Who was your first?

[U2alli]

paul mccartney circa 1990

 

[Ms. M]

Had I gotten my way AC/DC - Highway to Hell - Sept. 1979 but nooooo so it ended being Cheap Trick Dec. 1979. Thought I was going to get crushed as it was just a mere two days after the Who tragedy at 3 Rivers.

 

[Blue Room]

I think it was Van Halen-when I was about 16 I thought they were cool

My SECOND concert was Van Halen, 1984 tour. I remember liking them better than The Police show I had seen several months prior! I also saw Quiet Riot about the same time BANG THY HEAD! I still enjoy some VH, but the other hard rock stuff has passed me by for the most part!!

 

[misiek]

Oasis...Jones Beach NY...a rainy September night in the mid-90s

 

[phanan]

Robert Plant, 1990, during the Manic Nirvana tour

 

[WinnieThePoo]

Rolling Stones , Bridges to Babylon Tour 1997 , i even bought a freakin t-shirt

 

[Diemen]

Soon after I moved in with Mr. BAW, he took me to see Chicago for my birthday. Chicago with opening act Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.

I don't know about Chicago, but the Flecktones kick ass. Put on a really fun show, too.

My first official big-time rock concert was U2 on April 9th, 2001. I was a late bloomer concert-goer.

 

[U2dork]

It's fun to see people's first shows...
Mine was Blood, Sweat & Tears sometime in the early/mid-eighties.
There was only one original member left. I remember thinking at the time that the man was about the same age as my father but he looked about a million years older. I saw a few other parent-chosen shows after that like Harry Connick, Jr. and random one hit wonder bands from the 60's.
The first concert I saw of my own choosing was Sting in maybe 1990? My father came with me and thought the show was too loud so he stuck cigarette butts in his ears as earplugs.
My hipness crashed through the floor that night never to return again. Thanks Dad!

 

[shrmn8rpoptart]

june 2003-switchfoot (i've seen these guys four times now, they are sweet live) with opener black black ocean (cool guys, but weird music, not really suited for a switchfoot show, but for a couple songs one of the guys played with a REALLY old synth that looked like an answering machine taped to his chest that he let us play with some during the show lol)

 

[Dutch Partygirl]

Stray Cats, somewhere at a festival in Germany, it must have been somewhere in 1981-1982. I was 3 or 4 years old. Unfortunately, I can't remember anything!

 

[carrieluvv]

Aeromsmith - poplar creek music theatre.....just outside chicago
83 or 84

 

[tennispunk]

when I was like 15, a friend got Dave Matthews tickets for her birthday and dragged me. Ick, fuck that shit man. I'm surprised I ever went to another concert again.

More importantly, my first punk show I believe was Avail.

 

[learn2kneel]

DC Talk circa 1996

 

[knox]

My first two concerts were both for my brother's band, Honey, during the 1990s. One was at a CD release party, the other they were opening for some band called Prayer Chain that I didn't stick around to see. I went to a batting cage instead.

I've since seen two U2 concerts (Chicago 10/16/01 and Brooklyn 11/22/04, iirc). I'm seeing FIVE more this year (overboard? prolly) as well as, hopefully, Weezer, Oasis, and the Killers in May/June.

 

[babyman]

U2 in 1997

 

[babyman]

mannheim, maimarktgelaende, germany.......................
unforgettable night

 

[babyman]

popmart 97,mannheim, maimarktgelaende, germany.......................
unforgettable night

 

[MsMofoGone]

Soldier Field... August 1978
( The Rolling Stones... opening act: Journey )

Comiskey Park... A Day In The Park... August 1979
( Journey, Santana, Thin Lizzy, and Eddie Money )

I've also seen Pink Floyd, Rush, Cheap Trick, The Police,
Aerosmith, The Cure, REO Speedwagon, The Smashing Pumpkins,
REM, Genesis, Supertramp, Depeche Mode, Heart, Ted Nugent and
Billy Idol...... plus several U2 concerts...)

 

[zoney!]

U2 - Brendan Byrne Arena - May 1987

 

[thrillme]

U2, 2001.

I wasn't really "into" music up until high school, and even then, going to see a concert...I wasn't really a big fan of anyone in particular, to actually see them live, until I discovered U2.

 

[jacobus]

T. Rex back in 1973 at Messehalle Nuernberg /Germany

 

[Lemon Grrrrrl]

Proud to say U2 popped my cherry on that. 10/30/92 ZooTV Outside Broadcast at Dodger Stadium, LA. 2nd concert - 10/31/92. We got to sing happy birthday to Larry with Elvira! Bono had a Freddy Kruger glove on for Halloween.

 

[georginabono]

A terrible (but great at the time) English boy-band called "Bros", 1988 I think

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Michael jackson, Bad Tour 1988.

I was 10. Thank god I wasn't a little boy.

 

[Zoots]

10 sounds like boy to me.

 

[MrBrau1]

T. Rex back in 1973 at Messehalle Nuernberg /Germany

OH! Fucking historic!! How was that show? (Giant T.Rex fan here.)

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

10 sounds like boy to me.

Yeah, this would be a lot funnier if I wasn't a girl.

 

[Sad_Girl]

I live in hickville - we don't have rock concerts around these parts! I saw several country acts when I was younger; Brooks and Dunn was the first, in 1992. Any rock concerts I got to see were mainly club acts, local groups. First big name rock group I'll get to see live will be Green Day this may. Oh, and I saw Weird Al in concert... we get pretty desperate for entertainment around here

 

[anitram]

Tina Turner

 

[yimou]

Michael jackson, Bad Tour 1988.

I was 10. Thank god I wasn't a little boy.