Here is a list of the ones I can remember. Couldn't give exact dates, maybe even screw up the year... The Monkees Maple Leaf Gardens 1966 Cream Massey Hall 1967 Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart 1968 Electric Cicus The Mothers Of Invention Convocation Hall U Of T 1968 Johnny Winter Massey Hall 1968/69 Blind Faith, Taste and Delaney and Bonnie 1969 Varsity Stadium Grand Funk Railroad and Delaney and Bonnie Maple Leaf .gardens 1969 Jimi Hendrix Maple Leaf Gardens 1969 Festival Express Exhibtion Stadium 1970.. Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, etc... Joni Mitchell Mariposa Folk Festival 1971 Van Morrison Massey Hall 1969 Led Zeppelin O Keefe Centre 1969 Jackson Browne / Bonnie Raitt Massey Hall 1972 Joe Walsh Massey Hall 1973 Ry Cooder / Randy Newman Massey Hall 1973 Rolling Stones Maple Leaf Gardens 1972 The Who Maple Leaf Gardens 1974 Eric Clapton Maple Leaf Gardens 1974 Rolling Stones Maple leaf Gardens 1975 Rolling Stones Buffalo 1975 Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Review Maple Leaf.gardens 1976 Charlie Daniels Band El Mocambo 1976 AllmanBrothers Buffalo 1974 Earl Scuggs and JohnHartford Ontario Place Forum 1976 Charlie Daniels Band Ontario Place Forum 1977 Tom. Waits 1978 Danforth Music Hall Bob Dylan Maple Leaf Gardens 1978 Bruce Springsteen Maple Leaf Gardens 1980 Bruce Springsteen CNE 1985 Bruce Springsteen Sky Dome 1992 The Kinks Massey Hall 1987 John Mellancamp Maple Leaf Gardens 1987 Bruce Springsteen ACC 2000 Rolling Stones ACC 1999 Bruce Hornsby and Bela Fleck New Hampshire Bruce Springsteen ACC 2010 Dave Mathews Band ACC 2010 Paul McCartney ACC 2008 Jimmy Buffet Molson Amphitheatre Jackson Browne, KebMo and Steve Earle Cleveland Paul McCartney ACC 2010 Neil Young Massey Hall 2013 StevenWilson Massey Hall 2016 Others I have seen over the years.... John Prine Steve Goodman Roy Buchanan Bela Fleck..too many times to count Alison Krauss Daniel Lanois Emmy Lou Harris Buddy Guy Stan Rogers Lyle Lovett John Hiatt Lucinda Williams Levon Helm Midnight Ramble Massey Hall Norah Jones
Status Quo (1978) Elvis Costello & The Attractions Cyndi Lauper (with Rick Derringer) Fleetwood Mac (Tusk) Police (Regatta) Cheap Trick The Clash (Sandinista tour) Deep Purple mkII (Perfect Strangers) REM Magazine/XTC Mick Taylor Michael Nesmith (Palias) Village People Adam & the Ants The Monkees (Davy, Mickey, Peter) Tom Petty Tom Petty/Bob Dylan Not in order. These are concerts only not club/pub gigs
The Specials (6) The Beat (3) The Selecter (2) The Cult (3) Madness (3) Paul Weller (2) Adam Ant (2) Manic Street Preachers (3) Suede Oasis Kasabian Stereophonics The Wonderstuff From The Jam Bad Manners Morrissey The Stone Roses PIL Johnny Marr The Mission Crazyhead New Model Army Zodiac Mindwarp Reverend and the Makers Arctic Monkeys Dub Pistols
I'm 20 and live/have lived far away from most places concerts were held. I'm so thankful my list is, kind of, as long as it is! 1. Foo Fighters, Pensacola, FL, 2008 2. Little River Band/Grand Funk Railroad, Panama City, FL, 2009 3. KISS, Pensacola, FL, 2009 4. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Panama City, FL, 2010 5. Zappa Plays Zappa, Bridgeport, CT, 2010 6. Zappa Plays Zappa, Bridgeport, CT, 2011 7. De Luna Fest, Pensacola, FL, 2012 Day 1: Fishbone Jimmy Cliff The Gaslight Anthem Guided By Voices Pearl Jam Day 2: Joan Jett Pete Doherty The Silos The Joy Formidable Bob Mould Foo Fighters 8. Rush, Orlando, FL, 2013 9. Megadeth, Orlando, FL, 2013 10. Judas Priest, Hollywood, FL, 2014 11. Collective Soul, Orlando, FL, 2015 12. Rush, Tampa, FL, 2015 DeLuna Fest in 2012 was EASILY the greatest weekend I've ever experienced in my entire life. My favorite band is Foo Fighters and my friends favorite band is Pearl Jam. COULD IT GET ANY MORE PERFECT THAN THAT?! There's nothing like being DEAD from standing on the sandy beach all day long waiting for your favorite band to come on only to have to hold each other up to keep each other from falling down out of exhaustion, all the while screaming along in a crowd of 30,000 to Pearl Jam playing "Alive".
I used to keep track religiously, back when I was going to a lot of shows. I think my list topped out around 300. I don't get out much anymore unless King's X is playing within in a 3 mile radius. I've seen them 30+ times since 1991. I used to have a list of venues also, scary how many of them are gone now.
I haven't been to many concerts due to my age (and somewhat limited tastes ), but I'll post the ones that I've been to, in addition to a few that I'd like to go to this year. These are all from either Cincinnati or Columbus: Santana - July 6, 2010 Rush - July 2, 2013 Aerosmith, (with Miles Kennedy and Slash opening) - July 22, 2014 Judas Priest, (with Saxon opening) - May 17, 2015 Rush - June 28, 2015 Queensryche, (with Meytal and Halcyon Way opening) - January 27, 2016 I'm planning on seeing the following acts later this year, but nothing's set in stone yet: Yngwie Malmsteen - April 25 Dream Theater - April 27 Whitford/St. Holmes - June 16 Peter Gabriel and Sting - June 21 Heart, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and Cheap Trick - July 22 Journey and the Doobie Brothers - July 29
I can't even imagine. I've seen one band well over a hundred times, another pushing 50 quite a few more 5 or 10 times and countless others. I see 20 - 30 concerts (non club shows) a year. Ive seen 5 or 6 already this year, have tickets for another 13 between Memorial Day and mid September. I just turned 37 and have been a pretty serious concert attendee since I was 16. Obviously the number of shows have grown as my budget has. It's nice to be a DINK household - dual income, no kids
That's some pretty impressive record keeping. I don't have a single ticket stub saved, just some foggy memories of major events. The one ticket stub I did save for a while was for a Stevie Wonder MSG concert where I sat a section or two away from a block of roped off seats that were being saved for what turned out to be Keith Richards and entourage. He arrived late and left early and I followed him out and got his autograph on the ticket stub.
Off the top of my head from memory.. Allman Bros Band Doobie Brothers Chicago Beach Boys Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd The Who Rolling Stones Paul McCartney & Wings Paul McCartney EmmyLou Harris & Rodney Crowell Willie Nelson Linda Ronstadt Poco The Kinks Ray Davies Jorma Kaukonen Roger McGuin Los Lobos Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Squeeze Nectar The Moody Blues Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby & Nash Graham Nash The Outlaws Steve Forbert Elton John Simon & Garfunkel Paul Simon Black Sabbath Jethro Tull Aerosmith Jeff Beck Eric Clapton Steve Winwood Arms Concert (w/ Clapton, Beck, Page) Bad Company Todd Rundgren Wilco Nora Jones Bonnie Raitt Sonic Youth The Ramones Ronnie Spector Chuck Berry The Jayhawks Lucinda Williams Fastball Fleetwood Mac Peter Frampton Rod Stewart Heart Santana Larry Coryell Tito Puente Tal Farlow Joe Beck Dave Brubeck BB King Ray Charles Earth Wind & Fire Lionel Hampton Kenny Baron Les Paul Buddy Guy John Fogerty Stevie Wonder Neil Young Bruce Springsteen Van Morrison Hot Tuna Elvis Costello Queen James Taylor
Bands I have seen in concert, that I can remember right now. Many of these multiple times: Afghan Whigs ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Band of Horses Black Crowes Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Blitzen Trapper Blur Bob Dylan Boy & Bear Brian Wilson Bush Charlatans UK Charles Bradley Chatham County Line Chuck Prophet The Clean Coldplay Dandy Warhols David Bowie Dawes Deerhunter Delta Spirit Doves Dr. Dog Drive-By Truckers Elbow Fleet Foxes Fountains of Wayne Gaslight Anthem Genesis Guided By Voices Head and the Heart Hiss Golden Messenger The Hives Iggy Pop Interpol Iron & Wine J. Mascis J. Roddy Walston and The Business Jason Isbell The Jayhawks Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes John Paul Jones Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Justin Townes Earle Kings of Leon Kula Shaker Kurt Vile Levon Helm Little Barrie Live Liz Phair Lucero Lucinda Williams Manic Street Preachers Midlake My Morning Jacket Neko Case Nick Lowe Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Oasis Ocean Colour Scene Ours Page & Plant Patterson Hood Paul Weller Paul Westerberg Pavement The Pixies Radiohead Ray Davies Richard Ashcroft Richard Thompson The Rolling Stones Ryan Adams Screaming Trees Sheila Divine Son Volt The Soundtrack of Our Lives Spiritualized Stone Temple Pilots The Strokes Superdrag Supergrass Titus Andronicus Travis Tom Petty The Twilight Singers U2 The Vines Weezer White Denim The Who Wilco Yo La Tengo
Impossible. I have seen 188 GD concerts and over 300 featuring core GD members and would not even attempt listing all of those, let along trying to name all of what I would guesstimate to be 1000 shows since I started going around 77.
I've seen hundreds of shows dating back to 1977. About 80% of these shows I still have old ticket stubs. I lost a number of stubs to older great shows from the early 80’s when my wallet which held my favorite stubs and numerous guitar pics was stolen during a Christmas night home invasion robbery in ’86. When I moved out of that condo in mid ’87, I found the wallet utterly cleaned out on top of my carport. Through the late 70’s and most of the 80’s I used to either have a little pocket day planner that I’d carry around with me or wall calendar that I’d write down upcoming shows and even comments and setlists after the concert. Once a year was finished, I’d throw the calendar or planner in my end-of-year personal (like tax crap, etc) box in the garage. But my memory is still pretty solid with just about any of these shows – I can look at just about any date and still recall key songs played, notable aspects about that show, etc. Years ago, I started keeping a Word doc and update it with new shows I'd see. I basically cut and pasted the text from that into this post...... 1977 Van Halen and Y&T? (Golden Bear club – 1/?/77) 1978 Van Halen (Long Beach Arena – 7/9/78) Journey / Electric Light Orchestra (8/26/78 - Anaheim Stadium) 1979 Toto / REO Speedwagon / The Outlaws / Head East / Cheap Trick / Ted Nugent (LA Coliseum – 4/7/79) UFO / Eddie Money / Toto / Boomtown Rats / April Wine / Van Halen / Aerosmith (LA Coliseum – 4/8/79) Bob Welch (Spring 1979 - UCLA Pauley Pavilion) Pat Travers / UFO / Cheap Trick / Blue Oyster Cult (8/5/79 - San Diego Stadium) Quiet Riot w/Randy Rhoads (Roxy?) Elton John (10/6/79 - Universal Amphitheater) Van Halen (10/7/79 - LA Forum) Fleetwood Mac (12/6/79 - LA Forum) Styx (12/20/79 - LA Forum) 1980 ZZ Top (2/15/80 - Long Beach Arena) J Geils Band (3/21/80 - UCLA Pauley Pavilion) The Who (6/28/80 - LA Sports Arena) Journey / Black Sabbath w/Dio / Cheap Trick (7/26/80 - LA Coliseum) Blasters / Queen (7/12/80 - LA Forum) Van Halen (9/20/80 - LA Sports Arena) 1981 U2 (3/15/81 - Reseda Country Club) Van Halen (6/20/81 - LA Forum) Van Halen (6/21/81 - LA Forum) Bruce Springsteen (8/20/81 - LA Sports Arena) Pretenders (9/4/81 - Santa Monica Civic) Electric Light Orchestra (9/23/81 - LA Forum) George Thurogood / Prince / J Geils Band / The Rolling Stones (10/11/81 - LA Coliseum) Ozzy Osbourne (NYE 12/31/81 - LA Sports Arena) 1982 Foreigner (Long Beach Arena) AC/DC (2/23/82 - LA Forum) ZZ Top (3/26/81 - LA Sports Arena) U2 / J Geils Band (3/27/82 - LA Sports Arena) The Tubes (Bar in Anaheim) Ozzy Osbourne (6/12/82 - Irvine Meadows) The English Beat / The Clash (6/18/82 - Hollywood Palladium) Asia (Long Beach Arena) John Cougar Mellencamp / Heart (Irvine Meadows) Girlschool / Iron Maiden / Scorpions (9/1/82 - Long Beach Arena) Van Halen (9/10/82 - LA Forum) Billy Squire / Queen (9/11/82 - Irvine Meadows) Van Halen (9/12/82 - LA Forum) Black Flag (Cuckoo’s Nest) Randy Hanson / Steppenwolf (Reseda Country Club) Clash / The Who (10/29/82 - LA Coliseum) Randy Hanson (12/?/82 - Golden Bear club) 1983 WASP (Trubador club film shoot) The Lords of the New Church (2/26/83 - Perkins Palace) US Festival Day 1 - Wall of Voodoo / Oingo Boingo / The English Beat / Flock of Seagulls / Stray Cats / Men At Work / The Clash (Glen Helen Park, Devore, CA - 5/28/83) US Festival Day 2 - Quiet Riot / Motley Crue / Ozzy Osbourne / Judas Priest / Triumph / Scorpions / Van Halen (Glen Helen Park, Devore, CA - 5/29/83) US Festival Day 3 - Quarterflash / U2 / Missing Persons / Pretenders / Joe Walsh / Stevie Nicks / David Bowie (Glen Helen Park, Devore, CA - 5/30/83) U2 (6/17/83 - LA Sports Arena) Elvis Brothers / Big Country (The Palace) Social Distortion (backyard party) Go Gos / David Bowie (9/9/83 - Anaheim Stadium) Ax / Motley Crue (11/17/83 - Santa Monica Civic) ARMS Benefit w/Clapton, Beck, Page, Wood, Rogers, etc (12/5/83 – The Forum) The Lords of the New Church (The Palace) 1984 Rough Cutt / Night Ranger (Santa Monica Civic) Heaven / Black Sabbath w/Gillan (1/26/84 - Long Beach Arena) Michael Schenker Group (Reseda Country Club) Wire Train / Big Country (3/31/84 - Hollywood Palladium) Ratt / Ozzy Osbourne (4/3/84 - Long Beach Arena) Great White / Judas Priest (5/5/84 - Long Beach Arena) The Velcros / Van Halen (LA Forum – 5/13/84) Gary Moore / Rush (6/2/84 - Irvine Meadows) Stevie Ray Vaughan (6/16/84 - Hollywood Palladium) David Gilmore (6/23/84 - Irvine Meadows) Cock Robin / Billy Idol (8/12/84 - Irvine Meadows) Chequered Past / Little Steven and The Disciples Of Soul – (8/15/84 - Hollywood Palladium) Bruce Springsteen (10/25/84 - LA Sports Arena) Sound Barrier / Max Havok / Loudness (10/26/84 - Reseda Country Club) Bruce Springsteen (11/2/84 - LA Sports Arena) U2 (12/16/84 - Long Beach Arena- missed due to car trouble) 1985 Sheila E / Prince (2/23/85 - LA Forum) Red Rockers / U2 (got sick with the flu and left 3 songs into U2) (3/2/85 - LA Sports Arena) Red Rockers / U2 (3/5/85 - LA Sports Arena) Iron Maiden (3/15/85 - Long Beach Arena) The Firm (3/16/85 - Pacific Amphitheater) Warrior / Loudness (Reseda Country Club) Killing Joke (4/14/85? – John Anson Ford Theater) The Cult (4/26/85 - Hollywood Palladium) Julian Lennon (5/1/85 - Universal Amphitheater?) The Lords of the New Church (5/3/85 - The Palace) Agent Orange / The Lords of the New Church (5/4/85 - Pomona Valley Auditorium) Vice / Yngwie Malmsteen (5/11/85 - Pomona Valley Auditorium) Loudness / Motley Crue (8/24/85 - LA Forum) Dire Straits (9/8/85 - Pacific Amphitheater) X / Red Hot Chili Peppers (9/14/85 - Irvine Meadows) Bruce Springsteen (9/30/85 - LA Coliseum) Stevie Ray Vaughan (10/12/85 - Greek Theater) Yngwie Malmsteen / AC/DC (10/17?/85 – Pacific Amphitheater - cancelled due to “Night Stalker” scare) Wendy O Williams / Motorhead (11/27/85 - Santa Monica Civic) 1986 The Lords of the New Church (bar in Fountain Valley) The Lords Of The New Church (bar in Long Beach) Guns n’ Roses / The Lords of the New Church (3/29/86 - Fenders Bar) Van Halen (7/2/86 - LA Forum) The Cramps (7/26/86 - Hollywood Palladium) AC/DC (8/13/86 - Irvine Meadows) Big Country (8/15/86 - Hollywood Palladium) The Lords of the New Church (unknown Hollywood bar?) Megadeth / Motorhead (10/11/86 – Santa Monica Civic) David Lee Roth (12//86 - LA Forum) 1987 Motorhead / Alice Cooper (3/21/87 - Long Beach Arena) Lone Justice / U2 (4/18/87 - LA Sports Arena) Lone Justice / U2 (4/22/87 - LA Sports Arena) Waysted / Iron Maiden (5/2/87 - Irvine Meadows) The Cult / Billy Idol (5/9/87 - Irvine Meadows) Jetboy / Saxon (Bogarts club) Sam Kinison (Celebrity Theater) Gary Moore (7/30/87 - The Roxy) The Lords of the New Church (8/13/87 - The Palace) Guns n’ Roses / The Cult (9/5/87 - Long Beach Arena) Motley Crue (10/6/87 – LA Forum) The Pretenders / U2 (11/18/87 - LA Coliseum) Guns n’ Roses (12/26/87 - Perkins Palace) 1988 LA Guns / KISS (3/26/88 - Pacific Amphitheater) Cherry Bombz / Poison (4/19/88 - Reseda Country Club) Bruce Springsteen (4/22/88 - LA Sports Arena) Social Distortion / Iggy Pop (Hollywood Palladium) Jane’s Addiction (Scream club) Living Colour (Hollywood Palladium) Faster Pussycat (Marquee club) David Lee Roth (6/11/88 - Irvine Meadows) Guns n’ Roses / Aerosmith (9/15/88 - Pacific Amphitheater) The Cramps (10/29/88 - Universal Amphitheater) Queensryche / Metallica (12/7/88 - Long Beach Arena) Ozzy Osbourne (12/31/88 - Long Beach Arena) 1989 White Lion (Marquee club) Badlands (Marquee club) Jane’s Addiction (4/21/89 - John Anson Ford Theater) Sam Kinison (5/2?/89 - Las Vegas) Concrete Blonde (6/22/89 - Coach House) BB King / Stevie Ray Vaughan (8/26/89 - Greek Theater) Faith No More / Metallica (9/23/89 – Irvine Meadows) Living Colour / Guns n’ Roses / The Rolling Stones (10/21/89 - LA Coliseum) Bonham / The Cult (NYE 12/31/89 – Long Beach Arena) 1990 Concrete Blonde (Coach House) Ministry (2/2/90 – Hollywood Palladium) Public Enemy / The Cramps / Iggy Pop / Steve Jones, Ian Astbury & Billy Duffy (10/6/90 - Pacific Amphitheater) ZZ Top (11/25/90 – LA Forum) Jane’s Addiction (12/19/90 – Hollywood Palladium) Warrant / Poison (NYE 12/31/90 – Long Beach Arena) 1991 Anthrax / Iron Maiden (2/22/91 - Long Beach Arena) Sonic Youth (4/4/91 - The Whiskey) Anthrax / Slayer / Megadeth (5/25/91 – Pacific Amphitheater) Rollins Band / Siouxsie and the Banshees / Body Count / Nine Inch Nails / Jane’s Addiction (7/24/91 – Irvine Meadows) Skid Row / Guns n’ Roses (8/3/91 - LA Forum) Alice in Chains / Van Halen (9/10/91 - Pacific Amphitheater) 1992 Lenny Kravitz / The Cult (1/19/92 - Pomona Valley Auditorium) Bang Tango (2/7/92 - Marquee club) John Mellencamp (2/20/92 - LA Forum) The Pixies / U2 (4/10/92 - Phoenix, AZ) The Pixies / U2 (4/12/92 - LA Sports Arena) Porno for Pyros / Pearl Jam / Soundgarden / The Jesus and Mary Chain / Ministry / Red Hot Chili Peppers (7/18/92 - Shoreline Amphitheater) Living Colour (Hollywood Palladium) Bruce Springsteen (9/24/92 - LA Sports Arena) Motorhead / Metallica / Guns n’ Roses (9/27/92 - LA Coliseum) Concrete Blonde (10/5/92 - Greek Theater) Public Enemy / U2 (10/31/92 - Dodger Stadium) Ozzy Osbourne / Black Sabbath (11/15/92 – Pacific Amphitheater) Ministry (12/26/92 – Universal Amphitheater) 1993 Aerosmith (7/31/93 - Pacific Amphitheater) Iggy Pop (9/30/93 - The Palace) 1994 Nine Inch Nails (4/27/94 - The Palace) The Rolling Stones (10/19/94 - Rose Bowl) Eric Clapton (11/12/94 - HOB Hollywood) 1995 The Cult (2/20/95 - Hollywood Palladium) Van Halen (4/5/95 - LA Forum) 1996 Holy Barbarians (2/26/96 - Lava Bar) 1997 Rage Against The Machine / U2 (4/28/97 – Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego) Rage Against The Machine / U2 (6/21/97 - LA Coliseum) Goldie / Jane’s Addiction (11/22/97 - Bill Graham Civic Center, San Francisco) Tito and Tarantula (Hollywood bar) 1998 The Jesus and Mary Chain (6/16/98 - The Palace) Van Halen (7/4/98 - Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore) Bauhaus (7/10/98 - Hollywood Palladium) Van Halen (10/3/98 – The Joint, Las Vegas) 1999 Atomic Punks (bar in Pomona) New American Shame / The Cult (8/21/99 - HOB Hollywood) Bruce Springsteen (10/17/99 - Staples Arena) Bruce Springsteen (10/23/99 - Staples Arena) 2000 Nine Inch Nails (6/6/00 - The Pond, Anaheim) Moby (The Greek Theater) Atomic Punks (The Roxy) Bruce Springsteen (5/21/00 - The Pond, Anaheim) 2001 PJ Harvey / U2 (4/23/01 - The Pond, Anaheim) PJ Harvey / U2 (4/24/01 - The Pond, Anaheim) PJ Harvey / U2 (4/26/01 - The Pond, Anaheim) Atomic Punks (Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel) The Cult (8/2/01 - Anaheim HOB –walked out) The Cult (10/4/01 - Olympic, LA -filmed) Hole / Jane’s Addiction (10/27/01 - Hollywood Bowl) No Doubt / U2 (11/12/01 - Staples Arena) No Doubt / U2 (11/13/01 - Staples Arena) No Doubt / U2 (11/19/01 - Staples Arena) 2002 Bruce Springsteen (8/24/02 – LA Forum) Sammy Hagar / David Lee Roth (6/22/02 - Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore) Rush (9/23/02 - Staples Arena) Queens of the Stone Age (10/4/02 - Hollywood Palladium) The Cult (10/20/02 - Wiltern) Jane’s Addiction (NYE 12/31/02 – Wiltern) 2003 David Lee Roth (6/11/03 - Anaheim HOB) Lamb of God / Anthrax (8/2/03 - Anaheim HOB) Motorhead / Dio / Iron Maiden (8/24/03 - Irvine Meadows) The Pretenders (2/27/03 - Wiltern) Concrete Blonde (12/12/03 - Galaxy Theater) Amen / Killing Joke (11/14/03 - El Ray Theater) 2004 The Darkness (4/17/04 - Music Box) Macy Gray / David Bowie (2/3/04 - Wiltern) Velvet Revolver (6/8/04 - Wiltern) Van Halen + soundcheck (8/16/04 – The Pond) Van Halen (8/19/04 - LA Forum) Ministry (9/22/04 – HOB Anaheim) TSOL / Bad Religion (11/20/04 - Hollywood Palladium) Marilyn Manson (12/18/04 - Wiltern) Social Distortion (12/?/04 - Anaheim HOB) 2005 Kings of Leon / U2 (3/28/05 - San Diego Sports Arena) Kings of Leon / U2 (4/2/05 - Anaheim Pond) Kings of Leon / U2 (4/6/05 - Staples Arena) Moby (5/7/05 - Wiltern) Audioslave (5/20/05 - Wiltern) Lenny Kravitz (Wiltern) Coldplay (8/20/05 - Irvine Meadows) Queens of the Stone Age / Nine Inch Nails (10/1/05 - Hollywood Bowl) Bauhaus (10/29/05 - Wiltern) Anthrax / Rob Zombie / Judas Priest (10/30/05 - Long Beach Arena) U2 (11/2/05 - Staples Arena) 2006 Black Halos (Seal Beach bar) The Cult (3/7/06 - Music Box, Hollywood) Secret Machines (5/4/06 - El Ray Theater) Pitbull Daycare / Revolting Cocks / Ministry (5/20/06 - HOB Hollywood) Peaches / Bauhaus / Nine Inch Nails (7/7/06 - Irvine Meadows) Raconteurs (7/21/06 - The Wiltern) The Glitterati / Circus Diablo (8/25/06 - Key Club) Groovie Ghoulies / Demolition Doll Rods / The Cramps (10/28/06 - HOB Hollywood) Sebastian Bach / Guns n’ Roses (12/19/06 - Universal Amphitheater) 2007 ZZ Top (2/11/07 - HOB Hollywood) Iggy Pop and The Stooges (4/23/07 – Wiltern – sick, missed) Black Sabbath aka Heaven and Hell (Dio) (4/25/07 - LA Forum) Black Halos (Long Beach Bar) Arcade Fire (5/29/07 - Hollywood Bowl) The Cult (8/3/07 - Grove, Anaheim) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / The Jesus and Mary Chain (10/23/07 – Wiltern) Bruce Springsteen (10/29/07 - LA Sports Arena) Van Halen (11/20/07 - Staples Arena) The Cult (12/5/07 - Wiltern) 2008 Megadeth / Iron Maiden (2/19/08 - The Forum) Bruce Springsteen (4/7/08 - Anaheim Pond) Supersuckers (4/11/08 – HOB Anaheim) Love and Rockets (4/24/08 - Canes club, San Diego) Metallica (5/14/08 - Wiltern) Kings X / Extreme (8/26/08 - HOB Hollywood) Motorhead (9/2/08 - Anaheim HOB) Pigmy Love Circus / Killing Joke (10/9/08 - HOB Hollywood) Jane’s Addiction (10/23/08 - La Cita Bar – went, couldn’t get in) Jane’s Addiction (11/20/08 - El Cid club) AC/DC (12/6/08 - LA Forum) 2009 Lust Killers (1/29/09 – Blues Café bar) Jane’s Addiction (2/16/09 - Echoplex club) Bruce Springsteen (4/16/09 - LA Sports Arena) Street Sweeper Social Club / Nine Inch Nails / Jane’s Addiction (5/20/09 - Irvine Meadows aka Verizon) Lustkillers (6/29/12 – Blues Cafe bar) The Cult (8/22/09 – Club Nokia – missed, sick) Nine Inch Nails (9/2/09 - Palladium) Nine Inch Nails (9/10/09 - Wiltern) Black Eyed Peas / U2 (10/25/09 - Rose Bowl) 2010 Public Image Limited (4/13/10 - Club Nokia) Jane’s Addiction (7/2/10 - The Roxy club) Muse (9/26/10 - LA Forum) Arcade Fire (10/8/10 - Shrine Auditorium) Killing Joke (12/18/10 - Wiltern Theater) 2011 Lenny Kravitz / U2 (6/18/11 - Anaheim Stadium) 2012 Lustkillers (2/21/12 – DiPiazzas Bar) Bruce Springsteen (4/26/12 - LA Sports Arena) Van Halen (6/1/12 - Staples Arena) Van Halen (6/9/12 - Staples Arena) Against Me / The Cult (6/23/12 - Hollywood Palladium) Jane’s Addiction (10/27/12 –The Wiltern) 2013 Killing Joke (5/5/13 - Fonda Theater) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – 6/13/13 – The Observatory club) The Cult (9/7/13 – The Wiltern) Icarus Line / Primal Scream (10/13/13 – Fonda Theater) 2014 Arcade Fire (8/2/14 - LA Forum) 2015 Faith No More (4/24/15 –The Wiltern) U2 (5/26/15 – LA Forum) U2 (5/31/15 – LA Forum) Van Halen (7/14/15 - Irvine Meadows) Primal Scream / The Cult (11/20/15 – Hollywood Palladium) Phantogram / Muse (12/18/15 - Staples Arena) 2016 Bruce Springsteen (3/19/16 - LA Sports Arena) .......Upcoming...... Savages (4/18/16 - El Ray Theater)
I've think I've kept close track of all the concerts I've been to, some of them may be lost to my memory (especially the opening acts unfortunately)...anyway, here's 31 years worth of my list: Chicago - Providence Civic Center, 1984 They Might Be Giants - Living Room, Providence RI (2 times) 1990 The Creatures / Holy Cow / Cousin Doppler - Living Room, Providence RI 1990 They Might Be Giants - Orpheum, Boston 1990 Depeche Mode/Nitzer Ebb - Great Woods, MA 1990 Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians/Carmaig DeForest- Nightstage, Cambridge, MA 1990 Yes - Worcester Centrum, 1991 Guns N Roses/Soundgarden - Madison Square Garden, NYC, 1991 Public Image Ltd/ Big Audio Dynamite/Live/Blind Melon - Brandeis University, 1992 Morrissey- Brandeis University, 1992 The Cure - Worcester Centrum, 1992 New Order/808 State/Sunscreem - Great Woods, MA 1993 Depeche Mode/The The - Worcester Centrum, 1993 The The/Frank Black, Great Woods, MA 1994 Pink Floyd - Foxboro Stadium, 1994 Green Day - Boston Esplanade, 1994 Elvis Costello & the Attractions/Crash Test Dummies- Great Woods, MA 1994 Reverend Horton Heat/Southern Culture On The Skids - Avalon, Boston, 1994 Rolling Stones/Lenny Kravitz - Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, MA 1994 Nine Inch Nails/Marilyn Manson/Jim Rose Circus Sideshow - Boston Garden, 1994 Sky Cries Mary - The Rat, Boston, 1995 Elastica - Venus de Milo, Boston, 1995 Bjork/Aphex Twin – Avalon, Boston, 1995 Wolfgang Press - Newbury Comics, Cambridge, MA 1995 The Young Gods/Die Krupps - Axis, Boston 1995 Oasis - Avalon, Boston, 1995 Garbage - Axis, Boston, 1995 Stone Roses – Avalon, Boston 1995 Moby - Boston Esplanade, 1995 The Orb – Axis, Boston, 1995 Siouxsie & the Banshees/Spiritualized - Orpheum, Boston, 1995 Oasis - Orpheum, Boston 1995 Moby – Axis, Boston, 1995 Suede – Axis, Boston, 1995 Garbage - Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, MA, 1995 David Bowie - Avalon, Boston, 1996 Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Roxy, Boston, 1996 Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve - Paradise, Boston, 1996 The Cure – Worcester Centrum, MA, 1996 Underworld - Avalon, Boston, 1996 Robyn Hitchcock/Jill Sobule - TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA (2 sets), 1996 Lou Reed - Avalon, Boston, 1997 Moby – Avalon, Boston, 1997 Prodigy – Avalon, Boston, 1997 Prince – Fleet Center, Boston, 1997 Sasha & Digweed – Avalon, Boston, 1998 The Creatures/John Cale – The Roxy, Boston, 1998 Soul Coughing – Boston Esplanade, 1998 Fatboy Slim – Avalon, Boston, 1998 The Church - Bill's Bar, Boston, 1998 Underworld - Avalon, Boston, 1999 Cibo Matto - Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, MA, 1999 Luscious Jackson – Avalon, Boston, 1999 Yo La Tengo/Lambchop - Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA 2000 Fridge – Other Music, Cambridge, MA, 2000 Yo La Tengo – Other Music, Cambridge, 2000 Colin Hay – Kendall Café, Cambridge, MA 2000 Beck – Orpheum, Boston, 2000 Doves – Bill’s Bar, Boston, 2001 Basement Jaxx – Avalon, Boston, 2001 Chicks on Speed – TT the Bear’s, Cambridge, MA, 2001 Radiohead/Beta Band/Kid Koala – Suffolk Downs, Boston, 2001 Lambchop - Club 608, Somerville, MA 2002 Elvis Costello - Harborlights, Boston, 2002 Peter Gabriel/Blind Boys of Alabama, Fleet Center, Boston, 2002 Pet Shop Boys – Orpheum, Boston, 2002 Moby/Outkast Great Woods, MA, 2002 Suicide – Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, MA, 2003 British Sea Power – TT the Bear’s, Cambridge, MA 2003 Lambchop - Nashville, don't remember the club's name, 2003 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA, 2003 Mission of Burma, Avalon, Boston, 2004 Pixies - Avalon, Boston, 2004 Lambchop/Pernice Brothers – Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, MA 2004 Lambchop - Paradise, Boston, 2004 Fischerspooner – The Guvernment, Toronto, 2004 Prince – Fleet Center, Boston, 2004 Marilyn Manson – Avalon, Boston, 2004 Wilco/Fiery Furnaces – Wang Center, Boston, 2004 Arcade Fire – The Roxy, Boston, 2005 Four Tet/Sunburned Hand of the Man – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2005 Duran Duran - Boston University, 2005 Bob Dylan/Merle Haggard - Orpheum, Boston, 2005 New Order – Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, 2005 Nine Inch Nails / Dresden Dolls - Orpheum Boston, 2005 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers/Black Crowes - Great Woods, MA, 2005 Lambchop - Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA, 2005 U2 - Fleet Center, Boston, 2005 Sinead O'Connor / Sly & Robbie - Avalon, Boston, 2005 Sigur Ros - Harborlights, Boston, 2006 Lambchop - Paradise, Boston, 2006 Underworld - Harborlights, Boston, 2007 Blonde Redhead – Paradise Boston, 2008 Sigur Ros - Harborlights, Boston, 2008 Boris/Clouds/Growing – Jerky’s, Providence, RI, 2008 Robyn Hitchcock – Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA, 2008 Neil Young/Wilco – Worcester Centrum, 2008 Glasvegas – Paradise, Boston, 2009 Mogwai/The Twilight Sad – Wilbur Theatre, Boston, 2009 GAS – Miller Theatre, New York City, 2009 Wilco – Lafleur Field, Lowell, MA, 2009 Black Diamond Heavies – House of Blues, Boston, 2009 Blind Pilot/The Low Anthem – Paradise, Boston, 2009 Peaches – Paradise, Boston, 2009 Nitzer Ebb – Paradise, Boston, 2009 Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Middle East, Cambridge, MA, 2010 The XX/JJ – The Paradise – Boston, 2010 Wilco – The Orpheum – Boston, 2010 The Album Leaf / Sea Wolf – Paradise, Boston, 2010 Massive Attack / Neon Indian – House of Blues, Boston 2010 Wilco and others (Solid Sound Festival) – Mass MOCA 2010 Barrington Levy - Paradise, Boston, 2011 The Church – Showcase Live, Foxborough, 2011 Simian Mobile Disco/The Juan Maclean/Blondes – Paradise, Boston, 2011 Wilco/Nick Lowe – The Wang Theatre, Boston, 2011 James Blake – Paradise, Boston, 2011 M83/Active Child – House of Blues, Boston, 2011 The National/Yo La Tengo/Wye Oak – Harborlights, Boston, 2011 Spiritualized – Paradise, Boston, 2012 Radiohead / Caribou – Great Woods, Mansfield, 2012 Mogwai/Balam Acab – House of Blues, Boston, 2012 Parliament-Funkadelic – House of Blues, Boston, 2013 Four Tet / Anthony Naples / Ricardo Donoso – Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, 2013 Wilco / Yo La Tengo / Neko Case / Foxygen / Dream Syndicate and many others (Solid Sound Festival) – Mass MOCA, North Adams, 2013 Savages – Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, 2013 Julia Holter – The Church of Boston, Boston, 2013 Nine Inch Nails/Godspeed You Black Emperor – Boston Garden, 2013 Cibo Matto – The Sinclair, Cambridge, 2014 The Knife – House of Blues, Boston, 2014 Mogwai / Majeure – House of Blues, Boston, 2014 Kraftwerk – United Palace Theatre, Harlem, 2014 Wye Oak / Braids – Paradise, Boston, 2014 Jon Hopkins / The Range – The Sinclair, Cambridge, 2014 Jeff Tweedy - Portsmouth Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH, 2014 Boris / Atlas Moth / Sub Rosa - Paradise, Boston, 2014 Royksopp / Robyn - Harborlights, Boston, 2014 Tom Petty / Steve Winwood - Fenway Park, Boston, 2014 Caribou / Jessy Lanza - Paradise, Boston, 2014 Parliament-Funkadelic - House of Blues, Boston, 2015 Faith No More / Le Butcherettes - Orpheum, Boston, 2015 Wilco / Cibo Matto / Shabazz Palaces / Mac DeMarco / Richard Thompson (Solid Sound Festival) - Mass MOCA, North Adams, 2015 Grace Jones / Lauryn Hill / SZA (AfroPunk Festival) - Commodore Berry Park, Brooklyn, NY 2015 Kraftwerk - Wang Center, Boston, 2015 Upcoming... Savages this coming Friday night at the Paradise in Boston Thao & the Get Down Stay Down at Sinclair in Cambridge later on in April Belly at Royale in Boston later on this summer
Status Quo, February 2005; indoors Deep Purple / Uriah Heep / Pretty Maids (in reverse order), May 2005; outdoors Elton John, June 2005; outdoors John Fogerty, July 2006; outdoors Eric Clapton, July 2006; outdoors Roger Waters, July 2007; outdoors Bruce Springsteen, July 2009; outdoors Elton John, May 2010; outdoors - part of festival Elton John / Ray Cooper, December 2010; indoors Bryan Ferry, May 2011; indoors Opeth, November 2012; indoors Procol Harum, March 2013; indoors - with symphony & choir Elton John, June 2013; outdoors Ian Anderson, September 2013; indoors Peter Gabriel, September 2013; indoors Yes, June 2014; indoors Jackson Browne, June 2015; indoors John Hiatt, July 2015; indoors Manfred Mann's Earth Band, February 2016; indoors COMING SOON... Roky Erickson, April 28; indoors Deep Purple, June 17; outdoors King Crimson, September 23; indoors
OP --- Post All the Concerts You Have Attended...Here's Mine It'd take me too long to compile a comprehensive list. I can't remember them all in one posting. First one though...with my parents Duke Ellington, Count Basie, The Woody Herman Orchestra and more..Newport Jazz Festival 1968. Last one.... Probably the Twilight Concert Series in Salt Lake with....uhhh....Morning Jacket ?
I can't be bothered to look up all of the dates (I have them written down at home) and as you'll see, 95% of the shows I've seen are in Boston, but off the top of my head: Blur (Boston) Gorillaz (Boston) Damon Albarn (Boston) Rush (3 times) (Boston/Mansfield) R.E.M. (3 times) (1 in London, 1 in Boston/Mansfield, 1 in Jones Beach) Page and Plant (Boston) The Who (Boston/Mansfield) The Allman Brothers Band (Boston/Mansfield) Radiohead (Boston) Supergrass (2 times) (Boston) Semisonic (Boston) Ride (Boston) Paul McCartney (Boston) Ringo Starr (Providence) Peter Frampton (Webster, MA) Johnny Winter (Newmarket, NH) The Black Crowes (Boston/Mansfield) Oasis (Boston/Mansfield) Spacehog (3 times) (1 in Jones Beach, 2 in Boston/Mansfield) Dream Theater (Boston) Zappa Plays Zappa (Boston) Billy Joel (coming up this summer) (Boston) Beck (2 times) There was a big gap between 2005 and 2011 where my wife and I had all 4 of our kids and I barely went to any shows (maybe 1 in that entire span) so I've been trying to make up for it in recent years.
Social Distortion 1986 The Damned 3 times The Ramones3 times The Stranglers The Gruesomes No Means No U.K.Subs The Vibrators The Buzzcocks The Cramps U2 Radiohead (ok Computer tour) Yes Robert Gordon Neil Young Twice Porcupine Tree 5 times Opeth Blackfield Ocean Colour Scene (Toronto) The Flower Kings 2 times Jethro Tull Tangerine Dream Nazareth Frank Black Charlie Hunter Steve Hogarth New Model Army (Impurity Tour) Elvis Costello Wilco (Ghost tour) Spoon 2015 Morphine All in Montréal except as mention. Probably forgot some...Lol There is lot of bands I want to see but they don't come here up north to much....
Impossible to put a precise figure on it at this point. I keep a lot of my stubs, but some have been destroyed over the years. Even if I attempted to compile a list from memory, I would struggle to recall all the shows where I paid on the door, or was on the guest list. (I was a music writer for ten years, so that's a lot.) Best guess is somewhere in the high hundreds; 800-900 is a fair estimate. Some years, I would hit 40-50 easily.
Lots of great lists here that make me jealous. I was born in 1965 so I missed the 1960s and 70s completely. I started in 1980 and here are some of my greatest memories: AC/DC 1980, 2003. Genesis 1981, 1987, 1992. Mike Oldfield 1981, 1982, 1984, 1992 (Edinburgh), 1993, 1998 (London), 1999, 2006. Frank Zappa 1982. Tina Turner 1985 (Support Bryan Adams). Immaculate Fools 1987 (London). Eric Clapton 1987. Fleetwood Mac 1988, 1990, 2003, 2009. Paul McCartney 1989, 1993, 2003, 2009. Yoko Ono 1986. Ringo Starr 1992. Sting 1991. Velvet Underground 1993. Rolling Stones 1995 (London), 2003 (with AC/DC). Bruce Springsteen 1999, 2003, 2006 (Seeger Sessions) Eagles 1996, 2006. Roger Hodgson 1998 (Las Vegas). Paul Simon 1987, 2000, 2011. Peter Gabriel 1987, 1993. Bryan Ferry 1988, 2005 (Live 8 Berlin, with Roxy Music) Neil Young / Bob Dylan, 1996. Jackson Browne 1996, 2003, 2006 (with David Lindley). The Who 1997, 2006, 2007. Art Garfunkel 1997. Oasis 1997. Emerson Lake and Palmer 1997. Peter Green 1997. Brian Wilson 2002, 2004, 2005 (Live 8 Berlin) Sheryl Crow 2003, 2008. Billy Joel 2006. George Michael 2006. Leonard Cohen 2008. Lyle Lovett 2009. Jean Michel Jarre 2010. Yusuf / Cat Stevens 2011. John Mellencamp 2011. Tom Petty 2012. The Beach Boys 2012. Monty Python 2014 (London). Steven Wilson 2016. Joe Jackson (several great gigs between 1989 and 2016). ...coming soon: Elvis Costello solo (May 2016)
First one was the Monkees in 1969. Last one was Boston last summer. Here are the rest, 43 more , in no chronological order, beginning from 1972 ------ James Gang Kiss REO Speedwagon Styx The Temptations Steve Miller Band The Buckinghams Peter Noone Bobby Sherman Carlos Santana The Doobie Brothers The Black Crowes Pat Benatar Sublime Collective Soul Live Smashmouth Candlebox Little Richard Air Supply Cheap Trick Los Lobos Micky Dolenz Davy Jones Peter Tork Joan Jett Blue Oyster Cult John Kay Tommy James & the Shondells Martha Reeves Smokey Robinson Boys II Men Gin Blossoms Blues Traveler Felix Cavaliere Marie Osmond Soul Asylum Salt N Pepa Jefferson Starship .38 Special En Vogue
I haven't seen many concerts, so my post will be much shorter that some of yours. Testament/????/Helloween. My first concert. I do not remember the middle band as they sucked bad. Genesis. During the We Can't Dance tour at the Silverdome. Foghat. This was during the 90s, when there were two different Foghats touring. This was in a litlle bar, and IDK which version I saw. Spin Doctors/Gin Blosssoms/Cracker. We went to see the openers, and left a few songs into the Spin Docs. ????/Ruby. I remember seeing Ruby (1990's one hit wonder) opening, but I have no recollection of who the headliner was. ????/Sponge/Our Lady Peace. Another one where I'm not sure of who the headliner was. All I think I remember is that the middle band had to drop out, and Sponge filled in for them on short notice. Hinder/Buckcherry/Papa Roach. One my wife wanted to see. Hinder sounded like a wall of distortion, so we left a couple songs into their set. Uncle Kracker. Another concert for the wife. Kiss. It was the tour right before they put the makeup back on in the mid 90s. I was wondering why they were playing so many old songs. Rodriguez. Last concert I went to. Just him & his guitar. Great show. I'm sure I'm forgetting one or two.
Steppenwolf/Tony Joe White 1970 Carpenters/Mark Lindsay 1971 Tom T. Hall 1971 The Guess Who/Sailcat 1972 The Sego Bros. and Naomi 1972 The Gregg Smith Singers 1973 Truth 1974 Erv Lewis 1974 Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons 1977 Jean Shepherd/Jay Lee Webb 1979 Charlie Louvin/Connie Eaton 1980 Chanticleer 1980 Mickey and Becky 1982 Dallas Holm/Twila Paris 1983 Sandi Patti/First Call 1986 The Byrds/Turtles/ Mamas and Papas (Happy Together Tour) 1987 The Bee Gees/The Nylons 1989 The Kingston Trio 1989 Paul McCartney 1993 and 2003 Oldies Package Show: Tokens, Freda Payne, J.J. Jackson, Sonny Geraci,Grass Roots, Peter Noone, Johnny Rivers,Little Richard 1998 Oldies Package Show: Jay and the Techniques, Barbara Lewis, Buckinghams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Noone, Bobby Sherman, Micky Dolenz, Tommy James and the Shondells 1999 Johnny Rivers 2001,2002,2003 Richie Havens 2003 Bob Dylan 2003 Bellamy Brothers 2004 Leon Russell 2005 Robyn Hitchcock 2007 The Return (Beatles Tribute Band) 2007,2008,2009 Judy Collins 2010 Van Morrison 2012 Ringo's All-Starr Band 2013 Elton John 2014 Numerous concerts by a variety of local artists, bands, and orchestras.
No. Read my signature line, then envision two very fat scrapbooks containing print ads, corresponding ticket stubs, concert programs dating back to 1974, and various other scraps of yellowing paper. .
