The One Show You Regret Not Attending (PJ or not)

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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    no kidding. I've seen QOTSA more any other band, and they have been excellent every single time. I cannot imagine them being horrible, or even anything close.
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    BabaBooey1979 wrote:
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    Queens of the Stone Age at Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY in 2008. Was at college and didn't have a car to get back home for the show. I may never have that good a chance to see QOTSA even again...... :cry::cry:
    I saw them open for the red hot chili peppers at UMass. They were horrible

    I hope your not being serious....
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  • foofan1990
    foofan1990 Posts: 139
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    BabaBooey1979 wrote:
    Drop1The0Leash wrote:
    Queens of the Stone Age at Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY in 2008. Was at college and didn't have a car to get back home for the show. I may never have that good a chance to see QOTSA even again...... :cry::cry:
    I saw them open for the red hot chili peppers at UMass. They were horrible

    I hope your not being serious....

    I don't know what he's talking about, they never disappoint. Anyway why wouldn't you get a chance to see them again, they're working on their new album and will tour later in the year.
  • offhegoes32
    offhegoes32 Posts: 418
    PJ wise- Alpine Valley 98 and St. Louis 98, tickets fell through and either one would have been my first PJ show.

    A couple other bummers were times I actually had tickets and couldn't make the show. One was Beck in 1999 at a small venue in St. Louis.. was snowed in by a blizzard and the 'rents wouldn't let my friends and me risk the drive... still never saw Beck live.

    The other one was last August, I won free tickets to the Black Crowes. I had a minor surgical procedure on the day before that I didn't think would stop me from going... ended up being wayyy too sore to go.
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  • lostrocker815
    lostrocker815 Posts: 354
    Paul David wrote:
    new album in April! I've seen them every time they've come here (probably 5 or so) and my wife and I will ALWAYS go see them, new album or not. they never disappoint. your first show will be awesome.
    lostrocker815 wrote:
    Foo FIghters last visit to NZ. Should have gone. But the good thing is that i wasnt as into them then as I am now, so when I do see them live one day, It will be insanely exciting. They are and will always be my favorite band

    I just love them so much it will be amazing when I see them! I cant wait! hope its this year.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,398
    Pearl Jam- 10-30-09 at the Spectrum. I was at work when tix went on sale and missed out. :( Luckily they added the Halloween show later :D

    Nine Inch Nails-@ Wachovia Center in '09. Was debating to go but passed cuz of the money, heard it was an awesome show.

    This year: Lcd Soundsystem/Sleigh Bells at the Navy Yard. Didn't think tix would sell out but they were long gone. Tried scalping and craig's list all to no avail.

    Phoenix at MSG few months back. DAFT PUNK joined them onstage for a few songs. That would have been hella cool to see live.
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  • julesandian
    julesandian Posts: 487
    Nirvana live at Reading 1992, was supposed to be going and had to work that weekend, had a ticket but sold it. How could Iknow they would never play in the UK again? I also had tickets for the show they were going to play in Birmingham UK in 1994. Wasn't meant to be I guess. :(
  • joely_91
    joely_91 Posts: 795
    I suppose this isnt a regret not attending but a regret not liking them sooner and being actively aware that they toured..... being in perth we get skipped over a great deal but i have a knack for becoming interested in bands and then finding out they just toured here....black crowes in 2008, alice in chains 2009, dead weather 2010 and them crooked vultures 2010..... I'm sure there are others but those are the big 4 in the last 3 years :cry:
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  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    Led Zeppelin - 1977 Pontiac Silverdome. I was only 15 but it was my last true chance to see them as Bonham died in 1980.

    :(
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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    So many PJ shows but two in Glasgow, Cathouse 1992 I was outside but couldn't get in and SECC in 2000 it was quit my job to go or keep it and don't. I still regret not quitting the job, I mean if you want a job you'll find another and it wasn't the greatest anyway. I wish I'd stayed in Amsterdam in 2004 for two more nights and gone to see the other Tom Waits shows. Night 1 was truly amazing and I really wanted to stay but had a business to run at home. Booooooooooooo!! :(
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Nine Inch Nails (just figured that they'd be back, saw Bob Dylan instead)
    Wilco
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  • kasedoug
    kasedoug The Golden State Posts: 3,016
    Not seeing Pearl Jam sooner than I did. Always loved them, and had plans to see them summer after 8th grade with friends in San Diego when the whole ticketmaster dispute happened and the shows were cancelled. We were bummed and even though I'd still buy and listen to their albums, wouldn't buy tickets because of that.
    Finally saw them in '06 on the Avocado tour and wow, had I been missing out all those years. 6 PJ and 1 EV show since then with hopefully many to follow.
    Oh, also someone offered to sell me tickets to LA 3 '09. My girlfriend at the time scoffed at me when I asked her about buying them and taking her, saying "oh, so you just have to go to all the shows?" since I had already been to Outside Lands, and had tickets to LA 1, 2, and SD with other people. She realized she stuck her foot in her mouth since I called her out on going to 3 Angels games in 4 nights (Myself = Die-hard Dodgers fan) so she begged me to take her to LA 1 so she could share in something that I was so passionate about. She really enjoyed the show and as we were having dinner together the night of LA 3 which I passed up, she said she'd be curious to go again to see how much they change it up setlist wise and see how different of a show it was.
    Needless to say, I was absolutely kicking myself later that night when friends at the show told me about Hunger Strike with Cornell.
  • redraw
    redraw Posts: 1,301
    My biggest disappointment is easily Jeff Buckley.

    A female co-worker (who was pretty hot) had a spare ticket but to avoid an argument with my girlfriend at the time I declined - I think it was about a year later, u all know what happened.......... :cry::cry:

    I'll never get that chance again and will always regret it :(
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Another one is Jeff Healy... Again figured that 'I'll catch him next time'...
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  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    JimNastics wrote:
    PJ - Wembley 2000... turned down the chance for various reasons when really I should have made more of an effort to go, it would have been my first PJ show.
    Me too. I was away with a woman I'd met a couple of months before and thought that another chance would be along soon enough. 6 FUCKIN' YEARS!!!!!

    Well I'm married to her now so I suppose it was worth it.

    My biggest regret was not seeing Little Feat when I had the chance in the 70s. In 1979 Lowell George died so that was that.
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    redraw wrote:
    My biggest disappointment is easily Jeff Buckley.

    A female co-worker (who was pretty hot) had a spare ticket but to avoid an argument with my girlfriend at the time I declined - I think it was about a year later, u all know what happened.......... :cry::cry:

    I'll never get that chance again and will always regret it :(

    I have a friend who also passed on Buckley but with the inclination of "Oh, I'll see him again"... :(
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  • jackalope
    jackalope Posts: 27
    boston / mansfield shows in july '03. had tickets, but then booked my honeymoon with a non-pj fan. would have been my first pj shows. instead, i didn't go to my first pj show until flying to over to london '10 just to see them, 1 yr after my divorce! knew back in '03 i should have went to the show instead of the honeymoon. :lol: got a lot of shows to see to make up for lost time!! so far traveled to london '10 & montreal '11.
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  • Heisenberg
    Heisenberg Los Pollos Hermanos Posts: 4,958
    LukinFan wrote:
    The Presidents of the USA at the Beta Bar - maybe the 2004 tour?


    Small club show - I was on the guest list and simply got too wasted to go to the show. I couldn't even stand up - still regret not going to that show.

    Ahhhh...the Beta Bar. Isn't that the one that use to be The Cow Haus?
  • Of The Aggie
    Of The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,550
    I wish I would have gone to see Deadmau5 when he came to Austin last year. I watched the DVD of the Toronto show and it looked amazing. I saw him at ACL a few years ago, but I know the visuals were better on this tour.
  • pjamaholic
    pjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    A U2 show in Melbourne. Cant remember what year it was, it would have been late 80s or early 90s. Had a ticket but it was pouring with rain that night, absolutely torrential and I decided I didnt want to brave the bad weather. I've seen them live since but would have liked to have seen them before they were as big as they are now.
  • pinkbutterfly
    pinkbutterfly Posts: 1,391
    Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden, NYC, May 2010.

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