What's the furthest you're travelled for a single gig? Not including festivals,

My best mates a huge Zepplin fan, me not so much I just went because some house mates were going. He’s pissed he didn’t get to go. I remind him of it every now and then

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Wishmaster891@reddit

London > Prague i to see nightwish, but made a city break out of it as well

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Logical_Bake_3108@reddit

Yeah I love to do that, see a band I like playing in another country and make a holiday out of it.

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Wishmaster891@reddit

very nice! Hope to do another gig of theirs on the mainland when their hiatus ends(if it does!)

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DevilBadger@reddit

Nightwish for me too but it was Leeds > Frankfurt

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Logical_Bake_3108@reddit

Probably Finland or Italy (not sure what's furthest from the UK) or technically New Zealand, but I didn't go there specifically for gigs, I just saw a few when I was there.

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Ambitious_Youth8943@reddit

Darlington to Brighton to see The Bar Stool Preachers do a home town album launch gig, was amazing :)

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Ambitious_Youth8943@reddit

Oh yeah and Darlington to Barcelona via Manchester to take the daughter to see Melanie Martinez as all her uk shows were on school nights so we went for the weekend together

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Kraftwerk at the old VW power plant (‘kraftwerk,’ indeed) at Wolfsburg. Two shows in one night, the first time they presented their graphics in 3-D. It was a complete surprise, with flunkies handing out 3-D specs halfway through the show.

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Loud-Refrigerator675@reddit

Manchester to Sydeny - Oasis November 2025

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Andrewhtd@reddit

Rural Ireland to London and Glasgow a few times for gigs. I've incidentally seen favourite bands in cities i was travelling to in Europe anyway

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Jpsmythe@reddit

Brighton to Athens to see King Gizzard (three times).

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FreeAd2458@reddit

Travelled from Swindon to Edinburgh. 8 hours on a train to see radiohead at the corn exchange.

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I-Am-The-Avalanche@reddit

Minneapolis (from Manchester UK) to see motion city and the maple state

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Ok_Contract3027@reddit

Stratford on Avon to Newcastle on Tyne. Lindisfarne Christmas show at city hall. Was ace.

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UsedExamination4149@reddit

U.K. to Barcelona to see Sleaford Mods

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piperdave84@reddit

I live in Glasgow so it's either Barcelona for Ghost or Copenhagen for Rammstein, I'm not sure which is further away

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PassageBig622@reddit

Belfast to Krakow to see Rage Against the Machine, which got cancelled. So therefore it's Belfast to Berlin to see Tool.

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LegendEater@reddit

Durham to London and back in less than 24 hours for Opeth. Didn't care to spend a second longer in London than I had to.

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GreatChaosFudge@reddit

If theatre counts, I did London to Shanghai for a week and went to the show every night.

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Mikey463@reddit

It was going to see a band called "las pastilles del abuelo" in Malaga a few years back but I got very sick and couldn't go. Amazingly the played their first UK show in London in 2025 and it was incredible. Other than that Oxford is the farthest so not far at all. London has lots of gigs.

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ddmf@reddit

Dundee to Wembley via Newcastle to see Tenacious D - was the best time, almost died a week or so after though.

I'd just separated from my ex-wife, was having a rough time. Started playing wow again and fell in with a really good group of people - two were a couple in real life.

Got talking in-between raid bosses as you do, and they mentioned their pal couldn't go with them to tenacious d, he was driving, would I like to go if I organised the transport.

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Passchenhell17@reddit

London to Birmingham to see Paramore for my first gig

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Embarrassed_Belt9379@reddit

Cardiff to Glasgow for The Cure

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No_Negotiation3142@reddit

Nottingham to Dublin to see Clutch

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PW_73@reddit

Perth Western Australia to Sydney to watch oasis last November

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SatisfactionRemote80@reddit

Birmingham to Paris to see Bon Iver.

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OffRedFloyd@reddit

Glasgow - Netherlands for Pink Floyd.

Glasgow - Cardiff for Manic Street Preachers.

Glasgow - London for several gigs over the years.

I’ve also seen gigs in USA, Canada and Australia but didn’t travel specifically for them.

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HitULikeADropPod@reddit

London to Texas for Linkin’ Park. I had the money, six weeks leave, and my sis lived out there. So off I went. Thoroughly enjoyed most of it as well.

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ApprehensiveTouch169@reddit

From rugby (England) to Paris to see U2

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EasyCheesecake1@reddit

Brighton, UK, to Berlin.

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EasyCheesecake1@reddit

Brighton to Southampton.

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Albertancummings@reddit

Alberta, Canada to Cardiff, Wales to see The Waterboys.

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Powerage07@reddit

From near Reading to Glasgow for Oasis in 2001 / Paris for AC/DC in 2009

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hikam1@reddit

Amsterdam to see Metallica, fuckiing class gig and saw Ajax play that week. Incredible.

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit

Manchester to New York to see Big Audio Dynamite 3 nights running at the Roxy in New York.

It was well worth it as got invited to the after party after the Saturday gig.

I had a beer and a joint with Mick Jones and not many people can say that.

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kackers643259@reddit

Went to Berlin specifically for the gig to see the Norwegian band Shining, but I happened to see Jeff Rosenstock when I was in the US if you want to count that (i wouldn't)

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ThrowawaySunnyLane@reddit

Whilst living in Sheffield I went to London for gigs, but I have family there.

For a single night stay over I went to Birmingham sadly

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jakattakjak19945@reddit

Not much compared to some of these but Wolverhampton to Manchester on my own when I was 15 to see Bryan Ferry was a choice.

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Footner@reddit

Brighton to Manchester to see blink 182

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Shashi2005@reddit

Liverpool to Poole. Set out 6am to get to the gig. A wedding reception. Best man met us at the door. "Put your drinks down to room 21." he said. Big mistake. I don't drink at gigs but the drummer started drinking Guinness & port cocktails. We ran up a £350 bar tab & I just had diet coke. One of my instruments was damaged in the van. We drove back home and split the cash. After petrol costs we got £5 each. Why do we bother?

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jeminar@reddit

Hitch hiked UK->Berlin in 1990 to see Pink Floyd do the Wall with the rubble crossing the stage and running up the audience.

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DampFlange@reddit

London to Honolulu for Pearl Jam

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New-Cheetah2172@reddit

Leicester > Boston MA to see Dropkick Murphy’s

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ProperComposer7949@reddit

UK to Denmark for mad sin one night and the reverend Horton heat the next

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JackfruitPractical84@reddit

South Wales to Dunfermline for Big Country & Skids gigs (their hometown) three times

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kiteracer_2@reddit

London > San Francisco to see Throwing Muses, 2001

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Wonderpants_uk@reddit

America twice, to see Garbage

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Harry-666666@reddit

Specifically for the gig: Moscow in 2018. We had FanID from the World Cup & they extended visa-free travel to the end of the year. So before it ran out we nipped over to see пикник (Piknik).

Also saw gigs in New Zealand but didn’t specifically travel for them.

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wondered-bongo@reddit

Jesus, I've never left my own county let alone country haha I guess I've never wanted to see a band that bad before which, thinking about it, is kinda sad

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AvatarIII@reddit

Went to Leeds from near Brighton to see Static X

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WGD23@reddit

Manchester

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madcapsule010@reddit

From Stockport?

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Son-Of-Sloth@reddit

Liverpool to Warsaw to see At The Gates was slightly further than Liverpool to Ljubljana to see Cradle Of Filth.

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VanillaGeneral5363@reddit

London > Amsterdam to see Dropkick Murphys as a 17 year old. Was wild!

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Nissassa17@reddit

Oslo to see The Ocean in 2024 🤘

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Smashleigh_001@reddit

From Scotland to Moscow to see Aerosmith. Not my choice.

This year my choice is Scotland to Sweden.

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cbren88@reddit

Went to Stockholm to see Bloc Party in their peak about 15 years ago, was super snowy around February time, it was amazing.

Also went to a festival in Lisbon once: Radiohead, Foals, Wolf Alice, Arcade Fire, Pixies, loads and loads. Gorgeous weather and the beer was priced in such a way that it wasn’t offensive, unlike UK festivals!

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InviteAromatic6124@reddit

Banbury to Sheffield to see U2 in 2009

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waxfutures@reddit

London to Cardiff, then onto Bristol to see the same band again the next evening.

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Joshouken@reddit

London -> Copenhagen

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Annual-Cookie1866@reddit

Amsterdam for QOTSA

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mattynutt@reddit

London to Madrid to see Radiohead

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TikiKie92@reddit

Manchester to Lisbon to see blink-182. Cost the same as going to see them in Manchester.

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1968Bladerunner@reddit

Far north of Scottish mainland to both Edinburgh & Glasgow - 300ish miles each way... frequently.

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dingalinglans@reddit

Plymouth to Glasgow ON THE BUS to see Beck in Glasgow in the 90s!

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No_Question1137@reddit

London to Paris and London to Netherlands for Prince.

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Barbarasco56@reddit

Bournemouth to Florence...twice...once to see Tom Verlaine and once to see TuxedoMoon...

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Alibaba-1989@reddit

I went from Guatemala to Chicago to see Ghostface and Raekwon, missed the show but ended up seeing them in London 🤷‍♂️

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DrMacAndDog@reddit

Regularly travel from South coast to Glasgow for gigs. Better venues. Wide range of bands. Easier to get tickets.

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CarpeCyprinidae@reddit

Once set off from Hemel Hempstead to a party in Newbury picking up a friend from Scarborough on the way. And dropped him at home on the way back. Total about one thousand miles driving to attend a party 50 miles away

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AndrewHinds67@reddit

Stoke on Trent to London to see Paul McCartney at Earls Court in 2003. I did it on a motorbike and the weather was okay going south. It was freezing on the way back.

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Live_Dentist_1430@reddit

London to Miami to see New Order

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gazmbuku@reddit

The Wirral to Amsterdam to watch Bill Ryder-Jones (who lives on The Wirral 😆). Technically we went to Orlando to watch Weezer too but we were going anyway that just made us choose those dates

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DMMMOM@reddit

I went to north Germany to see the Kiel festival a few years back.

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Mcdhibs@reddit

Scotland to Barcelona for Rammstein

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hoganpaul@reddit

Florida. Went to see The Blues Brothers

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BigDsLittleD@reddit

I flew from London to New Jersey to see The Bouncing Souls once.

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elvisfan777@reddit

London to Dublin to see R.E.M in Marley park

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SleepAllllDay@reddit

London to Edinburgh. 1978. Siouxsie & The Banshees.

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Hippadoppaloppa@reddit

From Birmingham to Milan to see Maneskin at the San Siro stadium. Very good it was too, totally worth it.

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j0nnnnn@reddit

London to Antwerp to see Dragged into Sunlight

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JonJo42@reddit

To another country. Cambridge to Swansea, 246 miles.

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fr1234@reddit

Flew to Denver from London in 2000 to see the Deftones (stayed a week in Colorado to make the most of the trip). Couldn’t find the venue and missed the gig

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Sea_Information_2723@reddit

Chicago from Brighton UK to see Ghost

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SpecialistGas2884@reddit

Early 90s. Blackburn to Paris on a coach do. Meatloaf. Which was cancelled after we arrived. Good time though.

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Proof-Lavishness7100@reddit

Manchester -> London

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Nevynthal907@reddit

Lol. Proclaimers are great live. Saw them in Dundee with the missus

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himit@reddit

Either Malta to Barcelona for Ed Sheeran, or London to Paris for Maisie Peters

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Icy_Mixture1482@reddit

Went to Kaohsiung to see Kylie Minogue.

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himit@reddit

Better than me going to Taipei for Marilyn Manson. I didn't even like MM, I was emotional support for a megafan bestie.

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richbun@reddit

I did the reverse, Liverpool to the Marquee in London, very late night back.

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musicallymotivated93@reddit

South Bucks to Birmingham O2 Academy for Lamb Of God and Megadave in 2015. 2nd furthest was to Bristol O2 Academy for Lacuna Coil in 2024.

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No_Doughnut3257@reddit

Berlin to Manchester for the roses comeback gig. Straight back to airport afterwards for a 4am flight or something, out of it. Met up with my sister and best friends who travelled up from Wales. 10/10 would recommend.

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GreekVicar@reddit

Liverpool to London to see Mike Oldfield - but I'm fully expecting that to be pretty routine for people in the UK and pretty pathetic to people in other counties 😁

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sharkkallis@reddit

Germany to Dublin.

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Max1357913@reddit

Currently Southampton to Birmingham but I’ll be going to Belfast especially for a gig (though staying an extra day) in the summer

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WorhummerWoy@reddit

We played a one off show in Malta once (based in London). Flew in around lunchtime, played the gig, stayed over for the night and flew back early the next morning. In hindsight, it was completely pointless, but a fun day out.

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Disastrous-Lime4551@reddit

England to Las Vegas two or three times to see The Offspring, Coldplay, Brantley Gilbert and Nickelback (yes, I know - so many haters 🤣). Every gig was out of this world and well worth the travel.

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MuntyCatt@reddit

Manchester to Amsterdam.

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VolcanicBear@reddit

Saturday just gone, a couple of hundred miles for Enter Shikari at a 300 person capacity venue.

I would travel further.

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Financial-Base-8070@reddit (OP)

Enter Shikari are brilliant live!

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VolcanicBear@reddit

Yeah they are absolutely incredible. 7th or 8th time I've seen them 😅

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firthy@reddit

New Jersey to Bruce Springsteen

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thefogdog@reddit

In mileage I suppose Durham to Wembley to see Oasis, but we've flown to Belfast for a gig too.

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quarky_uk@reddit

Went to Wisconsin to see Def Leppard.

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Solo-me@reddit

Over 1200 miles . Went to Budapest to see Coldplay. (Well we needed a vacation so joined the two things together). Loved the experience of traveling and concert so much that this year we went to Barcelona to another concert

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Scarred_fish@reddit

Shetland to London a couple of times.

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__mz@reddit

Buckinghamshire to Madison Square Garden 🫣😅

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Jlaw118@reddit

From Leeds to London a couple of times with my friend. We’d usually drive down in the morning, have a day in London, go to the gig and then drive back home.

Landed it lucky for one at Alexandra Palace in 2018, got free parking there all day so we parked, got the bus and tube into central London, had a decent day, back to the gig, then straight to the car and on the way home

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mdmnl@reddit

Bus from Glasgow to Wembley (the old Wembley) for... Well, there's a movie out about him just now and he was quite popular in 1987.

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Joephps@reddit

I live in SE London. I’ve been to over a 100 shows. I had to Google whether it was Wembley Stadium or Alexandra Palace. But it’s Wembley.

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baxty23@reddit

Leipzig to see Manowar.

Obviously bare-chested and oiled up the whole way.

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Fun_Perspective_4118@reddit

Salisbury UK to Foxwoods CT USA to see Journey in 2003.

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BollockOff@reddit

From near Brighton to Cardiff for Rammstein. It took around 5-6 hours by train.

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Affectionate-Owl9594@reddit

Paris for a DJ set

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BigManTommyH@reddit

Katowice for Rammstein. Made a nice holiday out of it somewhere I wouldn't have ordinarily picked

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NastyMothman@reddit

Similar story here. Wanted to see Rammstein but they skipped the UK in 2024, so had nice trip Lyon.

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Squid-Eating-Dough@reddit

To Glasgow to see Agalloch or to London to see Van Der Graaf Generator. Both from Liverpool. About the same distance I'd imagine.

Would travel anywhere within Europe should Tom Waits tour again.

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ilikecocktails@reddit

Birmingham to Cardiff and London

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Nevynthal907@reddit

Dundee to Wembley for Who concert

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Nevynthal907@reddit

500 miles or so

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pip_goes_pop@reddit

That was how far I walked for the Proclaimers gig

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rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit

A true proclaimers fan would have waled twice that far.

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pip_goes_pop@reddit

Well I did have to get back again

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Abazorath@reddit

From Sunderland to London to see Symphony X.

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Grillmyribs@reddit

I'm going to see Zach bryan in cork soon. I'm in North Wales so not that far but logistics are a pain, flights, trains, trams etc, it's costing a fortune for 1 gig! But the Mrs really wants to go.

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BrendanOhPea@reddit

Drove from Surrey to Edinburgh to see Counting Crows in 2001

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robcollier@reddit

Norwich to Madrid for Radiohead

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Critical-Corner8046@reddit

London. I live in the west mids

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CrossCityLine@reddit

Los Angeles.

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VagabondOfLancashire@reddit

I'm going Berlin to watch Metallica in May and then SOAD in June. That will be the furthest

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damapplespider@reddit

Scotland to Rome to take my Mum to Springsteen. Amazing night in the Circo Massimo.

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WrekTheHead@reddit

Frankfurt to see Yello. There and back in 24 hours.

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_Jay-Garage-A-Roo_@reddit

From Sydney, Australia to Dallas, Texas

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Snadadap@reddit

Birmingham to Amsterdam for a Kendrick Lamar show

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HappyHits@reddit

Neighbouring country

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NoisyGog@reddit

Same. Went to Dublin to see Greenday.

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NTR-12@reddit

We travelled up to Glasgow from Hampshire to see The Stone Roses in 2013. Jake Bugg and Primal Scream supporting - It was one of the best gigs I've ever seen.

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RoutineAbroad3486@reddit

Polzeath to Glasgow with just under a days notice for a private Liam Gallagher gig/video shoot at King Tuts wa wa hut

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TransportationFun219@reddit

From the uk to Germany, Austria and Spain. Went to Spain twice actually, once for the cure and last year for 21 pilots

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Gluebagger@reddit

ireland to venice to see david gilmour..and the stage collapsed and had to reschedule my flights home and get extra 2 days accomodation..worth it mind.

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Far_Camel_5098@reddit

St David's (Pembrokeshire) to Manchester via Leeds.

Went camping in Pembrokeshire.

Got dates muddled up and remembered we had tickets to see the Police in Manchester mid-holiday.

Had to go home to Leeds to pick up the tickets. Then back to Pembrokeshire after the gig.

According to Google Maps 505 miles and 11 hours

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UniquePotato@reddit

Leeds to London (o2 academy).

To see Scooter

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Butters16666@reddit

England to Milan

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SatisfactionLoud2683@reddit

Furthest for me is from London to Liverpool to see the Enemy.

Back in the day? They can't surely still be around.

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DaveBeBad@reddit

Berlin. The gig was cancelled about a month we flew, so just had a weekend exploring the city.

Paris for one that happened.

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