What was the first concert you attended?

Reba McEntire

Duran Duran seven and the ragged tiger tour. I was 13 my mom drove a bunch of us 2 hours each way in a blizzard!

America (Sister Golden Hair, A Horse With No Name) with opening act Michael Murphy (Wildfire)

Second concert Elton John (first of 11 concerts I've seen with him) with some group who's name I can't remember. Their biggest hit was Harden My Heart.

Like a good little gay millennial/almost GenXer - Alanis Morissette. I used to love her when I was an angsty teenager.

R1 Same, Reba, and it was one hell of a show. Numerous costume changes and dancers. Also, she winked and smiled directly at me, I became a fan for LIFE! I had to be around 7 or 8.

Quarterflash, R3

George Michael, 1989. My dad took me and my friend. I was 14.

The Association, with Van Morrison and Them as the opener. It was some small venue in Framingham. It could have been either the Carousel, or Caeser's Monticello. My second was shortly after that: Donovan, at what was then called the Boston Music Hall. I remember my mom, who took me and my sister, complaining that so many people were smoking. I didn't realize until years later that she was upset they were smoking pot, not cigarettes.

Allman Brothers

My parents took me and my brother and sister to see the Beatles live in 1965.

First was the Carpenters in Green Bay, WI around l971. Next was Jethro Tull and then Aerosmith, also in GB.

10,000 Maniacs at Jones Beach in 1993

Tina Turner, 1985 USAir Arena in Lanham Maryland

R5 there was no show more entertaining in the 90s than a Reba concert. She upped it every year. It was like a Broadway show and a concert combined. Dancers, at least 10 costume changes, tons of lights, elaborate sets, fireworks and she once came out on stage in a mini Lear Jet. The stage spanned the whole arena in her ‘96 show and at the end she used a drag queen at one end of the stage to trick the audience and suddenly appear at the other end during the climax to Fancy, which she then rose and circulated the arena on a cherry picker. Only Tina Turner is as engaging a performer. See video here at 1:50 for the Fancy performance then.

The B-52's in 1983. They were fantastic and I became an instant lifelong fan.

R14 I also remember the year she and Linda Davis rode a flying balcony over the audience while singing Does He Love You, sadly I don't think anyone has uploaded a video to youtube.

Van Morrison, Santa Monica Civic.

David Cassidy, 1972. I was 7 and my brother and sister were 9 and 10. We left after about 30 minutes because the girls would NOT stop screaming. I was upset because I thought we were going to see The Partridge Family

Sly and the family Stone, at the Hollywood Sportatorium in Florida.

Rick Springfield. With my sister, who was more the fan. I was 12 or so.

Frank Zappa 1975/76 Cap center

Pat Benatar at Poplar Creek.

The best one I ever went to.

Bush / No Doubt / Goo Goo Dolls

Village People in '79.

Chicago. I was 13. Some longhairs passed me and my friend a joint and after observing all around inhaling and holding it in we did the same. Quite an experience, but keep in mind this was 70's dope so it was marginal. My first baby high!!!

Bad Brains at CBGB, early 80s.

Very lucky to see Roberta Flack with my parents.

Prince. 1983

Heart opening for Bachman Turner Overdrive.

Eagles - March 30, 1977, now iconic Hotel California Tour.

Randy Meisner sang his signature song "Take It to the Limit" and the crowd went nuts when he hit those high notes.

I was 17. Lots of sweet smoke in the air that night... good music, good times.

Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens NY. They came in by helicopter. Didn't hear a word due to all the screaming girls.

The Pretenders at the Agora in Cleveland, 1981. The original band. I saw Hynde's later bands a few times but it was never really the Pretenders to me without Honeyman-Scott and Farndon.

Beatles, Cow Palace, 1965

The Beach Boys, Reunion Arena (RIP), Dallas, 1981. Jesus, I'm an old.

Jewel at the Rose Garden (Portland, OR), 1999. I was a kid.

Nana Mouskouri at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary in 1977.

I have never been to a rock concert, and I'm 53.

Jimi Hendrix at the Chicago Opera House, Feb. 1968. The Soft Machine was the opening act.

I still can't believe my mom let me go, I was only 17 and I had to travel from southwest Michigan with a friend on the South Shore Line from Michigan City, IN.

[Quote] Nana Mouskouri at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary in 1977.

OMFG !!!!!!!!! FABULOUS !!!!!

Loggins and Messina at the Miami Marine Stadium.

Huey Lewis and the News, but I wanted it to be Shaun Cassidy in his s satin jacket without a shirt.

Nine inch nails in Chicago. 1994 or 95. I was 15.

[quote] Randy Meisner sang his signature song "Take It to the Limit" and the crowd went nuts when he hit those high notes.

R30 , In "History of the Eagles," it's revealed that Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner fought over Meisner not wanting to sing "Take It to the Limit" (because it was so difficult with all of the high notes). Frey said, "Do you think I like singing 'Peaceful, Easy Feeling' every night?" That's an easier song to sing, though.

Janis Joplin at Forrest Hills 1970

Oh my so many lucky people in this thread! Jim I Hendrix! Wow!!! The fucking Beatles! Real musicians unlike the current crop of artists now

Red Rocks in Denver, ~1973. Seals and Crofts. Perfect warm evening, the acoustics were perfect, and they were amazing.

My latest was Paul McCartney at Lambeau Field in Green Bay a couple of weekends ago.

The 50,000 aging fans made it seem like an AARP convention, but 77-year-old Sir Paul and his band still put on a good show.

Thin Lizzy "Thunder and Lightening "tour 1983 Galway

The Byrds at Asbury Park Convention Hall, July, 1966.

I won 2 tickets from WNBC AM 66 radio and my Dad drove us to New Jersey. We both enjoyed the concert

Tears for Fears, Cobo Arena in Detroit, 1985.

Eurythmics - The Revenge Tour - August 16, 1986 - Southern Star Amphitheater (a.k.a. Astroworld) - Houston, Texas. I was 16.

The Carpenters at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in 1975 when I was 13.

Billy Joel in the 1970s.

Depeche Mode in 1981, immediately after Vince Clarke had quit. I was 14, the support act was fellow Mute stablemates, Blancmange. I can still remember it all pretty vividly!

B-52s on their "Cosmic Thing" tour. The Meadowlands, 1990.

The Jackson 5 at the Denver Coliseum.

Another one seeing the Carpenters - at the Garden State Arts Center.

Neil Sedaka was the opening act.

Boston Pops (Arthur Fiedler, conducting)

Alice Cooper at Maple Leaf Gardens. I think it was 81 or 82, I was 15 years old and it was awesome!

It was in the 50s, in Albuquerque. I forget the name of the singer but she did wonderful renditions of "The Chocolate Soldier" and your favourite and mine, "Short'ning Bread.."

Donna Summer, her Bad Girls tour in 1979 at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, NY.

R62, you beat me by 2 years. My first concert was Donna Summer, July 1981, Providence Civic Center.

OP, my first concert was at the (outdoor) Universal Amphitheatre, too! George Benson, 1978. I was 11, went with my mom and a group of her friends from work. I asked to go because I LOVED the song "On Broadway"....which is a 10 minute jam, live. Blew my little mind. (if there was an opening act, I can't remember who it was).

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