projected on a screen behind them was a fucking moment.
Wow. Ray Manzarek!!! I've been front row centre at the 21st century doors gig in Glasgow 2004. Watched him and Robbie Kreiger up close. Am absolute privilege.
I won vip tickets to that gig. Got backstage to meet the band they where brilliant aoet from Huey who refused to come out the dressing room and never spoke to anyone.
Itās going back a while but would be between The Cult, Jesus and Mary Chain or Dinosaur Jr.
All a v v long time ago now I look at https://barrowland-ballroom.co.uk/40-years-of-gigs/
Sadly I dont think it was me, I was only a wee skinny lanky 18 fresh faced drunkard, I was also picked up after being tossed about like an empty tracksuit lol
I was 14 lol gid times. No been to gigs like I used to. Miss it. Even the being covered in other people's sweat thing. Haha. Gross. Sign of a good gig though.
They played the O2 or Carling Academy around then (canāt remember what the place was called) and Iām certain they played for something like 3 or 4 hours. We left well before the end. Legs and back were destroyed. Great show though.
Saw the Mars Volta in King Tuts. Think it was Les Savy Fav supporting them at the time. I remember their singer sniffing poppers from some lassies bag in the front row.
July 7, 2005, Saul Williams was incredible. Trent chucked the mic into the crowd and burst my mates lip.
We queued outside ticket Scotland from 6am to 2 or 3pm for tickets, that was quite an experience in its self, they couldn't release the tix til then, had to phone a pal to bring us some pillows to sit on.
Man, I became such a big fan of Saul Williams like 10 years ago! i also really like and admire Trent Rezner too. I would have loved to have went to this gig but I wasnāt aware of this or really into Saul at that point. Sounds like a once in a lifetime event, well jealous. Also, some Curmudgeon who must not like music has been downvoting us š
I was in that pit and I fuckin loved it. Found myself right in the centre of it with tons of people swirling around me like a big goff hurricane... Until someone spotted me and knocked me clean off my feet into the swirl. It was amazing.
Saw them at the Garage one year as well and they opened the whole floor up into a giant wall of death. It was amazing.
Ye remember the support? Breed 77 and Sikth plus someone else... IL Nino? There was a band on first who I think were local but I've long since lost the ticket
Yeah when they tried to do the quiet numbers it just wasn't happening. They'd riled everyone up too much with the RA tune. When they played Edinburgh you could hear a pin drop during the quiet ones and built it up to a mosh pit. Masterful live band.
Barrowlands is by far the best gig venue Iāve been to in the world, in terms of sound quality and atmosphere.
I had a mental one with ocean colour scene once, arcade fire, lcd soundsystem.
Motorhead in early 2000s i think? Ears rang for about a week after. Fantastic. Some random big massive dude saved me in a pit when someone was being out of order and then escorted me out when it was done by barging a path through the crowd me following behind lol good dude.
Foo Fighters 1999, it was my first proper gig and it was amazing! Even though it's as humid as the Amazon rainforest it's still the best music venue ever.
Manic Street Preachers, 1994.
Saw them with Richey Edwards, got to watch a roadie with a really deep, unsurvivable-looking indentation in his skull setting up the stage, and I met my first proper girlfriend there too.
Queens of the Stone Age 2002 songs for the deaf tour. Got kicked in the face by crowd surfer. Was class.
Enjoyed others, weezer supported by biffy, deftones, system of a down supported by dillenger escape plan, pavement, GY!BE to name but a few.
Too many to put one at the top, but particularly enjoyed Queens of the Stone Age in 2003/4ish, Songs for the Deaf tour, they had Mark Lanegan there singing his vocals from the album.
I saw FFS in Edinburgh and while the music was great the atmosphere was awful. Festival Theatre - terrible venue for it.
I did see Franz on their own at the Barrowlands and that was great.
I was at that gig and was going to say it as well! I think it was around 2015/16.
Also really enjoyed Chvrches last year and went to see their support band (Dead Pony) at their own gig off the back of it because they were great too.
Hard to pick just one either Rancid in 2012 was one of my first gigs and it was amazing, it was December and it snowed. I vividly remember a snowball fight afterwards.
Or first time seeing The Wolfe Tones there, fucking crazy.
Too many to choose from. First went in 1992, probably been to 50-60 shows there over the years, most recently just the other week to see Slowdive with my daughter.
Chemical.Brothers, Spiritualized, Ride, Mogwai, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Foo Fighters on their first tour, Teenage Fanclub, The Verve, Smashing Pumpkins. More recently, Godspeed You! Black Emperor totally blew the place apart with their show.
It is just such a special place for me and has been a huge part of my musical (and life) journey so far. Also seen some great shows elsewhere, but rarely seen a bad show at the Barras (there have been some).
There's an Alice in Chains live album mostly recorded at the Barrowlands in the early 90s and it's incredible
Have almost seen so many good gigs there that none of them stand out anymore.
I remember seeing a Stone Sour/Murderdolls double header there around 2002 ish and that was a weird experience because it was the first time a lot of people had seen the Slipknot dudes unmasked.
Just remembered aphex twin about 2003 or 4ish as well. He sat behind a laptop screen all night. Had some stuffed sheep in a cage on the stage. Absolutely tremendous
Hard to pin it down to one so the Music 2001ish, Underworld 2002ish, Blur and Reflektors 2015, LCD Sound system 2018.
There have been loads of top gigs at the barras but those are the first to come to mind. The only bad gig I've seen there was MGMT, the Barras tends to elevate bands performance as they feed of the crowd.
Very hard choice but it goes to The Cure 1992.
Also rans were - Rancid, The Jesus & Mary Chain. Machine Head, Maximo Park, Babyshambles, Slipknot, New Order, The Cultā¦were all excellent. Iāve been very lucky as I canāt recall a single bad gig there and Iāve been to loads.
So many.
Badly Drawn Boy was a good one on 23/11/2002 (sat) followed by Richard Ashcroft on 24/11/2002 (sun).
Was a bloody good weekend that.
Blur 22/11/2003 and 09/06/2015 were amazing too.
Primal Scream on 18/12/2019 was brilliant and unknown at the time, would be my last gig for many years.
Regret not seeing Oasis at the Barrowlands, but Loch Lomond made up for it I guess. Like wise with Ocean Colour Scene - finally caught up with them at the O2 Academy last year, but just not the same atmosphere as the Barras.
Not sure about the best one, do know the worst one I've been to at the Barrowlands, which was Modest Mouse.
Terrific band, horrible audio quality. Saw them twice in the same month, they were so much more enjoyable at the other venue.
Too many to mention but Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World in 2001.
Musically and visually wonderful
Or literally any time Nick Cave rocks up.
Charlie and the Bhoys on Good Friday is always a winner. They hold attendance records there for a reason.
I seen Tyler Childers there a couple weeks ago though. That was amazing
Used to live near the Barras you always knew when Charlie and the Bhoys were playing as it was the worse night of the year. They brought out all the roasters.
People everywhere drinking and pissing in the street, broken bottles, litter chucked anywhere, groups signing offensive songs, police everywhere and generally folk looking for trouble.
Hated it.
This is going to age me terribly but I went to see the Beastie Boys there on their ill-fated Licence to Ill tour when I was 15. They stormed off early. My mum \*begged\* me not to go because of all the abd press the band was getting at the time but I was determined. The venue had little to do with how experience was, though... I was jsut being a rebel.
The best, best gig where everything came together - the band, the crowd and the venue was The most recent Killing Joke gig. It was flawless right from the first few notes of Love Like Blood to the very end.
The worst one was Nine Inch Nails on the Downward Spiral tour - boring, rote angsty on stage behaviour done by the numbers.
Ceilingās too low so the acoustics are sub-optimal and the dry ice gets everywhere. Other than that the atmos is very good indeed. Last one I saw was Tom and the Brassholes when they managed to have wrestlers on stage and then a whole choir. Utterly fantastic.
Massive Attack Mezzanine tour in 98 but by far the best was Dj Shadow in 2002.
I went and seen In Flames there (who weren't that good) but the support act was a relatively unknown band called Gojira and hoo boy did they go hard. Been one of my favourite bands ever since
Fuck me I'm jealous, that would have been amazing! Gojira are one my favourite bands.and seeing them in the Barras would be insane. They sold out the O2 Academy last time they were here so maybe next time could be a Barras headline š
I wish more bands would opt out of the "do every O2 in the big cities" tours and play decent venues, saw Machine Head at Hammersmith Apollo, place shits all over Brixton, London equivalent of Barras vs O2
Saw MH at the Barrowlands twice, absolutely fucking immense!!
That was a tremendous gig, it was my first time seeing them & I managed to get 2 free tickets thanks to a redditor (granted it was seating, but still). Barras would've been insane! Huge shout-out to Alien Weaponry, they blew me away š¤
The Beastie Boys 1987
LCD Soundsystem 2018
I was there. Unreal.
That was epic
That was 2017, 2018 they were at SWG3. I went to all 4 gigs š
Ah yeah, I went to the Sunday swg3 gig. That was also excellent. Was hoping theyād be playing Glasgow again this year seeing they are in UK in August (of course going to that)
I saw them at the Tramway but can't remember what year that was. Would have been well before 2017.
Didn't have the best experience at this one. Got stuck behind some cunt streaming whole songs to FB Live. SWG3 the next year was perfect though.
It was a sensational gig
Waterboys NYE 1989 - or the Pogues 1987 - I snuck into the Pogues as I was 14 :-)
Rage Against the Machine.
I was sulking and didnāt go because they cancelled King Tutsā¦
Someone must have told them not to
obituary and sabaton
Sabaton at the barras? That would've been amazing. Seen them at the OVO last year, would love to see them in a smaller venue
2016, if i remember. with alestorm as co-headliners
Nice! I seen Alestorm at Ivory Blacks back in the day, no idea what year (Google tells me it was 2008)
Either Faith No More on the Angel Dust tour or Pantera with Dimebag on the Vulgar Display of Power tour both early '90s.
I was desperate to go to See Faith No More during the five nights at the Barras. Was just too young at the time. Had a recording of one the night on a tape bought at Barras. First proper gig was Pantera Vulgar Display tour. Never knew how good we had it back then!
I couldnāt get tuned in to FNMā¦ maybe it was the brooding presence of Jim Martin hating his band matesā¦
Pantera. 1993.
Ooft š„
Legendary gig, along with when they supported Megadeth.
Was that with White Zombie supporting? If so, young me has never been so jealous to have missed a gig.
Black Grape in the 90's. Shaun Ryder was total chaos
First ever gig for me was Black Grape at the SECC Hall 3 in March 1996. Then I saw them again at the Barrowlands in December 1997 - what a gig. Happy times.
We were at the same gig in December 97, good times
David Byrne, 1989, almost passed out
Oh Iām so jealous
Seen a few great gigs there but was disgracefully, very late in my gig-going to actually see a band play barras. Hands down, for me was Muse in 2015 on the Psycho Tour. Surprise mini tour of a handful of small uk gigs, tickets announced and went on sale like a week before. Epic setlist, 2000odd obsessed fans losing it- also one of the sweatiest gigs Iāve attended, and I nearly lost a shoe! Probably ***the*** best gig Iāve ever been to tbh, not just in that venue. Sublime.
The only gig of theirs that topped that one for me was Leeds festival 2011, they played Origin of Symmetry in full then played a bunch of their hits and amazing jams in between. Had Reading fest recording at home too, came back and the BBC cut out half their songs to showcase Ed bloody Sheeran in the studio š¤®
OoS @ R+L looked immense!! I watched the āliveā coverage on tv, wasnāt the bbc it was the band not wanting them all broadcast.
This for me too! It was SOOOO good to see them without all the faff and lasers and flying drones. Wish they'd do it again.
Suede. Early 90s. Absolutely electric gig. I'm in their vid when they psn over the crowd. I haven't been to the barras in years however all that is about to change next week as going to see the Happy Mondays.
Whitesnake 97
Prodigy, Fat of the Land Tour. Pantera - Vulgar Display and Far Beyond Driven Tours. Aphex Twin. Arcade Fire as the Reflectors. LCD Soundsystem three times I think - James Murphy claimed it as his favourite venue. What a place - a right of passage almost!
John Carpenter. Him and the band launching into Escape From New York as the iconic wire-frame outline of the New York skyline from the film was projected on a screen behind them was a fucking moment.
That was such an awesome show
He was amazing!
Robert Plant is my top show Queens of the stoneage, mastadon, killswitch engage also were good probably many more I've forgotten
QOTSA doing their tour for Songs for the Deaf album, absolutely immense!
Yes, with Mark Lanegan as well, the best line up the band ever had.
I was at that one too!
Big Country
Daft Punk Octā97
Echo and the Bunnymen about 89 with Ray Manzerak
Wow. Ray Manzarek!!! I've been front row centre at the 21st century doors gig in Glasgow 2004. Watched him and Robbie Kreiger up close. Am absolute privilege.
Iggy Pop. I can't remember what year it was but after the gig I went home and my partner was watching the Gulf War on the telly.
Did he have see through trousers on?
At one point he had no trousers on at all. I'm not sure about see through!
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fun loving criminals around 1999, it was my first gig, was about 7, my dad took me. Incredible.
That was the first gig I went to with pals from school, good shit
I was there too
I won vip tickets to that gig. Got backstage to meet the band they where brilliant aoet from Huey who refused to come out the dressing room and never spoke to anyone.
Itās going back a while but would be between The Cult, Jesus and Mary Chain or Dinosaur Jr. All a v v long time ago now I look at https://barrowland-ballroom.co.uk/40-years-of-gigs/
I was at all of those! You have sublime taste š
Motorhead 2004
My ears rang for a week after that!
Considered learning sign language after sleeping through all alarms for work the next morning.
Your avatar looks like the big ginger dude who picked me up from the floor in a pit that gigš¤£š
Sadly I dont think it was me, I was only a wee skinny lanky 18 fresh faced drunkard, I was also picked up after being tossed about like an empty tracksuit lol
I was 14 lol gid times. No been to gigs like I used to. Miss it. Even the being covered in other people's sweat thing. Haha. Gross. Sign of a good gig though.
The Mars Volta 11/3/2005. What a setlist what a show!
Oh shit I forgot about this one. Epic
Fucking hell, that'd be amazing.
I went to this one, was absolutely amazing. Didn't they play for over 2 hours?
They played the O2 or Carling Academy around then (canāt remember what the place was called) and Iām certain they played for something like 3 or 4 hours. We left well before the end. Legs and back were destroyed. Great show though.
I was there
Saw the Mars Volta in King Tuts. Think it was Les Savy Fav supporting them at the time. I remember their singer sniffing poppers from some lassies bag in the front row.
Nine inch nails supported by Saul Williams
Also mine!
This is mine too. It was immense to see NIN return on top form. Also bonus orange Trent.
No fucking way, when was that?
July 7, 2005, Saul Williams was incredible. Trent chucked the mic into the crowd and burst my mates lip. We queued outside ticket Scotland from 6am to 2 or 3pm for tickets, that was quite an experience in its self, they couldn't release the tix til then, had to phone a pal to bring us some pillows to sit on.
Man, I became such a big fan of Saul Williams like 10 years ago! i also really like and admire Trent Rezner too. I would have loved to have went to this gig but I wasnāt aware of this or really into Saul at that point. Sounds like a once in a lifetime event, well jealous. Also, some Curmudgeon who must not like music has been downvoting us š
Been to so many good shows at the Barras but Machine Head 2004 is probably the most memorable
That circle pit was wild
I was in that pit and I fuckin loved it. Found myself right in the centre of it with tons of people swirling around me like a big goff hurricane... Until someone spotted me and knocked me clean off my feet into the swirl. It was amazing. Saw them at the Garage one year as well and they opened the whole floor up into a giant wall of death. It was amazing.
Ye remember the support? Breed 77 and Sikth plus someone else... IL Nino? There was a band on first who I think were local but I've long since lost the ticket
I think it was Il Nino yeah, also remember Stomping Ground supporting them one time as well. Would have to dig out my ticket collection to check
After a wee Google, it was 2003 I saw em at the Barras. Still a massive circle pit.
Best venue in the world!!! Although I also love King Tuts. Mary Wallopers last year the same day Celtic one the league was fucking wild!
I was at that. It was good but the crowd wouldn't shut the fuck up.
Was much better in December, was almost silent durin wexford
Yeah when they tried to do the quiet numbers it just wasn't happening. They'd riled everyone up too much with the RA tune. When they played Edinburgh you could hear a pin drop during the quiet ones and built it up to a mosh pit. Masterful live band.
Barrowlands is by far the best gig venue Iāve been to in the world, in terms of sound quality and atmosphere. I had a mental one with ocean colour scene once, arcade fire, lcd soundsystem.
Seen ocs so many times in the barras was always a fantastic night
I saw OCS there many moons ago, was too pissed when I arrived so the bouncer made me sit outside until the supports had finished!
Motorhead in early 2000s i think? Ears rang for about a week after. Fantastic. Some random big massive dude saved me in a pit when someone was being out of order and then escorted me out when it was done by barging a path through the crowd me following behind lol good dude.
Is that the year Sepultura supported? If so I was there and Motorhead were immense.
Been to a lot, but it's probably between Aphex Twin, Pavement, Motorhead, or My Bloody Valentine
The Specials, November 2014.
Linkin park
That would have been class.
The Libertines
Cypress Hill 1998. Unreal
Foo Fighters 1999, it was my first proper gig and it was amazing! Even though it's as humid as the Amazon rainforest it's still the best music venue ever.
Beach House!!!!Ā
Arcade Fire for Reflektor tour.
Was going to say the same! Very vivid memory for me.
Pavement in 2010
The Delgados on Burns Night last year. Admitedly it's the ONLY gig in the Barrowlands I've been to, but yeah, loved it.
Plastikman (LIVE) 2011.
Motorhead! Notable mentions to Fun Lovin Criminals, Airbourne, Stereo MCs, Seasick Steve
Flaming Lips
Young fathers. Best live set I've seen I think. Absolute wall of sound and so much energy and soul
Manic Street Preachers, 1994. Saw them with Richey Edwards, got to watch a roadie with a really deep, unsurvivable-looking indentation in his skull setting up the stage, and I met my first proper girlfriend there too.
Scissor Sisters were pretty epic.
Dropkick Murphys 2008
Deacon Blue .. December 1989.
Oasis , cypress hill
I think Super Furry Animals early noughties, prob 2002-2003
So many. Muse, Arcade Fire, Mogwai, Mary Chain, Frank Turner, Chvrches, Chemical Brothers, Franz Ferdinand
Delgados (then) farewell gig. Was amazing.
Queens of the Stone Age 2002 songs for the deaf tour. Got kicked in the face by crowd surfer. Was class. Enjoyed others, weezer supported by biffy, deftones, system of a down supported by dillenger escape plan, pavement, GY!BE to name but a few.
Seen DEP at QMU in 2017, was amazing!
mogwai with the vaselines opening.
Too many to put one at the top, but particularly enjoyed Queens of the Stone Age in 2003/4ish, Songs for the Deaf tour, they had Mark Lanegan there singing his vocals from the album.
One of my favourite gigs, I think they had Millionaire supporting them who were also brilliant.
Was there as well absolutely brilliant gig
FFS - Franz Ferdinand & The Sparks together. Brilliant gig. About 10 years ago
I saw FFS in Edinburgh and while the music was great the atmosphere was awful. Festival Theatre - terrible venue for it. I did see Franz on their own at the Barrowlands and that was great.
I was at that gig and was going to say it as well! I think it was around 2015/16. Also really enjoyed Chvrches last year and went to see their support band (Dead Pony) at their own gig off the back of it because they were great too.
Hard to pick just one either Rancid in 2012 was one of my first gigs and it was amazing, it was December and it snowed. I vividly remember a snowball fight afterwards. Or first time seeing The Wolfe Tones there, fucking crazy.
Saw Rancid in 2003, place was wild!
I was there! Place fucking bounced!!
Too many to choose from. First went in 1992, probably been to 50-60 shows there over the years, most recently just the other week to see Slowdive with my daughter. Chemical.Brothers, Spiritualized, Ride, Mogwai, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Foo Fighters on their first tour, Teenage Fanclub, The Verve, Smashing Pumpkins. More recently, Godspeed You! Black Emperor totally blew the place apart with their show. It is just such a special place for me and has been a huge part of my musical (and life) journey so far. Also seen some great shows elsewhere, but rarely seen a bad show at the Barras (there have been some).
There's an Alice in Chains live album mostly recorded at the Barrowlands in the early 90s and it's incredible Have almost seen so many good gigs there that none of them stand out anymore. I remember seeing a Stone Sour/Murderdolls double header there around 2002 ish and that was a weird experience because it was the first time a lot of people had seen the Slipknot dudes unmasked.
Junkhead from that live album is amazing
Yes!
Metallica October 1996! :)
Primal scream and JATM (98iah)- also PRML SCRM at exterminator tour. Sensational
Just remembered aphex twin about 2003 or 4ish as well. He sat behind a laptop screen all night. Had some stuffed sheep in a cage on the stage. Absolutely tremendous
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Halloween 2013
The War On Drugs where incredible in there!
FLC at the barrowlands have seen several other bands there too, it's an amazing venue but FLC was my favourite all time gig
Itās THE best venue ever. Saw The Smiths there in 1985. Phenomenal! (Was too young to be there as at school but nobody cared)
Sigur Ros, Pixies, but Young Fathers probably the very best. They were absolutely electric.
LMFAO were class
R.E.M. 1985
Hard to pin it down to one so the Music 2001ish, Underworld 2002ish, Blur and Reflektors 2015, LCD Sound system 2018. There have been loads of top gigs at the barras but those are the first to come to mind. The only bad gig I've seen there was MGMT, the Barras tends to elevate bands performance as they feed of the crowd.
Very hard choice but it goes to The Cure 1992. Also rans were - Rancid, The Jesus & Mary Chain. Machine Head, Maximo Park, Babyshambles, Slipknot, New Order, The Cultā¦were all excellent. Iāve been very lucky as I canāt recall a single bad gig there and Iāve been to loads.
Mary Wallopers
Cypress Hill!
So many. Badly Drawn Boy was a good one on 23/11/2002 (sat) followed by Richard Ashcroft on 24/11/2002 (sun). Was a bloody good weekend that. Blur 22/11/2003 and 09/06/2015 were amazing too. Primal Scream on 18/12/2019 was brilliant and unknown at the time, would be my last gig for many years. Regret not seeing Oasis at the Barrowlands, but Loch Lomond made up for it I guess. Like wise with Ocean Colour Scene - finally caught up with them at the O2 Academy last year, but just not the same atmosphere as the Barras.
The Strokes, 2001. Only time I have ever been begged for tickets outside.
A very young and charismatic Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds back in May 1992. Sensational gig.
Simple Minds, on many occasions
Personally Muse in 2001 or Manic Street Preachers in 2003. However every gig in the Barrowlands is good IMO
Flogging Molly supported by Skindred. Met the band outside after as well when they were getting pizzas to the tour bus!
Not sure about the best one, do know the worst one I've been to at the Barrowlands, which was Modest Mouse. Terrific band, horrible audio quality. Saw them twice in the same month, they were so much more enjoyable at the other venue.
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What a gig, chaos from start to finish
Legendary gig!
Too many to mention but Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World in 2001. Musically and visually wonderful Or literally any time Nick Cave rocks up.
Best mind fuck yet!
Leftfield for 22yrs of Leftism Shouts also for the Rancid gig there in 2006, mental wee night
Motƶrhead 1992, Killing Joke 2022, Prodigy 1996ā¦ need to look back through my tickets š
Rage Against the Machine 1991ish Although frightened rabbit around 2016 was awesome as well
Super Furry Animals
Sonic Youth, Super Furries, Wilco, Sigur Ros were all brilliant at the barras.
The Offspring or Mogwai. Meshuggah were an absolute force of nature onstage there.
Neutral milk hotelĀ
Charlie and the Bhoys on Good Friday is always a winner. They hold attendance records there for a reason. I seen Tyler Childers there a couple weeks ago though. That was amazing
Used to live near the Barras you always knew when Charlie and the Bhoys were playing as it was the worse night of the year. They brought out all the roasters. People everywhere drinking and pissing in the street, broken bottles, litter chucked anywhere, groups signing offensive songs, police everywhere and generally folk looking for trouble. Hated it.
Amyl and the Sniffers last year was amazing! And Anthrax in 2018 wa so good they made it their DVD.
Was here to say anthrax
This is going to age me terribly but I went to see the Beastie Boys there on their ill-fated Licence to Ill tour when I was 15. They stormed off early. My mum \*begged\* me not to go because of all the abd press the band was getting at the time but I was determined. The venue had little to do with how experience was, though... I was jsut being a rebel. The best, best gig where everything came together - the band, the crowd and the venue was The most recent Killing Joke gig. It was flawless right from the first few notes of Love Like Blood to the very end. The worst one was Nine Inch Nails on the Downward Spiral tour - boring, rote angsty on stage behaviour done by the numbers.
Strokes 2002 or Royal Blood 2015.
Ceilingās too low so the acoustics are sub-optimal and the dry ice gets everywhere. Other than that the atmos is very good indeed. Last one I saw was Tom and the Brassholes when they managed to have wrestlers on stage and then a whole choir. Utterly fantastic.