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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,025
    Kearn5y said:
    Neil Young with support from Van Morrison & Pearl Jam at Slane Castle in 1993

    Amazing!  What a great way to start of you concert going!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • GlowGirlGlowGirl Posts: 10,908
    Rush - Moving Pictures Tour - 1981. My friend’s older sister took us. My second show a few months later was the Kinks. 
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,513
    GlowGirl said:
    Rush - Moving Pictures Tour - 1981. My friend’s older sister took us. My second show a few months later was the Kinks. 
    I saw both those tours when I was in Jr. High School.  Kinks were always a great live band!
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,976
    mickeyrat said:
    DewieCox said:
    Page and Plant - Kiel Center St. Louis, MO   June 7, 1998
    great show.... saw them in Cleveland that tour.

    did Tea Party open those shows?
    new album "Cigarettes" out Spring 2025!

    www.headstonesband.com




  • JeBurkhardtJeBurkhardt Posts: 4,856
    Day on the Green at the Oakland Coliseum 1982. Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Loverboy and Foreigner. 
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,584
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    mickeyrat said:
    DewieCox said:
    Page and Plant - Kiel Center St. Louis, MO   June 7, 1998
    great show.... saw them in Cleveland that tour.

    did Tea Party open those shows?

    of that I have no memory. the 90's were kind of a blur.....
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,976
    I hear ya
    new album "Cigarettes" out Spring 2025!

    www.headstonesband.com




  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,584
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I hear ya

    setlist.fm says an artist by the name of Lili Hyden opened?


    no info on her set though....

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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • vitovito Posts: 2,029
    1980 Ramones College of Dupage with maybe 1000 people. Crazy I walked to the concert through my backyard. I was 14.
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1992
    SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998
    THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000
    ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003
    HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003
    TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004
    AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
    VERIZON CENTER DC 2008
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009
    NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010
    PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
    PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
    1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013
    IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014
    XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014
    CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016 
    CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016
    CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018
    CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018
    BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018
    ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022
    Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008

  • BIGDaddyWilBIGDaddyWil Posts: 3,067
    edited July 2022
    Hall & Oates 1985 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Rock City.....I was in seventh grade!
    Til Tuesday was the opener.
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    Pine Knob Music Theatre - Jul 31, 1992 Crisler Arena - Mar 20, 1994
    Summerfest - Jul 09, 1995*Savage Hall - Sep 22, 1996The Palace of Auburn Hills-Aug 23, 1998 Breslin Center- Aug 18, 1998,The Palace of Auburn Hills-Oct 07, 2000 DTE Energy Theatre-Jun5,2003,DTE Energy Music Theatre - Jun 26, 2003Sports Arena - Oct 02, 2004 Van Andel Arena - May 19, 2006Palace of Auburn Hills-May 22, 2006 Quicken Loans Arena-May 09, 2010
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  • BB162610BB162610 Posts: 541
    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Saratoga Performing Arts Center  July 2002.  Brian Setzer opened, it was a great show.  
  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,957
    BIGDaddyWil said:
    Hall & Oates 1985 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Rock City.....I was in seventh grade!
    Til Tuesday was the opener.
    Nice! I saw them in Birmingham that tour as a sixth grader. For a three year stretch my parents took my sis and me to one show per year:

    '84 Lionel Richie/Tina Turner
    '85 Hall & Oates
    '86 Stevie Wonder

    Good times and, thanks to my folks, a solid entry into the world of live music. My memory of the chronology has always been fuzzy until I did a web search thanks to the OP's thread. Thanks, BLux!

    Also in '86 my dad took me to the most memorable show from my early years --> Van Halen w/ Sammy Hagar newly behind the wheel.
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,976
    mickeyrat said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I hear ya

    setlist.fm says an artist by the name of Lili Hyden opened?


    no info on her set though....

    ah, Tea Party opened part of their tour, just wasn't sure of which dates. 
    new album "Cigarettes" out Spring 2025!

    www.headstonesband.com




  • GlowGirlGlowGirl Posts: 10,908
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    GlowGirl said:
    Rush - Moving Pictures Tour - 1981. My friend’s older sister took us. My second show a few months later was the Kinks. 
    I saw both those tours when I was in Jr. High School.  Kinks were always a great live band!
    I still have my ticket stubs. The Rush show was a whopping $9.00. Even I could afford that with my meager allowance my parents gave me. 
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,513
    GlowGirl said:
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    GlowGirl said:
    Rush - Moving Pictures Tour - 1981. My friend’s older sister took us. My second show a few months later was the Kinks. 
    I saw both those tours when I was in Jr. High School.  Kinks were always a great live band!
    I still have my ticket stubs. The Rush show was a whopping $9.00. Even I could afford that with my meager allowance my parents gave me. 
    I worked at my dad's shoe factory for $3.10 per hour to feed my concert habit when I was 15!
  • vitovito Posts: 2,029
    GlowGirl said:
    Rush - Moving Pictures Tour - 1981. My friend’s older sister took us. My second show a few months later was the Kinks. 
    Great tour saw it at Alpine Valley and I believe it was the 4th of July, my memory is shot 🤣
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1992
    SUMMERFEST MILWAUKEE 1995
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 1998
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO1998
    THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE 1998
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2000
    ALLSTATE ARENA ROSEMONT 2000
    ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE 2003
    HERSHEYPARK STADIUM 2003
    TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA 2004
    AIR CANADA CENTRE TORONTO 2005
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2006
    VERIZON CENTER DC 2008
    UNITED CENTER CHICAGO 2009
    NATIONWIDE ARENA COLUMBUS 2010
    PJ20 NIGHT 1 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
    PJ20 NIGHT 2 Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2011
    1ST MARINER ARENA BALTIMORE 2013
    IWIRELESS CENTER MOLINE 2014
    XCEL ENERGY CENTER ST. PAUL 2014
    CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2016 
    CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2016
    CHICAGO 1 Wrigley Field 2018
    CHICAGO 2 Wrigley Field 2018
    BOSTON 2 Fenway Park 2018
    ENTERPRISE CENTER SAINT LOUIS 2022
    Eddie Vedder Auditorium Theatre CHICAGO 2008

  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,957
    brianlux said:
    Kearn5y said:
    Neil Young with support from Van Morrison & Pearl Jam at Slane Castle in 1993

    Amazing!  What a great way to start of you concert going!
    +1 Wow, talk about starting on a mountaintop!
  • Douglas12373Douglas12373 Posts: 275
    The Monkees 20th Anniversary tour, 1986, at the local community college. Monkees, Herman's Hermits, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Grass Roots. This was when MTV randomly started running old Monkees episodes and me and my middle school friends got super into them. Fun show!
  • mr bunglemr bungle Posts: 1,345
    U2.  Zoo T.V. tour.  Tacoma,WA 1992
  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,881
    Def Leppard- 1987- Hartford Civic Center
  • CantKeepmedownCantKeepmedown Posts: 3,024
    Van Halen 5150 tour in Portland in 1986. I was 10 and tagged along with older sister and her friends.

    BTO opened
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,172
    canned heat…..a long time ago.
    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
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,921
    Wobbie said:
    canned heat…..a long time ago.
    Figured it was more like Mozart's elementary school talent show.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    Poncier said:
    Wobbie said:
    canned heat…..a long time ago.
    Figured it was more like Mozart's elementary school talent show.

    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,138
    eddiec said:
    Def Leppard- 1987- Hartford Civic Center

    I was there. The arena in the mall.  First show, the Rolling Stones, 1981, Hartford Civic Center. The only reason I got to go was because it was the Stones. Remember it like it was yesterday and still a top ten show.  The Stones are responsible for my 40 year concert habit.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,025
    Wobbie said:
    canned heat…..a long time ago.

    Oh man, I wish I'd seen the original group with Henry Vestine, or even the earlier days after Harvey Mandel came on board.  By the time I say them, the only guys left from the early days were Fito and The Mole.  Fun to see, but not the same!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Posts: 1,030
    Midnight Oil Horden Pavilion Sydney 1987
    Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 24
  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Posts: 1,030
    KICK7071 said:
    Midnight Oil, Maple Leaf Gardens 1988
    That was a good start for you. Did you know of them before Beds are Burning? Always curious if people knew their early & best work before the big hit
    Eastern Creek 95,Syd 1 98,Bris 2 98, Syd 1&2 03, Reading Fest 06, Bris 1 06, London 09, Hyde Park 10, Gold Coast BDO 14 Budapest 22 Krakow 22 Amsterdam 22 St Paul 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 23 Chicago 1&2 24 New York 1 24 Philly 1&2 24 Boston 1&2 24 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 1 24 Sydney 1&2 24
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,921
    BALLBOY said:
    KICK7071 said:
    Midnight Oil, Maple Leaf Gardens 1988
    That was a good start for you. Did you know of them before Beds are Burning? Always curious if people knew their early & best work before the big hit
    I don't think many folks in the US heard of them until MTV started playing Beds Are Burning.
    This weekend we rock Portland
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