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Vianna
10-08-2004, 06:41 AM
One of the answers in the favorite band thread gave me this idea. Whose concert was the first one you attended?

For me it was America.

I wanted to see the Beatles when they first came to the US but was in college in Charlottesville, VA at the time and couldn't make it...I did eventually see Paul solo, though..that was a show to remember..

Violet
10-08-2004, 07:01 AM
Okay, this is embarrassing! Air Supply!! hehe...I think I was in junior high, and my cousin had tickets and invited me. It was at the Mann Music Center in Philly...

I think my taste in music has improved since then!

Carol

GypsySorcerer
10-08-2004, 07:53 AM
Hank Williams, Jr. with my parents when I was in middle school. :lol:

ShangriLaTroubl
10-08-2004, 07:56 AM
Metallica in 1996

Chris

Patti
10-08-2004, 08:26 AM
My very first concert was The Osmonds when I was, I think, 11. :shocked:

My first rock concert was Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt and The Eagles. Hotel California tour. Fogelberg was great, Ronstadt was BORING, The Eagles were fabulous. Jackson Browne made an appearance during The Eagles encore. Ahhhhh, what a great time!

chiliD
10-08-2004, 08:38 AM
December 1971, The Fabulous Forum, Inglewood (LA) California:

Creedence Clearwater Revival (Tom Fogerty, John's brother, had quit the band and they were touring as a three-piece)
Tower Of Power (when they were a Chicago clone, not the funk band we know today)
Tony Joe White (of "Polk Salad Annie" fame)

Bella Figura
10-08-2004, 08:50 AM
my first concert was Styx in high school which is completely embarassing now...

then my next was Stevie - The Wild Heart Tour

and then my third was Billy Idol

and then was Stevie again on her second leg of the Wild Heart Tour

now we only do FM and Stevie tours since my hubby saw Paul McCartney at an MTV Unplugged concert. after that, He said his concert days were over since he had seen one of the fab four perform up close and personal... so he'll wait for the Beatles reunion concerts in the afterlife

xdreamsunwindx
10-08-2004, 09:11 AM
First - Fleetwood Mac in Pittsburgh, PA on the first leg of the Say You Will tour.

Second - FM in Philly on the second leg of the SYW tour.

Third - Blondie in Cleveland, OH. Front row, too. :D

-Kate

hayley
10-08-2004, 09:20 AM
Paul McCartney on his stadium tour in 1994 ? at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

DrummerDeanna
10-08-2004, 09:25 AM
Well lets see....ya know - I LOVE Dolly Parton - and was never sure where this love came from....but :

My mom was super pregnant with me...like late 8months in....and she went to a Dolly Parton concert...had floor seats. I was a twin so she was pretty damn huge....well Dolly at one point actually looked at my mom and said something to the effect of, "wow honey - you came all the way down those stairs in your condition to see me??" haha...so that is what I count as my technical first concert :rolleyes:

Now - that's just because my actual first concert....haha...was New Kids on the Block

Livia
10-08-2004, 09:43 AM
KISS - December 7, 1977 - St. Louis. :thumbsup:

dissention
10-08-2004, 09:49 AM
Stevie Nicks in 1991. :wavey:

joe
10-08-2004, 10:17 AM
stevie nicks: 5-30-86 Alpine Valley, WI.

estranged4life
10-08-2004, 11:08 AM
depends actually...I saw tons of live shows (ie-Fairgrounds, Dance Halls, VFW Halls etc.) growing up but the first real show I remember was .38 Special with special guest Ted Nugent in Tulsa, OK (Maxwell Convention Center) in 1985


Haley, If I remember right Sir Paul played Arrowhead Stadium in KC on May 31,1993


Brian j.

hayley
10-08-2004, 11:18 AM
Haley, If I remember right Sir Paul played Arrowhead Stadium in KC on May 31,1993

Hot damn! What a memory. Sounds right. I was 10.

Serrart
10-08-2004, 11:19 AM
It was Francesco De Gregori (our best singer-songwriter) concert when I was 7 or 8.

The first non-Italian artists I've seen live have been Simple Minds in 1986. Great show!

Romy

Patti
10-08-2004, 11:24 AM
Haley, If I remember right Sir Paul played Arrowhead Stadium in KC on May 31,1993




I thought it was '92, but I couldn't really remember. I know the May 31 part was right, because that's my ex's birthday and he really didn't want to go to this concert for his birthday. I begged and pleaded and he finally agreed.

I was older than 10. :lol:

golden braid
10-08-2004, 11:42 AM
Bon Jovi in 1988 in Mountain View, CA. And I was so cool cause I wore my new Bon Jovi t-shirt to school the next day. :D

amber
10-08-2004, 11:51 AM
Lollapalooza in...'92? 93?94?95? :laugh: With P-funk, Smashing Pumpkins, and Beastie Boys (among others...) At shoreline. It was funny cause smashing pumpkins were last, and were supposed to be the "headliner" But Beasties went before them, and of course there was massive Beastie love, and then when Smashing Pumpkins came out and got less love, they were all pouty and sullen... :laugh: "Pumpks your just jealous it's the BEAS TIE BOYS!!!!" :thumbsup:

estranged4life
10-08-2004, 12:12 PM
I thought it was '92, but I couldn't really remember. I know the May 31 part was right, because that's my ex's birthday and he really didn't want to go to this concert for his birthday. I begged and pleaded and he finally agreed.

I was older than 10. :lol:

McCartney played only a few US shows, But mainly small theatre's such as his return to the Ed Sullivan theater. In 1993 he played shows in large sports stadiums such as Giants Stadium in NY & Arrowhead in KC. The Arrowhead show was professionally recorded because several tracks from that show appear on the "Paul Is Live" release: "Drive My Car", "Looking For Changes", "C'Mon People" & of course "Kansas City".

Btw, I have been reading that he may be gearing up for a new US tour either this winter or spring...Can't wait!

Brian j.

DrummerDeanna
10-08-2004, 12:14 PM
Btw, I have been reading that he may be gearing up for a new US tour either this winter or spring...Can't wait!

Brian j.

OMG...that would be awesome....better start saving my $$$...I would LOVE to see Paul again - that was by far the best concert I have been to...it was like a religious experience lol....

estranged4life
10-08-2004, 12:25 PM
OMG...that would be awesome....better start saving my $$$...I would LOVE to see Paul again - that was by far the best concert I have been to...it was like a religious experience lol....

the setlist he played on the 2004 European shows, Can we say "HOLY S**T!"??? He has added even more Beatles tunes that havent been played since the Beatles recorded 'em for the albums "all those years ago'...

Sir Paul's first ever Oklahoma show (Wings never player here before nor did the Beatles) was the first show I attended at the Ford Center...And I sat in awe of the whole experience, The arena, The show, The songs and the audience reaction was a memory I will forever cherish.

Brian j.

skcin
10-08-2004, 02:48 PM
First show ever: Whitesnake & Great White in 1988 at the old Buffalo Memorial Auditorium - WITH MY DAD! :laugh: I wanted to go for my 13th birthday, so he took me with my little bro.

First concert without parents: Metallica & Queensryche 1989, also at the Aud. Good times... :nod:

Paula

Livia
10-08-2004, 03:03 PM
Bon Jovi in 1988 in Mountain View, CA. And I was so cool cause I wore my new Bon Jovi t-shirt to school the next day. :D

That was definitely "the thing" back in high school, wasn't it? :rolleyes:

estranged4life
10-08-2004, 03:10 PM
That was definitely "the thing" back in high school, wasn't it? :rolleyes:

tell me about it...I had to explain to fellow students how the shows I attended went, how the bands sounded, etc. just cause I wore my new concert T-shirt the following day.

Only time that did not happen was after seeing Iron Maiden in Tulsa, OK in Jan.1987 because after sitting front row (Against the barricades) near a 160,000 watt (!!!) indoor sound system I could not hear a single syllable said to me that next morning.

Still one of the best metal shows I have ever seen.

Brian j.

golddustwoman77
10-08-2004, 03:26 PM
Okay, this is embarrassing! Air Supply!! hehe...I think I was in junior high, and my cousin had tickets and invited me. It was at the Mann Music Center in Philly...

I think my taste in music has improved since then!

Carol


I'm right there with you, Violet! This is embarrassing too. Whitesnake and Kixx was my first concert, back in 1990, at Municipal Auditorium (now redone and called the Gaylord) in Nashville. I guess that is what high school and hormones does to your mind. :lol:

GateandGarden
10-08-2004, 03:35 PM
My first concert was Sting's The Soul Cages tour. I was in elementary school. It was funny because he performed "Murder by Numbers" and yelled "F*** you Jimmy Swaggart!!!" before he sang it since Swaggart had mistakenly interpreted it as a song encouraging people to commit murder. My Mom wasn't happy that I got to hear that, but I didn't even know what was going on. I was upset because some woman spilled her beer on me. And when I went to school the next day, the concert t-shirt didn't do much for me, since my classmates had no earthly idea who Sting was; they were all crazy about New Kids on the Block.

Hillary

Merf
10-08-2004, 03:37 PM
:eek: Starship & The Outfield. It was in the spring of 1986. I was 4. :o

sara1998
10-08-2004, 03:46 PM
Poison.... February 1988. I was 12. God, now I feel old. :(

Maria

amber
10-08-2004, 03:53 PM
Poison.... February 1988. I was 12. God, now I feel old. :(

Maria
You feel old?! I was 14 in 88, and i'm only 30...? Gosh, 28 already, are ya? You better start looking into plastic surgery... :laugh:

Sugar
10-08-2004, 03:54 PM
Stevie Nicks, 1986, Philadelphia

Some guy from the audience jumped on top of the people in the front row to try and touch her and she smacked him off. :lol:

Lala
10-08-2004, 03:58 PM
Reba McEntire. I was 7. She was my idol. My aunt took me. Reba still had the big hair and did all of the hits from the 90s. It was beyond awesome and I still have a special place for Reba in my heart.

heyjupiter678
10-08-2004, 04:15 PM
Stevie Nicks -- September 5, 2001, Raleigh, NC

DeadliestPoison
10-08-2004, 04:54 PM
Spice Girls. July '98. Woot. Don't hate!

The second one was Nelly Furtado in April... 2002? She's so little! She's a great performer, though.

Third was FM in June '03.

The fourth looks right now like it's going to be Kittie in Detroit. $15 tickets!! :eek:

Nixxxed
10-08-2004, 05:00 PM
Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart Tour - September 1983.

A month earlier, we had been hit by Hurricane Alicia. I knew nothing of the tour until about a week before the show because we had no electricity, and the batteries had long since died in my radio jam box.

We had to settle for nosebleed tickets, and it was the first time I ever got high. We didn't actually smoke any - I was 14, and attended with my Mom and best friend - but the "warm smell of colitas" really does rise through the air. And since basically everyone below us was toking out, we just went along for the ride. It took us 2 hours to find our car after the show, because we couldn't stop giggling. :laugh:

And the strangest thing happened at this show. Joe Walsh opened, and then he and the members of the band played tricks on Stevie during her set. At one point (I think it was during "If Anyone Falls"), someone walked across the stage directly behind Stevie's mike with what looked and sounded like a chainsaw. We knew it wasn't a fan, because the guy came out from behind Benmont/Roy Bittan's riser at the back of the stage... :shrug:

sara1998
10-08-2004, 06:47 PM
You feel old?! I was 14 in 88, and i'm only 30...? Gosh, 28 already, are ya? You better start looking into plastic surgery... :laugh:


UH HUM...... 27 honey..... 27! :lol: :laugh:

jadegypsy
10-08-2004, 07:40 PM
Oh my:
Fair Circuit: probably Starship early 90s, no Gracie:( or could've been Huewy Lweis and the News, later saw Steppenwolf and Pat Benatar. Love only paying $12 for front row seats. Steppenwolf and Benatar were great! Also saw one of the Supremes at Reno, another early 90's.

Stadium First: Fleetwood Mac SYW July, 2003 Oakland Arena. Awesome show.
Second: Madonna June 2004, It was an awesome show, had been wanting to see her since I was 5.

amber
10-08-2004, 07:49 PM
UH HUM...... 27 honey..... 27! :lol: :laugh:
:p :laugh: :lol: I know, really..."that's 27 - waaaay younger than 28!"
Amber

amber
10-08-2004, 07:51 PM
Oh my:


Stadium First: Fleetwood Mac SYW July, 2003 Oakland Arena. Awesome show.
.
Wasn't it, though? did you have front row? i snuck into that one, but i was still FREAKING OUT I was so happy....
Amber

jadegypsy
10-08-2004, 07:57 PM
Amber:
Front Row, I WISH! Actually since my mom wanted to hear the next day (I can't imagine why ;) I was under strict instruction to not get anything in the first 10 rows! So instead I was LL directly across from stage, and directly above Handicapped section:) Great view. And yes the concert was awsome, I couldn't understand all the reports about Stevie being off form, but that night I thought she was great. I actually remember "singing" so much during the last few songs that i couldn't speak the next day :shocked: :lol:

How did you sneak in?

AliceLover
10-08-2004, 07:58 PM
Keep in mind im 15 years old.

My first FM concert. Mansfield 97
Enchanted: Mansfield 98
TISL: Mansfield 01
SYW: WOrcester, 5/27, Worcester 5/28, Boston 9/23, Boston, 9/24, and Mansfield 04.

My whole family loves the Mac so we all go together.


Jimmy

GODDESS6
10-08-2004, 08:33 PM
don't laff: :]

shaun cassidy!~ lol, :shrug: hey i was 10, it was 1978 :shrug: , he he he
my 1st stevie/fm show was:

stevie nicks RAL tour, 1986 :blob1:

brightest stevie blessings~
jill

Mad4stevie
10-08-2004, 09:05 PM
(drum roll please . . .) NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WITH TIFFANY! :shocked: :lol:

I saw them the same week they had their first #1 hit. I think it was 1987.

amber
10-08-2004, 09:17 PM
Amber:
Front Row, I WISH! Actually since my mom wanted to hear the next day (I can't imagine why ;) I was under strict instruction to not get anything in the first 10 rows! So instead I was LL directly across from stage, and directly above Handicapped section:) Great view. And yes the concert was awsome, I couldn't understand all the reports about Stevie being off form, but that night I thought she was great. I actually remember "singing" so much during the last few songs that i couldn't speak the next day :shocked: :lol:

How did you sneak in?
Well, it was touch and go there for a bit. My friend just came and was all "wanna go to the mac?" and I was kicking myself cause i couldn't afford their tickets. Anyway, he said he had snuck into lots of concerts, Like Rolling Stones, blah, blah. so he never told me a plan (I hate doing stuff like that without a plan, and i'd never snuck into a concert before)
Long story short, he was flipping out - so i took charge. We sauntered into the outdoor smoking area, which was only sectioned off by these movable steel gate things. so i'm smoking, then chatting with some people who were already outside, then they asked me to take their picture. I was generally establishing the vibe that I belonged there, my friend was acting li,ke someone who needed their crack (pacing, looking around :rolleyes: ) Anyway, they went in, and about 30 seconds later, i felt this..."moment", this...clear window in time (i'm not being cheesy, i really had a feeling) so I walked in, smiled at security, he smiled back, and my friend was lame and started rushing, so I asked security "can you tell me where the nearest bathroom is?" and he told me, and i laughed, and he NEVER CHECKED OUR TICKETS...so, i saved the day, i think! :laugh: I hope no one important reads this, i don't want them to think their security is threatened or anything at the shows - although, anyone who wanted to do anything to them could probably just buy a cheap ticket anyway, even weirdos probably aren't that poor.. :laugh:
so, it was all the smoking lounge, and the lax security guy, and my feeling!
Amber

Mageboy25
10-08-2004, 10:16 PM
>I'm right there with you, Violet! This is embarrassing too. Whitesnake and Kixx was my first concert, back in 1990, at Municipal Auditorium (now redone and called the Gaylord) in Nashville. I guess that is what high school and hormones does to your mindd<

Actually Municipal Aud is still there, Fleetwood Mac played there in 78 lol. Gaylord is a new arena built in 96. They still have some, but not alot of concerts at Municipal.

My 1st concert was in Nashville in August 1988. My dad took me to see Tiffany and some new guys New Kids On The Block at Starwood Amplitheater :).

What High School did you go to Golddust 77?

Charles :)

GateandGarden
10-08-2004, 10:19 PM
Reba McEntire. I was 7. She was my idol. My aunt took me. Reba still had the big hair and did all of the hits from the 90s. It was beyond awesome and I still have a special place for Reba in my heart.Me too Sarah! She was my idol when I was a preteen and she'll always have a special place in my heart. My second concert was a Reba concert. I love those 90s hits.

Hillary

David
10-08-2004, 11:04 PM
First rock concert: Fleetwood Mac in Los "City of the Angels" Angeles.

Hawkeye
10-08-2004, 11:17 PM
April 15th 2003- Fleetwood Mac.

macmar71
10-08-2004, 11:36 PM
1985~~Mountain opened for Triumph.

sara1998
10-09-2004, 06:31 AM
April 15th 2003- Fleetwood Mac.

Correct me if I'm wrong.... isn't that the date Say You Will was released?

joe
10-09-2004, 08:31 AM
Poison.... February 1988. I was 12. God, now I feel old. :(

Maria

You feel old?! I was 14 in 88, and i'm only 30...? Gosh, 28 already, are ya? You better start looking into plastic surgery... :laugh:

poor babies ;)

i graduated high school in 88.

MammaTango
10-09-2004, 09:28 AM
Barry Manilow- I think I was around 12 so that would make it 1980 or so.
Next one was The Who around 1982. I wore the concert shirt that reeked of smoke to school the next day.

eclipse
10-09-2004, 09:59 AM
You guys/dolls are making me feel REALLY old....

How about Aerosmith at a VERY small venue when I was like 17. I am from New Hampshire, and so are some of the band members , so they played to a crowd of about 300 (maybe) and the only hit they had was local stations playing Dream on....so many years ago...but I can still smell, taste and hear:
that first contact high, the tequila and "Dream on, dream on, dream on, DREAM...until your dreams come true!!!

That was the first of many, many shows I have been lucky enough to see-mainly because tickets used to cost $15-25. (American) and that was to see bands like the Who, the Stones...oh, those were the days...

Everything is so much $$$ now, :cool:

The Chain
10-09-2004, 10:06 AM
KISS - December 7, 1977 - St. Louis. :thumbsup:

Which tour was that? Love Gun? :D

Janet
10-09-2004, 12:23 PM
My first real concert?

Fleetwood Mac in 1997. I was 19. I was in the lawn with mono. It was great.

Lala
10-09-2004, 01:08 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong.... isn't that the date Say You Will was released?

According to RealOne Player it is. I thought they didn't start touring till May 2003.

skcin
10-10-2004, 06:51 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong.... isn't that the date Say You Will was released?


I think Hawkeye meant the Buffalo show which was May 15, not April :)

Paula

wondergirl9847
10-10-2004, 07:03 PM
(drum roll please . . .) NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

That was my first concert too. I remember walking into Reunion Arena and just being in awe of the people, all the gals singing along with the Cover Girls' "We Can't Go Wrong". I remember the smokiness in the arena, and feeling a bit overwhelmed. LOL My mom was taking pics and I kept grabbing her arm going "OMG, mom, it's Joe!!!!" I ruined lots of pictures that way. :laugh: We had to keep getting up in our chairs to see and security kept telling us to get down. It was irritating. We had bought upper balcony seats, but since the show was moved (forget why), we went to the ticket booth before the show and got 14th row back (good seats because it was the last row in the first section.) The girls next to me taught me something I never forgot, putting your fingers in your ears helps you to hear the people singing, and blocks out alot of the screams and loudness. I did that at the FM shows too. Heh.

Sigh....memories. It was February 1989 and I was almost 13. That was friggin 15 years ago people. LOL

ShamHy89
10-10-2004, 07:38 PM
Fleetwood Mac - Worcester (1st night)

Shamus

Hawkeye
10-10-2004, 08:21 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong.... isn't that the date Say You Will was released?

OMG you're SO right. I saw them May 15th 2003 and the album came out April 15th 2003 :laugh: You were all probably thinking, wow they gave hawkeye a private concert or you were probably thinking I screwed up :laugh:

MikeVielhaber
10-10-2004, 10:12 PM
The Moody Blues in october 1999. It was my freshman year in high school and I went with my dad and it was his first (and only....i've since seen them another time) time to see the moodies so it was a first for both of us.

ryan8472
10-11-2004, 07:03 AM
My first was Hanson in 2000 :laugh: . After that it's Fleetwood Mac twice. Here's to hoping for some U2 tickets next year!!!

Dreammms
10-11-2004, 08:28 AM
I forget it was either Bon Jovi or New Kids On The Block.

tommer
10-11-2004, 12:37 PM
Eurythmics (Revenge tour)

mondaymornin1
10-11-2004, 05:34 PM
don't laff: :]

shaun cassidy!~ lol, :shrug: hey i was 10, it was 1978 :shrug: , he he he


Ha Ha! That was actually my second concert, in 1978 in B'ham. My first concert was Elvis Presley in 1976 in B'ham. I was 6 years old, I went with my parents, we had seats all the way in the top of the arena behind the stage, and I fell asleep. :rolleyes:

I'm proud to say that my daughter's first concert was FM because she has a very COOL mom! :cool:

mondaymornin1
10-11-2004, 05:35 PM
poor babies ;)

i graduated high school in 88.

Me too. Face it, we've got one foot in the grave..... ;)

princessblair
10-11-2004, 08:18 PM
My first concert was Matchbox 20 in October of 1997, right as they started to get big. I was 15 and my best friend asked me at school if I wanted to go 'cause her older sister had extra tickets. I recall seeing Rob Thomas playing guitar at the end of the show and sticking a lit cigarette on the neck. That just really turned me off, since I loathe smoking. Despite that, I enjoyed the whole "concert atmosphere" and getting to hang out with cool people. I did learn a lesson though, always do your homework before the show! I wasn't familiar with any of their work, except for "Push."

Other bands I've seen and number of times:
Fleetwood Mac (7, 2003-04)
Heart (2, 2002, 2004)
John Fogerty (1, 2004)
Sheryl Crow (2, 1999, 2003)
Def Leppard (1, 2003)
John Mellencamp (2, 1999, 2002)
Green Day (1, 2001)
Tom Petty (1, 1999)
Matchbox 20 (1, 1997)

*I had tickets to see Stevie in 2001, but she cancelled...I'm still upset about that!* :distress:

joe
10-11-2004, 08:27 PM
Me too. Face it, we've got one foot in the grave..... ;)



no....please! say it's not true! ;)


there must be older folk around here....

kev
10-20-2004, 08:56 AM
My first concert was Ratt and Bon Jovi opened up for them. The only song Bon Jovi had released at that time was "She's a little runaway".
Talk about BIG hair. :lol:

Neal
10-20-2004, 12:31 PM
Bruce Springsteen - 1985

pianogirl04
10-20-2004, 02:58 PM
I had very little say in this, but I saw Tim McGraw and some other band in Rayville back in '97. My mom took me with one of my friends for my birthday. We had made signs before the show on bright pink posterboard and held them up during the concert... and I think we made the paper the next day, but I never saw it. :(

My first *real* concert was the Mac in Dallas, 7/3/03... followed by Houston 10/6/03 and then Houston again 6/17/04... I really wanted to go to Bossier City in 8/03 because it's only two hours away from me, but it was a school night. I wish I'd gone.

hypnotized
10-29-2004, 11:22 PM
My first real concert was on July 8,1988 at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The headliner was Nazareth. Great show.

celestenadia
10-30-2004, 06:29 PM
In 1977 my mom remarried. It lasted 3 months! At any rate, at an attempt to "win" me over.
The bastard got me a ticket to see... Andy Gibb!!! It was ridiculous. I'll never forget being at the concert with my mother,(I was 9 years old), and marveling in disbelief how all the other little teeny-boppers were like SCREAMING at the top of their lungs for like the WHOLE show! It was SO teen-idol out of control. I however, just sat there sedately, politely clapping after each song. It was hell. Andy Gibb was NOT my cup of tea. Neither were the BeeGees. I can as an adult and as a musician of sorts appreciate their songwriting and I must admit "How Deep Is Your Love" IS a beautiful song although the saccharin production still does get to me/get in the way a bit for me.
My concert "life" did not begin for me until a few years later, when I saw the Mac on The Mirage tour!!! Now THAT, was something!!!

madformac
10-30-2004, 07:54 PM
Guns 'N' Roses, Milton Keynes, UK. 30th May 1993.

Awesome show as I remember it. Slash's family turned up for the gig and his playing was on fire that night, plus the band was at it's largest in members at that time.

Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Dizzy Reed, Gilby Clarke (vocals only due to a broken hand), Izzy Stradlin (standing in for Gilby). Plus they had Mike Monroe onstage for Knockin' On Heavens Door and Ronnie Wood for Honky Tonk Women and Paradise City. The show lasted well over 3 hours. :thumbsup:

That was the first time I saw Slash play live. Next time will be in January 2005 when VR hit the UK. :blob2: :) :cool:

:wavey:

celestenadia
10-30-2004, 08:50 PM
Guns 'N' Roses, Milton Keynes, UK. 30th May 1993.

Awesome show as I remember it. Slash's family turned up for the gig and his playing was on fire that night, plus the band was at it's largest in members at that time.

Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Dizzy Reed, Gilby Clarke (vocals only due to a broken hand), Izzy Stradlin (standing in for Gilby). Plus they had Mike Monroe onstage for Knockin' On Heavens Door and Ronnie Wood for Honky Tonk Women and Paradise City. The show lasted well over 3 hours. :thumbsup:

That was the first time I saw Slash play live. Next time will be in January 2005 when VR hit the UK. :blob2: :) :cool:

:wavey:
G&R, cool! I'll never forget "back in the day" I saw them live in a faily small venue, right before
they broke big (around 1987)... One of the best shows I 've seen EVER! The energy was truly, tangibly electric.

hypnotized
10-31-2004, 11:40 AM
Guns 'N' Roses, Milton Keynes, UK. 30th May 1993.

Awesome show as I remember it. Slash's family turned up for the gig and his playing was on fire that night, plus the band was at it's largest in members at that time.

Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Dizzy Reed, Gilby Clarke (vocals only due to a broken hand), Izzy Stradlin (standing in for Gilby). Plus they had Mike Monroe onstage for Knockin' On Heavens Door and Ronnie Wood for Honky Tonk Women and Paradise City. The show lasted well over 3 hours. :thumbsup:

That was the first time I saw Slash play live. Next time will be in January 2005 when VR hit the UK. :blob2: :) :cool:

:wavey:


Were they still using the horm section?

madformac
10-31-2004, 12:43 PM
Were they still using the horm section?

No, they had ditched the horns and stuff by that point. I think it got to the point where everything had gone way over the top so they pulled it back to just the basic band. Sounded less bloated in my opinion.

I think they called it the "Skin 'N' Bones" tour as I recall.

ontheEdgeof17
10-31-2004, 01:12 PM
Honestly, my first show was from the Tango tour. I was like 5 at the time and don't remember much about it....if anything. It was years and years until I saw my next live show....NSYNC in Pittsburgh. I loved it! hehe After that, I saw Stevie on TISL and lots of shows for SYW. My last show was Madonna in DC...it was kick ass!


That sums up my concert experiences.



-Curtis

Stephanie
10-31-2004, 01:30 PM
New Kids On the Block! Yikes. In Atlanta Georgia.

ontheEdgeof17
10-31-2004, 01:40 PM
New Kids On the Block! Yikes. In Atlanta Georgia.


Yikes?!?!?! I still love them! I think Christy does, too. Their CDs stay in my car. Step By Step and Tonight are my favorites.


How was the show? Do you remember?


-Curtis

wondergirl9847
10-31-2004, 08:10 PM
I still like NKOTB and Joe was and always will be "my first love". LOL!!

Funny Feeling from Step by Step is one of my fave songs, I broke out SBS a couple of months ago and just played that one over and over. I adore that song.

My faves:

Didn't I Blow Your Mind
Be My Girl
New Kids on the Block (my best friend at the time and I signed up for a lip sync contest at the mall and were going to do this rap, but I chickened out. LMAO!!)
Are You Down?
The Right Stuff
Please Don't Go Girl
This One's for the Children
Last Night I Saw Santa Claus
I'll Be Missing You Come Christmas
My Favorite Girl (remix from Games)
Step By Step
Funny Feeling
If You Go Away (need to go break out Face the Music and listen...can't remember the rest of the tracks! LOL)

What the FRICK happened to Jordan's falsetto?!!!!! I am listening to his remix NKOTB album....painful. :(

greatdarkwing
11-01-2004, 09:44 AM
I was draggged to my first concert by my mom...Celine Dion :eek: eek is the word.

Travis
11-01-2004, 10:04 AM
My first tour was Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" tour 1982

You can view the pics from the tour book here:

http://onlyolivia.com/memorabilia/tourprog/physical/index.html