What was the most interesting concert you have gone to? You can base it on groups, venues, music,

[debm55]

or all. Mine was Pink Floyd on their Dark Side of the Moon. And Yes on one of their tours.
Edited to add--the Pink Floyd concert had a inflatable large prism. It was roped so it hung above the stage. Somehow the ropes broke and the inflatable rose up in the air and disappeared.

[NoRethugFriends]

1. Leonard Cohen radio City New York on my 60th birthday

About three and a half for 4 hours, great musicians, great backup singers, three or four encores.

Second is a session from La Boutine Souriante at Champlain valley festival.

[Mister Ed]

45. My answer was going to be "Leonard Cohen on his last major tour".

That's the tour on which this footage was taken. I suspect we're talking about the same tour.

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[NoRethugFriends]

66. mine was 2009. not sure whether that was his last major tour

[Mister Ed]

68. I'm not sure if it was his last either, but it was 2009.

What a beautiful show. I didn't even know he was touring until my cell phone rang in my pocket late that afternoon.

It was an old friend that I hadn't heard from in several years. "Hey", he said, "I have an extra ticket to Leonard Cohen tonight. Wanna come along? I'll treat."

It's good to have such friends.

[NoRethugFriends]

70. I'm glad you had such a friend.

I remember the tickets were $160 each, when I went with my girlfriend at the time. We went to a restaurant / diner where the servers, some or all, were potential Broadway actors. I was not thrilled when she had them do the happy birthday thing for me.

[debm55]

90. Sounds great

[KPN]

2. Dizzy Gillespie in Maseru, Lesotho 1977 or 78.

[debm55]

89. Nice

[Casady1]

3. Allman Brothers- closing weekend at the Fillmore east.

[electric_blue68]

78. Cool! Saw them their at an earlier time

[debm55]

91. One group I wished I had seen

[RockRaven]

4. I went to the Metallica "S&M" concert.

They played a concert (well, two nights actually, I went to one) with the San Francisco Symphony, in the Berkeley Community Theater, and released it as a double album and concert video.

[debm55]

92. Metallica playing with a symphony-wow

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Mine is also Pink Floyd on their Dark Side of the Moon tour

It’s hard for me to zero in on what makes a good concert, but there are intangible things that go into it like ambience and the crowd.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

22. I didn't see this (way too young) but when Floyd played Phoenix for DSOTM

According to friends they played at a water park on the "beach".

[EYESORE 9001]

33. That sounds nice

The stadium in which I saw the concert was smelly from cigarette smoke.

[debm55]

55. What stadium did you see it at? I saw them at the old Three Rivers stadium. At that time they had

first come first served on the field and the seats were used. I was glad I had seat tickets. There were no seats on the field. Pink Floyd was the only band playing, so I glad I didn't have to stand for 3 hrs. (or in some cases, asleep on the field.)

[EYESORE 9001]

69. It was called the Sporto, I think. Hollywood, FL

50 years ago to the day, tomorrow.

[debm55]

71. Thanks

[blue neen]

74. I was at that concert, too!

There was a huge traffic jam trying to get to Three Rivers on the Parkway East. The concert itself was really cool!

[debm55]

83. There's always a traffic jam on the Parkway East, especially around the Squirrel Hills Tunnels

[FirstLight]

6. Amnesty International 1988, Oakland Arena.

Sting, Peter Gabriel, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, and more than I can remember...

Powerful to say the least...and I can't believe I got to see Bruce!

I was 18, just graduated that spring from HS...no CLUE who I was or wtf I was doing... LOL

[AZSkiffyGeek]

12. Saw that tour in LA

Yossou N'Dour and Joan Baez were on the bill as well.

[FirstLight]

14. yes! I was stoked to tell my Mom I saw Joan Baez...lol

good times

[AZSkiffyGeek]

15. I remember Sting sang "The River" with Springsteen

And Youssou was magical on "In Your Eyes."

[FirstLight]

21. I remember Peter Gabriel sang BIKO

...and everyone had their lighters up and sang along with the chant at the end...it was chilling

[AZSkiffyGeek]

23. Gabriel concerts are religious experiences

I saw him a couple more times and the stage shows were amazing and the performances were just pure emotion.

[FirstLight]

24. Definintely...he made quite an impression.

[debm55]

106. My favorite song is "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel

[Hugh_Lebowski]

49. I saw an Amnesty Int'l show in I believe 1986 and I think it was at the Cow Palace, SF

Similar lineup (for sure Sting, U2 and Gabriel), great show.

[debm55]

94. What a lineup

[FalloutShelter]

7. King Crimson at

The Ardmore in Philly suburbs.
Just took the roof off.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

13. Love Crimson, when was that?

Saw them the first time in 84. Knew nothing about their music and they kind of melted my brain. Completely changed my outlook on music.

[FalloutShelter]

17. Sorry not the Ardmore, it was the Tower in 1981

Then again in 96 at the Mann Music Center.
They ARE brain melting. Just the most amazing musicians.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

18. Just saw them last year (or maybe 2021)

Their farewell tour. Massive lineup w/ three drummers, plus Tony Levin from their 80s lineup, and Mel Collins from their early 70s lineups were in the band. They did almost all 70s material and it was amazing hearing "Starless," "Schizoid Man" and "Pictures of a City."

[rsdsharp]

8. Eagles, spring 1974. It was the SUNY Days concert at UNI.

The bill was REO, Steely Dan and Eagles. REO opened the show. The promoters wanted Steely Dan in the middle slot with Eagles closing the show. Fagen and Becker refused to play unless they were the closing act. It was announced that they were concerned it wasn’t safe because it had rained the night before , but that wasn’t the reason.

So, to make up for it, Eagles played for 2 1/2 hours.

[debm55]

95. Love, Eagles

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[rsdsharp]

98. Eagles. There is no "The" in the name.

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[catbyte]

9. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention 1975

I was working stage security at their concert at Grand Valley State Colleges Fieldhouse in Michigan. I was a GVSU student back in the day and Zappa was one of the nicest guys I met working concerts. The worst? Gary Wright, the one-hit wonder with "Dream Weaver." What a schmuck. He thought he was bigger than the Beatles and twice as special. Grand Valley used to have awesome concerts back then, so it was fun to see them for free. I probably experienced permanent hearing loss from being so close to the stage, but oh well, lol.

[WestMichRad]

46. Nice!

I (as a Michigan Tech student) saw Zappa in early’76 (I think) at Northern Michigan U in Marquette. I think it was their tour supporting the album One Size Fits All. Great show!!

[debm55]

107. Frank was a legend. Miss him

[AZSkiffyGeek]

10. So many...

Alice Cooper (1982) - he was in his new wave phase, didn't have any of his cool props, and was playing a matinee at the state fair. Won't say it was good, but it was interesting...

Arcade Fire (2006?) - saw them the week before their debut came out in a tiny venue that held maybe 50 people. There weren't even that many there - almost more people onstage than in the crowd. The next week they were getting buzz everywhere.

Adrian Belew and Tony Levin (around 2010) - They were touring with their respective trios, playing solo material and then doing a set of King Crimson material together. Belew's drummer was sick, so he had Danny Carey from Tool filling in.

Spinal Tap (1992?) - they had "The Folksmen" from Mighty Wind as the opening act. Then they had Adrian Belew and Billy Sheehan join them onstage for the encore - both were in town for other shows.

Marillion (2012) - my friend got me tickets - he got the band their hotel room for their LA shows. I got into the VIP section and was seated behind Keith Emerson. There was a placard for Lemmy at the next table, but he didn't show up. Dio's wife was a little further down the row.

Yes (1998) - Sat behind Randy Johnson, who stood up for the whole show and blocked my view.

Oh, and Stevie Wonder (2008) - Sat behind Cedric Ceballos and Mike Tyson. Tyson was heavily medicated and very friendly.

[electric_blue68]

79. I didn't have $ for a Tix but stood outside the stage door at this old..

movie theater in Washington Heights where Arcade Fire played. Think the ?Suburbs album! It was great. 😄👍

[debm55]

96. You have heard some great music

[marble falls]

11. NewYears Eve, 1970 Cleveland Public Auditorium ...

... Cactus, Country Joe McDonald (solo), New York Rock Ensemble, McKendree Spring, Mountain got snowed out and Little Richard filled in with a local pick-up band and blew the place up.

And yes, I drank the orange juice.

[debm55]

97. Great line up

[marble falls]

102. I wasn't happy with Mountain bowing out and Little Richard was not someone I wanted to see ...

... but man did he rip it up, everybody on their feet and with a pick up band!

[PJMcK]

16. Chick Corea & Herbie Hancock at Carnegie Hall around 1980

Two grand pianos facing each other.

Two monster jazz pianists playing off each other.

Three hours of glorious music.

People smoking weed in Carnegie Hall.

Priceless and unforgettable!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

19. A friend saw Herbie and Wayne Shorter at an outdoor amphitheatre in Sedona

Magical setting for some magical jazz.

[Deuxcents]

20. Trans Siberian Orchestra

Was literally blown away

[Walleye]

25. Woodstock of course, what I can remember of it

Also the Atlantic City Pop Festival which was about three weeks before that and had most of the same bands. And little Richard did blow the place up with the final set, I had always been a fan since I was a little girl. Another concert I recall was in the early 70s I went to see Blood Sweat and Tears at the Hollywood Bowl. it was one of those Bill Graham extravaganzas and he insisted on opening the rock concerts with jazz. So the first set was Miles Davis and his big band just after the Bitch’s Brew album. I was a stone jazz fan after that.

[Sneederbunk]

26. Ray Charles 1966.

[dameatball]

27. Most "interesting" was at Florida Field in Gainesville back around 1970 or 71? Pouring down rain and

there were a bunch of people sitting under a big parachute in the middle of the field passing joints around. People were coming and going while the band played on. Eventually part of the roof over the stage gave way. Nobody got hurt as far as I know. I am pretty sure Grand Funk was on stage but may have been another band. Sly was there as well as some others. It was actually a fairly typical outdoor concert for those days except for the weather and that impromptu parachute tent that appeared in the middle of the field. I have no idea who had the foresight to bring it but it was a "hit" in more ways than one.

[jpak]

28. May 15 1980 Memorial Hall Ballroom UGA

REM's public debut

Hair stood on end

[multigraincracker]

29. My first concert in 1961.

I was 12 and it was Ricky Nelson in Detroit. First time I ever saw folks going nuts over music. Will never forget it.

[Walleye]

38. About the same time is my first concert, it was Gene Pitney

His big hit was “a town without pity”. I’d been watching bandstand since I was about six since it was a local Philadelphia show. I can’t remember exactly where I saw Pitney but I believe it was at a tasty freeze ice cream place opening. I just remember the place was packed. Everyone enjoyed the show. I envy your seeing Ricky Nelson I was a big fan of his

[multigraincracker]

62. I had a job at the State Fair mucking

stalls in the dairy barns. So my brother and I got in for free. We were seated in folding chair. Everyone was standing when he came on stage. Then everyone was standing on the seats of the chairs. Then we were standing on the backs of the chairs. The place went nuts.

[debm55]

99. Ricky Nelson-wow

[Iggo]

30. Us Festival '83

Band (Album the band was touring to support at the time)

Van Halen (Diver Down)
Triumph (Never Surrender)
Scorpions (Blackout)
Judas Priest (Screaming For Vengeance)
Ozzy (Diary Of A Madman)
Motley Crue (Too Fast For Love)
Quiet Riot (Metal Health)

Impossible to beat that combined lineup at that point in time. It was amazing.

EDIT: Actually that was the best concert I’ve ever seen. The most interesting was probably Babymetal. I’ve never had so much fun in my life as I had at a Babymetal concert. What made it interesting though was the weird combination of different types of concert-goers we were rubbing elbows with. From hardcore Slayer fans to Father/Daughter family outing people to weird dress-up people, and so many more. It was a blast.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

35. That was an amazing festival

I remember all the coverage at the time and seeing video clips at the time. Van Halen got paid a shitload of money for their appearance, and I think it caused them to go under. Had a friend in LA who went and said it was amazing. Found a lot of the footage on YouTube and Prime Video last year, but nothing from Van Halen. Triumph, Priest and Ozzy's sets are all out there to stream.
Something I just found out recently, the Grateful Dead headlined the 82 US Festival!

[Iggo]

43. I was actually completely wrecked by the time Van Halen came on.

But from what I heard from everybody else on the way out was that Van Halen totally phoned it in that night. I couldn’t tell ya. I remember Michael Anthony did a bass solo, and Eddie did a guitar solo, and David Lee Roth was swinging around a bottle of Jack and forgetting the words. That might’ve been part of the act, though. A lot of people who’ve seen Van Halen multiple times have told me he does that every night. Again, I couldn’t tell ya. I got walked out of that place by my two best buddies, like an injured football player or something. Pretty sure I didn’t see the end of the show.

Still, best concert ever.

[Jrose]

31. Earth Wind and Fire at Madison Sq. Garden around 1975

Beautiful music, spectacular lighting and video effects and, even from the precipitous upper seating area, my friend and I stood and danced, amidst a cloud of pungent pot smoke!

Also, Santana at the Beacon, also in New York, late 1970s... Will never forget the tireless, very long drum solo and the moment when a woman in the front row was allowed up on stage and gave him a long stemmed rose!

[yeratowl]

57. were they filming the ew&f concert?

i'm not sure where it was filmed but if you have not seen it you should check out that's the way of the world:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073703/

[Jrose]

58. Wow! Thanks, yeratowl.. will look into that.

Don't recall if it was filmed...but there were lots of flashing lighting effects.
I remember that it started with complete darkness, then a big puff of purplish smoke and the group seemed to appear out of the cloud!

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. The Beatles.

Their first Chicago concert in 1964.

[Xoan]

42. I was there also ...

chaperoning my younger sister.

[Mad_Dem_X]

105. Lucky you!

I always say I was born too late; I never got to see The Beatles play!

[MichMan]

34. Devo at the Motor City Roller Rink near Detroit

I declined the opportunity to purchase a Power Dome hat

Next would be Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Space Arkestra

[TlalocW]

36. I've been to a couple Weird Al, but those are supposed to be wacky. So Paul McCartney

This was when I was in college in the early 90s, and it was just one thing, but it's still crystal clear in my mind. In the seats in front of my friend and I were a guy who was a dead ringer for Neil Young, including the grungy clothing. Next to him was a man and his wife. The man looked like he had walked off an 80s sitcom. Mid-40s, white, tall and trim, bald but with puffy hair on the sides and back, Cosby sweater. The wife was dressed in designer sweatpants and jewelry. They would have been the uptight, out of it couple with the cool kid for a son in the sitcom who wouldn't understand why he was embarrassed about the sensible station wagon they had just bought.

Guess who was holding? Yep. Mr. Cosby Sweater. He and his wife took a couple of tokes, and being the sweet guy that he was, offered a hit to Neil, who took a puff and gave him a big thumbs up as I guess it was good shit.

[Ocelot II]

37. Recently? Mozart's "Don Giovanni" by the Minnesota Opera,

an excellent ensemble, beautifully performed, probably the greatest opera in anybody's repertoire.

The Rolling Stones' "Steel Wheels" tour in 1989.

"Hair" on Broadway in 1969.

Yes, I'm that old.

[Harker]

61. I would love to see and hear "Don Giovanni" performed live.

Thus far, Beethoven's "Fidelio" in Graz, 1992, is the only opera I've attended.

An hour ago I was listening to Richard Tauber sing a German version of "Dalla sua pace."

[Ocelot II]

64. This production was especially interesting - not only well-performed, but

with a distinctly feminist slant. During the overture we watch Don Giovanni assaulting Donna Anna, something that is not seen in most productions, and when he's finally dragged to Hell it's the three women, Donna Anna, Zerlina, and Donna Elvira, who give him the last shove. https://www.startribune.com/review-minnesota-operas-don-giovanni-takes-a-female-friendly-approach-for-our-times/600273435/

I've never seen Fidelio but I do love the music.

[Harker]

67. That's a great approach...

punishment from both the living and the dead.

Il dissoluto properly punito.

[Brother Buzz]

39. Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival - 1967

A week before the storied Monterey Pop Festival. I attended one day, but no clue which one; if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there.


Saturday, June 10

The Charlatans
Mount Rushmore
Rodger Collins
Dionne Warwick
The Doors
The Lamp of Childhood
Canned Heat
Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Spanky and Our Gang
Blackburn & Snow
The Sparrows
Every Mother's Son
Kaleidoscope
The Chocolate Watchband
The Mojo Men
The Merry-Go-Round

Sunday, June 11

Jefferson Airplane
The Byrds w/ Hugh Masekela
P. F. Sloan
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
The Seeds
The Grass Roots
The Loading Zone
Tim Buckley
Every Mother's Son
Steve Miller Blues Band
Country Joe and the Fish
Sons of Champlin
The 5th Dimension
The Lamp of Childhood
The Mystery Trend
Penny Nichols
The Merry-Go-Round
New Salvation Army Band

[Xoan]

40. Moody Blues @

Fountain Street Church , Grand Rapids, Nov 1969

[KPN]

104. Wowsa!

[Jrose]

41. Diana Ross live at Central Park free outdoor concert series, around 1980s

Despite the heavy rain, thunder and muddy grounds, there was a huge audience and Diana R. sounded great and sang many of her classic songs, plus some new ones.
Her rendition of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was the perfect theme.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. A Few

• The Fixx at The Vic in Chicago. Only about 800 seats. Great music in an intimate setting.
• King Crimson on "The Beat" tour. Amazing musicians.
• Sting & The Blue Turtles Band at Alpine Valley. Same reason as above.
• Bowie on the Glass Spider tour. Amazing light show & very familiar songs done very differently.
Those are the first 4 that came to mind.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

47. Saw Bowie w/ Nine Inch Nails in 95 or 96

Nails played a set, then Bowie came on and did a couple songs with them. The band switched, but Trent stayed and did Scary Monsters w/ Bowie.
Then Bowie did the weirdest set I've ever seen - all new material and stuff from the Berlin albums. None of his "hits" except for Under Pressure, which he sang w/ his bass player.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. So Did We!

At what was then called The World Music Theater. An outdoor venue in Chicago's south suburbs.
They did "I'm Afraid Of Americans" too!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

50. I saw Bowie twice and never saw him play anything off Ziggy

Other time was Serious Moonlight. I've always been a little disappointed by that, but seeing the weird Berlin stuff was pretty cool in retrospect.

[ProfessorGAC]

51. I'm At 6 Times

3 times before I even met my wife, & 3 times while married.
Had to go at least once, she so wanted to see him. Ended up 3 times.
Saw him with Mic Garson 5 of those times. What a piano player!

[WestMichRad]

52. I have a few that come to mind...

In no particular order…
Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White and Bela Fleck at the Meijer Gardens amphitheater in Grand Rapids MI. Just awesomely good jazz by a group of master artists.

Keyboardist Lyle Mays with Paul McCandless (of Oregon fame), Steve Rodby (also of Pat Metheny group) on bass and an excellent drummer whose name I’ve forgotten (argh!), at the Gilmore keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo MI. Lyle’s niece (with WMU’s reknown “Gold Company”) was a vocal accompanist on a few tunes. Excellent!!

The Phillip Glass Ensemble playing live the soundtrack to the movie “Koyaanisqatsi”. Very moving. I also saw Phillip Glass at the Lincoln Theatre in DC, but that was other artists playing his compositions in his honor, not him performing. Very cool seeing a show in that venue!

David Bowie at the Michigan Theatre in Detroit MI, on his Diamond Dogs tour. The stage show was great, and the audience full of folks dressed in drag etc was a stunning eye-opener for this small town boy!

And I’d glad to say I saw guitarist Michael Hedges play a few times. Ditto pianist Liz Story. What great talents!!

Several rock shows, the Tubes in a benefit concert at a small summer theater being a real highlight, were also very good but none as good as the jazz shows I’ve enjoyed.

Great topic for a thread, BTW.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

54. That Philip Glass sounds amazing.

I saw Kronos Quartet play his score to Dracula, accompanying the movie, but he was not there.

[electric_blue68]

80. I know I saw The Phillip Glass Ensemble fairly back but not sure when and what....

I did see Koyaanisqatsi at Radio City Music Hall. 👍

[Silver Gaia]

53. When The Who opened for Herman's Hermits in the summer of '67.

It was in Seattle. I was 12. I had NO IDEA such music even existed. I was in the 3rd row dodging drumsticks thrown by Keith Moon, and watched in confused wonder as Pete Townshend smashed his guitar at the end of their set. I was forever changed. This was right before "I Can See for Miles" hit the charts.

[WestMichRad]

60. The Who opening for Herman's Hermits

LOL!! But yeah, I remember when HH were big stuff.

Cool show!!

[yeratowl]

56. Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary: May 14, 1988 ...

at madison square garden.
not just an interesting concert, this was one of the craziest days of my life.
had recently turned 20 and drove up from philly area into nyc.
about 20 minutes before then my 3 friends dropped some goony bird paper tabs and were just starting to feel the effects.
after asking many people on the street where msg was located we arrived and sat on the post office steps across the street from the garden.
i dropped a tab and soon caught up to my buddies so we went into the show.
> it went from noon until 1 in the morning
> unreal lineup of atlantic record artists from debby gibson to led zeppelin (1st performance since live aid in 1985, this time with bonzo's son jason on drums)
> they were recording all day and started broadcasting live on hbo using earlier performances to fill in while bands were changing over
> around 8pm my cousin and his friend disappeared for about an hour. they returned after having sneaked backstage where they met among others dan aykroyd, stephen stills, david gilmore, and steve howe. they decided to go backstage again so i went with them. we lasted about 5 minutes before being kicked out onto 33rd street. we ran around to every entrance begging to be let back in but they all said "no re-entries". we were shit out of luck and absolutely mortified that we were going to miss the led zeppelin reunion! but finally we met a decent, kind and compassionate security guard who let us back in. i will never forget running up the steps back to our seats. easily one of the happiest moments of my life.
> even though the zeppelin set kind of sucked and did not live up to its potential this concert was truly epic.

* god bless ahmet ertegun! ** check out the lineup! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Records_40th_Anniversary

[Harker]

59. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble...

preceded by Bobby Blue Bland, Albert King, and B.B. King at Red Rocks.

Lots of honorable mentions, but Black Sabbath, Halloween 1976 at McNichols Arena in Denver, with Heart and Boston, which featured a trippy costume contest. I still remember some of the contestants. Blinky the Clown was a contest judge and few recognized him in mufti.

I could go on, as could most of us!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

82. Stevie Ray used to play the fair every year in Phx

Saw him 4 or 5 times for fair admission. Last time I saw him was with Gregg Allman in this little theater in the round. We were 3 rows back right on the walkway to the stage. I shook both his and Gregg’s hands on their way out.

[Elessar Zappa]

63. Metallica in 2009.

I had really good seats and was head banging and moshing the whole time. Ahh, youth.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

65. Toronto Rock & Roll Revival...

The Toronto Rock and Roll Revival was held at Varsity Stadium, at the University of Toronto, before an audience of over 20,000.

The originally listed performers for the festival were

Whiskey Howl,

Bo Diddley,

Chicago,

Junior Walker and the All Stars,

Tony Joe White,

Alice Cooper,

Chuck Berry,

Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys,

Jerry Lee Lewis,

Gene Vincent,

Little Richard,

Milkwood

Doug Kershaw,

The Doors

John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton and The Plastic Ono Band

Kim Fowley was listed as the Master of Ceremonies.[3] Screaming Lord Sutch was later added to the bill, as was the Toronto area band Flapping.

[BluesRunTheGame]

72. Gil Scott Heron - nov 1982 - Vogue, Indianapolis

[stopdiggin]

73. much smaller name than many are offering up

Elephant Revival - at Red Rocks (but then - doesn't pretty much every group bring their absolute 'A' game to Red Rocks?)

Joss Stone and/or Trombone Shorty or Buddy Guy - Roots n Blues n BBQ (nice little laid back 2- 3 stage festival in Columbia, MO)

[electric_blue68]

81. When I visited Denver as part of a 2/3rds across the USA by bus vacation...

where my cousin was studying he took me up into The Rockies by motorcycle!
But before that - on our way up we stopped at Red Rocks ~ so beautiful!

[stopdiggin]

86. an 'epic' place to see a concert

which is why I tagged it here
(oh - and the sound is pretty amazing - which can't always be said for some, particularly large, venues)

[electric_blue68]

87. 👍 I've seen U2's Red Rocks concert film

[Harker]

93. I was invited, but declined thinking it would be rained out.

Not my only mistake.

[blue neen]

75. Santana and Eric Clapton. Civic Arena, Pittsburgh. 1975.

It was a beautiful summer night. They had the roof open at the Arena, which was a very rare occurence. We had seats on the floor.

Halfway through Clapton's set it started to rain lightly on us all. Clapton's band switched right into playing "Let It Rain"! It was incredible.

A very memorable evening.

[Upthevibe]

76. debm55...............

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Prince. The concert was a few years before he died.

It was in L.A. (where I live). This was the best concert I've ever attended and I've been to a lot of concerts..... He was fantastic!

[electric_blue68]

77. Several out of over 220+ (w some multiples of several)

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First 2 non-rock ones

•At St John The Divine - The Harmonic Choir
They use a form of overtone singing resulting in regular vocal range plus these floating high pitched tonals.
Very beautiful, and etheric.

•Indian Classical Music in Central Park - where people sat on a hill w the the musicians at the bottom. I was standing along with some others on rocks surrounding the area. It was a gorgeous low humidity summer day.
***************************

•The Who - Tommy at the Filmore East Oct '69
Wow! Along with the Joshua Light Show

•The Who - Forrest Hills Tennnis Stdm Who's Next '71
That album! Plus the then unrecorded debut of
Pure and Easy. The pivitol Lifehouse song.

•Springsteen/E Street Palladium/Academy of Music '76
You could cut the excitement with a butter knife. I turned to my friend and said "are you excited?" We both were - ehhh, not really. Though we both already had the BTR album it would be our first show.
Three songs in we became raving life long fans! 😄.

•U2 Giants Stadium '93
ZOO Station Outdoor "Broadcast" Achtung Baby
Loooove that album! On a gorgeous dry summer night
even though I was 2/3rds+ back and practically at the top.
The presentation was great!
(and either 8 days earlier or after we saw Springsteen same place, and same kind of weather! )
Probably the best "back to back* set of shows for me. 🧡

•U2 Met Life Stadium '09
Having seen them in full concerts already since '84 (a bit of a rehearsal in '83) this was first I ever got closer to the stage. (every other of my favorite bands I saw close up at early shows) On the rail of the outer ring! Love NLOTH album.
And being almost under "The Claw". Amazing structure!

•U2 '11 _________ Stdm Philadelphia
If for nothing else ~ hearing the song Zooropa for the first time! One of my favorite songs all time. Plus the addition of the abstract light images on the opened Screen! Atmospheric.

•Also first Patti Smith Group show at The Bottom Line

•Marching through Central Park to the Rally after the Big Anti-Nuclear Weapons March ? '82
Hearing by coincidence first time live Midnight Oil!

[Tikki]

84. We saw The Clash in Feb. 1979 at the Santa Monica Ciivic Auditorium..

That intense show is blazed into our memories.

We saw Elvis Costello and the Attractions in 1978 at the Hollywood High School
auditorium on a Sunday afternoon..excellent and different, being at a school and all.

We finally got a chance, a couple years back, to see REDD KROSS. They showed up in a small bar in our County north of Los Angeles. So much fun.

The Tikkis

[debm55]

101. Neat concerts

[AZSkiffyGeek]

103. There's a recording of that Hollywood High show

Bonus tracks on one of his reissue CDs.
Just saw Costello and the Imposters last weekend - the really early material was a little out of joint, but his new material and stuff from the 80s sounded amazing. He was stretching out a bit on some of the stuff, almost jam-band level improvising.
And Nick Lowe opened, then came out and did Alison and Peace Love and Understanding w/ Elvis.

[Iggo]

108. That was my favorite venue mid-80s.

My first mosh pit was there, when I turned from scared to scary…lol.

[Tikki]

110. Long story shortish...

Santa Monica Civic
..two young ladies talked us into sitting with them in the bleachers at the back of the auditorium at the Clash show as the Clash got ready to take stage.
We were a bit older than the crowd and I believe they thought we might get hurt if we stayed in the pit.
Probably would have.
We brought field glasses to the show so we didn't miss a thing, but once the Clash started playing you could actually see the floor itself rise and fall a bit with all the action going on behind the barrier.
It was truly a magical night.

The Tikkis

[Iggo]

111. Mine was Anthrax, Testament, and Overkill.

I wanna say…1986? (Maybe ‘87.)

[Mad_Dem_X]

85. Roger Waters - the Us + Them Tour, 2017

Terrific music and effects...plus plenty of Trump bashing.

[Prairie_Seagull]

88. ELP, Brain Salad Surgery.

Venue nothing special. Concert mind altering. Wish there were a keyboard/moog player smiley.

[debm55]

100. ELP was one of my favorite groups- never saw them in person.

[csziggy]

109. Gordon Lightfoot on his birthday (maybe 1973?) in a small room off Tully Gym (FSU)

It was really intimate and amazing.

Of course, I've only been to two concerts in my life - the other was Herman's Hermits at a big venue in Tampa. Couldn't hear a bit of music because of the screaming. That's why the small group listening to Gordon Lightfoot was great. We all wanted to actually hear him and we all loved his music, not him as a sex symbol.

[Coventina]

112. Echo & the Bunnymen on their 1988 tour when I had a backstage pass.

Got to hang out with the band.

That was awesome!

I was a huge fan before, and I remain a huge fan to this day.
(Even though Ian "Mac" Mcculloch gave me COVID last August - long story).