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its impossible to tell, no one saw or heard all their concerts. If you asked me what was my favorite HIM gig i attended , i would say Bratislava 2005 because it was my first HIM gig and it was exciting and setlist contained Razorblade Kiss and Poison Heart, if you asked what gig was best , not my favorite from all i attended i would say Bratislava 2015 because the band was really on fire, they played and sounded so good, everyone in great mood, they appriciated the fans reactions and the entire gig was very very good i can tell everytime i watch it. If you asked me what is my favorite bootleg i would say my favorite is probably Frankfurt 1998 or Rock Im Park 2001 or Taubertal 2003 or any 2002 or any 2004 with And Love Said No and Resurrection and Beyond Redemption in the setlist .... see? its impossible to tell Not only because of that but because not everyone has the same bootlegs as me and i dont have the same bootlegs as others , there is so many recordings in the hands of the tapers that they never shared. And considering bootlegs - its always impossible because you will not only look on the setlist, but also the quality of the recording, the overall performance quality, sound, mistakes...... Some bootlegs are so shitty when it comes to the quality of audio, but absolutely splendid performance and some are great soundboard audio, good video proshot but the performance sucked..... Some gig has absolutely great version of certain song, but other are just normal so its hard. But my most memorable and most prefered lives are songs from certain gigs - one of the greatest performances i have heard ever from them is in my opinion Pretending from Madrid 2001, Beyond Redemption from Semifinal 2003, Right Here In My Arms from Taubertal 2003, Your Sweet 666 from Milan 2005, Resurrection from Tuska 2017 became my favorite Resurrection live version. Death Is In Love With Us from Hultsfred 2004. The Funeral Of Hearts from Hammerstein Ballroom 2005!!! with that intro jam! Oh boy! And one of my most times viewed live is definitely Its All Tears from Overdrive 1998 - this entire Viva Overdrive 1998 is probably one of the top 5 HIM performances in my collection. Seriously its impossible to tell. I wish they released Frankfurt 1998 soundboard audio as it was so close to the Overdrive performance and the setlist was superb too. Performance on Frankfurt 98 is 10/10 too.
My favourite show I've seen video of is the classic Rock am Ring '01. My favourite show I've seen live was Seattle 2010. Ville's scream at the end of "Disarm Me" was so fucking amazing! His voice was never better than that tour.