I don't mean to offend anyone, a lot of what I say should be taken with a grain of salt... that said for most of you I'm a stranger on a computer on the other side of the world, don't give me that sort of power!
Manchester 04.06.00, Leeds 25.08.06, Wembley 18.06.07, Dusseldorf 21.06.07, Shepherds Bush 11.08.09, Manchester 17.08.09, Adelaide 17.11.09, Melbourne 20.11.09, Sydney 22.11.09, Brisbane 25.11.09, MSG1 20.05.10, MSG2 21.05.10, Dublin 22.06.10, Belfast 23.06.10, London 25.06.10, Long Beach 06.07.11 (EV), Los Angeles 08.07.11 (EV), Toronto 11.09.11, Toronto 12.09.11, Ottawa 14.09.11, Hamilton 14.09.11, Manchester 20.06.12, Manchester 21.06.12, Amsterdam 26.06.2012, Amsterdam 27.06.2012, Berlin 04.07.12, Berlin 05.07.12, Stockholm 07.07.12, Oslo 09.07.12, Copenhagen 10.07.12, Manchester 28.07.12 (EV), Brooklyn 18.10.13, Brooklyn 19.10.13, Philly 21.10.13, Philly 22.10.13, San Diego 21.11.13, LA 23.11.13, LA 24.11.13, Oakland 26.11.13, Portland 29.11.13, Spokane 30.11.13, Calgary 02.12.13, Vancouver 04.12.13, Seattle 06.12.13, Trieste 22.06.14, Vienna 25.06.14, Berlin 26.06.14, Stockholm 28.06.14, Leeds 08.07.14, Philly 28.04.16, Philly 28.04.16, MSG1 01.05.16, MSG2 02.05.16
The Monkees (less Mike Nesmith) with "Weird Al" Yankovic. During the Monkees' eighties revival (MTV and Nickelodeon were repeating their show, and I'd gotten hooked on the songs). I was eleven, and asked my dad to get us tickets, so he took my cousin and me. So the first live rock performer I ever saw grace a stage was Weird Al, which was all kinds of awesome.
The first show I went to on my own was during college, when I went to see the Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge tour. Within a year or so, I was a full-fledged concert nut, and I haven't looked back since. My wallet grimaces just thinking about it.
First real concert (excluding a couple little country fests for half a day when I was a kid) was Foo Fighters with Weezer opening in Minneapolis in 2005
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We stood up for 8 hrs on that day - my poor back!
Glen Campbell at Illinois State Fair - 1977
First Concert by Myself
R.E.M. (The Feelies opened) at Felt Forum in NYC - 11/7/86
- Al Swearengen
http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
The first show I went to on my own was during college, when I went to see the Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge tour. Within a year or so, I was a full-fledged concert nut, and I haven't looked back since. My wallet grimaces just thinking about it.
the monkees like 1965ish
i was around 9
we were in nosebleeds
it was awful
first good concert was three dog night in 69ish
"what a long, strange trip it's been"