Your favorite concerts? - Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum

A similar thread was resurrected at our old home and it got me thinking. Here are a few of mine.

Top 5

5)Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-UCSB Gym

4)Journey- Santa Cruz Civic-Before Steve Perry

3)The Tube's-Dont Touch Me There Tour-My first concert!

2)Day on the Green Oakland Coliseum-AC/DC(with Bon @10am), Journey, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent-Sep 78

1) Bruce-Winterland 1978 Christmas show 2 weeks before the Dead closed Winterland forever. He played until 1:30am and Bill Graham had to shut him down as the Fire Dept was ready to pull the plug.

Honorable mention-Lynyrd Skynyrd, Journey and Y & T New Years Eve 1978,
Rolling Stone's @ Candlestick Park with JGeils Band and George Thorogood
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1) Bob Seger-Milwaukee-1976 (I think)

2) James Taylor-Green Bay-2007

3) Bonnie Raitt (Maia Sharp opened-also very good)-2008

4) BoDeans-numerous times-always a great show

5) Guess Who-Green Bay-1971
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Pink Floyd.

Really, no other concert was in the same league.
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Queen: Live at Wembley

Live Aid

Ozzfest 2006.
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A couple that stick out in my mind are:

Toby Keith - Riverbend Music Center (I hate this venue though)

Van Zant/Gretchen Wilson - US Bank Arena
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Wow this is a tough one out of the 100s ive seen but just because you cant see em any more Ill pick

Frank Zappa in Albany NY
Stevie Ray Vaughn in the living room in Providence RI

Then come the usual suspects, Stones, Who, Plant/Page, Clapton etc
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Tool 08'
Pink Floyd 86'
Hagar 83'
Ted Nugent 84'
Kenny Chesney 08'
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1988 Monsters of Rock - Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica, Kingdom Come
at the Texxas Jam in Dallas

Guns N' Roses/Smashing Pumpkins in OKC (the pumpkins were booed offstage)

Metallica on the first leg of their Justice tour
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Ray Charles – 1984
Brother Ray was The Man

Paul McCartney - ~1991
Tripping the Live Fantastic tour

Yes – 2005(?)
The old codgers can still wail, even though Steve Howe looks like that guy from Tales of the Crypt

Rolling Stones featuring Billy Preston, with the Meters as opening act –1975
Mick slipped on something wet on the stage during the opening number (Honky Tonk Women) and fell on his behunkus…

Eagles with opening act Fleetwood Mac –1975
Newcomer Stevie Nicks brought the house down with Rhiannon

Sting – 2003
With Branford Marsalis sitting in on a few songs and Annie Lennox as the opening act

Too many others to recollect through the fog….
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Damn old people.......

:-)

97 or 98' Fugazi - in a small club here in Reno, NV

09' Girl Talk - again in a small club here in Reno, not usually my type of music but it was amazing energy and dancing and just a GREAT time

04' Brian Wilson - Front row of his "smile" tour at the Disney Concert Hall in LA. A religious experience.

08' Radiohead - Incredible show in Woodlands, TX

sure there are more but I've been to a lot of shows.
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a few that i have great memories of....(no particular order)

Misfits in Cleveland (1998) when they reunited.

Rancid in Cleveland (1998)

Anti Flag in Cleveland (1999)

what can i say, that was my kind of music back then.
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The Coop any time
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5. Various Grateful Dead shows at Madison Square Garden
4. Motley Cru opening for Ozzy on the Shout At The Devil Tour.
3. Roger Waters and Eric Clapton in Radio City Music Hall
2. U2 Unforgettable Fire Tour, 1984, Tower Theatre Upper Darby PA
1. KISS ALIVE 2, Madison Square Garden 1976, 3rd row

honorable mention;

Van Halen Diver Down tour

Metallica 1984 Kill Em All tour

Pink Floyd Division Bell tour.
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Best concerts I've attended:

-Led Zeppelin/1971/Budokan/Tokyo

-Grand Funk Railroad/1972/Giants Stadium/Tokyo

-Led Zeppelin/1975/Forum/L.A.

-Pink Floyd/1976/Sports Arena/L.A.
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Top 5? Crap, that's touch...I have seen a lot of shows.

Rolling Stones...every tour since 1978. Front row a couple times. Back up bands have included Lenny Kravitz, Living Colour, Blues Traveler, Journey, Peter Tosh, Neville Brothers, and many other great bands.

Audioslave (2005).....Cornell and the RATM boy rocked.

Velvet Revolver (2007)...in a small club venue....Slash rocks!

Party in the Park (Comiskey- 1979)....Aerosmith, Foreigner, AC/DC (with Bon Scott), and Frank Marino.

Ted Nugent (1978, Rockford Speedway)....The Motor City Madman at his peak.

Van Halen (1985)....DLR rockin' Chicago.

UFO / Judas Priest (1979)....Michael Schenker played with UFO, and Judas Priest on their first North American tour.

Foghat (1977)...at the height of their popularity.

Ted Nugent / Heart/ Cheap Trick / Journey in Milwaukee (1979).

Carlos Santana (1981)....unbelievable licks.

Motown / Philly artists....Gladys Knight (1998), The Spinners (with Phillipe Wynn in 1976) Ray Charles (on stage in 1985).

Did I get to 5 yet....if not, I have dozens more. :-)
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U2 - everytime I seen them 5+
The Killers - everytime 5+
The White Stripes - everytime 5+
The Who w/ Robert Plant 2002 MSG a few days after Enthwistle passed.
Beastie Boys - only show in Brooklyn 2007
Lallapalooza '94 (I think) Rancid, Ramones, Wu-Tang Clan, Soundgarden, Metallica
The Toadies - everytime 5+
RUN DMC
Stone Temple Pilots in NYC's Roseland Ballroom (twice)

God there are so many...I'll probably be updating this list constantly! Great thread Bob!! :-)
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Eagles
U2
Aerosmith
Paul McCartney (6th row, dead center)
Tina Turner

Going on the 26th to see the Eagles again.
Man I love that band.
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BB King and Buddy Guy

I was wondering the other night about concerts...And all the arenas now I bet are smoke free.....How will all the concert goers with glaucoma be able to enjoy a concert.??

The last Tom Petty concert I went to there were a lot of glaucoma patients.....:-)
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The Toadies
oz fest the year before and the year of the black sabbath reunion
wight zombie
rob zombie
ac/dc in kemper arena in kansans city
kid rock
zz top
suicidal tendencies
david allan coe
pantera
jethro tull
crosby, stills, nash, and young
and others i cant remember right now
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