My son went on a Mission Trip this summer and one of the adult chaperones was a guy about my age. My son said he was playing some mix CD's one of which was the Moody Blues, the first band I ever saw in concert.
So it go me wondering what the first concert that folks here ever attended.
As I said, mine was The Moody Blues with Van Morrison as the opening act. It was at the Cincinnati Gardens some time in September of 1970.
1971.
Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" tour. Second row center seats.
Couldn't hear for two days.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
I just turned 18 and I have never been to a concert, unless you count the unknown band that I listened to for about 10 minutes after a Columbus Crew game, which I don't even count.
1974 Pine Knob - America (the poor mans CSN)
But that was nothing.... two years later
Aug 3 1976 - Elton John - Riverfront Colisieum
Aug 4 1976 - Jethro Tull - Riverfront Colisieum
You expect me to remember the first one? I can't remember any of them!
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
May 1983 @ Rupp Arena
Headliner: Billy Squier
Opener: Def Leppard
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I was there, too!Originally Posted by macro
1987, Kansas Coliseum in Wichita - Bryan Adams w/ opening act The Hooters.
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
I saw that tour at Louisville's Freedom Hall the same summer..
Yep, it was Tesla. I caught this tour at Freedom Hall, as well.1988 Def Leppard - HYSTERIA Tour
I believe that Tesla opened up the show.
I bought this T-Shirt:
Ahh, 1987. What a year!
Help stamp out, eliminate, and do away with redundancy.
Well, I'm a bit of a young'in, and also sort of a late bloomer onto the concert scene, so my first real one was The Roots with Talib Kweli and someone else back in '99 (? might have been 2000, I don't remember) at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia. And now it's all coming full circle as I'll be seeing The Roots again tomorrow down at Bogart's.
Kiss/Judas Priest
Riverfront Colisseum, 1979.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
Hey I was at that show too. I think the only Priest song I knew at the time was Diamonds & Rust.
My first though was Elvis in 72 (I believe) at Cincinnati Gardens before he got fat. And then no concerts until the Wings Over America tour in 76...GREAT SHOW!
1993 -- Hara Arena, Dayton Ohio -- Megadeath, White Zombie
1994 -- Don't remember where -- Flaming Lips, Butthole Surfers, Alice in Chains
When all is said and done more is said than done.
1968 -- University of Dayton Fieldhouse (not the arena) -- BB King, Canned Heat, and <mumble>. Cops turned off the power at midnight, band kept playing, cops cleared the stage, mini-riot ensued, a real 60's experience.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
Moving Sidewalks?
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