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My top eight spine-tingling concert moments

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28.03.2024

Concert lovers know it when they feel it: that transcendent moment when artist, song and audience all come together to create magic. It doesn’t happen at every show, but when it does, it sticks with you forever. Here are some of my favorite concert experiences; tell us about yours in the comments and this reader callout.

In 2008, 25 years after they split up, Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke reunited for a short tour. Yaz made just two albums, “Upstairs at Eric’s” and “You and Me Both,” and had never performed the second one live. Moyet has one of the most exquisite voices in music, and hearing her perform “Only You” live with Clarke was unforgettable. I saw her again solo in 2017 at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in the District. Her voice was just as magical then.

Of the many amazing shows I saw at the 9:30 Club, none was better than two-tone ska supergroup Special Beat — an incredible mash-up of the Specials and the English Beat. The Beat split up in 1983, and I’ve seen Dave Wakeling’s U.S. lineup many times. But this was the only time........

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