And the winner is...

[May]

Okay. So I'm sure this has been done before in one form or other, but I'm reminiscing. Humour me...

I want you to share your TLE gig best of's!

Fav tour:
Fav small show:
Fav big show:
Fav performance at a festival:
Best gig vibe:
Best sounding gig:
Best venue TLE have played in:
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show:

:D

[E.B.]

I guess i'll go first

Fav tour: White Noise tour + all gigs leading up to it
Fav small show: Oxford Art Factory gig back in 2008
Fav big show: Sydney Entertainment Centre last year for Raise the Alarm tour
Fav performance at a festival: Stonefest last year (only festival performance i've seen them at)
Best gig vibe: Oxford Art Factory gig
Best sounding gig: The Cube back in 2008 for White Noise tour
Best venue TLE have played in: Either the Cube or Enmore Theatre
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: Haven't been to one :(

[The Dying Start]

Fav tour: From Here On In 2004
Fav small show: Modern ARTillery Tour, First show at the Gov 2003
Fav big show: From Here On In Tour, Thebarton Theatre 2004
Fav performance at a festival: BDO 2008 (or 2009, whenever it was)
Best gig vibe: Modern ARTillery Tour, Second Show at the Gov 2003
Best sounding gig: Maybe All States Of Emergency Tour, Thebarton Theatre 2006
Best venue TLE have played in: The Gov for intimacy.
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: Unfortunately I keep missing out. :o(

[May]

And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: Unfortunately I keep missing out. :o(
Well if ya lived in Melb... (or I had any idea how much notice you'd need to jump a flight or motor over...)

[The Dying Start]

I've missed a few by a matter of days on previous sojourns. And at the moment i'm way too far away to be able to indulge in any spontaneous interstate travails.

[Sarah]

Fav tour: Riot 1999
Fav small show: Corner Hotel 2005
Fav big show: Riot, City Hall Hobart 1999
Fav performance at a festival: Homebake 2000
Best gig vibe: Albert Hall, Launceston, ASOE, 2006
Best sounding gig: Either Corner 2005 or Palace (big kids) FHOI 2004
Best venue TLE have played in: Oxford Art Factory
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: :(
*Best festival vibe: Homebake 2000

phwef, that was hard

[Kacky]

I've only been a fan for five years, so here I go. I do have to say that I'm pretty lucky of what I have done TLE related over the last year.

Fav tour: the European 'Raise the Alarm' tour
Fav small show: My first TLE show in Toronto at the MOD Club in November 2006.
Fav big show: Don't really have a big show favourite, because I've never really been to one
Fav performance at a festival: Haven't witnessed any TLE at festivals!
Best gig vibe: Not too sure! Had fun at all of them!
Best sounding gig: The acoustic shows in Hamburg and Berlin!
Best venue TLE have played in: MOD Club in Toronto!
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: None!

[AlinaPOW]

Fav tour: Longnecks. That much TLE in that small a timeframe? Yes please!
Fav small show: uh. Duckboard Lane i reckon. Ace vibe, boys were on fire, and the gazing up at the high rise buildings surrounding us was magic. oh! oh! oh! and just recently at the Community Cup!
Fav big show: Coke Live'n'Local w/ Dallas Crane and Spiderbait. My first TLE show and my first stadium show and WHAT an eye opener!
Fav performance at a festival: Only seen them at two festivals, both on the Longnecks tour so not big ones. I guess out of those two it'd be St.Kilda Fest?
Best gig vibe: Oh jeepers. Aaaall good.
Best sounding gig: Nuh. No comment.
Best venue TLE have played in: Oh lawdy. They MAKE the venue. But the Forum is a mighty swank establishment I must say.
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: No brainer; STRAY CATS!!! But that's tied with Longnecks @ St.Kilda Fest where I ended up sitting on the stage for West End Riot, getting increasingly crushed by the crowd, having succesfully snuck into the 'wet' zone.

[Shadow]

Fav tour: SOE Tour.
Fav small show: AC/DC Lane. Kicked ass.
Fav big show: Raise The Alarm - Hisense Arena.
Fav performance at a festival: Chill Island or St. Kilda Fest.
Best gig vibe: Queensbridge Hotel - WN Tour '08.
Best sounding gig: AC/DC Lane, maybe?
Best venue TLE have played in: Good question.
Fav secret show: St. Kilda Festival (as Longnecks), they pounded out the then-new tunes and sounded brilliant.

[May]

Maybe it's just my take on things, but Longnecks gigs that were advertised such as St Kilda etc, don't really meet the idea of the 'secret' gigs I had in mind...

[the_witchdoctor]

Fav tour: White Noise Tour
Fav small show: The Longnecks at Karova in Ballarat
Fav big show: Hisense Arena
Fav performance at a festival: New Years on the waterfront in Geelong
Best gig vibe: Palace 2003
Best sounding gig: The Forum before Stray Cats
Best venue TLE have played in: as above
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: The Longnecks at Karova. Stray Cat show was awesome and unexpected as well

[AlinaPOW]

Maybe it's just my take on things, but Longnecks gigs that were advertised such as St Kilda etc, don't really meet the idea of the 'secret' gigs I had in mind...

Indeeeed.
Well in that case I stick steadfast by my Stray Cats answer!

[May]

Indeeeed.
Well in that case I stick steadfast by my Stray Cats answer! It certainly was a doozy!

[Kev]

I'll give this a crack


Fav tour: Save The Day Tour
Fav small show: Warragul Town Hall (circa 1998) or my 21st gig (BDO Warm ups 2003)
Fav big show: Live & Local 2005 Melbourne.
Fav performance at a festival: Chris joining You Am I onstage at the 2003 BDO in Melbourne.
Best gig vibe: They've all been pretty good.
Best sounding gig: Rod Laver gig
Best venue TLE have played in: Rod Laver was nice. But I'm sure there are plenty of other great venues they've played.
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: N/A



/end boring answers

[Colezy]

My turn! :)


Fav tour: 2006All States of Emergency tour? I really don't know.
Fav small show: Probably AC/DC lane/Duckboard Lane.
Fav big show: Albert Hall, Launceston 2006 (ASOE Tour)
Fav performance at a festival: Gone South (TAS) 2003 - first time seeing them and first time seeing them at a festival (obviously!)
Best gig vibe: TLE/Stray Cats at the Forum, Melb 2009. Need I say more?!
Best sounding gig: Sydney Ent. Center, May 2009. Sound was great from where I was standing! Or maybe QBH in Melb in Oct 2008.
Best venue TLE have played in: Best venue: Hisense Arena. Fave venue however, would be either the Forum or Duckboard Lane - unless you had someone exceptionally tall in front of you, you had a great view from anywhere, thanks to the sloping hill.
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: It's a tie between the Longnecks tour Ding Dong Lounge gig. Awesome, awesome night! OR! The Stray Cats gig. For completely obvious reasons.

[May]

And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: It's a tie between the Longnecks tour Ding Dong Lounge gig. Awesome, awesome night!
And I bet dancing round with Sean and Michael afterwards didn't hurt in shaping that as a fav :p

[Colezy]

It'd be safe to say that the after gig activities helped to make the night even better, yes :p

[andrew357]

Fav tour: 2004 - From Here On In tour, saw them for the first time and watched all the Brisbane gigs bar one.
Fav small show: The Arena, Brisbane 2006
Fav big show: All States of Emergency tour, Brisbane Convention Centre, 2006
Fav performance at a festival: Haven't been.
Best gig vibe: The Arena, Brisbane 2006
Best sounding gig: Waterloo Hotel (Saturday gig), 2004, Brisbane
Best venue TLE have played in: The Arena, Brisbane 2006
And if you're lucky enough to have gone to one, fav secret show: :mad: