If I would have to make a list of favourite live festival performances which I attended, it would look something like this:
- Papa Roach - Pukkelpop 2001
- Foo Fighters - Pukkelpop 2003
- R.E.M. - Werchter 2005
- Queens Of The Stone Age - Werchter 2005
- dEUS - Werchter 2006
- Pearl Jam - Werchter 2007
- Neil Young - Werchter 2008
- Oasis - Werchter 2009
- Grandaddy - Pukkelpop 2012
- The Stone Roses - Pukkelpop 2012
- Pixies - Werchter 2014
- The War On Drugs - Werchter 2015
- Paul McCartney - Werchter 2016
- Thee Oh Sees - Pukkelpop 2016
- PJ Harvey - Pukkelpop 2017
- Ty Segall - Pukkelpop 2017
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Werchter 2018
- Nine Inch Nails - Werchter 2018
However, one particular show I wish I could've attended, is the 1992 Pearl Jam concert at Pinkpop. None of the concerts in the list above impressed me as much as that one. The energy of the band and crowd atmosphere amazes me everytime I look at the live footage. And I'm still impressed by Vedder's famous stage dive during the song Porch :-)
By the way, the Pinkpop 1992 line-up was quite impressive in general: right in the heyday of the Grunge era, both Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were performing. Add to that PJ Harvey and The Cult and you get a pretty nice day of rocking out.