What was your first gig ? and who have you seen in concert....

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I really wish I'd kept a list of every one as it'd be really fascinating to chart my musical education !
First thing I saw was probably Elton John along with The Beach Boys, Chaka Khan,Beach Boys and others at Wembley Stadium - taken by my cousin probably back in 1975...
then,in no particular order ...
Loudon Wainwright 111 at Cambridge Folk Festival, Cheap Trick, The Tourists, The Clash (several times),Toots and the Maytals, Pablo Black, Magazine, Throbbing Gristle, The Slits,The Raincoats, Spizz Energi (or one of the variants), Bow Wow Wow, Crowded House, Jane Siberry, Pete Townshend, Aswad,The Rezillos,the Undertones, Laurie Anderson, Stereolab,Lemon Jelly.......and my mind has gone blank...some were truly fab experiences !

first gig was pretty crap - the albion band

This year: arctic monkeys, arcade fire, clap your hands say yeah, tapes n tapes

20 years in between of going as much as poss really, including years of going to glastonbury, reading, womad, big chills and other festivals.

of the clash. Never saw them.

lots similar to you dinosaur actually.

Thanks for starting this thread I have now bought 2 tickets to go and see Bryan Adams - yay!!!!

I saw Wham! when I was 12 - oh my God, Andrew Ridgeley definately looked at me...

also seen:
Take That (when Robbie was with them)
U2
D:ream
bjork (supporting U2)
Christy Moore
Elton John
Thunder
Wood
Wet Wet Wet
Stereo MCs

Won a competition to see U2 at Murrayfield. My most hated band ever, but the Seahorses were supporting so that made up for it

The Smiths
Everything But The Girl
Billy Bragg
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Erasure
James Taylor Quartet
Tim Finn (or was it Neil?)
Baaba Maal
Papa Wemba
Angelique Kidjo

There must be loads more, I just can't think atm.

Another Womad fan here too, aDad. Haven't been to any gigs or festivals for years now.

Blur/Dinosaur Jr/My Bloody Valentine (Rollercoaster tour)
Elastica at some club
The Orb at Barrowlands
SunElectric in a giant greenhouse
U2 in about 1999 - Zooropa kind of time
Carter USM at The Venue
Ryan Adams (not Bryan!) at the QE Halls, with my mum
Not much recently

Pooka - I always wanted to see Pooka in concert but they only ever seemed to do bizarre folky gigs in Cambridge!

Bryan Adams was the first concert I think
Prince x 2
Simply Red x 3 I think
The Christians
George Michael
Michael Jackson
Take That
Anita Baker
Brand New Heavies
Lighthouse FAmily
The Fall

must be more but that's all I can remember for now

Van Morrison - many years ago now

Queen at Knebworth in 1986 was my 1st concert. Am off to see George Michael in June.

I have seen Chumbawamba about 3 zillion times from tiny little clubs to Glastonbury to a private party for a friend's 30th

I've also seen Roy Harper really quite a few times

I would really have liked to have seen Julian Cope in leather trousers days (seen him several times in recent mad incarnations)

also would have liked to see Lemon Jelly

First gig was Lloyd Cole and the Commotions with the Blow Monkeys.

Gigs since have included (in no particular order):

Supergrass
Spacemen3
Stone Roses
Transvision Vamp
Curiosity Killed the Cat (another )
Radiohead
Candyskins
Grandaddy
Dreadzone
Blur
Hole
Pulp
Suede
Carter USM

..and various bands at Reading and Glastonbury....but strangely my memory is a little hazy

Wham (ahem)
Simple Minds
Soul II Soul
Alexander O'Neil
Sade
Simply Red (about 3 times)
Then Jericho (twice)
Manic Street Preachers
Stereo Phonics
Paul Weller
The Verve

Am going to see The Waterboys next Friday.

Massive Attack
Patti Smith
Elton John
KC and the Sunshine Band
George Michael
U2
UB40
Stevie Wonder
Black Sabbath
Bruce Springstein
Laurie Anderson blimey thought no-one else would have heard of her
Laura Fyji
Vaya Con Dios
Def Leppard

And this year going to see The Police, finally.

First gig was the Police
and after that it must have been hundreds. A few examples:
U2
Tears f. Fears
Howard Jones
Simple Minds
Chris Issak
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Big Country
The Cure
Fields of the Nephilim
Happy Mondays
Carter USM
Blur
Jesus Jones
New Model Army
Christy Moore
Henry Rollins
Tool
Nine inch nails
Anthrax
James
Morrissey
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Dead can dance
...countless festivals

..the list is endless

First gig was a matinee concert by Madness for youngsters at Hammersmith Odeon in about 1980.
Can't remember all but include
The Undertones,
Squeeze
Earth, Wind and Fire
The Farmers Boys and The Higsons
Elvis Costello
The Style Council
The Smiths
U2 supported by REM
Billy Bragg
Prefab Sprout
BB King
Aswad
The Cramps
The Wedding Present
The Fall
Primal Scream
Aztec Camera
The Go Betweens
The Nelson Mandela concert at Wembley
The Pogues
That Petrol Emotion
Big Audio Dynamite
Everything But The Girl
The Cure
The Pixies
Aimee Mann
Soul to Soul
Ella Fitzgerald
David Byrne
Al Green...

ist gig: new kids on the block!
loads since then including:
maxi priest
shabba ranks
hole
rem
beastie boys
rancid
converge
jill scott
eric clapton
mogwai x2
mercury rev
sleater kinney x 2
super furry animals
sigur ros x2
nick cave
tanya donnelly
fugazi
trans am
rocket from the crypt
loads of others but can't recall!
would love to see prince, tori amos and pixies!

Shabba!

The 1st concert I went to was Jason Donovan (I was about 11!)

I have also seen
All Saints & Bryan Adams

Oasis at Knebworth and Stereophonics at MEN and thats it