Workday Time Killer - WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CONCERT?

JOEJOEJOE
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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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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Tiny Tim. He was playing at a circus that was traveling through town.
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    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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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    The Cars at the old Boston Garden, December 1980.
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  • KICK7071
    KICK7071 In My Tree, ON Posts: 745
    Midnight Oil, Maple Leaf Gardens 1988
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    edited July 2022
    Van Halen at Great Woods, July 1993. Vince Neil opened. Great show. 
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    edited July 2022
    Lollapalooza 1992 - Ft. Bend County Fairgrounds (Houston, TX)
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  • Hi!
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    Puffy. VanAndel Arena. Early ‘98, I think. I was 17

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  • Croos1226
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    The Pretenders. Learning to Crawl Tour 1984. Tower Theatre, Philadelphia
  • Poncier
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    JimmyV said:
    Van Halen at Great Woods, July 1993. Vince Neil opened. Great show. 
    I was there.
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  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,110
    Reo Speedwagon/Cheap Trick at the Cheboygan county fair
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,272
    The Cranberries playing at Gettysburg college in '94
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,696
    PJ. N2 Milwaukee 1995. 
  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-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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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 3,013
    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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  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    May 1984, Tina Turner as the opener w/ Lionel Richie headlining. My parents took my little sis and 11YO me. 
  • brianlux
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    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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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    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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  • RS151862
    RS151862 Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,726
    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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  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    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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