Which LEGENDARY concert did you attend?

OMG I had a poll with this! OK just forget it!!!!!

Does one of Cher's reunion tours count?

I guess the word "legendary" is up for interpretation. But, I've seen some really good ones that I'm glad I did before it was too late - Cher, Go-Go's, Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton.

I saw the Beatles in 1964 in Atlantic City.

Altamont, 1969. I was way loaded, remember Jagger screaming over and over Brothers and Sisters, but that's about it.

Cher Reunion Tour? Shirley, you jest.

I saw Sonny and Cher back in the '60's at the Indiana State Fair. Fur vests, eye make-up, and all.

My poll choices were:

Woodstock

Simon & Garfunkel Central Park

Live Aid

Wham! The Final (lol)

And I had the ubiquitous VV choice: C'est La Viv An Evening With Vivian Vance

Curt Bois, Berlin 1925.

Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run tour: Bottom Line. Kutztown State College, Pennsylvania.

Martha Argerich, solo and with her besties, at Carnegie in 1999 (I think).

17 curtain calls after 1st half...

The Jackson 5's first concert tour, 1971.

Did Martha do the Rach 3?

My sister attended the Beatles' concert at the Hollywood Bowl that was released on a record. That's her screaming.

I was a babe on my mother's knee when Garland blew the roof off Carnegie Hall 1961.

Your mother brought a baby to a concert, r13? Ugh.

One legendary concert and three phenomenal tours:

Simon & Garfunkel in Central Park, September 1981 The Graceland Tour (with Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba), July 1987 Bruce & E Street Band, River Tour, November 1980 Bruce & E Street Band, Born in the USA Tour, June 1984

The Graceland concert was undoubtedly the best one I've ever attended. Scalpers were offering $100 for general admission lawn tickets which were had sold for $25.

In 1986, I attended the incomparable Hildegarde's 80th birthday concert at Carnegie Hall. The old girl still had it and she played the shit out of that grand piano, gloves and all.

At the end of the concert, none other than Little Miss Alice Faye wheeled out an enormous birthday cake and everyone in the hall sang "Happy Birthday" to Hildegarde.

Unforgettable!

Well, I was at an No Nukes rally once and Joni Mitchell played instead of Pete Townsend. Pete's fans were not pleased, and threw stuff at Joni. Ms. Mitchell called out '" Cut that shit out-I'm not that bad"

Um hello! Woodstock.

Many Springsteen legendary concerts. My parents wouldn't let me go to a Beatles concert despite begging and begging. I have never forgiven them. LOL!

There must be a few elders on here who attended Diana Ross's Central Park concert in the early 80s.

Or Elton John's Central Park concert in October 1980.

Did anyone see Stevie/fleetwood mac At Red Rocks back in the day? That’s my dream go back in time concert.

Led Zeppelin MSG in the 70s. Stairway to Heaven was an epiphany.

R16 Funny about Hildegarde. She was all over NYC in the 1970s. You'd see her everywhere. She'd chat you up on the street. I was young and just thought she was some crazy old lady that wanted to be in show business. I had no idea who she was until an older friend of mine explained.

Ha, I did not mean reunion tour for Cher - I meant farewell tour (I posted pre-caffeine)

I saw Elton John at Ohio State U in 1972. That night I came out to my girlfriend. Had no idea Elton was gay. "Friends" had been our album. I knew "friends" was all I wanted to be with her, particularly after she brought the first guy I fell in love with over to my apartment, a month earlier.

Well, it's LEGENDARY in my life.

Fleetwood Mac’s 1997 Dance tour. The first time the classic five had reunited.

Judy Garland Chicago Arie Crowne Theater 1965

Judy Garland Chicago Opera House 1967

JFC I knew DL had some older posters, but not THAT old.

Talk about old -1960s Hollywood Bowl Bash:

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons; Herb Alpert; Bill Cosby; [italic] and, [/italic] Barbra Streisand

Linda Ronstadt, front-row center, 2003. I was nineteen. It thrilled me.

R2: When did you see Stevie Nicks?

R13: Do you hold the late Judy Garland personally responsible for your homosexuality? Also, was Liza there? If so, you must be not only gay but really good at it, too.

Mrs Patrick Campbell saw Judy Garland in concert to celebrate MPC's 40th birthday.

The Police, NYC, The Palladium, think the show was November 1979. Before it became a dance club, The Palladium was an old concert hall, which was originally called The Academy of Music. What an amazing concert and even more amazing musicianship, which proved The Police sure weren't a punk band. I had 3rd row, the tickets only cost $7.50! It was broadcast live on WNEW-FM.

Talking Heads ... I was able to attend all three nights of the band's performances at The Pantages in Los Angeles that were used for Jonathan Demme's concert film, "Stop Making Sense."

Great concerts. Great film. I feel so fortunate to have this memory documented.

R30 - around 1989 - it was The Other Side of the Mirror tour

Phil Collins about 15 years ago on his farewell tour.

Peaches and Herb back in the 70s.

For all you jazz fans, Maynard Ferguson's last tour the year before he died.

Tiffany at my local mall.

Laura Nyro at the Bottom Line. She rapped!

US Festival

I think the poster who saw the Beatles in the US in 1964 wins.

I have seen some great performances that I am glad I didn't miss, but no specific "legendary concert." The closest would probably be Grateful Dead on July 4 89 at Rich Stadium, which found the band in great form with many cool fireworks after dark, and was later released as an official concert video by the Dead.

I was at the Montreal show on the Amnesty International Human Rights Now! tour with Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and Sting performing. One of the best shows I ever attended was The Indigo Girls with Joan Baez, outdoors on the lawn, sometime in the late 80s or early 90s. (I loved the summer shed/lawn venues, where I also had a lot of fun on the lawn at concerts by CSN, Duran Duran, Bette Midler, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross and even the Monkees among many others, back in my youth.)

Prince's Purple Rain Tour, January 1985. The show opened with Let's Go Crazy. The lights dropped, the opening chord was sounded, and the crowd fucking EXPLODED! Will never forget it.

Janis Joplin, Forest Hills Tennis Stadium 1967...she died a week later.

Kirsty MacColl the year before she died.

I was at the R.E.M. concert in Wiesbaden, Germany that was recorded for the "Perfect Square" film.

Liza Minnelli at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. It was a comeback of sorts. A CD was released of the concert. The audience was nearly 100% gay

10,000 Maniacs and Michael Stipe at the Earth Day 20 rally on the Mall in Washington DC, April 1990.

(Imperfect video recorded from C-SPAN by some intrepid fan)

Not really legendary, but very moving, I was at the memorial concert Billy Joel organized in Central Park on September 11, 2002.

I just attended Taylor Swift’s Reputation Concert last week. It was legendary!

A fabulous elderfishsister saw Dietrich's last LA concert in mid 1970s. Said she:

"And honey, the audience was ALL QUEENS, not one str8 person was there!"

Don't know if it's legendary, but I was at Nirvana's last US concert up in Seattle. I was 15. It was amazing.

I saw the Police at Shea Stadium and was backstage because my friend worked for FBI, Frontier Booking which managed them. Miles Copeland was his boss who is Stewart's brother. Stewart was sexy as hell and looked like a blond JFKjr. Sting thanked The Beatles for letting him use their stadium, a brilliant bit of showmanship which elevated the Police to Beatle level fame, at least for a while.

Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, 1964 and at Shea Stadium, 1965 and 1966.

[quote] There must be a few elders on here who attended Diana Ross's Central Park concert in the early 80s.

Ah yes. The rain. The wind. The hair. First time I went nuclear Mary! was at this concert.

Madonna - Blonde Ambition

David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust tour

Of all the concerts I could have gone to, and I’m an elder and went to plenty, I wish I had seen Bowie.

Saw Jane's Addiction last show in Honolulu, it was sold out for weeks and I decided to hang out with some friends in front just to hear the music then some complete stranger handed me his ticket and said "have fun" so I surprisingly got in and after a little smuggled in gin headed out to the mosh pit and halfway through the show Perry Farrell threw off his clothes and did the rest of the show in his birthday suit, what a night.

Prince, New Years' Eve 1998. He played 1999 at midnight. Not legendary, but it was neat.

R55, I was disoriented when I left.

I saw the Beatles in 1964 at the Hollywood Bowl and the stones in 1965 also at the Bowl. I saw Sonny and Cher there and more that I can't remember. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at the Greek Theater. Also went to the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.

Liza Minnelli at Carnegie Hall (1980). Liza Minnelli at Carnegie Hall (1987). Liza Minnelli at Radio City Music Hall (1990).

Me and about and half of gay NYC in 1983 July 21. I blew some dude in the crowd before Ms Ross got on stage

Eagles - Hotel California Tour - first time they ever played in Toronto - March 30, 1977, at the now defunct Maple Leaf Gardens. Some unknown by the name of Jimmy Buffett opened for them.

Does anyone remember the torrential rainstorm and near-riot at the first D Ross concert? I was in Chelsea that night and it was scary- people completely out of control.

Madonna, "The Virgin Tour" - The Paramount Theatre, Seattle (1985)

It was the fist show of her first tour -

^ the FIRST show . . .

Janis Joplin's last concert at Forest Hills was in 1970, a few months before she died. I am sure because the Saturday night concert was cancelled because of bad weather, and rescheduled for Sunday night. I remember going there two nights in a row -- only time for me a concert was cancelled there.

Greek Theater - Hot August Night, Neil Diamond; Dylan and Simon in San Diego; the Divine Miss M's last tour of 1999; Sammy Davis,Jr. @The Coconut Grove, Joan Baez and Don Mclean same venue but separate dates.

I saw the Beatles at Dodger Stadium and Hollywood Bowl in LA, circa 1963-4. I had the coolest Dad - he raffled off Beatles tickets in his clothing store.

I saw Neil Young and Elton John at Royce Hall UCLA in 1971. Tickets were $2.50. Yes, I am the Eldest

That Fleetwood Mac, Bob Marley, Little River Band concert in Munich. Even Mick mentioned it in his book.

[quote] Of all the concerts I could have gone to, and I’m an elder and went to plenty, I wish I had seen Bowie.

I saw Bowie in 1995 on the Outside tour w/ Nine Inch Nails as the opener. I was a big NiN fan and had very little interest in seeing Bowie at this point in his career. We saw them at the Meadowlands in NJ, took a bus in from NYC. Place was packed, we had great seats and totally loved Nine Inch Nails, as did the crowd, who I suspected were there for for them than for Bowie. Bowie came out and totally changed the vibe of the house. Within 45 minutes of Bowie's set, at least a quarter to a third of the house had left, and my friend and I followed soon after. He was boring, which is not something I ever thought I'd say about him, but he just was.

[quote] Me and about and half of gay NYC in 1983 July 21. I blew some dude in the crowd before Ms Ross got on stage.

That was no dude.

R8 "Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run tour: Bottom Line"

You win hands down.

I was in the audience for Morrissey’s show at Le Zenith In Paris. He recorded the show and released it as the album “Beethoven Was Deaf.”

Many years later it came out that not all of the live versions were from that show. Regardless, the show was great and it’s a fun souvenir.

Cass Elliot at the Flamingo Hotel, 1972. Unbelievable.

I saw Whitney Houston at Red Rocks in Denver, Co. around 1985 or 86. How Will I Know was already a hit. She was wonderful and performed for over 2 hours, belting out ballad after ballad. Funny, she says to the audience, here's my new single from my upcoming album, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and literally no one got up to dance. We wanted ballads. Honestly, I Wanna Dance is not one my favorites anyway.

I also got to see Diana Ross at Red Rocks. I didn't really want to see her, but a work friend wanted this to be her birthday party. So a group of us bought tickets, about row 5 from the stage. I was most impressed with The Boss. She was amazing.

Red Rocks in the day allowed you to bring in your own alcohol, just no glass. Box wines were in, Zinfandel, light and fruity, with plastic cups. We would bring cheese and crackers.

Honorable mentions at Red Rocks: Al Jarreau, who sang for about 45 minutes, no encore at all. Manhattan Transfer, sang for over 2 hours, about 5 encores.

R72, the Kutztown State concert was even better. We sat on the gym floor. I was in the front row. Bruce sweat on me a couple of times.

Solange at the Hollywood Bowl last September (2017).

Soon to be legendary. It was a very a-star-is-born moment.

Honey, no one knows who the fuck Solange is. That includes Bey and Tina Knowles.

Prince in Toronto a few weeks before his death. Just him and his piano. Amazing show.

Miss God did NOT want Diana Ross in NYC that day. That was a big mutherfucker of a storm.

I stayed the hell away from the concert, but I'll never forget that storm.

Come on, r2; don't play dumb. "Legendary" doesn't mean "Concerts I Liked, Anyway."

The premiere of Die Zauberflöte.

The Beatles's very last concert on their very last tour in SF at Candlestick Park. Film footage shows them leaving the field in an armoured car and its said that during that ride Paul stated "I can't do this any more.".

[quote]I saw the Police at Shea Stadium and was backstage because my friend worked for FBI, Frontier Booking which managed them. Miles Copeland was his boss who is Stewart's brother. Stewart was sexy as hell and looked like a blond JFKjr. Sting thanked The Beatles for letting him use their stadium, a brilliant bit of showmanship which elevated the Police to Beatle level fame, at least for a while.

I saw that gig too, but had awful seats and the sound sucked. IIRC, Joan Jett opened? I despise large venues, I basically went for the historic factor and because I was an original fan.

I was such a huge fan, I followed their career from their CBGBs days. I also saw them at The Diplomat Hotel, The Bottom Line, The Capitol Theater, The Palladium, The Ritz and basically every gig they played in NYC and NJ. Years down the line, through a friend who knew one of their publicists, I met the late Ian Copeland, Stew's other brother who ran FBI, what a great guy. My friend later gave me some signed items which Ian passed on to him. I was sad to hear Ian died of cancer. A weird side note, Ian date Courteney Cox for awhile.

I love watching the DVD of the Diana Ross concert at Central Park. That storm is something else. That image of Diana raising her arms in the air is so iconic. You see a mix of fear and determination in her face.

Charles Pierce, @ Studio One, 1984

Lena Horne, A Lady and Her Music

I will always treasure the September night my friends and I dined at Fedora then strolled down to Castle Garden to hear Jenny Lind in her American debut. Worth every penny!

Bjork at the Royal Opera House

R11 She wasn’t playing with orchestra for this concert.

She was playing solo for the first time in years and years. Bach Partita 2, a couple of Chopin nocturnes and then Prok7 sonata.

Second half was Schumann Quintet with (dodgy) Juilliard Quartet and then, I think, La Valse with her bestie Nelson Freire.

Definitely not the typical classical concert at Carnegie.

The Legends...Barbra, Bette, Cher, Liza.

Is Babs going on tour again or has she accepted the fact that it is over?

Pearl Jam in Fairfax, Virginia. April 1994. The day we found out Kurt had died.

R70, a few years ago I saw Bob Dylan in Irvine, CA. I was so excited to see a legend. Wilco was the opening band and they were amazing as always (seen them a bunch of times). Dylan came on and he fucking sucked. He refused to play any known songs. You couldn't understand him. He had zero charisma. By mid way through his set, half the audience had left the amphitheater - myself included.

It is hard to for me to believe that Bowie was boring, but I never thought I'd loathe seeing Dylan perform either.

R94 I;ve seen Dylan 5 times, twice he was great, once he was okay, and the other two times he sucked ass. Dylan has always been hit or miss, depending on the time, the situation and his mood.

1978 - Ottawa - Meatloaf - he fell off the stage!

[quote] It is hard to for me to believe that Bowie was boring, but I never thought I'd loathe seeing Dylan perform either.

In Bowie's defense, it was during that long stretch from 1989-right before he died (Blackstar was a final triumph) where all his music was.... nothing you'd want to pay money to go see live. And during this particular tour, he was in one of his "fuck the hits" phase, "I'm an artist!" (As if the more popular of his material was akin to Walking on Sunshine.)

Lily Langtry.

Bowie's "Serious Moonlight Tour" to promote "Let's Dance" -

Vancouver, BC

Ali Lohan

Corey Feldman & The Angels on "Today."

On 29 Jul 1978 I went to an all day outdoor concert at JFK Stadium in Bridgeport, CT. The weather was perfect. The bands were Blue Öyster Cult, J Geils, Rick Derringer, and others, long forgotten. I think it started at noon, and went to after dark. BÖC was the headliner, and when they took the stage, it was dark. They used lasers, smog, lights, music, and showmanship in a way that was mesmerizing.

Bottles were not allowed in, so, we poured all the liquors we brought into a cooler. We mixed everything, gin, vodka, whisky, whatever. Then we put beer bottles inside the liquid punch to smuggle them in. I was 18 at the time, and got drunk and high and enjoyed the music and sunshine. Thank God my sister was able to drive us all home.

Not the greatest bands, but it was the grandest day...of my youth.

I saw David Bowie- Station To Station tour, the Spectrum, Philadelphia, 5th row!! I was in high school and it was incredible!

Dear R84, There were three Copeland brothers, Miles was the third. Their Father was in the CIA. That's why their companies had three initial name that sounded like a government agency. They had another company but I forgot what it was called. Courtney Cox worked in their office and started out as one of the brother's assistants.

R84, It was called IRS. Just googled them. Their Mother was in British Intelligence. All the Copeland boys were fluent in Arabic.

I got to see Ella Fitzgerald in her final tour.

Eight times, in fact, since I worked at the theater. (She was only there one week).

The first public performance of John Cage's "4′33″." I wish they would release it as a live album.

Define "legendary", surely not each and every one of these examples is "legendary" otherwise we are drowning in legends. This is the same as using the word classic without knowing what it actually means and is being used correctly. Classic means that something has stood the test of time. Legendary means something of fame that has taken on a certain quality which causes it to be repeated and handed down so as to be remembered despite collective memory being inaccurate. Synonyms include: famous · celebrated · famed · renowned · acclaimed · illustrious · esteemed · honored · exalted · lauded · lionized · vaunted · venerable · notable · noted · well known · popular · prominent · distinguished · great · eminent · preeminent · outstanding · revered · glorious · remembered · immortal · unforgettable. Surely these concerts are not all that great so as to be memorable by the vast majority of people. Maybe it was the dope.

^^the guy you avoid

r102 Cool description, gave me the feels

Oh R83, so jealous. I can believe that Paul said that. He was the cute one. After he stopped the US tours, he got taller, longer faced, and less attractive.

Diana Ross' rained out Central Park concert. It was bright sunshine when she started and then suddenly horrible rain. I always remember her instructing the crowd to move slowly "to their right, my left and exit the park"

R33: I'm so envious, but happy for you. 'Stop Making Sense' is my all-time favorite album (along with 'Remain in Light').

This may not mean much to American posters, but I saw The Stone Roses at Spike Island on May 27, 1989 (29 years ago today!).

Anyone seen Journey with Steve Perry, Queen with Freddie or Styx with Dennis DeYoung?

Okay I was at the ill fated Micheal Jackson comeback concert at Madison Square Garden right before 9/11. It was amazing and bizarre, Michael looking emaciated and old, but still pulling out the moves. A bizarre Britney Spears duet where Michael basically followed her around the stage for the songs duration. Liza coming out and belting out some number (New York New York or Maybe This Time or something else, I cant remember) to the cheers of half the crowd while the other half didnt care at all. The also emaciated Whitney Houston, not in her best voice, but still remarkable sounding. Destinys Child and soon to be superstar Beyonce doing Bootylicious. Marlon Brando being wheeled out and left on the stage going off on some sort of political rant until he was finally wheeled off. Elizabeth Taylor sat with Micheal in a reserved box as artist after artist including Aaron Carter and others I cant recall came out to perform, and drugged out Liz was going through her bag half the time.Then the king of pop came onstage and did the biggest Jackson hits with his brothers, then solo songs including Billie Jean where he moonwalked. It was like the biggest Jingle Ball ever, on acid. Now especially, I look back and see how lucky I was to see two of the greatest musical artists ever, Micheal and Whitney, live, not having any idea how soon both would be gone. And of course everyone forgot all about the concert a few days later...

Debbie Gibson. What do I win?

The pre-concert that the Police did in Vancouver, B.C. for their reunion tour. I believe it was May 2007. I wanted to be assured I’d get tickets, so I’d signed up for their fan club. There was a fan club event in the upper deck of the arena beforehand. I won a prize, and other fans went nuts trying to buy it off me. What an exciting night that was to be a fan.

DLers have a pretty loose definition of "legendary."

No legendary concerts, but I was in a film you may have heard of.

It was nowhere near legendary but I'll always remember it:

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart when they were still the Tourists. In Australia, at the bar of the Australian National University, where they were the support act for (IIRC) the Go-Gos. They had a hit at the time with their cover of I Only Want to Be With You. No-one took much notice of them, support band and all that, except when they did that song, which got everyone's attention before people went back to talking, drinking etc. At the end of their set Annie Lennox said 'See ya later Canberra, ya bunch of fucking cunts!'. Everyone whooped and whistled and then went back to talking and drinking.

We saw Joan Rivers live in the upstairs showroom of a comedy club on Sunset in 1983

Also Bette Midler at the Improv in 1985.

We were treated to the show by Judy Garland's ex-husband!

Born to Run tour 1977; too young and stoned to appreciate what I was seeing and hearing.

Non -Legendary, but I also saw The Cars a mere two weeks or so after their first album was released. They were REALLY good.

Ric Ocasic spoke ten words maybe throughout the entire concert. Basically they performed their album and selections from their not yet released 2nd.

One of the best rock concerts I've ever seen.

I saw Herman's Hermits in concert once, a very long time ago!

I saw the final performances of Oasis and The Talking Heads and they were both fantastic. They never performed together again.

R59, I hope you know how lucky you were to see those shows, especially the Beatles and Monterey Pop. I was born in 1964, but I became a huge fan of the music of the 1960s while in college. I even played a lot of it on my little show on college radio.

Back to topic : I did get to see Bowie on the Serious Moonlight tour, at the Carrier Dome on the Syracuse U campus. I think it was late in the summer and that dome, without air conditioning, was hot. Thankfully, so was the show.

I saw Bowie about 10-12 times. The first concert was at Carnegie Hall, then Radio City. After that, he played mostly larger venues, such as Madison Square Garden. I saw Bowie at MSG a few times, the Serious Moonlight concert was excellent.

I was a kid when I first saw Led Zeppelin, I was about 12-13, when they played The Singer Bowl at the old World's Fair grounds in Queens. What a show. IIRC, there were 3-4 bands. I remember Zep, The Jeff Beck Group and Jethro Tull.

I almost feel bad for today's young people, they've missed some truly amazing music. Everything then listen to is mostly a re-thread of these past great rock bands.

We knew a sister who saw Marlene in 1967 NYC

R114, I saw Styx with Dennis DeYoung twice. I was a huge Styx fan as a kid. First concert I could go see with parents permission as a teen was Kilroy Was Here in 1983. A horrible tour to see (out of all of them) but my first ever. I’m fact, my original date was in July but Tommy Shaw broke his arm in some coke related accident and our date was put off until September. Hartford Civic Center.

The second time was much better. It was the 30th anniversary of The Grand Illusion album at The Oakdale Theater, CT. John Panozzo was dead but all other members were there. There was an acoustic set with Tommy’s song dedicated to John. It was awesome, absolutely terrific. In fact, I refuse to see either Denny’s DeYoung performs the songs of Styx or the current bunch calling themselves Styx. They all need each other to truly pull off any type of live performance imho.

As for legendary tours I’ve seen, I think my two that reach that status is Prince, Purple Rain Tour and Guns N‘ Roses Use Your Illusions I and II tour at the former Worcester Civic Center. GNR was an experience onto itself. The ticket said the show would start ‘about’ 8pm. Yup, Sound Garden went on about then and did about a 45-hour set. Then we waited.....until 10:45 to 11pm for GNR to come on and play until 2am. It was epic!!! I got home at 5am and had to work the next day. Number 1 experience in my life and I’ve probably been to 100 concerts. 🤘🏻🎶🤘🏻🎵🤘🏻

I’m R129. It was the 20th anniversary tour of Grand Illusion. The years are blurring...

The Last Waltz would have been fun -- it came with dinner.

Live Aid, London.

Not legendary, but when I first moved to NYC as a teenager, I worked at Tower Records. They had a deal with The Ritz and The Bottom Line where a certain number of employees could be put on the list for each show, first come first served. I got to see a LOT of great bands and singers that way, and for free, in intimate settings. I can remember being dragged by co-worker to the Ritz to see Bonnie Raitt and NRBQ. I knew who Bonnie was, didn't know any of her music, didn't know dick about NRBQ other than their name. Hated NRBQ and almost left, but was convinced to stay and glad I did. Bonnie was fucking amazing. Like I said, didn't know one of her songs but was so blown away. I'm not sure if I've ever had that experience since with an artist with whom I had zero knowledge so won me over in a live setting the way Raitt did.

A year later, she released Nick of Time and everyone knew who she was and she's been a superstar ever since. But I was so lucky to get to see her in that setting with a 2/3 full house and feel like she was giving the show just for me. I would have never been able to replicate that after NoT came out.

1961: Judy Garland

!970-1972: Peggy Lee in Central Park NYC

1973: Dylan and the Band

Also saw Springsteen on his Born to Run Tour in Western Massachusetts & Kutztown State Gym

Saw the opening night of the Victory Tour when I was a kid. My parents and their friends had a suite at Arrowhead Stadium. I remember slipping out and seeing a very young Janet Jackson with some people walking around!

I also saw Whitney Houston on her 2nd tour. My parents somehow got my friend and I crazy good seats. I can remember her coming out and thinking how beautiful she was. First time I realized that the "It factor" was.

Lets see:

Saw P-Funk in Providence when it was at the Living Room - that was an epic experience. Then of course EWF at the Dunk. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam and Full Force in Orlando, FL

Now plays - The Screwtape Letters was good.

I’m sorry, the Victory Tour wasn’t even good, let alone legendary.

Elvis Costello Live at Hollywood High.

The cunt next to me was the one who screamed during the dramatc pause.

Michael Jackson - Victory concert - 1984

Wham - Make It Big concert - 1985

George Michael - Faith concert - 1988

Could’ve gone to the Prince Purple Rain concert, but my mom said I was too young at 14! (still upset about it :(

Prince was massive in 1984. Purple Rain was EVERYTHING.

When the PR tour came to the Richfield Coliseum, the local news had crews reporting from the scene before, during, and after the show.

People were “outraged” that the venue was selling carnations dyed purple that were intended to be thrown at his feet. The nerve of that guy!

Sigh.

The PR Tour was something. I think I was 15. I went with another 15 year old friend who got an 28 year old from her church to take us. I’m really amazed I was allowed to go. It was all that and more. I saw him again around 2005. He was a lot more relaxed and just had fun with the crowd.

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Oasis Maine Road.

Rolling Stones, November 1969, Boston Garden

Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, free concert, Boston Common, 1969

Mick Jagger, Auckland, New Zealand, 1988 (legendary because of the rarity)

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Takapuna, New Zealand, some time in the 90s

James Brown late 90s

Emmylou Harris circa 2000

Too numerous to list

Also saw The Velvet Underground with Nico; Frank Zappa, The Who (Tommy), Grateful Dead, J Geils, I think a few times, and more at the Boston Tea Party, 1968-69

I remember the shows all cost about $3. Good times!

The Tubes, San Francisco, 1973

Shattered my young mind. Kiss Destroyer stage - Houston 1976

None are legendary but great...

T.Rex Xmas concert at the Edmonton Sundowner, Bowie in his Ziggy period in Leeds, Kiss at Hammersmith Odeon, the Ramones at the Roundhouse, the Clash and the Slits on the White Riot tour in Leeds, the Jesus and Mary Chain gig which turned into a riot, Psychic TV Temple Ov Psychick Youth rally at Heaven.

Elvis-June 1977...he was fat and sweaty but the women were screaming and going crazy..I was 14 and went with my parents.

Live Aid-Philadelphia 1985

Freddie Mercury Memorial - Wembley Stadium/London 1992

Fleetwood Mac - Musicares/Radio City Music Hall 2018-Lindsay’s last show complete with Bill Clinton honoring the band on stage and Hillary getting down to Go Your Own Way

The B-52’s/Greek Theater LA/August 1989...one of their first shows on the COSMIC tour after Ricky Wilson died and Keith Strickland moved to guitar...you could see the band finding their groove again...this was before Love Shack/Roam were singles and on the radio.

Guns n Roses walking off stage when opening for the Who Prince opening for the Rolling Stones and getting booed off stage U2 at the US festival when Bono climbed on the cherry picker and went into the audience Elton John at Universal Amphitheater - he passed out on his piano about 1/2 through Funeral for a Friend

Nickelback getting a tepid reception when they opened for the Stones, Auckland, 2006

Kanye West getting booed when he opened for the Stones in 2006, Foxboro, Mass.

Santana at the Palladium in NYC 1968, The Doors 1970

The infamous 1983 U2 concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Rainy and tortuously long, but at least Bono wasn't as insufferable then as he is now.

Liza, Carnegie Hall, 1980. She suddenly became disciplined and less screechy and manic. The result was devastatingly powerful.

Bruce Springsteen’s concert at Shea Stadium. Bruce and the E Street Band was the last group to play at Shea Stadium.

Joni Mitchell’s “Shadow and Light” at the Forest Hills tennis stadium in NYC. Jaco Pastorious and Lyle Mays et al. It was magical. I saw Laura Nyro in Central Park. She was pregnant and said that if the baby was a girl she’d name her Emily-it wasn’t. I had planned to see her at Stony Brook, but it was canceled and she died right after that. I miss her. The Stone Pony with Linda Ronstadt opened for the Buckinghams in the sixties. And finally I was a big fan of Divine till I saw her sing at some dive in the Bowery. It cost a lot of money so I had to sacrifice. She was drunk and incoherent. I could have stayed home with alcoholic aunt and saved some money. Anyway, I got over that and I love here again. No wonder she drank, she never got those cha-cha heels (“but Dawn nice girls don’t wear cha-cha heels “)

Jane Olivor at Carnegie Hall. A remarkable voice -- unlike anything I've ever heard.

Osmonds, Anaheim Stadium, 1975.

The Smiths, The Queen is Dead tour - Montreal concert

Led Zeppelin, The Jeff Beck Group and Jethro Tull at The Singer Bowl, Queens NY, 1968 or 69. Who remembers!

I do remember the show was great.

Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard Tour. Radio City, 1993.

The Police, Sullivan Stadium (now Gillette), August 1983. Synchronicity tour, supported by the Fixx and I believe Flock of Seagulls. Awesome show, hyper crowd, the band at its creative and live peak in front of possibly its biggest US fanbase (Boston area - we effing loved our New Wave very early on).

Notable in that so many future alternative rockers and 90s-era musicians were in attendance and noted the show as an inspirational turning point: Evan Dando, Juliana Hatfield, and others.

The police reunion tour

The 9/11 benefit concert at RFK Stadium in DC. It was held after the one in NYC and was Michael Jackson's last live performance.

The show was supposed to be done at 10, it ran till 1 - partly because it took an hour for stage set up a couple times: to bring a white motorcycle on stage for Mariah Carey to sing "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" and then for them to move it off and bring up a cherry picker for MJ to be swung out over the crowd.

Michael Jackson Thriller Tour Madison Sq Garden, Prince's Purple Rain Tour Nassau Coliseum, Madonna Virgin Tour Radio City Music Hall, Madonna Who's That Girl World Tour Special AIDS benefit at Madison Square Garden, Blond Ambition World Tour & Girlie Show, Cyndi Lauper Christmas Show with Eddie Money and Ronnee Spector at Madison Sq Garden, Tina Turner Jones Beach Theater, Streisand Madison Sq. Garden.

The Beatles at Forrest Hills Tennis Stadium in 1964. Had seats in 7th row. Little know fact, an unknown duo known as the Righteous Bros were an opening act and were boo'd.

Another one for the Pure Rain Tour in Syracuse, NY at the Carrier Done. They put this one out on VHS. It made me a fan forever.

pink floyd in LA....The Wall. 15 bucks.

Sonny & Cher Opening for the Who at the San Jose Civic auditorium....... now that is legendary, then it was wha the fuh??

David Crosby at the Keystone in Palo Alto Ca 1985.... his last embarrassing try at performing, looking like shit and strung out and getting with the Hells Angels to get him out of town...... very sad. $8.50

I'm sure Crosby was bad on that night, r168, but it wasn't his "last try at performing." I saw him with Stills and Nash several times between 1988 and 2005 or so, sometimes in arenas or sheds with a band and sometimes acoustic in theaters. He had cleaned up a bit and the group could still put on a great show, and he could still sing.

Sad that personal conflicts prevent CSN from going back out, especially for political rallies where they are needed.

The Beatles, November 22, 1963. The intersection of two generation changing events.

[quote]The first public performance of John Cage's "4′33″." I wish they would release it as a live album.

Say whaaaa. Cheeky monkey. R107.

R75 [quote]Manhattan Transfer, sang for over 2 hours, about 5 encores

I’m gonna have to google red rocks because that sounds like a great place. I am truly green-eyed jealous that you got to see Manhattan Transfer like that.

I’m putting Red Rocks and The Greek on my must-see list.

R114, yes I saw Queen with Freddie in Vancouver. I guess they liked it there, they came through a number of times. It seemed nearly everyone squashed onto the floor to get as close as possible. I was a teenager and my kid cousin was a preteen. Fortunately, I’d told him beforehand if we got separated, to meet at a certain location. We went down to the floor together, and the crowd motion separated us real quick. The stench of pot was so thick, you couldn’t get away from it. Fucking losers with their bic lighters. I got so light headed from whatever was in the air that night.

Both of us being small then, we managed to squeeze real close to the stage. Freddie was on an elevated stage closest to me, and the lighting showed all the caked on stage makeup. It was also during a time where salt pills were all the rage for performances. So it looked like performers were giving 200% all the time. Well, the sweat had washed off a lot of makeup and Freddie looked ghastly to be honest. I haven’t Googled an exact year, but he must’ve known he was ill by then. The concert was magnificent. Totally professional, they played hit after hit. They gave the audience their money’s worth, plus a lifetime memory each time they came round. Of all the concerts I have been to, these ones were up there. It’s also the only one where fans squashed in so tight, and desperately wanted to get as close as possible. Not just for usual bragging rights. But because it mattered in people’s hearts to get that close.

We know an eldersister (not Fabulous) who attended both Judy at Carnegie Hall, 1961 and also Judy at the Palace, 1967!

I'm not sure why that comment would be so significant, r83. They already made the decision to stop touring, and even took a moment during the show to have a picture taken of themselves.

In fact I think you're confusing it with George saying afterward that he wasn't a Beatle anymore.

Grateful Dead at Red Rocks, July 1978 and at Englishtown, NJ 1977.

No Nukes (Crosby, Stills, and Nash,Jackson Browne,James Taylor, Carly Simon,John Hall,Graham Nash,Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,Chaka Khan The Doobie Brothers,Jesse Colin Young,Gil Scott-Heron, Tom Petty,Poco) at Madison Square Garden and the next day at the Battery Park landfill.

Marvin Gaye's last tour, Sexual Healing at Radio City Hall.

[quote]The Beatles at Forrest Hills Tennis Stadium in 1964. Had seats in 7th row. Little know fact, an unknown duo known as the Righteous Bros were an opening act and were boo'd.

Question for those who saw the early Beatles... a relative told me she saw them in Atlantic City and actually never hear a note of music, everyone was just screaming and how did the audience treat the opening acts. Were they respectful or just wanted them off to see the Beatles?

[quote]Question for those who saw the early Beatles... a relative told me she saw them in Atlantic City and actually never hear a note of music, everyone was just screaming and how did the audience treat the opening acts. Were they respectful or just wanted them off to see the Beatles?

This also happened at the movie theaters when A Hard Day's Night and Help! were shown. Screaming teenyboppers for the entire duration of the films! Complete pandemonium and it was just for their films!

Someone here once told us that in France, the boys, not the girls, did the screaming.

I would have liked to see that.

[quote]never hear a note of music, everyone was just screaming and how did the audience treat the opening acts. Were they respectful or just wanted them off to see the Beatles?

Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees on some of their early tour dates, because Peter and Micky had seem him play live and invited Jimi to do it, to turn on the fans, and let Jimi make some real money. Talk about legendary.

Of course it was a disaster; most Monkee fans, many of them young suburban kids, couldn't even begin to understand what they were seeing on stage when Hendrix was playing. Shouts of "We want the Monkees!" Are said to have drowned out JH for his whole set. Sad, true. But good for the boys for inviting him.

It was Bob Geldof or some similar classic Brit rocker who saw the Beatles in their earliest club shows. He says that he couldn’t hear anything over the screaming and remembers the stench of urine when the band hit the stage since the girls emptied their bladders when they fainted.

The Ike & Tina Turner Revue at a hotel in Miami sometime in the mid 70s

Kate Bush at the Hammeramith London 2014

Bowie's tours for Station to Station, then later the Serious Moonlight tour at MSG NYC

Streisand 1994 Concert at MSG NYC

Annie Lennox at the Apollo NY.C mid 2000s

Prince Musicology tour with appearances by The Time, Chaka Khan, Sheila E, Maceo Parker at MSG NYC

Linda Ronstadt and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra at their first public performance Radio Ciy NYC early 80s

Carly Simon at a private invite-only gig at Joe's Pub 2008

Laura Nyro at the Bottom Line NYC late 80s

Diana Ross in Central Park : the first night with the storm.

L.A. Saw Beatles at Dodger Stadium. My Dad was the coolest and I miss him every second . He raffled off several tickets in his clothing store.

He walked in when my boyfriend and I were fucking. His comment : "Let's not tell your mother about this ." RIP Leonard

Renata Tebaldi's farewell New York performance, a recital at Carnegie Hall, in the 1970s.

Another vote for the Purple Rain TOUR- i was 16, scored cheap tickets that day about an hour before the show from a scalper outside the Worcester Centrum after promising my parents I'd babysit my brother for free for 2 months if they let me go....my friend and i check out our seats and they were 7th row on the floor...OMG we FREAKED OUT- the seats were just insane and the show was just incredible- Sheila E opened, then The Time and then Prince, and then they all played together too. Same thing as what the other poster said about the press- the Boston news stations were everywhere before and after. it was a school night, and he just kept playing, because he loved the energy in the crowd so much- it was just insane to be a part of that- so much sexy, positive energy - I definitely had a sexual awakening at that show!!! So he plays til like 12:30!!!! And the news crews were still waiting and bummed that they didn't have post-concert footage to report for the 11pm news, since he was still playing , so they aired it the next morning lol and interviewed the parents who were waiting to pick up all their kids who figured the concert would be over at the normal time . Anyway, we found out the next day that he went next door to the Marriott (where he was staying), and went down to the bar when it was closing and started jamming with the band that had been playing all night, and played until like 4 am for a small crowd of lucky people who happened to be hanging out in the bar after the show!!! And the hotel kept the bar open for his free concert. God, he was so awesome- what a talent. I would love to get to see footage of this concert again- the energy was just palpable and it was a seriously SEXY fucking show.

Streisand's triumphant return to the concert stage in 1994. It was truly remarkable and her voice was amazing.

Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5's VICTORY tour in 1985. Michael's songs were good, but not the amazing concert I was expecting. Kind of a letdown.

Whitney Houston right before her debut album dropped. The only songs she had out at the time were the duets with Teddy Pendergrass and Jermaine Jackson, so very few people knew who she was. Her voice was angelic back then and much better than it was later on.

Ariana Grande a couple years ago. Her voice was amazing and every bit as good as Whitney's voice was at that concert in 1986.

Worst concert I've ever been to: Linda Ronstadt. Boring, uninspired performance and her voice was overrated, tbh.