What Was Your First Concert?

JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,408
Mine was the J Geils Band in 1980 (I was 14 years old!)
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  • BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,438
    Aerosmith with Skid Row as opener in Toronto at the Skydome. It was the Pump tour, think it was 1990 or early 90s
    2005 - London
    2009 - Toronto
    2010 - Buffalo
    2011 - Toronto 1&2
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
    2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
    2018 - Fenway 1&2
    2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
    2023 - Chicago 1&2
  • timdwillitimdwilli Los Angeles, CA Posts: 294
    Eddie Money in 1991. Free show at the annual festival in my hometown. 11 years old.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,473
    edited June 2018
    Pink Floyd, 1994, for the Division Bell tour.
    I was old for my first concert - I was in grade 12. My parents wouldn't let me go when I was younger than that, it was really unfair and stupid (and uncharacteristic - my parents weren't that strict. I think it was because they had some weird fantasy in their heads about what concerts were like, and it was really really bad, lol). Especially considering how much I missed at that particular time, including Pearl Jam. :frowning: However, it made it so my first concert was Pink fuckin' Floyd, which is pretty rad!! To this day, so many concerts later, it is still the most spectacular show I've ever seen. Their "presentation" can't be beat!
    I waited in line for many hours for those tix, and we were about 6 people away from reaching the TM booth when it sold out. Oh man, what a bummer.... And then they announced the second show! Yay!
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,867
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • joe159joe159 Decatur, IL. Posts: 301
    White Zombie Peoria, IL. 1995. Rev. Horton Heat, and the Melvins were the openers
  • Butthole Surfers
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Flaming Lips

    yes Butthole Surfers was the headliner.

    Roseland Ballroom, NYC 91-92
  • MalrothMalroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,483
    Amy Lee Grant
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 18,414
    The Godfathers, 1994, 16 years old..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • RS151862RS151862 Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,622
    PJ_Soul said:
    Pink Floyd, 1994, for the Division Bell tour.
    I was old for my first concert - I was in grade 12. My parents wouldn't let me go when I was younger than that, it was really unfair and stupid (and uncharacteristic - my parents weren't that strict. I think it was because they had some weird fantasy in their heads about what concerts were like, and it was really really bad, lol). Especially considering how much I missed at that particular time, including Pearl Jam. :frowning: However, it made it so my first concert was Pink fuckin' Floyd, which is pretty rad!! To this day, so many concerts later, it is still the most spectacular show I've ever seen. Their "presentation" can't be beat!
    I waited in line for many hours for those tix, and we were about 6 people away from reaching the TM booth when it sold out. Oh man, what a bummer.... And then they announced the second show! Yay!
    Same here! Pink Floyd at Three Rivers Stadium. Still one of the best shows i ever saw. Me and a buddy waited in line for tickets at a local grocery store one morning and ended up with extremely high upperdeckers. 
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    Apollo Theater 2022 • Chicago I 2023

  • iwasatpj20iwasatpj20 Rockford, IL Posts: 3,291
    Toadies 1994, Peoria.  One of the openers was CIV, 14 years old at the time
    2000 - Chicago, IL
    2003 - Champaign, IL
    2006 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
    2007 - Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
    2009 - Chicago, IL 1 & 2
    2010 - St. Louis, MO
    2011 - East Troy, WI 1 & 2 (PJ20 Destination Weekend)
    2012 - Atlanta, GA, Missoula, MT
    2013 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), Dallas, TX, Oklahoma City, OK
    2014 - St. Louis, MO, Tulsa, OK, Moline, IL (No Code, IL), Saint Paul, MN, Milwaukee, WI (Yield, WI)
    2016 - Greenville, SC (Vs, SC), Raleigh, NC, Columbia, SC, Boston, MA (Fenway Park 1), Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2)
    2018 - Seattle, WA (Safeco Field 2), Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2), Boston, MA (Fenway Park 2)
    2020 - Nashville, TN, St. Louis, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Phoenix, AZ, ??
    2022 - Nashville, TN, St. Louis, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Phoenix, AZ, Las Vegas, NV
    2023 - St. Paul, MN 2, Fort Worth, TX 2, Austin, TX 1, and Austin, TX 2
    2024 - Portland, OR and Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field 1 & 2)


    2012 - Temple of the Dog East Troy, WI (PJ20 Destination Weekend)
    2014 - Soundgarden Tinley Park, IL (with Nine Inch Nails)
    2014 - Alice in Chains Davenport, IA
    2016 - Chris Cornell Solo Madison, WI and Peoria, IL (official hometown show)
    2016 - Temple of the Dog San Francisco, CA (both shows)
    2017 - Soundgarden Dallas (cancelled) RIP Chris Cornell
    2018 - Smashing Pumpkins Chicago, IL (first show)
    2019 - Alice in Chains Milwaukee, WI
    2022 - Jerry Cantrell Chicago, IL
    2023 - Jerry Cantrell Milwaukee, WI

    RIP Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, and Chris Cornell

    RIP Mom (may your star shine the brightest in the sky, our family loves and misses you very much, we'll meet again)

  • thispureamericanriotthispureamericanriot California Posts: 514
    Peter Gariel WOMAD 1993. Ziggy Marley came on before PG and the air was instantly filling with smoke! LOL
  • jerparker20jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,399
    HORDE Festival 1994 - Black Crowes, Blues Traveler, Ziggy Marley, and others. 

    I was 17.  It was everything my parents were concerned about, and everything I hoped for. Lots of hippies, weirdos, and substances. Chris Robinson was a total mess. Smoked too much crappy weed, had my first go with mushrooms and ended up sleeping in my car in a truck stop.  At the time I thought it was very rock n roll.
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    edited June 2018
    Whitesnake and Great White
    Made it to the rail and then got smooshed and whisked out.  Was 16, small, it was blistering hot, and I had consumed far too many beers

    I took a breather and headed back in.  It was a memorable experience.  

    I still love Whitesnake. 

    EDIT --- I was 14, it was 1988.  I went with my older brothers and his friends and they fed me beer.  Looked up the date and damn...I was a bad kid!
    Post edited by F Me In The Brain on
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,382
    canned....fucking....heat.

    now featured in a geico commercial :angry:
    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
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,258


    July 1993 Finsbury Park, London

    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs
    Pearl Jam
    James
    Teenage Fanclub
    4 Non Blondes

    all for the princely sum of £22.50!!!

    So, I guess technically the first band I saw live would be 4 Non Blondes... but the day got a whole lot better after that!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • kasedougkasedoug The Golden State Posts: 2,888
    Beastie Boys at the Great Western Forum in 1998. Hello Nasty in-the-round tour.
  • PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,123
    Sepultura live at the legendary Rodon Club in Athens, Greece!  27/02/2004! I was only 15 years old! :rock_on:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / London 2024
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    PJ_Soul said:
    Pink Floyd, 1994, for the Division Bell tour.
    I was old for my first concert - I was in grade 12. My parents wouldn't let me go when I was younger than that, it was really unfair and stupid (and uncharacteristic - my parents weren't that strict. I think it was because they had some weird fantasy in their heads about what concerts were like, and it was really really bad, lol). Especially considering how much I missed at that particular time, including Pearl Jam. :frowning: However, it made it so my first concert was Pink fuckin' Floyd, which is pretty rad!! To this day, so many concerts later, it is still the most spectacular show I've ever seen. Their "presentation" can't be beat!
    I waited in line for many hours for those tix, and we were about 6 people away from reaching the TM booth when it sold out. Oh man, what a bummer.... And then they announced the second show! Yay!
    Funny I see this as I want to purchase Pulse on dvd.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Green Day for their American Idiot tour in Melbourne 2005.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,867
    goldrush said:


    July 1993 Finsbury Park, London

    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs
    Pearl Jam
    James
    Teenage Fanclub
    4 Non Blondes

    all for the princely sum of £22.50!!!

    So, I guess technically the first band I saw live would be 4 Non Blondes... but the day got a whole lot better after that!
    Technically Black Crowes would be my first then, because they opened for Neil Young too, in 2001 :)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,258
    goldrush said:


    July 1993 Finsbury Park, London

    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs
    Pearl Jam
    James
    Teenage Fanclub
    4 Non Blondes

    all for the princely sum of £22.50!!!

    So, I guess technically the first band I saw live would be 4 Non Blondes... but the day got a whole lot better after that!
    Technically Black Crowes would be my first then, because they opened for Neil Young too, in 2001 :)
    That’s a much better opener than 4 Non Blondes, that’s for sure!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,262
    ya'll are young kids...
    my first show was in 1979...
    where's @brianlux when i need him?
  • given2fly23given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 5,876
    Pearl Jam
    Soldier Field - 7/11/95

    ...and I was never the same.
    Found: Soundgarden Hyde Park DVD (Thank you for the gift!)
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    ya'll are young kids...
    my first show was in 1979...
    where's @brianlux when i need him?
    @Wobbie shared 'Canned Heat' was his first.  They started in the mid-60s so I am gonna guess his first show was in 1969.  ;)
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 28,972
    edited June 2018
    Beach Boys 1988 - Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (after a Braves game)
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
  • CantKeepmedownCantKeepmedown Portland, Maine Posts: 2,894
    edited June 2018
    Van Halen, 5150 tour with BTO opening.  1986
    Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME

    And looking up the Wiki article on it makes me laugh.  A tour that encompassed 6 months or so had the exact same 17 song setlist, (sans 1-2 songs).  Hilarious.  I know a lot of bands do that, but it's still funny.  
    Post edited by CantKeepmedown on
  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 10,387
    Genesis - Foxboro, MA 1991

    I was 15, my brother brought me for my birthday.

    Domino was otherworldly. 
  • lolobugglolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,175

    Stone Temple Pilots

    Meat Puppets

    Jawbox

    1994- Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center

    I was hooked after this. there was even a purple horse wandering around outside the arena.

    livefootsteps.org/user/?usr=446

    1995- New Orleans, LA  : New Orleans, LA

    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

  • wall232wall232 New York Posts: 1,346
    Iron Maiden - Somewhere On Tour 1987 MSG.

    I was 12 years old and went with my best friend and his older sister and her friends. Great night!

    NYPJ
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,408
    goldrush said:


    July 1993 Finsbury Park, London

    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs
    Pearl Jam
    James
    Teenage Fanclub
    4 Non Blondes

    all for the princely sum of £22.50!!!

    So, I guess technically the first band I saw live would be 4 Non Blondes... but the day got a whole lot better after that!
    Wow, PJ - James - TFC on the same bill....very cool!
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