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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.

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???

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!

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.

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

WOW!

Thats a heel of alotta concerts!

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.

Oh some girl called Madonna. (duh)

Oh my god! youve seen so many awesome people!

Cool

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

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

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

whoa...I only know, like, half of those people!

My Cousin is in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-5_%28Australian_kids%27_band%29 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...

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.

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.

Euch...system of a down. Give me Kelly likes shoes anyday...

Well,

Yes

Boz Scaggs

Kind of the high and low of concert going.

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.

MEL, you saw the GORILLAZ??? Damn that's awesome!

Is that the concert where they had Ibrahim Ferrer singing via video?

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

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.

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.

Add
Aerosmith
Cheap Trick
Ozzy Osbourne
to my list