First concerts? Memorable concerts?
Posted by Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 312 comments
Mine was King of pop š„° no matter what, Iāll always love him. I was 9 (btw, the 1984 in my username has nothing to do with my age). At 13, I saw the Beach Boys with Roy Orbison opening. Seen a ton of shows but those were my first big ones
mase27@reddit
1997 - Aerosmith with Jonny Lang in Old Orchard Beach, ME with my Dad.
sapient_pearwood_@reddit
First real concert was Weezer when I was maybe 14. They were very late. I "saw" the Indigo Girls when I was 7 or so with my parents but it was a free outdoor thing before they were well known and all I really remember is it was too loud.
BirdBrain_99@reddit
Nirvana in 1993 in Williamsburg, VA
Feralest_Baby@reddit
I declined an invitation to that tour because it was an hour a way and I figured they'd come to my town "next time".
Feralest_Baby@reddit
They Might Be Giants in 1992. My mom dropped us off and we called on a payphone to get picked up after.
illprobablyeditthis@reddit
Green day's dookie tour, whenever that was. 95? 96? 97? It took waging a near world war to convince my mother to let me go.
C0BRA_V1P3R@reddit
Ministry at the 9:30 Club in the late 90s. I made the rookie mistake of not wearing ear plugs and my ears were ringing for days because of how loud they were.
illprobablyeditthis@reddit
No one was wearing ear plugs back then, as my rampant tinnitus will confirm.
I saw ministry last year, dude needs to retire. Lip synced the whole show.
newgreyarea@reddit
I wouldāve killed to have seen that earlier tour. In Case Your Feel Like Showing UP. Setlist and band were incredible.
Jd11347@reddit
The holy grail of industrial concerts.
DisastrousFlower@reddit
oh gosh 9:30 club. spent a lot of time there.
Primary_Standard_892@reddit
I was around 16 when I went to see Korn and Lost Prophets (they opened for Korn) with my best friends. Hearing the instruments live and jamming out with thousands of people was so awesome. The mosh pits got hectic but I jumped in once or twice when the vikings weren't shaking the earth, so to speak.
AdoptedBySmurfs@reddit
Weezer with Jimmy Eat World and Tenacious D. Pretty fucking awesome.
RachelPalmer79@reddit
My first concert was Genesis. I was 12. I still remember how awesome it was. Several Bridge School Benefits (Tony Bennet/Paul McCartney), Neil Finn when Johnny Marr walked out on stage with a harmonica and a guitar. Good times!
AndrewInMN@reddit
Long comment aheadā¦
My first show was Metallica at the Target Center in Minneapolis, January 29th 1997. I had nosebleed seats after being on hold with Ticketmaster for an hour and a half the morning they went on sale but I didnāt care, I was just excited to see them.
Cut to day of the show. I had a carful of friends and I was following my mom who had a couple of my friendās younger siblings with her. She was coming down so we could stay in a hotel (we lived 3.5 hours north). We were headed down I35E on our way to spend some time at the Mall of America before heading downtown to our hotel pre show. My friends and I were listening to 93x and the DJ came on and said theyād released 500 floor tickets and were available at the Target Center Box office.
I sped up and got along side my mom to get her to pull over (no cell phones) and told her what was going on. She led us to the Target Center and we went in and there was no line or anything and we got our floor tickets. We ended up on the rail. I got a high five from Hatfield when they came out. My voice was hoarse and my ears rang for three days. One of the most memorable nights of my life. Iāve now seen Metallica 22 times, most recently this past June.
Some months after that first show I found a bootleg VHS of the entire show for sale on the internet for $20. I put a $20 bill in an envelope and sent it away and got the tape back. First thing I ever bought online. My friend Josh and I were visible in it a couple times. I eventually wore that tape out. Some years ago I discovered that same video had been uploaded to YouTube.
My friend Josh took his own life in 2021. A couple years ago I made a post on Facebook reminiscing about that show and tagged the friends that were with. One of them reached out saying she still had the guitar pick sheād caught (I forgot she had) and said we should meet for drinks and sheād give it to me. One of the other friends that was at the show with us joined and we had a nice chat about the show and our memories of Josh. Fuck Iām starting to tear up now. Thanks for reading if you got this far.
Ok-Potato-4774@reddit
This reminds me of seeing Metallica at Lollapalooza 1996. It was an Army buddy, Dave, my brother, also named Dave, and his friend Tim, who was a huge Metallica fan. Tim didn't really care for the grunge and punk bands on the bill (The Ramones, Rancid, Screaming Trees, and Soundgarden, a dream lineup), and it was the first time he'd seen a mosh pit. He was near the back of the crowd all of the time, not a pit rat like my brother and I. We got really close for The Ramones, but it was a mob scene by the time Metallica went on. Tim was thrilled to see them so close, though.
He unfortunately died in 2002, of complications from surgery. It was very unexpected and sudden, and we were just floored by that. Who knows? Maybe he's rocking with his rock n' roll heroes at The Great Gig in the Sky.
1980pzx@reddit
I was at the 1996 Lollapalooza in Noblesville, IN. Youāre right, such a good lineup. It was me and my friendās first concert. 16 year old me saw A LOT that day. Very memorable, especially the huge quick pop up thunderstorm that came through right as Soundgarden were playing āFell on Black Daysā. Fond memories.
Ok-Potato-4774@reddit
Total opposite type of weather for us. It was about 95 degrees and humid in San Jose, California that day. Hottest summer day I've ever felt in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Ramones didn't even wear their trademark leather motorcycle jackets, it was so hot. I read years later it was a decision on Joey's part because he was in bad health with his lymphoma, and feared he'd pass out from the heat if he wore it.
Blackbird136@reddit
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Jd11347@reddit
Sorry to hear about your friend Josh. Great story though.
MsBlondeViking@reddit
Iām so sorry, hugs to you. What a great memory.
newgreyarea@reddit
Damn! That shit is hard. Glad youāre able to actually just go watch that memory if you want to. Loved Metallica as a kid. Never seen them but my little brother goes all the time. He saw them two days in row this year. They came to my town once right before Justice blew up. I wasnāt allowed to go but gave a friend money to get me a shirt. Wish Iād have kept it. Some girl is probably wearing it ironically now. Hahah
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
Massive hugs always. Thank you for sharing your story sweet beautiful stranger
ZedPrimus84@reddit
101.1 WJRR Warp Tour, October 2001. I was 17. Disturbed was the closing band and they premiered the song Prayer for us. One of the most memorable experiences of my life.
WritingNerdy@reddit
My first concert was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
DifficultMinute@reddit
Same here.
When Shredder threw the New Kids on the Block magazine into the paper shredder, it was the wildest that I've ever seen a crowd go.
WritingNerdy@reddit
I donāt remember that š I do remember having 10th row seats and rubbing it in to the guys in my 3rd grade class (the only other TMNT fans). I got chosen to be interviewed by April before the show, too. So fun.
Possible-Tangelo9344@reddit
Fourth of July in the city near me used to be pretty cool with lots of music acts. They'd have country, rock, different genres.
I was like 15 or 16, I guess, went to it and saw Stabbing Westward play a set.
geriatricxennial@reddit
My sister who's 12 years older than me picked me up from summer camp in 1992 (maybe 1993) and took me to Wonderland outside Toronto. When we arrived she saw that later in the evening at the Kingswood(?) Theatre, Richard Marx would be playing with Wilson Philips opening. We got tickets for probably about $20 in total, sat on the grass and it was magical. Whenever I hear songs from either I think of that time.
ScotterMcJohnsonator@reddit
First concert was Ass Ponys - I'm not even sure if that's how it's spelled lol
There's been many memorable ones, but I'd say my favorite was James Taylor in Milwaukee, WI. Incredible show (of course), and then he was playing in Chicago the next night. We stayed after to try to see/meet him (no luck), followed his tour bus down to Chicago, and then went to see him the next night also.
I think I enjoyed it because he's my favorite, but also because it was a neat experience to see basically the same show twice, but crazy different
tgbarbie@reddit
First concert was New Kids on the Block when I was 8. NKOTB Hanginā Tough Tour 1989. I win.
daphuqijusee@reddit
Me too - Tiffany opened for them
Firkster@reddit
Oh man I thought I was the only one who has this as an embarrassing personal fact. And my second concert was Vanilla Ice. I vividly remember listening to Milli Vanilli in the parking lot before that show.
DStew713@reddit
Hell yeah! I saw New Kids when I was in third grade. I used to get made fun of a lot because Iām a dude. I remember pulling up to the concert with my parents and there was a limo with some teenage girls in it and one of them waved at me.
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
We should all go on the NKOTB cruise together lol
RushBubbly6955@reddit
Saaaaame!
imogen1983@reddit
Same, but I saw them in 1991 when I was 7.
Ok-Concert-6475@reddit
This was mine as well. My best friend and I went with her dad when we were 13. I don't recall who opened, but we had a stellar time.
NicolesPurpleHair@reddit
Same!! The summer between 3rd and 4th grade. My 16 year old sister had to take me and my friend. Lol. I still remember a trio of guys called Perfect Gentlemen opened for them.
CheesyRomantic@reddit
Luuuuuckyyyyy.
I couldn't go to the Hangin Tough tour. We were not a well off family. But when they did the Step by Step/Magic Summer tour my best friend got 4 tickets and brought me with her. Her uncle and husband gf took us. Lol.
So NKOTB was my first concert .
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
Who was your fave new kid? And nuh uh lol. I was older, maybe 13/14 for Hangin Tough
gpo321@reddit
Six Flags Great Adventure used to have quite the lineup in the 90ās. Our parents took us to see so many bands as our first āreal concerts.ā We had season tix for years so we saw some awesome names:
Blondie, REO Speedwagon, Beach Boys, Peter Frampton, Styx, Marshall Tucker Band, The Monkees, 38 Special, Foreigner, Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, Southside Johnny, Twisted Sister, Air Supply, Frankie Valli, Rick Springfield, and KC and the Sunshine Band.
Iām sure there were more, we spent a lot of Saturdayās at the park and stayed for concerts. The 90ās were a time!
WendyPortledge@reddit
My first concert, I was 13, my friend was 12. We were dropped off at the theatre to see Barenaked Ladies, Born On a Pirate Ship tour. We were the youngest ones there, and had a blast. They sang a song they just made up about the theatre seats, āone buttcheekā, and Ed told a story about running around the lake that day, unknowingly through peopleās yards. Iāll always remember it.
AytumnRain@reddit
Bush and The Jesus Lizard
unclestink@reddit
Tom Petty Dogs With Wings Tour, 1995 was my first concert.
Rage Against The Machine and Wu Tang Clan, seeing My Chemical Romance in a little club before they blew up, seeing Blink 182 in a little club before they blew up, seeing Deftones in a little club...were my most memorable shows
1980pzx@reddit
I saw RATM and Wu-Tang in August of ā97 in Noblesville, IN. It was wild. People rushed the stage and a kid died (medical condition I believe). Iām shocked the show went on. I believe Wu Tang was charged with inciting a riot or some shit. Rage put on a helluva show that night though.
Turbojelly@reddit
Reading 95. Courtney Love demonstrating how hard it is for a woman to mastumerbate with a guitar, then trying to push some of the pa off stage but a bouncer stopped it falling.
JediMasterPopCulture@reddit
Iron Maiden Long Beach Arena SCREAM FOR ME LONG BEACH! š¤š»š¤š»
Sufficient-Rooster44@reddit
Oasis in Chicago (1998).
backalleywillie@reddit
My first at 15 was Megadeth, with opening acts Flotsam and Jetsom, Fear Factory and then unknown Korn. 1995ish.
bucho4444@reddit
Megadeth was my first too. Countdown to extinction tour.
iammjw@reddit
My first was Tears For Fears in 1992. Saw Gin Blossoms open for Spin Doctors in '94
caramelcoldbrew@reddit
Road trip with my girlfriends just before senior year to The Gorge for Lilith Fair. Peak 90s girl power shit.
Few-Helicopter-3413@reddit
I loved Lilith Fair. I saw the Dixie Chicks play Goodbye Earl and I was shocked, lol. They took off right after that.
Adventurous_Pin_344@reddit
Lilith Fair was my first concert too! My parents took me and my best friend.
shebringsdathings@reddit
Jack Johnson at the Gorge. It was pretty cool sitting on the grass chilling. Couldn't make it to Lilith. I bet is was unforgettable!
SchucksAndMucks@reddit
W/ Ben Harper? Not my first concert but I was there if this was the one youāre talking about!
shebringsdathings@reddit
Yep! It wasn't mine either, but a super chill show that I really enjoyed.
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
š„°š¤© thereās a Lilith fair documentary on CBC but I havenāt watched it yet
RushBubbly6955@reddit
Thanks for the reminder!!
subsonicmonkey@reddit
The documentary is really good! Check it out when you get a chance!
S1nnah2@reddit
First concert, now this is a banger so sit down.............
Kids From Fame - Royal Albert Hall, London.
Some memorable ones.
Metallica - 100 club 1987, Oxford street - tiny club, maybe 300 people. Warmup for donnington monster of rock
Slayer - Hammersmith Odeon 1987 - took acid.
The Orb - Brixton Fridge 1990 - first pill, cried.
Orbital - club dog tent, Clapham common - beautiful
Culture shock - mile end college - tail end of the 80s. First anarcho punk gig, very scary. Fight outside, someone said 'what would dick do' iykyk
Twitter_2006@reddit
Iron Maiden!!!!!!!
threefeetoffun-@reddit
No Doubt March 1997 in Buffalo. I wish I could have got to see them a year earlier though. Bush, Goo Goo Dolls and No Doubt as opener. Last concert at the old Memorial Auditorium.
Clear_Sign7587@reddit
No way!!! I was at the show in 1996 and it was amazing for every reason you can imagine. But I remember instantly loving No Doubt, it was the first time I had heard of them!
threefeetoffun-@reddit
Johnny of Goo Goo Dolls was who introduced Gwen to Gavin. Gavin later recalled after meeting Gwen he said to Johnny "Good fucking call, mate."
nahmahnahm@reddit
No Doubt! June 1997, E-Center outside of Philly. This was my first ārealā concert. I had gone with my family to see Gloria Estefan a few years prior but this was with my friends, on the lawn. The first of many concerts I saw there.
theRAV@reddit
I went to that tour in Boise in 1995, I think. No Doubt stole the show (Bush was good too).
se-dc@reddit
No Doubt put on a hell of a show! The call-and-response audience-participation version of Excuse Me Mr. was dope
face-puncher@reddit
I saw AC/DC at the old Aud around the same time.
icenine09@reddit
Stiff Upper Lip tour?
face-puncher@reddit
Ball breaker I think.
rawonionbreath@reddit
That tour with Bush and Goo Goo Dolls was my first concert in Milwaukee.
BirdBrain_99@reddit
I saw Bush/Goo Goo Dolls/No Doubt in Hampton, VA. Great show.
Intelligent-Camera90@reddit
I saw them that summer for my first concert at Great Woods. We got my sister to drive, but we had to buy her ticket. I was more excited to see Weezer.
Adrasteia-One@reddit
I wanted so badly to see this show when it came through my town, but my parents denied me. I was livid, hehe.
SensitiveArtist@reddit
I saw the original Black Sabbath lineup at Ozzfest 99. Finally getting to see Noel Gallagher play "Don't Look Back in Anger" live. Seeing ELO's farewell tour. The first time I saw They Might be Giants.
RushBubbly6955@reddit
TMBG puts on a helluva show. Saw them in Detroit mere days before the pandemic shut everything down.
SensitiveArtist@reddit
I've seen them 17 times give or take. Just saw them do a two night stint a few weeks ago. Always an amazing show.
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
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SensitiveArtist@reddit
Aerosmith was the second concert I ever went to. It was the tour for Nine Lives.
staticfingertips@reddit
Pearl Jam opening for The Rolling Stones.
throwitallaway@reddit
Sublime before they blew up on MTV. This little band called Incubus opened for them.
staticfingertips@reddit
I saw them before they blew up, too!
BitcoinBillionaire09@reddit
Incubus opened for Creed on their NZ tour in 2002? A guy I worked with was on the same plane down to Wellington as Creed and he walked past them on the plane as asked them if they were going to the Incubus concert
no_clever_name_yet@reddit
Back when Incubus had their first DJ!
Darkling_13@reddit
I saw Sublime on the Warped Tour before "What I Got" hit the radio. The bass player was playing a trombone solo when my friends (and my ride) told me they wanted to bail. I tried to convince them to stay and check out the band, but they weren't into it. Six months later Sublime had become popular, and none of them remembered that I was trying to get them to stay for their set.
crmom22@reddit
My first concert was New Kids on the block( 1990?). Favourite concert was Rush (2013)
You_need_a_drink@reddit
Guns n Roses with Skid Row back in 1993. Massive outdoor event at the Calder Park raceway in Melbourne. To this day, one of the best concerts I've ever been too.
fairlyaveragetrader@reddit
Smashing pumpkins at dodger stadium in the late 90s. Probably the most epic concert I've ever been to actually
sageamericanidiot@reddit
My dad was a country fan and my first concertĀ was hank Williams Jr when I was 6 or 7. Most memorable was Lalapolooza in 95 or 96. The line up was insane and of all the concerts and events I've attended nothing will ever come close to that experience.Ā
rjcpl@reddit
David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, and Prick in ā95.
newgreyarea@reddit
That show was incredible! How members switched out as the show progressed. So dope!! That Prick record is still perfect!
rjcpl@reddit
Indeed, doubt Iāll ever top it. And yes that Prick album is still in regular rotation.
Jd11347@reddit
I love Prick. I still listen to both of their albums all the time.
unicorncholo@reddit
Saw NIN in ā95 too. Mom caught me pregaming (smoking weed) before the show. Either she didnt know, or she knew. My 10 year younger brother was next to her when she opened the garage door. Said āit smells out hereā. Im thinking oh fuck, Im done, no show, grounded forever etc. just said ācleaning the vanā. She closed the door and took me and my friend to the show. No, she wasnāt that cool eitherā¦.
rjcpl@reddit
Heh I remember the friend I went with smoking some with a coke can before the show.
unicorncholo@reddit
That was always my least favorite option. Could never get a good hit and feel like it always wasted the most. But desperate times call for desperate measures.
Deep-Interest9947@reddit
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch š
Jd11347@reddit
"Back when Mark Wahlburg was Marky Mark...."
RushBubbly6955@reddit
Designer-Bid-3155@reddit
Can you feel it, baby? I can too......
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
I posted last week about NKOTB lol so no judgment here lol
se-dc@reddit
Garbage, Beck, Third Eye Blind, Cake, Soul Coughing, Everlast, and the Goo Goo Dolls all in one night! Twisted Five, December 1998, just outside Chicago. Amazing intro to my concertgoing years.
RushBubbly6955@reddit
I saw Cake a few years ago and theyāre still amazing!
Jd11347@reddit
Must under appreciated band of the 90's.
realRavenbell@reddit
First concert ever -my parents took me to see Riders in the Sky when I was 9 or 10.
First concert I paid for myself - bought last minute tickets to Tonic opening for Smash Mouth. Went to Warped Tour 2001 a week later.
jlab23@reddit
Sighā¦ Milli Vanilli opening for Vanilla Ice. Turtlemania hit me very hardā¦
Jd11347@reddit
LOL. funny that you sigh about it now. But 1990.... that was THE CONCERT to see.
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
š¤£š¤£ I remember being excited to see TMNT just to see Vanilla Ice lol. Sad sad lives š¤£š¤Ŗ
imhungry4321@reddit
I can't remember what my first concert was. But I think the most memorable is when I saw Peter Murphy.... He grabbed my hand and made me grab his man boob.... I'm a dude š¤£
Jd11347@reddit
"Sir, this is a Wendy's"
newgreyarea@reddit
I saw him with Bauhaus again a few years ago and it was such a barnstormer of a set. They were in top form!!
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
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drivergrrl@reddit
Saw Sublime in Santa Cruz.
Jd11347@reddit
1994 Universal Amphitheater. NIN. Manson was the opener and The Jim Rose Circus was the middle act. I was still in high school. That concert blew my mind. I was talking to a girl before the show started. She went out to her BF's car to have a beer. Being a teenager she got trashed off of one beer, stumbled over a big biker lady in her 40's as she was walking back to her seat next to me. They had words, the biker lady grabbed her hair, tuned her up in like 2 seconds, pulled her forwards by her hair, then shoved her backwards. The girl came flying over my shoulder head first. I grabbed her to stop her from smacking her head into the concrete. Biker lady got tossed by security.
Manson was still unknown. The crowd wasn't really reacting to him. The last song of the set was My Monkey. Manson had been wearing nothing but boots and spandex bike shorts. He dropped the bike shorts to reveal his bikini briefs with a whole in the front and his giant cock swinging around. The gasps could be heard all over the place even through the music. So many: "Oh my God!" and "Is that real?" It looked real for about half of the song. Then he was bending it in extreme ways and swinging it around, smashing it between speakers.
The Jim Rose Circus was a trip. Most of the hardcore stuff was done by a performer called "The Enigma". You may have seen him on some TV shows (The X Files notably). He was a skinny bald guy with a tattoo of a jigsaw puzzle all over his body. He was also a contortionist who could dislocate his shoulders and slide his entire body through a tennis racket with the webbing removed. This guy was really gnarly.
NIN came out and there was a camera crew in the audience. This was the show that they recorded the Hurt video for. Seeing that screen come down with the projection onto it was really cool. They also performed Burn with the same projection screen.
I could not have asked for a better concert to be my first. I've only been to a few in my life, but that was one that I still have the best memories of.
THATS_ENOUGH_REDDlT@reddit
I was one of like a dozen Blink 182 fans in 95-96
japhia_aurantia@reddit
My first concert was Nine Inch Nails on the Downward Spiral tour. Marilyn Manson opened before anyone knew who he was. It was an extraordinary experience.
manic_popsicle@reddit
Not me but for my daughters first concert at 13 my husband and I took her to see Billy Joel. Sheās 16 now and always loved him! It was such a great show, heās definitely a great showman. Between songs he told stories about his life and told jokes. It was so amazing and she has a really cool first concert story.
TheyCallMeSuperChunk@reddit
Y100's 2001 Jingle Ball Concert at the brand new American Airlines Arena (now Kaseya Center) in Miami. Lineup was a wild mix: Jewel, Shakira, Pink, Smash Mouth, and Shaggy.
punkopops@reddit
The smashing pumpkins melancholie tour!
bjkidder@reddit
Metallica. My mom took me and my brother. Guys behind us smoked weed and spilt beer on us. They gave out condoms to everyone on admission that everyone inflated and floated like balloons. I was 12. I thought for sure wed never be allowed to go to a show againā¦.
My mom just laughed and said she used to go Stones shows in London in the 60s. This was nothing.
phew
TuckerCarlsonsOhface@reddit
Aerosmith Pump tour. It was the first concert I went to on my own. The Black Crowes opened for them, but Iād never heard of them before that day. I was also about 13.
Afterward I learned Aerosmith was also my momās first major concert in college.
I also saw Phish perform to half empty gyms on college campuses before they hit it big.
Most memorable concert was the Faith No More, King For A Day tour. The audience started jumping up and down chanting āencoreā until they came back on stage. They had everyone keep jumping so the whole theater was shaking to the rhythm, and they started playing to the beat. It so visceral and heavy. Afterward parts of the ceiling were falling (old theater).
Deep-Grape-4649@reddit
Bush, and Moby opened! Some college tour in early 2000ās
MightyCaseyStruckOut@reddit
First concert: Green Day at Slim's in San Francisco in 1994. My dad didn't know anything about the band but took me and, even though he was pushing 60 at the time, he really enjoyed it. I obviously loved it.
Memorable concerts: each of the 7 times I've seen Radiohead. Weird Al Yankovic. Not a concert, but I attended Woodstock '99. It sucked but also rocked.
Jameson-Mc@reddit
Not first but very memorable - NIN - Self Destruct 95 - especially Hurt - wow chilling - never be years like the teen years - and the bands we knew were good but Father Time is doubling down on dat bet Chet
Digitallydust@reddit
First concert: Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine 1988.
Memorable concerts: Phish 1997(8?) in Ames. Springsteen 1999 in Minneapolis. Not a huge Springsteen fan, but they played for over 4 hours with 3 encores.
Best one I remember: 2003 RHCP with Mars Volta opening. Epic night.
nellienuke@reddit
Color Me Badd at the Minnesota State Fair!
Cocoonthem00n@reddit
I loved jon knight!
DrawTap88@reddit
U2 at the Tinley Park Amphitheater. It was the Auchtung Baby tour. They called the white house and shot (probably) fake money out of canons.
Cocoonthem00n@reddit
I saw Debbie Gibson in 1988 and sported my 3 tiered fluorescent green skirt!
macklin_sob@reddit
First concert was Metallica in 89. My older brother came home and said we were going. I thought he was joking at first. Amazing show and started a life long love of live music. I have taken my kids to many concerts and they all rocked.
Roonil-Wazlib-314@reddit
MC Hammer in 90? 91? My mom took me and pretty quickly we were both ready to just sit down and enjoy the show. Neither of us was (are?) big āstand up and scream for two hoursā people.
no_clever_name_yet@reddit
First concert: The Nylons in 1984 or 1985. I was 3 or 4. We had front row tickets. I remember CRANING my neck up at the stage and there was a smoke machine.
First concert without my parents (but with my sister) as a teen: The BoDeans at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand in 1996. First time I really remember smelling pot.
I have long since lost track of who was my first concert without a family member. (It may have been Incubus with a coworker? Maybe Phantom Planet on a bad first date?) I have gone to TOO MANY CONCERTS. I had to remind my husband this summer that we saw LCD Soundsystem when they came through town and they were so disappointing. He was saying heād like to see them live. āWEāVE SEEN THEM!ā āā¦ ohā¦ rightā¦ nevermind.ā
countessofgroan@reddit
I love The Nylons! Grew up listening to one of their albums on cassette during road trips
Skerrydude@reddit
Repressed memory, not his fault.
tec_0707@reddit
August 2001 - Bob Dylan, after I turned 18, with my parents and brother, at the Iowa State Fair. I'm probably biased, but I think it was a hella good first ever concert!
iloveScotch21@reddit
First concert was Michael Jackson 1984 at Mile High. Went to 9 Lollapaloozaās first one being the Pearl Jam one which was the best one. Worst was Smashing Pumpkins. Saw Pink Floyd as well as Page and Plant. Best shows ever. Body Count,Metallica and GNR (GNR sucked) Lots of shows at Red Rocks including Beastie Boys Eminem with Proof
hey_nonny_mooses@reddit
1st was Garbage opening for Smashing Pumpkins. Great memory
DStew713@reddit
My first favorite concert moment was seeing the Beastie Boys on the Hello Nasty tour. The summer before 12the grade. They went into Paul Revere with the first few lines then the audience basically did the rest.
neckbeardsghost@reddit
My first concert was a festival put on by the local radio station, called point Fest. The headliner was 311, and some other bands that played were they might be Giants, Violent Femmes, and Lisa Loeb.
I think one of my most memorable was the Red Hot Chili Peppers One Hot Minute tour, where they all came out only wearing a sock š
ProsodyProgressive@reddit
Van Halen 1995 Balance Tour š¤
countessofgroan@reddit
I never went to a concert until I was 21. My parents never took me to any, and I didnāt know much about rock music to begin with. But I loved U2 and they came to my college town for the Elevation Tour on my 21st birthday. So, I had to get tickets. They were nosebleed seats because I was a poor college kid, but I had a blast.
Riala4@reddit
Summer Sanitarium: Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and Metallica... especially memorable because I went by myself...and I got hit by someone's thrown beer, but oh well, it was still a blast!
Bright_Respect_1279@reddit
āØļøHansonš¶Hollywood Bowlš¶July 12, 1998āØļø
Illustrious-Roll7737@reddit
Metallica on the Black Album tour.
Hour-Elevator-5962@reddit
Lemonwheel
Malakaumd@reddit
Farm Aid 1999. My first concert ever was when I was in college. Had a great time, don't remember too much of it though...
Felinius@reddit
First one was Weird Al, and heās still one of my favorites to see, along with TSO.
happycheff@reddit
First concert Cyndi Lauper.Ā
Walter_Padick@reddit
My first was Don McClean opening for Electric Light Orchestra ^part2.
My second was Ozzfest 2000
SirBeeperton@reddit
Aerosmith. Must have late ā98 as the show got postponed twice. I donāt recall who was supposed to be the opening act the first two dates that got canceled (I want to say Spacehog??) but when they actually made it to the show Seven Mary Three opened. Loved 7Mary3 set, really turned me on to them.
It was me and three high school buddies with floor seats, something like row 26 (I got in line at 3am when they went on sale) on the end of the aisle, so nothing to our left & there were two or three seats in front of us that sat empty for all of 7Mary3ās set and at least 3 or 4 Aerosmith songs. Absolutely great seats and nothing immediately in front of us.
Eventually, this older (to us, they were probably in their 50s) couple came down, tall guy with long dark hair and a short lady with long blonde hair, both dressed in jeans and leather jackets. And they absolutely reeked of weed, way more than you need to have a good time, that smell just hovered around them. Then about 4 or 5 songs later he apparently says something to her she didnāt like so she hauls off and shoved him out into the side aisle before she pushes past him and storms off with him quickly following.
They never returned the rest of the show so we basically had essentially unobstructed floor views for the whole show, minus like 4 or 5 songs.
beccabau@reddit
First live concert, The Beach Boys. First live concert without my parents, The Cranberries.
j1gg5@reddit
First concert was TMNT Coming Out of Their Shells Tour! Pretty sweet! I guess that isn't really a concert but I still count it. The first actual concert I went to was Pearl Jam.
RushBubbly6955@reddit
I found the music on YouTube recently lol
Crossfit46@reddit
DJ jazzy Jeff and the fresh prince š¬š
RushBubbly6955@reddit
ranaldo20@reddit
Marshall Tucker Band with my folks when I was barely 3. š
The first "me" concert was Lollapalooza 95. Great times.
Clear_Sign7587@reddit
REM on the Monster tour in 1995. I was lucky enough to see them in Albany and Buffalo that summer/fall. I was 17 and felt like nothing could top that feeling of seeing your favorite band, but looking back on it know realizing how lucky I was because it was the last tour for the full band!
MsBlondeViking@reddit
My first concert was Everclear, I was 16. Saw them at First Avenue in Minneapolis Mn. Letters to Cleo and Our Lady Peace were the openers. Was also my most memorable concert. I caught the attention of a band member, and his attention kept returning to me throughout lol. My boyfriend at the time loved it, he went around boasting about it to our friends.
illwill79@reddit
My ex and I went to K-Ci and Jojo back in like 2000. Case was also there. Can't remember who else. Was actually a good concert! Was in the Quad Cities, IL
Current-Struggle-514@reddit
Violent Femmes at Endicott College in 1993 with my cousin
djsynrgy@reddit
Not counting my Dad's performances (not a national name or anything; he's an organist and conductor,) or school trips to The Kennedy Center to see orchestral and/or ballet-ish, I think my first proper concert was Harry Belafonte, at Wolf Trap. I was 10 or 11 at the time, so '90/'91.
Mom took me and my older sister. It was a great show; really intimate. Somewhere in the middle, he brought his (grown) daughter on stage and she sang a few songs with him.
What really struck me was how, in-between songs, his regular speaking voice was a hoarse whisper; sounded like he'd spent a lifetime smoking cigars and gargling broken glass; but as soon as he started singing, all that rasp vanished, and he sounded just like the records. It was incredible.
It was also when I learned about when to leave a concert, to avoid being stuck for hours in the parking lot. As soon as he hit the first "DAY-O" of the banana boat song, Mom was very suddenly all-business, like, "OKAYKIDSGETUPWEGOTTAGORIGHTF'INGNOW" š
SchucksAndMucks@reddit
Rolling Stones - Kingdome 1994. Spin Doctors opened. Iāve been chasing the dragon ever since with that high bar! (Also, thanks to my mom who still is pretty cool!)
DrSquirrelbrain@reddit
Tool, Knoxville TN, November 2002
Psychological-Let-90@reddit
First ever = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Most Fun = Reel Big Fish
Esoteric_Owl87@reddit
Saw Eminem at the Warped Tour 98/99 ish.
Skerrydude@reddit
Don't forget blink 182 was also on that bill!
marathonrunner79@reddit
Paula Abdul was my first concert in the early 90ās.
tider06@reddit
Goldfinger with Reel Big Fish as the opener. Early 1997 at the Masquerade in Atlanta.
noonesaidityet@reddit
I saw a bunch of those big Christian arena acts in the early-mid 90s because of youth group, like Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline, and I can't even remember who else, but there was a lot of them. At one of those shows was also the first time I ever smelled weed.
The first big concert I went to on purpose was Smashing Pumpkins on the Mellon Collie tour. Went to 2 shows on that tour.
Skerrydude@reddit
The only similar band i saw was mxpx as my first show, maybe during their buffalo album tour, up in Montreal with few of the youth group kids.
I just drove 7 hours to see them last night after damn near 3 decades.
TheGirlwThePinkHair@reddit
I saw Tiffany & NKOTB opened for her!
troyteeds@reddit
Anthrax and White Zombie at Redrocks.
flowbkwrds@reddit
First concert I wanted to go to was a local radio station music festival in the mid to late 90s. We really went to see Tonic and also ended up seeing NSYNC, who weren't that well known at the time. A few months later NSYNC blew up to the level we think of today. I couldn't tell people for years that NSYNC was my first concert because I was a metal head and I'd lose all my street cred. I had to say it was TOOL in 2001.
Skerrydude@reddit
Your street cred is safe with us!
Brashear99@reddit
Ozzy, Retirement Sucks Tour 1996
Jennos23@reddit
Lollapaloozaā94 That line-up was just incredible.
roxylikeahurricane@reddit
4th grade Amy Grant š š š
eastbayted@reddit
My first concert was "Weird" Al Yankovic. I was maybe 8 or 9. I've seen him multiple times since.
Rawbeet@reddit
It was either the bare naked ladies or weird Al, both were epic.
KudosOfTheFroond@reddit
Dec 31st 1999-Jan 1st 2000
Big Cypress National Park in the Everglades Florida.
PHISH
Iāll never top that concert no matter if I live another century.
hi984390@reddit
The Monkees. My mom picked me up from 4H camp and took me. Best week ever!
greggerypeccary@reddit
Metallica, Danzig and Suicidal Tendencies, 1994. The pit was insane
Battlingdragon@reddit
My first concert was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 90/91.
Morns4Morn@reddit
Pointfest (105.7) in St. Louis.
Useful-Recover4710@reddit
The Bangles
Revolutionary-Emu154@reddit
Not my first but most memorable was the first Coachella. Ben Harper / Rage Against the Machine / Tool closed the last day. Most insane show Iāve ever been to.
b1rdwatch3r@reddit
First was NKOTB with my older sister.
First I paid for was Aerosmith Nine Lives Tour.
Favorite memories are Woodstock 99 and being front row center twice for Pearl Jam.
benska@reddit
Voodoo Glowskulls behind a shoe store in Van Nuys. I was in 8th grade and I still can't believe my parents let me go.
YEMolly@reddit
My first concert was Bon Jon, Skid Row opening. I was in the 4th grade. š
Significant-Rush-129@reddit
Silverchair in 1995. I think the band members werenāt much older than us! I crowd-surfed. Very memorable. Tons of fun!
Quimbymouse@reddit
My first legit concert was being dragged along to a Terri Clark arena concert. The only thing I really remember is her advertising Kraft brand products between each song.
My first concert of my own volition was CSN&Y during their CSNY2K reunion tour. Awesome show.
Masterweedo@reddit
The first concert I bought tickets to was Insane Clown Posse's "Wicked Clowns from Outer Space Tour" in Chicago at the House of Blues, Night 3.
I got my ribs fucked up when the mosh pit shifted during the opening act. We didn't even get a full ICP show, Shaggy was rendered unconscious midway though the show and they kicked everyone out when he wouldn't wake up.
I've seen ICP multiple times since then, they always put on a great show. These days I still go to Gatherings, I've been taking my cousins when they hit 21, and sometimes I get them to rush the stage for Faygo Armageddon with me.
SaladAnnual@reddit
Janet Jackson, Jones Beach 1994
purpleteenageghost@reddit
I went to countless smaller shows before, but I think my first major one was either Fuel/Buckcherry/Eve 6 or 311/Jimmyās Chicken Shack. They were both 1999.
hypermark@reddit
My actual first concert was Alabama on their Roll On tour. I hated country, but I was an only child, so where my parents went, I went.
First concert I actually wanted to go to was in 1993 to see Aerosmith on their Get a Grip tour.
Collective Soul opened for them and they were awesome.
VeniceDrumGuy@reddit
My first concert was at the Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Third Eye Blind with Our Lady Peace and Eve6 opening in 1998, but the concert that changed the course of my life happened a year later on a rainy Tuesday(9/28/99) night in Birmingham. Phish crushed it that night and since that night, Iāve seen them 41 more times.
ZealousidealDog4802@reddit
First concert was MC Hammer with my mom, early 90s. A really memorable one was Godsmack opening for the Deftones, Alpine valley 2001. Some guy, from the area I lived, recognized me from a party and came up to me and said I have all these joints and nobody to smoke with, like a wet dream or something... Anywho, we smoked joints and watched as these two large men (picture tweedlydee and tweedlydumb) would stand about 20 feet away from each other and say "you the man, no you the man!" to each other then running and belly bump trying to knock the other over I think, then they would high five. They did it over and over again during Godsmacks set, Hilarious. Then it poured cats and dogs at the beginning of Deftones set, my girlfriend and I ran out to the car. Deftones eventually played but we were SOL because we left, yada yada yada we had a really good time.
terriblystupidjoke@reddit
My first was Metallica in ā97 at the Pyramid in Memphis. I had begged my mom for months to take me and a friend. She finally folded.
Admittedly, it was weird having my very straight-edge, local church leader mom with me (and hearing a bunch of drunk mullets cat-calling her), but it was an amazing and unforgettable experience regardless.
Sal_Paradise81@reddit
RATM and Wu-Tang with Atari Teenage Riot as an opener I think? It was sick. š¤
subsonicmonkey@reddit
Itās hard to say what my first concert was. I used to go camping at bluegrass festivals in the California gold country a lot as a kid.
When I was 10, my family went to see the Beach Boys for my birthday when Kokomo was huge. Around the same time, we went to see the Everly Brothers reunion tour because my mom was a huge fan.
When I was 13, my friend in 8th grade (and his mom) took me to see Van Halen (Van Hagar) on the F.U.C.K. tour in 93.
So, I dunno if you count family outings, or if itās the first concert I really wanted to see. But one of those was the āfirstā one.
literanch@reddit
First - 311 and Jimmiās Chicken Shack in 2000
Memorable - The Postal Service (2013), The Blood Brothers (2024), Blink 182 (2002)
Greatest - Warped Tour 2001
GoonieMcflyguy@reddit
I think mine is up there. It was at a theme park in the mid 90s. The Roots (iladelphalflife era), Erykah Badu (Baduizm era), Cypress Hill and the headliner was Parliament Funkadelic with the mothership landing all at the same show. My parents are pretty rad.
pizza5001@reddit
The first show I intentionally bought tickets for was to see the Melvinās. I wore white jeans and a blue plaid shirt. Back then, people smoked cigarettes inside the club. I went on to go to shows almost every week for like 10 years.
AdjacentShelf@reddit
Janet Jackson, Velvet Rope Tour
Sneaky_Snack_333@reddit
First concert: Garth Brooks in 1993 I think. No one had ever seen an artist fly over crowds before that.
Weāre old, yāall.
heidivodka@reddit
Saw Muse when I was 17, they were absolutely amazing and I was front row standing and didnāt know who they were at the time.
__ohno_notagain__@reddit
First rock concert was Smashing Pumpkins in June 1996 at The Palace. My older friends who had a rock band let me tag along and showed me the ropes, like how to get to the front of GA.
First festival was Lilith Fair in August 1997, I think at Tinley Park.
Second festival (of sorts) was my freshman year for MTV Campus Invasion 1999 with Orgy and Sugar Ray. Set and setting far more important than the actual bands.
A coworker brought me along for her front row seats to Tori Amos in 2003, not cheap. Thatās the closest Iāve sat to an artist performing like that in a large theater like that. Smaller more intimate performances, but first time at that scale.
The first year that EDC went to LAs Vegas, the Above & Beyond sunrise set had me crying about dancing astronauts. That was enough EDC for me though.
The Flaming Lips and Elton John at Bonnaroo in 2014 was big for me. I cried again. And I was the only āfriendā in the audience with Lips, everyone else was so faded. Iāve always wanted to reach out to them about that moment and then I talk myself out of it.
svengeiss@reddit
First concert with my dad was Brooks and Dunn in like ā94. First concert I bought my own tickets for was $5 for Creed in ā97.
newgreyarea@reddit
I feel like someone owes you $5.
svengeiss@reddit
Haha ya it was still fun. This was before they got really big. Brings back great memories of Floydās and Tennessee St in Tallahassee.
dorabug@reddit
First concert was Depeche Mode in 1998, Philly. Stabbing Westward opened for them. Silly me, at the time as a moody alt/emo teen, I was more excited to see Stabbing Westward.
Iāve since seen Depeche Mode for nearly every tour that has come through the Philly/NJ/NYC area and theyāre just as good as I remember them being 30 years ago.
Iāll always wish I had been old enough to see them at the 101 show in Cali!
rust-e-apples1@reddit
Beck with Ben Folds Five opening. Probably summer of 1997.
Admirable-Nothing642@reddit
As nice as this sub reddit is... this one's a bit greasy for me
questions like this can be common security questions institutions use to try and combat clients/citizens identity theft??
weezie_lou@reddit
My first concert was Nelson (The Nelson Twins) in St. Louis in 1991. I LOVED them at the time. I question the judgment of my younger selfā¦
Dean_Proffitt@reddit
My first concert was seeing the Foo Fighters on The Colour and the Shape tour. 13 year old me was so excited to get Dave and Taylor to wave and smile at us when they walked behind the stage. It was in a hockey arena and we were peering over from an upper level.
onagdbicycle@reddit
INXS on the X tour. Soup Dragons opened up. I think I was in 7th grade and the show blew my mind
thoughtfractals85@reddit
The highway men when I was 6 or 7. I wish I had clearer memories of seeing those legends all in one place!
I took my mom to see her favorite band, The Rolling Stones, in 2016, and Kid Rock opened (he played a lot of his older stuff ). That's a memory I'll always cherish.
newgreyarea@reddit
Woah! The Highway Men?! Dope!!
kjb76@reddit
I saw Menudo (huge Puerto Rican boy band from the 80s) at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in 1983.
CheesyRomantic@reddit
I remember them being a guest on Seseme Street!
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
Of course I know them! Thatās awesome!!!
kjb76@reddit
Really?! Nobody outside Hispanic people, especially girls of a certain generation, know who they are. I had all their records too and watched their weekly variety show. They even had a kid friendly telenovela.
KinNortheast@reddit
People found out about menudo when Ricky Martin blew up
no_clever_name_yet@reddit
Ricky Martin was in Menudo. OF COURSE WE KNOW MENUDO.
kjb76@reddit
I kinda forgot about Ricky Martin!! Hahahahaha. I associate him mostly with his solo career.
Imaginary-Look-4280@reddit
They got talked about a lot when Ricky Martin blew up with his solo stuff in the late 90s, I know them too!
SCSAFAN316@reddit
Pearl Jam
brokenman82@reddit
my first concert was was Kid Rock, Dope, and David Alan Coe at Roberts Stadium. I am not proud of that fact.
NahKnotToday@reddit
Aquabats in San Diego sometime in 1999.
1ConsiderateAsshole@reddit
Day after my twelfth birthday my uncle took us to see Metallica with GNR and Faith No More.
Darkling_13@reddit
My dad took me to see a show on this tour! It was my second concert ever. The sound for FNM was horrible, but all three bands put on great performances!
CSWorldChamp@reddit
Tom Waits, Get Behind the Mule tour, Chicago, 1999
minor-giraffe@reddit
My first big-name concert was Nancy Griffith. My parents brought me, and my fuzzy memories are that it was a very small venue.
First concert without parents was in 8th grade- Alanis Morissette touring Jagged Little Pill.Ā I called Ticket Master to get tickets, and the line was busy every time I called, so I just kept calling for hours. No one could call the house until I got my tickets.Ā
Designer-Bid-3155@reddit
Anyone who was anyone in the 80s I saw in the 80s.... overall, I've seen about 300 bands/ musicians live since I can remember (not including local bands). Music runs in my veins. Best concert was a bucket list item..... David Gilmour @ MSG last year. Fucking epic. $900 for 1 ticket. NOTHING will ever top that. He's my man. Saw Waters in Boston 15 years ago, second best show ever.
newgreyarea@reddit
My drummer took me to David Gilmour at the Hollywood bowl. He got free tix from work. It was amazing. I donāt really get into guitarist the way other guitarist do but he is one of my guys. The handicapped section was completely full. Looked like valet parking with wheelchairs in columns. I liked being the young person at a show for once. š
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
Damn! You are the man!
Designer-Bid-3155@reddit
I'm a women, but thanks
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
My bad lol
Adrasteia-One@reddit
Very first concert was Rush. As a teen bassist just getting into prog, it was life-changing!
irate_alien@reddit
a really warm memory for me was seeing the Dismemberment Plan at the Black Cat in Washington DC on their reunion in 2011. went with friends from college that i used to go see them in the 90s when we were in college in DC and D Plan were a local band playing all kinds of small weird venues. of course a lot of people at the show were strangers but it felt like we were all old friends that night.
SlinkDogg@reddit
Iāve seen both coolios last concert and ODBs last concert.
Unicornholers@reddit
I was born in Texas in the 80s. In 1990 my dad moved us to Middle/Northern British Columbia Canada. My first concert was Nickelback in the late 90s, just before Silver Side Up released ( Before they broke borders.) I loved em back then and it was a GREAT show for "small" town.
apresmoiputas@reddit
Honestly, I didn't see my first concert, which I didn't perform in (band geek here) until I was 21 and I was in Prague. It was Mozart's Don Giovanni. Unfortunately, I grew up in the deep South and my parents were very cheap, let's just say.
carryon4threedays@reddit
Memorable - Cypress Hill around 2000 or so. B Real lit one up on stage and passed it to me on the front row.
newgreyarea@reddit
Midnight Hour & Big Mama Crumb in what used to be a car repair shop. Fairly certain it was near Halloween and MH dressed up like KISS. Both were local bands. The first being kinda moody alt stuff and the later being freaky funky punk. I remember the singer of BMC (Fuck Spinner Lopez!!š)breaking open glow sticks, dumping them into the pit and the lights going out. Swirl of color in the dark. Had blood on my back from some hot goth chickās (Cara) spiked gauntlet that got me in the back in the pit. I caught a ride home in the trunk of some strangerās car with a couple of other people. The front was full and they didnāt want to leave us stranded cuz we were like 13 years old and it wasnāt a good location to be stranded in. Mostly went to these types of shows. The first big concert I went to was White Zombie. Wasnāt really a fan but Filter was opening and I loved that record. Still spin it regularly. My girlfriend put a bunch of acid in my mouth and it kicked in right when White Zombie started popping off with the pyrotechnics. They had what looked like a graveyard behind them that projected shadows on the backdrop in a cool way. Explosions and maybe some crucified clowns dropping from above. I was high as fuck so that may be a bit dodgy in the memory dept. Mostly punk shows in weird places. Then I got a car and could travel for shows. They didnāt come to my town usually. I probably see a few shows a month til this day. Not much on the calendar for this month tho.
Ginkgo78@reddit
Not my first, but I saw B.B. King twice & went to see Roger Daltrey open for Eric Clapton.
Dwayne_@reddit
Saw Faith no More, Metallica, Guns and Roses when I was 11. It was an amazing show; however, the hour or two between Metallica and Guns and Roses where the cameras just panned across the audience, and women flashed the camera/jumbotron was incredibly awkward at age 11 with both of my parents there.
fromthedarqwaves@reddit
First real concert: Leon Russell. 2nd: Elton John. I saw the beach boys after a minor league baseball game and Alan Jackson at the fair but those werenāt real concerts to me. Leon was awesome as was Elton John. Leon was fully blind by the time I saw him but he still out on an amazing show. His son played on drums. Elton was surprisingly showy considered how portly he is. He was very animated and all over the stage, at one point lying on top of the piano and playing down towards the keys. But the one i kick myself over is New Kids on the Block. I liked them like everyone else but going to concerts wasnāt something I really thought about. But one night my mom was driving me around and I noticed a huge line of people extending down the street. The line was full of kids my age. The next day everyone at school was talking about how great the concert was. For my smallish town, New Kids coming was a huge deal. We never got big names. There was no place for them large enough so it was at the university stadium by my house.
jtmann05@reddit
Iām almost ashamed to admit it, but mine was Ted Nugent at the Allegan County Fairā¦I think 1994. My Dad took me after begging him while we were already on the grounds. My Mom and sister just walked around and rode more rides until we were done. I still have the ticket stub somewhere.
atampersandf@reddit
My first concert was Dave Matthews Band at the Summerfest grounds in MKE.Ā The kick ass part of that was that Los Lobos opened.Ā The crowd were a bunch of dicks, though, and just wanted La Bamba.
I have a few other memorable ones -- Soul Coughing at a small university before they split, Radiohead at Bonnaroo, Ben Folds at my local small venue, Garbage as the second to play at the new venue in their hometown.
I'm near enough to old Smart Studios and enjoy watching tourists stop by and take photos and selfies from time to time.
atampersandf@reddit
I also went to Lilith Fair at the same Summerfest grounds many years later and Sheryl Crow rocked it.
DisastrousFlower@reddit
prob there with all my girlfriends lol
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
DMB š« I got upgraded for them. Second row. I could see Boyd Tinsleyās strings breaking. They always bring me back to my summer camp days so theyāll always have a special place in my heart
Nottheadviceyaafter@reddit
Silver chair. Old festival hall in Brisbane Australia. Had seating tickets. Jumped the barrier, had security chase but not catch me straight into the pit. That was my first.
hargle_bargle@reddit
First concert was Rush in Ottawa, ā96 or ā97. Memorable concerts include DMB in Detroit mid 2000s, and the 2nd Toronto show on the farewell tour of The Hip.
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
So freakin lucky to have seen The Hipā¦..one of my regrets not seeing them
js4873@reddit
My first concert was my dad taking me to a Jethro Tull show! My first with friends might have been blues traveler?
ohwowimonredditcool@reddit
weird al during the smells like nirvana tour. he fell and parts of his accordian flew everywhere. he let people keep the parts as they tried placing them back on stage lol. such a badass.
Darkling_13@reddit
This was my first concert, too! Amazing performance! Also the first time I saw goth kids, funny enough.
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
Not sure why this made me think of Lenny Kravitz and his pants ripping š¤£ saw a comedy show and the comedian joked about how his cock is so big it was a backup singer š¤£
sabo81@reddit
My first concert was Bruce Springsteen in 1992 when I was 11. The first time I saw DMB in 1998 was memorable for me
EdwardDorito@reddit
My very first concert ever was in 1995 when I was 9. Boyz II Men with Montell Jordan opening, in Jacksonville. At the time he was huge for This Is How We Do It. Boyz II Men were huge for a fuckton of songs. It was wild as hell. My mom took me and my brother with one of her younger friends we called our aunt. Mom was not prepared lol.
Montell had a squad of female dancers clad in nothing but short trenchcoats and there was fake rain falling. People were losing their minds. Boyz II Men came out in all their mid 90s glory and played for probably 2 hours. So many hits. And at the end, a weird box/spaceship thing dropped down from the ceiling and they got into it and there was a huge flash and it "disappeared". I still don't know where to š¤«
It was really something though. I didn't go on to be a singing and dancing R&B star like I originally wanted to but I was sufficiently impacted that my brother and i did eventually start a rock and roll band and that was years of fun and excitement. Wild shit lol
shebringsdathings@reddit
Tina Turner at the Gorge. It was phenomenal. She danced circles around backup dancers half her age. So glad I got the opportunity.
Slim_Margins1999@reddit
Marilyn Manson was my first concert. Antichrist Superstar Tour 1996
Mac_A81@reddit
My first concert was Bush. My parents took me. lol
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
When I go to shows now and see adults with their sleeping kids lol, I hope one day the kids will appreciate being there. To my kids, āmy music still sucksā š¤£
TrustInRoy@reddit
Up In Smoke
Snoop, Dre, Cube, Eminem, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Kurupt, Xzibit
_mersault@reddit
Iām thankful I had parents who gave me a long enough leash to attend this at my age
TrustInRoy@reddit
And it was MC'ed by the comedian who played the crazy bum in Friday
_mersault@reddit
Smokey over here takin a shit!
deathinsarajevo@reddit
My first ārealā concert was Rancid at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
LouieRock@reddit
Dave Matthews Band in 1998. Now you couldnāt pay me to listen to DMB.
RylosAU@reddit
Carcass, when they toured Australia in 1993 for the album Heartwork. They did an all ages gig on Saturday afternoon that my friends and I went to. Still one of my favourite gigs.
Chihlidog@reddit
Bryan Adams. That was well before "Everything I do" and his big hit at that time was In The Heat of the Night.
Most memorable - Pink Floyd on The Division Bell tour in 1994. It was life changing. If you've seen the Pulse live video, thats exactly what it was like in person. Ill never forget how incredible that was.
mountednoble99@reddit
Iāve actually only been to one paid concert. Styx and Bad Conpany
On_my_last_spoon@reddit
I saw Peter, Paul, and Mary when I was 8 I think for my first concert! My parents took me to at least 3 of their concerts.
dollheads@reddit
I was a military brat and lived overseas for a good part of the 90s. Montell Jordan (āThis is How We Do Itā) did a USO tour and performed on base one year. I hung out afterwards while he signed autographs, but realized I didnāt have anything for him to sign, so I panicked and grabbed a Cheez-It box I had just found on the ground, and had him sign it.
Iām sorry I had you sign garbage, Montell Jordan.
AwayTackle7581@reddit
I saw The Spin Doctors back in '93 or '94 with my 5th grade girlfriend š
Independent-Gene7737@reddit
Hello. We saw The Spin Doctors this past summer in Denverā¦they were great. Still tight and a hell of a lot of fun.
LizBethie@reddit
My mom brought me to see Billy Joel and Elton John at Rich Stadium in Buffalo. We packed into a mini van and all the non driving adults had roadies. They told me it was hard the best show I was ever going to see was my first one. It was the height of both of their touring fame... it was great.
elruab@reddit
I was 5 and Cinderella was opening for Judas Priest at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. I didnāt know either band. The name āJudas Priestā sounded cool to me, so I wanted to go for my birthday. The only thing I remember was asking my father why the band was called Cinderella, followed by his response - a shrug of the shoulders and āI donāt know. Maybe because they have long hair?ā - apparently I didnāt stay awake very long into the show.
Rare-Treat-2727@reddit
My first was Pink Floyd. Division Bell tour. It was awesome but later saw Beastie Boys after Ill Communication came out. Core memory for sure.
Independent-Gene7737@reddit
12 years old, The Eagles touring their new album, Hotel California with Joe Walsh as opener. Albuquerque NM
usernames_suck_ok@reddit
I'm surprised so many people people didn't go to a concert until the 90s (if I'm reading the answers correctly vs being the most memorable). My whole family went to a New Edition concert in the 80s. I can't remember who the opening acts were, but they were also known R&B acts. I was at the "Live In Memphis" concert Celine Dion has out on video/YouTube (it was actually two concerts meshed together to look like one, and I was at the first night), and that's why it's the most memorable. I was right in front of the camera setup.
antisocialnetwork77@reddit
First show was Tool, Fitchburg Arena in Fitchburg MA, February 1997. Rescheduled from November of 1996 because Maynard got a gnarly illness and couldnāt sing. Wish I could live it again. I was 17, went with my best friends in the whole world, one of the last great memories of my adolescence before life started kicking me in the ass due to no fault of my own (homeless at 17 like three weeks later, alcoholic grandmother raising me, yay fun.)
CommanderAmander@reddit
My first concert was New Kids on the Block. My second concert was also New Kids on the Block.
sincerelyryan@reddit
Radiohead at the Greek Theater just after Kid A released.
Alternative_Plan_823@reddit
I saw Blink-182 open for Primus in Vail, CO at the hockey arena in about '97. Life changing at the time.
IndubitableMatt@reddit
Suicidal Tendencies, Danzig, and Metallica - on the same bill in ā92. I was 14 and my dad let me go only if he could come with š¤.
karatechop97@reddit
Live Throwing Copper tour at Blossom Music Center in mid 90s. Banger of a show.
DisastrousFlower@reddit
cranberries back in about 1997, with my cool uncle!
Longjumping-Air1489@reddit
Best I ever saw was Peter Gabriel - US tour.
Amazing show. And I was in the side view nosebleed seats.
drhoi@reddit
MC Hammer with Vanilla Ice as an opener. āŗļø
Particular_Cold_8366@reddit
First concert was Tim McGraw opening for Wynonna in 1994.
First concert I went without parents/bought my own ticket was Wallflowers & Counting Crows in 1997.
C_Me@reddit
Yeah, I saw Counting Crows maybe a few years later around 2000-02. One of my earliest concerts.
Would have liked to catch one of those Garth Brooks concerts when he was at his heightā¦ some of them set records for crowd sizes.
GrandPipe4@reddit
Paula Abdul, 1991, Under My Spell tour at the Coliseum near Cleveland - I was 11 and it was amazing. Color Me Badd opened.
curlinrondo@reddit
I saw this tour too!
tasteofhuman@reddit
Red Hot Chili Peppers with Muse and Foo Fighters opening. David Grohl came off the stage at one point and started walking through the crowd. Came up to the second level and stood about 10 feet away, drinking a beer someone had handed him and soaking up the whole thing. It was awesome
Comfortable_Tale9722@reddit
First concert was Alan Jackson
kmmccorm@reddit
Beck on the Loser tour in 1994 followed by Green Day on the Dookie tour a few months later. Both were incredible.
Middleage_dad@reddit
Spudstock.Ā
It was supposed to be a 30,000 person music festival in the northern Maine potato fields. About 6,000 people showed up.Ā
hamburgler26@reddit
Dave Matthewās Band Crash tour. Was working a vending station but got to enjoy the entire show.Ā
energetic-landlord@reddit
I'm so jealous of the other comments! :)
My first concert was Metallica in 1997. I was in 10th grade and I'm pretty sure it was a school night. How I got my mom to let me go to that, I'll never know.
They put on a damn good show, too.
Nosemuffin@reddit
Whitney Houston when I was 8. My most memorable was Green Day when I was around 16. My friend and I were in the very front, holding onto the bar. There was a lot of crowd surfing and someone fell down on her and she got knocked unconscious.
FoppyRETURNS@reddit
Pearl Jam No Code tour 1996
sweetbirthdaybaby333@reddit
I saw a couple others that were fine but not my faves (Silverchair, Everclear, Foo Fighters) before going to see Tori Amos in August 1996. Tori was my everything then, and the album Boys for Pele had recently come out. She played a piano, harpsichord, and organ that night. She humped the piano bench. She played a bunch of my favorites. She played Purple Rain. I was in tears.
RipErRiley@reddit
Best concert I ever went to was Green Day at ā98 Edgefest in Montreal.
Dramatic-Yam1984@reddit (OP)
š„³ Montreal š«
S_A_R_K@reddit
The Ramones in 95. Joey Ramone got hit in the face with a cup of beer and didn't even flinch. Fucking legend
ridelikeagurl@reddit
Beck opened for Neil Young. I saved up my babysitting money and bought my dad & I tickets for Father's day.