
Spin Magazine has a list of the “25 Greatest Live Bands Now”. Here’s the top 10:
10. The Dirtbombs
9. Prince
8. The Hives
7. Green Day
6. White Stripes
5. Radiohead
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Arcade Fire
2. The Stooges
1. U2
I’ve seen a lot of the bands on the list; the Chili Peppers, The Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Queens of the Stone Age… all of them great. But there’s no other band that is better live than U2. I’ve seen U2 several times and they just keep getting better. Kudos to Spin for giving top spot to a “non-college” band like Rolling Stone probably would have. Here’s the rest of the list.
As a side note, the worst band I saw live was Nirvana. Serious. Kurt Cobain hid behind a big speaker the whole show.
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