What was the first concert you went to? My first concert had Pink Floyd, after their release of

[debm55]

Dark Side of the Moon.The tickets were given to me as a graduation gift. I remember the thithers broke from the gigantic prism/pyramid and it floated up into the sky. It was at the Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh I will not add anything else, just say we had one hell of a time going down the Parkway East and Squirrel Hill Tunnel to get home.

[blm]

1. My first, too.

Then Deep Purple.

[debm55]

16. Always wanted to see them. Graduated in 73. SMOKE ON THE Water

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[Elessar Zappa]

2. Reba McEntire, 1992.

I was ten years old and my parents loved her so I tagged along with them. My first adult concert was the GooGoo Dolls in 2003. I’d love to see Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and others but they’re not currently touring or are broken up.

[debm55]

4. Three Rivers would have these Concerts where they would have 5 or 6 bands come on at different times

Saw Clapton, Led Zep, Bowie. Elton John,and BTO, James Taylor. and The Who. This was the early, mid 70,s Last concert was seeing Bruce. However, I had seen him earlier at PSU and at the Stone Pony in NJ.

[Lochloosa]

13. We must have seen the same Reba tour. I was really impressed. Saw her in Albany, GA

[yesphan]

3. @ 1972, triple bill

ZZ Top
Humble Pie
Ramatam with Mitch Mitchell on drums.

[debm55]

21. Didn't you love, that would put all the bands on the venue, but the last one was the one you really

wanted to see? Also, saw Poco, CSNY, and Bill Joel, at PSU.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Yes, Colt Park in Hartford, 1976

http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?qbandid=1&qyear=1976&qdateid=514

[FalloutShelter]

6. 1971 Asbury Park Convention Center...

Melanie

Yah.. I’m old.

[redstatebluegirl]

7. The Who Chicago Stadium 1975.

[KarenS]

8. OK you guys are babies

I saw Percy Sledge in San Rafael California around 1965/66. But it was before you sat down at a 'concert' twas a dance
and I saw James Brown in Shreveport LA in 1967 (this was a concert)

[Lochloosa]

10. Sweet

I would have loved to have seen Percy Sledge.

[Deuxcents]

28. Babies?! My first concert was on the Jersey Shore

Bill Haley n the Comets! We were in Jersey visiting my mom’s sister n my cousins were a little older than I was n I tagged along. This was about 4-5th grade time n I have been a rock n roll baby ever since.

[Lochloosa]

9. Edgar Winter Band 1975 - Tully Gym FSU Campus

An eye-opening experience for a 16 year old county boy.

[Callalily]

11. Genesis, when Phil Collins was the drummer!

Great concert too.

[wcmagumba]

12. BTO and Styx, about 1974-75

[EYESORE 9001]

14. I have never had anything other than a hell of a time going through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel

Rush hour, 3 AM, never seemed to matter.

I saw Pink Floyd on that tour at a venue that didn’t even hold 4,000 people. It gave a feeling of intimacy, being so small.

[debm55]

18. You're right about that. Where did you see Pink Floyd? Was it up in Greensburg?

[EYESORE 9001]

19. It was in Florida

Hollywood, FL. I don’t remember the name of the venue.

[debm55]

60. Yes, sounds like it. Three rivers stadium and Riverfront Stadium were almost the exact copies of

each other, I sat/stood on the field once for Festival seating. I didn't like it. I can't remember the band but the stadium floor was packed. They did away with that after the incident in Cincinnati. Glad, because it was first come first seated, and it was crammed with people. That was my last concert in a open venue,

[BigMin28]

15. Black Sabbath

Late 70's in Dallas. Got free tickets from a friend. Don't remember much about Black Sabbath's performance, but I do remember the opening band I had never heard of before. Van Halen.

[debm55]

23. I think there are some of us,don't remember the performance of the group/person we wanted to see.

For what ever the reason.:O)

[Harker]

32. I saw Black Sabbath on Halloween 1976.

I still remember the costume contest.

What a trip.

[msongs]

17. beach boys, sonny & cher, kinks and lots more at the hollywood bowl and then

rolling stones in swing auditorium san bernardino (a glorifed airport hanger) & of course beatles at dodger stadium

[Walleye]

39. I remember going to a concert at the Hollywood Bowl

Blood Sweat and Tears. I think it was Bill Graham putting on a concert and it opened with Miles Davis about 1970 I think. I’ve been a jazz fan ever since.

[Luciferous]

20. New Kids on the Block, 1990 at Alpine Valley. It was a present for my 9th birthday :)

[Mr.Bill]

22. Chicago, then known as The Chicago Transit Authority

shortly agter the release of their first album. It was indoors at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California. 1969 or 70, my junior year in high school. Excellent show. Also featured James Cotton Blues Band and a local Hippie band called Country Weather. (not a country music band)

[cachukis]

24. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends at the Boston Tea Party in early 1970.

Had a pretty exceptional back up band.

[debm55]

29. Wasn't Greg or Duane Allman and Clapton in the backup?

[cachukis]

36. Clapton, and maybe a Domino. Don't remember the names, but they

had a great band. Lost a few brain cells since then.

[debm55]

37. Haven"t we all!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

25. Asia in 1982

A couple weeks later I saw Genesis - the last tour they performed Supper's Ready on, although I didn't know any of their old material at that time - I just really liked Abacab.

Then a month later I saw The Who's first farewell tour - opening acts were Hooters, Santana, and the only band that mattered, The Clash.

[EYESORE 9001]

26. My first concert was Three Dog Night. The Turtles opened for them.

[DFW]

27. The National Symphony Orchestra

In Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.

[debm55]

33. My husband was from Boston. Every July 4th, we would up, sit on the commons and listen to the Boston

Symphony Orchestra play, It gave me goosebumps and then the fireworks.

[DFW]

42. Wasn't that the Boston Pops conducted by Arthur Fiedler?

I haven't lived in the area for many years, so I may have that wrong, but that's how I remember it.

[debm55]

45. oh, you are right, It was the Pops

Brain freeze moment, What part of Boston were you from?

[DFW]

47. South

WAY south. Falls Church, Virginia, to be precise!

[debm55]

52. Sorry

[DFW]

56. That's OK

We southern-born are given special visas to spend time north of the Mason-Dixon Line if our application is approved.

[SoCalDavidS]

30. George Benson At Universal Amphitheatre Outdoors

Roughly 1977.

Amphitheatre is no longer there.

[Harker]

31. My mom took me to see Odetta in a restaurant lounge in 1968.

In May of 1975 my first rock concert was Henry Gross, Golden Earring, War, and The Doobie Brothers at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado.

[Conjuay]

34. I'm embarrassed to say

I have no earthly idea. I have been to shows in the Filmore East, I saw ‘Mountain’ in Central Park, along with a slew of others - Jethro Tull, Arlo Guthrie, Judy Collins, Chapin, the NYC Parks Department did a great job of offering concerts all through the summer.

I remember seeing CSN along with Joni at Roosevelt Raceway. That show will always be in my mind; just before the concert started, it was announce that Agnew had pardoned Nixon.

That could have gotten ugly, but I think everyone was already too high to riot.

[wishstar]

35. The Association- at Eastman Theater, Rochester NY in March 1968 when I was 13

My friends and I were stereotypical teeny bopper fans excited to meet the guys briefly outside and take their pictures afterwards.

[Walleye]

40. OK, that was where I saw my first concert. I think that was the theater, Jefferson Airplane

1967, I was going to college in Rochester at the time

[debm55]

46. wow

[SeattleVet]

41. James Brown at Memorial Field in Mount Vernon, NY

I had a ticket for the city's "Summer Concert" series to see Blood, Sweat, and Tears and The Brooklyn Bridge. One of the band members got caught with a joint coming through the Canadian border a few days before, so the concert was canceled (bad influence on the city's youth, you know!), and they made the ticket good for any of the rest of the series.

This was in June of 1969. James Brown was in top form, and it was an experience to be remembered.

[pansypoo53219]

43. do symphony field trips count?

not a fan of live.

[debm55]

48. Sure do! I used to take my class to a Pittsburgh Symphony concert they would put on for all 5th

graders in the region. The beginning would be explaining the different instruments. After that intro, they would play for the students. It was a wonderful learning experience. Different schools would have different days assigned. It was also nice to see the kids all dressed up to attend.

[pansypoo53219]

74. i only

remember the large female conductor + HEY! thats from bugs bunny.

[Stuart G]

44. Back in the late 50s or early 60s, "The Chicago Symphony Orchestra" concert.

[debm55]

49. Did anyone see the Doors or Jimi Hendrex? Always wanted to see Jim Morrison.

[PufPuf23]

62. First rock concert was The Doors at Winterland in San Francisco, age 15, in 1967.

Saw Hendrix on a high school field trip in 1970.

Was at two different boarding schools near San Francisco for most of high school, far from parental control, from Fall 66 to January 71. At least twice a month weekends were built around Fillmore West or Winterland. Later lived in Berkeley intermittently 73-87 for a BS, MBA, and working in a Fed research lab.

Lots of music. Still am a rocker but with youtube as old, ill health, and hide in mountains of my childhood. Saw Samantha Fish in 2018 and again in 2019, both times at Tahoe.

[debm55]

63. Puf, you have lead an interesting life.

[Brother Buzz]

73. I caught the Doors on Mount Tamalpais in 1967, one week before Monterey Pop festival

Light My Fire was shooting up the charts. I thought Doors did the long, long, long version, but if you can remember the sixties you weren't there; it was only seven minutes long.

Check out all who performed that glorious weekend!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Fair_and_Magic_Mountain_Music_Festival

[MichaelSoE]

84. My very first. I had just turned 17

I went to a show at at the Singer Bowl. I actually was able to pull it up on the interweb
https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/jimi-hendrix-6bc837cc-77da-48c0-858c-b1ad591eb40b

Opening act
Soft Machine

Next
The Chambers brothers

Followed by
Janis Joplin / Big Brother

Closed with
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Of the 4 acts, I was blown away by the Chambers Brothers

[debm55]

89. wow. what a line up

Do you remember the year--late 60's

[MichaelSoE]

91. Aug 23, 1968

[electric_blue68]

95. Wow I'm going to have to check That Site out! TY! 👍🏻🎸

[bahboo]

50. Chicago Symphony in the mid 60's....

our middle school band went to a concert. Blew my young mind...when I wasn't misbehaving of course....

[TexasBushwhacker]

51. Leon Russell 1972 n/t

[tblue37]

53. Trini Lopez. I bought tickets as a birthday gift for my older sister, who adored him.

I played the "It's her birthday" card so she could meet him after the concert.

[NNadir]

54. Jimmy Hendrix, Madison Square Garden in NY, 1969.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

55. Kiss in the 70's

Providence Civic Center. Sat near a speaker and couldn't hear for 2 days lol.

[Skittles]

57. Glastonbury

the one Bowie REFERS to here:

[Kaleva]

58. Uriah Heep fronted by Brownsville Station

[Mad_Dem_X]

59. Sonny and Cher

I was quite young; I went with my parents and sister. I was so excited to see them live. I don't remember much about the show, but I know I enjoyed it.

ETA: Can't remember the exact year, but it was obviously the 70's. I believe Cher was married to Greg Allman at the time.

[CountAllVotes]

61. Country Joe & the Fish

and B. B. King was the opening act.

This was at Winterland in San Francisco in 1972!

Those were the days!

& recommend !!

[highplainsdem]

64. Dave Clark Five, Minneapolis, November 1964.

http://twincitiesmusichighlights.net/concerts/dave-clark-five-1964/

[debm55]

65. Husband almost made it to Woodstock. He was going to school at Cornell. By the time they got it

together and loaded the VW beatle, they were too late. The roads were totally blocked. I guess they could have walked, but they were still a distance away. They stayed at the car and just hung out. They didn't have tickets but at that point it was free.

[Unwind Your Mind]

66. Pink Floyd for me too

The 1987 David Gilmore version in Oakland. There’s a live album of that tour available on YouTube. It’s quite good 😊

Eta, we saw Roger Waters 3-4 years ago in the same arena. Also an excellent experience

[debm55]

67. Thank you, will look for it on Youtube.

[Boomerproud]

68. Ohio State Fair 1965. Herman's Hermits and Sonny and Cher.

Love threads like these. Music is so healing and magical.

[Earl_from_PA]

69. The Rosington Collins Band

@ Johnstown War Memorial winter 80-81

[debm55]

71. Was that the remaining group members from Lynard Skynard?

[intrepidity]

70. Elton John, Dodger Stadium.nt

[debm55]

72. When I saw Elton John it was on his Good bye Yellow Brick Road tour. Two guys had a dolly with a

large flower pot and a large flower with tinsel and feathers. Little did we know that when the band started playing, Elton comes out of planter and his hat was the flower. He went to the piano and started playing with the hat on the entire concert. It was in, I think 74. ONe think I do remember is that we we were in the nose bleed section of the stadium. When Elton played Saturday Night ; everyone got up and were jumping up and down. I was afraid the whole thing would collapse.

[iemanja]

100. He was mine too

I don’t remember the tour.

[Raine]

75. Rolling Stones at the Inglewood Forum 🎶🎶😃 nt

[tinymontgomery]

76. The "Band" 1970 in Philadelphia

[Rob in Htown]

77. Funny story

My first concert I had tix for was Stryper in McAllen, TX way back in 1989.

Standing in line for an hour to get in we got bored and sold our tix for less than our parents paid for them but went to see the Michael Keaton "Batman" instead with the money. Got home later and told M&D how great the Stryper concert was (lied).

My actual first concert I saw in person was at Liberty Lunch in Austin, we saw Soundgarden later that same year.

[GP6971]

78. Neil Diamond in 1967. n/t

[Hekate]

79. Harry Belafonte in Los Angeles, Summer 1961. An outdoor theatre -- just lovely

I was 13 and visiting friends of the family. Mrs M and another lady took me, and aside from the performance and his marvellous voice, I learned something surprising about grown-up ladies.

On the way home, Mrs M’s friend said, “He can put his shoes under my bed any time.”

[debm55]

85. oh, I bet that was wonderful-the voice under the stars

[Hekate]

86. Belafonte was gifted with an amazing voice and stage presence

Until recent years I had no idea that as his career took off he became a generous donor to the Civil Rights movement back in the day.

[ificandream]

80. Fleetwood Mac at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

One of the last concerts with Jeremy Spencer. I remember him coming out at 2 a.m. (a first time late-night for young me) and doing his Elvis impersonation. He left the band a few days later.

And opening the show was Clover, which featured a young Huey Lewis.

[GenThePerservering]

81. The Mahavishnu Orchestra

with John McLaughlin in the mid-70s.

It was in a smallish venue in Seattle. After they finished there was dead silence, then suddenly the people in the back of the auditorium jumped up and started cheering. Those of us in the front were too stunned to even move. We started finding ourselves again and began clapping and at last joined the cheering. It was like going into another universe and we had a ways to get back!

[Rhiannon12866]

82. Blood, Sweat and Tears - went with my summer camp friends, I was about 14

This was at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and we went to 2 other concerts that season, José Feliciano and (amazingly) a double bill of Judy Collins and Arlo Guthrie!

[debm55]

90. You made me so very happy, posting this :0}

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[IcyPeas]

83. Cat Stevens - Nassau Coliseum, NY (1974)

[debm55]

87. cool

[The Figment]

94. I saw that one too! Nt

[iemanja]

99. So jealous

[BluesRunTheGame]

92. J. Geils Band / Golden Earring 1976!

[The Figment]

93. Ike and Tina Turner...

At the State Theater in Kalamazoo Michigan 1971

[Wolf Frankula]

96. The Doors in 1969

Jim Morrison could hold an audience in his hand.

Wolf

[electric_blue68]

97. Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels opening for The Animals at Central Park Music Festival.

It may have still been the ?Rheingold Music Festival.
Great show!!!
Then saw The Beatles at Shea a month+ later!

I once made 2 lists 1) each concert I saw 2) each band or performer I saw... I remember I had over 200 in each list.
But I lost it.

The Who, Bruce, Patti Smith Group, U2 are the bands I've seen close to 20 times. (Including Tommy at The Filmore East, and The WN Tour with performing"Pure and Easy" at Forrest Hills Stadium)

Saw some other very famous '60's performers Janis, Jimmie a few more at big Anti Vietnam War fundraising Concerts.

Oh, and the night C,S N & Y in NJ announced Nixon had resigned during the show. People were carrying radios with them! Us, too! 😄 Happy Bedlam erupted!

Saw many of the Original CBGB'S Bands, and a few that played there from other places at either that club ('76, '77) or in theater sizes before they got bigger.

Covid blew the occasional concerts I still went to by sitting outside of open air places in Late Spring to early Fall.

Hoping next Summer I'll catch a few. 🎵🎶🎸🎤🧡👍🏻

[iemanja]

98. Yours was better than mine

Elton John. I was 13.

[Doc_Technical]

102. Paul Revere and the Raiders

San Jose Civic Auditorium c. 1966