So Many ans all for differing reasons, but in no particular order.

Black Sabbath Queens Hall (Dio)
Dio:- Sheffield City Hall
Motorhead:- HMH Port Vale
The Who, Anywhere anytime
Status Quo NEC Prince Trust Concert 83?
Dire Straits Manchester Mid 80's
Robert Cray:- Irish Centre 84/5?
Reckless Cheese :- Fernandes 2016

Pretenders and Squeeze both at the Tech Dance at The Technical College circa 78/79. If I close my eyes I can almost smell the patchouli oil even now.

Rolling Stones Leeds Odeon 1965
Four Seasons Regal Cinema Wakefield May 1963
The Pogues Manchester Apollo December 2013
The Dixie Chicks (with you there Pop Tart) Birmingham NEC

That's just jogged my memory!
We went to see Brendan Croker and the 5 o'clock Shadows in a tent (well it was a big tent) in Pontefract park (I kid you not). Whilst we were queuing to get in, I said to my other half that I was sure that I'd just seen Mark Knopfler getting out of a limo, she told me not to be so soft (or words to that effect). Anyway, half way through the concert, Brendan Croker introduced a special guest. So Mark Knopfler playing in Pontefract park was a bit special!
On a similar theme, I was once in a pub in Masham when in walked the lead vocalist and writer for the Strawbs ie Dave Cousins. After a couple of pints of Old Peculier, the landlord persuaded DC to get his guitar out of his car boot and we had an intimate concert to a couple of dozen people. Again that was special.

Kentucky Blue at Tiff's.....class act

Mark Knopfler and Brendan croker were two of the main elements of the Notting Hillbillies i believe, One album (Missing presumed having a good time) must dig it out again and have a listen.

I notice there's a lot of heavy metal fans on your board

Happy Monday's T&C Leeds 2000 come back tour

I forgot 12 stones and shinedown were the backing bands

Sepultura, Pantera and Alice in Chains at Nottingham Rock City in the early 90's - not together, that would have been too much to take, but all 3 were brilliant and brutal; Pantera in particular was bordering on scary.

Radiohead in a circus tent in Warrington in October 2000 - amazing.

Jack White at the Leeds Arena in Nov 2014 - one of my idols, a brilliant musician and a fantastic show; and the support act from that night, Lucius, back in Leeds at the Brudenell Social Club a couple of weekends ago headlining their own tour - not my usual fare, but a brilliant live sound, and met them afterwards like a proper fanboy.

Stray cats leeds uni in 80's

It's helpful (maybe necessity) brain cells if you are a Wakey fsn.
Anyone with all their marbles wouldn't keep turning up to watch, although, it's been a lot easier over the last few weeks

I was there for the Elvis Costello gig.

Best bands.
The Clash, Finsbury Park Rainbow, R A R 1978.
Sex Pistols, SPOTS tour. 78
Ramones, Leeds uni, 78
I could go on with this topic but that tends to defeat the object.

Pink Floyd - Mothers, Birmingham

Live 8 was special too

Some great bands being talked about. A lot of people showing their age of course but some classics on our lists.

Pink Floyd at Mothers Birmingham with Manuel 69/70 ish?

Be bop deluxe and Gygafo at Unity Hall. My first so fond memories.

Two of the best band's I have seen live though very under rates are The Beautiful South and Deacon Blue. I have seen both band's several times.

Every time I have seen them they have good rapport with fans and are pitch perfect.

Saw Paul Heaton last month he was good as he played Housemartins Beautiful South and stuff he's done with Jacqui Abbot

Darts-Derby old Bell Hotel- 2013-chaotic

The Beat-Wakefield Unity Hall-1979

The Starnglers/Boomtown Rats - Whitehaven-Copeland Stadium-2014

Oh and the Skids at Unity Hall 1981-Classic

Ian Hunter is 77 next month - 3rd June - still releasing great albums and doing great gigs

Some of my favourites :
Georgia Satellites - Reading Festival 1987 (and many times since and these days it's Dan Baird & Homemade Sin equally as good anywhere)
Queen at Live Aid 1986
Iron Maiden at Unity Hall 1980 as mentioned by others - support band Praying Mantis were great too and are still going
Twisted Sister - Christmas Show - Nokia Theatre, NYC 2008 - not a band I play a lot at home but a great live band

I was at that Jack White gig - and hated it! Probably the worst gig I've ever been to! Soul-less, pretentious, up his own 'arris, and I was so looking forward to it! Opinions eh?

I think gigs are a time and place/ state of mind sort of thing. We went to see The Cribs at Hull uni a couple of years since, three of us got relatively close to the stage, in the centre, we came out saying it's one of the best gigs We'd seen, the other three were stood at the back and hated every minute.

I mention a time and place/state of mind sort of thing, an instance here, as a kid I loved Joy division, we travelled all over the UK to watch them, I loved Unknown pleasures. I decided a while since to get the vinyl out and give it a play, I took it off after side one, it really did grate, what a disappointment.

I don't think Jack White has done anything that I haven't loved - he's one of my favourite people ever; so I was predisposed to enjoy it. I can't see how you get pretentious mind you; of all the criticisms that could be levelled at him, pretentious seems an odd one, but as you say - to each his own.

Can't beat live music - it's seen a resurgence thanks to the inability of musicians to make a crust out of records, and I'm pleased about that in a perverse kind of way.