Top 5 (Festival) Shows You Witnessed in 2009

[faxman75]

1. My Bloody Valentine - Coachella
2. Nine Inch Nails - Late night Bonnaroo
3. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Sasquatch
4. Leonard Cohen - Coachella
5. Amanda Palmer - Coachella

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

1. My Bloody Valentine Coachella
2. Paul McCartney Coachella
3. Tool Mile High Music Festival
4. The Cure Coachella
5. The Killers/Fleet Foxes/Morissey Coachella

[suprefan]

1. My Bloody Valentine - Coachella
2. Nine Inch Nails - Late night Bonnaroo
3. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Sasquatch
4. Leonard Cohen - Coachella
5. Amanda Palmer - Coachella

Getting bored Mark? And its supposed to be ''performances'

[shakermaker113]

I still don't understand the need to separate festival from non-festival performances.

[faxman75]

I still don't understand the need to separate festival from non-festival performances.

I didn't like the exclusion much either so I figured a separate thread was in order. Now i've excluded non festival shows though. Oh well.

Chris, if you have an issue with using the word show instead of performance, it's obvious who is bored here.

[sin213]

1. NIN - late night Bonnaroo
2. Leonard Cohen - Coachella
3. Tool - Mile High
4. Beastie Boys - Bonnaroo
5. Amanda Fucking Palmer - Coachella

[TommyboyUNM]

I still don't understand the need to separate festival from non-festival performances.

I think whomever started that thread didn't want people to just put something like "Coachella" as their #1 show of the year. He should have just specified performances instead of shows, but that would've required more thought on his part. Oh well, I'll participate.

1. Nine Inch Nails (Bonnaroo) - A late-night set does make a difference to me. There's just a different feeling in the air for me. When it's one of the best live bands I've ever seen, that makes it even more special. "Reptile" was the highlight of the set for me.
2. My Bloody Valentine (Coachella) - I can't really listen to them on record, but this was an experience. Visually and sonically stunning.
3. M83 (Sasquatch) - I was curious as to how their sound would translate live, and sort of had low expectations. They pulled off the most fun set of the weekend for me. "Skin of the Night" blew me away and it got pretty crazy at the end during "Couleurs."
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Monolith) - Third time I saw them this year and it was absolutely the best. They did a few older songs and it was at a stunning venue. The raining added to the ambiance.
5. Grizzly Bear (Bonnaroo) - I knew they would sound good, but I didn't expect them to sound THAT good. Brandon, Barbara, Amy, and I were pretty stunned when it ended.

[Boourns]

1. Blur - glasto
2. McCartney - coachella
3. Neil young - glasto
4. Leonard Cohen - coachella
5. Bat for lashes - glasto

[Gribbz]

The only festival I went to this year was Coachella, sooo...

1. Paul McCartney
2. Leonard Cohen
3. Gang Gang Dance
4. Friendly Fires
5. Late of the Pier

[stinkbutt]

1.Throbbing Gristle @ Coachella
2.Jesus Lizard @ Pitchfork
3.Leonard Cohen @ Coachella
4.The Very Best @ Pitchfork
5.Lou Reed @ Lolla or Murder City Devils @ Coachella

[sonofhal]

1. Mudhoney @ 10 Years of ATP.
2. A Place To Bury Strangers @ Coachella.
3. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Primavera.
4. Superchunk @ Coachella.
5. Mogwai @ Field Day.

[bmack86]

1.Boredoms @ ATP
2.Sufjan @ ATP
3.Panda Bear @ ATP
4.Fucked Up @ FYF Fest
5.No Age @ Coachella

ATP is just the best.

[Mr. Dylanja]

1. Nine Inch Nails - Bonnaroo
2. The Crystal Method - Electric Daisy Carnival
3. Grizzly Bear - Bonnaroo
4. The Black Keys - Coachella
5. Simian Mobile Disco - Electric Daisy Carnival

[IdiotequeThom]

1. Paul McCartney - Coachella
2. My Bloody Valentine - Coachella
3. Tool - Lollapalooza
4. Leonard Cohen - Coachella
5. Depeche Mode - Lollapalooza

[paulb]

1. Beastie Boys - Bonnaroo
2. NIN - Bonnaroo
3. My Bloody Valentine - Coachella
4. MSTRKRFT - Coachella
5. Molotov - Coachella

[zenidogx]

1) Throbbing Gristle @Coachella
2) Los Campesinos! @Street Scene
3) Arctic Monkeys @Way Out West
4) Mogwai @Field Day
5) The Flaming Lips @Treasure Island

[TallGuyCM]

I only went to Coachella and FYF Fest as far as festivals go, so:

1. Paul McCartney - Coachella
2. My Bloody Valentine - Coachella
3. Leonard Cohen - Coachella
4. Bloody Beetroots - Coachella
5. No Age - Coachella

Edit: the entire Phish Festival would get my #2 if that counts, but that's pretty hard to quantify.

[woogie846]

NIN - Bonnaroo
Phish (Sunday) - Bonnaroo
Tinariwen - Coachella
My Bloody Valentine - Coachella

Tie between:
Al Green - Bonnaroo
Leonard Cohen - Coachella