What Age Were You At Your First Live Gig?

I was 14. Saw Prince and the Revolution on the Purple Rain tour at the LA Forum. Sheila E was the opening act

 

Sure was! Great show. Great sound. They opened with Victoria and other hits, took a break and did a multimedia show of Preservation Acts I and II. I didn’t have Act II yet, but the sound was so clean that we could make out all the lyrics. The whole crowd left humming Salvation Road.

 

11 years old... KISS (supportact: Iron Maiden) Groenoordhallen, Leiden, The Netherlands, October 5th, 1980....

 

16 years old, Molly Hatchett, the Michael Schenker Group & the Johnny Van Zant Band. Winter 1981 Nassau Coliseum

 

1.5 years old. Elvis Presley with my parents.

Funny, I don't remember a bit of the show.

 

Saw an awesome 1972 Everybody's In Showbiz tour show. They opened with Ray singing "Victoria" and encored with Dave singing "Good Golly Miss Molly". One of my all-time top-ten concerts fer sure!

 

14 years old just about to finish my freshman year I saw Wings Over America at Chicago Stadium.

 

I was 13 when I saw Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana in 1975 at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino.

 

Lol...what 16-year-old wouldn't! Come to think of it, I still love watching them in the old Ike and Tina clips...

 

14. Alice Cooper, Manchester Apollo, February 1982.

 

15 George Harrison MSG

 

Just turned 15. Fleetwood Mac - Savoy Cinema, Cork, February 1970.

 

16

Cheap Trick and Pat Benatar at Allentown, PA fairgrounds.

 

Great tour. My one and only time I was able to see Genesis. I think I saw them in late Summer as well at Poplar Creek in Chicago. And yes we got Supper’s Ready too.

 

13. Ray Charles, 1987

 

My “Like” thumb is almost worn out... so many great memories here!

 

At the 1964-5 Worlds Fair in Queens NY. I was only about five but remember somebody singing. Maybe it was the Chimpanzees..John M.

 

12 years old when I saw The Smothers Brothers in 1987 at Wolf Trap in Virginia. 14 when I saw my first band, The Beach Boys, at the same venue. 18 when I went to my first concert without my parents, and that was The Black Crowes in Ithaca, NY.

 

Must've been 12 or 13. Went to see Matthew Sweet who I was into at the time with my Dad. He was opening for Melissa Etheridge. Quite an experience for a young kid in 1993.

 

16

Nils Lofgren, New Victoria Theatre, 11th Nov 1975

 

18

 

I was 10, almost 11. Iron Maiden with Saxon and Fastway opening. Long Beach Arena.

Apparently all the begging in the world didn’t make me old enough for Kiss four months earlier.

 

15
Feb.2nd, 1974
Nashville Municipal Auditorium - $4.00
Black Oak Arkansas
The Charlie Daniels Band
The Marshall Tucker Band

 

I was at that show, very hot day, but enjoyed the show, I am a big Rick Derringer fan. British Lions also were on the bill, former Mott (the Hoople) band members.

 

14
Jimi Hendrix
Seattle Center Colosseum (Now Key Arena)

It's a miracle my dad let me go. But, bless my mom, she knew what it meant to me and probably made him an offer he couldn't refuse (Godfather style).