The unfortunate problem with the Hannah Montana ticket access got me thinking - one poster was remembering their 1st concert (Duran Duran)...

My first concert ever was Rick Springfield - of "Jessie's Girl" fame. 1982...I remember it well. And I think our tickets were about 14.95 (plus a service charge - still under $20.00 though).

Anyone else care to date themselves here?

OMG...that was mine, too...our tickets were 12.50...i was 8 at the time...my big sister took me...that was sooo long ago!!!

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this will really age me, but..
The Beatles, on their first trip to America

I saw them in Houston; I was about 10or 11

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Deep Purple in the early 70s! Boy that was a long time ago!

Haha! The first concert I ever went to was Howard Jones at Six Flags. It was free to get into the concerts at that time (had to stand, too) and I had a season's pass. I went by myself.
I remember I saw Mike and the Mechanics at Six Flags, too. I can't remember if it was the same night.

peapie

Well I wasn't allowed to go to concerts growing up, so about 5 years ago I treated myself and my best friend to a Kenny Chesney concert (DH doesn't do country) I had so much fun......

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I was really really young, I can't believe my Mom let me go...I was 10 and I swear I was the youngest person in the place.

Nobody throw anything please...


Bay City Rollers!


:::runs out screaming::::

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I grew up next to a big concert venue and we used to go sit out behind it and listen for free . ah the good old days. my first concert was Journey 1983. I took my son to his first concert-Godsmack..lol i needed earplugs....

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Mine was John Denver in the early 70's. Far out!!!

I would LOVE to be able to say the Beatles.
How cool is that!!! Way to go Bevogal!!!

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My first was Doobie Brothers before Michael McD ruined them. (Seen them 5 times since, they still rock!)
I saw John Denver back in the late 70s too.
The Beatles that would have been sooo cool. That was simply history

Can you believe I have never been to a concert.

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This will age me, but Jefferson Starship. It was my first concert and probably the WORST concert I have ever seen. Didn't know then that the lead singer (Grace Slick) was an alcoholic and probably could barely get through it. I actually am not a big fan of theirs, but my sister wanted to go, so I went with her.

One of the neatest concerts I have been to is U2 (have actually seen them twice in concert). This one was the Joshua Tree concert, I believe. I was living down in AZ at the time, and they wanted to fill up ASU stadium to make a music video. Concert tickets were $5!!!!!!!!

My last concert was SheDaisy. Love those girls.

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Yep, this will definitely age me....

My first concert was as an early teen, and it was Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin as lead singer; with Lydia Pence and Cold Blood at Fillmore West in San Francisco. Yep, that is OLD....but my teens keep me current and I can still rock with the best of them and my kids even love Jimi and Led Zepplin with me and I actually like a lot of the 'now" music too!

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Pantera! With Sepultura and Prong... Sepultura didn't play due to an injury and I've never liked Prong... and it sucked being way in the back but it was my first concert so I had fun anyway I've only seen a small number of "big" bands, I tend to go see locals.

I was about 11 years old in 1969 or 1970 and my brother took me to see Bo Diddly, Canned Heat, and The Grass Roots. I loved the Grass Roots at the time and didn't care about the other two. I would have loved to see the Beatles too.

Molly Hatchet (1979)

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Wow, feeling really old right now.

The year would be 1978 or 1979. Nashville TN's old Municipal Auditorium. The main act was BOSTON and the "warm up" band was KISS!

Wow, that's going back a ways and it was the 70's, so my memory is a little fuzzy but I'm sure it was 72ish and it was probably Bob Seger or Ted Nuggent. Both of whom I have seen many times over the years since.
The last concert was a week or so ago and it was The Outlaws.

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Herman Hermits and the Animals in 1965. I was in the 8th grade. My friend and I went with two boys and one of their aunts. My dh was there too but we did not meet for another 6 years.

Seals and Croft at West Point in the late 70's. I was dating a cadet and he took me. Pretty staid concert.

Loverboy back in the 80's

Travis Tritt, Billy Dean, and Clint Black. (together at one concert). This was in 91-92 I was 17 or so

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James Taylor. In Central Park. "Save the Sheep Meadow" concert.

The Hooters. I think it was around 1984.

Pete Seeger (a 60's folk singer icon) when I was about 6 years old. Don't remember it!!! but loved his music for year after -- still love it!

My first concert was Styx.I don't remember any of it,except passing out on the "Come sail away with me" song,and thats it, lol .I also remember we didn't get back till the wee hours of the morning,so my bf asked my mom if I could just stay the night with him and she said yes!

Rick Springfield for me too, around 1984 or so.

My first (and only) concert was in 1978-79 when we took our young teen-agers to see PURE PRARIE LEAGUE and someone else...................................MOLLY HATCHET?????

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My first concert was U2 with my mom and dad, sister and brother.

My first concert with a friend only was Whitney Houston

My first was November 13, 1971. I saw the one, the only, King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley! I was 6 years old.

OK.. I was just laughing at the bands (Hermans Hermits, Molly Hatchet...) and what -- no Frampton, folks? No. KC and the sunshine band yet? No Shawn Cassidy?

Then I stopped laughing when Elvis Presley was mentioned. Im not a big elvis fan, but how COOL is that... My MIL snuck out to see the Beatles in N.Y....

me? Hurm... U2 in the 80's (with the Cult) or perhaps Pink Floyd in the 80's.


Best show - $15 (I think) in 1991: featuring Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and a little known Seattle Band touring for 'Ten'.

jason

Eagles with Fleetwood Mac as the opening band. 1976

The Carpenters in about 1974

Others I have been to are Styx, Maroon Five, Ashley Simpson, The Wiggles! (LOL), and Donny Osmond as an adult. He is awesome now, much better then his bubble gum days.

Tom Jones with my Aunts when I was 10ish.... Then Billy Idol at 14.

Needless to say, I thought that it was a normal thing for women to throw their panties at the stage at a concert.

Chicago back in 1978 when I was 14...then Rod Stewart the next year. I remember him kicking soccer balls out into the crowd. ~Lisa

Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company

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I was about 22 and went to see Harry Belafonte in 1965. Can anyone sing...Day O! Day ay ay O! Daylight come and he wanna go home.

It wasn't exactly a concert concert but I also saw the Mouseketeers at an amusment park sometime in the mid to late fifties with Annette Funicello. I was probably 12 or so at the time and very appalled at the size of her chest.

It was very cool!

I saw KC and the Sunshine Band at Six Flags. Come to think of it, I also saw Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods during their "Billy Don't Be A Hero" days, and Tanya Tucker during her "Delta Dawn" days there too.

My first concert without parents was in 1980, Rush.

Def Lepard - back in the 80's. I don't think I have been to a concert since! :O)

I saw Chicago at Summerfest (Milwaukee) in 1975. My dh saw them at The Attic (Milwaukee) in 1968.
Summerfest always had big groups. They also had groups going down. We saw Jan and Dean in a smaller stage. They sang "Deadman's Curve".

cream and three dog night

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I love going to concerts, and have been to too many to count over the years, so it's kind of hard to remember all of them. According to my Dad, he took me to see my first concert when I was 4 (Elvis), but I don't remember that. The first concert I remember seeing was the Grateful Dead in 1979 (I think). I don't totally remember the year but I was only 8 or 9 so that would have to be either 1979 or 1980.

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I was just thinking..

How come no one mentioned the Dead...? We saw Jerry Garcia a couple times...

No one saw Phish?

We saw the Ramones a handful of times, but never made it to CBGB's.

RIP

jason

If you mean the Grateful Dead, the poster above yours (oldandintheway) mentioned it.

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WOW!!!! I'm so impressed - what a collectively amazing group of entertainers we've seen - even ICONS!!!!

This was even more fascinating to me than I thought it would be...

First concert was Bobby Vinton in the early 1970's. He was my sister favorite and our mom took both of us girls.

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I believe my first one was Herman's Hermits but it might have been the Stones. To both of those, I wore a granny dress and the John Lennon glasses. Boy, am I glad no one took my picture.

First was in 1955, I saw Elvis appearing in his infamous Gold Leaf Suit. That was back in his very early days. He took ahold of one girls hand and she promptly passed out.

Second was in 1960. I saw Brenda Lee when she was 14 years old. She was still wearing Bobbie Sox at that time. It was really strange hearing that dinamic voice coming from what appeared to be a little girl.

Since then I have seen too many to count. That is except Loretta Lynn. I'll always count her as she is my all time favorite. I personally knew her brother, Jay Lee and her niece.
I will be seeing her again Oct. 14.

I guess I've really dated myself.

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My GOD Bless our Country and our Troops, and rid the World of terroists.

My first concert was Hootie & the Blowfish in Myrtle Beach.

Blue Man Group was the last arena event I have been to. Those guys are amazing!

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Mine was Starship (The We Built this City Tour) back in the early 80's. I went with a friend and her old brother. We thought we were so cool!

I found this COMPLETELY cool.

From the Dead, to the Stones/Beatles to ELVIS... just AWESOME - talk about generations here...

jason

My first concert was Clay Walker back in the early 90s.

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