Just a question, 'cause my mom just gave me great news, im going to a Rolling Stones concert for my birthday!
I cant wait! Its gonna rock!
And its also gonna be my first concert.
Posted by Ultra Jorge on :
Wow, that's a pretty big first concert. I think there might be a concert thread around here.
I saw the Brazil Girls last year at a party. they were great. I just missed the Killers a week ago. I plan to see Sting/Police this summer.
I've been to quite a few concerts...how come I can't remember them??? Posted by KryptonKid on :
Now this just makes me feel old. My first concert was Bow Wow Wow. I saw the Police in the Syncronicity 1984 Tour. I've seen Duran Duran, Supertramp, Erasure, and UB40. Come to think of it, at the end of this month I B 40!
Posted by Director Lad on :
In the last year I've seen Gary Numan (twice!) and the Who. That's the third time I've seen the Who as a group (I also saw Pete's '93 solo tour). I've seen NIN three times, David Bowie twice, the The three times, Poi Dog Pondering four times. I saw the first two Lollapalooza tours and saw the B-52's, the Sugarcubes, and Rage Against the Machine.
My first concert ever was Ziggy Marley. The lights went down and lighters started to flicker all around the hall. A couple of minutes later my friends and I (sheltered high schoolers all) asked each other "what's that funny smell?"
I'll be working every night of the Police's stay in LA, so I'll have to miss that, which sucks, big time.
Posted by THE LABRADORIAN on :
i have seen Raven Van Halen Loverboy Dokken motley crue-twice, once in 85 and again in 2006 Y&T Accept Neil Young BTO Iron Maiden, twice Anthrax Quennsryche, twice Robert Plant Metallica Rush Jeff Healey Bnnd David Wilcox Dread Zepplin Pearl Jam, twice George Thorogood Eric Clapton Robert Randolph and the family band Black Sabbath, twice Slayer Dimmu Borgir Superjoint Ritual Black Label Soceity Judas Priest Inxs Alice Cooper, twice Ufo, twice Sloan Kanye West Maroon 5 Tragically Hip Our Lady Peace Nickelback, one song Coldplay, one song Michael Buble, one song Hedley, one song The Trews Matt Mayes Rolling Stones, twice, both bigger bang tour, sept 3 2005 in moncton and 2006 in halifax
Posted by Dream Girl on :
WOW!
Thats a heel of alotta concerts!
Posted by Ultra Jorge on :
Cranberries twice. 2nd time was a smaller more intimate venue. I enjoyed it.
My first concert was as a 11 year old? Def Leppard.
Quennsryche, Collective Soul, REM, B52s, Aerosmith, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Green Day, Blind Melon, Lenny Kravitz, Beastie Boys, Crystal Method.
There are more I just can't remember them all. I missed Gipsy Kings(for a very good reason) in Feburary and I am still upset about it.
Posted by Ultra Jorge on :
Oh some girl called Madonna. (duh)
Posted by Dream Girl on :
Oh my god! youve seen so many awesome people!
Cool:cool:
Posted by Blacula on :
I really like music (especially live music) but I'm just not that into concerts for some reason.
I always feel like I should be having a better time than I am at them. I think it must be the big crowds that annoy me because all the artists I've seen have been wonderful and I never seem to have the problem at smaller, more intimate music settings.
Anyway here are the few I've seen -
R.E.M. (my first concert) Portishead Radiohead Pulp The Strokes The Roots Chris Isaak Belle & Sebastian The Shins Red Jezebel
Posted by Outdoor Miner on :
I think I've pretty much lost count at this point, but I'll try to remember a couple. In no particular order:
The Kinks (Twice - first time with John Cougar Mellencamp opening - he was terrible) Van Halen (with Roth) The Moody Blues (opening act - Stevie Ray Vaughn) The Psychedelic Furs Violent Femmes Yes Steve Winwood (twice) The Fall (twice) King Crimson (numerous times) Adrian Belew (solo and with The Bears) Tony Levin Robert Fripp Bill Bruford's Earthworks (thrice) Robyn Hitchcock (solo and with The Soft Boys) Peter Gabriel Crowded House (also Neil Finn solo and with brother Tim) Jah Wobble Tori Amos Laurie Anderson The Church Dr. John Procol Harum The Flower Kings (twice) Porcupine Tree (twice) Wire (twice) Mission of Burma Sonic Youth (with The Ex) Luna Blue Oyster Cult Stereolab (four times) Guided by Voices David Sylvian
...and many, many others
Posted by Monkey Eater Lad on :
Who I can remember seeing in concert:
The Futureheads Maroon 5 Jimmy Eat World X 2 Death Cab For Cutie Rooney Barenaked Ladies X 5 Weezer Gorillaz Jason Mraz Madonna Michael Buble Sarah McLachlin Beck X 3 New Found Glory Sugar Ray Smashmouth Cake Franz Ferdinand Ok Go U2 Third Eye Blind No Doubt The Vanity Project Natasha Beddingfield Jewel Anggun Whitney Houston The Wallflowers Travis Guster Better Than Ezra Josh Kelley Green Day Blink 182 Incubus John Mayer Coldplay Ozomatli Jamie Lidell Counting Crows Alanis Morissette The Pretenders Matisyahu Black Eyed Peas Jamie Cullum Train The Streets Lady Sovereign
Posted by Dream Girl on :
whoa...I only know, like, half of those people!
Posted by Joeboy Harvestar on :
My Cousin is in [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-5_%28Australian_kids%27_band%29]Hi5[/url] So Im constantly seeing their shows (haha) And Ive seen Nirvana twice, Ani Defranco maybe 100 times...heaps of other bands. I prefer seeing DJs liove though - Basement Jaxx, Chemical Borthers , Fat boy Slim etc. I (heart) the Jaxx sooooo much...
Posted by Ultra Jorge on :
Joeboy, I'm a DJ fan myself. I am getting a bit old for the techno scene now. I think George Acosta was the last DJ I saw...at 31 I felt old there. Everybody looked much younger. Well there were some people that looked really old and silly. I figured I fall into that group.
Posted by Lard Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Dream Girl: Just a question, 'cause my mom just gave me great news, im going to a Rolling Stones concert for my birthday!
I cant wait! Its gonna rock!
And its also gonna be my first concert.
Coincedentally, that was my first concert, too--back in '89 ("Steel Wheels" tour)!
Alas, I haven't really seen that many bands in my time, just:
Guns n' Roses Metallica Faith No More Living Colour David Lee Roth Cinderella Extreme Skid Row KISS
That's only four concerts put together.
I'd certainly make an effort, though, to see System of a Down in the future...if their current hiatus isn't permanent.
Posted by Joeboy Harvestar on :
Euch...system of a down. Give me Kelly likes shoes anyday...
Posted by Lard Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Joeboy Harvestar: Euch...system of a down. Give me Kelly likes shoes anyday...
Well, Posted by Blockade Boy on :
Yes
Boz Scaggs
Kind of the high and low of concert going.
Posted by Ultra Jorge on :
Saw Morrisey last night! It rocked! He didn't do any Smiths songs except How Soon Is Now (which is the best one!) but I was really hoping for This Charming Man.
It was fun. I feel old. Posted by Ultra Jorge on :
MEL, you saw the GORILLAZ??? Damn that's awesome!
Is that the concert where they had Ibrahim Ferrer singing via video?
Posted by Lad Boy on :
I feel so old!
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tina Turner Willie Nelson Mary Chapin Carpenter Lyle Lovett k d lang Alan Jackson (not my choice) Alabama Elton John Kenny Rogers Ray Charles Bonnie Raitt Keb Mo Ani DiFranco The Dixie Chicks Styx The Highwaymen Dwight Yoakum Lone Justice Yo-yo Ma and Emmanuel Ax
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Posted by Jerry on :
Jorge, I saw Morrisey about three weeks ago. What a diverse crowd !! Lad Boy, my list will make you feel young.
Rush (first concert in KC) REO Speedwagon Styx Blondie Charlie Pride Dan Fogelberg Michael Martin Murphey Violent Femmes Elvis Brothers The Meat Puppets Alabama Joni Mitchell (once in LA, twice in Chicago) Marianne Faithfull (rare opportunity, special night) Rosanne Cash Emmy Lou Harris (twice) Bob Dylan (twice) Todd Rungren John Mellencamp Debbie Harry and the Jazz Passengers Elton John Billy Joel Chicago Earth, Wind, and Fire Alan Jackson (for mom's 50th b-day) Stevie Nicks Bella Fleck and the Flecktones (in New Orleans) Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers Sister Hazel (twice) Indigo Girls (twice) Nancy Griffith Sheryl Crow Cowboy Junkies Sonia DaDa Lucinda Williams (three times) Linda Ronstadt Hank Williams III (twice) Lizzie West (her first sold out show, she was so excited) Sister Seven Rodney Crowell Korn (chaperone and driver for my nephew and his buddies) Johnny Lang (one of the best) Melissa Etheridge Morrisey
I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.
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Posted by Ultra Jorge on :
Jerry, I realized I didn't know that many Morrisey songs. All the ones I know are Smiths songs.
And yeah that list makes me feel real young. Posted by THE LABRADORIAN on :
Add Aerosmith Cheap Trick Ozzy Osbourne to my list
Posted by Uranus Lad on :
Wow, whish I'd seen Morrissey. I've been listening to a lot of Smiths lately for some reason.
As for concerts it's hard to remember. So many years, so many substances abused... I used to work at a music store so I would get into shows for free (which explains why I saw RHCP so many times -I don't even like 'em.) My current job allows me to enjoy the occasional free show as well. Lucky me!
In only an extermely vague oldest-to-recent order
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Journey Charlie Danies Band (I know,) The Police REM (like 3-4 times) Red Hot Chili Peppers (5 times -yuck) Meat Puppets TSOL Fishbone Camper Van Beethoven Chesterfield Kings Echo & the Bunneymen New Order Black Flag Firehose Flaming Lips (at least 5 times!and I'll see 'em again) the Replacements (loudest show ever) Jane's Addiction Dwight Yoakam Los Lobos (twice -much fun!) Buddy Guy Etta James Uncle Tupelo UB40 Ministry Nine Inch Nails Helios Creed Throwing Muses k.d. Lang Beastie Boys ( horrible show they were wasted and they got arrested right after the show, I think they mention it in one of their songs maybe on Paul's Botique) Fugazi (3 times) pixies (twice) Sonic Youth Bob Mould Gang of Four Burning Spear Richard Buckner the New York Dolls John Doe Phranc (lesbian tupperware!) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Patti Smith (twice) Liars Jurassic 5 John Spencer Blues Explosion Bright Eyes Magnetic Fields Built to Spill the Faint Ratatat Rufus Wainwright Scissor Sisters Aimee Mann (her X-mas variety show If you ever get a chance to see it, do! it was so much fun!)
I'm sure there are quite a few I'm forgetting. Plus there are numerous local bands, punk shows, blues and reggae shows I saw back in the day too numerous to mention. remember or have much relevance. Haven't been to much recently but I'm hoping to see -X- (original lineup!!) although I'm trying to save for Cirque du Soleil tix ($$!)as well as a new laptop and a nice armchair. Ah well.
Posted by Omni Craig on :
Wow, I need to get out more often...I'll get the embarassing ones out of the way first:
Eddie Rabbit Air Supply (took a girlfriend once, years ago, figuring I could get lucky showing my sensitive side...didn't work!)
I went to a "Day on the Green" concert back in the early 80's, which had: Santana Toto Tubes Journey That was freakin' amazing!
Billy Joel
Harry Connick Jr (my wife and I danced to one of his songs at our wedding, so we went to a live performance once for our anniversary)
Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News (I think I've only seen them 4 times...it might be 5 now, my memory's not what it used to be). Absolute favorite band, just as Legion is my absolute favorite comic.
Posted by THE LABRADORIAN on :
Van Halen with Roth Black Crowes The Who Lenny Kravitz
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Posted by Language Arts Lad on :
John Denver (my first real concert, in the round in Mobile, Al in 1979) KISS, Fingers Taylor Jimmy Buffet 5, or maybe 6 times, including a concert in Boston Commons where it rained on all of us, but the band was dry under the pavilion, so jimmy said :As long as you guys want to hang around, we'll keep playing." The Beach Boys Brian Wilson by himself. Steve Dahl and the Dahl-fins Steve Dahl and Teenage Radiation Joe Walsh Dr. John Harry Chapin Steve Goodman John Prine Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nancy Griffith, and 2 other dudes whose names I don't remember at a Concert to ban Landmines, One fourth of July in like 92 I saw Squeeze, Robert Cray, and They Might be Giants, for free in Grant Park at the Taste of Chicago. My wife was there too, but we wouldn't meet for another 8 years. The Smiths, The Psychedelic Furs, 'Til Tuesday, The Wallets, a really cool regional band with an accordion from the 80's from the Twin Cities, Red Gallegher (also from the Twin Cities, if anyone has ever heard of him... is he still alive?) 87 Men, Jim Gill- a fun children's performer my son loves, Koko Taylor, The Blues Brother's (with Jim, not John), Buddy Guy, Elvis Costello, and pound for pound the best live show I ever saw was in 1995-"Commander Cody, and his Lost Planet Airmen. Those old guys ROCKED the old Las Vegas Blues and Reggae club to the Ground!
(I'm sure there are more... I'm old)
Oh! Lilith Fair in Portland oregon in 1999, but we weren't there very long and I'm not even sure who was playing there while we were there.
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Posted by Set on :
Wow, I don't get out much.
In college;
Joan Jet (she had just 'come back' with I Hate Myself for Loving You, a song I loved at the time! She was hot for someone who was like, a hundred and fifty or something...)
Many years later;
Queensryche (I heard that they weren't planning on playing all of Operation: Mindcrime after that tour, and I *HAD* to see it! Easily one of my favorite bands of all time.)
Last month
Nine Inch Nails (wow, as someone who hasn't been to a concert in over a decade, I'm still reeling from the electronic lightshows and everyone waving their cellphones instead of lighters. The world done gone and changed on me again!)
Regarding Nine Inch Nails, there are few things in this world more fun than being in a room for several thousand strangers screaming, 'I want to **** you like an animal!' at the top of your lungs. It's kind of inhibition-shattering / liberating.
Posted by Language Arts Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Uranus Lad: UB40 k.d. Lang Phranc (lesbian tupperware!)
the New York Dolls
I forgot UB40 and k.d. lang, and I saw Phranc open for the Smith's at Great Woods back in '86 or '87.
I would have loved to have seen the New York Dolls!
Posted by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN on :
Barry White INXS Duran Duran Culture Club Ratt Posion Bon Jovi Chuck Berry Salt & Peppa R. Kelly Metallica Guns-n-Roses belinda carlyle Skid Row Scorpions Paul Simon at Central park Fleetwood Mac Ozzy Osborne Dio Deep Purple Areosmith Living Colour KISS Britney Fox Lita Ford Vixen Van Halen w/Roth and w/Hagar Billy Joel @ Yankee Stadium Public Enemy Rick Springfield Weezer AC/DC Cindarella John Mellencamp the Beach Boys New Edition Debbie Gibson Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam U2 the Rolling Stones @ Shea stadium that's about all i can remember for now.
Posted by googoomuck on :
The Who The Romantics The Ramones Chuck Berry X U2 Black Flag Strike Under The Effigies Naked Raygun The Circle Jerks The Clash The Cramps Joan Jett & the Blackhearts PIL David Johansson Los Lobos The Psychedelic Furs The Replacements Hüsker Dü Loud Fast Rules/Soul Asylum
Posted by cleome on :
My last concert:
Was (Not Was) in June. Money has been tight lately, but oh do I love those guys. They were great !
8)
Posted by dedman on :
Just saw Metallica back on Dec 7th...It was an awesome show, We got front row on the floor. I have quite a few great pics and some video too.
Posted by Ultra Jorge on :
Saw the Ting Tings last night. My wife & daughter are big fans. Left my daughter at home since the concert was at a small bar/club. They were really good.
The opening act Hot Tubs (i think) was interesting. Three slightly chubby half naked girls rapping and thrashing violently. They sounded very good though like early Beastie Boys.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Haven't been to any concerts in a long time. I do see some of the local/regional bands though at various bars and hang-outs I go to. Some of them are pretty well-known in the Northeast.
Last big names I saw were:
(1) Flogging Molly – Irish punk band who is probably my favorite band of my entire 20’s. They rocked like no one’s business. But that was a few years ago.
(2) Method Man & Redman – I saw Meth and Red at a famous bar in New Haven called “Toad’s Place”. Its like 30 years old and the Rolling Stones, U2 and so many other great bands have played there. Its right next to Yale’s campus. Method Man and Redman were simply awesome, and the show was freaking crazy. It’s a big place for a bar but pretty small for a concert, which made it even cooler.
I used to travel all over to go see Metallica concerts in my late teens. They, Led Zeppelin, Green Day, the Clash and now Flogging Molly are my all time favorite bands. But its almost 10 years since I’ve seen them.
Best concert I ever went to was a Foo Fighters / Red Hot Chilli Peppers concert. The crowd (and bands) partied like it was Woodstock. And they just jammed and did whatever songs they felt like playing. They even joined each other on stage. That was probably in 2000 or even 2001.
Posted by rouge on :
I've seen:
Spirit of the West Pursuit of Happiness 54-40 Hu Noo Barney Bental and the Legendary Hearts Odds Tragically Hip (4 times) Tea Party Econoline Crush They Might Be Giants George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars The White Stripes Leonard Cohen Summersault Festival (Sum41/Perfect Circle/Catherine Wheel/Foo Fighters/Our Lady Peace/Smashing Pumpkins)
Posted by Dave Hackett on :
Let's add U2 to that list. Holy Cow! They played last night to 100,000 people in Moncton (with a population barely larger than that) in the last show of their 2 year 360 tour. Needless to say they blew the roof off (and we were already outdoors).
Posted by lancesrealm on :
I stopped paying attention to music when ABBA broke up, so I don't think I have ever been to a concert.
Posted by dadman on :
Given my well known love for metal, the beginning of this list may seem strange.... Anyways, all the shows I've been to more or less in order.
Platnium Blonde Madonna Platnium Blonde again Samantha Fox Alice Cooper Bonham The Cult Ugly Kid Joe Meatloaf Def Leppard Bryan Adams Sven Gali ACDC The Fables Great Big Sea Radiohead Lamb of God Metallica Turisis Daniel Lioneye Nachtmystium Cradle of Filth
Posted by future king on :
-Rolling Stones (once with Nash the Slash, and another time with, believe it or not, The Go-go's) -Genesis (3 times) -Peter Gabriel (unbelieveable and I still remember it like it was yesterday) -Aerosmith -Rush -Max Webster -Gordon Lightfoot (meh!) -U2
... then bands started to suck so I stopped going! Posted by Set on :
Ooh, a fourth concert for my short, short list.
The girls wanted to go to a Breaking Benjamin/Three Days Grace/Flyleaf concert, and couldn't find another adult to go with them, so I volunteered to drive them. It helped that I love Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace.
(A friend at work told me that he had to take his daughter to a Hannah Montana show, so I feel blessed, by comparison!)
Awesome show. TDG even played the song that Adam Gautier did with Apocalyptica.
Last year, they toured with Lacuna Coil, in place of Flyleaf, and I wish we'd seen that one instead, since I like Lacuna Coil a lot better...
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I think George Acosta was the last DJ I saw...at 31 I felt old there. Everybody looked much younger. Well there were some people that looked really old and silly. I figured I fall into that group.
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