reddit ask: What's a band or artist you wish you HADN’T seen live?

[theemii]

reddit user @OsoRetro asked "One band or artist you wish you HADN’T seen live." and here are some of the answers, you can read the whole thing at the source.

- Madonna, hard candy tour. She came on about 2 hours late, it was raining, she flipped off the crowd when she felt she didn’t get the response she wanted, it was basically watching a worn

Comments

[helyanwe89]

Schooner Fare. They did not do The Rattlin Bog, they talked half the time & the woman in front of us complained that me eating Skittles made too much noise.

[truexillusions]

Probably Daughtry. They weren't bad necessarily; they were just not entertaining in the slightest. Not worth the cost of the tickets lol

[jarlisle]

When was this concert? I want in 2009 and it was really good imo

[truexillusions]

It was in 2010.

[bitchbot]

The difference a year can make.

[mayjailer]

people can say a lot of things about madonna, but that she goes through the motions on tour is not one of them. that one woman gives more than an entire generation of pop girls (whom i won't name because i'm a fan of several of them and not in the fighting mood) combined. and even the most ardent hard candy haters tend to concede that the sticky and sweet tour was one of her best.

[nermal_kat]

I was just gonna say that the Sticky and Sweet tour was amazing live. Personally I think it was her last great tour.

[mayjailer]

i can definitely understand how her chronic lateness could put a damper on the experience, but that person has had plenty of time to roll back the footage and realize their judgment was clouded!

[healthypanda]

I know someone who goes to guitar camps. Apparently Rihanna's guitar player was giving workshops at one of them and talking about how rough touring life is. Allegedly, she is late because she's depressed with touring and getting the motivation to go out on stage. I know this is very "my friend with a bike."

[ayumidah]

Probably Tool. The sound mixing was horrible, could barely understand them.

[insecuredesign]

Damn, they’ve been on my bucket list of shows to see and I always thought what I’ve seen of their shows on YouTube was great

[ayumidah]

It could've just been the arena I was at, it's notorious for poor sound mixing sometimes.

[__onthebound]

I saw them once and it was AMAZING. I was on a high for weeks

[futile_devices]

I saw Kanye in 2008 and it was terrible. His mic was so low that we could barely hear him, he did't acknowledge the crowd, and he ended early. People started booing.

[waffletaco]

Was it the Glow in the Dark Tour?
I looooved that tour!
I saw it in Tampa, with Lupe Fiasco, NERD, and Rihanna as openers.

I wouldn't say he ignored the crowd, so much as it was a very theatrical, conceptual show. He wanted to give a big production and play a character of sorts.

I dont recall any sound issues at my show, but perhaps your show was an anomaly.

(not counting his set at Bonarroo festival that uear, which had a LAAATE start for either production issues or him being a diva. But twitter/smart phones werent a thing yet, so the story wasn't as big as it would have been)

[xmest_upx]

same, worst performance i’ve ever seen. we were barricade & still couldn’t see properly bc his stage set up was terrible too. so many people walked out. saw him at glastonbury years later & he was equally dreadful.

[melancolour]

I saw him when he popped up at OVO in Toronto one year, he was amazing-- i think he did 3 songs only tho.