Celebrities you’ve seen perform live

Tina Turner

Tony Bennett

Angela Lansbury

Dolly Parton

Lily Tomlin

George Michael

Cher

Peter, Paul, & Mary

Dylan

Baez

OMD

Pet Shop Boys

Julie Andrews

Renee Fleming

Neil Diamond

Barry Manilow

Barbra Streisand

Chita Rivera

Liza Minnelli (the “live” is questionable)

Echo & The Bunnymen

Billy Idol

Kings of Convenience

Jinkx Monsoon (a sensation in Chicago)

Bernadette Peters

Itzhak Perlman

John Williams

Beyoncé

Celine Dion

New Order

Jack White (spectacular)

Madonna (not)

Depeche Mode

Stritch

10,000 Maniacs (w/Natalie)

Robbie Williams

Patti Lupone (meh)

All of them.

Elaine Paige (how’d I forget her?)

Diana Ross ( 23 concerts) Henry Rollings Donna Summer

Elvis Presley, Simon and Garfunkel, Elton John, Air Supply, Don McLean, Petula Clark, Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Joan Baez, Nina Simone...I think that's about it.

[quote] Diana Ross (23 concerts)

MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARY!!!!!!!!!

Tom Petty

DL fave John Mulaney

Patton Oswalt

Groucho Marx - performed at Iowa State University in 1972. My brother was a student there, and I was in high school. My parents allowed me to drive to Ames and stay the weekend with my brother so we could go to this. I was a huge Groucho fan.

How old is OP? I’m guessing 85.

I've seen a number of bands and rock artists - the Go-Go's (several times), the B-52's (also several times and always as openers for the Go-Go's), Tina Turner, Tom Petty, Glenn Frey, OMD, Thompson Twins, 10,000 Maniacs, and U2 were among my larger scale concerts.

Smaller club concerts included Aimee Mann, Ben Folds Five, the Cardigans, Tori Amos......

I really haven't seen many cabaret shows. Comedians - Sandra Bernhard, Margaret Cho and Kathy. (I know, gay cliche)

Perform what? Sex acts? What perverts!

OP, how was Craig Ferguson? I've heard mixed reviews.

MARY!

PS I was never a megafan but Tina was the best concert (For the Break Every Rule tour, I think - 86?) Maximum energy from the second she took the stage. Had to leave at 10:30 to head back to the burbs and she was still going strong.

Dave Brubeck, Gene Krupa, Bennie Goodman and so many others but I am so fucking old I forgot who those others were.

But they were really goodo

I been to hundreds of concerts, recitals, opera performances and theater on Broadway and the West End.

I find this a silly question.

R12 I found his set quite enjoyable. Especially when he talked about European nude beaches and the lack of shame.

“Overweight Germans of indeterminate gender.”

R16 Well good for you. Some of us, depending on where we live, have had to be more selective and therefore remember certain individuals more clearly.

Florence Foster Jenkins!

BB King

Ramsey Lewis

Linda Ronstadt--it convinced me that he Motown covers were indicative of her bigger limitations

Jesse Colin Young

Emmy Lou Harris

John Prine

Bob Mould--he once cruised me in DC in a separate encounter

Smithereens

Peter, Paul and Mary

Crosby & Nash (but sadly not Young)

Tom Waits (excruciating)

Jim Croce (not long before he died)

some non-celebs of note: Margaret Mead (twice), Stewart Udall (also twice), Glenn Greenwald

David Cassidy

Boston

Barry Manilow

Neil Diamond

Harry Connick Jr.

Comedian David Brenner at a supper club who pointed me out as the only kid at his show. I was also dragged as a kid to see Andy Williams and Tony Bennett at same supper club.

Barbara Streisand

Liza Minnelli

Patti Lupone

Audra McDonald

Diana Ross

Whitney Houston

Bette Midler

Grace Jones

Vanessa Williams

Bernadette Peters

Dame Cleo Laine

Dame Shirley Bassey

Cher

Joni Mitchell

Aretha Franklin

Donna Summer

Natalie Cole

Madonna

Janet Jackson

Kylie Minogue

Betty Buckley

Celine Dion

Reba McEntire

Chaka Khan

Stevie Nicks

I win!!!

No, you don’t.

I forgot:

Aretha Franklin and Andy Williams at memorial on some anniversary of RFK's assassination

Alicia Keyes at an AIDS gala

John Waters (multiple venues)

Sarah Bernhardt

How could I forget I did catch the Bob Hope Christmas show Dec 1965. Which was beyond cool since my Dad caught a similar show in 1944.

Jeff Stryker

Weird Al, twice. He did a costume change for every song and danced the entire concert.

Jimi Hendrix

Bob Dylan with The Band

Crosby, Stills and Nash

Sly and the Family Stone

Elton John

Linda Ronstadt

Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels

Of those concerts Sly and Mitch were exceptional.

R20 I got street cruised by Bob in SF once - I was with friends and hated them for the rest of the day, because I really wanted to hook up with Bob. He's such a hot fuck.

I saw Christina Aguilera live: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYIYIYYIYIEHEOOUHOUH

Florence Henderson

Sheryl Crow

Third Eye Blind

Usher

Janet Jackson

Destiny's Child

Pink

Jay Z

Christina Aguilera

Britney Spears

Justin Timberlake

New Order

Lana Del Rey

Eminem

The Cure

Madonna

Amy Schumer

Aziz Ansari

James Franco

Leighton Meester

Kenneth Branagh

Hugh Jackman

Chris Isaak

Margaret Cho

On my on I've seen Nsync twice. As a child my grandparents took me with the to see a few country concerts. George Jones (I think) and The Judds.

Concert:

Kenny Loggins

Santana

Audra McDonald

Bob Newhart

Diahann Carroll

Theater:

Nathan Lane

Matthew Broderick

Sutton Foster

Hugh Jackman

Charles Shaughnessy

Patti LuPone

Christine Ebersole

Christian Borle

Wayne Brady

Aaron Lazar

Jessie Mueller

Carol Channing

Lucie Arnaz

Carole Cook

George Chakiris

Jason Alexander

Stephanie J. Block

Andy Karl

Lots more that I can't remember ....

UK here.

David Bowie Prince Kate Bush Pretenders Blondie Dolly Parton Willie Nelson Martha Reeves Sugar (Bob Mould) Pulp Blur Dionne Warwick Tony Bennett Soft Cell and Mark Almond as a solo act. Patti Smith Cowboy Junkies Squeeze Buzzcocks Kirsty MacColl

I forgot Tina Turner. Donna Pescow performing at Studio One...not sure if that one counts.

Ira Aldridge

r37 am SO jealous you got to see Kirsty (RIP).

Elvis (not yet fat), Neil Diamond (twice), Roberta Flack, The Bee Gees, Bob Dylan, John Denver, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Herman’s Hermits, The Animals, Tina Turner, Reba McEntire, Don Williams. (The last two I went with someone who liked country music. )

What was Elvis like?

Too many to list.

I forgot some, too, but I'm still winning:

Beyonce

Tina Turner

Prince

Fleetwood Mac

Lionel Richie

Sade

Spandau Ballet

Duran Duran

Depeche Mode

Maxwell

Erykah Badu

Jennifer Hudson

Steely Dan

Gladys Knight

James Taylor

Mary J. Blige

Bob Dylan

Earth Wind & Fire

Usher

Queen + Adam Lambert

Barbara Cook

Sting

Eartha Kitt

Josh Groban

Jill Scott

Barbara Mandrell

Dolly Parton

Sting

Ricky Nelson

Neil Diamond

10,000 Maniacs (with Natalie)

Natalie Merchant

Sarah Mclachlan

Neil Diamond

REM

Coldplay

Pink

Annie Lennox

Joni Mitchel

Sting

Depeche Mode

Morrissey

Ellen

Kenny G

Stevie Nicks

John Williams

Josh Gates

Rod Stewart

Melissa Etheridge

Brandi Carlile

The Go Gos

The Bangles

Cyndi Lauper

Marilyn Manson

Phil Collins (alone and with Genesis)

Many rock shows. I'm pretty deaf now. My mother was right after all.

The Beatles - Elton John and Neil Young - UCLA 1972. Tickets were $2.50. Elton was just beginning — jumping on the piano . Both concerts in Royce Hall - very small venue.

Youth is wasted on the young. And yes, I am old , but glad I had my youth before the world went off the charts in craziness .

I'm surprised at how many of us have seen Neil Diamond! Neil rocks!

Neil diamond here at hollywood bowl circa early 2000s

What is 1 million more that I won’t list but I wanted to chime in on the Neil Diamond thing.

Oh, and Josh Grobin

Too many to list. Here's my top ten (probably forgetting some):

Leonard Bernstein

Kelly Bishop

CSNY

Hugh Jackman

Elton John

Al Pacino

Linda Ronstadt

Tom Rush

Bruce Springsteen

Warren Zevon

I forgot Alanis Morrisette!

Isn't it ironic?

Liza at Radio City circa 1990. I've never seen a performer work harder and she was incredible.

Ella Fitzgerald Freddie Mercury John Fogarty Rufus Wainwright Others but that is an eclectic cross-section.

I've seen over 250 concerts in my lifetime, but I'm not going to start list them.

Am I really the only one to see the Stones? Twice?

I've been fortunate to have seen many of the one-name divas:

Aretha

Elton

Diana

Tina

Kylie

Cyndi

Liza

Cher

Bette

Lilly

Patti

Chaka

Peggy

Sting

Sarah

Carpenters in 1979 or '80

A sixties concert in the mid 1980s with The Monkees (minus Mike Nesmith), The Grass Roots and Gary Puckett

Dionne Warwick (whose voice was really shaky until around her 4th number)

Peter Allen (who was beyond tireless)

Erasure, around the time of the Wild album (with Andy Bell also being beyond tireless - and delightfully beyond gay)

Stone Temple Pilots in 2011 (because I adored Scott Weiland)

Elaine Stritch at the Carlyle (only because a friend of mine was obsessed with her and wanted to see her)

Michael Feinstein (because another friend was obsessed with him)

Mary Wilson (who was, to say the least, not in great voice and who blanked out on the lyrics to several Supremes songs and needed the audience to help her out)

Comics:

Rodney Dangerfield

George Carlin

Suzanne Westenhoffer

Funny Gay Males

Bill Maher (way before his "woke" obsession)

Louis Black

Bill Burr

Kathy Griffin

Wanda Sykes

Sebastian Maniscalco

Plus dozens of celebrities I've seen in Broadway (and non-Broadway) shows

R42 I wasn’t really a fan of Elvis. I was into the Beatles. But when Elvis stepped on stage in his sparkly spangled white jumpsuit (not fat yet) and sang the songs and did the karate moves it was awesome . He was The King.

I saw Judy Garland. I was only 9. My grandfather took me. Over 100,000 people there.

Rock concerts I've seen: Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Elvis Costello. Lifehouse and Kris Allen, A few Jingle Balls and Kiss concerts (where I saw Maroon 5, a lot of pop acts, even Justin Bieber).

Blink 182 and Fall Out Boy + Panic At The Disco. Five Seconds Of Summer.

Saw Rosemary Clooney. Count Basie. Mitzi Gaynor. Keith Urban.

Saw Angela Lansbury in Gypsy, Marcel Marceau, Probably a lot of other stuff I'm forgetting here. Comedians: Richard Lewis, Lewis Black, Robert Kline. A lot of summer stock with old time stars.

R8

What kind of an act did an 82-year-old Groucho perform for an audience of college students in 1972?

Lana Del Rey in 2019. She was great live. Sean Lennon made a guest appearance.

I saw Dietrich.

One of my friends worked in a summer theater where his job was to pick up a bouquet of roses someone had tossed from the back of the theater (in the round) and bring them up to Marlene. It was staged - she paid for the flowers, and someone from the theater tossed them into the aisle. When he brought the flowers to her, Dietrich would make a big deal out of it, since he was a young kid (in high school) and give him a kiss on the cheek.

Joni Mitchell Laura Nyro Dr. John The Band Dylan Dylan and the Band Randy Newman Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Neil Young Springsteen and the E-Street Band The Stones Bowie Stevie Nicks Humble Pie

and...

Sandy Dennis

Shelley Winters

Maggie Smith

Vanessa Redgrave

Ronee Blakley

Toni Colette

George Carlin

Dianne Wiest

Celeste Holm

Christopher Reeve

Ellen Greene

Jennifer Holliday

Dolly

Manhattan Transfer

Eleanor Parker

Ingrid Bergman

Janie Dee

Helen Schneider

Betty Lynn

Bernadette

Angela

Chita

Ann Miller

Ricardo Montalban

Myrna Loy

Toni Collette

Steve Martin

Eartha

Liliane

Carol C.

Jane Curtin

Tomlin

Jessica & Hume

Anne Baxter

Joni

Jackson Browne

Bonnie Raitt

Julie Wilson

Dorothy Loudon

Leslie Uggams

the Roches

Lindsay Duncan & Alan Rickman

Anthony Newley

Polly Holliday

Carol Lawrence

Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Tina Turner

Boy George

Nancy Sinatra at The Limelight NYC

Lily Tomlin The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Lypsinka at Wigstock

Al Pacino American Buffalo @ Circle in the Square Downtown

Bruce Willis in Misery on Broadway with Laurie Metcalf

Jane Fonda in 33 Variations on Broadway

Whoopi Goldberg in "Whoopi Goldberg" on Broadway

Peter O'Toole Pygmalion with Amanda Plummer on Broadway

Melanie Griffith Chicago on Broadway

Cher, Karen Black Come Back to the Five and Dime . . .on Broadway

Valerie Harper Looped on Broadway

Okay, here goes:

Angela Lansbury

George Burns

Carol Channing

Pia Zadora

Elaine Stritch

Elaine Paige

Ian McShane

Lucie Arnaz

Maria Friedman

Patti LuPone

Neil Diamond

Sting

The Beach Boys

Bernadette Peters

Mandy Patinkin

Brent Spiner

Van Johnson

George Hearn

Cleo Laine

George Rose

Howard McGillan

Audra McDonald

LaChanze

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Judy Kaye

Carol Burnett

David Cassidy

Sean Cassidy

Patrick Cassidy

Idina Menzel

Joel Grey

Ann Reinking

Bebe Neuworth

Kristin Chenoweth

James Naughton

Rene Aubejonois

Lou Diamond Phillips

Donna Murphy

Mickey Rooney

Debbie Reynolds

Harve Presnell

Petula Clark

Michael Jayston

Honor Blackman

Chita Rivera

Polly Bergan

Treat Williams

Barry Bostwick

Pam Dawber

Andy Gibb

Jo Anne Worley

Marin Mazzie

Liz Calloway

Rich Little

Jimmy Carr

Kathleen Turner

Nathan Lane

Matthew Broderick

Hugh Jackman

Betty Buckley

Patrick Stewart

Ian McKellen

Judy Kuhn

Michael Cerveris

Priscilla Lopez

Michael Ball

Dolores Grey

Clive Revill

Kelli O'Hara

Blair Brown

Laura Benanti

Vanessa Williams

Kathy Najimy

Bob the Drag Queen

Kris Kristofferson

Lily Tomlin

Neil Patrick Harris

John Barrowman

Stephanie Powers

Diana Rigg

Julia McKenzie

Marge Champion

John Cullum

John Rubinstein

Christine Ebersole

Terrence Mann

Josh Mostel

Donald Sutherland

Eileen Brennan

Charles Nelson Reilly

David Hyde Pierce

Doris Roberts

Cherry Jones

Christine Baranski

Kenneth Branagh

Rupert Everett

Nicholas Smith

Robert Guillaume

Mickey Dolenz

Brian D'Arcy James

VIctoria Clark

Boy George

Richard O'Brien

Alfred Marks

Brian Blessed

I could go on and on, but no one is likely to even read this far... Just to make it fun, have a guess of which one of these I've seen naked (off stage) and which one I slept with. I'll give you a sporting hint: it wasn't Angela Lansbury or Petula Clark.

R67 You slept with Nathan Lane and saw NPH naked

Judy Garland (1967, Boston Common, her largest audience ever)

Liza Minnelli

Lauren Bacall (twice)

Angela Lansbury (thrice)

Richard Burton

Elizabeth Taylor (twice)

Carrie Fisher

Peter Allen (thrice)

Tom Petty

Sandra Bernhardt

Bette Midler (five times)

Natalie Cole

Aimee Mann

Jerry Lee Lewis

The B-52s (twice)

Bob Hope (mc'ing a memorial service featuring DL icon and former First Lady Barbara Bush)

Cher (twice)

Patti Lupone (thrice)

Stevie Nicks

Ann Miller

The Sex Pistols

Ann-Margaret

Lorna Luft

Paul O'Grady as Lily Savage

Barry Humphries as Dame Edna

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

Bobby Short

Elaine Stritch

Barbara Cook (twice)

Audra MacDonald (seven times)

Fayard Nicholas (doing a tap master class at the age of 86)

Amanda Muggleton (as Callas in "Master Class" in Melbourne)

Bruce Springsteen

Maureen McGovern

Billy Crystal

Vanessa Williams

Douglas Sills (twice)

Mary Testa

Rebecca Luker

Cherry Jones

Ginger Rogers

Pearl Bailey

Frank Sinatra

Mandy Patinkin

Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders (performing onboard the QE2)

Elton John

Jennifer Holliday

Shirley Bassey

Peggy Lee

Diana Ross

Aretha Franklin

Darlene Love

Janice Ian

Jay Leno

Ruby Dee

Leslie Uggams

The Incomparable Debbie Shapiro (now just plain Debbie Gravitte)

Lily Tomlin

Tammy Grimes

Kiki and Herb

Both Callaway Sisters (together and separately)

Twiggy

Henry Mancini

Christine Andreas

Ted Kennedy (singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider")

Cheyenne Jackson

David Bowie

Blair Underwood

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Ella Fitzgerald

Jimmy Buffet

Duke Ellington

Bill Clinton (playing the saxophone)

Loretta Lynn

Crystal Gale

Emmylou Harris

Linda Ronstadt

Dolores Gray

Tommy Tune

Honi Coles

Norm Lewis

Zachary Quinto

Jackie Gleason

Nathan Lane

Richard Thomas

Lena Horne

Jeff Daniels

Maggie Smith

Chita Rivera

Justin Timberlake

Vera Lynn

Dolly Parton

Jason Isaacs

Mickey Rooney

Yvonne De Carlo

Ethel Shutta

Alexis Smith

Ronee Blakely (sang "Tapedeck in His Tractor" for me at a party)

Steven Tyler

Robert Goulet

Chuck Berry

Robbie Williams

Rosemary Clooney

Melissa Etheridge

Pam Ann

Grace Jones

Sylvester

Donna Summer

Coral Browne

Maurice Chevalier

Michael Feinstein

Peggy Cass

Quentin Crisp

Not even close, R68 -but thanks for playing. :) I've met NPH a few times, and I've worked with Nathan Lane. I've seen both actors naked on stage, but never privately.

R69, I wish I had seen Quentin Crisp live! And how I left Maggie Smith and Barbara Cook off my list I'll never know -I plead the lateness of the hour... And it just occurs to me that I left off Richard Briars, June Whitfield, David Kernan, and so many others, too. Being an Eldergay has its advantages and disadvantages ...

R69, I am jealous only because I never saw Linda Ronstadt, Sylvester or Lena Horne.

This thread is really stretching the definition of celebrity.

But yes Bernadette Peters was fabulous in concert.

[quote]This thread is really stretching the definition of celebrity.

I purposely omitted Kit Andree and Julia Meade, r72.

Rush

The Judds

Clint Black

Restless Heart

Bonnie Raitt

The Redeemed Quartet

Jackson Browne

Lene Lovic

Missing Persons

Berlin

Love and Rockets

The Cure

Erasure

Pet Shop Boys

Nitzer Ebb

Baby Ford

Depeche Mode (many, many times)

X

The Ataris

The Vandals

Diablo Dimes

Devil Doll

Koffin Kats

Nekromantix

Pacific Symphony

Buddy Guy

Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys

Rev. Horton Heat

Sandi Patti

The Gaithers

Christopher Parkening

LA Phil with Esa-Pekka Salonen

The original Broadway Phantom with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman

R71 Don't be bummed about missing Sylvester, or at least missing the show I saw. It was New Year's Eve, he was half-an-hour late (it's 12:30 am fool: who gives a shit now?) and lip-synced the whole performance.

Tina Turner

Linda Ronstadt

Liza

Dolly Parton

Robert Cray

Tom Petty

Black Crowes

Duran Duran

Arcadia

Level 42

Ani Difranco

Santana

Jonathan Butler

Anita Baker

Ottmar Liebert

Basia

A-Ha

Paul McCartney & Wings

Bee Gees (Andy Gibb in encore)

Jimmy Buffett

Beach Boys

The Who

Monkees (Davy/Micky/Peter & Micky/Peter/Mike. Sadly, not all 4 together)

Weird Al Yankovic (opened for the Monkees)

Neil Diamond

Eddie Money (opened for The Who)

A couple of 60s collaboration tours: i.e., Gary Puckett, Mark Lindsay, Grass Roots, 3 Dog Night, Turtles, others I can't recall.

Maggie Smith and Brian Bedford at Stratford Shakespeare Festival

Do magicians count? Add David Copperfield and Lance Burton to my list.

Flip Wilson

George Goober Lindsey

Too many to name but Edie Beale’s nightclub act at Reno Sweeney gave me quite the frisson.

R4- 23 Diana Ross concerts! That must be Tony?

Maria Ouspenskaya

X

The Go-Go's

The B-52's

English Beat

Squeeze

Blondie

Berlin

OMD

David Byrne

John Waters

Ray Charles

Dolly Parton

Lily Tomlin

Sarah Silverman

Redd Foxx

Rudy Ray Moore

Linda Ronstadt (Broadway)

Bryan Cranston (Broadway)

Elaine May (Broadway)

The Five Blind Boys of Alabama

Clara Ward Singers

Little Richard

Ruth Brown

Charo

I think r74 and I would be friends. And if anyone else's tastes run to punk/new wave, old R&B, comedy, and camp we can be friends too.

R 80 you saw Edie?-YOU WIN!

Sinatra.. but a that point in his career he was semi-live.

Oh ... and PIA ZADORA! I was early for her Vegas show and she sat at my table and chatted for about 15 minutes. Later she sent her husband and son over to sit. Really nice and funny.

Bryan Singer

R83 I love that. You’re a good egg.

R20: can’t believe you saw Jim Croce! How was he?

Sheena Easton, Adrian Zmed and Sutton Foster as Betty Rizzo, Danny Zuko, and Sandy Dumbrowski respectively.

Sutton Foster as Eponine.

Hayley Mills as Anna Leonowens and Desiree (in Little Night Music)

Richard Chamberlain as Captain Von Tripp.

Deborah Cox in The Bodyguard

Good Charlotte

Ryan Cabrera

Maroon 5

Gwen Stefani

Avril Lavigne

Duran Duran (in 2005)

Sally Stuthers as Miss Hannigan.

Many, as have many posters. But I'll just mention the mic-drop one:

Janis Joplin.

Far too many to list them all but

First gig: New Order back in 1987 when I was 15.

Seen the most: Sparks, over 30 times.

Last saw: The Fixx

Future gigs I have tickets for later this year: Empathy Test, Gary Numan, Blancmange, Tom Bailey, The Human League, Adam Ant, Big Special, Bright Light Bright Light, The Magnetic Fields, Barry Manilow.

I saw Minnelli on Minnelli.

Music only:

Bruce Springsteen

Tom Petty

The Police (I fell asleep)

They Might Be Giants

Ricky Lee Jones

The Roches

The Grateful Dead

Pat Benatar lol

The English Beat

Cyndi Lauper

REM

Smashing Pumpkins

Pearl Jam

New Model Army

Jane's Addiction

Nine inch Nails

Beastie Boys

Toad The Wet Sprocket

Gin Blossoms

The Cramps

Red Hot Chili Peppers

U2

Blonde Redhead

Depeche Mode

Tom Jones

Sister Sledge

Joan Jett

Several smaller indie bands and various well-known techno/house DJs

A temp agency sent me to work at a 'NSYNC concert with Pink as the opener. I would never have gone to that show on my own, but Pink was great.

Comedians - Patton Oswald, Margaret Cho, Jerry Seinfeld

Olivia Newton John

Hall & Oates

Stevie Nicks

Fleetwood Mac

Death Cab for Cutie

Keane

R.E.M.

U2

Madonna

Prince

George Michael

P!nk

Dolly Parton

Tears for Fears

Crowded House

Florence + the Machine

James Taylor

Natalie Merchant

Cyndi Lauper

Janet Jackson

Go-Go’s

Belinda Carlisle

Sarah McLaughlin

Kacey Musgraves

Howard Jones

Blondie

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

Tanya Tucker

Mariah Carey

Lionel Ritchie

Celine Dion

The Jayhawks

The Police

Sting

Peter Gabriel

Judy Collins

Pretenders

Beyoncé

Barbra Streisand

Huey Lewis and the News

The Postal Service

Neko Case

The New Pornographers

Erasure

Rufus Wainwright

Indigo Girls

Cher

Bette Midler

Pat Benatar

Stevie Wonder

Elton John

Billy Joel

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Carly Rae Jepsen

Duran Duran

The Chicks

The Bangles

Adele

Diana Ross

Haim

Paul Simon

Heart

Kelly Clarkson

[quote]Diana Ross (23 concerts)

That should read 1 Diana Ross concert (23 times).

Bitch never changed it after 1983 except to add "I Will Survive."

Sonic Youth

Sleater Kinney

Bloc Party

Madonna

Garbage

The Amps

Luscious Jackson

Stereoblab

Sneaker Pimps

Reverand Horton Heat

Pretenders

B52s

The Breeders

MGMT

Erykah Badu

Goldie

UB40

Beastie Boys

Lenny Kravitz

Blue Oyster Cult

Queen Latifah

Public Enemy

Kid-n-Play

Cowboy Junkies

Stacey Q

Silversun Pickups

Not too many:

Elton John

George Michael

Brian May

Tina Turner

John Wilkes Booth. I very much enjoyed the play, but it was interrupted by my husband and I’ve always wanted to see how the play ended.

Fine. I'll (r91) name more.

Pavarotti (Met); Paul Potts (Rockefeller Plaza [I'm in the NBC video])---"Nessun Dorma."

Tim Curry---Original London stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show" and on Broadway in "Spamalot" with DH Pierce (stage door Tim signed my cast album of TRHS).

"Oldies":

Jerry Lee Lewis.

Ben E. King--His 70th birthday at BB King's, NYC.

Randy & the Rainbows---Finally heard "my" song, "Denise."

Dion.

Little Anthony and the Imperials---Photo and hug!

The Supremes with Cindy Birdsong---Got autographed picture! I was 17.

Jimmy Clanton.

Lou Christie.

R91 again.

Legends:

Paul McCartney and Wings.

Rolling Stones.

Elton John---Lost count of how often!

Jefferson Starship with Grace Slick.

Tony Bennett.

Diana Ross.

Johnny Mathis.

Ronnie Spector---Held my hand!

Bob Dylan.

Enrico Caruso

These lists are fantastic. I’m beyond jealous of Groucho (at any age) Redd Foxx Beastie Boys and the incomparable Charo. Condolences on David Brenner. A selection of mine as I have seen over 1000 concerts - including Messrs Diamond and Manilow

Luciano Pavarotti - in a class by himself imo

Sam Kinison

George Carlin

Mitch Hedberg

Norm MacDonald

Dave Chappelle

William Shatner

Puddles

Lords of Acid

Armin Van Buuren

Skrillex

Eminem

Jay-Z (masterful stage control)

Lil Wayne

Kendrick Lamar

Outkast

Willie Dixon

Ray Charles (private concert - sadly 1/2 the audience fell asleep)

Buddy Guy

Billy Gibbons

Gary Clark, Jr.

Bonnie Raitt

Alabama Shakes (absolutely fantastic)

Black Keys

The Strokes (personal favorite)

Steve Winwood (amazing)

Steely Dan

Tom Petty

Guns N Roses

Pearl Jam

Stone Temple Pilots

Green Day

Weezer

Violent Femmes

Jane’s Addiction

Bob Dylan (underwhelming)

Neil Young (overwhelming)

Greg Allman

ELO

Rolling Stones

Van Morrison (exceeds expectations)

Willie Nelson

Waylon Jennings

David Allen Coe

Leon Russell

Dwight Yoakam (excellent)

Sir Elton

Radiohead

Nine Inch Nails

Tool (mind blown)

Marilyn Manson (thankfully took a header off the stage)

Jarvis Cocker

Oasis

Beck (next level guitar skills)

Fiona Apple

Yeah Yeah Yeahs (all hail Karen O)

Replacements (Paul Westerberg told the entire audience and the staff to fuck off - good stuff)

Flogging Molly

Rancid

Lana Del Ray (whelming)

21 Pilots (very entertaining)

Silver Sun Pickups

Widespread Panic (another favorite)

Bonus: My hubby saw Johnny Cash, Capitan and Tennille Jerry Lee Lewis Tony Orlando + Dawn and Boxcar Willie as a child at the state fair and Stevie Ray Vaughn’s last concert

Thanks for this OP I enjoyed my own trip down memory lane honestly.

British Invasion:

Mike Pender's Searchers.

Billy J. Kramer.

Denny Laine.

Peter Asher.

Chad (Jeremy was ill).

Other:

Rod Stewart.

Queen (with Adam Lambert).

Chicago.

Herb Alpert & the TJB.

Arlo Guthrie---Did "Alice's Restaurant."

Elvis Costello---Several times, the first time's being in Bristol, England, for the grand sum of £2! Tiny venue; I hung on the edge of the stage.

Beach Boys.

R91, again! (Hey, OP asked!):

Politicians:

Jimmy Carter---He signed one of his books for me.

Bill Clinton---I held his hand! Also got autographed book.

John Kerry---Autograph.

John Edwards---Autograph.

Mario Cuomo---Autograph.

Geraldine Ferraro---Drove her staff around.

George McGovern.

Al Gore---Shook hands.

Barack Obama.

Fred Harris.

Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Howard Dean---Photo Op!

Ed Rendell---My favorite governor (PA)!

I don't feel like making a tedious list of bands, so I'll keep to the more unique celebs:

Leonard Nimoy

Donald Sutherland

Patrick Stewart

Ian McKellan

Clive Owen

R 107 yet your list is still tedious.

At LEAST put an asterisk next to the names of the celebrities who fucked you or who you chased to the gates of the Dakota.

Christ, you prancers.

R91.....(also r105):

Comedians:

Johnny Carson---Back in the 60s, when he did stand-up!

The Smothers Brothers.

Steve Martin.

Richard Belzer.

Richard Lewis.

Kevin James.

Jim Gaffigan.

Brian Regan.

Russell Brand.

Ted Alexandro.

Andrew Dice Clay.

And in 90 minutes will buy a ticket for Wanda Sykes!

R104! You have my eternal envy for seeing Mitch Hedberg!!

Question Mark and the Mysterians.

In case you’ve forgotten: “96 Tears”

[R110] - who knew he would expire so young? He was extremely high and his show was about two hours long culminating in him laying down on the moving stage at Celebrity Theater in PHX and saying that if it wasn’t for the necklace he was wearing he wouldn’t know he was upside down. As an aside - I was in Minneapolis for work last year and dropped a few Mitch lines on the locals who had no fucking clue who he is.

Where did you see Steve Martin? That’s quite a winner imo. My parents saw him in Vegas on the only vacation my father ever willingly took during the 70s!

R91, my penultimate list.

Stage:

Patrick Stewart--Macbeth.

Ian McShane---The Homecoming (Raoul Esparza; Michael McKean, James Frain).

Ralph Fiennes---Hamlet (Francesca Annis).

Frank Langella---A Man For All Seasons.

Ricky Martin---Evita.

John Lithgow---All My Sons.

Jose Ferrer---Man of La Mancha.

Ben Vereen---Jesus Christ, Superstar.

R112---Steve Martin was in his early Bunny Ears and Arrow Through Head years when he did Stand-Up at the Allentown (PA) Fair, 1979. Same place I saw Johnny Carson.

And now I will see SM with Martin Short soon!

And BTW---I do not need a receipt for a dough-nut! 😉

Jackson Browne

The Eagles, Steve Miller & Eddie Money - all together in Riverfront Stadium

Fleetwood Mac - Stevie snorting coke on the side of the stage visibly, changing shawls, fetal squats

Bob Seger

Jethro Tull

Heart

Loverboy

The Police

Rush

Boston

Warren Zevon

A rag tag Jefferson Starship - with no Grace or Marty, just awful

Linda Ronstadt - great voice, zero stage personality

ELO

Sinatra, Sammy and Dean together

Rose Marie, Rosemary Clooney, Margaret Whiting, there was another lady I can't remember

Karen Valentine in a Kenley Players thing - audience loved her circa 1977

R113 I think you need need a receipt for a doughnut of you asked for a jelly and got a glazed.

Among others: David Bowie

Lady Gaga

Scissor Sisters

The Ramones

Pixies

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians (really disappointing – voice and timing both FUCKED)

INXS (post-Hutchence, unfortunately)

Erykah Badu

Lauryn Hill (yeah, she started late)

Stereophonics

Midnight Oil

Live (opening for The Ramones, in one of the oddest double bills I’ve ever seen)

And a selection of the Canadian content: Barenaked Ladies (partied with some of them, too)

Arcade Fire

Carole Pope

Alanis Morrissette (right before “Jagged Little Pill” was released)

The Tragically Hip (3 or 4 times)

Cowboy Junkies

Meryn Cadell

Jann Arden

Aaaaand finally, the end of r91, r105, r113, etc.:

My Best For Last:

Ricky Martin---Totally obsessed! Slept on NYC streets for his TV appearances and M&Gs; drove to Montreal to see him lip-synch on a TV show; attended many concerts in NYC, NJ, and PA.

The Four Tops---Since 1967, Forest Hills Stadium! Countless times since, even met them (all OG) backstage. AND WILL SEE ON APRIL 27, with the lone OG Top, Duke Fakir! (Also with the Temptations and Otis Williams!)

The Chad Mitchell Trio---Cannot sufficiently express my love and adoration, particularly of Chad and his beautiful tenor voice. Loved since 1964; didn't get to see them until their reunion concerts in this century. I spoke at length with them in Ocean Grove, NJ, after their concert with Peter and Paul (the benefit was for an ill Mary).

But the ultimate highlight of all my previously posted shows was that I was invited to have dinner with the Trio after one concert, and sat next to Chad. Dream come true, I'm telling you.

Barbra Streisand

Frank Sinatra

Liza Minelli

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Bebe King

Miles Davis

Sarah Vaughan

Prince

Stevie Wonder

Diana Ross

Smokey Robinson

Tony Bennett

Liberace

Sting

k.d. lang

Bette Midler

Steely Dan

Elton John

Aretha Franklin

Diana Ross

David Sedaris

Kiri Te Kanawa

Leonard Cohen

Kristin Chenoweth

Marlo Thomas (at home dinner)

Barbara Cook

Judy Collins

Elaine Stritch

Blythe Danner

Gregory Harrison

Judith Ivey

Treat Williams

Polly Bergen

Marge Champion

Betty Garrett

Cecilia Bartoli

Jessye Norman

Matthew Broderick

James Carroll (at events and I also did some catering for him)

Cherry Jones

Parker Posey

Robert Honeysucker

Yo-Yo Ma (in my office)

Gisele Bündchen (in person at a wedding where we were guests)

Joan Rivers (in person at an event)

Laura Carmichael (in person at a WGBH supporter event)

Jim Carter (in person at a WGBH supporter event)

Phyllis Logan (in person at a WGBH supporter event)

Lynn Redgrave (in person at an event)

Jeff Stryker (!)

I forgot:

Bonnie Raitt

Jeff Stryker

Blade Thompson

Tom Chase

Barrett Long

Aretha Franklin

Johnny Mathis

Pointer Sisters

Are we doing Theatre people too? Because I was focusing on the musical performances. Of course you're saying Celebrities so that could include live theatre.

So OK.

Denzel Washington

Jeffrey Wright

Matthew Broderick

Madonna

R123, Did you see Denzel in "Julius Caesar" (I did, and forgot!), or in "The Iceman Cometh"?

And if the latter, what did you think of Austin Butler as the tormented Don Parritt?

I saw Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians in Sun City, Arizona in about 1982. My friend and I were the only young people in the audience.

LOL 126 I saw Up With People with guest star Leslie Uggams when I was in high school. Pure torture.

Madonna x 3

Eurythmics x 2

Alison Moyet x 3

Berlin x1

Culture Club x 1

Tina Turner x 1

That's all. I'd really like to see Icehouse and New Order but probably won't get the chance.

R123 my sister saw him in Julius Caesar. I saw Denzel in A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway, with Sophie Okonedo and Samuel Jackson's wife, LaTanya Richardson Jackson. He was brilliant.

R125 the post at R129 was for you, instead I posted it to myself. Oops.

We saw Liberace in Las Vegas towards the end of his career. OMG. It was a once in a lifetime experience. What Queen. He looked just like...Liberace!!!

[quote]These lists are fantastic. I’m beyond jealous of Groucho (at any age) Redd Foxx Beastie Boys and the incomparable Charo.

I saw Redd in Vegas when he owed the government millions. Apparently they worked out a deal where he wouldn't go to jail if he kept working and paying back his taxes. The rumor was there was an IRS agent backstage at every performance. He didn't get a penny.

He took the stage drinking from a ceramic mug shaped like a giant tit. His first words were "I got this from Betty Ford" and it was ON for the next sixty minutes — sixty minutes exactly. He didn't so much finish as just stop, snarl "And pay yo' fuckin' taxes!" and stomp offstage.

R132 According to his costar Demond Wilson, Redd Foxx was very irresponsible with his finances. Not only would he spend his income as fast as he was making it, he was willfully not paying his income taxes. I'm not sure how long he thought he could get away with that.

Fleetwood Mac, Bob Marley, Little River Band at famous Munich concert Gregg Allman Beaver Brown

In about 1981 or 82, I had some friends who were members of professional dance troupe. The leader was Gay, and in his field he was a well regarded choreographer. He called me one late afternoon all excited because James Baldwin was in town and they were meeting him at the local 5 star hotel, (we only had one) in their posh dining room and why didn't I stop by. I was dumbfounded! I had to work late, and by the time I got there this large round table for 8 had about two dozen chairs pulled around it and there he was, holding court and smoking like a chimney. he was regaling them with stories and my friends waved me over, They introduced me, he smiled, (he was quite drunk, and he was a sloppy drunk.) waved dismissively and continued telling his stories THis was a tableful of Gay guys with James Baldwin. He ran a tab. I had one drink and after a decent interval I sort of disappeared. No one noticed I'd left. But it's a moment in time I will never forget. A few days later my friend called and said he'd looked for me since a few of them ended up in Jame's suite he laughed and said it was a very long night.

Cher (14 times)

Dolly

Kelly Clarkson

Reba

Fantasia

James Taylor

Jackson Browne

Karen Carpenter

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sheryl Crowe

Vicki Lawrence (as Mama)

Patti Lupone

Linda Ronstadt

Lucie Arnaz

Jennifer Hudson

Jerry Orbach

Mandy Patinkin

Donnie and Marie Osmond

Kathy Griffin

Estelle Parsons

Many others, this is what I quickly recall.

Cher

Pet Shop Boys

B-52s (many times)

10,000 Maniacs

Janet Jackson

Madonna

Jody Warley

Kelly Clarkson

Joan Rivers

Carole King

The Carpenters

Rufus & Chaka Khan

Billy Joel

OMD

Boy George

Bette Midler

Barry Manilow (he was having an off night)

Diana Ross

Celine Dion

AC2 (Anderson & Andy)

Chic

Sylvester

Cyndi Lauper

N sync B2K IMx

A dozen or so wrestlers at some house shows (Scott hall, Kevin Nash, Randy savage, ddp, Harlem heat, nasty boys, Chris Benoit). Some of them so huge in person.

I've seen tons of rock concerts. Here are 2 non-rock concerts I went to and was unexpectedly impressed:

1. Pointer Sisters. Those ladies can sing and were really good performers.

2. Michael McDonald. Voice was good. Great personality on stage. His wife was singing backup (along with another female backup singer). She had just finished cancer treatments.

Sly and the Family Stone.

Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 reunion tour

Prince

Aretha

Gladys Knight without Pips.

Liza's Stepping Out show at Radio City circa 1990 is still the greatest live performance I've ever seen. She was extraordinary.

R136. You intentionally saw Donny and Marie? Or did they kidnap you and forced their music on you?

Madonna

Kylie Minogue

Diana Ross

Donna Summer

Roxy Music

Bananarama

Cher

Pet Shop Boys

Sandra Bernard

George Carlin

Prince

Wanda Jackson

Roger Waters

Blondie

Paul McCartney

Jimmy Page/Robert Plant

Bernhard *

John Wilkes Booth

R145 Was it a surprise cameo appearance from the audience area at Ford's Theater?

Petula Clark

Rush

Hall & Oates

Air Supply

Elaine Stritch

Bea Arthur

Dame Edna

Peter Ustinov

Kids in the Hall

Martin Short

Jim Gaffigan

R121 Reminds me that I came home from work one afternoon and saw Chad Douglas "performing with" Leigh Erickson in their scene for Matt Sterling's "Giant Splash Shots II."

To make extra money, my landlord would occasionally rent his house out for for pron shoots. This activity didn't interfere with me, because I lived in the separate guest house and was typically at work when the filming was being done. But they were still shooting outside by the pool that day I came home, and in order to get to the guest house one had to walk around the outside pool area.

Mr. Sterling politely asked me if I could wait til they had a break in the scene they'd set up. So I said, "Yes," and just kind of milled about occasionally looking over at the live action on the pool deck. To make up for this "inconvenience" they asked me to the wrap party at the house a couple nights later where I got to "mingle with the stars" .. lol.

Elizabeth Taylor in “The Little Foxes.”

Cher, of course.

Dolly Parton

Anne Murray

Olivia Newton John

Barry Manilow

Bette Midler

Joan Rivers

Michael Buble

Connie Francis

Patricia Neal

Lily Tomlin

Gordon Lightfoot

Three Dog Night

Fran Lebowitz

Phil Donahue

Michael Bolton

Randy Travis

I saw Glen Campbell with Bananarama in the same concert.

Glen Campbell did a medley of all his hits and was using cue cards for the lyrics. This was in the '80s. I don't know if he was already suffering with Alzheimer's or if it was just all the cocaine and partying that caused him to lose track of the lyrics.

Neither Glen or Bananarama were memorable except for Glen's cue cards.

R67 Is it two different people or the same person?

[quote]Cher (14 times)

R136 wins!

The Best:

Nirvana

Liz Phair

Lady Gaga

Radiohead

The Pixies

Vampire Weekend

Interpol

Bright Eyes

Elliott Smith

The Worst:

Bob Dylan

The Killers

Flaming Lips

[quote]You intentionally saw Donny and Marie? Or did they kidnap you and forced their music on you?

At the state fair. Show was free.

Ruby Keeler

Fifi D'Orsay

Patsy Kelly

Dody Goodman

Benny Goodman

The Andrew Sisters

Sam Levine

Sheila MacRae

Don Porter

Gloria Swanson

Joan Fontaine

June Allyson

Gene Nelson

Richard and Pat Nixon

Bobby Rydell

Rex Harrison

Claudette Colbert

Betty Garrett

Sammy Cahn

Irene Ryan

Just the most interesting (to me) ones

Ella Fitzgerald

Ian McKellen

Peggy Lee

Barbara Cook

John Waters

Traci Lords

Mink Stole

In more or less reverse order, newest first…

Underworld, Roisin Murphy, Soulwax/2 Many DJs, Sugababes, Jessie Ware, Jon Hopkins, Blessed Madonna, Bonobo, Four Tet, Purple Disco Machine, Hot Chip, Patrice Baumel, Courtney Barnett, Beyoncé, Solomun, Sbtrkt, LCD Soundsystem, Miss Kittin, Franz Ferdinand, Fatboy Slim, Dennis Ferrer, Scissor Sisters, The Hives, Sigur Ros, GusGus, Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers, Phoenix, Fischerspooner, Tiga, Kylie Minogue, Modern English, Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam, Madonna, Depeche Mode, Crystal Waters, Saint Etienne, Faithless, Kristine W, Todd Terry, Vicki Sue Robinson, Erasure, Joey Arias, Danny Tenaglia, Junior Vasquez, Debbie Harry, David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, Motley Crue, Ministry

That's pretty cool R157.

Raul Julia

Peaches and Herb

I went to ozz fest in Tinley Park Illinois in 1999. Me and my brothers went. Rob Zombie, Black Sabbath, Slip knot, and others. I saw Journey, Cheap Trick, Rush, REO Speedwagon, when I was a teenager in the late 70's.

This is what I remember. Pales compared to others.

Diana Ross

Dan Fogelberg

Peter Allen

Celine Dion

Kenny Loggins

Tony Bennett

Johnny Mathis

Jane Monheit

Jane Oliver

Natalie Cole

Sam Harris

George Benson

America

John Denver

Starlight Vocal Band

Billy Joel

Ann Hampton Callaway

Liz Callaway

Marilyn Maye

Toni Tennille

Patti Lupone

Whitney Houston

Bernadette Peters

Patti LaBelle

Melissa Manchester

Hugh Panaro

Barbara Cook

Tyne Daly

Bruce Springsteen

Elaine Stritch

Barbara Barrie

Beth Howland

Dean Jones

Larry Kert

Donna McKechnie

Charles Kimbrough

Chita Rivera

Liza Minnelli

Carol Lawrence

Cleo Laine

Idina Menzel

Maureen McGovern

Tommy Tune

Twiggy

Chicago

Ben Vereen

Little River Band

OMG. How can I forget the very first rock concert I ever attended. I was 11. I saw the Beatles. Yes. John, Paul, George and Ringo!!! I was a million miles away from them, and the camera flashes were going off like lightning, but I saw them! The screaming was unfuckingbelievable. My older sister was a beatle fanatic so my mother got us tickets. I still feel guilty all these years later for not showing Ma appreciation for doing that.

R162 That is quite an experience to remember. It's too bad the music itself would have been muddled at best from all the screaming.

I saw the Greg Kihn Band at Magic Mountain in southern California.

Greg Kihn made some really good music late 1970s- mid 1980s. I never got the chance to see him live though.

Someone upthread mentioned the Police and how it was a snooze. I saw the Police, too, at pretty much the height of their popularity. Boring!

The most boring concert/performance I've ever seen was Whitney Houston.

Girl can't move, either.

R166 I bet the Police playing at CBGBs in 1978 was anything but boring.

Steve Allen. He was a huge guy, I never would have guessed.

R168 R166 I saw The Police midway through the band's Outlandos d'Amour Tour at the Santa Monica Civic (May 1979). .. As I recall, they also played some songs that they'd already recorded for their upcoming Outlandos d'Amour album. They were one of the bands that local L.A. radio station KROQ played heavily at the time. and my memory of the concert has less to do with the band itself and more to do with the crowd on the floor being overly ecstatic throughout. .. Not sure I'd call them "boring," but when I think of truly memorable performances from all the bands I've seen over the decades, they're not on my list.

Some friends saw Bruno Mars and I couldn't go, but they said I missed one hell of a show because Bruno Mars is an awesome performer .

The most exciting thing I remember from the Police concert that I saw was Andy Summers (guitarist) jumping straight up and down (doing the pogo (stick)) while playing guitar.

I didn't see Joan Fontaine perform, exactly - I saw her do a talk and a Q&A after a showing of Suspicion. Then I ended up behind her leaving the auditorium. She had on a wool suit, had a French twist hairdo, and was tiny.

Barbra Joan Streisand. And she was totally amazing. We were at an indoor arena. the stage was in the center and she had a black gown on trimmed in white, and there was a piano on the platform. I was stunned at how she was able to convey intimacy in front of thousands of people. She chatted, joked, and sang her heart out. I fell in love with her all over again. She was absolute perfection.

The Honey Bees

Ray Charles! We saw him in a club long years ago. Loved that show. He was a legend by then.

Thank you, r129/r130! I hope your sister got to meet Denzel afterwards!

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in "Private Lives"

I saw Maggie Smith in Private Lives.

R177 nope, never got to meet him. I wish. But in a way I'm glad. I have heard Denzel can be rude. I'd rather keep my idealized version ofh im that meet him and get my feelings hurt.

Me, too, R178! I saw it at the Wilshire Theater in Los Angeles with my mom. I was only 16, but I appreciated what an EVENT it was for them to be reunited on-stage, especially for people my mom's age. Plus, I loved Noel Coward!

Mom had introduced me a couple years earlier, during a trip to London. We went to see "Hay Fever"...because she couldn't get tickets to the hot new musical about the singing cat-people in a garbage can. BWAH! And thank goodness! (I'd be subjected to it several years later). "Hay Fever" was hysterically funny, and it sent me on a whole Noel Coward/drawing-room comedy jag (which of course lead to Oscar Wilde). Before leaving London, she bought me a book with a few Coward plays -- including "Private Lives" -- to read on the flight(s) back to L.A.

The Stones

The Ramones with the Runaways

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Marcia Ball

The Scorpians

More that I've forgotten due to my misspent youth spent stoned. Haven't been to a big venue in years but do see locals sometimes at bars. Luther and the Healers put on a damn good show but I think Luther died.

The last ones were Dwight Yoakum and Chris Isaak. Both of whom put on great shows despite not being a huge fan of either.

R180, After Denzel's "Julius Caesar" (he was Brutus), the theater had those metal barriers set up and people lined up to meet, greet, and get a photo with (or of, in my case) Denzel---so I did! (No Selfie because I used only 35mm then, alas!) He was smiling and patient throughout!

R178 and r181, WTH was I thinking, to have missed Elizabeth and Richard?! I've ONLY lived according to (my) "Elizabeth Taylor Philosophy of Life"! E.g., "Would Elizabeth go camping? I think not! Thus, I shall not camp!" 😁 The Most Beautiful Actress with the Best-Voiced Actor. Sigh.

Here's one COMING SOON for me. Are y'all ready to ENVY?! I'm going to see the "ANCIENT ALIENS" Guys! Giorgio Tsoukalos, David Childress, William Henry, and Nick Pope!

If any of you were never fortunate enough to see Queen live, make a point to see Queen Nation if they are performing in your area. They are worth the time, really good band.

One of my favorite shows was Led Zeppelin back in about 1968. I guess I've seen at least a thousand acts. I've been a dedicated concert goer my entire life and haven't slowed down. I also loved seeing Sinatra, Stevie Nicks, and Sting perform. I recently saw Wanda Sykes and was surprisingly disappointed.

I am forever spoiled because of the first two live shows I ever saw was as a teenager in the mid 1970s in NY. Bruce Springsteen at the Bottom Line in 1975, and David Bowie at MSG in 1976. I saw hundreds of shows since then, and a handful were of that high caliber, but I also made a mental point of not seeing acts that I was not confident would perform good live music. I actually passed on seeing the Rolling Stones in 1981 because I saw two of their shows on TV and cable before that and they were actually pretty bad, Mick was constantly off-key and missing words, and Keith kept fucking up on guitar, they sounded like a bad Rolling Stones cover band. They were probably fucked up on drugs at the time.

Kate Bush

Laurie Anderson

Barenaked Ladies

Ministry

Bronski Beat

Depeche Mode

Poi Dog Pondering

INXS

The Kinks

Sonic Youth

Violent Femmes

TMBG

So many more…