Who Else Have You Seen?

[Shawn Bonneau]

If this thread must be moved, then let it be moved. Dunno if this is the right place to put it. I have seen a thread like this before a while ago and wanted to start a new one. Who else have you all seen besides U2 and their opening acts?
For me.... Spoken Word and rallies included....

Third Eye Blind, Aerosmith, KISS, Goo Goo Dolls, Bob Dylan, Saliva, 3 Doors Down, Puddle of Mudd, Nickelback, Thornley, Fuel, Tantric, Bill Cosby, Lewis Black, Henry Rollins, George W. Bush, John Kerry, John Edwards, Mark Wills, Stephen King, Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood, Tim Reynolds, Weird Al Yankovic, The Pope, Vanessa Carlton, Even All Out, Automatic
Black, Barenaked Ladies, Butterfly Boutcher, Gavin Degraw.... a whole lot more.... A bunch more.... Can't think of all right now.... A lot more than once.... And now for you all....

SMB

 

[roy]

I saw The Pixies in '89 and Mercury Rev in 1991.

 

[IWasBored]

i've never seen u2.

i've seen a lot of bands, some of them multiple times. i'm not going to try to list them all, it would be insane. i'm not bragging, it just would be. i like music.

 

[IWasBored]

Barenaked Ladies, Butterfly Boutcher, Gavin Degraw....

i went to a show on that tour. butterfly boucher and gavin degraw were a couple of the worst opening acts i've ever seen.

 

[beau2ifulday]

Scissor Sisters
Keane
Travis
The Darkness
Young Heart Attack
Electric Six
Kid Symphony
Kings of Leon
Snow Patrol
THe Thrills
Blur
Rufus Wainwright
Bjork
Fiona Apple
Radiohead
Coldplay
Idlewild
Hope Of The States
Jet
REM
Bloc Party
The Killers
The Kills
The Strokes
Franz Ferdinand
Oasis
Feeder
The Von Bondies
Tori Amos
Kasabian
Muse


there are more, but those are the ones I can remember off of the top of my head.

 

[Popmartijn]

I just got back from an Elvis Costello concert (it ended only 30 minutes ago)!

 

[space__cadet]

I've never seen U2 either
I have seen Billy Idol, The Birthday Massacre, and this band called Aphasia who did an awesome cover of Bullet the Blue Sky.

 

[kakvox]

10,000 Maniacs
They Might Be Giants
Bob Dylan
U2
Garbage
P.J. Harvey
Chicago
Dave Matthews Band
Wilco
Buddy Guy
Pearl Jam
The Flaming Lips
The Buzzcocks
The White Stripes
Blur
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Bright Eyes
The Libertines
The Strokes
Franz Ferdinand
Ambulance LTD
Carole King

 

[IWasBored]

I just got back from an Elvis Costello concert (it ended only 30 minutes ago)!

kickass

 

[cmb737]

Butterfly Boucher is amazing. I have a feeling where you saw here was a bit out of context. I saw her open for Sarah McLachlan and was mildy impressed. Needless to say I bought the album and was blown away.

Best Album I Bought Last Year (Including HTDAAB)

I lived in Nashville for a while and saw her do some club shows. She is unbelieveably talented.

Give her a second listen.

 

[cmb737]

Michael W Smith (jeeez)
Garbage
Pearl Jam
AC/DC (the night before my first u2 show...)
Smashing Pumpkins
Chris Cornell
Megadeth
Stone Temple Pilots
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
The Cure
Interpol
Paloalto
Duran Duran
Depeche Mode
Naughty By Nature
Bush
They Must Be Giants
Aerosmith
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Elton John
No Doubt
Sugar Ray
Matchbox 20
Hillary Duff (worked some of these shows...)
Butterfly Boucher
Matthew Good (Damn Fine Show)
Dropkick Murphy's
Weezer
Tenacious D
Janes Addiction
Roger Waters
Green Day
Soundgarden
Digweed
Oakenfold
Oasis
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Counting Crowes
Third Eye Blind
Radiohead
Beta Band
Live
Hoobastank
Poe
PJ Harvey
The Wasted
Frank Black and the Catholics
Eleven
Queens of the Stone Age


Hmmm

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Not counting local bands, I've seen

U2
PJ Harvey
Weezer
Dashboard Confessional
Sparta
Rooney
Aerosmith (because of ex girlfriend)
Andrew WK (see above)

lots of local metal and folk shows, though

 

[meegannie]

Not including support bands that I didn't really care about or Christian bands I saw when I lived in Kentucky. Most of these are bands I saw in the 2 years I lived in Washington, DC (my gig attendance has drastically declined since I moved to England in 2003):

They Might Be Giants (twice)
Soul Coughing
Better Than Ezra
U2 (four times)
Phaser (local DC band) (twice)
Alto45 (local Norwich band)
Stereophonics (four times)
PJ Harvey
Garbage
The Charlatans
Starsailor (eleven times )
South (three times)
Cornelius
BRMC
Spiritualized
Neil Finn
Ed Harcourt (seven times)
Jesse Malin (twice)
My Morning Jacket (twice)
Burning Brides
French Kicks
The Stands
Haven
Coldplay
Chris Lee (twice)
The Rain Band
Skin
Biffy Clyro
The Proclaimers
The Cardigans
Super Furry Animals
The Polyphonic Spree
REM
The Thrills
Longview
Alfie
Damien Rice
Grim Northern Social
OKGO (twice)
Tom McRae (twice)
Elbow (four times)
Doves (three times, four in March)
Idlewild (three times)
Neil Halstead (three times)
I Am Kloot
Superqueens
Foo Fighters
JJ72 (twice)
The Vines
Delgados (twice)
Aereogramme
Essex Green
Bell x1 (three times)
Tim Burgess
Seafood (twice)
Ryan Adams
The Duke Spirit (twice)
The Magic Numbers (twice)
Hope of the States (twice)
The Veils (twice)
The Dears (tomorrow night!)

 

[IWasBored]

Butterfly Boucher is amazing. I have a feeling where you saw here was a bit out of context. I saw her open for Sarah McLachlan and was mildy impressed. Needless to say I bought the album and was blown away.

Best Album I Bought Last Year (Including HTDAAB)

I lived in Nashville for a while and saw her do some club shows. She is unbelieveably talented.

Give her a second listen.

she was extremely out of context, and it really showed in her complete lack of stage presence.

her music also hurt my ears.

 

[dsmith2904]

NKOTB
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Dino
The Cover Girls
Nelson
Tyketo
Warrant
Trixter
Allman Brothers
Tina Turner
Cyndi Lauper
Lionel Richie
Joe Walsh
Rolling Stones
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bryan Adams
Depeche Mode
Rage Against the Machine
No Doubt
The Vandals
Weezer
New Found Glory
The Distillers
Dramarama
Berlin
Sugar Ray
Everclear
Save Ferris
David Bowie
Green Day
Third Eye Blind
Elvis Costello
Madonna
Guns 'n' Roses
Metallica
Motorhead
The Crucified
Rollins Band
The Muffs
Pat Benatar
Stevie Nicks
Biz Scaggs
The Moody Blues
The Chieftans
Ashley MacIsaac
Michelle Shocked
Mandy Patinkin
Beck
INXS
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Joe Strummer and the Mescalaros
Royal Crown Revue
Lounge Against the Machine
Violent Femmes
Aerosmith
Talk Show
Rod Stewart
Ann & Nancy Wilson
Phish
Alanis Morissette
Leon Russell

There's probably more because I can't remember all the opening acts and I've been to a few of those radio station festival things and can't remember everyone I saw there either.

 

[martha]

I saw the Pope when he came to LA back when I was in college for the second time.


I saw the Boomtown Rats three times.

Queen three times.

And others.

 

[Cute Irish Bono]

Jet

Blur

Muse

How were they?

 

[Cute Irish Bono]

Biz Scaggs

How was he?

 

[Cute Irish Bono]

DMB

Nickelback

3 Doors Down

Puddle of Mudd

Bon Jovi

Michael Mcdoland

Hall & Oates

AWB

The Goo Goo Dolls

John Mayer

I probably missing some and some of those above were opening bands that were o.k. to me.

 

[Cute Irish Bono]

Bush

I would love to see them so much!

 

[indra]

I'm not much of a concert goer, but I've seen a few good ones. (Haven't seen U2, mostly likely won't go this time around either.)

10,000 Maniacs
Sting (Dream of the Blue Turtles tour -- freebie)
Paul Young (free)
REM (did a weekend jaunt to catch three shows, I think)
Pylon
Toad the Wet Sprocket (a couple of times)
Warren Zevon
Phil Collins (a friend had an extra ticket and no one to go with... )
World Party
The Waterboys (good show...loved Mike Scott)
Gin Blossoms
Sea Ray (opened for The Church and I really liked them...planned to see them more, but they have just disbanded )

and of course, of course, of course!!!!

The Church -- saw them five times in five days (drove through a blizzard to get to the last show) in March of 2004, so far it's been the only times I've ever seen them.

 

[U2utah2U]

Wow, there are some concert goers here. I've seen a bunch of local bands and acoustic fingerstyle players that come through Utah but bigger bands that people would know include:

1964 (Beatles cover band but hey, I was 14 and I count it as my first rock concert)

Aerosmith (I was 15 and they rocked)

Toad the Wet Sprocket

Shawn Mullins (free intimate acoustic show--a friend won tickets on the radio)

U2 (twice on Elevation)

Zwan

Radiohead

Howard Jones (best free ticket ever)

Adriana Calcanhotto (Brazilian singer I saw while in Portugal last summer)

The Cure (2nd best free ticket ever)

And I'm hoping to be able to add U2 in NY, Denver and maybe Boston by tomorrow morning.

Bands I should have seen in high school but because of work / money issues:

Oingo Boingo Farewell Tour (still kicking myself for this one); REM; Smashing Pumpkins; Pearl Jam; The Cure. These are shows I either had tickets to and sold or was going to buy from a friend and didn't.

When my kids are in high school I'm going to help them see the bands they want to see. Heck, I'll take them to most of the shows if they don't mind uncool-dad hanging around.

 

[u2popmofo]

U2utah2U, we're neighbors. I'm in Provo.

 

[MISTER MACPHISTO]

Green Day 2004
Openers: New Found Glory and Sugarcult
Vancouver, BC

Cirque Du Soleil: La Nouba 2004
Orlando, Florida

Kiss 2004
Opener: Poison
CANCELLED
Auburn, WA

Beastie Boys 2004
Openers: Talib Kweli and The Superdogs
Vancouver, BC

Blink 182/No Doubt 2004
Auburn, WA

Aerosmith 2004
Opener: Cheap Trick
Ridgefield, WA

FoxFest 2004
Artists: State of Shock, The Trews, Billy Talent, Bif Naked and The Offspring
Vancouver, BC

Cirque Du Soleil: Quidam 2004
Vancouver, BC

Madonna 2004
San Jose, CA

Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai 2003
Pomona, CA

Jingle Bell Bash 2002
Artists: Avril Lavigne, Destiny’s Child, Eve, Kylie Minogue, Lifehouse, Default, Simple Plan, DJ Sammy, Nick Carter, Kelly Osbourne and Daniel Bedingfield.
Seattle, WA

Bon Jovi 2003
Opener: Goo Goo Dolls
Seattle, WA


Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003
Opener: Mike Watt & the Secondman
Vancouver, BC

Pink 2002
Opener: ?????
Vancouver, BC

Edgefest 1998
Artists: Bif Naked, Holly McNarland, Econoline Crush, Sloan, Foo Fighters, Green Day, The Tea Party, Copyright, Local Rabbits, The Killjoys, The Mathew Good Band, Creed and The Watchmen.
Vancouver, BC

Edgefest 1999
Artists: Hole, Moist, Big Wreck, Silverchair, Mathew Good Band, Edwin, Wide Mouth Mason, The Rascalz, Bodega, Treble Charger, Serial Joe, Finger Eleven, Gob and Vertical Horizon.
Vancouver, BC

Britney Spears 2003
Opener: Kelis
KICKED OUT FOR TRYING TO SNEAK BACKSTAGE
Seattle, WA

Britney Spears 2002
Opener: ?
Vancouver, BC

Marilyn Manson 2003
Opener: Crystal Pistol
Vancouver, BC

The Offspring 1999
Openers: The Vandals, Jughead’s Revenge
Vancouver, BC

Shania Twain 2003
Opener: Emmerson Drive
Vancouver, BC

Experience Music Project 2000
Artists: Metallica, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kid Rock and Filter.
Seattle, WA

Avril Lavigne 2003
Openers: Gob and Swollen Members
Vancouver, BC

Avril Lavigne 2004
Opener: Butch Walker with American Hi-Fi
Vancouver, BC

Big Wreck/ Joydrop 2001
Vancouver, BC

No Doubt 2000
Openers: Lit and The Black Eyed Peas
Vancouver, BC

No Doubt 2002
Openers: Garbage and The Distillers
Seattle, WA

Garbage 1998
Opener: Girls against Boys
Vancouver, BC

Alanis Morissette 1999
Opener: Garbage
Seattle, WA

Alanis Morissette 1999
Opener: Sloan
Vancouver, BC

Alanis Morissette 1996
Opener: Our Lady Peace
Vancouver, BC

U2 Popmart 97
Opener: Fun Lovin Criminals
Edmonton, AB

U2 Popmart 97
Opener: Smashmouth
Vancouver, BC

U2 Popmart 97
Opner: Smashmouth
Seattle,WA

U2 Elevation 2001
Opener: PJ Harvey
Tacoma, WA

U2 Elevation 2001
Opener: PJ Harvey
Vancouver, BC

U2 Elevation 2001
Opener: PJ Harvey
Portland, OR

U2 Elevation 2001
Opener: No Doubt
Los Angeles, CA

Snoop Doggy Dogg 2003
Opener: Choclair
Vancouver, BC

Weird Al Yankovic 1996
Vancouver, BC

Weird Al Yankovic 1999
Vancouver, BC

Rob Zombie 1998
Fear Factory and Monster Magnet
Vancouver, BC

Pearl Jam 1998
Opener: The Wallflowers
Seattle, BC

Wrestlemania XIX, 2003
Seattle, WA

WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Atlanta, GA

WWE Smackdown 2002
Seattle, WA

WWE Raw 2003
Vancouver, BC

The Phantom of the Opera
Broadway Show
Vancouver, BC

Grease
Broadway Show
Vancouver, BC

Bryan Adams
Openers: Extreme, Grapes of Wrath, Tommy and the T-Birds, Steve Miller Band, Sass Jordan and The Righteous Brothers
Osoyoos, BC


Type O Negative 2003
Opener: Cradle of Filth
Seattle, WA

 

[IWasBored]

Green Day 2004
Openers: New Found Glory and Sugarcult
Vancouver, BC

Cirque Du Soleil: La Nouba 2004
Orlando, Florida

Kiss 2004
Opener: Poison
CANCELLED
Auburn, WA

Beastie Boys 2004
Openers: Talib Kweli and The Superdogs
Vancouver, BC

Blink 182/No Doubt 2004
Auburn, WA

Aerosmith 2004
Opener: Cheap Trick
Ridgefield, WA

FoxFest 2004
Artists: State of Shock, The Trews, Billy Talent, Bif Naked and The Offspring
Vancouver, BC

Cirque Du Soleil: Quidam 2004
Vancouver, BC

Madonna 2004
San Jose, CA

Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai 2003
Pomona, CA

Jingle Bell Bash 2002
Artists: Avril Lavigne, Destiny’s Child, Eve, Kylie Minogue, Lifehouse, Default, Simple Plan, DJ Sammy, Nick Carter, Kelly Osbourne and Daniel Bedingfield.
Seattle, WA

Bon Jovi 2003
Opener: Goo Goo Dolls
Seattle, WA


Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003
Opener: Mike Watt & the Secondman
Vancouver, BC

Pink 2002
Opener: ?????
Vancouver, BC

Edgefest 1998
Artists: Bif Naked, Holly McNarland, Econoline Crush, Sloan, Foo Fighters, Green Day, The Tea Party, Copyright, Local Rabbits, The Killjoys, The Mathew Good Band, Creed and The Watchmen.
Vancouver, BC

Edgefest 1999
Artists: Hole, Moist, Big Wreck, Silverchair, Mathew Good Band, Edwin, Wide Mouth Mason, The Rascalz, Bodega, Treble Charger, Serial Joe, Finger Eleven, Gob and Vertical Horizon.
Vancouver, BC

Britney Spears 2003
Opener: Kelis
KICKED OUT FOR TRYING TO SNEAK BACKSTAGE
Seattle, WA

Britney Spears 2002
Opener: ?
Vancouver, BC

Marilyn Manson 2003
Opener: Crystal Pistol
Vancouver, BC

The Offspring 1999
Openers: The Vandals, Jughead’s Revenge
Vancouver, BC

Shania Twain 2003
Opener: Emmerson Drive
Vancouver, BC

Experience Music Project 2000
Artists: Metallica, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kid Rock and Filter.
Seattle, WA

Avril Lavigne 2003
Openers: Gob and Swollen Members
Vancouver, BC

Avril Lavigne 2004
Opener: Butch Walker with American Hi-Fi
Vancouver, BC

Big Wreck/ Joydrop 2001
Vancouver, BC

No Doubt 2000
Openers: Lit and The Black Eyed Peas
Vancouver, BC

No Doubt 2002
Openers: Garbage and The Distillers
Seattle, WA

Garbage 1998
Opener: Girls against Boys
Vancouver, BC

Alanis Morissette 1999
Opener: Garbage
Seattle, WA

Alanis Morissette 1999
Opener: Sloan
Vancouver, BC

Alanis Morissette 1996
Opener: Our Lady Peace
Vancouver, BC

U2 Popmart 97
Opener: Fun Lovin Criminals
Edmonton, AB

U2 Popmart 97
Opener: Smashmouth
Vancouver, BC

U2 Popmart 97
Opner: Smashmouth
Seattle,WA

U2 Elevation 2001
Opener: PJ Harvey
Tacoma, WA

U2 Elevation 2001
Opener: PJ Harvey
Vancouver, BC

U2 Elevation 2001
Opener: PJ Harvey
Portland, OR

U2 Elevation 2001
Opener: No Doubt
Los Angeles, CA

Snoop Doggy Dogg 2003
Opener: Choclair
Vancouver, BC

Weird Al Yankovic 1996
Vancouver, BC

Weird Al Yankovic 1999
Vancouver, BC

Rob Zombie 1998
Fear Factory and Monster Magnet
Vancouver, BC

Pearl Jam 1998
Opener: The Wallflowers
Seattle, BC

Wrestlemania XIX, 2003
Seattle, WA

WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Atlanta, GA

WWE Smackdown 2002
Seattle, WA

WWE Raw 2003
Vancouver, BC

The Phantom of the Opera
Broadway Show
Vancouver, BC

Grease
Broadway Show
Vancouver, BC

Bryan Adams
Openers: Extreme, Grapes of Wrath, Tommy and the T-Birds, Steve Miller Band, Sass Jordan and The Righteous Brothers
Osoyoos, BC


Type O Negative 2003
Opener: Cradle of Filth
Seattle, WA

you're tempting me to actually type up everything.

see, i'm what you might call border-line obsesseive about stuff like this, and i can tell you exactly every show i've been to, including the names of all the shitty local bands, maybe leaving out only one or two.

don't make me do it!!

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

I wish I could have seen Toad the Wet Sprocket

My cousin saw their last show of the P.S. tour in 2003, said it was amazing. Guess I could hold out for a Glenn Phillips solo show, though.

 

[RickFly]

U2 (6 times)
bon jovi (2)
cinderella
the cranberries
motley crue (2)
jimmy buffett (4)
aerosmith (2)
poision (2)
the goo good dolls
tony benit
john mellencamp (2)

 

[dsmith2904]

How was he?

He was okay but BOZ Scaggs was better It was actually pretty cool, the group did "Hey 19" and got everyone in the mood and dancing in the aisles before Stevie Nicks came out.

And I forgot Billy Idol.

 

[Mr. BAW]

Anyone ever get into Ska....Pushover also known at one time as Mealticket...anyone ever seen 'em???/

 

[BAW]

I saw the Pope when he came to LA back when I was in college for the second time.

How many encores did he do?