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[Kilroy6644]

I can't really remember exactly when a lot of these shows were. The six years since I graduated high school have all run together, so unless I have a specific frame of referrence, I have no idea whether something was a year ago or two.

I saw Charlie Daniels at a county fair once. That was 13-14 years ago. Every year the local country station has a free concert, so I've seen several country stars.

2000 - My first rock concert. REO Speedwagon.

2003 - REO Speedwagon and Styx were on tour together, and I caught them.

2003 - Aerosmith and KISS, with opening act Saliva, and special guest Ted Nugent. This was at Detroit's Comerica Park, and was delayed by The Blackout.

2004 - Van Halen, with Silvertide opening. Never thought I'd get to see them.

2004 - Wheelzstock 2004 (put on by the local classic rock station), featuring Alice Cooper, with opening act Dirty Americans.

2004 - REO Speedwagon again.

2005 - Wheelzstock 2005: Larry McCray, with ZZ Top headlining.

2005 - Ted Nugent again, with Dirty Americans opening.

2005 - Ryan Cabrera. This was a mini-concert at the mall I work at, and I had to help with crowd control, otherwise I would've missed it. Of course, then I would've missed the hundreds of girls chanting my name. (Sure, they were chanting for him, and most of them were probably about 14-15, but every silver lining has it's cloud.)

2006 - Buckcherry. I didn't even know they were back together (albeit with several new members), so I had to see this.

2006 - Wheelzstock 2006: Edgar Winter, April Wine, Eddie Money.

2006 - Hedley. Never heard of them, but they did a mini-concert at the mall a little over an hour ago. I didn't have to work this one, but I went to see it.

Bob Seger tickets go on sale Saturday morning, and I'll try to get one. I've never seen Bob Seger.

[Double-0-7]

Not sure of the order on some of these, and I'm sure I'll miss a few, but here we go!

Peter, Paul, and Mary (with my parents, and that was enough!)

Kiss Alive II tour - what a first real concert experience!

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damm the Torpedos

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell vintage

Donnie Iris - several times

Bruce Springsteen

ZZ Top - Eliminator

The Iron City Houserockers

The Granatti Brothers

Van Halen

Judas Priest

B.E Taylor

Quite Riot

Molly Hatchet

Ronnie James Dio

ZZ Top - whatever tour followed Eliminator

Motley Crue

Jimmy Buffett - License to Chill, Columbia SC
Jimmy Buffett - License to Chill, Columbus, OH
Jimmy Buffett - Salty Piece of Land, Columbia, SC

Spent more on the the last 3 Jimmy concerts than maybe all the rest combined!

[Vauxhall]

I love my music, and like to go to as many concerts as possible. Here's a selection of some bands I've seen this year:

- Belle and Sebastian
- Sigur Ros
- Nickelback
- Bon Jovi
- Guns N' Roses

Ooooo, how was Belle and Sebastian, Vauxhall? I love "The Life Pursuit" but I still need to get into their earlier stuff evidentally..

Ah I loved it It was quite a nice small venue, so was an intimate feeling to the concert. They interacted loads with the crowd as well. The night I went they did a cover of The Strokes as well. They varied the set as well - it wasn't just one of those concerts to showcase a new album.

Not many people have heard of Belle and Sebastian - impressed that you have!! Some of their older stuff is the best, although I'd say that "The Life Pursuit" is their best album for a while. Try and check out the album "If You're Feeling Sinister" - some beautiful songs, and should be considered a classic in my opinion.

[Tarl_Cabot]

I know there are others but I can't think of them at the moment...My first concert was in 1985:
Santana 1985
The Grateful Dead 1985
Santana 1987
U2 1987
Rush 1987
Stevie Ray Vaughn and double trouble 1987
The Alarm 1988
Santana 1989
'Carlos' Santana 1990
Steel Pulse 1990
Rush 1992
Santana 1993
Luis Miguel 1993
Luis Miguel 1994
Mana 1994
Rush 1995
Paulina Rubio 1995
Monica Naranjo 1995
Luis Miguel 1996
Sade 2001
Ratt 2001
Rush 2002
Santana 2002
Ozomatli 2003

To complete the list:

Santana 2005
Judas Preist\Queensryce 2005
Barry Manilow @ Vegas 2005
The Rolling Stones 2005
The Rolling Stones Jan 2006
Earth Wind and Fire 2006
Tom Petty heard it but didn't 'see' it 2006
Roger Waters-Dark Side of the Moon tour 2006
The Rolling Stones Oct 2006

[Righty007]

Righty's Updated List

1. Trans Siberian Orchestra
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - 2002
3. The Allman Brothers Band - 2003
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 2003
5. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - March 11, 2004
6. Alter Bridge - February 2005
7. Duran Duran - March 29, 2005
8. Green Day - May 6, 2005
9. Roger Waters (Dark Side of the Moon Tour) - September 27, 2006
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - October 31, 2006
11. Guns N' Roses - November 24, 2006

[Bon-san]

Rolling Stones w/ George Thorogood, J. Geils Band & Prince - 1981
The Who w/ The Clash - 1982
Elton John at the Hollywood Bowl - 1983
The Kinks - 1984
Scandal w/ Patty Smythe - 1984
Prince - 1984
U2 - 1984
X - 1985
Grateful Dead - 1985
U2- 1985
Grateful Dead - 1986
Oingo Boingo - 1986
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - 1986 (worst show ever)
Grateful Dead w/ Santana - 1987
Oingo Boingo - 1987
Otis Day & The Knights - 1987
Pink Floyd - 1987
Grateful Dead - 1988
Pink Floyd - 1988
Keith Richards & The Expensive Winos - 1988
Rolling Stones w/ Guns & Roses 1989
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 1989
Grateful Dead w/ Steve Miller Band - 1989
REM - 1989
Aerosmith - 1990
Guns & Roses w/ Skid Row - 1991
Grateful Dead - 1991
Neil Young (acoustic) - 1992
Jimmy Cliff - 1992
Keith Richards & The Expensive Winos - 1993
Neil Young - 1993
Big Head Todd & The Monsters - 1993
Rolling Stones - 1994
Pearl Jam w/ Henry Rollins - 1994
Sugar Ray - 1996 (went to school with these guys, and saw them countless times. This was the the last show of theirs I caught live, and it just precedes their switch from hip/hop to pop)
Rolling Stones w/ The Wallflowers - 1997
Rolling Stones - 1998
Big Head Todd & The Monsters - 1998
Buddy Guy/ Johnny Lang - 1998
Big Head Todd & The Monsters w/ Train - 1999
Taj Mahal - 2003
Rolling Stones - 2005

There may be more, but I inhaled so I forget things sometimes.

Updated

[qtst]

My short list as well:

Performances in Malaysia.
-Ronan Keating about 3 years back; and
-Sheena Easton in 2005 and she sang the lovely "For Your Eyes Only" But I went for a completely wrong reason. I saw her concert not as a Bond fan but a Miami Vice fan. Hey, she was Mrs. Sonny Crokett

Sad to miss Sting's and the new INXS though..

[Kronsteen]

Rock concerts:

The Offspring -01
Freedom Call -02
Alice Cooper -02
Sweden Rock Festival -03
Iron Maiden -03
Edguy -04
Sweden Rock Festival -04
Saxon -04
Sweden Rock Festival -05
Judas Priest -05
Dio/Uriah Heep -05


Classical concerts:

Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (playing film music) -06
Swedish Radios Symphony Orchestra (with solo clarinetist Martin Fr

Edited by Kronsteen, 05 October 2006 - 08:26 PM.

[ACE]

In no particular order (and some of these I have seen a few times)

Billy Joel
Spandau Ballet
The Oyster Band
Mary Black
Deacon Blue
The Stranglers
U2
Peter Gabriel
Michael Jackson
Tina Turner
Toto
Elvis Costello
John Barry
Jamiroquai
Tony Bennett
Sheryl Crow
Daniel Powter
Coliseum
Jean "Toots" Thielemans ("the best harmonica player in the world")
Eagles
The Ten Tenors
Madonna
Coldplay
Radiohead
Eric Clapton
Bruce Springsteen
Paul Simon
Elton John
The Feeling
OK Go
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Beastie Boys
Shawn Colvin
Sting

I used to live near a landmark venue for gigs in London and during our summer holidays, my friends and I would use a Mission-Impossible-like procedure to get access to see free gigs!

A friend of mine is an A&R scout for a major record label so I see about a gig a week of unsigned or signed indy acts. Another friend works for a large music awards show so I have attended that. Another pal is Paul McCartney in a Beatles tribute band AND Brian Jones in a Rolling Stones tribute band so I've been to a bunch of their gigs. I go too see live jazz at various places in London (esp. Camden Parkway).

I have seen numerous performances by most of the London and some regional orchestras. I have been to a number of operas (including Glyndebourne) but absolutely hate it (an ex-gf loved it though!). Try seeing La Traviata in Dutch!

[Righty007]

Righty's Updated List

1. Trans Siberian Orchestra
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - 2002
3. The Allman Brothers Band - 2003
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 2003
5. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - March 11, 2004
6. Alter Bridge - February 2005
7. Duran Duran - March 29, 2005
8. Green Day - May 6, 2005
9. Roger Waters (Dark Side of the Moon Tour) - September 27, 2006
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - October 31, 2006
11. Guns N' Roses - November 24, 2006
12. Fall Out Boy - May 20, 2007
13. "Weird Al" Yankovic - July 6, 2007
14. Counting Crows, Live & Collective Soul - July 24, 2007

[mrsbonds_ppk]

Janet Jackson (on the Black Cat Tour when I was 5) 1990

Prince (well when he was The Artist)1999

Nelly (when Nellyville came out)

The Jazz Fest

Chic Korea @ Blue Note Jazz Club 2006

The Essense Fest - Smokey Robinson, Usher, Anita Baker, Barry
White, Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blidge etc.

Isley Brothers and Earth Wind and Fire Maybe 2003

The Temptations

Jeffrey Osborne 2004

So many I can't think of them all right now and so many people I wanna see.

[thecasinoroyale]

Duran Duran @ MEN Arena - 2004
Duran Duran @ Birmingham Stadium - 2005
Duran Duran @ Earls Court - 2005 x 2
a-ha @ MEN Arena - 2006
Girls Aloud @ MEN Arena - 2006



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[00Twelve]

My concert attendance list is pretty sad...either was too young, or too broke, or too busy, or too far away.

Jimmy Buffett
James Taylor
Steppenwolf
Merle Haggard
Ralph Stanley
Sir James Galway (World's top flutist...yes, flutist)
Placido Domingo (One of the 3 tenors...my fave)
New York Voices (Fantastic vocal jazz group)
A big handful of top bluegrass artists, choirs, and symphonies.

Eclectic little mix, no?

[0024]

You all have very impressive attendance. Mine is limited to Aerosmith in 2004, John Williams in 2004, Aerosmith in 2006, John Williams in 2006, and The All-American Rejects.

[Vauxhall]

I'll update my previous list with all the bands I've seen so far, and those I have scheduled for this year:

Brakes
Belle and Sebastian
Amiina
Sigur R

[00Twelve]

52 and never heard of Jimmy Buffett? Nothing wrong with that by any means, but I'm just surprised.

[Righty007]

Righty's Updated List

1. Trans Siberian Orchestra
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd - 2002
3. The Allman Brothers Band - 2003
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 2003
5. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - March 11, 2004
6. Alter Bridge - February 2005
7. Duran Duran - March 29, 2005
8. Green Day - May 6, 2005
9. Roger Waters (Dark Side of the Moon Tour) - September 27, 2006
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - October 31, 2006
11. Guns N' Roses - November 24, 2006
12. Fall Out Boy - May 20, 2007
13. "Weird Al" Yankovic - July 6, 2007
14. Counting Crows, Live & Collective Soul - July 24, 2007
15. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - June 22, 2008

[Red Barchetta]

Here's what I can remember-

The Monkees (once)
Eric Clapton (twice)
Santana (once)
Black Sabbath (once)
Paul McCartney & Wings (Wings over America tour)(once)
Van Halen (with Diamond Dave)(twice)
.38 Special (once)
Rush (8 times)
Queensryche (4 times)
Primus (twice)
Aerosmith (twice)
Jeff Beck (once)
Rick Darringer (once)
Supertramp (once)
Styx (once)
Heart (3 times)
Celine Dion (once)
George Harrison (Dark Horse tour)(once)
Jethro Tull (twice)
Dream Theatre (twice)
Yes (twice)
Kansas (once)
Foghat (once)
Robin Trower (once)
Steely Dan (once)

I'll post some more as I think of them...

Edited by Red Barchetta, 26 February 2008 - 04:26 PM.

[Kilroy6644]

Add to my list Alice Cooper again in September, and Van Halen again (with Dave, but sans Mikey) in October.

[Cruiserweight]

Slipknot/As I Lay Dying/Unearth-2005

Hinder/Buckcherry/Papa Roach/The Exies-2007

[Double-0-Seven]

Besides local concerts, I haven't actually been to that many. So far I've been to:

- Toronto SARS Benefit (2003)
- Shania Twain (2003)
- Guns N' Roses (2006)
- The Killers (2007)
- Rush (2007)

I know Shania Twain must seem like a random concert to have thrown into the mix, but since the rest of my family was going, I figured I might as well go too.

Anyways, I am seeing Rush again this summer. They are probably my overall favorite band, and in my opinion, the greatest live band. I'm hoping that by the fall Kiss brings their current tour over to this side of the world so I can see them in concert. I'm also eagarly awaiting an AC/DC tour.

[Red Barchetta]

Add 'Celtic Woman' to my list as well. I took the wife to see them last Saturday at the Paramount (which, has awesome acoustics btw), here in Seattle, and scored major husband points!

The High Kings opened for them- they're really good as well.

[Kilroy6644]

I'm catching The Steve Miller Band and Joe Cocker at the end of June.

[DaveBond21]

Since I posted my list I've seen U2 live, in Sydney, and Missy Higgins in Albury-Wodonga.

I've been to see more comedy gigs than music gigs recently, having seen Ross Noble 3 times and Adam Hills twice.

[Thunderfinger]

1985 U2
1986 T:C:Matic, Simple Minds, Depeche Mode, Big Country, Ultravox.
1987 Wall of Voodoo, U2, Eurythmics, Echo and the Bunnymen.
1988 Depeche Mode, Swans
1989 Nitzer Ebb, The Cure, The Sugarcubes
1990 Jokke og Valentinerne, The Stone Roses, The Waterboys, Dum Dum Boys, C C Cowboys, Political Assassination, The Telescopes
1991 Happy Mondays, Inside Treatment
1992 The Young Gods
1993 Die Krupps, Spiritualized, The God Machine, Diamanda Galas, Apoptygma Berzerk
1994 Immer Neant, Dr Kurt,Apoptygma Berzerk, Laibach
1995 Love 666
1996 Neurosis, Pitchshifter, 22 Pistepirkko
1997 Swans
1999 The Legendary Pink Dots
2000 The The, Fields of the Nephilim
2001 The Morendoes, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Cure, Depeche Mode
2003 Suicide, Ministry
2004 Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Morrissey, Fatboy Slim, Danish Royal Opera,Pixies

Update:
2007 Spectrum
2008 The Cure
I plan to see My Bloody Valentine this summer.

[james st.john smythe]

Cant remember the dates!
Bros
Duran Duran
Alice Cooper
Kylie Minogue x3
Madonna
The Human League
ABC
Belinda Carlisle
Gwen Stafani

[DaveBond21]

Bros

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[Vauxhall]

Here's my updated list of bands/artists I've seen live, bearing in mind that some of these were at festivals. I'm also due to see Bon Jovi and Radiohead over the summer, before going to the Leeds Festival in August.

Brakes
Belle and Sebastian
Amiina
Sigur R

[agentjamesbond007]

On MAY 5 this year, I was invited to a KT Tunstall concert. I'm not that much into country music so it wasn't that good nor that bad.

[Johnboy007]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

I thought it was spectacular.