You get to see ten artists in concert...

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

And you get to pick whether it's in a huge arena or a small, more intimate venue. Who are you taking?

For me, in no particular order...

Coldplay - Arena
U2 - Arena
The Killers - Arena
Justin Nozuka - Small
Ed Sheeran - Small
Gavin DeGraw - Small
City And Colour - Small
The Avett Brothers - Arena
Kanye West - Arena
Chance the Rapper - Small

Honorable mentions to Kendrick Lamar at an arena and Glen Hansard at a small venue.

[ncmonzta]

snoop dogg

outkast

black keys

cutting crew

isley brothers

kendrick lamar

charlie wilson

jcole

jayz

eminem

 

all arenas

[KillerKat]

I would never choose arena over a small venue if it was up to me. The more personal experience is the best.

[ncmonzta]

I would never choose arena over a small venue if it was up to me. The more personal experience is the best.

i know what you mean, but when there's 10's of thousands, the energy is amazing

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

I would never choose arena over a small venue if it was up to me. The more personal experience is the best.

 

Yeah, that's why the ones I chose for arenas are ones in which the production and performance itself are supposed to be amazing, and a bigger, livelier atmosphere would be sick for those and the full lighting of it all. The others are those in which you'd want a mellow audience and venue, really feeling the artists in their rawest form.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Never an arena. Ever.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Never an arena. Ever.

 

The 4 of 5 I chose for arena I only chose because the show at an arena seems amazing. Wouldn't wanna see them in a small venue nearly as much.

[Crixtala]

all small venue, hands down

 

The String Cheese Incident

Lotus

The Werks

Lettuce

Furthur (if they come back post-Fare thee Well/Dead finale)

Digital Tape Machine

Passion Pit

Animal Liberation Orchestra

The Glitch Mob

Phutureprimitive

[Happy Panther]

Ben Folds (five) - Tiny (20 or so)

BareNaked Ladies - Huge then small

Oasis - Huge then small

GnR acoustic set - small

Billy Joel - small (couple hundred)

Led Zepplin - Huge then small

Foo Fighters - Tiny

[t96]

Is this any artist ever or just active now?

[Brooklyn Bully]

The 4 of 5 I chose for arena I only chose because the show at an arena seems amazing. Wouldn't wanna see them in a small venue nearly as much.

 

I say never bc I don't want to be around that many people. Strobe lights and lasers are no big deal. It's all about the music.

[CatofWar]

Eminem

Metallica

Cormega

Kanye

Pantera

George Jones

RATM

Beastie Boys

Megadeath

Biggie

All small venues. Will never happen, why I listed those no longer with us.

[OneBadCat]

This is basically my all time set list right now.

Electric Light Orchestra- Arena

Empire of the Sun- Arena

Mayer Hawthorne- Small

The Four Tops- Small

INXS (Michael Hutchence)-Arena

The Killers- Small

Michael Jackson- Either

Earth, Wind, & Fire - Arena

The Four Seasons- Small

Walk the Moon- Small

[Mother Grabber]

if you don't have the Beatles and Michael Jackson on your list, you're not doing it right.

Beatles

Michael Jackson

BB King

U2

The Who

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Some form of Clapton

Jimi Hendrix

Aretha Frankln

Tool or NIN