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    Your Camaro's hoodYour Camaro's hood Posts: 80
    My parents took me to a bunch of shows growing up. The first concert I went to by myself (with a buddy) was Van Halen on the OU812 tour. Salt Lake City, 1988.
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    BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,292
    the first one I went to with friends was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on the Full Moon Fever tour.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
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    know1know1 Posts: 6,762
    Genesis - The Invisible Touch Tour.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
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    Caught-A-Bolt-Of-LightningCaught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning Posts: 1,332
    Gentle Giant, Gary Wright, Peter Frampton & Yes. Anaheim Stadium. July 17, 1976.
    Raleigh, NC., 8/31/98, Charlotte, NC., 8/4/00, Greensboro, NC., 8/6/00, Mountain View, CA., 10/31/00, Raleigh, NC., 4/15/03, Charlotte, NC., 4/16/03, Mountain View, CA., 10/25/03, Asheville, NC., 10/6/04, Philadelphia, PA., 10/3/05, Washington D.C, 5/30/06, Virginia Beach, VA., 6/17/07, Philadelphia, PA., 10/28/09, Charlottesville, VA., 10/29/13, Charlotte, NC., 10/30/13, Memphis, TN., 10/14/14, Greenville, SC., 4/16/16, Hampton, VA., 4/19/16, Raleigh, NC., 4/20/16, Columbia, SC., 4/21/16, Boston, MA., 8/5/16, Boston 9/2/18 & 9/4/18., Nashville, TN., 4/2/20., Nashville, TN., 9/16/22.

    EV Solo - Washington, D.C., 8/17/08, Atlanta, GA., 6/24/09, Orlando, FL., 11/27/12.
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    RozbrRozbr Posts: 376
    Iron Maiden monsters of rock Brazil, 1993
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    NAUjackfanNAUjackfan Phoenix Posts: 2,340
    Kool and the Gang at the Tucson Convention Center in 1984 :lol:
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    deweildeweil Posts: 245
    My summer camp took us to shows every year, so mine was Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town tour - 1992, at the Meadowlands!
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    CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,219
    The Kinks with Rory Gallagher in 1971 at the Hollywood Palladium. It was in support of their 'Lola Vs. Powerman and The Money-Go-Round' record and contained some stuff from the upcoming 'Muswell Hillbillies' record.
    Second concert was Sly and The Family Stone a few months later... then, after that it was 'Faces' when Ronnie Lane was still in the band.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
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    electronblueelectronblue WPB Florida Posts: 3,458
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    My older brother was babysitting and he ended up taking me to see Grand Funk Railroad..somehow, I ended pushed up against the stage which I thought was pretty cool!! ~
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    BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,292
    Cosmo wrote:
    The Kinks with Rory Gallagher in 1971 at the Hollywood Palladium. It was in support of their 'Lola Vs. Powerman and The Money-Go-Round' record and contained some stuff from the upcoming 'Muswell Hillbillies' record.


    that's an INCREDIBLE line-up/show. Jesus.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
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    NWOntarioNWOntario Toronto Posts: 823
    edited August 2013
    The Who, 1997 Quadrophenia tour in Minneapolis
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    Minneapolis 1998 | Jones Beach I & II, Montreal, and Toronto 2000 | Buffalo, State College, Toronto, Montreal and Hershey 2003 | Boston I & II 2004 | Thunder Bay, Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto 2005 | Toronto I & II 2006 | The Vic and Lollapalooza 2007 | Calgary and Toronto 2009 | PJ20 I & II, Toronto I & II, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton 2011 | London, Chicago, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle 2013 | Ottawa and Toronto I & II 2016 | Chicago I & II 2018 | Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto 2022
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    DercheefDercheef Germany Posts: 732
    Oasis 2001 in Frankfurt. Noel played an acoustic version of Bittersweet Symphony and it was the concert before Liam got his teeth knocked out in a hotel bar in Munich.
    2006:Arnhem,Bern,Berlin
    2007:München,Düsseldorf,Nijmegen
    2008:NY1,NY2,Mansfield1,Mansfield2
    2009:London,Rotterdam,Berlin,Manchester,London
    2010:NY1,NY2,Dublin,Belfast,Berlin
    2011:PJ20,Montreal,TorontoI+II,Hamilton
    2012:Amsterdam I+II, Prague, Berlin I+II, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen
    2013: Phoenix, San Diego, LA I+II, Oakland
    2014: Amsterdam I+II, Vienna, Berlin
    2016: Philly I+II, MSG I+II
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    NWOntarioNWOntario Toronto Posts: 823
    ...and man, are there ever some incredible answers to this question.

    All y'all who've seen the original GNR can go to Hell, by the way.
    Minneapolis 1998 | Jones Beach I & II, Montreal, and Toronto 2000 | Buffalo, State College, Toronto, Montreal and Hershey 2003 | Boston I & II 2004 | Thunder Bay, Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto 2005 | Toronto I & II 2006 | The Vic and Lollapalooza 2007 | Calgary and Toronto 2009 | PJ20 I & II, Toronto I & II, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton 2011 | London, Chicago, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle 2013 | Ottawa and Toronto I & II 2016 | Chicago I & II 2018 | Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto 2022
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    drlovemonkeydrlovemonkey Posts: 394
    Aerosmith w/ Ted Nugent at the Springfield Civic Center (now the Mass Mutual Center), March 1996.
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    MusicDude415MusicDude415 Philly Burbs Posts: 171
    NWOntario wrote:
    ...and man, are there ever some incredible answers to this question.

    All y'all who've seen the original GNR can go to Hell, by the way.

    I agree. Just wish I was alive/older when some of these bands were in their hayday. I have been slowly crossing bands off my list to see before they disappear forever (Stones, Rush, the Who just to name a few).
    5/26/06 - Camden, NJ -- 10/31/09 - Phila, PA -- 10/21/13 - Phila, PA -- 10/22/13 - Phila, PA -- 04/28/16 - Phila, PA -- 04/29/16 - Phila, PA -- 09/14/22 - Camden, NJ
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    BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,292
    NWOntario wrote:
    All y'all who've seen the original GNR can go to Hell, by the way.


    I had great tickets....and then they cancelled my show due to a broken arm :(
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    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
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    The Verb To TrustThe Verb To Trust Posts: 67
    David Lee Roth
    Faster Pussycat

    1988 in the Cumberalnd County Civic Center - Portland, ME
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    pea64pea64 Indiana Posts: 207
    SAMMY HAGAR 1996
    1998: East Troy x2, Chicago, Noblesville
    2000: Noblesville, Columbus, Cincinnati, East Troy, Chicago
    2010: Noblesville
    2013: London, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Phoenix
    2014: Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit, Moline, Milwaukee
    2016: Chicago x2
    2018: Chicago
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    kwdaleykwdaley Posts: 499
    I love the answers that mention: "I went to see ________(insert band name here)" and then add "I was ______(insert age here)"


    In 1989, I went to see Huey Lewis and the News... I didn't know any better! :lol:
    Ottawa 2011
    London 2013 "The Dundas Hookers on Crack" Show
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    ST279453ST279453 Posts: 195
    Saw The Bangles at a college not far from my house in 1989. My first real rock show was Motley Crue with Faster Pussycat opening in 1990
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    HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,141
    Devo 1981 Pacific Coliseum
    Van 92.07.21 / Van 98.07.19 / Sea 98.07.22 / Tor 98.08.22 / Sea 00.11.06 / Van 03.05.30/ Van 05.09.02/ Gorge 06.07.22 & 23 / EV Van 08.04.02 / Tor 09.08.21 / Sea 09.09.21 & 22 / Van 09.09.25 / Van 11.09.25 / Van 13.12.04 / Pem 16.07.17 / Sea 18.08.10
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    crazygeocrazygeo Posts: 2,374
    ROLLING STONES
    JOURNEY
    GEORGE THOROGOOD

    SEPTEMBER 26, 1981
    100,000 PEOPLE
    JFK STADIUM PHIL PA.

    .....start me up tour........

    amazing memory till today on the Wildman Jack bus tours out of the Pocono's
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    mck90mck90 Pittsburgh Posts: 9
    Well, I haven't seen this one yet:
    Rick Springfield with Corey Hart opening (yeah, the guy who sang "I wear my sunglasses at night"...) at the Johnstown, PA War Memorial in 1983 (I think). I was in high school. :fp: :fp:
    "and I listen to the voice inside my head..."
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    gus stillsgus stills Posts: 339
    Rolling Stones w/ Spin Doctors at the Kingdome on Dec 15, 1994. I was 14, rode the train from Portland to Seattle with my dad for the show. Still one of the best shows I've been to. Incidentally, the Spin Doctors played the fair down here (Eugene) a week or two ago. My girlfriend wanted to go, I told her that as nostalgic as the idea made me feel, there was no way in hell the Spin Doctors were worth it (that bad. Truly, truly bad. And they dress like assholes too.) But I'd see the Stones again in a heartbeat.

    As for PJ: first show was Portland in '98 with Frank Black and the Catholics. So stoked for them to hit the Rose Garden again in a few months...that's a nostalgia trip I wouldn't miss...
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    MaxGoldenrodMaxGoldenrod Posts: 1,341
    ZZ Top

    Indianapolis, IN

    Market Square Arena

    Summer, 1994
    "Then the Spirit of God hovered over the water, and God said, Let there be music, and there was Pearl Jam."

    Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
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    momofglynnmomofglynn Posts: 849
    Deep Purple with Girl School opening. Worcester Centrum aka DCU Center. 1984.
    Let's Go Red Sox!
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    NormanNorman Posts: 109
    RATT with Poison opening. Second concert Motley Cure with GnR opening. Third concert REM Green tour. At least I made quick progress.
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    smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Pantera with Sepultura and Biohazard

    June 1994 at Maple Leaf Gardens

    my hearing was never the same :lol:
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
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    zoopaniczoopanic Posts: 30
    Nine Inch Nails with the Melvins and Jim Rose Circus. February 1995 Sioux Falls South Dakota
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    B RobinetteB Robinette Posts: 80
    Lollapalooza 94, Starlake Amphitheater, Burgettstown, Pa.
    Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, The Breeders, L7 were all pretty awesome. 8-)
    B Robinette
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