Concert Ticket Spinoff

[RedAngie]

What was the first concert you remember going to.

For me, David Bowie, July 1974, at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia. (Upper Darby, PA, actually.)

He was there 5 or 6 nights. A live double album was recorded from two of those nights. I used to say you could hear me cheering on the album, but I don’t think I attended when the album was being recorded.

I don’t have the ticket stub, and I’m guessing the cost was in the $6 or $7 range. My older cousin bought the tickets, and there was probably no more than a $1 fee from the ticket agency.

 

[RogueX]

My sisters wanted to go see New Kids on the Block (the horror) I didn't, but my mother wouldn't leave me home alone. It was pure torture.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Stones, 1965. Chicago, Arie Crown Theater in Mccormick Place before it burned down in 1967. Slightly less than 5,000 seats, in regular theater style seating. People sat, standing just for standing ovations. Then sitting down again. I just looked online. Collector tickets. Ticket price was $3.50.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I was an old soul when I was a little kid, and Dan Fogelberg was my absolute favorite singer. My mom got us tickets to see him in 1987 at the now defunct Louisville Gardens. I was 9 years old.

 

[barb969]

First - Clancy Brothers @Carniege Hall while in college 1963.
Biggest - Beatles 1965 at Shea Stadium. Tickets about $5 for good seats behind home base.

 

[soccerdad72]

Quiet Riot

 

[DLgal]

Debbie Gibson in fall of 1988 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. It was my 10th birthday present that year. I took my best friend.

 

[CynBeth]

Debbie Gibson in fall of 1988 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. It was my 10th birthday present that year. I took my best friend.

I don’t remember the year but she was my first concert at a small venue in my area. I also have seen NKOTB somewhere different maybe 4-5 years later.

 

[DLgal]

I don’t remember the year but she was my first concert at a small venue in my area. I also have seen NKOTB somewhere different maybe 4-5 years later.

I saw NKOTB at Madison Square Garden one year on Thanksgiving day, and then again one summer at Giants stadium.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

My boyfriend took me to see Wham sometime in the mid-80s. That was my first concert. Not exactly cool.

 

[sasywtch]

It was either Loggins and Messina or Three Dog Night at the old Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento

 

[Kitty 34]

The Association

 

[prairie_girl]

Technically it was NKOTB in ‘89 or ‘90.

Sometime around then I went to our summer fair to see a group that I had kind of heard of. I didn’t really want to go, but it was like $5 or something. The ‘concert’ was pretty good, but I think they only had one song I had heard of.

The band? A pre famous DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince!!

 

[Adelle Dazeem]

Quiet Riot

Kevin DuBrow was awesome - always looked like he was having the time of his life! I loved going to QR shows.

My first was Bryan Adams and The Hooters in 1987 at CalExpo Amphitheater. Festival "seating" so it was a free for all in the front and I managed to be on the boards for Bryan's set. It was great!

 

[fly girl]

Duran Duran.

Loved them then, love them now.

 

[Dan Murphy]

My boyfriend took me to see Wham sometime in the mid-80s. That was my first concert. Not exactly cool.

I liked Wham. Upbeat music.

 

[Micca]

The Association

DW saw the Association, Neil Diamond was the opening act! My first show was the Monkees, 1967.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Elton John, summer of 1976, at Madison Square Garden. I’ve been to 3 more of his concerts since then, including one with Billy Joel. Would love to see him one last time before he retires from touring, but don’t know if I want to spend the money.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

Wham! at the Richfield Coliseum in Ohio was my first concert. Also, for those of you in the Cleveland area, Michael Stanley Band at The Front Row Theater was the second concert I attended. Both venues were torn down long ago.

 

[soccerdad72]

Wham! at the Richfield Coliseum in a Ohio was my first concert. Also, for those of you in the Cleveland area, Michael Stanley Band at The Front Row Theater was the second concert I attended. Both venues were torn down long ago.

When we were in college, my girlfriend (now wife) and I drove through one of the worst snowstorms of the year to see Billy Joel in Richfield. The stadium was about half empty and even Billy had trouble getting there. IIRC, he came back a few months later for a second show to make up for all those people who weren't able to make it that night.