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   MickeySrposted 12 years ago

   I'm 57 now, which means I was 13 years old in 1967 when I went to my 1st concert - pretty hard to beat The Temptations in 1967, still with David Ruffin, as the best 1st concert experience you could have.

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      FloraBreenRobisonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Oh, wow. To see The Temptations at all in concert, never mind your first concert , is hard to beat. My first concert experience outside local concerts of classical music-I live in a city which is highly musical-was actually the New Kids on the Block when I was in grade 9. Th emost exciting concert I attended was David Bowie.

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         MickeySrposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         . . . 'Most Exciting Concert" is a good one too - unless you want to, I'll ask that as well (I'll wait a couple of days, if I see you've started that, I'll answer - if I don't see it, I'll ask). Bowie would be a good one for that - I saw The Who when they released "Who's Next", Clapton many times, Small Faces w/Rod Stewart, and lots of great acts . . . I even saw Santana when a hot dog stand fire cut the electric power to the stage for about 20 minutes and they went into an impromptu percussion stretch, throwing tambourines & maracas, out to the crowd and then as electricity was restored so smoothly going right back into 'Hope You're Feeling Better' to a wildly screaming crowd  - but a Savoy Brown show in '70 was pretty hard to beat. When they screamed "Do you want to rock all night?" like all bands did back then, they weren't trying to sound cool - they played for hours and wouldn't stop until their electricity was shut-off . . . great, great show.

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            davenmidtownposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            My first concert was seeing Tracy Chapman live in Berkeley.   It was pretty amazing but my favorite concert was seeing PINK.  My goal is to go see Adele in concert soon.

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      Painted Seahorseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      My first concert was R.E.M. at Chastain Park (Atlanta) when I was 14. My parents took me; it was a big outdoor arena. It was an awesome show! Now I'm sad to hear they're breaking up.

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      kimberlyslyricsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Bay City Rollers
      
      age 44 :

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      MickeySrposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      . . . because a few have rightly delighted at the thought of seeing the real temptations, I'll put a link (below) to an ancient photo of the event. I was close enough to get a great photo but the cheap camera and many years do not provide a great photo - but you can see David Ruffin to the left of the others.
      
      https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid … mp;theater

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         MickeySrposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         . . . I'm sorry - I should have said 'right' not 'left' . . . Ruffin is to the right of the others.

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      Shinkickerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Genesis in Scotland in 1982 on the Acacab tour, They played 'Supper's Ready' which was brilliant.

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      dtrunceposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love tour at MSG in NYC.

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      twosheds1posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Crosby, Stills & Nash at Blossom Music Center in 1983.

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   Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

   My first concert was George Harrison at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in the 70s.

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      Mighty Momposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      OMG.
      That is all I can muster.
      OMG.

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         Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Yup, everything after was compared to that.
         
         My second was David Cassidy That was great for a different reason at the time.

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      FloraBreenRobisonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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   Sunshine625posted 12 years ago

   Kenny Rogers in 1979 at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island ... I enjoyed every minute of the concert!

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      Mighty Momposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's where I saw my first concert, too!
      

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         Sunshine625posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         At the Nassau Coliseum?

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            Mighty Momposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Yes! I'm a Nassau County girl. You?
            Also saw some pretty cool shows at The Meadowlands .

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            Mighty Momposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Unless there is a Nassau BAHAMAS Colosseum that I'm not aware of...
            Or a Nassau in another state.
            We're both talking about Nassau Long Island, right?

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               Sunshine625posted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Yes, Mighty Mom I'm a Nassau County girl also....born and raised in Uniondale home of the NY Islanders!!! Nice to meet you:)

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                  Mighty Momposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  We were less than 20 miles from each other!
                  I grew up in Manhasset!!
                  Home of Jim Brown.
                  I probably passed by Uniondale a zillion times on my way to West End 2!!

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   Mighty Momposted 12 years ago

   My first concert was Seals and Croft right when they started getting into B'hai.
   It would not have been my first choice, but I went with a bunch of girlfriends.
   
   "Best Concert" rightly deserves its own thread!

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   recommend1posted 12 years ago

   I am afraid to admit that my first concert was for a little known rock/pop group who came on stage and announced they had reached number 1 in the charts for the first time !
   
   The Beetles at Margate Winter Gardens much too long ago.  I never actually heard them play for the girls screaming all the way through.

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   Hollie Thomasposted 12 years ago

   My first concert was in 83, UB40, 13th October to be exact, the day after my 17th birthday. I would have loved to see The Temptations and Jimmy Ruffin, however.

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   Sunshine625posted 12 years ago

   Hey MM! This is to cool! I sent you an email about Manhasset...not sure if it went through! Let me know via email...I'm signing off of HP now. It's been fun!!!

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   TTC12posted 12 years ago

   Heart at the Met Center in Bloomington, Mn, November 1978. It was fantastic for a first concert.

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   SimeyCposted 12 years ago

   The Scorpions in Bristol UK in 1980 - very strange as we all had to stay in our seats - it was like an organized head-bang!

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    brimancandyposted 12 years ago

    This may surprise a lot of people, but, my very first concert was Marie Osmond. This was when she was doing very well on her own as a country music artist. There might have been 4,000 people there, and I think the tickets were only $8.00. This was in 1985 or 86.
    
    Not very long after that I went to my first Major concert which was Def Leppard and Europe. Really awesome show with over 25,000 people in attendance. But it was an outdoor concert and blistering hot. About 30 people were hauled away to the hospital for heat stroke. But it was still fun and wild.

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    Dame Scribeposted 11 years ago

    I was 13 I went to the Bay City Rollers in Toronto. They were such eye candy and those accents, wow!

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    MundaneMondaysposted 11 years ago

    My first concert ? i was 17, it was at Madison Square Garden, Jay-Z's supposedly final show ...and it was amazing

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    msLarayneposted 11 years ago

    My first concert ever was in a Brooklyn New York Summer Concert series.  My first concert to see a major artist was "The Miseducation Tour" to see Lauryn Hill!

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    samislamposted 11 years ago

    Matchbox Twenty and Everclear in 2000 at the Rose Garden in Portland, OR.  I was 14, just moved to America with my family, and it was totally awesome.

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    ftclickposted 11 years ago

    I wish my first concert was Earth Wind & Fire. However, seeing U2 in the 80s was a delight.

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    Reality Bytesposted 11 years ago

    KISS in '79

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    Thelma Albertsposted 11 years ago

    Santana Concert, a few years ago in  Germany. It was awesome.

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    Greekgeekposted 11 years ago

    A free performance by Dar Williams at my college for May Day Festivities in the 90s.
    
    But for a true concert, as in a show on a big stage, my first was Trans Siberian Orchestra a few years ago. That was highly entertaining. Beethoven's 5th should always be performed with pyrotechnics, lasers and heavy metal, IMO.

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