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[honour]

In no particular order:

Green Day


The Jesus and Mary Chain


Travis


Coldplay


Coachella festival


Franz Ferdinand


Radiohead


Duran Duran

[Righty007]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

I thought it was spectacular.

I just saw them too and it was spectacular.

[DaveBond21]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

I thought it was spectacular.

I just saw them too and it was spectacular.

Spectacular????

Did he have a laser show, dancing bears, fireworks, fire eaters, Stevie Wonder juggling chainsaws? What did he have????

[Safari Suit]

In vague chronological order:

Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers)
Pet Shop Boys
Level 42
Suede
Erasure (twice)
China Crisis
Simple Minds
Shed 7
John Foxx
The Human League
Marillion
The Mission (they wern't great, and the support acts were awful)
Midge Ure
Steve Hackett
Elvis Costello
The Proclaimers
Alexande O'Neal
Bryan Ferry
Prince
Example (not really my sort of thing, went with friends, pretty good though)
Hot Chip

I also saw an Indie band last year I can't remember the name of, and I missed most of the gig anyway. I've seen a couple of comedy gigs as well, Graham Fellows (John Shuttleworth) and Phil Cool were the best ones. Bought tickets to see The Alarm in 2004, but couldn't get to the gig because of snow

Edited by Safari Suit, 27 June 2008 - 12:00 PM.

[Righty007]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

I thought it was spectacular.

I just saw them too and it was spectacular.

Spectacular????

Did he have a laser show, dancing bears, fireworks, fire eaters, Stevie Wonder juggling chainsaws? What did he have????

They played great songs.

[Johnboy007]

Agreed. These guys have been at it for 30 years, and yet they don't show any signs of stopping. There's something to be said about any group of musicians that can do that.

[Kilroy6644]

Tonight's the big night: The Steve Miller Band and Joe Cocker. I can't wait.

[mccartney007]

A couple of weeks ago I saw Elvis Costello & The Imposters at a secret midnight show here in Hollywood. It was free and I was literally 15 feet from him. Amazing.

[Kilroy6644]

I missed Joe Cocker last night. There was a bad traffic back-up, so we took a detour that ended up taking us well out of the way, and we finally got to the venue as he was saying good night.

Fortunately, the main attraction was Steve Miller, who kicked all kinds of . He played all his hits, two idiots got in a fight, I experienced the high and low of seeing a girl lift her shirt only to have another underneath (what's the point, then????), and I got a cute girl's number. Great show.

[DaveBond21]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

I thought it was spectacular.

I just saw them too and it was spectacular.

Spectacular????

Did he have a laser show, dancing bears, fireworks, fire eaters, Stevie Wonder juggling chainsaws? What did he have????

They played great songs.

Not even a dancing mouse?

[Vauxhall]

Had a busy week of concerts just gone past - a couple of Bon Jovi shows plus a Radiohead gig. A great week!

Got The Killers, Coldplay and Leeds Festival coming up.

[DaveBond21]

Had a busy week of concerts just gone past - a couple of Bon Jovi shows plus a Radiohead gig. A great week!

Got The Killers, Coldplay and Leeds Festival coming up.

That is really cool...

[mccartney007]

I missed Joe Cocker last night. There was a bad traffic back-up, so we took a detour that ended up taking us well out of the way, and we finally got to the venue as he was saying good night.

Fortunately, the main attraction was Steve Miller, who kicked all kinds of . He played all his hits, two idiots got in a fight, I experienced the high and low of seeing a girl lift her shirt only to have another underneath (what's the point, then????), and I got a cute girl's number. Great show.

I saw Steve Miller a few years ago and he's still got it. Great show. Glad you thought so as well!

[Red Barchetta]

Add Celtic Woman to my list- I scored major husband points on this one!

[Kilroy6644]

I just found out this morning that there will be a concert at my mall this evening. I won't say who, because I want you to be surprised like I was, but rest assured, this is a group who was once famous and is trying to make a comeback. I'll be attending out of curiosity, even though it may cost me my Guy Card. I may have to do something excessively manly when I get home, like chug a beer and shoot something.

[Kilroy6644]

Although I never actually wanted to say it, I can now say I've seen Menudo. I didn't stay for the whole show; I stayed long enough to satisfy my curiosity (it was satisfied very quickly, I might add), and to hang out with my pretty friend who is serving as my excuse (I was only there so she didn't have to go alone. Yeah, that's it.). Not my style at all.

[sark]

I'll be seeing Rush on Sunday.

After-action report to follow.

[agentjamesbond007]

Today, just came from a concert at the Pacific Amphitheater (in Orange County, California) to see TRAIN and THE WALLFLOWERS... on the same day, same place

They were AWSOME! Though, I liked Train's songs better than The Walflowers'

[Vauxhall]

Updated list of bands I've seen in concert after this summer:

Brakes
Belle and Sebastian
Amiina
Sigur Ros
Hello Geiger
Rainstar
Nickelback (2)
Bon Jovi (9)
Spin
Death Cab for Cutie
Towers of London
Bullet for My Valentine
Guns N' Roses
LR Rockets
Sugababes
The Noisettes
Muse (2)
Hot Club de Paris
Larrikin Love
Dirty Pretty Things
Howling Bells
Archie Bronson Outfit
Placebo (2)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Killers (4)
The Automatic
The Pigeon Detectives
Manboy
Goldspot
The View
Director
Avril Lavigne
The Goo Goo Dolls
The Fratellis
Kings of Leon
Scissor Sisters
Snow Patrol
James Morrison
Bloc Party (3)
The Kooks
Arcade Fire
Razorlight (2)
Dogs
The Haggis Horns
Mark Ronson
The Ghost Frequency
Hadouken!
Simian Mobile Disco
Klaxons
The Rakes
Newton Faulkner
Gianna Nannini (2)
Heavens Basement
The Feeling (2)
Bats for Lashes
Radiohead
SwitchbladeUK
Stewart Mac
Biffy Clyro
Ivyrise
The Rascals
The Subways
Editors
The Ting Tings
Seasick Steve
We Are Scientists
The Raconteurs

Seeing Coldplay next month!

[stromberg]

Went to see Neil Youn last week. Great show. Strangely enough, the concert was part of the big wine fair in Colmar/Alsace and there was was wine tasting and splendid food all over (not inside the venue, but outside before and after the show).

Funny, almost each time I see him, he's with a different backing Band: saw him with the usual Crazy Horse (twice), solo, with Pearl Jam (without Eddie Vedder) and with Booker T. & The MG's. This time, he had the "Electric Band" (whatever that means).

[Double-0-Seven]

It's been ages since I last replied in this thread so I decided I would update my list.

- Toronto SARS Benefit (2003)
- Shania Twain (2003)
- Guns N' Roses (2006)
- The Killers (2007)
- Rush (2007 & 2008)
- Ace Frehley (2008)
- Grand Funk Railroad (2008)
- AC/DC (2008 & 2009)
- The Who (2008)

I believe that is my complete list to date. If I think of any that I missed I'll add them, but I think that is all. I'm seeing The Killers again later this month but other than that I've got no current concert plans. Both Queen + Paul Rodgers and Kiss are supposed to be touring North America this year, so I'll hopefully catch them both.

[Jose]

Nine Inch Nails at the Forum. September 2008.
It was amazing! And it was my first concert, too.
Lost my voice for a few hours but I didn't care. Haha

[Professor Pi]

I saw Madonna last November. She had dancing boxers for Die Another Day while she was backstage during a costume change. Not even any Bond references.

However, Paul McCartney in 2002 did Live and Let Die replete with videos of all the Bonds, not just that Roger Moore title.

I was wondering if he had copyright permission while Madonna did not.

[Vauxhall]

Saw Placebo at the Camden Roundhouse this evening, and realised it's probably time for another update. In alphabetical order:

Amiina
Arcade Fire
Archie Bronson Outfit
Avril Lavigne
Bat for Lashes
Belle and Sebastian
Biffy Clyro
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Bloc Party (3)
Bon Jovi (9)
Brakes
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Bullet for My Valentine
Coldplay
Dave Matthews Band
Death Cab for Cutie
Director
Dirty Pretty Things
Dogs
Editors
General Fiasco
Gianna Nannini (2)
Goldspot
Guns N' Roses
Hadouken!
Heavens Basement
Hello Geiger
Hot Club de Paris
Howling Bells
Ivyrise
James Morrison
Kasabian
Kings of Leon
Klaxons
Larrikin Love
Louis XIV (3)
LR Rockets
Manboy
Mark Ronson
Muse (2)
Newton Faulkner
Nickelback (2)
Oasis
Placebo (3)
Radiohead
Rainstar
Razorlight (2)
Reverend and the Makers
Sal's Paradise
Scissor Sisters
Seasick Steve
Sigur Rós
Simian Mobile Disco
Snow Patrol
Spin
Stewart Mac
SwitchbladeUK
The Automatic
The Feeling (2)
The Fratellis
The Ghost Frequency
The Goo Goo Dolls
The Haggis Horns
The Killers (9)
The Kooks
The Noisettes
The Pigeon Detectives
The Raconteurs
The Rakes
The Rascals
The Subways
The Ting Tings
The View
Towers of London
Viva Voce
We Are Scientists

Also seeing Coldplay at Wembley Stadium in September supported by White Lies, Girls Aloud and Jay-Z. Interesting mix...

[Tybre]

In no particular order

Friend's band whose name has changed so much I have no idea what they were called at the time (don't even remember when this was, but I do remember having to go to the Troc)
Sonata Arctica (one last November and one two years ago)
Disturbed (last summer)
Philadelphia Orchestra performing a good deal of Chopin (my favorite classical composer; cannot even remember when this was, I was in like seventh grade at the lastest)

Not really a big fan of concerts.

[Kilroy6644]

I just saw Whitesnake in June.

[jrcjohnny99]

Been to around 1000 or so shows over the last 25 years so impossible to list them all, but later when I have a little more time I'll list some highlights (and there have been many!)

[jrcjohnny99]

OK;
very quick list of some of the shows I've seen...

10+
Bruce Springsteen (44 times 85-09; + 4 more shows this fall)
Oasis (32 times 93-08)
The Charlatans (24 times 92-08; + 4 more shows this fall)
Gene (16 times 94-01)
Marion (14 times 94-97)
The Rolling Stones (13 times 90-07)
David Bowie (13 times 83-04)
Bob Dylan (11 times 95-07 + 1 more this fall)
The Black Crowes (11 times 90-06 + 1 more this fall)
Gary Numan (10 times 83-07)
Mike Scott/The Waterboys (10 times 85-07)

+5
Manic Street Preachers (9)
Aerosmith (9)
Suede (8)
U2 (7 + 2 this fall)
Embrace (7)
Shed Seven (7)
Bon Jovi (6)
Pulp (6)
Ryan Adams (6)
Dodgy (6)
Elastica (6)
Keane (6)
Sheryl Crow (6)
The Who (5)
Blur (5)
The Verve (5)
Guns N Roses (5)
Simple Minds (5)
The Stone Roses (5)
Neil Young (5)
Pearl Jam (5 + 2 this fall)
Skid Row (5)
Iron Maiden (5)
Kaiser Chiefs (5)
The Killers (5 + 1 this fall)
Echo & The Bunnymen (5)
The Donnas (5 +1 this week)
Sleeper (5)
Poison (5)
Motley Crue (5)

Others that I've seen less than 5 that stand out..

Paul McCartney
Paul Simon
Simon & Garfunkel
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Michael Jackson
Barbra Streisand
Aretha Franklin
Rod Stewart
Elton John
Roger Waters
Page & Plant
The Dead
The Eagles
Jackson Browne
Kiss
Kanye West
Neil Diamond
Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks
Lindsay Buckingham
Melissa Etheridge
John Mellencamp
ACDC
Billy Joel
Billy Idol
Tina Turner
Dixie Chicks
The Cure
A-Ha
Joe Strummer
Paul Weller
The Police
Sting
Tift Merritt
Maximo Park
Brian Wilson
Kings of Leon
Hole/Courtney Love
No Doubt
Ice T
The Hold Steady
The Arcade Fire
REM
10,000 Maniacs
The Toll
Metallica
Megadeath
George Michael
Snow Patrol
Morrissey
Mock Turtles
Inspiral Carpets
Happy Mondays
House of Love
Deacon Blue
Gun
Texas
The Adventures
Andrea Bocelli
Luciano Pavarotti

obviously I've missed 100's but this is what comes to mind right now!
Numbers are off the top of my head so may not be right!

[Vauxhall]

Very jealous Johnny! Which Springsteen shows are you going to later this year? Will you be at Giants?

[jrcjohnny99]

Very jealous Johnny! Which Springsteen shows are you going to later this year? Will you be at Giants?

I will be at the last two GS shows and ideally the two MSG shows they just announced;
I'm scouring the schedule to see if I can make any other shows, tho West coast shows are expected to be announced shortly....
I expect this to be the last we'll see of the band for at least 2 years (I expect some solo stuff next year) so you gotta make the most of it!