What Was Your First Concert?

JOEJOEJOE
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Mine was the J Geils Band in 1980 (I was 14 years old!)
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  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,971
    Aerosmith with Skid Row as opener in Toronto at the Skydome. It was the Pump tour, think it was 1990 or early 90s
    2005 - London
    2009 - Toronto
    2010 - Buffalo
    2011 - Toronto 1&2
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
    2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
    2018 - Fenway 1&2
    2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
    2023 - Chicago 1&2
    2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
  • timdwilli
    timdwilli Posts: 297
    Eddie Money in 1991. Free show at the annual festival in my hometown. 11 years old.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,668
    edited June 2018
    Pink Floyd, 1994, for the Division Bell tour.
    I was old for my first concert - I was in grade 12. My parents wouldn't let me go when I was younger than that, it was really unfair and stupid (and uncharacteristic - my parents weren't that strict. I think it was because they had some weird fantasy in their heads about what concerts were like, and it was really really bad, lol). Especially considering how much I missed at that particular time, including Pearl Jam. :frowning: However, it made it so my first concert was Pink fuckin' Floyd, which is pretty rad!! To this day, so many concerts later, it is still the most spectacular show I've ever seen. Their "presentation" can't be beat!
    I waited in line for many hours for those tix, and we were about 6 people away from reaching the TM booth when it sold out. Oh man, what a bummer.... And then they announced the second show! Yay!
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6BnZyflNVE&t=133s
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • joe159
    joe159 Decatur, IL. Posts: 329
    White Zombie Peoria, IL. 1995. Rev. Horton Heat, and the Melvins were the openers
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    Butthole Surfers
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Flaming Lips

    yes Butthole Surfers was the headliner.

    Roseland Ballroom, NYC 91-92
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,556
    Amy Lee Grant
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,968
    The Godfathers, 1994, 16 years old..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • RS151862
    RS151862 Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,726
    PJ_Soul said:
    Pink Floyd, 1994, for the Division Bell tour.
    I was old for my first concert - I was in grade 12. My parents wouldn't let me go when I was younger than that, it was really unfair and stupid (and uncharacteristic - my parents weren't that strict. I think it was because they had some weird fantasy in their heads about what concerts were like, and it was really really bad, lol). Especially considering how much I missed at that particular time, including Pearl Jam. :frowning: However, it made it so my first concert was Pink fuckin' Floyd, which is pretty rad!! To this day, so many concerts later, it is still the most spectacular show I've ever seen. Their "presentation" can't be beat!
    I waited in line for many hours for those tix, and we were about 6 people away from reaching the TM booth when it sold out. Oh man, what a bummer.... And then they announced the second show! Yay!
    Same here! Pink Floyd at Three Rivers Stadium. Still one of the best shows i ever saw. Me and a buddy waited in line for tickets at a local grocery store one morning and ended up with extremely high upperdeckers. 
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  • iwasatpj20
    iwasatpj20 Rockford, IL Posts: 3,470
    Toadies 1994, Peoria.  One of the openers was CIV, 14 years old at the time
    2000 - Chicago, IL
    2003 - Champaign, IL
    2006 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
    2007 - Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
    2009 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
    2010 - St. Louis, MO
    2011 - East Troy, WI 1 & 2 (PJ20 Destination Weekend)
    2012 - Atlanta, GA, Missoula, MT
    2013 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), Dallas, TX, Oklahoma City, OK
    2014 - St. Louis, MO, Tulsa, OK, Moline, IL (No Code, IL), Saint Paul, MN, Milwaukee, WI (Yield, WI)
    2016 - Greenville, SC (Vs, SC), Raleigh, NC, Columbia, SC, Boston, MA (Fenway Park 1), Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2)
    2018 - Seattle, WA (Safeco Field 2), Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2), Boston, MA (Fenway Park 2)
    2020 - Nashville, TN, St. Louis, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Phoenix, AZ, ??
    2022 - Nashville, TN, St. Louis, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Phoenix, AZ, Las Vegas, NV
    2023 - St. Paul, MN 2, Fort Worth, TX 2, Austin, TX 1, and Austin, TX 2
    2024 - Portland, OR and Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2)
    2025 - Pittsburgh, PA1 & Pittsburgh PA2


    2012 - Temple of the Dog East Troy, WI (PJ20 Destination Weekend)
    2014 - Soundgarden Tinley Park, IL (with Nine Inch Nails)
    2014 - Alice in Chains Davenport, IA
    2016 - Chris Cornell Solo Madison, WI and Peoria, IL (official hometown show)
    2016 - Temple of the Dog San Francisco, CA (both shows)
    2017 - Soundgarden Dallas (cancelled) RIP Chris Cornell
    2018 - Smashing Pumpkins Chicago, IL (first show)
    2019 - Alice in Chains Milwaukee, WI
    2022 - Jerry Cantrell Chicago, IL
    2023 - Jerry Cantrell Milwaukee, WI

    RIP Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, and Chris Cornell

    RIP Mom (may your star shine the brightest in the sky, our family loves and misses you very much, we'll meet again)

  • thispureamericanriot
    thispureamericanriot California Posts: 514
    Peter Gariel WOMAD 1993. Ziggy Marley came on before PG and the air was instantly filling with smoke! LOL
    ZF0 on SoundCloud

  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    HORDE Festival 1994 - Black Crowes, Blues Traveler, Ziggy Marley, and others. 

    I was 17.  It was everything my parents were concerned about, and everything I hoped for. Lots of hippies, weirdos, and substances. Chris Robinson was a total mess. Smoked too much crappy weed, had my first go with mushrooms and ended up sleeping in my car in a truck stop.  At the time I thought it was very rock n roll.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,812
    edited June 2018
    Whitesnake and Great White
    Made it to the rail and then got smooshed and whisked out.  Was 16, small, it was blistering hot, and I had consumed far too many beers

    I took a breather and headed back in.  It was a memorable experience.  

    I still love Whitesnake. 

    EDIT --- I was 14, it was 1988.  I went with my older brothers and his friends and they fed me beer.  Looked up the date and damn...I was a bad kid!
    Post edited by F Me In The Brain on
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,274
    canned....fucking....heat.

    now featured in a geico commercial :angry:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791


    July 1993 Finsbury Park, London

    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs
    Pearl Jam
    James
    Teenage Fanclub
    4 Non Blondes

    all for the princely sum of £22.50!!!

    So, I guess technically the first band I saw live would be 4 Non Blondes... but the day got a whole lot better after that!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

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    (Tim Rogers)
  • kasedoug
    kasedoug The Golden State Posts: 3,011
    Beastie Boys at the Great Western Forum in 1998. Hello Nasty in-the-round tour.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    Sepultura live at the legendary Rodon Club in Athens, Greece!  27/02/2004! I was only 15 years old! :rock_on:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    PJ_Soul said:
    Pink Floyd, 1994, for the Division Bell tour.
    I was old for my first concert - I was in grade 12. My parents wouldn't let me go when I was younger than that, it was really unfair and stupid (and uncharacteristic - my parents weren't that strict. I think it was because they had some weird fantasy in their heads about what concerts were like, and it was really really bad, lol). Especially considering how much I missed at that particular time, including Pearl Jam. :frowning: However, it made it so my first concert was Pink fuckin' Floyd, which is pretty rad!! To this day, so many concerts later, it is still the most spectacular show I've ever seen. Their "presentation" can't be beat!
    I waited in line for many hours for those tix, and we were about 6 people away from reaching the TM booth when it sold out. Oh man, what a bummer.... And then they announced the second show! Yay!
    Funny I see this as I want to purchase Pulse on dvd.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Green Day for their American Idiot tour in Melbourne 2005.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    goldrush said:


    July 1993 Finsbury Park, London

    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs
    Pearl Jam
    James
    Teenage Fanclub
    4 Non Blondes

    all for the princely sum of £22.50!!!

    So, I guess technically the first band I saw live would be 4 Non Blondes... but the day got a whole lot better after that!
    Technically Black Crowes would be my first then, because they opened for Neil Young too, in 2001 :)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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