From Muse to Wolf Alice to Hinds - the year's most stunning shots
Alexandra Pollard

15:00 23rd December 2015

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Taking pictures at a gig is a somewhat contentious issue. Does it enhance the experience by providing you with a permanent memento, or irritate everyone around you while slightly reducing your own experience in the process? Well, you don't need to make up your mind - you can just rely on Gigwise's trusted photographers to provide some of the most beautiful gig photos you've ever seen.

From Father John Misty on his knees to Savages' Jehnny Beth crowdsurfing to Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl punching the air while sitting on a throne, we've provided some truly breathtaking live photos in 2015.

Here's some of the best. 

  • Bring Me The Horizon - Los Angeles (Photographer: Tom Pullen)

  • Courtney Barnett - The Forum (Photographer: Richard Gray)

  • Against Me! - Leeds Festival (Photographer: Danny Payne)

  • Warpaint - Latitude Festival (Photographer: Richard Gray)

  • Noel Gallagher - Latitude (Photographer: Richard Gray)

  • Manic Street Preachers - Latitude Festival (Photographer: Richard Gray)

  • Enter Shikari - Lowlands Festival (Photographer: Emma Viola Lilja)

  • Frank Carter & The Rattlesnake - London (Photographer: Daniel Quesada)

  • Charli XCX - Shepherd's Bush Empire (Photographer: Chloe Newman)

  • Ho99o9 - Lowlands Festival (Photographer: Emma Viola Lilja)

  • Five Finger Death Punch - The O2 (Photographer: Daniel Quesada)

  • Savages - Day Of The Dead (Photographer: Daniel Quesada)

  • Hinds - Village Underground (Photographer: Emma Viola Lilja)

  • Ezra Furman - Shepherd's Bush Empire (Photographer: Daniel Quesada)

  • Foo Fighters - Milton Keynes (Photographer: Daniel Quesada)

  • The Libertines - Leeds Festival (Photographer: Danny Payne)

  • Fall Out Boy - The O2 (Photographer: Shirlaine Forrest)

  • The Vaccines - Village Underground (Photographer: Emma Viola Lilja)

  • Marika Hackman - Bush Hall (Photographer: Richard Gray)

  • Fat White Family - The Bussey (Photographer: Richard Gray)

  • Lianne La Havas - Glastonbury (Photographer: Shirlaine Forrest)

  • Oh Wonder - LA's Troxy (Photographer: Tom Pullen)

  • Ibeyi - Bush Hall (Photographer: Richard Gray)

  • The Maccabees - LA (Photographer: Tom Pullen)

  • Wolf Alice - Los Angeles (Photographer: Tom Pullen)

  • Garbage - Brixton Academy (Photographer: Thanira Rates)

  • Chvrches - Alexandra Palace (Photographer: Chris MacDonald)

  • Bloc Party - St. John-At-Hackney (Photographer: Andy Sidders)

  • Father John Misty - Shepherd's Bush Empire (Photographer: Richard Gray)

  • Florence The Machine - Alexandra Palace (Photographer: Chloe Newman)

  • Foals - Los Angeles (Photographer: Tom Pullen)

  • Hozier - Shepherd's Bush Empire (Photographer: Emma Viola Lilja)

  • Kehlani - Heaven (Photographer: Chloe Newman)

  • Marilyn Manson - The O2 (Photographer: Daniel Quesada)

  • Maximo Park - Roundhouse (Photographer: Richard Gray)

  • Muse - Electric Ballrom (Photographer: Matt Goff)

  • Queen & Adam Lambert - The O2 (Photographer: Thanira Rates)

  • Stereophonics - The O2 (Photographer: Michael Lee Jamison)

  • Swim Deep - Live At Leeds (Photographer: Danny Payne)

  • Tiggs Da Author - XOYO (Photographer: Robert Brazier)

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Photo: Emma Viola Lilja, Danny Payne, Richard Gray
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