Who has been the greatest live act ever?

just wondered why Cliff Richard isn't on your list. He does wonderful concerts. I have been to loads of Cliff concerts and never seen a bad one yet....he gives 100%. Still rocking after 50 years in the business and still brilliant.

Cliff is definately the best....a british legend....50 years in showbusiness, and about to do yet another sell out arena tour....He is so much more than 'summer holiday' and 'livin doll' although he will still sing those songs...he is a great rock n roll performer....so much energy and charisma...and such a great guy. He is loved by many many fans.

Why oh why!! is Sir Cliff Richard missing from your list. He puts on a great show. more energy than anyone else that I have seen, young or old. The fact that he can sell out concerts in huge venues like wembly etc, still!! must show how many great fans he has. To keep all of these fans for 50years must say something. He is a great talent and consumate gentleman.

wth isnt pantera on the list??!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The fact that Sir Cliff Richard is not on your list completely invalidates the poll. Sir Cliff is not only this country's most successful recording artist he is also the finest live performer, and has packed out venues both in the UK and around the world for 50 years, he holds the record for the numbers of concerts at the NEC group of venues, comprising the NEC, NIA and Symphony Hall, and also for Wembley Arena, as well as other venues around the UK and around the world.

To leave him out of the poll, or to just reduce him to the category of 'other' is ridiculous.

How in the world can you leave out KISS. If this is about the live show, KISS wins hands down!

We couldn't list ever act so that's why we have 'other', so you can vote for any act in the world.

Too many bands, too many votes ...

Just wondering along with some others why Sir Cliff Richard has been left of the list! Sir Cliff is a fantastic performer and is still selling out every where he goes after 50 years! Sir Cliff is a performing superstar and legend and is clearly the best live act ever!!!!! I am 14 year old aswell and Sir Cliff is very cool!!

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one can even compare!

Nine Inch Nails. Aw yeah.

MORRISSEY !!! The Smiths !!!

Could you please run a follow up, specifying those who now share the "others" box? Thank you!

dodgy list nirvanna? seriously just wrong on all levels.
and led zep yeah on the list but no way should be 1st.

springsteen should be number 1 for a live act poll no doubt

Terry Reid - by all accounts brilliant and unforgettable. Superlungs, the first choice of Jimmy Page for Led Zeppelin singer. One of the best voices in history.

KISS have given their ALL: as in ALL of their money to concert ticket buyers for 36 years. They are the best live act of all time. Don't get me wrong, other bands can be here too. If entertainment is your cup of tea, KISS is the best. Period.

Nine Inch Nails. (Glad I'm not the only one!)

It has to be PRINCE!! He is the real KING!!!! Amazing live, saw him 3 times last year at the 02, he is incredible!!!!

has to be the cribs!!! they're amazing live!!!

How can anyone ignore the late, great Shakin' Stevens? Best live performer ever, even after he had a colostomy bag fitted.

How can anyone ignore the late, great Shakin' Stevens? Best live performer ever, even after he had a colostomy bag fitted.

Michael Jackson, James Brown, Fela Kuti and Tupac Amaru Shakur ought to be on that list. Those are/were great live acts.

why isnt johnny jay on the list??

why isnt johnny jay on the list??

Who could believe Sir Cliff could be excluded?

Me - for one.

Me too. It would be laughable.

QUEEN!!!!!

Queen the best group I have seen "LIVE" in 1982 Milton Keynes and this year 2008 with Panl Rodgers at Cardiff NIA. They are the Champions.

How on earth could Britney Spears not be on that list. She is the best live performer ever.

That Queen vote rigger appears to be back again. The Queen vote was less than 300 votes an hour ago, now it's more than 1000. It's rigged.

Ok, Queen were great and their concerts simply fantastic but still there was never and never will be any better live act than the BOSS!!!!!!!!!

Jane's Addiction!!!!!!!!!!!! Hands down...your pants!!! Actually, I'd tie them with QUEEN!!!!!!!!! What a double bill THAT would be, huh?!?!!?

Not sure what criteria most of you are using. As someone who lives for live music, who has seen over 1000 concerts, everyone from classic rock (Stones, Who, Rush, Clapton, etc.) to blues (BB, Muddy, Dixon, etc.) to metal (Van Halen, Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, etc.) to jazz (Branford, Ornette, Miles, etc.) to punk (X, Patti, Ramones, COC, Dead Kennedy's, etc.) to rap (tribe called quest, Ice-T, Public Enemy, etc.) to jam bands (Dead, Allman's, Phish, Mathew's, etc.) to pop and country (Steve Earle, Todd Snider, Boz Scaggs, etc.) I can honestly say that Bruce Springsteen is the best show going. 3 solid hours of pure astonishment. The tightest band. Even if you don't like his music, if you've seen him live, you will agree. There is NO ONE that good in concert. You shouldn't vote unless you go to lots of live shows and can compare.

It's The Who. Always has been and always will be. Watch The Kids Are Alright DVD and you'll agree. Then watch The Concert for New York City for their latter day excellence.

A queen fan might try to cheat the poll but farrokh bulsara could not cheat death.

Saw Queen last wednesday in Barcelona. Still the Champions!

Jane's Addiction OWNS!!!

Jane's Addiction RULED and still rules! I can't see why no one gives them shit for props!!!!! Outrageous!!!!!!

sian, why don't you just vote and PLEASE GIVE SOME RESPECT FOR THE DEAD!!
no one could ever cheat death! you too will die...eventually for Christ's sake!

What about Stone Temple Pilots??? Scott Weiland is the best frontman out there right now...

To everybody who claims that the vote is "rigged", STOP BEING BABIES ABOUT IT JUST BECAUSE YOUR FAVORITE BAND MIGHT NOT BE WINNING.

Also check out Queen-Live at the Rainbow on youtube ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVbQu8BozE8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHQk6HFn4rE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vHZU_HcXDo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVbQu8BozE8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHQk6HFn4rE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vHZU_HcXDo

Freddie Mercury WAS THE BEST - he is just simply irreplacable - period. That voice, that energy, that charisma - WOW!

I agree respect should be given to the DEAD. Let frederick rest in peace and give the title "LIVE" to some band more appropriate.

On peut même pas comparer Queen et Led Zeppelin en LIVE, Freddie reste le meilleur, incontestablement. Personne ne peut et ne pourra chanter comme lui.. Une légende. QUEEN FOREVER !

The frogs are croaking, like freddie did....

Queen is the best and have to be the winner !

Queen has to be the best - been a fan since 1975 and just saw them this month in Rotterdam. Even without Freddie, they were absolutely amazing. Paul Rodgers has a great voice and you cannot get better guitar and drums than Brian and Roger! How can Zep fans be outvoting Queen? C'mon now!

You people are wrong. The Clash are better than Queen. At least the Clash didn't use pre-recorded music on stage like Queen did. That's hardly considered "live".

Yes they used pre-recorded music in Bohemian Rhapsody and left the stage so people wouldn’t think it was "live", this was done because they would need a lot of people in the stage to duplicate the album and show how much they respected their public, after all these years Queen is still the best.

Leaving the stage is showing respect to the public? Leaving the stage when people have paid $$$ to see artists perform, and not a tape recorder, is more disrespecting than respecting.

Led Zeppelin as a great live band? Noooo. I saw them in 77 in San Diego when John Bonham passed out for most of the show. They absolutely sucked.

Gotta agree with the KISS fans. Saw them when Cheap Trick was the warm up band. What a show. Cheap Trick rocked, but KISS, well they kicked ass. Still the best show I've ever seen and I have been to more than a few...

The pre recorded part of the queen show is all part of the act, it works well - always has. They are'were amazing live. You are not seriously telling me Queen need pre-recorded backing to get through a live act!!! Anyway, they leave the stage for about as long as Punk Rock was relevant (about 90 seconds!).

Stupid poll anyway, it was always going to be subjective. Who is in a position to compare all the acts listed!!

Kiss lmao, one chord songs!!
Zeppelin kicks ass!

Kiss lmao, one chord songs!! Zeppelin kicks ass!

And 90 seconds is 89 seconds more than what Sex Pistols needed to blow Queer off stage!

Just remember Live Aid, the day all the big names had their chance to shine in font of million of viewers. I don't even have to say their name.

"Just remember Live Aid, the day all the big names had their chance to shine in font of million of viewers. I don't even have to say their name."

Yes! What a fantastic performance by U2! And Bono moving amongst the fans and being hugged was very emotional. U2 pwnd Live Aid.

Actually, Queen pwnd Live Aid :P

Live Aids pwned freddie mercury *LOL*

The sex pistols 'blow' Queen off stage!!!! Ho, Ho - my sides! Backstage maybe!! Lay off the recreational cigarettes, you've gone delusional.

They would have blown queen away and not freddy. Otherwise he may have enjoyed it. I heard freddie had to be placed face down in a coffin so that his friends could recognise him. *LOL*

Just wondering *why* Led Zeppelin is even on this list....
Quite possibly my most disliked band of all time.

Not all that talented, and shouldn't have become all that famous...

'Face down in a coffin'!, are you trying to tell me Freddy wasn't straight!!!! oh, I see what you did there, very clever. You spunks are so quick witted and anti-establishment. Yay, go anarchy - and all that.

And all that sweaty poggo-ing up and down against each other in the crowd isn't in the least bit gay :-o

Anyway, if we're going to have the sex pistols on the list we might as well have Sir Cliff and Celine Dion up there also. It's only fair!

Wow jambo's predicting the future??? An astrologer perhaps? Here's a prediction for you. You'll catch AIDS when Mercury enters Uranus. *LOL*

'MERCURY', 'URANUS' boom, boom! are you appearing all week? While I'm at it, I'll get some cream for me asteroids!! Seriously though guys - this fixation with dead, gay people is unhealthy, get a proper hobby. You want a prediction! 'Dire Straights' to make a late surge, and damn us all to hell!!

The Queen song for all you sheep is Radio Baa Baa. These polls are so boring when Queen fans try to pull the wool over the flock with their rigging.

OH SHUT UP.

If Queen fans were rigging the polls then I'm pretty sure that Queen would be dominating Zepp :P

And if Coldplay were listed, Queen would be ancient history.

where's madonna?

TOOL

Dumoys Rusty Nuts - what a love show THEY put on...

'Dumoys Rusty Nuts'! Now I'd pay good money to see them!

It's easy to see that the majority of votes are from younger generations that never had the opportunity to witness some of the best LIVE entertainers that have ever lived!

QUEEN

Rock in Rio 85 ( Love of my life)

Freddie was a poor boxer... like Peter Buckley. They both ended up getting punched around the ring.

What about THE FUCKING BEATLES?!?!?!?

What about them? They didn't like live performances.. too many screaming girls, firecrackers, and poor PA systems. Arrogantly telling the public you're bigger than Jesus while touring the US Bible Belt didn't help either.

DEEP PURPLE - ON THE LIST, NOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same goes to Ozzy/Sabbath!
But thanks for mentioning Floyd :)

queen are horrid.

Horridly good? OH YEAH :P

Queen is the greatest band in this universe!!!!

You seriously need to listen to more than just queen. There are a thousand more bands better than queen. open your ears.

We could go on forever asking why certain bands arent included as we all have our faves however the list that was compiled seems reasonably comprehensive and indeed includes some real cult bands. Its a case of you cant please everyone.

NOW WHY THE F* *K ARENT JETHRO TULL INCLUDED :)

To Nick Jones' Dad, I listen to a lot more than just Queen you faggot. You can't just make these statements when you have no idea what I listen to. I listen to Queen, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Yes, Rush, Kansas, Styx, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Journey, Iron Maiden, and many more.

Your friend freddie mercury was the faggot, so that must make you his bitch. PWND.

'Queen are horrid'! nicely constructed argument there! Pink Floyd are horrider (?) , so there! And out come the 'Freddy was a faggot' comments. What is this, a nursery! does mummy know your using her computer? Stimulating debate.

These people just don't want to admit that Queen was actually a good band :P

Queen were a very good band. They might not have been everyones taste, but to deny them being up there with the best in terms of musicianship, stagecraft and songwriting is plain stupid. There are plenty of other bands on that list that I don't particulary like, but I respect their achievements. Whether they 'were' the best is all down to personal your opinion.

Jane's Addiction! They ruled and STILL RULE!!!!!!!! UNtouchable!!!! I love Queen, Zep, AC/DC, etc., but NO ONE matched Jane's & Perry!!!!!!!

Jared/Jambo/etc stop talking to yourself. It's the first sign of mental illness. We all know that there is only one queen fan posting, and your village is missing you.

Wibble!

WTF is "wibble" supposed to mean lol

and James, Jambo and I aren't the same person so stop acting so immature. According to Guiness Book of World Records, Queen has the most loyal fanbase, so I'm pretty sure Queen has more fans than on here ;)

Watch Blackadder 4 and you shall be enlightened.

Off topic I know, but what the hell! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N0yZAtgbdfs 4.30

Zeppelin isn't very good, AC/DC's terrible, and Tool is just god-awful!!

I don't see why people enjoy listening to any of them.
Seems like such a waste of time, to me.

.....Can we maybe get Iron Maiden on the list?

the queen's drone is still here, still fluttering around but lacking any sting. *yawn*

Jane's Addiction!

queen suck

Iron Maiden Fan: Quit being childish saying Queen sucks. Iron Maiden's bassist Steve Harris was inspired by Queen so he would disagree with you.

queen are a bunch of fags

'Queen suck!', 'Queen are a bunch of fags!' You can do better than that! Go on, expand your vocabulary, you can do it! I suppose at least the level of the debate remains consistant!!! Otherwise please stop embarrassing yourselves, and contribute something worthwhile.

Go open you ears and quit listening to only one band. Maybe you'll find out that there are other better artists than just queen.

My ears are open, but thanks for the concern. You should read my posts a little more closely before commenting, I don't believe I said I only listened to Queen. Other think there are/were better bands than Queen, and that's cool. I said Queen are my favourite band. From the list I'm partial to a bit of Bowie, G'n'R, Radiohead, Nirvana, the who, Springstein, AC/DC, U2 even the odd sex pistols!! As for the others mentioned in the list, and by other posters, they're not my personal taste - but I can respect why they have been listed. My point was, saying you don't like Queen because 'they suck' or 'they're fags' isn't much of an argument - is it? It's like saying 'The Who suck man, cos Pete Townsend's a fag!'

jambos' ears are blocked with something warm and sticky from freddie...

Is that the same warm, sticky stuff that resides 'between' your ears?

You mean the stuff your boyfriend gave you last night from behind?

When I saw The Beatles in 1960 I got so pleased to hear there songs and the musical I learned that they played, I started playing a Guitar, then a Mandolin and a Piano. I love all music that has been around from 1960 to 2009. I thank you for The Beatles that came together and I miss John lennon & George Harrison , and so many musical persons that are no longer around from the 1960. But it still good to listen at all the 1960s music its all 100%plus:

queen are a bunch of fags. Paul Rodgers has left them claiming they weren't that good.