Top 5 Concert Venues

[Bob Garage]

Since we seem to be having a top 5 day today......

Whats your top 5 concert venues?


Mine:-

- Wolverhamton Little Civic (R.I.P.)
- London Astoria (R.I.P.)
- Dudley JB's (great venue, crap location)
- Camden Underworld
- Manchester Apollo

[mcaptaincrash]

1 Paris Bercy
2 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
3 Hannover TUI Arena
4 Hamburg Color Line Arena
5 Rotterdam Ahoy

(only big venue top 5)

[norbinho]

1 Munich Olympiahalle
2 Milton Keynes National Bowl
3 Dutch Forum Milano
4 Hallenstadion Zurich
5 Komma Wörgl

[maidencolorado]

Here in the states, most of the larger venues are more or less the same, so I've enjoyed some of the clubs more.

1. Hammerjacks (Best venue EVER, now a parking lot for a football stadium)
2. Jaxx Nightclub (Not the best club, but my local stomp and they get some killer shows)
3. Merriweather Post Pavilion (First venue I ever filmed a show)
4. Trocadero
5. Ottobar (15 minutes down the road, getting some great shows)

[Duane]

1. Castle Farms (The Castle) - Charlevoix, Michigan - The greatest outdoor venue I've ever been too.....it's gone now. I loved the place so much I wrote a book about it.

2. Maple Leaf Gardens - Toronto, Ontario - A rough old hockey rink with lots of history and terrible seats, the first place I saw Metallica - dead also.

3. Memorial Gardens - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - A terrible sounding old hockey arena that I saw my first concert at.....torn down to make room for a new arena.

4. Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, Michigan - Another rough old arena in a shitty part of the city, great vibe there and the fans are pretty crazy.

5. RockFest Stage - Cadott, Wisconsin - Cool place to see a concert, lots of wine, women and song in Wisconsin.

Wow my favorite three places are gone, I'm old.

[130269]

Some small great Clubs, saw there great "little" bands

Batschkapp - Frankfurt
Hafenbahn - Offenbach
Sinkkasten - Frankfurt

and, of course, the Stadthalle Offenbach, first time i saw Metallica there in 1987

The worst venue is the Festhalle in Frankfurt. A crappy location with the baddest sound ever.

[metmum]

Rock City - Nottingham
Corporation - Sheffield
Notts arena - Larger venue than the other 2 but a good arena.
Trent Poly (not even called this anymore and had cheap beer)
Wolverhampton civic? well the small one next door

[Bob Garage]

Wolverhampton civic? well the small one next door

Wulfrun Hall is the one next door.
I always prefered the civic to wulfrun. wulfrun is like a cavern usually. although was v.good in there for testament last weekend.

[Metfan72]

1- Maple Leaf Gardens (The best venue Toronto ever had for shows) The acoustics in there were amazing.
2- Madison Square Garden - Unbelievable building and somewhere EVERYONE should see a show at.
3- Joe Louis Arena - Seen Metallica and a few other bands there. Always a great time as the fans are awesome.
4- Concert Hall - A really cool venue and a place I saw Metallica in 1985. Has since closed and it is now a TV Station Studio but always have good memories of some of the shows I saw there.
5- Opera House - Small hole in the wall club in Toronto but a lot of cool bands play there.

[metmum]

Wolverhampton civic? well the small one next door

Wulfrun Hall is the one next door.
I always prefered the civic to wulfrun. wulfrun is like a cavern usually. although was v.good in there for testament last weekend.

Yeah thats the one, it is small but I liked it cause it gets sweaty and rowdy.