How many concerts have you seen in your life?

[IAG]

Who have you seen? I bet some of you have some crazy numbers/lists. I am not much of a concert person, but have seen a few. There may be a couple more, but there may not be. Saw a lot of small shows in college at local bars i.e. ..Circle Jerks, Mojo Nixon, but won't rack my brain for those.




Violent Femmes- Sioux Falls circa 1985
Bob Dylan....Fargo
Paul Simon...Denver
R.E.M...Denver/Fiddler's Green
Rolling Stones (Voodoo Lounge Tour) Denver..Mile High Stadium
Counting Crows/Wallflowers -Red Rocks
80s reunion thingie. w/ Missing Persons, Devo, English Beat. Damn did that make me feel old. ..Fiddler's Green
Sheryl Crow ..Sioux Falls jazz festival in the park


Saw the following for "free" at the Coliseum at CP.

Carole King ..awesome
Tim McGraw...awesome
Elton John ...Probably was good but too drunk to appreciate...and it was the opening night. There's a story there for a later date. A really good story.
Celine Dion...not a fan but better than expected. She is very tiny.
Garth Brooks...benefit deal...long and slow..not a big fan anyway.
Gloria Estevan...fun...VIP after party at the CP pool afterwards. She was very friendly with pics and such.

We just got a big new events center here and will be drawing bigger names. I would be more likely to go here than in Denver I think...but usually lazy and would rather just turn on a CD and listen at home. I may never go to another concert again.

 

[Matty]

I'd say between 30 and 40 "pro" concerts, most of them in my late teens/early 20's.

Prolly hundreds of amateur local bands while I was "touring" with my crappy post-grunge band.

Sonic Youth in 2000 was a standout (@ Metropolis in Montreal)

As was the Die Antwoord weekend with the X'es, Blitty, fiveteamer and tacomax (we saw them in Detroit on Saturday then Toronto on Sunday)

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

I was a buyer for a record chain for 2 years.

I have seen in excess of 300 concerts.

 

[Matty]

Actually I'm probably lowballing myself. Even in my old age I go to a couple shows a year.

Between 50 and 75, minus the crappy local stuff, open mic nights and such.

 

[Mudcat]

Maybe 70 ??? But that was almost all early 20's or younger.

I actually had a bit of a revival and went to 3 shows a couple years ago - Steely Dan, Muse and Cracker - but that was breaking a dry spell of decades. Unless you count musicals.

Rush alone, I probably saw 10 times. Not proud of it but it happened.

 

[Saulty]

Metallica, Cure, Led Zeppelin, Smithereens, Ziggy Marley, REO Speedwagon, Loverboy, Tony Bennett, Ted Nugent, Everclear.

 

[mrquincy]

We can play a fun game. Name a band and I will tell you whether or not I have worked their show or seen them live. My first concert was when I was 13 and it was INXS opening for Men at Work.

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

We can play a fun game. Name a band and I will tell you whether or not I have worked their show or seen them live. My first concert was when I was 13 and it was INXS opening for Men at Work.

Dead Milkmen

 

[Matty]

We can play a fun game. Name a band and I will tell you whether or not I have worked their show or seen them live.

NKOTB

 

[mrquincy]

No to Dead Milkmen; Yes to NKOTB. I worked one of their more recent concerts, their 1st re-union I believe.

 

[Matty]

omg

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

Pink Floyd

 

[IAG]

Counting Crows
The Fray
Replacements

 

[mrquincy]

Pink Floyd

I worked The Wall here in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre, I could not see much as we were building the wall and I was helping the guy wrangle the remote control pig.

 

[mrquincy]

Counting Crows
The Fray
Replacements

Replacements probably at a Lollapalooa and I can't even remember if I ever worked the Counting Crows... Highly likely... and no to The Fray

 

[reno cool]

Less than a dozen. Overall underwhelmed. More enjoyment watching an unknown band at a bar.

And I have seen my favorite bands pink Floyd 87, full Sabbath line up in 2000, scorpions.
Sabbath was the best. Did not expect them to sound that much better together than Ozzies solo concerts.

Funny thing is it was ozzfest and mmanson was performing before Sabbath. And a lot of the young punks left before Sabbath played. Ha ha. Stupid fucks

 

[Tron]

I've seen U2 five times.


That should give you guys enough material for another 2 pages or so.

 

[mrquincy]

I've seen U2 five times.


That should give you guys enough material for another 2 pages or so.

I saw U2 on the Unforgettable Fire Tour when I was 14;also Joshua Tree, Rattle n Hum, and worked the Vertigo Tour for 4 nights at the Air Canada Centre.