What was the first concert that you attended ?

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  • STP at the old Boston Garden I was 16 and my rock n'roll uncle took me, I totally forgot I had been at the old garden until this thread! wow

    Local H opened and played Eddie Vedder, good omen!
  • STP at the old Boston Garden I was 16 and my rock n'roll uncle took me, I totally forgot I had been at the old garden until this thread! wow

    Local H opened and played Eddie Vedder, good omen!
    I saw the Kinks at the old Boston Garden. During the song "catch me now I am falling" some dude jumps off the balcony about 20-25 feet
  • CTD10
    CTD10 Posts: 351
    It was a whole day concert in 95. I was 13.... On the bill was Weeping Tile, Big Sugar, Blue Rodeo and Great Big Sea. Great show. Pretty sure it was my first one anyway. Unless i count Fred Penner when I was like 5 lol
    ctd
  • ilockyer
    ilockyer Posts: 2,272
    My first was Meat Loaf at Exeter's Westpoint Arena in 1996. It was great as well.
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  • alf7624
    alf7624 Posts: 102
    Aerosmith with opening act 4 Non Blondes September 1993 at Jones Beach, NY. Tickets were about 25 or 30 bucks.
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  • smashing pumpkins acually, as late as 2007 i think...it was great, saw them again last year it was awfull this time, got really dissapointed...

    saw one or two other non countable bands before i dont even remember the name of..
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  • quimby20
    quimby20 Posts: 823
    quimby20 wrote:
    1978
    Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Frank Marino and Journey. Tickets $10.00
    The good old days. What a foursome for 10 bucks. I saw U2 for 6 bucks in 1981.
    How was Frank Marino back then ? I hear he is unbelievable now.


    He was amazing!!!! Nugent was loud as hell and Tyler...well he was high as hell
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,092
    Nine Inch Nails: January 24, 1995, Atlanta - The Omni. Great show!
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  • quimby20
    quimby20 Posts: 823
    jamburger wrote:
    Pink Floyd, June 3, 1988, Giants Stadium.
    I ""think"" I was there, didn't it rain like hell,,,,
  • SxDx1982
    SxDx1982 Posts: 124
    My first concert was a small music festival near where we lived. My dad took me there, I think I was 11 years old. It was called "Woodstock" for some weird reason, but the bands that played were really lame and so was the crowd. :roll:
    My first REAL concert was probably either HIM or The 69 Eyes... or some other Finnish band that was big when I was a teenager. I also saw many local bands at clubs, but I can't remember any names. I've lost too many brain cells to remember. :lol:
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  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Huey Lewis and the News- Red Rocks, Colorado, 1986 I think. My dad took me.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

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  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    My dad took me to my first concert, December 9, 2008. It was The End's Deck the Hall Ball festival which had the bands;

    Aqueduct
    Shiny Toy Guns
    Cold War Kids
    Death Cab for Cutie
    The Killers

    At the time The Killers were my favorite band and they are actually my second favorite band today. It was a great first concert, Cold War Kids were amazing and The Killers well killed it (Sorry for the pun) DCFC were disappointing however.
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
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    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

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  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    thefixer9 wrote:
    My dad took me to my first concert, December 9, 2008. It was The End's Deck the Hall Ball festival which had the bands;

    Aqueduct
    Shiny Toy Guns
    Cold War Kids
    Death Cab for Cutie
    The Killers

    At the time The Killers were my favorite band and they are actually my second favorite band today. It was a great first concert, Cold War Kids were amazing and The Killers well killed it (Sorry for the pun) DCFC were disappointing however.

    I miss The End. Great station; I listen to it whenever I'm in Seattle ;)
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,784
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    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
    Missoula 24
  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    In grade school a friend's father took us to see Donny Osmond at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds (Illinois). For many years I believed it was me to whom he was throwing his purple beret, although I did not catch it. This was many decades ago when he was a teeny bopper.

    In high school a friend's older sister took us to see ELO and Journey at Murray State University (Kentucky). Loved that show. Also saw Boston at Southern Illinois University when I was in high school- another great show.

    But the highlight of my young concert going life was seeing Springsteen at SIU in '78 and '79 - almost a religious experience - like PJ now.
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  • acutejam
    acutejam Posts: 1,433
    Officially -- RAIN, a Beatles Tribute band in the early 80s. But that was with parental supervision.

    Few months later:

    OZZY OSBOURNE, 1982, after Randy had died, Oakland Arena with Brad Gillis of Night Ranger shredding. So yeah, it was basically the Speak of the Devil tour. Lots o sabbath.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,784
    pandora wrote:
    http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jethro-tull/1972/milwaukee-arena-milwaukee-wi-3bd420a8.html

    'really don't mind if you sit this one out' ...

    my words but a whisper your deafness a shout!

    saw them around that same time....tix were $2.50....still one of the top 10 shows I have EVER seen :mrgreen:
    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
    Missoula 24
  • merkinball wrote:
    Jackson 5 Victory Tour at Dodger Stadium. 1984


    I'm jealous! My first show was Janet Jackson in 1989. I was 8 :)
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  • R.E.M. with Radiohead as the opener
    Nashville, TN 9-11-95
  • With my Dad - Aerosmith w/ Jackyl 1994
    On my own - Metallica w/ Kid Rock & Sevendust Jan 2000

    both @ the Target Center in Mpls.