50 Greatest Concerts

#50GreatestConcerts: Patti Smith Group and Television, 1975

#50GreatestConcerts: Patti Smith Group and Television, 1975

Rock history was being made at CBGB, a club with no dressing rooms and an incontinent dog in residence

July 25, 2017

#50GreatestConcerts: Van Morrison, 1973

Morrison was, as usual, lost in the music, getting so into it that he gave himself backaches

July 21, 2017

#50GreatestConcerts: The Rolling Stones, 1972

From getting arrested right before a show to throwing televisions from hotel rooms, The Stones did it all during their…

July 19, 2017

#50GreatestConcerts: The Band, 1971

The group injected New Orleans R&B swagger into their harmonious folk rock during the four-night stand at New York’s Academy…

July 18, 2017

#50GreatestConcerts: The Allman Brothers Band, 1971

Initially billed as the supporting act, the Allmans were promoted to headliner after they came out guns blazing the first…

July 13, 2017

#50GreatestConcerts: B.B. King at Cook County Jail, 1970

The inmates booed when the blues artist took the stage, but by the end they were hypnotized

July 11, 2017

#50GreatestConcerts: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 1970

While other early jam bands played with virtuosic professionalism, Young's Crazy Horse produced raw chaos

July 4, 2017

#50GreatestConcerts: The Who, 1970

Pete Townshend considered the crowd at the University of Leeds the greatest audience the band had played to

July 3, 2017

#50GreatestConcerts: Black Sabbath, 1970

Relentless touring in Europe had turned Sabbath into a brutal assault force for their American debut

June 30, 2017

#50GreatestConcerts: Led Zeppelin, 1969

Before the private planes, mountains of cocaine and allegations of black magic, Led Zeppelin were four blokes tearing a path…

June 29, 2017