Memorable concerts

[derivative666]

Interested in hearing from Riff

[Blackheart]

Mott The Hoople - 1974
Queen - 1974
KiSS - 1975
David Bowie - 1974 ( Diamond Dogs tour )
Alice Cooper - 1973 ( Billion Dollar Babies tour )
California Jam - 1974
Blackmore's Rainbow - 1975
The Ramones - 1977
The Danmed - 1977
The Clash -1978
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers -1978 ( stood with Steve Jones and Joan Jett for that gig )
Iron Maiden - 1981 with UFO ( backstage )
Motorhead 1981- ( Ace of Spades tour, Metallica were standing behind me )
The Pogues - 1988
I can go on and on, these are just a few of my faves.

[Seul]

Fucking hell BH… So fucking jealous... 

[Blackheart]

Small list there Seul, didn't want to post War and Peace…! Forgot to mention

AC/DC - 1979 with Bon Scott

Led Zeppelin - 1975

Van Halen - 1976 at a keg party in someone's backyard

[mclaincausey]

I knew this group would rock this topic. Shit!

[RP]

I lived in and around NYC for many years, and all the bands came through.  I went a ton of concerts.  Too many to remember, really.  The ones that come to mind:

The Who & The Clash (Shea Stadium 1982)
Police & REM (Shea Stadium 1983)
U2 (6 or 7 shows, but the best one was Radio City 1984)
Pink Floyd (Giants Stadium 1987)
Sting (Private concert at Beacon Theater 1985)
Simon & Garfunkel (1993 MSG Theater)

35 (give or take) Grateful Dead shows
Peter Gabriel–5 shows (all good)
From Good Homes (Jersey band) 10 shows at Irving Plaza NYC

[Blackheart]

Great list RP!

[RP]

Thanks BH, but Zeppelin was always my favorite band and I never saw them live.  Seeing them in 1975 (at the height of their powers) must have been amazing.  I'm jealous.

[shoque]

Deep Purple, not nearly as good as they used to be plus Ritchie Blackmore is missing.

Wish I would be born earlier just to see them live at pinnacle.

[Megatron1505]

Feeling like an amateur all of a sudden 

Great lists BH and RP.

[Blackheart]

Ritchie Blackmore is my favorite guitarist, Cal Jam 1974 was insane, Rainbow 1975 was great since RJD
was on vocals.

Agreed RP, Led Zep was a landmark gig, I saw Bad Company in 1975 and Robert & Jimmy came out and
did the encore with them. Amazing.

[Graeme]

Sisters of Mercy, summer 1992, Birmingham NEC - my first big gig

Spasmodics, summer 1992, Warwick Students Union - they were much better than the support act, a little known band called Radiohead.

Killing Joke, 1995 or 1996, The Garage, Glasgow.

Mr Bungle, summer 2000, Astoria, London - specially for Mega. They had a warm-up act who was a kid's magician, and he didn't go down to well to the point that some of the crowd were throwing things at him. I got smacked on the head by a full can of beer thrown from somewhere behind me.

There were a couple more in Brighton, Fun Lovin' Criminals and Orbital in 2001 or 2002, but I can't remember the dates.

And I should throw in Yat Kha, The Sage Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2006. You can't go wrong with a Siberian rock band!

[RP]

Blackheart will be the MVP of this thread.

I have a bunch of old ticket stubs in my office that I should check.  I'm going on vacation for a couple of weeks, so it will have to wait.  For now:

Also, I should add:

Simon & Garfunkel Concert in Central Park (1991)
Eric Clapton various times (including the acoustic tour)
Dire Straits
Bowie
Stones
Springsteen
Van Halen
Allman Brothers
Neville Brothers

[mclaincausey]

@Blackheart:

Agreed RP, Led Zep was a landmark gig, I saw Bad Company in 1975 and Robert & Jimmy came out and
did the encore with them. Amazing.

My mom met Bad Company's drummer on a flight. Said he was very nice. My mom is kind of a looker so he may have had ulterior motives

[Blackheart]

Thanks RP, I have tons of old ticket stubs too and backstage passes…I'll have to dig those out and see
who else I've seen.
Ted Nugent 1978 was another good one, Queen 1980, Judas Priest 1980, Quiet Riot with Randy Rhoads
and Rudy Sarzo at the Starwood many a weekend back in the late 70's and early 80's...Great stuff.

Simon Kirk was very cool, especially with his shirt off, but that's just me...

[Giles]

I'm a simple man, so I will just do one…

Bowie - Aladdin Sane.  1973

Best bit was seeing all the Spiders from Mars dudes turning up, and thinking "Oh Feck"........

[Blackheart]

Winner G! I've seen footage from that time, classic.

[JCMx800]

I see, I am too young haha

[twin]

Paul Mccartney July 1990 Veterans stadium Phila.
Police July 7 2007 Hersheypark stadium
Bruce Springsteen May 15 2009 Hersheypark stadium
Foreigner August 16 2011 Hersheypark stadium in first row of seats
Rolling stones June 18 2013 Wells Fargo center Phila.
  That is just some of the concerts for me.

[wolfblood]

Misfits 1982 new Orleans
X 1981 new Orleans
Bad brains 1982 new Orleans
Black flag many times 81-84 new Orleans
Flipper 1984 new Orleans
Thin white rope 1986 new Orleans
Jesus and Mary chain/NIN 1989 Dallas
Pixies 1989 Dallas
Pop will eat itself/Prick/NIN downward spiral tour 1996 new Orleans
Portishead 1997 new Orleans
Tricky 1997 new Orleans
Leonard Cohen 2013 new Orleans