Concerts (Music)

[sk]

I'm pretty happy with what artists and bands I've been able to see over the years.
Seen most of my favourites. Not so much in their prime though since many of them was at their best in the 70's when I was a kid... but still. 🙂

My "problem" with going to concerts is all the hassle around it.
Don't mind the concert bit. It's the travelling, the waiting, the hurting back and stuff like that which always make me hesitate before buying tickets.

/SK

 

[hoponlilmama]

Too many to remember them all. My first gig was Mick Ronson at Birmingham Town Hall just after Bowie disbanded The Spiders and the last one was Alice Cooper in 2017 (unless you count the Creedence tribute band I saw a couple of months ago). In between I've seen quite a variety of acts - Rod Stewart, The Rolling Stones, The Undertones, 10cc, Stiff Little Fingers, The Specials, The Beat, The Selecter, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Billy Bragg, Robert Plant, The Pretenders, The House Martins, Marillion, Jethro Tull, The Ramones, ZZ Top, Fairport Convention, Adam and the Ants, Roxy Music, The Pogues...and many more. Those are just off the top of my head. Acts I wish I'd seen but probably won't now include Led Zeppelin, The Clash, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, XTC, Bruce Springsteen, Blondie, Aerosmith, Bob Marley, Buzzcocks, Crowded House, The Damned, Elbow, The Faces etc. etc.

Wow! Thank you for sharing. You've seen many amazing bands! No doubt you have some wonderful memories from these concerts.

You might get a chance to see The Boss - he's still out there and touring.

I'm pretty happy with what artists and bands I've been able to see over the years.
Seen most of my favourites. Not so much in their prime though since many of them was at their best in the 70's when I was a kid... but still. 🙂

My "problem" with going to concerts is all the hassle around it.
Don't mind the concert bit. It's the travelling, the waiting, the hurting back and stuff like that which always make me hesitate before buying tickets.

/SK

I agree. It's not just the cost of the ticket - depending on one's location, there's petrol, there's the cost of parking, if you go out to eat before the show, if you buy any merchandise.

As for the hurting back - I don't do general admission (standing/mosh pit). I've done it three times and that was enough for me, it's gruelling. OK I guess if you're tall!
I like seating - yes, you're further away but you're guaranteed a spot! And you can have a bathroom break without hassle!

Joan the Vampire Slayer I regret not seeing Pink when she was in town.

If you ever get the opportunity - go. I've seen her twice, some of the best gigs I've been to.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

You might get a chance to see The Boss - he's still out there and touring.

I'd love to but Mrs P is not one for gigs, especially big ones with huge crowds and I wouldn't fancy trekking to Wembley, the O2 or whichever mega venue he's playing at to have a poor view and get a sore back and legs 😉 To be fair I have seen several Springsteen performances on TV and enjoyed them but it's not quite the same as a live show is it?

 

[hoponlilmama]

I'd love to but Mrs P is not one for gigs, especially big ones with huge crowds and I wouldn't fancy trekking to Wembley, the O2 or whichever mega venue he's playing at to have a poor view and get a sore back and legs 😉

Fair enough! Perhaps Mrs P can skip out and you can go with a mate instead? And get seating, rather than general admission. 😉

To be fair I have seen several Springsteen performances on TV and enjoyed them but it's not quite the same as a live show is it?

The same can be said for any great performer, right?! But sometimes, if distance/cost/health is an issue, the live DVD is the next best thing.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

I wish I could remember the places where I've seen groups like Black Sabbath (the original line up). There are some places I remember but not who I saw there.
Groups like Jethro Tull and Robert Plant I remember.
Some groups I've seen but I can't remember how to spell their names.

The best open air concert I went to though was Led Zeppelin at Knebworth house, both concerts.
Chas and Dave were surprisingly good, considering!

 

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

As for the hurting back - I don't do general admission (standing/mosh pit). I've done it three times and that was enough for me, it's gruelling.

Me and a couple friends are going to see mgk next month, and to save costs we decided to get lawn tickets. Oof! There's three openers so we may take advantage of those lawn chairs!

It's a five hour drive from Tulsa to Saint Louis, and we have to pay for a hotel, which was pretty expensive, so it's going to be an expensive trip, but not as bad if we had decided to get pit tickets, which were upwards of $200 each! Our lawn tickets were only $35! And the venue is not huge, so I'm not worried about us being able to see and hear the show just fine. And we've all seen mgk before, in general admission, so we don't feel like we're missing out.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

The size of the open air concerts can be a problem especially when the viewing arena is basically flat. Donington Raceway falls into that category. Though at the 1991 AC/DC concert many buildings were utilised to enable folk to see the stage which was bloody big. Knebworth House just north of London UK is set in a naturally occurring auditorium and just as well, it can house a 1/4 of a million viewers.
Those places were easier to get to than the Isle of Wight or Isle of Man (TT Motorcycle Races)

 

[hoponlilmama]

Me and a couple friends are going to see mgk next month, and to save costs we decided to get lawn tickets. Oof! There's three openers so we may take advantage of those lawn chairs!

It's a five hour drive from Tulsa to Saint Louis, and we have to pay for a hotel, which was pretty expensive, so it's going to be an expensive trip, but not as bad if we had decided to get pit tickets, which were upwards of $200 each! Our lawn tickets were only $35! And the venue is not huge, so I'm not worried about us being able to see and hear the show just fine. And we've all seen mgk before, in general admission, so we don't feel like we're missing out.

I guess the cheap tickets helps because of the cost of the hotel! (Hotels can be so expensive!). Definitely take advantage of the lawn chairs if you can get your hands on them!

I'm sure you'll have lots of fun at the show - and making a trip out of it with your friends. Enjoy! If you feel like reviewing the gig, please do. 🙂

 

[Moptop]

I've got a pretty good resume myself as far as concerts go. Let me see if I can remember them all.

Point Blank/REO .......Saw REO twice
Foghat/Blue Oyster Cult
Lionel Richie/Tina Turner
Queen/Billy Squire
Moody Blues/The Fixx
ZZtop
Chicago/Beach Boys...saw Chicago twice
Peter Noone/Frankie Vali and the Four Seasons
Ringo Starr and his all star band......twice. Once with Peter Frampton, Gray Brooker, Dave Edmonds, Simon Kirke, Nils Lofgren, & Jack Bruce, and once with Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schimtt, Todd Rundgren, Burton Cummings, Timmy Cappello, Zak Starkey.
Paul McCartney....with Linda
Sammy Hagar and the Waborita's with Vic Johnson on guitar!
Bon Jovi/Georgia Satellites
Rick Springfield/Martha Davis and the Motels
Cinderella
George Thorogood and the Philly Destroyers...excellent show!
The Cars
Peter Frampton with Bob Mayo
Robert Cray
Melissa Ethridge/Mathew Sweet......saw Mathew Sweet twice
Chuck Berry
Marshall Crenshaw
B B King/ Buddy Guy/John Hiatt
Eric Clapton/Jimmy Vaughn
1964 as the Beatles twice
The Knight Riders Band....who I ran sound for many times
John Davidson
Head East
Alan Jackson
Dwight Yoakum/Suzy Bogus
Mister Mister
Greg Kinn Band
Eddie Rabbitt
Kansas/Ozark Mountain Daredevils
I've also seen one of David Copperfield's shows as well as Red Skelton, George Carlin, Bill Cosby

I think this is all of them but I'm old and a few of them may have slipped thru the cracks.

 

[Moptop]

I just love seeing bands and performers in person. We have a couple of places here in town that spotlight a lot of the local bands that are pretty nice. One of them is an old movie theater. Columbia used to be a very good town for the local musicians until ASCAP came in and started pressuring the all the bar owners who didn't have a PRO licenses. That's when all the owners got together and said "we're not paying extortion" so no more cover bands. If you wanted to play there you had to do all original music. That killed a lot of venues opportunities here. It's kind of funny though as a large number of those bars ended up going out of business shortly after that as they no longer had anything to draw in the people. They moaned about the cost of a license, which was exorbitantly expensive, but it cost them more in lost revenue in the long run.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

That made me * insert an emotion here * as the outcome was the deterioration of the American economy, less equipment was sold to up and coming bands, therefore new equipment wasn't made as often, resulting in fewer people in work.
Also fewer people go to the venues, less fuel is bought, less drinks are bought at venues so less people are employed at making, selling the drinks . . . hence that gives a buggered up economy!