prog-concerts you’ve been to...

There are some impressive gig lists in this thread. After 33 years of watching prog bands I've got a big list too but  if I had to choose the hi-lights they would be:

ELP on the Trilogy tour because of the energy in the playing and the (for its time) really WIERD monster Moog improvisations - check out ELP boots for 72 tour.

Though the 'Selling England' and 'Lamb' tours were absolutely fantastic my favourite Genesis gigs would be the few nights they did at 'Drury Lane' at the end of 73. Not only did they replay the 'Selling England' set but added some old favourites (e.g. Harold TB, Fountain etc) and also because this was when Gabriel underwent his suprise elevation (on wires and in silver suit) during 'As Sure as eggs' - magic.

Because Yes didn't do a CTTE tour in Britain, we had to wait for the combined Topographic/CTTE tour in 73 - around 3 hours of prog bliss with some scortching work from Wakeman at his best. I loved this one.

Refugee in 74 was a fabulous gig with only ~200 people in the audience. Moraz played with amazing speed and precision and the improvisation was excellent. I got the chance to jam on piano with him after the gig, though he slightly outclassed my efforts!

More recently

During 1995 Arthur Brown did a comeback '50th Birthday Tour' which i was lucky enough to catch at a small gig (around 150 people). It only cost around 3 dollars entrance and the standard of musicianship from the band was astounding. My brother and myself were co-opted into chanting on stage during one number. This was probably my favourite gig of the last decade (during which I've seen F Kings, P. Tree, Spocks, Yes, ELP, Hacket and many others).

Finally I've caught a couple of intimate low key Keith Emerson performances during the last few years. The 100 Club gig in 2002 had an audience of around 150 and was the first public reformation of 'The Nice' in 32 years. Watching 'Rondo', 'America' etc from six feet away was a real buzz. KE was relaxed and very chatty - a great night. I posted details of the Emerson Chiddingly gig in August this year in the gig reviews in case anyone is interested.

well, I have seen not that many.....

In the last 5 years, the best prog show was PFM's 2005 tour.

Then I enjoyed a lot:

- Marillion's Misplaced Childhood and Brave tour

- Mike Oldfield's mid 80's tour, I don't remember the album title

- Peter Gabriel's 1988 tour

- IQ

- Yes

- Supertramp in 2003

Unfortunately i did not have the chance to see Genesis with PG but just with PC, the Mama tour, uhmmm, so and so....but I enjoyed a lot The Musical Box in The lamb and Selling England tour: they are really great!

- Roger Waters's In the Flesh tour

Then I have been to many other concerts, but they are not really related to progressive area: deep purple, Uriah Heep, Mc Laughlin/DeLucia/DiMeola, etc etc

pink floyd 1994

tool 1993 1996 1998

nine inch nails 1995

les claypool's flying frog brigade 2001 (they played animals in its entirety)!!

phish 1993-1999

This year I've been to a concert of Michael Rother (ex- neu! & Harmonia) and Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia) in a laboratory of contemporary artistic researches near to my house! It was a concert for guitar "patterns", electronic manipulations and film projection. Impressive, deeply meditative "abstract" multimedia performance!!

Hello Harlequin.

Impressive, what a progrock joy  (especially Tangerine Dream and mid-Genesis)! I presume that you are aged between 45 and 50 (a few years older than me, just become 45)?

I'm still green of envy on those who witnessed early - and mid-Genesis  and early ELP  but in fact I may not complain because between 1977 and now I've seen many mindblowing concerts: The wall from Pink Floyd (UK and Germany), Danger money tour from UK, Spectral mornings tour from Steve Hackett, Turn of the tide tour from Barclay James Harvest, Angel station tour from Manfred Mann's Earth band, Fugazi tour from Marillion, Nude tour from Camel, Going for the one tour from Yes and the last years gigs from Anekdoten, Ange, After Crying, Ozric Tentacles, Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Moongarden, Ars Nova, Gerard and two weeks ago Echolyn . And I hope to see very soon Nemo, Maldoror, Aries, Presto Ballet, Magic Pie and Little Tragedies!!!

Do all the Phish shows I went to count?  Saw them about 10 times in the early nineties and then again in 2003-2004 before they "broke up" again.  All great shows.  I was at Great Woods in 93 when they did the Gamehenge cycle, wow!!  The IT Festival in 2003 was mind blowing as well. 

Saw King Crimson twice, once in Hartford for the Three of a Perfect Pair show and once in Boston and Berklee Performance Center for the Construcktion of Light tour. 

I've seen Peter Gabriel three times, twice on the Growing Up tour and once on the Talk to Me tour in 94. 

Seen Yes three times, for the Ladder tour and then twice in 2003. 

Seen the Grateful Dead about 10 times between 1983 and 1990. 

Roger Waters with Eric Clapton Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking tour in 1984 I believe it was??  Hard to remember stuff back then!

I've seen lots of other shows but those are the ones that really stand out in my mind.  The Roger Waters tour for Pros and Cons was particularly interesting, with a huge video setup and some great guitar work from Clapton.  I think they also had Mel Collins on that tour with them as well.