My best gig in a long and fairly average musical career was playing Rock City in Nottingham with my Bowie Tribute band.
This was January 2022 for a charity gig so not paid, but to be honest I'd have paid them. It actually surpassed all our expectations because
- there was a stage manager (in a very sharp suit) to receive all the bands at the stage door entrance
- we had our own dressing room, complete with toilet and shower, with our band name on the door
- there were roadies/stage hands to carry your guitar onto the stage (we were using their drums and backline)
- there was a 32 channel monitor mixer at stage right - that's right, just for monitors (us pub players are just not used to such luxury)
- the light show was awesome
- there was a decent crowd in who loved it and we played as well as we ever have - the head stage hand said..."you guys were very good" afterwards
- we were the only tribute band on the bill, we played right before these guys https://cosmicskull.org/
- Bowie played there, on that very stage in 1997 (goosebumps)
The only downside was we only had 30 minutes
Thanks @Bluewine for posting this thread, it's allowed me to relive a cherished memory.
The sadness is that the band has now broken up so no chance of a repeat performance 😢