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Not necessarily Bruce-related, but I’m just wondering who you first went to see in concert…?
Mine was The Kids from Fame, at the Cornwall Coliseum, 1982. (And very good they were, too!)
Ss best I can recall, my first concert attended was the Smothers Brothers, if you can really call that a concert. I also recall my parents taking me to see a fairly well regarded piano player (not Bruce) though I forget who.
My first concert without my parents along was a show by the Grateful Dead.
My first show was Rush, in 1986, with Marillion as the opening band. It was such a great show. Maybe it seeemed great because it was my first concert; and I was young and impressionable. But then again, I’ve seen Rush many times since – and they’re awesome every time. Rush remain as one of my favorites to this day, with Bruce high on that list of course too.
AC-DC, the “For Those about to Rock, We Salute You Tour,” at the Capital Center in Landover, Maryland, in December 1981.
Please don’t shun me–I was young and foolish.
Ellen
My first show was the Oak Ridge Boys in 1980 0r 1981 at the Greensboro Coliseum. What can I say? Like many others on this thread,Iwas young and impressionable…
Jackie
I can beat that, Treah.
My first concert was Chicago at the Norfolk, VA Scope in October 1976. I still have the ticket stub. It cost $6.25.First show
Chubby Checker at the Tennessee Valley Fair when I was just a pup. Oh yeah, baby, let’s do the “Twist”!
I was 15 when I attended my first concert. It was Nirvana in 1993 in Akron,Ohio. This was also the first band that I ever met and got autographs from. I wonder how much I can get for two signed cd covers from the band…haha like I would ever sell any of my autographs. It was a fun memorable night.
hey, my fan beer-lol
mine was in 1995, i saw elton john when i was only 11. there is a story that goes along with it. i’ll leave it for another day. But i’ll just say that elton john himself came out after the house lights went on just to sing “your song” to me!!!! i have to say thank you to mom for that one
Mine was Don Henley. But that summer, I also saw Huey Lewis & the News, Chicago and a little band by the name of Bruce Hornsby & the Range.
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Journey( Steve Perry’s first gig with them I think)
South side johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Exhibition stadium July 1977
$14.00Emerson Lake and Palmer
Journey( Steve Perry’s first gig with them I think)
South side johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Exhibition stadium July 1977
$14.00i too say journey(twice)…it was only a few years ago…it was with new lead singer, he’s no steve but he will do LOL although i have to say he is a bit eassier on the eye LOL Neil, is the band…hands down:) great musican…still need to get thier new LP, i only have up to Red 13…that was a waste of dough i tell yaLOL any whoo…peace:)
First Concerts
The very first was either: Jethro Tull or Ten Years after at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh (It’s been a long time), I think I was about 14 at the time. Also in those early years saw exceptional gigs by Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum, If, Barclay James Harvest, Keef Hartley Band, Pink Floyd, Chicken Shack, Blodwyn Pig (Mick Abrahams), Mountain, Alexis Korner, Tony Williams Lifetime (with Jack Bruce and John McLaughlin), Curved Air, Atomic Rooster,Terry Reid, and later Supertramp, Billy Cobham, Average White Band, Nazareth, Bruce Springsteen, Clapton….
Trying to get to Dublin in May to see DMB, but still not seen Bruce yet!
I have Seen Dave and you are in for a treat. DMB strike me as the next generations Bruce and the noisemakers.
DMB+Bruce
Yeah, really looking forward to it – ’til then, I’ll have to be satisfied with the live cuts on Youtube – they really make a healthy noise – not bad for an acoustic guitar, fiddle and sax! I ain’t leaving them for the next generation, either – I have a big enough heart to accomodate them as well as Bruce and the boys – speaking of whom, a gig in Edinburgh or Dublin would be a treat…
My then 7 year old sons first show Was Bruce in a solo date in 2004. He stayed awake for 2 songs which i found a little depressing but I loved it.
Mine was Badfinger at William and Mary Hall in Williamsburg. The opening act was some group I had never heard of called The Doors. It was after Jim Morrison croaked, so I had no idea what I was missing until many years later. WIthin a couple of weeks of that show, I saw (at the same place) Chicago and then Seals and Crofts. Being hooked on concerts at that point, I followed it up with a trip to the Hampton Coliseum to see Three Dog Night. Wow, that was a long freaking time ago.
Rich
For me it was Styx, November 14, 1978 at the Hampton Coliseum (on their Grand Illusion tour…). Opening act was Nick Guilder (how many remember this one-hit wonder?), and the cost…$8.
Yeah, I kept a list of concerts I went to (tossed the ticket stubs, but was good at keeping them written down) up until 1994. To see the prices of tickets then…and now, pretty amazing.
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