Concerts

[rpmdfw]

Scott and I were talking on the way in to work today about concerts we'd been to. We're seeing Billy Joel and Elton John in Tampa tonight, so concerts are a big topic of conversation lately. :woohoo:

Which got me to thinking.

Which concerts/live performances have been your favorites?

For me (so far) here are the top 5-ish (in no particular order)

Mandy Patinkin's "Dress Casual" concert. What an amazing performer!
Billy and Elton (the first time I saw them together in 1995) plus the other two times I've seen Billy Joel in concert
The Jackson's Victory Tour back in the 80s
Neil Diamond all three of the times I've seen him
Bette Midler's "Kiss My Brass" tour

What about the rest of you?

[jamieandben]

My favorites are

AC/DC
Loverboy
Billy and Elton
Garth Brooks
KC and the sunshine band

[zeitzeuge]

My partners parents had season passes to the American Airlines Center here in Dallas where all sporting events and concerts are held, and they gave us the majority of all tickets to go see every concert. We saw more last year then I have in my entire life.

Seen last year alone:
George Michael - I'm his number one fan so this was the biggest concert event and my most favorite of all of them of course.
Tina Turner - amazing at her old age. :)
Billy Joel - Surprised me with one of the best concerts of the year also.
The Police - Never was a huge fan, but being an 80's kid, I ended up loving this concert.
Christina Aguilera - One of the best LIVE performers out there.
Beyonce' - Have never bought an album, but she puts on an amazing show.
Janet Jackson - Probably my 5th time seeing here. LOVE her.
Erasure - Probably my 7th or 8th time seeing them. One of my all time favorite groups.
Duran Duran - Was incredible seeing them back together again and touring.
B52's - Small venue, amazing show.
Barry Manilow - I LOVED it!

We've slowed down already this year since the parents didn't buy season passes, so we only have tickets so far to see Katy Perry and Fleetwood Mac.

[Tony-NJ]

MADONNA The Virgin Tour
MADONNA - Whose That Goirl Tour
Janet Jackson Rythim Nation Tour
MADONNA - Blonde Ambition Tour
MADONNA - Girlie Show
Barbra 1994
Pat Benatar Summer Tours 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 - we didn't go last year!
Cher Believe Tour 2000
MADONNA Drowned World Tour
Cher - Fare Well Tour 2x ug! She had 600 farewell shows...
Tina Turner's 1st farewell tour
MADONNA Reinvention Tour
MADONNA Confessions Tour NYC & Atlantic City
MADONNA Candy Shop NYC and Philly

In between - B-52's, GoGo's

[rpmdfw]

MADONNA The Virgin Tour
MADONNA - Whose That Goirl Tour
Janet Jackson Rythim Nation Tour
MADONNA - Blonde Ambition Tour
MADONNA - Girlie Show
Barbra 1994
Pat Benatar Summer Tours 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 - we didn't go last year!
Cher Believe Tour 2000
MADONNA Drowned World Tour
Cher - Fare Well Tour 2x ug! She had 600 farewell shows...
Tina Turner's 1st farewell tour
MADONNA Reinvention Tour
MADONNA Confessions Tour NYC & Atlantic City
MADONNA Candy Shop NYC and Philly

In between - B-52's, GoGo's

So. Something tells me that you're a Madonna fan . . .

[soulmates]

Ohhhh I've seen some good ones:

Heart 3 times! :banana:

Van Halen

Night Ranger

Rick Springfield

just to name a few...but the BEST one, was my first outdoor concert,

KENNY LOGGINS!! He was gorgeous, sounded amazing and soooo much love!!!:hippie:

[Tony-NJ]

So. Something tells me that you're a Madonna fan . . .


:confused3

[rpmdfw]

:confused3

Just a hunch

[nutmegg]

Ohhhh I've seen some good ones:

Heart 3 times! :banana:

Van Halen

Night Ranger

Rick Springfield

just to name a few...but the BEST one, was my first outdoor concert,

KENNY LOGGINS!! He was gorgeous, sounded amazing and soooo much love!!!:hippie:

Heart will be playing at the House of Blues in DTD on March 28. We are supposed to be leaving that day and start our looong drive back home to NJ. I am contemplating trying to convince everyone that this is a must see show! I got a chance to see Heart and Journey this summer, and it was great! I just wish Heart performed longer (or after) Journey since they were sooo much better!!

[NikkiPants]

Spice Girls Reunion tour [it was way better than the first time!]
David Bowie x2
Bjork
Jethro Tull

I've seen so many shows, but I think these were my favs....I'm really sad I can't go to Britney's Circus Tour...she's so ridiculous, I love it....

[NHdisneylover]

My favourite ever was Kenny Loggins a few years back. Odd because I like him but am not a huge fan and did not even know he was touring unti la friend called to sa yher kids were both sick and would we be able to use the tickets that night. It was just a perfect evening--good music, good energy, great weather, good crowd, etc. I am a bigger fan now than I was before becasue of that night.

My other tops:
*Melissa Etheridge (last year)
*Talking Heads (way back when they were together)--at Red Rocks (best venue I have ever seen)
*A local favourite from Michigan: Jim Bizer
*Big Head Todd and the Monsters playing in an old church turned concert venue--very cool
*Prince (about 5 years ago--unfortaunately not in his 80s heyday)
*Michael Jackson's Thriller tour (way back when I was my DDs age:eek: )

[NHdisneylover]

Ohhhh I've seen some good ones:

Heart 3 times! :banana:

Van Halen

Night Ranger

Rick Springfield

just to name a few...but the BEST one, was my first outdoor concert,

KENNY LOGGINS!! He was gorgeous, sounded amazing and soooo much love!!!:hippie: I agree completly on the bolded one:thumbsup2

[rpmdfw]

Well, I'm off to Tampa.

Very excited to see the show tonight!

I'll tell y'all about it tomorrow . . .

[PghLybrt]

Hmm favorites,

Depeche Mode
Dave Matthews (we go every year)
Nine Inch Nails
Pearl Jam (before 10 came out)
Lilith and Lolapalozza

I am going to see Morrissey next week! :yay:

[PghLybrt]

Heart 3 times! :banana:


:

Ok I will admit, I thought they would be a joke. They opened up an Olivia cruise that we went on. I am happy to eat crow because they were fantastic! I wish now we had gotton better seats!!

[starann]

I had not been to a concert until I turned 21 and don't go that often....

Lonestar
Diamond Rio
Lil River Band
Indigo girls (yes, I know I'm straight!)

[rcostello1]

I don't really do concerts...I can't deal with all those humans in such an enclosed space, oh my. You'd never know I work at a theme park... :)

We saw Sarah Brightman in November, row 1, center, like OMG. You can't pick your nose or anything, she's RIGHT THERE! It was mesmerizing. I thought she was possessed a few times before those big notes. It was a great show. I knew we were close but I didn't know we were in the front row...right at the end of the runway.

Because I'm *so* nice we saw Celine Dion from row 2 (I'm not a fan). I saw Bette Midler probably 15 years ago. I would see her in Vegas (as well as Cher)...the venue there is intimate enough.

In April we are going to see Wicked in SF. Not a concert, but close enough. That's a birthday surprise. :)

[jenn&nelsonrego]

Elton John (all by his lonesome unfortunately, but an awesome show nonetheless)
Shakira
Dixie Chicks

[MickeyDee]

I listen to a lot of indie bands, so I mostly go to smokey little clubs to catch some of my faves...but in my top 5...

1. B-52s...OMG...those folks put on one heckuva show - saw them twice with my ex.
2. Sarah McLachlan....Lilith Fair back in 1999. I was obsessed.
3. Dressy Bessy...one of my top 3 fave bands of all time.
4. Throwing Muses...a rare reunion show about 5 years ago....another of my top 3...
5. Sleater-Kinney...saw them a handful of times before they broke up....and yet the other of my top 3....

[MickeyDee]

I had not been to a concert until I turned 21 and don't go that often....

Lonestar
Diamond Rio
Lil River Band
Indigo girls (yes, I know I'm straight!)

hehe I just saw the Indigo Girls for the first time last summer...really, I went to see Brandi Carlile with my gf at the time, who was opening for them. We didn't really stick around for much of their set. I'm not a huge fan...they're okay...I know, how very un-lesbian of ME! hehe

[pixierella]

I've seen Billy Joel 5 times. He does an amazing concert.
The Police since that was always a dream of mine.
I've seen Barry, I was 7 but I saw him.
Duran Duran and Power Station cause JOhn Taylor was frickin hot
Garth Brooks in Central Park

[vaDisneyGuy]

Confederate Railroad
Garth Brooks x 2
Reba x 4
Patty Loveless
Bette Divne Tour
Cher Millienum Tour
Brooks and Dunn
Linda Davis
Diamond Rio

[The Orchid]

hehe I just saw the Indigo Girls for the first time last summer...really, I went to see Brandi Carlile with my gf at the time, who was opening for them. We didn't really stick around for much of their set. I'm not a huge fan...they're okay...I know, how very un-lesbian of ME! hehe

Brandi Carlile is amazing! I've seen her more than 20 times and she just keeps getting better. She's also incredibly sweet.

If you ever get a chance to see her with an orchestra, I HIGHLY recommend it. There simply are no words to describe what an amazing musical experience that is. I took my 17 year old daughter who was so moved by Hallelujah that she had tears coming down her cheeks.

[NHdisneylover]

I am getting jealous here . . .
Elton, Shakira, Indigo Girls, B-52s (WAAAAAAH I want to go too!!!!!)

[wallyb]

my faves-

Bette Midler - seen her 5 times great every time
Divine - fun - and so dirty
Grace Jones - late - but a great performer
Elton John - seen him 3 times (once with billy) - like him better sans billy
The B52s - a BLAST (fyi my ringtone is Love Shack)
Cher - she did a great job - and the crowd was a trip
Cyndi Lauper - a dynamo - so powerful
Prince - amazing. he really is an artist.
Sade - she was spell binding, classy, smooth as silk - WOW

Still want to see-
The Stones
Bowie
Janet Jackson

[Saxton]

I haven't been to any concerts in a long time - too busy lately, but my favorites were:

Billy Joel - puts on a heck of a show
Fleetwood Mac - back when Stevie had to be helped on and off stage by the roadies because she was a bit, er, out of it!
Cher - some friends really wanted to go and I went aloing, wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did
Barenaked Ladies - lots of fun!

[rpmdfw]

Wow!

What a great concert last night!

Billy and Elton put on one hell of a show. If you can catch this tour (Tampa is only it's second date) I highly recommend it.

They started with a few back and forth duets, then Elton played an entire set, then Billy played and entire set, then they closed with more back and forth of each other's songs. Last two songs were of course Candle in the Wind and Piano Man.

I always get chills when the entire arena crowd sings

"Play us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
We're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling all right"

a capella back to Billy at the end of a concert. It's such an amazing moment every single time.

Great night!

And up tonight, we're seeing the Orlando Philharmonic/Mad Cow Theater concert presentation of "Sweeny Todd" with Faith Prince and Davis Gaines. :woohoo:

[ConcKahuna]

The only concerts I've been to were:

NKOTB
KoRn
U2

At Disney, I've seen:

Shannon
M2M
BB Mak (I was flirting with them before the show, had no clue who they were :rolleyes1 )
MDO
Britney Spears
Real Big Fish
Sister Hazel
Sister Sledge
Davey Jones
N'Sync

[MemoToMe]

I haven't seen many concerts, but my favorites have been:

The Concert for Change (Springsteen, REM, Tracy Chapman)
Billy Joel/Elton John
Tina Turner and,
WHAM!, The Pointer Sisters, Katrina and the Waves (my first!)

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

Typical lesbian here....
I have seen Melissa Etheridge more times than I can count.
I have seen Indigo Girls more times than I can count.
I went to Lilith Fair and had a blast with Corey.
I have seen Terri Clark on multiple occasions.

Outside of keeping up my rep....:rotfl:
I have seen Alabama many times, Cher, Will Smith, Pussycat Dolls, Backstreet Boys, Francine Reed, Expose, Kenny & Dolly, Hootie & the Blowfish, Hank Williams, Jr., Wendy Bucklew, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Billy Pilgrim, and more that just escapes me at the moment.

[RobbNJ]

My favs would be:

1. The Go-Go's-LOVE them!!-Seeing them AGAIN in April
2. Erasure
3. Belinda Carlisle
4. Rick Springfield- Seeing him again in April
5. The B-52's- Seeing them again in May
6. Bette

[dustyraye]

My faves so far (in no particular order):

- Indigo Girls (never miss them if they are in the area)
- Amy Ray (solo tours)
- Little River Band (lost count of how many times - they are fantastic live)
- Dan Fogelberg (several times, but the best was the Greetings from the West tour)
- The Eagles
- Paul McCartney
- Dixie Chicks
- John Denver (again, more times than I could count)
- Billy/Elton (several years ago - would love to see this year's tour)

I also had a great time back in December at Amy Grant's 20th anniversary tour for the "Lead Me On" album. I went to the show with the guy that I was dating back in 1988, and we had a ball. (His wife and my DP were just happy that neither one of them had to join us!)

[Tony-NJ]

My favs would be:

1. The Go-Go's-LOVE them!!-Seeing them AGAIN in April
2. Erasure
3. Belinda Carlisle
4. Rick Springfield- Seeing him again in April
5. The B-52's- Seeing them again in May
6. Bette

Where are you seeing the B52's????

[MickeyDee]

Brandi Carlile is amazing! I've seen her more than 20 times and she just keeps getting better. She's also incredibly sweet.

If you ever get a chance to see her with an orchestra, I HIGHLY recommend it. There simply are no words to describe what an amazing musical experience that is. I took my 17 year old daughter who was so moved by Hallelujah that she had tears coming down her cheeks.

The woman I was obsessed with for over 2 years (we dated briefly last year and I realized she wasn't all that I thought she was after all....) was in turn obsessed with Brandi and thus turned me on to her. She was really amazing when we saw her last year. I'd like to see her again when she's in the area. And I have heard she is very sweet! I know she went out and signed autographs after her set when I saw her.

[RobbNJ]

Where are you seeing the B52's????

Hi Tony-

I am seeing them in Morristown at the Community Theatre.
Here is the link:

http://www.mayoarts.org/g_contemporary.htm

It is not too far from where you are, and its only 15 minutes away for me!

Robb

[rpmdfw]

I haven't seen many concerts, but my favorites have been:

The Concert for Change (Springsteen, REM, Tracy Chapman)
Billy Joel/Elton John
Tina Turner and,
WHAM!, The Pointer Sisters, Katrina and the Waves (my first!)

I'd forgotten about the Concert for Change! That was a great night, too!

So, I listed my favorite concerts, but my FIRST concerts were in the first and second grades at the Colorado State Fair. Glen Campbell in the first grade and Donnie and Marie and the Osmond Brothers in the second grade. :thumbsup2

I've seen Van Halen (5150 tour) along with Loverboy, Ronnie James Dio and Bachman Turner Overdrive. That was an eye opener. I was in High School and a bunch of us drove to Boulder, Colorado to see the concert. Imagine the surprise to the bunch of small town kids that we were as the people in front of us started smoking crack cocaine! :eek: Like I said. That concert was a real eye opener in a lot of ways. LOL

Other concerts I've seen: Sheena Easton, Starship, Whitney Houston (back before she was such a trainwreck). Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, and Jim Brickman (amazing, and a really nice guy in person. I bought him a drink at the hotel bar after the concert.)

[Tony-NJ]

Hi Tony-

I am seeing them in Morristown at the Community Theatre.
Here is the link:

http://www.mayoarts.org/g_contemporary.htm

It is not too far from where you are, and its only 15 minutes away for me!

Robb

cool - thank you! Not sure I could get Chris to say yes - we're trying to watch our spending.... We just bought tickets to see Kathy Griffin

[OrlandoMike]

Two people I need to see, before time runs out, they retire, etc, are Dolly and Bette!

I need to get on this soon!

Dolly was just on Larry King advertising the opening of Dollywood!

Hmmmm.......

[starann]

Two people I need to see, before time runs out, they retire, etc, are Dolly and Bette!

I need to get on this soon!

Dolly was just on Larry King advertising the opening of Dollywood!

Hmmmm.......

Bette has a running show in Vegas....I'm going in Aug and praying that she is still there!

[wallyb]

My first 3 concerts -
KISS
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj233/burningangel_album/1368728532.jpg

Geeee - Men in makeup and leather with codpieces-
Think that had any impact on me? - :scratchin

[rpmdfw]

My first 3 concerts -
KISS
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj233/burningangel_album/1368728532.jpg

Geeee - Men in makeup and leather with codpieces-
Think that had any impact on me? - :scratchin

:rotfl2: I SO cannot picture you at a KISS concert! :rotfl2:

[wallyb]

:rotfl2: I SO cannot picture you at a KISS concert! :rotfl2:

Why?

[rpmdfw]

Why?

You just don't seem like the type.

[wallyb]

You just don't seem like the type.

What type am I Rob - I guess I'm not sure now? :eek:

[rpmdfw]

What type am I Rob ? :eek:

Wow. THAT'S a loaded question, isn't it?

[wallyb]

Wow. THAT'S a loaded question, isn't it?

yes.
kinda.
:rolleyes:
But go for it.::yes::
Fire away!
What bin do I belong in?

[jamieandben]

popcorn::

[wallyb]

Rob? :rolleyes1

Come on - enlighten me. :rolleyes:

[ConcKahuna]

Wash 'n Wear?

Cold iron press?

Blow dry only?

[wallyb]

Wash 'n Wear?

Cold iron press?

Blow dry only?

fluff and fold? :rotfl:

[rpmdfw]

Drip dry.




:lmao:

[wallyb]

Drip dry.:lmao:

Well - why do I not seem like "The type"?

Do I not seem Like I like to -
Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud
or to...
Rock and roll all nite and party every day

[rpmdfw]

Well - why do I not seem like "The type"?


You just seem more like the Bette Midler, Cindy Lauper, B-52s type. That's all.

[wallyb]

You just seem more like the Bette Midler, Cindy Lauper, B-52s type. That's all.

Ahh yess.
But see - I'm a paradox wrapped in a riddle.:upsidedow

[rpmdfw]

But see - I'm a paradox wrapped in a riddle.:upsidedow

Sure, sure. Quite the enigma. :rolleyes:

[wallyb]

Sure, sure. Quite the enigma. :rolleyes:

More of a conundrum.

[MonorailMan]

I've never been to a concert. :confused3

I take that back. I went to a Tina Turner concert because my friend got free tickets.......but then the guys in front of us kept turning around and making "anti-gay" comments toward my friend. They almost got into a fist fight, so I suggested that we leave.