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 !

Grouchyoscar - we were trying to find the Clash that day they were busking in Leeds and kept missing them as they kept moving around . Leeds was bloody brilliant for gigs when I was a stoodent there in the mid 80s, but my first gig was at 14 and was The Teardrop Explodes. They opened a whole fantastic world of gigs for me, sigh. I think the band I saw the most was the Pogues because they seemed to be the support band at every gig I went to for about a year. And bloody good they were too. Happy days.....

I have Siouxsie & the Banshees (twice), The Cramps, The Cult,The Quireboys,Lena Loveich, Monster of Rock 1984 (including Dave Lee Roth, Guns & Roses & Kiss) Iggy Pop, Ozzy Osbourne, Rush, Madonna (girlie show tour), Foo Fighters, Wolfsbane (countless times throughout the early 90's), Justin Timberlake (?!), T in the Park (2003 & 2005) in no particular order. I want to see Queens of the Stoneage as I saw them at T in the Park.

I was quite petite in my teens and when I went to see gothy bands, I could never see a thing, what with stiletto boots and bog hair... My overriding memory of Siouxie gig (in leeds IIRC) was the vile smell coming from the back of the black leather jacket my little nose was pressed against!

My first gig was Alison Moyet in 1987, I was 20. Ok here goes in no paricular order.
Garth Brooks
U2
The Eagles
Pavarotti
Tina Turner
Barry Manilow {blush]
Sting
REM
Faithless
Bryan Ferry
Hot Chocolate
The Fugees
George Michael
Scissor Sisters

I know theres loads more, just can't think of them now.

Bands/performers I'm going to this year are:

George Michael
Pink
Justin Timberlake
Rod Stewart
The Police

and OMD tomorrow night.

OMD? OMG!

(sorry, couldn't resist. Are they still going? I adored that album with Joan of Arc on...)

You know I can't remember their stuff but will know it and it will all come back when I hear them It's a birthday pressie for my sis. Oh I forgot I saw Madonna but lost my gang on the way to the loo, so ended up drinking copious amounts of wine, got pissed, have a vague recolection of jiving to holiday with some German tourists but most of it is just a blur!

First gig was Simple Minds

In no particular order...
The Cult
The Mission
Ice T
Steve Harley
The Damned
Nine inch nails
Guns n roses
Fields of the nephilim
Ghostdance
David Essex mum's bday!
Waterboys

would love to see dresden dolls

Bon Jovi
Dan Reed Network
Whitesnake
Poison
Feeder(then called Real)
Motley Crue
Alice Cooper
Lita Ford
Skidrow
Guns N Roses
Mr Big
White Zombie
Wildhearts(fantastic every time)
Honeycrack
Alice in Chains
Ministry
Enuff Znuff

I know there are loads more but I just can't remember them!

First one was New Kids on the Block and then ....

Take That several times
Boyzone
Sean Maguire
Several pop type concerts with loads of pop type people LOL
The Corrs
Take that again twice

Oh yeah D:ream too

First three were probably:
The Damned
The Mission
Then Jericho

Most recent: NFD & Rhombus last night. (NFD are ex-Fields of the Nephilim, Rhombus are dh's band...)

TETTI - you saw Ministry?
Were they amazing? They have a tremendous sound....

I really can't remember my fist concert, but I think it might hve been George Michael at the NEC when I was 16. I was gutted my mum wouldn't let me go to the Wham! Final conert at Wembley when I was 14. [and no, I won't do a blush smiley!]

First one Kajagoogoo

also seen

Five Star
Erasure
Stranglers
UB40

thats about it.

Went to see Julian Cope in Cambridge but he cancelled when i got there

This is fun. My first ever was Bros . Then In no particular order
Radiohead
Blur x2
Boo Radleys
Kingmaker
Chumbawamba x2
Sultans of Ping
Oasis
Stereophonics x2
James
The Levellers x2
The Wonderstuff x many
Neds Atomic Dustbin
Bon Jovi
Soul Asylum
Robbie Williams
REM
Supergrass
The Coral (supporting Oasis)
Pulp

At various V festivals
Scissor Sisters
Manic Street Preachers
Travis x2
The Beautiful South
Franz ferdinand
St Etienne (dull)
Goldfrapp
All Saints
The Cardigans

At Glastonbury
Many of the above +
Bjork (crap)
Blind Melon
Rage Against the Machine
Elvis Costello
The Prodigy
Johnny Cash
The Lemonheads

At an Ozfest (not precisely my thing but my bf dragged me)
Marilyn Manson
Placebo
Terrorvision
Megadeath

Really want to see The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, The Fratellis, Amy Winehouse, Snow Patrol and still in mourning for lack of Take That tickets!

My first was New Kids on the Block at Wembley Arena (they were great) (supporting act: Biscuit, their minder)

Then, in no particular order:

The Levellers
Chumbawumba
Blur
Cast
Dreadzone
The Boo Radleys
Dodgy (x 2)
Manic Street Preachers
Oasis (x 2, once in 1996 and then in 2005)
Chaka Kahn
Jet
Santana
Los Lonely boys
Bob Dylan
U2

can't remember but have seen:

Bryan Adams
U2
Paul Kelly
Jimmy Barnes
Dixie Chicks
Cliff Richard
Amy Grant
The Wiggles - twice

Moonshine...Pogues How lucky you were. Shane Magowan will be viewed as a poet and Dublin pubs will put up signs about him ('Shane Magowan probably drank in a pub like this' type things) According to DH when he saw the Clash busking, they played 2 songs and someone threw a can of paint over them. Seems it was a member of Chumbawamba allegedly.

And you were around Leeds Uni when Andy Kershaw was the Ents manager, he brought loads of good stuff in. Leeds needs that sort of input again IMO (and more as I'm just a tad too young to have enjoyed that purple period) DH's bro is 10 years older than him and DH got taken to some fab stuff.

Having committed the sin of severe jealousy I will be sent to musical hell now. (where I will have to endure Renee and Renato, the birdy song and Black Lace for eternity)

Ho hum

David Cassidy was my first, shortly followed by
Genesis and Jethro Tull. How old am I!!!!!!!!!

Ha Ha filthymindedvixen - I used to stink of V05 extra hard to hold, in fact all my mates did. That stuff kept your hair vertical for days on end. I too am a little vertically challenged but high heels did add on a few vital inches.

MrsBadger: You went to see the Ozric tentacles??? No way: I saw them about 5 times. Not that they were really my favourite band but my boyfriend of the time and my brother were really into psychedelic music, so I also went to see Gong a couple of times, and my first gig, I think, was the 12 hour Hawkwind extravaganza at the Brixton Academy!

This really bears no relation to my current music taste. In fact, just to make me look especially eclectic, I saw Kenny Rogers a couple of years ago at the Hollywood Bowl...and he was really good!!

you can remember seeing the Ozrics????
I had allegedly been in a venue when they were playing. But after the nice lady dressed as a fairy gave me some brownies, it all got a little vague.....

I had student housemates who tried to smoke an Ozrics LP cover 'cos it was made of hemp and they were desperate!
Too many gigs to ever name, although first one I ever had a ticket for was Sisters of Mercy but my Mum wouldn't let me go as it was a school night.....

My 1st and 2nd were Take That! I thought i would die with how much i loved them (and i was only 9 or 10!!!)

I have also seen:
Back Street Boys
5ive (5 times)
Peter Andre-he was awful
911
westlife, but when they were called westside
and i have been to about 3 smash hit tours

Not quite as rock and roll as other peoples lists, but i did grow up in the 90's!

And i saw take that again last year and have tickets to see them later this year!!