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  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Iron Maiden,Edinburgh Playhouse ... 1984's Powerslave Tour ... drank to much home made wine before gig,I was hanging from the balcony lighting rig ... fantastic night was had ... paraded my new first gig t-shirt at school the next day :D
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  • GibsonGibson Toronto Posts: 2,654
    Jagged Little Pill Tour: Alanis Morrisette in '96. Our Lady Peace Supported.
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  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    Mine was
    Bryan Adams with T'PAU supporting.
    glasgow secc 1987. Into the fire tour.

    Forget what mr Adams has turned into these days... He used to be really rockin' once. I think his biggest hit, everything i do, sealed his fate. don't get me wrong good song. and i still like him, just that he's changed for the worse in my opinion.
    Glasgow cathouse-1992-2-23, San diego sports arena-1995-11-06 & 07, Glasgow secc-2000-06-03, Tampa st petes times forum-2003-04-13, London O2 arena-2009-08-18, Belfast odyssey arena-2010-06-23.Leeds 2014 - 07-08
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    youngster wrote:
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    youngster wrote:
    2001, saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in Jacksonville when I lived down there. Great show.
    youngster, ever come back to visit?

    Yeah, last time I was there was 2006. I love Jacksonville with a passion. I lived down there for 4 years from 2000-2004 and had a hard time leaving.
    born and raised down here. give me a shout next time you come down
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    JL19851 wrote:
    Kind of surprised I am the first to post this band as my first show:

    PEARL JAM/Ben Harper/The Fastbacks - Randall's Island, NY 9/28/96
    my first show was about a month later...same show in ft. lauderdale.
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • titchinellotitchinello Posts: 3,139
    stargirl69 wrote:
    Iron Maiden,Edinburgh Playhouse ... 1984's Powerslave Tour ... drank to much home made wine before gig,I was hanging from the balcony lighting rig ... fantastic night was had ... paraded my new first gig t-shirt at school the next day :D

    would have loved to have seen maiden back then. my first maiden experience was also at the playhouse on the seventh son tour, 1998, about 3-4 rows from the front. amazing experience.
    Glasgow cathouse-1992-2-23, San diego sports arena-1995-11-06 & 07, Glasgow secc-2000-06-03, Tampa st petes times forum-2003-04-13, London O2 arena-2009-08-18, Belfast odyssey arena-2010-06-23.Leeds 2014 - 07-08
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    titchinello wrote:
    Mine was
    Bryan Adams with T'PAU supporting.
    glasgow secc 1987. Into the fire tour.

    Forget what mr Adams has turned into these days... He used to be really rockin' once. I think his biggest hit, everything i do, sealed his fate. don't get me wrong good song. and i still like him, just that he's changed for the worse in my opinion.

    My first gig was also SECC.

    Think my 2nd was at Edinburgh Playhouse
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • jamminpearlsjamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    Steve Miller Band in Camden im thinking 1997.
    Go Birds!!!!
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,630
    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs at Finsbury Park in 1993

    The support band was a bunch of noisy upstarts from Seattle that used to be named after a basketball player...
    “Do not postpone happiness”
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    It would have been Sly and the Family Stones/James Brown but a riot cancelled the show. :cry: Then in 1978 I did see my first concert The Isley Brothers with Teddy Pendergrass great great show. Two weeks later I saw Kiss and I have NOT been able to hear well ever since.

    Odd thing a year earlier at the same Capital Centre, MD I had a choice of seeing a concert there or see the opening of Star Wars I choose Star Wars. Oh the band that same Friday night....Led Zeppelin! 8-) I wish I could have that choice back.

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  • swany24swany24 Posts: 52
    Whitesnake with Great White opening.
    November 14, 1987
    Dane County Coliseum
    Madison, WI

    My parents rule was that I could not go to a concert until I was 16. This show was exactly one week before my 16th birthday and I begged them to let me go and they caved. I was a big metal head at the time and thought it was a great show.
  • myramyra Posts: 1,257
    goldrush wrote:
    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs at Finsbury Park in 1993

    The support band was a bunch of noisy upstarts from Seattle that used to be named after a basketball player...

    Awesome !!!
    Now I wish THAT would be my first concert too ! :)
  • StevieGStevieG Ontario Posts: 850
    My first big name show was David Bowie with Nine Inch Nails opening in September of 95. By the way Bowie came on as NIN was finishing their set and they did a few songs together. Scary Monsters sounded incredible!!!
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  • gearboygearboy Posts: 349
    the doobie brothers 1990
    went with my best friend and his mom
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    goldrush wrote:
    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs at Finsbury Park in 1993

    The support band was a bunch of noisy upstarts from Seattle that used to be named after a basketball player...


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  • Jerome230Jerome230 Posts: 903
    Nirvana, May of 1990, Boise. Chad Channing's final show...

    I was TWELVE. :o
    Ed...buddy...pal...stay true to your word and play Boise again.

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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    TrAvELAr wrote:
    Van Hagar. 1990/91ish during the FUCK tour.
    I saw them on that tour as well. Totally forgot that I did.
    NERDS!
  • MaxGoldenrodMaxGoldenrod Posts: 1,341
    Tiki Barber wrote:
    here's one to be ashamed of...but i'm not -

    boyz II men w/ montell jordan allentown fair 1995. got dragged there with my sister who was a huge boyz II men fan at the time. i actually enjoyed myself, although the music was kind of lame.

    first actual rock concert was todd rundgren in 1996 i think. don't even remember where it was, i saw two of his shows on that tour.

    Could've been worse...it could have been New Kids on the Block! :shock:
    "Then the Spirit of God hovered over the water, and God said, Let there be music, and there was Pearl Jam."

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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Jackson 5 Victory Tour. Dodger stadium, 1984
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Diana Ross- 1983 Concert in Central Park (one of my first memories) :lol:
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    Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
    You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
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  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Tiki Barber wrote:
    here's one to be ashamed of...but i'm not -

    boyz II men w/ montell jordan allentown fair 1995. got dragged there with my sister who was a huge boyz II men fan at the time. i actually enjoyed myself, although the music was kind of lame.

    first actual rock concert was todd rundgren in 1996 i think. don't even remember where it was, i saw two of his shows on that tour.


    :lol::lol::lol: I went to a double header of that show- one night dayton, ohio and one night columbus. I believe my line up also included Jodeci and En Vogue. And I believe I cried. Gotta love those boyz II men -ABCBBD
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    Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
    You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
    There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Oak Ridge Boys....very early 80s....I was no more than four or five at the time.

    Yep...that's right
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • Of The AggieOf The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,541
    I used to see local bands in small clubs in college, but I think the first really big show I saw was R.E.M. in '95 at Southpark Meadows in Austin. Which actually happened to be the day after PJ played there. I missed out on fan club tix to that show and even then I really couldn't find anyone who wanted to go with me and to this day I still regret not going to that show.
  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Oak Ridge Boys....very early 80s....I was no more than four or five at the time.

    Yep...that's right

    :clap::clap::clap::clap:

    Where is the High Five smiley? Big up to Elvira.
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    Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
    You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
    There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,674
    Billy Joel at the Spectrum - I think it was '87 - great show.

    (wait The Hooters played at my high school in 86 - does that count?)
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Oak Ridge Boys....very early 80s....I was no more than four or five at the time.

    Yep...that's right

    :clap::clap::clap::clap:

    Where is the High Five smiley? Big up to Elvira.
    Giddy up!!!
    I actually saw them again last year at a nearby casino. The little lady wanted to go.
    Check out their version of Seven Nation Army :D Good Times!!!

    Edit...and hell...I saw them at the same casino about ten years ago too. Those guys really did do some great stuff back in the day
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    first concert was Lollapalooza 1992 in Houston...was also my first Pearl Jam show! 8-)
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  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    Oak Ridge Boys....very early 80s....I was no more than four or five at the time.

    Yep...that's right

    :clap::clap::clap::clap:

    Where is the High Five smiley? Big up to Elvira.
    Giddy up!!!
    I actually saw them again last year at a nearby casino. The little lady wanted to go.
    Check out their version of Seven Nation Army :D Good Times!!!

    Edit...and hell...I saw them at the same casino about ten years ago too. Those guys really did do some great stuff back in the day

    You're my new hero.
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    Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
    You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
    There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Didn't want to admit it, but, my first concert was INXS in 1991. :oops: :?
    My friend's dad had to drop us off and then picked us up later.
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,853
    Aerosmith, Skid Row as the opener (believe it was 90 or 91)
    2005 - London
    2009 - Toronto
    2010 - Buffalo
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    2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
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    2018 - Fenway 1&2
    2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
    2023 - Chicago 1&2
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