{"id":12533,"date":"2019-02-21T11:40:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T11:40:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-02-21T11:40:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T11:40:40","slug":"best-uae-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/best-uae-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Debate: A Resident Sparked A Debate On Twitter Over The UAE’s Best Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You never forget a good concert.<\/p>\n

And in the UAE, we’ve had HEAPS.<\/p>\n

UAE resident Basel Anabtawi (the man the Basel Meets podcast<\/a>) asked Dubai, ‘what’s the best concert that ever took place in the UAE’, everyone’s sharing different memories, proving there’s been a serious amount of incredible live music here over the years.<\/p>\n

The big debate that’s bringing back a tonne of great memories<\/h3>\n
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What is the best music event that ever took place in the UAE?<\/p>\n

I vote Dubai Desert Rock 2007, take a look at this absolutely legendary lineup:<\/p>\n

Iron Maiden
Robert Plant
Prodigy
Incubus
Mastodon
In Flames
Stone Sour<\/p>\n

What was your favorite gig?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Basel Anabtawi (Basel Meets) (@BaselAnabtawi) February 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And three honorable mentions<\/h4>\n
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Honorable mentions:<\/p>\n

Metallica, Abu Dhabi 2011 – the first time Metallica came to the Middle East. 30,000 people.<\/p>\n

ColdPlay, Abu Dhabi 2009. Phenomenal environment. <\/p>\n

Roger Waters, Dubai 2007, Dark Side Of The Moon Tour<\/p>\n

\u2014 Basel Anabtawi (Basel Meets) (@BaselAnabtawi) February 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the responses are rollllinggggg in<\/h3>\n

This incredible Sandance line-up…take us back<\/h4>\n
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There was Sandance with the following lineup
Wailers
Of monster and men
Killers <\/p>\n

Absolutely loved that.<\/p>\n

Metallica 2011 is a solid shout imo.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ali Khalid Rana (@alikhalidrana) February 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Special attention must be paid to local gigs<\/h3>\n
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I feel like I also have to give a special mention to some of the local gigs too like Shamal at AUD and the rock gigs in Al Nasr Leisureland and shady hotels in Deira.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rachel \u0631\u0627\u064a\u062a\u0634\u0644 (@_rachel_lewis) February 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More big contenders<\/h3>\n
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I feel like I also have to give a special mention to some of the local gigs too like Shamal at AUD and the rock gigs in Al Nasr Leisureland and shady hotels in Deira.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rachel \u0631\u0627\u064a\u062a\u0634\u0644 (@_rachel_lewis) February 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What a show<\/h3>\n
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Killers at Emiates palace in 2009.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nour Hamam (Imm Samer) (@Labello86) February 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You never forget a good one<\/h3>\n
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2009 was great too as a fan of heavy metal ~~ Opeth, Motorhead, ArchEnemy, Chimaira.
Honorable mention to Kings of Leon @ Atlantis in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sam (@theindiedork) February 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Andddddd… Alicia Keys is back for Dubai Jazz Fest tomorrow<\/h3>\n

Fresh from her Grammys performance, this is the closer for Dubai Jazz Fest 2019 and it’s expected to be a biggie.<\/p>\n

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Alicia Keyes and George Michael in 2008. Absolutely spell-binding (George more so than Alicia)<\/p>\n

\u2014 They call me \u0639\u0641\u0631\u0627\u0621\/\u4e54\u5b89 (@TheyCallMeAfra) February 21, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the Basel Meets podcast here<\/a>
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Forget my previous tweet, we just locked in the number 2 spot on the @ApplePodcasts<\/a> chart’s !!! Truly honored! pic.twitter.com\/nopsmc8CI0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Basel Anabtawi (Basel Meets) (@BaselAnabtawi) August 18, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You never forget a good concert. And in the UAE, we’ve had HEAPS. UAE resident Basel Anabtawi (the man the Basel Meets podcast) asked Dubai, ‘what’s the best concert that ever took place in the UAE’, everyone’s sharing different memories, proving there’s been a serious amount of incredible live music here over the years. The … ","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/02\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/Screenshot-2019-02-21-15.32.02.png?mtime=20190221153100","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/02\/_featuredImage\/Screenshot-2019-02-21-15.32.02.png?mtime=20190221153100 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"The Big Debate: A Resident Sparked A Debate On Twitter Over The UAE's Best Concert - Lovin Dubai<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"You never forget a good concert.\nAnd in the UAE, we&#039;ve had HEAPS.\">\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/feature\/best-uae-concerts\">\n<!-- <link rel=\"amphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/feature\/best-uae-concerts\/amp\">\n --><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Big Debate: A Resident Sparked A Debate On Twitter Over The UAE's Best Concert\">\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/feature\/best-uae-concerts\">\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iron Maiden, Sandance, Prodigy... this is too hard\">\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screenshot-2019-02-21-15.32.02.png?mtime=20190221153100\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1556\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"958\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"photo\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"lovindubai\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Big Debate: A Resident Sparked A Debate On Twitter Over The UAE's Best Concert\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"caseyfitz4\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\" You never forget a good concert.\nAnd in the UAE, we've had HEAPS.\n\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/feature\/best-uae-concerts\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Screenshot-2019-02-21-15.32.02.png?mtime=20190221153100\">\n"},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"Casey Fitzgerald","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}