What Was Your First Concert?

JOEJOEJOE
JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,841
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Mine was the J. Geils Band in Los Angeles in 1980 (before they hit it big on MTV).  I was 14 and took the bus both ways.  It wasn't until later in the year that we were able to get friends' parents to drive us to shows!
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,086
    edited July 2023
    Aerosmith's 1994 tour. Nosebleed seats with my Dad in 6th grade. Came across the oddest smelling cigarette smoke during Dream On.

    https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/aerosmith/1994/target-center-minneapolis-mn-3bd77c58.html
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,818
    edited July 2023

    Genesis, 1992. My brother took me for my 15th birthday. 

    They played Domino.  :D 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    edited July 2023
    Great White, opener was Whitesnake.  1988, maybe?  It was awesome, I was totally into Whitesnake and had a blast.
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,101
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    Mine was the J. Geils Band in Los Angeles in 1980 (before they hit it big on MTV).  I was 14 and took the bus both ways.  It wasn't until later in the year that we were able to get friends' parents to drive us to shows!
    Saw them late 70’s in small theater here on Long Island it was a great show not my 1st show but it was great! My 1st real concert in an arena was Led Zeppelin 1975 Nassau Coliseum 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    I usually regard December 29, 1965, Beach Boys, Jackie Lee, and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, CA, as my first full concert but I also saw a fairly brief performance by The New Christie Mistrals in 1959 at the unveiling of United Airlines first commercial Douglas DC-8.  Man, that was a while ago.
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  • ST66483
    ST66483 Posts: 908
    First real concert was Lollapalooza 94 - great introduction to seeing live music!
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,335
    10/25/88
    Van Halen
    OU812 tour
    Rosemont Horizon
    Face value was $18.50 for floor seats about 15 rows back
    Dallas, TX (November 15, 2013)
    Chicago 1 (August 20, 2016)
    Chicago 2 (August 22, 2016)
    Ft. Worth 1 (September 13, 2023)
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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,189
    Green Day Nassau coliseum 1994, 14 years old… I’ve been to concerts before, 1st without parents

    saw them again in 1995 as my 2nd show
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,855


    My first show just had its 30 year anniversary a few days ago - July 11th, 1993

    Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs, supported by Pearl Jam, James, Teenage Fanclub, and 4 Non-Blondes.

    All for £22.50 plus bus fare  =)

    Neil has the audio of his set streaming on NYA so I’ve been able to relive it a few times too.
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,271
    Rush - Moving Pictures tour - my friend’s older sister took us. Tickets were $9.50. I still have the ticket stub. 
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,995
    AC/DC. Maybe fly on the wall tour? Loved those cannons on the stage. Pretty sure I banged my head the whole show. Brorher took me with his friends. 
    First of many. Blessed life.
  • dogmatt
    dogmatt Napa, CA Posts: 128
    The Police August 1983 Day on the Green Oakland, CA
    Openers were The Fixx, Madness, Thompson Twins and Oingo Boingo.  Good times.
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  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,373
    Day On The Green Oakland Coliseum Foreigner, Loverboy, Scorpions, Iron Maiden July 18, 1982
  • mvw
    mvw Posts: 1,706
    Chaka Khan 
    Comiskey Park
    1981 or 1982
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    Flaming Lips
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Butthole Surfers @ Roseland Ballroom NYC 1992
  • Muffin The Mule
    Muffin The Mule Amersham, Bucks Posts: 512
    Iron Maiden @ Queensway Hall, Dunstable 
    Killers Tour
    February 24 1981
    Tickets were £3.50. I went to see them last week at the O2 and they were £90.
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  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 23,026
    It was early 90s sometime. But was Aerosmith (Pump Tour) with Skid Row as opener  at the Skydome Toronto
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,629
    this one

    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,271
    Loujoe said:
    AC/DC. Maybe fly on the wall tour? Loved those cannons on the stage. Pretty sure I banged my head the whole show. Brorher took me with his friends. 
    First of many. Blessed life.
    I saw that tour. That was my only AC/DC show. Those were the days when the whole venue could be GA - sit where you want anywhere. There was a mad crush when the doors opened. I was surprised it didn’t turn into a Cincinnati Who situation. Luckily no one got hurt. I totally understand why they don’t do that anymore.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    GlowGirl said:
    Loujoe said:
    AC/DC. Maybe fly on the wall tour? Loved those cannons on the stage. Pretty sure I banged my head the whole show. Brorher took me with his friends. 
    First of many. Blessed life.
    I saw that tour. That was my only AC/DC show. Those were the days when the whole venue could be GA - sit where you want anywhere. There was a mad crush when the doors opened. I was surprised it didn’t turn into a Cincinnati Who situation. Luckily no one got hurt. I totally understand why they don’t do that anymore.
    "You are in my seat, beat it."
     :lol:    

    Those were different times, for sure.

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