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Workday Time Killer - WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CONCERT?

JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,513
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Mine was the J.Geils Band at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles (UCLA) in March 1980.

I was 15 at the time, so transportation was always an issue.....I had to limit my concerts to venues not too far from home.  On some occasions, someone's parents would be nice enough to drive us!
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Tiny Tim. He was playing at a circus that was traveling through town.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,921
    dankind said:
    Tiny Tim. He was playing at a circus that was traveling through town.
    You sure it wasn't just your living room?
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,921
    The Cars at the old Boston Garden, December 1980.
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,168
    edited July 2022
    Van Halen at Great Woods, July 1993. Vince Neil opened. Great show. 
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    edited July 2022
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,921
    JimmyV said:
    Van Halen at Great Woods, July 1993. Vince Neil opened. Great show. 
    I was there.
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  • Cropduster-80Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    edited July 2022
    Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
    i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there 

    three dog night opened 
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  • DarthMaeglinDarthMaeglin Posts: 2,604
    I’ve been told I went to a Raffi concert but have zero recollection of it. I do remember Sting (with openers Concrete Blonde) at the Skydome in 1991(?) on the Soul Cages tour. There was some exquisite musicianship on display that night.
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  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,957
    May 1984, Tina Turner as the opener w/ Lionel Richie headlining. My parents took my little sis and 11YO me. 
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,025
    Cropduster-80 said:
    Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
    i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there 

    three dog night opened 

    Nice!
    My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.

    (Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs  at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8  in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert.  We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Poncier said:
    dankind said:
    Tiny Tim. He was playing at a circus that was traveling through town.
    You sure it wasn't just your living room?
    Robarts Arena. Saw a lot of good ole wrasslin' (NWA and AWA, I think) matches there, too (Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, The Road Warriors [Hawk and Animal], Lex Lugar, Blackjack Mulligan, Barry and Kendall Windham, Rick Rude, etc.).
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  • RS151862RS151862 Posts: 2,642
    brianlux said:
    Cropduster-80 said:
    Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
    i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there 

    three dog night opened 

    Nice!
    My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.

    (Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs  at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8  in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert.  We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
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  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,957
    On a PJ road trip a few years ago I was playing this game with some good friends. We all state our first show and when he gets to the last guy he casually says "Elvis". The rest of us are like WTF!!! Elvis!?!?! Mic drop. Turns out his parents toted him along to the show when he was really young. The fact he'd seen The King play in person was equally impressive and surprising that he'd never told us before. 
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,025
    RS151862 said:
    brianlux said:
    Cropduster-80 said:
    Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
    i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there 

    three dog night opened 

    Nice!
    My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.

    (Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs  at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8  in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert.  We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
    You were alive when planes were invented?

    Yes!  As a matter of fact, I remember the world's first wheel.
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  • MalrothMalroth Posts: 2,524
    Amy Grant- deer creek -don't remember year.
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,976
    BLACK35 said:
    Aerosmith with Skid Row as the opener 1990
    This was also mine. 
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  • ComeToTXComeToTX Posts: 7,794
    Garth Brooks in ‘92. Saw Guns N” Roses a few months later. 
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,513
    brianlux said:
    Cropduster-80 said:
    Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
    i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there 

    three dog night opened 

    Nice!
    My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.

    (Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs  at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8  in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert.  We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
    Did Brian Wilson quit touring that far back?
  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Posts: 4,318
    edited July 2022
    Pearl Jam - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Aus.  1998. Show 1. 
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  • Cropduster-80Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    edited July 2022
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    brianlux said:
    Cropduster-80 said:
    Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
    i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there 

    three dog night opened 

    Nice!
    My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.

    (Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs  at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8  in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert.  We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
    Did Brian Wilson quit touring that far back?
    64 according to Wikipedia. 
    “not touring from 1964 to 1976, from 1990 to 2011 and since 2012”

    fits in with the show I saw when he was there so I think this is correct. 

    Post edited by Cropduster-80 on
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