Brian Wilson Royal Festival Hall 2002 would also make my top 3. There was such an extraordinary collective emotion throughout the whole audience (and I understand it was the same every night for the RFH gigs, which prompted BW and his band to return there many times in the 2000s). Not only was it great to finally see Brian in concert, but the band, the singing, with the classic BW arrangements were all stunning. Have seen Brian many times since, but nothing can match that first set of UK London concerts in Jan 2002.
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