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 !

Ooh The Brilliant Corners janeite, I'd forgotten all about them.
Remember seeing them in some sweaty dive in Leeds.

Alipiggie...I woauld love to see Stevie Wonder

Yeah, kerrysmum, isn't that supposed to be released this month? Apparently, at one point Jude Law was up for the Ian Curtis role!! Can't believe they actually considered him!
Have read the book, have to say he was a bit of a shit to his wife.

First gig was Siouxsie and the banshees, I think.

Have seen all sorts since then but particularly proud of the Smiths in their very early days at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester.

Off the top of my head...

Supergrass
Electric Soft Parade (zillions of times)
No Doubt
Jamiroquai
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Killers
Kasabian
Razorlight
Ocean Colour Scene
Bluetones
Kate Nash
Goo Goo Dolls
Foo Fighters
Queens of the Stone Age
Kings of Leon
Editors
Libertines
Kaiser Chiefs
Juliette & the licks
Jet
Prodigy
The Music
The Coral
Athlete
Hard-fi
Guillemots
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Green Velvet
Velvet Revolver
Primal Scream
Dandy Warhols
Polyphonic Spree
The bees
Mark Ronson
Oasis
Morcheeba
Groove Armada
The Roots
Billy Bragg
Jimmy CLiff

and some truly shocking ones which I have disregarded!!!!!

Rub it in Peaches why don't you? Grrr!!!!!

rantinghousewife - just found stuff about cerys in US - who'd have thought it???

Ha ha, bobsmum, looks like I'm not the only one to find a good man to tame me, then.

Manic Street Preachers (3 times)
Stereophonics
Mansun
Blondie
Squeeze (both quite recently)
White Sripes
Jools Holland
Prodigy
Ian Brown
Travis
Robbie Williams

and a few others I can't remember. I few of those were at T in the Park 1998. That was my first ever gig

janeite. And they were really good too.

Now I'd like to see the White Stripes...

They were brilliant. They sounded just like they do on their records, which is surprising considering it's just the two of them on the stage.

Bobsmum! You wanted to see ME in concert???!!
I'm non-singing, non-dancing - wouldn'thave been much fun!

I went to Glasgow Uni too, but see that I'm older than you (alas).

Thought of some more

Jesus and Mary Chain
The Black Dog (was confused - they were the ones in a big greenhouse out by Glasgow Green, not sunelectric - they were supporting the Orb).
Pulp
Cud
Belly
Sultans of Ping FC
Hole
Daisy Chainsaw

Pooka = here you are in another lifetime! Except obviously there are two people here...

Pooka

Can't remember my first concert - is that bad?

Who have I seen????

Lloyd Cole and Commotions
Madonna
Brother Beyond
Bananarama
The Mission
The Alarm
James
Andrew Motion
INXS
The Drifters (lots of times)
Keane
Bad Manners
The Pogues
Madness
Imagination (remember them?)

I am sure there are others but sadly my mind has gone....

The Pogues were amazing, they way they sped up and slowed down to keep up or back with Shane McGowan was admirable! And he was the first act of the day. Something like noon and he could barely stand.

I've seen the Brilliant Corners too Had a t-shirt once, highly coveted in the way that obscure 80s band t-shirts were

And I loved the Shop Assistants (still have a ropey old tape of them too somewhere...)''Well I may not live past 25 but, whooh, what a way to die...''

Oh and I saw Voice of the Beehive once too. They wer elovely.

well if we're counting festivals...this list will run and run. I went to glastonbury every year from ages 15 (1985) to 23...I also did Croperdy for 6 years and now do Beautiful Days.. There's got to be a couple of hundred in that little lot.

I feel like those 2 in League of Gentleman in the video shop. ''Seen. seen seen seen. Seen''

Pretenders, the first

The Pogues, the best

Not a festival - think it was at The Fleadgh (sp)? in North London.

INXS
Bon Jovi (many times)
Guns N Roses (many times)
Skid Row
Faith No More
Manic Street Preachers
AC/DC
Midnight Oil
Thunder (the shame)
Metallica
Def Leppard
Aerosmith
Van Halen
Iron Maiden
Whitesnake
Ozzie Osbourne
Pearl Jam
Goerge Michael
Peter Andre (shameful...)

There are quite a few more that i fail to recall....but it is 11pm here!