What was your first ever Live Concert?

August 1984
The Jacksons Victory Tour
Night #1 at Neyland Stadium, Knoxville,TN
I was 12.....

 

I guess Whitesnake were popular in Europe way before they broke in the States! If Ozzy and Whitesnake played the US in 1983, there's no way he'd have been the opener!

 

Judas Priest Rochester NY War Memorial
1986 Turbo Tour.

 

Air Supply, I was 9 and my dad won free tickets on the radio. He didn't know who they were, but he loved winning free things and took me. On the way home he told me about seeing Hendrix at Red Rocks and then explained to me how all music made after 1972 sucked.

 

The Stampeders , 1975 or 76 Charlottetown P.E.I , can’t remember the arena name but it was the loudest show I can remember

 

White snake did multiple tours in uk and europe between 1977-1984, if I remember correctly they were touring extensively in germany : some tours had more than twenty (!!!) dates for germany only in those years...and when they began to break trough in the states in 1987, they didn't tour anymore in europe between 1987 and 1992, except for some outdoors shows...

 

Black Sabbath 13 tour 2013

 

Glen Campbell and Every Mother's Son, Omaha, 1968.

 

Some country western show at the Folly theater in Kansas City,,around 82 I think it was.
No idea who any of the performers were.Mom and Dad had tickets.
First show that I do remember who played,Stray Cats at World of Fun Kansas City,August 1983.

 

Dec.4 1975
Maple Leaf Gardens
Toronto

FRANK ZAPPA

 

Dave Clark Five...

 

Jethro Tull/Loverboy-Brendan Byrne Arena 10/13/84

 

Patti Smith Group, 1976

 

Peter Gabriel exactly 38 years ago today (25/02/1980)

 

Grand Funk Railroad w/White Witch
Bayfront Center
St. Petersburg, FL
Nov. 11, 1972
And even a review by my old publishing company: http://theconcertdatabase.com/sites/theconcertdatabase.com/files/1972-11-11r_0.jpg

 

I Saw weird al and CSN there.

 

Hall and Oates - frank Erwin center, Austin Texas 1982 or 81

 

Black Sabbath in a high school gymnasium

 

The Beatles, Leicester De Montfort Hall, 1st December 1963

 

Kiss - 1980 - i was 12 and it blew my mind and i became addicted to concerts.

 

Loin cloth Nugent- early 80's- New haven Ct.

 

A long, motley event at Forman Field, Norfolk Va. in August 1965. General Admission: $4.00

It started out at noon with a "Battle" of local bands, proceeding through several East Coast groups. One I can remember was The Music Machine. They were very good. That was their last show for a long time, as three of the five members had recently received draft notices from Uncle Sam.

The big headliners were Tina Mason, and The Young Rascals. BUT WAIT, there's more...

The band backing Ms. Mason included several members of James Brown's band. And who do you think happens to show up unannounced? Yes, the MAN! James freaking Brown!

So they added an extra set to the show. J.B. & co. were stunning, red hot and funky. I had heard a tune or two by him on the radio, but this experience was just incredible.

I had just turned 14, sitting just in front of the stage. I was slack-jawed gawkin'.

Don't know how The Rascals felt about having been so seriously upstaged. Probably not too bad as they were in different genres they weren't exactly competing for chart positions. And were paid well I'm sure.

All in all I would say it was a very good start.

 

Rush at the LA Forum 1983 for Signals with Golden Earring in support. Blown away to see the heros on my walls playing in person!! Interestingly I last saw them at the Forum for their "likely?" final show.

 

Well my first performance was at birth,and folks have been coming to see me ever since,to tell me to SHUT UP!!!

 

Jethro Tull Warchild tour Feb 1975 , followed by Black Sabbath in July 1975 Minneapolis