20 of the most amazing gig photos
5 February 2023, 09:00 | Updated: 25 July 2024, 16:49
2023 is shaping up to be one of the best years for live shows - so let's take a look back at the greatest gig moments captured on camera. Is your favourite artist on here?
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Queen, 1980
Freddie Mercury performs with Queen on the Game tour at Joe Lous Arena in Detroit, Michigan, 20 September 1980. Picture: Ross Marino/Getty Images -
Arctic Monkeys, 2005
Arctic Monkeys play an early show at Barnsley's Birdwell Club on 26 July 2005. Picture: Andy Willsher/Redferns/Getty Images -
Foo Fighters, 2007
Dave Grohl faces the crowd at the huge Live Earth show at Wembley Stadium, 7 July 2007. Picture: Getty Images -
Joy Division, 1979
Ian Curtis and Peter Hook onstage at the Electric Ballroom in London, 26 October 1979. Picture: Chris Mills/Redferns/Getty Images -
Muse, 2006
Matt Bellamy onstage at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, 19 July 2006. Picture: Karl Walter/Getty Images -
The Stooges, 1970
Iggy Pop meets his public at the Cincinatti Pop Festival, June 1970. Picture: Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images -
The Clash,1977
Frontman Joe Strummer swaps shirts with a fan at the Rainbow, London, 14 May 1977. Picture: Chris Moorhouse/Evening Standard/Getty Images -
Richard Ashcroft, 2016
The Verve frontman live at Manchester's Albert Hall, May 2016. Picture: Jon Mo -
The Rolling Stones, 1967
Damaged furniture after a Rolling Stones in Zurich, 18 April 1967. Picture: ATP/RDB/ullstein bild via Getty Images -
The Flaming Lips, 2017
Wayne Coyne in his ball at The Tabernacle, Atlanta, Georgia on 2 April, 2017. Picture: Paul R. Giunta/Getty Images -
Pink Floyd, 1989
The famous Floyd pig goes aloft at a show in Nijmegen, July 1989. Picture: Rob Verhorst/Redferns/Getty Images -
Florence Welch, live in 2010
Florence Welch performs on stage during the Adelaide leg of Laneway Festival at Fowler's Live on February 5, 2010. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images -
Coldplay, 2017
Chris Martin lets off the confetti bomb in Milan on 3 July 2017. Picture: Francesco Castaldo/Archivio Francesco Castaldo/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images -
David Bowie in 1977
Bowie relaxes during the show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom, 1977. Picture: Richard McCaffrey/ Michael Ochs Archive/ Getty Images -
Oasis, 1996
Liam Gallagher surveys the crowd at Utrecht, 10 January 1996. Picture: Frans Schellekens/Redferns -
Blur, 1991
Alex James and Damon Albarn get personal, Ein Abend In Wien festival, 31 August 1991. Picture: Paul Bergen/Redferns/Getty Images -
The Prodigy, 1996
The much-missed Keith Flint leaves the stage to crowd-surf over the audience during the group's support slot for Oasis at Knebworth on 10 August 1996. Picture: Brian Rasic/Getty Images -
Nirvana, 1991
Kurt Cobain crowd surfs during a Nirvana show in Frankfurt, 12 November 1991. Picture: Paul Bergen/Redfern/Getty Images -
U2, 2017
The crowd's mobile phones twinkle as the Irish band perform their album The Joshua Tree in San Diego, 22 September 2017. Picture: Daniel Knighton/Getty Images -
The Rolling Stones, 1969
Mick Jagger pays tribute to his bandmate Brian Jones at the Stone's Hyde Park show, 5 July 1969. Picture: Reg Burkett/Express/Getty Images
