Post a gif of who your first concert was. (fun Twitter thread). add your own.

[IcyPeas]

Link to tweet

Mine: Cat Stevens

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. I was 11 ... at the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA

My stepmom, who took me cause my dad, who was SUPPOSED to ... had to work.

Afterwards she told me her favorite part was Gene Simmons' tongue. I don't think I got her joke at that time ...



with openers

[hlthe2b]

2. The Police - Synchronicity Concert at the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia (1983)

Yes, I did attend a few low-key musical events prior to this or smaller concerts with a family member, but this was the first big one--on my own.

[blm]

3. Dark Side of the Moon Tour

https://giphy.com/gifs/NPSBznfytOtCo/html5

[msongs]

4. sorry no gif but here's who played at the hollywood bowl show....

Headliners The Beach Boys in their striped shirts...

July 3, 1965 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (supported by The Righteous Brothers, Dino, Desi, & Billy, The Byrds, Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs, Sonny & Cher, The Sir Douglas Quintet, The Kinks, Ian Whitcomb, Donna Loren, and The Liverpool Five)

[IcyPeas]

10. not hollywood bowl but here's a gif of them in their striped shirts

that sounds like some helluva concert. all fantastic acts.

[tblue37]

5. No gif.

[FreepFryer]

6. ... and before u answer, remember it's a common security question for identity verifiication. (Nt)

[IcyPeas]

8. is it? I don't think I've ever been asked that question.

I promise I'm not a hacker. 😉

[FreepFryer]

18. Yup (nt)

[FreepFryer]

19. Be careful before posting about your 10 concerts - USA Today April 2017

Before you join in with the social media crowd and let everyone know about the first concert you attended, you might think twice — hackers would love to have this information.

This week, one of the most popular Facebook memes had people asking friends to figure out which of 10 concerts they didn’t really attend, and they’ve often been accompanied by a note about the first concert they ever saw.

This is a common security question, along with the name of the street you grew up on and your first job — and it’s the sort of information that hackers can use to break into your online ID.

“I typically advise people not to answer those questions. It’s not worth it,” says Tom Gorup, director of security operations for Rook Security in Indianapolis.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/04/29/careful-before-posting-your-10-concerts/101078214/

[tblue37]

7. Second concert--Righteous Brothers:

[soothsayer]

9. Dreamboat Annie tour

[we can do it]

35. Saw that too, close up Akron, Ohio.

Not very first show.

[soothsayer]

36. Cool! Mine was DC area

[pnwest]

11. yeah, i'm not posting a GIF of the Bay City Rollers.......

[IcyPeas]

13. well if you don't, I will

[pnwest]

34. Oh Lord - my only excuse is I was 13 and they

were at the Indiana State Fair. Good times

[revmclaren]

12. Kenny Roger's and the First Edition...

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[musette_sf]

14. the year after this but the same location

[Lochloosa]

15. Edgar Winter Group. That was fun.

https://images.app.goo.gl/Yw4wafkmBzxL4LsV9

Damn. Can't get the GIF to copy right.

[IcyPeas]

16. here:

[Lochloosa]

25. Thanks

[flor-de-jasmim]

17. Beatles 1964

https://imgur.com/gallery/l6wlBlb

[DBoon]

20. Shrine Auditorium, 1974

[Lochloosa]

26. Now I'm jealous. That had to be eye opening

[eppur_se_muova]

21. Huntsville Symphony Orchestra

Actually, not with this conductor -- this photo is from the first concert in 1955 w/Dr. Arthur Fraser conducting. I would have seen Russel Gerhardt or Marx Pales with the baton.

[hurl]

22. I'm a dork. Philip Glass

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[soothsayer]

37. Totally done it, just not my first

[OilemFirchen]

23. Hard to remember, but probably this (no gif), misspelling and all:

London Fog with The Continentals.

[miyazaki]

24. Get up, and get your Grandma outta here

[catbyte]

27. I was 17 and jumped off the deep end:

It was awesome.

[SergeStorms]

30. Phi Zappa Krappa.

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I still have my original 1969 poster, in pristine condition.

[DBoon]

31. You too!

What year?

[catbyte]

33. 1973. Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI

And then I worked stage security at Grand Valley State Colleges (now a university) in April 1974 when I was a student there. That was a trip. He was way cool.

[Coventina]

28. Oh geez, this band, on this tour......

OK, I give up on trying to make the gif work....

Duran Duran, 7 and the Ragged Tiger.

[SergeStorms]

29. Beatles- August 1966

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I believe there were around 53,000 people there. Tickets were $5.50 (I still have my stub) and I heard the Beatles take from that show was $93,000. I don't know if that was in Canadian or U.S. dollars.

[Binkie The Clown]

32. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. I don't think they do gifs.

Later came Earth Wind and Fire, Rick Wakeman, Jethro Tull, and Gallager with his watermelons, though I'm not sure that's considered a "concert".

[csziggy]

38. I don't do GIFs but here's a video

And here is who did the only other concert I attended:

I enjoyed that last one much better than the first - no screaming idiots. I couldn't hear a single song by Herman & the Hermits.