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To ask you who the first band you saw in concert were?

542 replies

DannyOD · 09/11/2018 19:29

My one can pinpoint my age almost exactly...... it’s A-ha at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Processedpea · 09/11/2018 20:21

I also saw bucks fizz on holiday in Torquay in About 1982 but that's less coolGrin

Babybearsporij · 09/11/2018 20:23

It was Alanis Morrissette in 1996 in Birmingham. I went with my best friend and her older cousins.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 09/11/2018 20:23

Japan, Manchester Apollo.
1980 something..

MissSkate · 09/11/2018 20:25

A band called Little Angels (bet no one's heard of them on here!) @ Leeds T&C on 23rd June 1993, I was 17.

BubblegumFactory · 09/11/2018 20:27

I’ve heard of Little Angels, in fact I saw them at Warrington Parr Hall but in the 80’s probably.

weegiemum · 09/11/2018 20:27

Nik Kershaw at the playhouse in Edinburgh

Then A-Ha at the Caird Hall in Dundee.

Child of the early eighties!

mrsstapletonwannabe · 09/11/2018 20:27

Jason Donovan, closely followed by snap & m.c hammer!!!

Unescorted · 09/11/2018 20:28

Midnight Oil - Red Sails in the Sunset tour. 1984.

thighofrelief · 09/11/2018 20:28

AC/DC 1982 Leeds Queens Hall - For Those About to Rock tour.

Amazing! I was 13 and got my mum and dad to drive me there. They waited outside and were terrified when they heard the on stage canons going off.

Cocolepew · 09/11/2018 20:30

OneFootintheRave, I was travelling back to Farnborough but my mum was there with me Grin

17biscuits · 09/11/2018 20:31

1970s, Slade top of the bill - support acts Thin Lizzy and Suzi Quattro, Cost £1.50, money well spent!

UrsulaPandress · 09/11/2018 20:32

Status Quo at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester in the early 70s.

MrsTommyBanks · 09/11/2018 20:34

Skid Row.

NecklessMumster · 09/11/2018 20:34

Magazine, Birmingham, about 1978/9?

Bombaybunty · 09/11/2018 20:35

Mud, Lewisham Odeon. I'm old!

BG2015 · 09/11/2018 20:35

Depeche Mode on the 28th December 1984 in Stoke

I still have the ticket stub and it cost £4.50 to see them.

Good times!

BG2015 · 09/11/2018 20:36

Sorry September

MissLadyM · 09/11/2018 20:38

Queen with Freddie then Nik Kershaw & Kajagoogoo the week later!

lalaloopyhead · 09/11/2018 20:39

Judas Priest at DeMontford Hall in Leicester in 1988, I was 15 and went with a group of friends. My Dad picked us up after....happy days.

Pantah630 · 09/11/2018 20:41

Quo

TooOooOnaStubbs · 09/11/2018 20:42

Morrissey, Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen.

iknowimcoming · 09/11/2018 20:42

Wham!'s final concert before they split at Wembley Stadium Grin

DeadButDelicious · 09/11/2018 20:43

Marilyn Manson, 1997, Manchester Apollo.

DappledThings · 09/11/2018 20:44

Buck's Fizz, Margate Winter Gardens, 1989

Ginkythefangedhellpigofdoom · 09/11/2018 20:45

Rammstein at secc glasgow