Seeing PJ get inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame was pretty fucking stellar. Truly a once in a lifetime experience. Normal shows? April 30, 1992 in Houston. Small, dark, dirty, Ed in the crowd...then PJ & Soundgarden performing together at the end. Ed dove from the rafters during Porch and I almost pulled his shoe off.
Awesome thread - let's start this one up. I'll give a few.
1) Rage Against the Machine Lollapalooza 2008 - one of my first concerts ever (I think 2nd or 3rd). Summer going into high school. Me and a buddy of mine had staked out a good spot all day about 4 or 5 rows back from the stage - we loved RATM. With about 20 minutes before the show was to start, I feel a tap on my shoulder and an older guy hands me a big bag of white powder with some sort of little stick inside - obviously quickly realizing what it was, I frighteningly handed it to my buddy who then kept on passing it down the line. When Testify started, the only way I can describe how it was by saying it was the most intense music experience I've ever had. I'm sure a lot of people know but the show was stopped 3 times because the crowd was too hectic. I eventually made my way up to the rail/front row - the crowd push behind me was so forceful that I thought my ribs were going to break on the rail. I'll never forget that.
2) Pearl Jam Milwaukee 10/20/2014 - My first PJ show, on my 21st birthday. Yield played front to back. Ed and the crowd sang happy birthday to me (actually Tom Petty but same thing...). That whole show blew my mind. Enough said.
3) Bruce Springsteen March 2016 - My first Bruce show. I mean, the guy was in his mid-60s playing like it was his last day living - what an incredible performer. That show blew my mind as well.
Also, just realized the thread is "concert moment" so I apologize for deviating from the script, but you get the point
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Milwaukee 2014 MSG 2016 1&2 Wrigley 2016 1&2 Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017 Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017 London 2018 1 Wrigley 2018 1&2 St. Louis 2020
Ed grabbing my sisters hand, giving her his guitar pick and then closing her fingers around it at Alpine 98, our frontrow center, makeup for cancelled Toledo priority seats, was amazing too.
Fighting (more like stick tug of war and run like hell when I got it) a dude and his girlfriend/wife for Jack's drum stick Milwaukee 95....there too
Sugarland inside the plastic ball at Kenney Chesney Chicago was rad too
Matisyahu crowd dives always amaze me
The Grant Park Daft Punk Rave vibe was unreal at Lolla 07
All or None at the Vic or Ed dedicating Hard To Imagine to me(that is what I twll myself), he said for a friend, and I worw a big ugly play H2I pussies shirt all day in line. He was clearly talking to me, I had a month long campaign to get it on the old board....pesistence paid off.
^^^ reminded me when I was at woodstock the rhcp guitarist tossed his guitar in the crowd. Dude grabbed it and had s small mob trying to get it from him. I was too cool to stick around to watch the drama. Hope he still has it.
Eddie handing me his beer after I motioned to him that I was thirsty after the show in Greenville. Still have the bottle. What a great show with all of Vs.
Virginia Beach 2000 DC 2003 DC 2004 (VFC) DC 2006 Pittsburgh 2006 Bonnaroo 2008 Virginia Beach 2008 DC 2008 Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009 DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live) PJ 20 night 1 PJ 20 night 2 Phoenix 2013 LA 1 2013 Memphis 2014 Jacksonville 2016 Greenville 2016 Hampton 2016 Columbia 2016 Fenway 1 2016 Fenway 2 2016 Wrigley 1 2018 Wrigley 2 2018 Fenway 1 2018 Fenway 2 2018 Sea Hear Now 2021 Nashville 2022 Louisville 2022
Most of mine are usually when the lights go down for a band I've never seen that's on my bucket list. Had the same butterflies for my first gig (Live), first time I saw Pearl Jam, Tool, Soundgarden...could go on but yeah. The first music coming over the PA, first notes, first chord, oh man I live for that buzz. The first time I saw Soundgarden was in Paris in 2012 and I was jumping up and down yelling like a nutter as the intro to Searching came over the PA.
Stars are suns to other people.
Wellington 1998 London 2007 Brisbane 2009 Stockholm 2012
Amsterdam 1 & 2 2014 EV Dublin 2017 Milan 2018 Padova 2018 Boston 2 2018 Auckland 1 & 2 2024
Probably not the right answer for myself if I had perfect recollection...but an easy one to pick out would be when Mike McCready came into the ga pit in Charlottesville and played his solo for Alive right in front of me.
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1) Rage Against the Machine Lollapalooza 2008 - one of my first concerts ever (I think 2nd or 3rd). Summer going into high school. Me and a buddy of mine had staked out a good spot all day about 4 or 5 rows back from the stage - we loved RATM. With about 20 minutes before the show was to start, I feel a tap on my shoulder and an older guy hands me a big bag of white powder with some sort of little stick inside - obviously quickly realizing what it was, I frighteningly handed it to my buddy who then kept on passing it down the line. When Testify started, the only way I can describe how it was by saying it was the most intense music experience I've ever had. I'm sure a lot of people know but the show was stopped 3 times because the crowd was too hectic. I eventually made my way up to the rail/front row - the crowd push behind me was so forceful that I thought my ribs were going to break on the rail. I'll never forget that.
2) Pearl Jam Milwaukee 10/20/2014 - My first PJ show, on my 21st birthday. Yield played front to back. Ed and the crowd sang happy birthday to me (actually Tom Petty but same thing...). That whole show blew my mind. Enough said.
3) Bruce Springsteen March 2016 - My first Bruce show. I mean, the guy was in his mid-60s playing like it was his last day living - what an incredible performer. That show blew my mind as well.
Also, just realized the thread is "concert moment" so I apologize for deviating from the script, but you get the point
MSG 2016 1&2
Wrigley 2016 1&2
Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
London 2018 1
Wrigley 2018 1&2
St. Louis 2020
Smart passing on the coke!! Never had that passed to me at a show.
Fighting (more like stick tug of war and run like hell when I got it) a dude and his girlfriend/wife for Jack's drum stick Milwaukee 95....there too
Sugarland inside the plastic ball at Kenney Chesney Chicago was rad too
Matisyahu crowd dives always amaze me
The Grant Park Daft Punk Rave vibe was unreal at Lolla 07
All or None at the Vic or Ed dedicating Hard To Imagine to me(that is what I twll myself), he said for a friend, and I worw a big ugly play H2I pussies shirt all day in line. He was clearly talking to me, I had a month long campaign to get it on the old board....pesistence paid off.
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
Wellington 1998
London 2007
Brisbane 2009
Stockholm 2012
EV Dublin 2017
Milan 2018
Padova 2018
Boston 2 2018
Auckland 1 & 2 2024
Seen many cool moments, so it would be difficult to pinpoint one of them.
However, one of the coolest moments was seeing David Bowie come out and sing with Morrissey at the Forum in Los Angeles in 1991.
They did "Cosmic Dancer" by T-Rex.