What Was The First, Last, Best, Worst, Loudest Concert You Attended?

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First Concert: Alabama

Last Concert: Janet Jackson (2 weeks ago)

Best Concert: Foo Fighters, Lionel Richie, The Struts

Worst Concert: K-Ci and Jojo

Loudest Concert: Linkin Park

Seen the Most: Foo Fighters (3 times)

Most Surprising: The Struts, Adema

Next Concert: Matchbox Twenty Twenty (next Thursday), TLC & Shaggy (next Friday)

Wish I Could Have Seen: Prince, Beastie Boys
 
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GritNGrind1906 said:
First Concert: Alabama

Last Concert: Janet Jackson (2 weeks ago)

Best Concert: Foo Fighters, Lionel Richie, The Struts

Worst Concert: K-Ci and Jojo

Loudest Concert: Linkin Park

Seen the Most: Foo Fighters (3 times)

Most Surprising: The Struts, Adema

Next Concert: Matchbox Twenty Twenty (next Thursday), TLC & Shaggy (next Friday)

Wish I Could Have Seen: Prince, Beastie Boys
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Did Janet attempt to sing a couple of weeks ago or did she lip sync 95% of the show like she did in Memphis?
 
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First Concert: Run DMC, L.A. 1988
Last Concert: BTS, L.A., 2019? (wife's idea)
Best Concert: Blur L.A. 1996
Worst Concert: none that I remember
Loudest Concert: probably Dream Theater
Seen the Most: Dream Theater
Most Surprising: don't know
Next Concert: hopefully Warpaint
Wish I Could Have Seen: Blur (1994), Warpaint, Cannons
 
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malinoisvol said:
First Concert: Eric Clapton
Last Concert: KC and the Sunshine Band
Best Concert: Van Halen (1980)
Worst Concert: none
Loudest Concert: Van Halen
Seen the Most: haven't seen the same twice
Most Surprising: 38 Special warming up for the Outlaws and Molly Hatchet
Next Concert: holding out for AC/DC :(
Wish I Could Have Seen: So Many... Barry White, GFOS, KISS, AC/DC, ...
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what a first show. i wish i coulda pushed back my freshman to go london and "find myself , but there was a war going on in the late 60s
 
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First: Lolapalooza 96

Last: Old Crow Medicine Show

Worst: Korn and Puddle of Mudd in Roanoke

Best: Nine Inch Nails

Most surprising: NSYNC. They played Fun Fest in Kingsport like 2 weeks after their first big hit in the 90s. They tried to get out of it but the city made them play it. Went with my girlfriend at the time.

Loudest: Rage Against The Machine at Lolapalooza 96.

Next: Boys 2 Men. They are playing Fun Fest this year and the wife wants to go.

Seen the most: Korn (3 times)

Wish I could see: Pink Flyod with Roger Waters.

Craziest: The Bloodhound Gang, Cyprus Hill, and The ICP in Jersey.

Honorable Mentions: GWAR and The Reverend Horton Heat both at the Orange Peal in Asheville.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
First: Lolapalooza 96

Last: Old Crow Medicine Show

Worst: Korn and Puddle of Mudd in Roanoke

Best: Nine Inch Nails

Most surprising: NSYNC. They played Fun Fest in Kingsport like 2 weeks after their first big hit in the 90s. They tried to get out of it but the city made them play it. Went with my girlfriend at the time.

Loudest: Rage Against The Machine at Lolapalooza 96.

Next: Boys 2 Men. They are playing Fun Fest this year and the wife wants to go.

Seen the most: Korn (3 times)

Wish I could see: Pink Flyod with Roger Waters.

Craziest: The Bloodhound Gang, Cyprus Hill, and The ICP in Jersey.

Honorable Mentions: GWAR and The Reverend Horton Heat both at the Orange Peal in Asheville.
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I’ve seen the Reverend several times, puts on a great show.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
First: Lolapalooza 96

Last: Old Crow Medicine Show

Worst: Korn and Puddle of Mudd in Roanoke

Best: Nine Inch Nails

Most surprising: NSYNC. They played Fun Fest in Kingsport like 2 weeks after their first big hit in the 90s. They tried to get out of it but the city made them play it. Went with my girlfriend at the time.

Loudest: Rage Against The Machine at Lolapalooza 96.

Next: Boys 2 Men. They are playing Fun Fest this year and the wife wants to go.

Seen the most: Korn (3 times)

Wish I could see: Pink Flyod with Roger Waters.

Craziest: The Bloodhound Gang, Cyprus Hill, and The ICP in Jersey.

Honorable Mentions: GWAR and The Reverend Horton Heat both at the Orange Peal in Asheville.
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extra likes for early Pink Floyd and the 96 festival
 
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First Concert: Jim Ed Brown (Cedartown, Ga)
Last Concert: Lynyrd Skynyrd (Knoxville)
Best Concert: tough. Fleetwood Mac (Atl)
Worst Concert: Loverboy(Tallahassee)
Loudest Concert: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Seen the Most: all tied at 1
Most Surprising: The Monkees (Albany, Ga)
Next Concert: Won't be Lynyrd Skynyrd
Wish I Could Have Seen: Pink Floyd (did see Roger Waters in ATL), Earth, Wind & Fire or KC & The Sunshine Band in their respective heydays.

Biggest Miss: could have seen Simon & Garfunkel in Pittsburgh and stayed in my hotel room. Need my butt kicked for that.
 
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First Concert: Bob Seger
Last Concert: Govt Mule
Best Concert: Between John Prine at Alumni Gym in 79 or so and the Stones in 2003.
Worst Concert: Aerosmith. Eric Clapton was as bad but Muddy Waters opened and was good.
Loudest Concert: Metallica or BOC. BOC's light show was fantastic.
Seen the Most: Stones, Santana, ZZ Top
Most Surprising: Tideschi Trucks Band or Heaven and Hell, expected good but got excellent.
Next Concert: ??
Wish I Could Have Seen: Pink Floyd, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath when Bill Ward was right, Jeff Beck, JJ Cale, AC/DC, and more.
 
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EasternVol said:
First Concert: Bob Seger
Last Concert: Govt Mule
Best Concert: Between John Prine at Alumni Gym in 79 or so and the Stones in 2003.
Worst Concert: Aerosmith. Eric Clapton was as bad but Muddy Waters opened and was good.
Loudest Concert: Metallica or BOC. BOC's light show was fantastic.
Seen the Most: Stones, Santana, ZZ Top
Most Surprising: Tideschi Trucks Band or Heaven and Hell, expected good but got excellent.
Next Concert: ??
Wish I Could Have Seen: Pink Floyd, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath when Bill Ward was right, Jeff Beck, JJ Cale, AC/DC, and more.
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I’ve seen the Stones quite a few times going back to ‘89. The 2003 show in Vegas is my favorite.
 
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GroverCleveland said:
First Concert: Jim Ed Brown (Cedartown, Ga)
Last Concert: Lynyrd Skynyrd (Knoxville)
Best Concert: tough. Fleetwood Mac (Atl)
Worst Concert: Loverboy(Tallahassee)
Loudest Concert: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Seen the Most: all tied at 1
Most Surprising: The Monkees (Albany, Ga)
Next Concert: Won't be Lynyrd Skynyrd
Wish I Could Have Seen: Pink Floyd (did see Roger Waters in ATL), Earth, Wind & Fire or KC & The Sunshine Band in their respective heydays.

Biggest Miss: could have seen Simon & Garfunkel in Pittsburgh and stayed in my hotel room. Need my butt kicked for that.
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yep.
Which version of Fleetwod Mac? was a fan long before Stevie Nicks arrived
A concert in Cedartown? My grandmother grew up there, but I cant much about it. Never saw those Neil Young buds
 
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First Concert: Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic at AMS infield IIRC.
Last Concert: Alabama. Make up concert at Gaylord last year.
Best Concert: Paul McCartney. GA Dome. 3 hours w/no opening act. 3 Encores. Even if you're not a fan, it was a superb concert to see live. Best concert for the money by far. Rod Stewart at Lakewood Amphitheater would be 2nd.
Worst Concert: Alabama. Not that it was bad, but Randy was really laid back and Martina opened. They juiced him up for the Saturday playing and he was all over the place. Had far better opener on Saturday. And I don't like how they did Mark Herndon, so...
Loudest Concert: Bon Jovi (Also one of those bands even if you don't really like you should see live). Close 2nd was Head East as they were in a small dive bar.
Seen the Most: All only once.
Most Surprising: Huey Lewis back in the 80's. His live shows were actually quite good.
Next Concert: U2 is my bucket list.
Wish I Could Have Seen: Journey in the hey day. Or Rush. Or Yes. Or Tom Petty. Or Mother's Finest...they still play and come to the cave in McMinville every spring. They are a must, greatest band you may have never heard of, and mostly still original lineup from the 70's.

I could probably count all my concerts on my fingers and have some left over though. Pretty sure I wnet to a concert at The Fox in ATL back in the 90's. Can't remember who, but any concert in that place is an acoustical treat.
 
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GVF said:
First Concert: Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic at AMS infield IIRC.
Last Concert: Alabama. Make up concert at Gaylord last year.
Best Concert: Paul McCartney. GA Dome. 3 hours w/no opening act. 3 Encores. Even if you're not a fan, it was a superb concert to see live. Best concert for the money by far. Rod Stewart at Lakewood Amphitheater would be 2nd.
Worst Concert: Alabama. Not that it was bad, but Randy was really laid back and Martina opened. They juiced him up for the Saturday playing and he was all over the place. Had far better opener on Saturday. And I don't like how they did Mark Herndon, so...
Loudest Concert: Bon Jovi (Also one of those bands even if you don't really like you should see live). Close 2nd was Head East as they were in a small dive bar.
Seen the Most: All only once.
Most Surprising: Huey Lewis back in the 80's. His live shows were actually quite good.
Next Concert: U2 is my bucket list.
Wish I Could Have Seen: Journey in the hey day. Or Rush. Or Yes. Or Tom Petty. Or Mother's Finest...they still play and come to the cave in McMinville every spring. They are a must, greatest band you may have never heard of, and mostly still original lineup from the 70's.

I could probably count all my concerts on my fingers and have some left over though.
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only McCartney live show to see was in Atlanta, back of whatever venue Hawks used, in 2000. May not be the same show but it was well worth ticket price
 
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mad4vols said:
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First: Some touring rock band in 1973 during school at Fulton High. I think they were sponsored by YoungLife. For $5 you got to miss the last half of school
Last: Eagles Hotel CA tour at TBA
Best: Elton John Farewell in Nashville -I’m shocked it’s the one but all those songs brought back so many memories
Worst: Chicago in Knoxville late 70s, because of the girl I was with
Loudest: Cheap Trick/ Joan Jet & Blackhearts at 1982 worlds Fair, we were less than 40’ from the largest speakers I’ve ever seen. My wife’s hair would move with the bass
 
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Wireless1 said:
First: Some touring rock band in 1973 during school at Fulton High. I think they were sponsored by YoungLife. For $5 you got to miss the last half of school
Last: Eagles Hotel CA tour at TBA
Best: Elton John Farewell in Nashville -I’m shocked it’s the one but all those songs brought back so many memories
Worst: Chicago in Knoxville late 70s, because of the girl I was with
Loudest: Cheap Trick/ Joan Jet & Blackhearts at 1982 worlds Fair, we were less than 40’ from the largest speakers I’ve ever seen. My wife’s hair would move with the bass
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The free Chicago show on campus came on heels of Chicago II release. It was easiest weekend ever to get date with member of Queens College, Converse and Hollins crews. Mrs AV took our son for Elton John farewell in STL. Very special for them because of the countless hours they spent together in the car.
 
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ArdentVol said:
yep.
Which version of Fleetwod Mac? was a fan long before Stevie Nicks arrived
A concert in Cedartown? My grandmother grew up there, but I cant much about it. Never saw those Neil Young buds
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The 75 Nicks/Buckingham version. Was their last tour as far as I know.

And believe it or the Jim Ed Brown show was great. I was a kid and we only had country stations growing up so i knew all the songs. I think the first FM Rock station in our area (we could receive reliably) was in '76 or '77 in Valdosta or Bainbridge. We were just on the outer edge of GULF104 in Tallahassee and could not get The Great Ape (AM) out of Jacksonville until we got south of Valdosta.

So one listened to C&W or sang harmony with the tractor.
 
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Wireless1 said:
First: Some touring rock band in 1973 during school at Fulton High. I think they were sponsored by YoungLife. For $5 you got to miss the last half of school
Last: Eagles Hotel CA tour at TBA
Best: Elton John Farewell in Nashville -I’m shocked it’s the one but all those songs brought back so many memories
Worst: Chicago in Knoxville late 70s, because of the girl I was with
Loudest: Cheap Trick/ Joan Jet & Blackhearts at 1982 worlds Fair, we were less than 40’ from the largest speakers I’ve ever seen. My wife’s hair would move with the bass
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Funny. One of the best I ever went to was Chicago in Valdosta (early 80s) because of the girl I was with.
 
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ArdentVol said:
EL MOCAMBO - The Rolling Stones | Official Website
my favorite live Stones album, with Ya-Ya's being the first
first live show was 72 in Coleman Coliseum with Stevie Wonder opening. Last was in Memphis, I think, somewhere around 2000
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I heard that when Stevie Wonder opened for the Stones in Knoxville, many of the local Illuminati were screaming to get that blind, er, fellow off the stage and to bring on the Stones.
 
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EasternVol said:
I heard that when Stevie Wonder opened for the Stones in Knoxville that many of the local Illuminati were screaming to get that blind, er, fellow off the stage and to bring on the Stones.
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can believe it
i went to HS in Knoxville many years before that show wow

a wonderful show from beginning to end
dont recall how loud those .... were that day and nite in tusker ...went to show w/2 buds from Huntsville and even saw a guy who went to Bearden
 
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