[BikeFi10]

Heres a laugh. In 1978 I was 16. Big fan of the Rolling Stones. They were scheduled to play near me in Chicago. I told my best friend "Weve gotta see the Stones. Theyre in their 30s now getting old and this will probably be the last time they tour" LOL was that the understatment or what! Great show. Looking back Jagger WAS "young" and hyper.

Not so funny, in 1980ish my friend and I had Led Zep tickets. J. Bonham passed. Never saw them.

Then there was Heart in 1980s. My friend Jim's FAVORITE band. As Mott the Hoopel opened Jim slumped over. Took him to Medical. He was out of it.  Too much of something ,but ok. I asked if he could stay there. They said NO take him home. I gathered my other friends and went home. Never saw Heart.

[Delta77]

The wife and I, have tickets for Thursday (tomorrow) of the 4 day CaliRoots festival..
It gets a little expensive to stay in Monterey during the Memorial Day weekend, especially when there are 45 bands in town for the festival..

So 1 day, is about all we are willing to spend this time around.
There is about 10 bands playing Thursday, but we are only trying to see 4 of them
Eli-Mac
Alborosie
Protoje
Fortunate Youth
Stephen Marley
Dirty Heads

[LedZep]

No Led Zeppelin unfortunately.

Most impressive one was This Will Destroy You with a lot of distortion guitar in a small pub.

[Mike B.]

I went to see a Wishbone Ash tribute band last week. I call it a tribute band because only one original member remains. That said, they were very good and did all of the songs on the album Argus to start with.
Next up will be a acoustic Hot Tuna concert in June. I saw the Airplane a couple times and Hot Tuna as well back in the 1970's
For those that mentioned Led Zep I was fortunate to see them 4 times. First show was their second stop on their first American tour. I knew right away they were special.

[dpatters]

Just saw Madeleine Peyroux at the State Theater May 15th in State College, PA.

Don P

[CyberAthlete]

Incubus
Green Day
Oasis
U2
Coldplay
Guns N Roses
Live
Bush
Lupe Fiasco
Chevelle
Adam Levine (well he came to our corporate headquarters for this one. Still counts?)
Snoop Dogg/Wiz Khalifa
Phoenix
Alice In Chains (post Staley)
Kings of Convenience
Roger Waters
A dozen Bollywood and Pakistani artists' concerts
And many more I can't remember them all

[Craig B]

1964: The Tribute (Beatle tribute band)
America (x2)
Muriel Anderson and Jack Pearson
Balsam Range
Bare Naked Ladies
Beach Boys
Blue Highway
Suzy Bogguss (dozens of times)
Karla Bonoff (x2)
The Boxcars
David Bromberg
Jackson Browne (x3)
Jimmy Buffet (x2)
Jethro Burns
Sam Bush (x2)
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Circa Blue
Eric Clapton
Bruce Cockburn (x4)
Shawn Colvin (x2)
Communist Daughter
Connla
Dailey & Vincent (x2)
Roger Daltry
John Denver
Doobie Brothers
Bob Dylan
Steve Earle
Melissa Etheridge (x2)
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Dan Fogelberg (x3)
Ben Folds (x3)
Fountains of Wayne
Vince Gill, James Burton, Brent Mason and Seymour Duncan
Steve Goodman
'Grass, Food & Lodging (x4)
David Grisman Quintet (x2, once with Tony Rice)
Guster (x8)
Arlo Guthrie
John Hartford
John Hiatt
Heart
Sierra Hull (x2)
Jethro Tull & Wild Turkey (former Tull bassist Glen Cornick's band)
Chris Jones and the Night Riders
Stacey Kent (x2)
Alison Krauss
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
Ray Lamontagne
Ramsey Lewis and John Pizzarelli - Nat Cole Trio Tribute Tour
Pat Metheny (x4, with and without the Group)
The Milk Carton Kids
Jane Monheit
Moody Blues
Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert
New Grass Revival
Nickel Creek
The Other Favorites
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Christopher Parkening
Itzhak Perlman (x2)
Glen Phillips
Red, White & Blue(Grass) (x2)
REO Speedwagon (1972)
The Roches (x2 in different groupings)
Cathie Ryan
Earl Scruggs Revue
John Sebastian
The Secret Sisters
The Silk Road Ensemble
Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg
Special Consensus (x2)
Springfield Exit
Steep Canyon Rangers
Stephen Stills & Manassas
John Michael Talbot
Tannahill Weavers
James Taylor
IIIrd Tyme Out
Time for Three (x4)
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Mel Torme
Tony Trischka
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Andre Watts
John Williams and Julian Bream
Brian Wilson

I know there are a bunch I'm forgetting...

[fado]

In 1965 I took my girlfriend to the Hollywood Bowl to see Joan Baez perform. Towards the end of her performance she stopped and waved someone in from the side of the stage. Some guy came out who she introduced as Bob Dylan. I had never heard of him and his singing didn't sound like any kind of "singing" I had ever heard before. I even apologized to my girlfriend for the lousy end of the Baez concert.

The link below has a footnote indicating the Bob Dylan had opened for Joan Baez at the Hollywood Bowl in 1963. I specifically recall that Bob Dylan came on towards the end of the concert so I am quite sure that it was the 1965 concert that I attended.

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/05/bob_dylan_at_hollywood_bo.php

[Jeff_From_Michigan]

Just saw Samantha Fish last Tuesday.  That young lady can PLAY!

[Daryl Zero]

I won't be able to remember all of mine. I played in a band that got gigs in bars in town so I'm not counting the bands that I played with or the small bands that never made it anywhere.

The Kinks and later Ray Davies individually.
Blue Oyster Cult
Bruce Springsteen
The British Lions (offshoot of Mott the Hoople)
Todd Rundgren (many times)
The Divinyls
Romeo Void
Talking Heads
The Ramones
David Byrne
The Pixies
Oingo Boingo
Elvis Costello
Iggy Pop
TSOL
Thin White Rope (along with Wire Train)
Camper Van Beethoven
Syd Straw
Wednesday Week
Giant Sandworms (later Giant Sand)
Kristin Hirsh
Neil Young (took my daughter to see him)
Sleater-Kinney
Aimee Mann (several times)
The Church
The Cure
Crowded House
Meat Puppets
Pere Ubu
Jonathan Richman (with and without the Modern Lovers)
Punch Brothers (sort of rock)
Pinback
Broken Bells
Cowboy Junkies
Spoon
Of Montreal
Deerhoof
Young Fresh Fellows
Richard Thompson
Simple Minds
Smithereens
Snakefinger
Wilco
They Might Be Giants

These are only the rock concerts I've attended. I've attended operas, singers, jazz, country, blue grass etc concerts. For example Chris Thile who played classical, pop and blue grass solo.

[CraigS720]

In my long life I am certain I have forgotten many but here is my trip down memory lane:

Live Aid (U.S.) - Various Artists
America
The Byrds
Roger McGuinn
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Eagles
Rolling Stones
Jackson Browne
Bonnie Raitt
James Taylor
Bruce Hornsby
Moody Blues
Beach Boys
Brian Wilson
Steely Dan
Sting
Eric Burdon
Vanilla Fudge
The Association
Flo and Eddie
Spanky and Our Gang
The Grassroots
Dan Fogelberg
Paul Ruderman
Job Croce
Stephen Bishop
The Temptations
The Four Tops
The Carpenters
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge
Aerosmith
The Checkmates
Kinks
Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Chicago
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Foreigner
Iron Butterfly
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
John Fogerty
Van Morrison
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Lighthouse
Peter Allen
Phoebe Snow
Hall and Oats
Karla Bonoff
Kenny Loggins
The Kinleys
David Wilcox
Rupert Holmes
John Gorka
Joan Baez
Tom Rush
Janis Ian
Any Robinson
Chambers Brothers
Jimi Hendrix
The Who
Spirit
King Crimson
Todd Rundgren
The American Dream
Maynard Ferguson
Gary Burton Quintet with Pat Metheny
Gary Burton and Ralph Towner
Ron Carter
Pat Metheny
Pat Martino
Larry Carlton
Lee Ritenour
Bucky Pizzarellli
Earl Klugh
Hugh Masekela
Sarah Vaughn
George Benson
Art Blakey
Mosern Jazz Quartet
Joe Pass
Stan Getz
Mel Torme
The Manhattan Transfer
Al DImeola
Chuck Mangione
Spyro Gyro
Makoto Ozone
Chick Corea
Jamie Cullem
John Lucien
Yuja Wang
Andras Schiff
Murray Perahia
Atlanta Symphony
Boston Symphony (Seji Ozawa conducting)
South Korea Symphony
Toronto Symphony
New York Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Chicago Symphony (Georg Solti conducting)
Cleveland Symphony (Various Conductors)
Philadelphia Orchestra (Various Conductors)
St. Louis Symphony (Leonard Slatkin conducting)
San Diego Symphony
Philadelphia Opera (Various)
Metropolitan Opera (Various)
Rome Opera
Luciano Pavarotti
Kiri Te Kanawa
John Williams
Yo Yo Ma
Isaac Stern
Nicola Benedetti
Itzhak Perlman
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Christopher Parkening

I feel fortunate to have seen so many great artists.

Craig

[Cyber One]

I've seen around 200 shows, a few that stand outs were:

Ozzy headlining in a small hockey arena, Young Canadians (Art Bergmann)  opened, Motor head was second up
and insane loud, Then Ozzy. Great show and glad I got to see Randy live.

Roger Waters  In The Flesh Tour 2000 at the Gorge, the tours only open air show. Early in the day while attending  the
the refreshments garden an airliner flew about 1500 Ft or so overhead, I commented to the person I was with pointing to it and said
"bet that's the bands plane" the responses was "no way"  Well that evening as the show was about to start
that plane came up the valley behind the stage pulling up and over the top of the stage right in sync with the opening
notes of Waters doing "In The Flesh" never seen that before or since. Was pretty cool.

Honorable mention goes to the Toxic twins having AC/DC as the opening act and man they were a killer opening act in 1978
and the Aerosmith  comes out and does the worst show I have ever seen, including guitars going dead, singing wrong lyrics,
and even starting a song or 2 with different members actually play different tunes so a few aborted takes were done.   

[gene9p]

Elvis..at MSG...nuff said

PS: twice in Vegas too

[Mudslide]

In 1965 I took my girlfriend to the Hollywood Bowl to see Joan Baez perform. Towards the end of her performance she stopped and waved someone in from the side of the stage. Some guy came out who she introduced as Bob Dylan. I had never heard of him and his singing didn't sound like any kind of "singing" I had ever heard before. I even apologized to my girlfriend for the lousy end of the Baez concert.

The link below has a footnote indicating the Bob Dylan had opened for Joan Baez at the Hollywood Bowl in 1963. I specifically recall that Bob Dylan came on towards the end of the concert so I am quite sure that it was the 1965 concert that I attended.

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/05/bob_dylan_at_hollywood_bo.php

My first concert was during my freshman year at UC Berkeley in 1962...just before my first classes.  Joan Baez gave a nice little concert IN THE CAFETERIA!  Pretty amazing start to my college career.   

[Rover]

Pink Floyd , A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, Copenhagen. Excellent. And then all Rammstein  shows, especially if you are into effects and pyrotech.

[jwalberer]

Compared to the folks here, I haven't attended that many.  This is the first time I've thought about the list.  Mostly rock for me:  1) RUSH, Detroit, 1991, 2) Pink Floyd, Minneapolis, 1995, 3) James Brown, Atlanta, 1996, 4) U2, Chicago, 1997, 5) The Who, multiple in 2006, 6) Steely Dan, Chicago, 2019, 7) Judas Priest, multiple, 2018-2022.  The tough part for me (as I get older and enjoy this hobby more), is that I notice the poor audio quality and limitations of arena/open space amplification and it really takes away from the experience.  I don't know much about Pro Audio, and I don't know about you guys, but sometimes I feel like if I had access to the mixing board and some DSP equipment, I could improve the sound at my seat at the shows.  Probably just wishful thinking from a neophyte. 

[FullRangeMan]

is that I notice the poor audio quality and limitations
Pro-audio speakers and amps have never been as good as they are today, the amps used today are Class AB or Class D. In the past things were poor or max sub-standard.

[Scroof Neachy]

Plastic Ono Band - Toronto, 1969

[ArthurDent]

a few of many.....


(the live portion of Muddy's Fathers & Sons album)

The Band
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
The Doors
Pink Floyd - DSOTM tour, Cincinnati
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Gil Scott-Heron
Jefferson Airplane (2)
Santana
Grateful Dead
Long John Baldry
Arlo Guthrie (3)
Harry Chapin
McKendree Spring
REO Speedwagon
Jeff Beck
Chuck Berry
Pure Food & Drug Act
John Prine
Pat Metheny
Dave Brubeck & Sons
Eddie Harris & Les McCann
Herbie Hancock's Headhunters
The Who
Humble Pie
Asleep at the Wheel
JJ Cale (2)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Mark/Almond- Jon Mark & Johnny Almond
Poco
It's a Beautiful Day
John Mayall, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (w/ Coco Montoya & Walter Trout)
Buddy Guy
Dr. John