What Concerts Have You Been To?

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AkPatsFan said:
Super envious, he is still my favorite blues guitarist to this day. I had a buddy that had over 800 blues cd's and he worshiped SRV (he was from Texas too) to the point of obsession and he literally cried the day he died. Would have loved to have seen him in his early days.
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He was tremendous. And, the show was in a small blues bar... early in his career.

I forgot Joe Cocker on my list, I sorta saw him, before he got too shitfaced after a couple songs, projectile vomited everywhere and got dragged off the stage.
 
A lot of shows in 40 years.

In my teens.
The Cars (1980 first show)
Riot
Scorpions
Rainbow
J. Geils
Bryan Adams
Triumph
Foghat
Sammy Hagar
Aerosmith
Journey
ZZ Top
Jack Bruce

In my 50's
Queens of the Stone Age
Rush (final tour)
Jason Aldean
Kid Rock
Garth Brooks
Lita Ford
Primus
Mastadon
Ghost (most recent)
 
I have to add J Geils to my list, that show was more like a party and they had everyone dancing and singing along to all their songs. That was an excellent show!

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Big/Sky/Fly said:
Arena? I saw Manson (Mechanical Animals) there with Hole and Monster Magnet. Numerous protestors outside. A dew right in front of me purposely falls down to the floor and shoots up heroin with his gf helping him. That was...weird.

Really good concert. Manson is always very loud. That was in his Bowie stage. John 5 was the guitarist. That dew can rip...he plays with Rob Zombie now.

I don't like Courtney Love, but, she showed her tits...that might be her best attributes. :coffee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZpZulIRR88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KekxVbTr7Hk
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Back when I when to concerts there it was called the Spokane Coliseum, this was in the very early 80's, I was stationed near there for over 7 years.
 
Dwight Schrute said:
The ruled for a while.

Now? I listen to some and can’t see it. Some songs still hold their own. But overall? Meh.
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The '08 reunion tour was the first show I took Jr to. They were awesome, was their first tour together in almost 25 years.

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Big/Sky/Fly said:
Arena? I saw Manson (Mechanical Animals) there with Hole and Monster Magnet. Numerous protestors outside. A dew right in front of me purposely falls down to the floor and shoots up heroin with his gf helping him. That was...weird.

Really good concert. Manson is always very loud. That was in his Bowie stage. John 5 was the guitarist. That dew can rip...he plays with Rob Zombie now.

I don't like Courtney Love, but, she showed her tits...that might be her best attributes. :coffee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZpZulIRR88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KekxVbTr7Hk
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she was okay back in the day. I would have fucked her. :shrug:
 
Elvis Costello at a college bar after his performance at the University. That was cool.
Then 30+ years later at intimate downtown San Diego venue all by himself with like 6 guitars and several hats.
 
AkPatsFan said:
I have to add J Geils to my list, that show was more like a party and they had everyone dancing and singing along to all their songs. That was an excellent show!

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Back when I when to concerts there it was called the Spokane Coliseum, this was in the very early 80's, I was stationed near there for over 7 years.
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Cool...

After SRV played on Let's Dance (David Bowie), his career took off. His brother is also good too.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-bowie-lets-dance-video-stevie-ray-vaughan/
 
patswin said:
He was tremendous. And, the show was in a small blues bar... early in his career.

I forgot Joe Cocker on my list, I sorta saw him, before he got too shitfaced after a couple songs, projectile vomited everywhere and got dragged off the stage.
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The Pogues with Shame so shitto they had to walk him to the mic, let him mumble, then take him off stage for a song and bring him back for a song, repeat, lather, rinse, repeat - I walked away, it was the saddest thing I ever saw. he was a mess and I couldn't watch.

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AnOldTroll said:
Elvis Costello at a college bar after his performance at the University. That was cool.
Then 30+ years later at intimate downtown San Diego venue all by himself with like 6 guitars and several hats.
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I saw Elvis Costello several times but once with the Brodsky Quartet at Boston Symphony Hall - amazing.
 
mikiemo83 said:
The Pogues with Shame so shitto they had to walk him to the mic, let him mumble, then take him off stage for a song and bring him back for a song, repeat, lather, rinse, repeat - I walked away, it was the saddest thing I ever saw. he was a mess and I couldn't watch.

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I saw Elvis Costello several times but once with the Brodsky Quartet at Boston Symphony Hall - amazing.
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Just an anecdote on the Joe Cocker puking show. Fast forward 25 years. I’m sitting around a campfire and my brother in law starts recounting the same
show I went to. Long before we met. But we had a good chuckle reminiscing.
 
Todd Rundgren opening for Sammy Hagar early 80's. (Or maybe it was the other way around, fuzzy now)

Trampoline involved.
 
concerts? do shows in dive bars by "big" bands count?



  • The Ramones & Dead Kennedys (the Living Room in Providence way back in the day, think 1985-ish
  • The Kinks
  • The Who (multiple times)
  • The Police
  • Journey (post steve perry, with arnel pineda, 3/4 times)
  • Jimmy Buffet (too many to count, fenway show too)
  • Paul McCartney
  • U2 (multiple times)
  • Doobie Brothers
  • David Crosby & Graham Nash
  • Allman Brothers
  • Eric Clapton
  • Blues Traveler/John Popper
  • Bare Naked Ladies
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Janet Jackson
  • Trans Siberian Orchestra
  • .38 Special
  • Foreigner
  • Kansas
  • Beach Boys
  • The Tubes
  • Montgomery Gentry
thats all about i can remember...
 
patswin said:
I can't list them all. 45 years of concerts? Nah.

Notable however, in no particular chronology

Pink Floyd x3
The Who x4
Yes 3 or times, once with the Kinks on a double bill.
Suoertramp
Alice In Chains
Zappa x4, including the one where they recorded Live in NY...epic
Doobies
Allman Bros
Peter Gabriel
Rush x4
Billy Joel
The Tubes
Kid Rock
Bad Co
Train ( in Hawaii, played golf with Pat Monahan that morning)
America
Beach Boys
Foreigner
Kansas
Roger Waters x3
Talking Heads
Neil Young x4
CSNY
Aerosmith, without question the worst show ever, they SUCKED that night
Dave Mason
Alan Parsons Project
Jean-Luc Ponty
Pat Metheny
Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Squeeze

God there's much more but I'm a lazy POS and it's past my bedtime

Edit: Comedy don't count but Rodney Dangerfield was so damn funny. He destroyed the place with one line: "We were poor, very poor, never got much for Christmas.. the only time we had tinsel on the tree was when Granpa sneezed".
I swear everyone in the place fell on the floor. It was bedlam, everyone howled for 5 minutes, he had to stop until we all calmed down. God what a night.
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How could I forget ZZTop with live cattle on stage. LOL.
 
A few of the dates with my daughter:

Back Street Boys
One Direction
Shania Twain
Michael Buble
America

Edit for a few posts above It was Nils Lofgren and not Sammy Hagar with Rundgren.. although I have seen Sammy a couple of times.
 
Just trying to think of some of the ones I didn't see listed so far.

Molly Hatchet.
Moody Blues.
Seals and Croft
Seal
Hall and Oates
Counting Crows
Cheap Trick
David Bowie
Little Feat
George Thorogood
Ringo Starr and his All Star band while floating in a kayak. That was the last time we tried that.)
 
One more

Robbin Thompson Band.

Beautiful August evening on a 3rd date with girl I was infatuated with.
Food and beer and blanket and outdoors in the Sweet Virginia Breeze.
What a lovely evening it was.

I would like to thank Mr Locke for making me reminisce.

Candy Apple Red.
 
Alice Cooper
Black Sabbath
Genesis
Rod Stewart and Faces
The Rolling Stones
The Who
Billy Joel
Lynyrd Skynard
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Frank Zappa
James Montgomery
Gordon Lightfoot
James Taylor
Pat Matheney
Tom Jones
Heart
Eagles (with Joe Walsh)
Little River Band
The Guess Who
The Doobie Brothers
Cyndie Lauper
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Electric Light Orchestra
Roger McGwinn (of The Byrds)
The Cowsills
Lou Gramm of Forgeiner
Bo Didley
The Thunderbirds
The Pretenders
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Willie Nelson
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
Charley Daniels
Art Garfunkel
The Turtles
The Buckinghams
Grass Roots
Fleetwood Mac
Pousette-Dart Band
The Association
Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night
Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders
Farm Aid with Willie Nelson, John Mellincamp, and Neil Young
Marshall Tucker Band
Elton John
Santana
Green Day
Kenny Rogers
Neil Diamond
Chicago
Kansas
The Edgar Winter Band
Cheap Trick
Roger Waters
Kid Rock
George Thorogood
ZZ Top
America
Rob Zombie
Jason Aldean
Zac Brown Band
Kacie Musgraves
Kelcie Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Bonnie Raitt
Nathaniel Ratliff and the Night Sweats
Dave Matthews
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real
Particle Kid
Jamie Johnson
Margo Price
OzzFest
Kiss
Billy Kramer
Sturgill Simpson
Chris Stapleton
Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits
Gary Puckett of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Happy Together Tour
Bryan Adams
Jackson Browne
Chuck Mangione
Flo and Eddy
Steve Miller Band
Chuck Berry
Brian Wilson Band with Al Jardine
Steely Dan
Bob Dylan
The B-52's
Barry Manilow
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Kingston Trio (not the original)
Dave Brubeck
Max Creek
Deep Purple
Tony Bennett
Tower of Power
Grand Ole Opry
Way back in the day in the 60's as a young kid at Warwick Music Theater: Jerry Lewis (comedy and singing with a band); Trini Lopez; Danny Kaye; Liberace

Some more than once (or twice or three times+)

And others I don't remember at the moment

Ones I missed that I wish I'd seen: The Beatles; Elvis Presley; Simon and Garfunkel; Led Zeppelin; John Lennon (post-Beatles) ; George Harrison (post-Beatles); Nat King Cole; the great Ray Charles; James Brown; The Surpremes; Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons; Johnny Cash; Jim Croce; John Denver; Kris Kristofferson; Pete Seeger; Queen; Marvin Gaye; Stevie Wonder; The Temptations
 
WAY too many to list, but here are the highlights:

Kiss w/the Rockets - 1978
Rush w/YYZ - 1980
Black Sabbath w/Blue Oyster Cult
Styx -1981 - Paradise Theater Tour. Slim Pickens announced the band.
The Stones w/Journey & George Thoroughgood - 1981
Black Sabbath w/Alvin Lee - 1981
Foreigner w/Loverboy, Ted Nugent & Iron Maiden - 1982
Ozzy w/Metallica - 1986
Rush - 1986 @University of Austin
Aerosmith - 1986
Monsters of Rock - Van Halen (Hagar) w/Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica & Kingdon Come
Kiss (No Makeup) w/Ted Nugent - 1987
Lynyrd Skynyrd Reunion Tour w/Gary Rossington Band - 1987
Judas Priest w/Cinderella 1987
Black Sabbath w/Exodus & Widowmaker - 1992
Pink Floyd - 1994 - Yankee Stadium
Edenfest - 1996 Mossport Speedway near Toronto (The show that convinced me to like The Cure) Lineup
Creed 2001
The Dead w/Bob Dylan - 2002
Warped Tour - 2001-2005
Ozzfest 2003 - 2005
David Bowie w/Stereophonics - 2004
Sting w/Annie Lennox - 2004
Rush 30th Anniversary Tour - 2004
Slipknot w/Linkin Park & Snoop Dogg - 2004
Elton John - 2011 Peoria, IL
And the worst show ever, Rock the Mic - Jay-Z w/50 Cent, Bustah Rhymes, Missy Elliot and Young MC - 2003. F**K Rap! Worst experience, ever
 
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Napalm Death
Cannibal Corpse
Megadeth
Tool
Nuclear Assault
Extreme (don't judge me..lol I used to hang with 3 of Nuno Bettencourts nephews)
Van Halen (with Hagar)
Queensryche
Ministry
Sound Garden
Guns N Roses
Faith No More
Sabaton
Judas Priest
Anthrax
Slayer
Pantera
Ministry
311
Incubus
Prince
Michael Jackson
Dave Matthews
Phish
SOAD
Umphries McGee
Testament
There's more, I just can't think of them.
 
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