concerts you missed and are kicking yourself for

[all the same]

I, in my frequent state of retardation, forgot to go to a concert once. I had tickets for Buffy Sainte-Marie and completely forgot about the show until my sister called at around 10:30 and said "Uhhhh... wasn't Buffy tonight?" Apparently the show was fantastic and I can't believe I missed it!

Another was in 1996, I think. The Cure played in Vancouver and I was a student at the time, so clearly couldn't go. Word on the street is they sang Love Cats and played for like three hours. Sigh...

My mother missed an opportunity to see Elvis by one day. She still is "reeling! It hurts [her] feelings!" over it! And I'm pretty sure "it hurts [her] self esteem. it hurts [her] everything!"

My dad missed a chance to see Roy Orbison and kicks himself over that one too. And the reason! They got too drunk to make it! WHAAAAT???? Yet, funny! :lol:

[catinthedark]

Oh, God. This is an easy one:

Fleetwood Mac on The Dance Tour.
Stevie on the Enchanted tour.
Stevie on the TISL Tour.

Can I go slit my wrists now?

[wondergirl9847]

Lindsey's Soundstage show. I will forever want to kill myself for not going to C-Town. :(

I wish I had been an LB fan back in the day so I could have seen the OOTC tour. I would have been about 17 in 1993.

[all the same]

Oh, God. This is an easy one:

Fleetwood Mac on The Dance Tour.
Stevie on the Enchanted tour.
Stevie on the TISL Tour.

Can I go slit my wrists now?

:lol: :lol: :lol: oh yeah, i kinda forgot about Fleetwood Mac on that one too! *as i curl into the fetal position and rock myself*

[catinthedark]

:lol: :lol: :lol: oh yeah, i kinda forgot about Fleetwood Mac on that one too! *as i curl into the fetal position and rock myself*

Make room in the womb.

[all the same]

Lindsey's Soundstage show. I will forever want to kill myself for not going to C-Town. :(

God I love dramatic statements! :lol:

[all the same]

One more for me. Before I saw the film Ray, I didn't know Ray Charles' music very well but now I absolutely love it! He was here maybe 5 years ago. That would have been something. And the best part is a friend of mine went and he had an announcer who said, between every song, "Ladies and gentlemen... Ray Charles." She said he laughed hysterically every time he said it, 'cause he said it totally schmultzy!

[wondergirl9847]

God I love dramatic statements! :lol:

I shalt thrust the daggah into thy hawt dismissing thy agony!

[Janet]

Easy, Stevie just 2 Thursdays ago in AC.

[LiquidBlue5000]

"Enchanted" tour - Radio City Music Hall :distress:

i went to the Jones Beach and Holmdel shows, but not the NYC show.... as it turned out, NYC was the best show of the three and one of the best on the entire tour... She hadn't played Radio City since the "Wild Heart" tour, and hasn't played there since... i will always regret not going to that show :(

[Miss Vicky]

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on tour for "The Last DJ."

I even had a ticket to go see him at the Sleep Train, but the person I was supposed to go with bailed on me. :(

I ended up using the ticket as a bookmark for awhile, but then lost it altogether.

[seeker007nmss]

I wish I could have seen Buckingham/nicks back in 1973. Okay I was only a wee lad, and had no idea who the were, and didn't live anywhere near where they played. I still wish I would have seen them though. And let's not forget Fritz back in the late 60's. Can you imagine seeing Stevie open for Janice Joplin? *sigh* oh well......

[CreepingDeath]

Lindsey's Soundstage show. I will forever want to kill myself for not going to C-Town. :(

Same here. One of my good friends lives in Chicago and had an extra ticket. I can't believe I didn't go. :distress:

[ontheEdgeof17]

I'm going to regret it if I can't find a way to get to Red Rocks on Wed.

[LEATHER&LACE64]

not being able to fly to Houston today to see Stevie after my girlfriend won tickets off of the radio! :distress:

[Janet]

"Enchanted" tour - Radio City Music Hall :distress:

i went to the Jones Beach and Holmdel shows, but not the NYC show.... as it turned out, NYC was the best show of the three and one of the best on the entire tour... She hadn't played Radio City since the "Wild Heart" tour, and hasn't played there since... i will always regret not going to that show :(

She was supposed to do that for TISL too, we had tickets but we know what happened there :(

[mylittledemon]

Had a chance to see the Mac on "The Dance" tour and didnt go. I wasn't that into them at the time...I had only heard "Silver Springs" from the album. Late that year near Christmas I just went Mac-nuts...I've been kicking myself ever since.

The only other group I wish I had seen is Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers...but he is still touring so I may catch him eventually.

[all the same]

I'm going to regret it if I can't find a way to get to Red Rocks on Wed.

Don't even get me started on that one. I desperately wanna go to that one. But there's no way. Sigh...

[diamondsnake]

Cher's farewell tour
Madonna's Reinvention tour

And I wish I had become a Stevie fan sooner so I could have seen the TISL tour...

[all the same]

Cher's farewell tour
Madonna's Reinvention tour

And I wish I had become a Stevie fan sooner so I could have seen the TISL tour...

Truthfully, the Cher Farewell Tour was pretty lame. I really like Cher, but she did so many costume changes and took FOREVER to come back on stage. You'd get super excited while she did three songs or so and then she'd disappear while they basically played the entire Silkwood film! :lol: Then, she'd come back out and you'd get excited again and she'd disappear again. Eventually, we just stopped getting excited. She kept pointing at me in the audience though. So, that was cool! She looked great too. But honestly, don't be too devastated about missing that one. Beh.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Madonna's Reinvention tour



Best.Show.I.Ever.Saw.

The beginning segment freaked me out...the show was jaw-dropping....hearing Crazy For You made me tear up....I danced...I sang along...It was definately an emotional roller coaster.

[diamondsnake]

Best.Show.I.Ever.Saw.

The beginning segment freaked me out...the show was jaw-dropping....hearing Crazy For You made me tear up....I danced...I sang along...It was definately an emotional roller coaster.
I feel so bad I missed that show. I wanted to go but the seats were like $400 a pop and I had just seen Fleetwood Mac multiple times, so it wasn't really in the cards. Oh well, hopefully she'll tour again.

[diamondsnake]

Truthfully, the Cher Farewell Tour was pretty lame. I really like Cher, but she did so many costume changes and took FOREVER to come back on stage. You'd get super excited while she did three songs or so and then she'd disappear while they basically played the entire Silkwood film! :lol: Then, she'd come back out and you'd get excited again and she'd disappear again. Eventually, we just stopped getting excited. She kept pointing at me in the audience though. So, that was cool! She looked great too. But honestly, don't be too devastated about missing that one. Beh.
And I thought Stevie changed her clothes too much... Seriously, I get peeved that Stevie does five songs and then leaves for five minutes, so I guess I would have been annoyed with Cher too.

[LiquidBlue5000]

Best.Show.I.Ever.Saw.

The beginning segment freaked me out...the show was jaw-dropping....hearing Crazy For You made me tear up....I danced...I sang along...It was definately an emotional roller coaster.


I loved when she did "Imagine".... :nod:

[amber]

Aside from the Dance, and all other mac dates I did not see (would've gone to every one, if I could've)
Blondie
Heart
I must see them, live.

[Serrart]

Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks
Dave Matthews Band
Etta James
System Of A Down
The Smiths in the 80's.

Romy

[all the same]

And I thought Stevie changed her clothes too much... Seriously, I get peeved that Stevie does five songs and then leaves for five minutes, so I guess I would have been annoyed with Cher too.

You would have gone mental then. Stevie's clothes changes were WAY faster. You pretty much had time to go for dinner between costume changes with Cher! :lol:

[ontheEdgeof17]

You would have gone mental then. Stevie's clothes changes were WAY faster. You pretty much had time to go for dinner between costume changes with Cher! :lol:

Plastic melts. She needed time away from the bright lights of the stage before her forehead started to sweat down her face.

[all the same]

Plastic melts. She needed time away from the bright lights of the stage before her forehead started to sweat down her face.

Seems reasonable! :lol:

[xdreamsunwindx]

Garbage in Cleveland
The Pixies in Pittsburgh
Aimee Mann in Pittsburgh, for FREE -_-

That's about it. I had the opportunity to go to each of these gigs, but something always came up at the last minute.

[gldstwmn]

I honestly can't think of one.

[AliceLover]

Ahem Lisa, Im waiting for your post.......

[Wild_Heart03]

the Mac themselves, July of 2003..... I didn't have my job yet and couldn't afford the $100 for close seats :distress:

[Jessica Leigh]

Joni Mitchell in Orange County in May 2000... tickets were only $40 but i was beyond broke and i was living in Santa Barbara at the time with a Mustang with 245,000 miles on it so doing a 2 1/2 hour drive was a major risk. i thought to myself "ah it's ok, she'll do more live shows..." so far, she hasn't done one. :( i loooooove her

[all the same]

Joni Mitchell in Orange County in May 2000... tickets were only $40 but i was beyond broke and i was living in Santa Barbara at the time with a Mustang with 245,000 miles on it so doing a 2 1/2 hour drive was a major risk. i thought to myself "ah it's ok, she'll do more live shows..." so far, she hasn't done one. :( i loooooove her

I LOVE Joni Mitchell too! I saw her play the Edmonton Folk fest in 1993. The thing is, I only knew her earlier work at the time and had no idea her voice had changed so much from all the years of smoking. So, I was expecting her to sound like Blue or Ladies of the Canyon. At the time, I was really disappointed in her voice. So, that is one concert I would really like to experience again. 'Cause in retrospect, she was fantastic but at the time I didn't appreciate it. WOULD LOVE to see her again and she truly never plays live. Like maybe MAYBE one show a year.

[darklinensuit]

not being able to fly to Houston today to see Stevie after my girlfriend won tickets off of the radio! :distress:

What row?!

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Stevie - RAL - Tons of promotion in Philly that year, and I go to see the Chicago 17 concert. :rolleyes:
FM - Shake The Cage - My then girlfriend went with her friend.
Mellencamp - 1987 - My college roommate & I almost went.
Warren Zevon - I can't believe I never got around to catching him when I had the chance.

- Jake

[face of glass]

New Order this year, should've gone to Sweden to see them a while ago, but couldn't find anyone to attend the festival they were playing in with. And now I wish I would've gone there alone. http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/banghead.gif

[Mari]

^ yeah, dito. Hope we get a second chance next year though.

also: u2 in 97/98 maybe.

Not going to count all those mac concerts in the USA since I've became a fan, I simply didn't have the money so that was out of reach anyway.

[LiquidBlue5000]

New Order this year, should've gone to Sweden to see them a while ago, but couldn't find anyone to attend the festival they were playing in with. And now I wish I would've gone there alone. http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/banghead.gif

I saw them in New York City in April... and i'm so glad i did, cuz i will probably never ever get to go to their shows again, seeing as how the last time they came to the USA was in 1993...

[sparky]

Joni Mitchell's last tour, with orchestra. I will forever regret missing that one.

[macmar71]

Fleetwood Mac September 2003 at the Fleet Center Boston.. I was poor and had no vacation time left to take but I wish I could have been there.

And after reading all the concert reviews from Stevie's current tour, I wish I could have seen her when she was here on the east coast but again the money factor :(

I would have loved to have seen Journey in 1981-1983.

[desertangel]

Sadly, there have been a regrettable few:

1. 1976 - Pink Floyd - Anaheim Stadium, CA
2. 1977 - Lynard Skynard - Anaheim Stadium, CA
3. 1997 - Fleetwood Mac - Rose Garden, Portland, OR
4. 2002 - The Cure - Tempodrom, Berlin
5. 2005 - Stevie Nicks - Red Rocks, CO

1. I missed because my b/f and I broke up just before the show - 500 people were arrested that night for possession of pot.

2. I missed because my friend and I got tickets then b/f wouldn't let me go because we didn't get him one. Their plane crashed shortly after that show.

3. Day late and a dollar short.

4. Ditto.

5. Just dollar short.

I have attended MANY excellent shows over the years, including The Ramones, Bowie, The Stones and U2 coming up. So unless I want to change my last name to "Banger" - I shouldn't be too upset over the ones I missed. Numbers 1, 3 and 4 cause me the most grief tho.. mostly because there will never be another chance for shows on the same magnatude.


Laura

[darklinensuit]

I would have loved to have seen Journey in 1981-1983.

You bet. I love the live in Houston album.

- Jake

[madformac]

Pink Floyd at Earls Court, London... Any and every tour upto and including the Pulse shows October 1994.... :(

[amoscascott]

I guess the only show that I should have go to and I did have a choice between seeing another Olivia Newton-John show or Fleetwood Mac during the Mirage tour. I chose Olivia. I'm not sorry about that but I wish I could have seen both, and I should have talked my parents into letting me go to this one as well.

[golddustdragon]

I wish I saw Fleetwood Mac when they came last year.

[tuigirl]

Pink Floyd at Earls Court, London... Any and every tour upto and including the Pulse shows October 1994.... :(

:D ahhh yes....PF in 1994....but George Michael is coming next year (so he said at live 8,) something to try and see.

[estranged4life]

only a couple come to mind:

Guns N Roses/Smashing Pumpkins April 6,1992-Oklahoma City, OK (Was attempting to move that day...And the move fell through, As did any chance of seeing this show. At least GNR's portion was professionally recorded so I did eventually get to see this show, Which included about 20-30 minutes of boob shots before GNR took the stage.)

Stevie Nicks/Vanessa Carlton July 17,2005-Grand Prairie, TX (Didnt want to chance yet another ER visit by attending and making myself even more ill..."Ya win some, And ya lose some")

[skcin]

Heart - around 1991 or 92. I had to work. They never came around here again. :mad:

Petty - Last DJ Tour. I finally made up for this when I caught him last month. :thumbsup:

Pat Benatar - played a FREE show downtown at Thursday in the Square around 2002. I would have been annoyed with the 200,000 people who showed up, but I should have gone anyway. I also missed her when she came to UB the next summer.

Nirvana - they played a small college show here before they hit it big. 1989 or 90, I think.

Bruce - Summer 2003 - he came twice & I didn't bother. I'm not that huge a fan, but I like his music & I hear he's never put on a bad show.

Stevie Enchanted Tour - I wasn't obsessed enough to travel in order to see her yet. Also, I should have gone to the 9-10-01 Toronto show instead of holding out for the 9-12 Rochester show, which was cancelled.

[DrummerDeanna]

Fleetwood Mac on the Dance Tour
Stevie on Enchanted Tour
Macca on his Off Ground Tour (I could have been in the third row :mad: )
Most likely Macca on his current tour
Dolly Parton on her last round of dates

[WelshWitchPMD]

Easy one: Fleetwood Mac 7/7/1977, Providence, RI. I was just becoming a big fan at that time and the show was sold out. I had no idea that people would most likely be selling tickets outside the venue or that the venue might even have tickets that night. I thought that sold out meant forget it and I did not even ask my parents because unlike Alex's parent mine were pretty darn clueless. :lol:

I did get to see Lindsey in Boston at the Paradise nightclub and the next night he played in CT. I had no idea were the venue was located, where to get tickets, etc. Now with the Internet you can buy tickets, print out a map, find a hotel close to the venue, etc. I still kind of have regrets that I just did not call up my friend and say let's just go to CT to see Lindsey.
Also when I went to see Lindsey in Boston I did not go up to the front of the stage. I don't know why maybe because I was too shy.

I did not have any problem flirting with Walter Egan in 1978 at Rocky Point Park in Warwick, RI, however. :lol: I was right in the front row and I was 13.

[all the same]

Fleetwood Mac on the Dance Tour
Stevie on Enchanted Tour
Macca on his Off Ground Tour (I could have been in the third row :mad: )
Most likely Macca on his current tour
Dolly Parton on her last round of dates

I REALLY want to see Dolly this tour! I was chatting with a friend and he said she is phenomenal live! But she's playing Toronto which is across the damn country! I have a place to stay there if I want, but crap! I gotta curb these ridiculous spending habits. I bought $210 jeans last week! What is wrong with me?!

[DrummerDeanna]

I REALLY want to see Dolly this tour! I was chatting with a friend and he said she is phenomenal live! But she's playing Toronto which is across the damn country! I have a place to stay there if I want, but crap! I gotta curb these ridiculous spending habits. I bought $210 jeans last week! What is wrong with me?!


OMG OMG OMG!!!

I had no clue that she had dates scheduled right now - I just check TM last week!!!!

Yea!!! OMG - I am SOOO going to Toronto!!!! :]

[catinthedark]

OMG OMG OMG!!!

I had no clue that she had dates scheduled right now - I just check TM last week!!!!

Yea!!! OMG - I am SOOO going to Toronto!!!! :]


YAY!! I'm more excited to hear you're coming to Toronto!! :laugh: When is it??

[all the same]

OMG OMG OMG!!!

I had no clue that she had dates scheduled right now - I just check TM last week!!!!

Yea!!! OMG - I am SOOO going to Toronto!!!! :]

Screw you!!! WHAAAAA!!!! :lol: I REALLY wanna go to that show!!!

[DrummerDeanna]

Ugh - well my life SUCKS!!

I can't go to the Toronto show :distress:

My boss and his wife are off that week -and therefore I can't take any time off work - and I get out at 7pm so there is no way I could make it to Toronto for the show :mad: That really really really sucks.

[all the same]

Ugh - well my life SUCKS!!

I can't go to the Toronto show :distress:

My boss and his wife are off that week -and therefore I can't take any time off work - and I get out at 7pm so there is no way I could make it to Toronto for the show :mad: That really really really sucks.

HAH! If I can't go, no one can! :D Just kidding. That sucks. I REALLY wanna go to! Tix are already on sale too. I checked and it was like row S or something.

[DrummerDeanna]

HAH! If I can't go, no one can! :D Just kidding. That sucks. I REALLY wanna go to! Tix are already on sale too. I checked and it was like row S or something.


Ugh - I pulled a row L - sec. 102 :distress:

NONE of the dates work out for me - stupid co-workers and their summer vacations.

See?? It never works out for Dolly and I....so I still want to see her someday.

[SteveMacD]

Waylon Jennings: He played on one of the river boat casinos a few months prior to his death.

Grateful Dead w/ Traffic: Especially since Jerry Garcia and Jim Capaldi are no longer with us.

Nirvana: But, in my defense, it the only time they palyed near me, the show sold out.

[all the same]

Waylon Jennings: He played on one of the river boat casinos a few months prior to his death.



Yeah, Waylon's one I'd LOVE to have seen! I wasn't really into him until after his death.

[DrummerDeanna]

YAY!! I'm more excited to hear you're coming to Toronto!! :laugh: When is it??


Iknow I was so excited too - until I found out that the date won't work :mad:

OH CRUEL FATE!!!! ;) :laugh:

[Dark Angel]

Ahem Lisa, Im waiting for your post.......

Somehow I knew you'd bring my name up in here. ;)

Stevie - TOSOTM (even if the show did get some seriously bad reviews) :lol:
Enchanted (cancelled, and I had great tickets. :( )
TISL (cancelled)

Fleetwood Mac - The Dance (was too picky about seats and still kicking self)

John Waite (2003 & 2005)
The Killers (sold out. :()
Green Day (sold out :()

[mylittledemon]

John Waite (2003 & 2005)
:()


I met John Waite in 2001. He was very nice. I got a promo copy of his album "Figure in a Landscape" at the party.

[catinthedark]

Ugh - I pulled a row L - sec. 102 :distress:

NONE of the dates work out for me - stupid co-workers and their summer vacations.

See?? It never works out for Dolly and I....so I still want to see her someday.

How long is the drive here? Could you leave early the day of the show?

Or call in sick?

[all the same]

How long is the drive here? Could you leave early the day of the show?

Or call in sick?

God! I totally wanna go to that damn show too! SHIIIIT!!! Can't do it. I have to be all responsible or something now. :distress:

[all the same]

S
The Killers (sold out. :()

You didn't miss much. They came here and I didn't think they had much stage presence. They'll be done soon, I can feel it!

[desertangel]

Waylon Jennings: He played on one of the river boat casinos a few months prior to his death.

Grateful Dead w/ Traffic: Especially since Jerry Garcia and Jim Capaldi are no longer with us.

Nirvana: But, in my defense, it the only time they palyed near me, the show sold out.

I was going to list Nirvana too. Once again, an ex had tickets. He wanted me to go even tho we weren't together, but I turned it down. They played at the local armory. He said Cobain never looked up, just stood and played with his head hanging, hair in his face and eyes closed. Within weeks he was dead. I never really got into Nirvana. :shrug:


Laura

[DrummerDeanna]

How long is the drive here? Could you leave early the day of the show?

Or call in sick?


It's a 2 and a half to three hour drive - the only problem is only one full-timer is allowed to be off on any given day -and my news director is off that whole week - so we're all stuck here...

and I can't leave early because my day ends with my air shift - so I'm tied to the board from 4-6:30 - then I have to do a couple of recorded newscasts :distress: So it's pretty much a wash - can't go :(

[skcin]

^ What about that damn boat/ferry thing? Is that up & running again? I heard that takes less than an hour.

[catinthedark]

It's a 2 and a half to three hour drive - the only problem is only one full-timer is allowed to be off on any given day -and my news director is off that whole week - so we're all stuck here...

and I can't leave early because my day ends with my air shift - so I'm tied to the board from 4-6:30 - then I have to do a couple of recorded newscasts :distress: So it's pretty much a wash - can't go :(

Awww. That DOES suck. If I was there, I'd fill in for you. The funniest thing? I totally could. :)

Damn. Thought we were going to get you here. Sorry you're going to miss Dolly... but, okay, just save the pennies for when Stevie comes back to Toronto... :nod:

[DrummerDeanna]

The Ferry takes about 2 hours and 15 minutes :( And there is no trip that would get me there at the time I need - there are only two round trips running right now I think - ugh. I'm just not gonna be able to go.

I guess I will just save my $$ and definitely cross my fingers for a Stevie stop in Toronto!!

[golddustwoman77]

I am dying to see the Stones, but I just can't bring myself to fork over the money for the ridiculously expensive tickets!!!! :shocked: I'm not sitting in the nosebleeds for $250 per ticket. It has been this way for five tours, and that is why I still haven't gone. I know I'm going to regret it though. :distress:

Also, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were in Nashville on Wednesday last week. I was dying to go, but I had to teach/run cheerleading camp for 100 girls. I live three and half hours from Nashville, so I just could not go and be back ready to cheer/dance at 8:30 A.M. I'm not a happy camper. :distress: I hope he tours again in the next few years. :distress:

[skcin]

The Ferry takes about 2 hours and 15 minutes :(


Really? I thought it was a big time saver. What the hell's the point? No wonder the first owners went under.

[DrummerDeanna]

Really? I thought it was a big time saver. What the hell's the point? No wonder the first owners went under.


LOL - well under the first owner it only took 1 hour 55 minutes!! Apparently - these guys are taking it a little slower to save money on fuel etc.

Well it takes like three hours to drive - so it's a small saver...I do want to take it eventually - it just can't get me to Toronto to see Dolly :distress:

[all the same]

Uh... Red Rocks tonight... sigh... :distress:

[darklinensuit]

Uh... Red Rocks tonight... sigh... :distress:

I'm feeling a bit better about that one now that I've heard how it actually was.

- Jake

[Dark Angel]

I met John Waite in 2001. He was very nice. I got a promo copy of his album "Figure in a Landscape" at the party.

I envy you. I've been wanting to see him in concert for years, but to meet him would be a dream come true. :)