List Of Concerts I've Been To.........

Listed by show, opening act, date, venue, city, & attendance

KISS	Detective	Dec. 2, 1977	Civic Center	St. Paul, Mn.	17,500
Aerosmith	Exile	Oct. 14, 1978	Civic Center	St. Paul, Mn.	17,500
Blue Oyster Cult	Brownsville Station	May 18, 1979	Riverside Arena	Austin, Mn.	5,000
Kansas	LeRoux	July 8, 1979	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	7,000
Cheap Trick	Romantics	July 21, 1979	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Ted Nugent	Blackfoot, & Scorpions	August 11, 1979	Civic Center	St. Paul	17,500
Kiss	Judas Preist	Sept. 28, 1979	Met Center	Minneapols, Mn.	13,000
Blue Oyster Cult	none	Oct. 26, 1979	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Outlaws	Molly Hatchet, & John Mellencamp	Oct. 30, 1979	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
U.F.O.	Off Broadway	Mar. 21, 1980	Civic Theater	St. Paul, Mn.	2,000
Van Halen	The Rails	Apr. 13, 1980	Civic Center	St. Paul, Mn.	17,500
Ted Nugent	Scorpions	June 8, 1980	Civic Center	St. Paul, Mn.	17,500
Eagles	Christopher Cross	June 24, 1980	Civic Center	St. Paul, Mn.	17,500
Alice Cooper	Billy Squire	July 3, 1980	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Heart	Joe Perry	July 26, 1980	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Journey	none	July 30, 1980	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Black Sabbath	Blue Oyster Cult, Shakin' Street	Aug. 19, 1980	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Jethro Tull	Whitesnake	Oct. 20, 1980	Civic Center	St. Paul, Mn.	12,000
Kansas	Loverboy	Mar. 14, 1981	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	10,000
Judas Preist	Savoy Brown	May 14, 1981	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	7,000
Joe Walsh	David Lindley	June 10, 1981	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	12,000
Rush	Joe Perry	July 2, 1981	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Rush	Joe Perry	July 3, 1981	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Styx	none	July 20,1981	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Z.Z. Top	Loverboy	Aug. 7, 1981	Civic Center	St. Paul, Mn.	17,500
Rod Stewart	none	Jan. 10, 1982	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Ozzy Osbourne	Starfighter	Jan. 15, 1982	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Police	Go-Go's	Feb. 2, 1982	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Scorpions	Blackfoot	May 3, 1982	Statdhalle 1	Bremen, Germany	6,000
R.E.O. Speedwagon	Chicago, Tom Petty, Loverboy, Flock of Seagulls, & Gary Moore	Dec. 19, 1982	Westfallenhalle	Dortmund, Germany	12,000
Supertramp	none	Aug. 29, 1983	Met Center	Minneapolis, Mn.	13,000
Genesis	none	Jan. 24, 1984	Frank Erwin Center	Austin, Tx	18,000
Quiet Riot	Whitesnake, Helix	Oct. 21, 1984	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx	14,000
Aerosmith	Black n' Blue, Stone Fury	Dec. 13, 1984	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Heart	Shooting Star	Aug. 16, 1985	Six Flags Over Texas	Arlington, Tx.	9,000
Texxas Jam featuring Deep Purple	Scorpions, Night Ranger, Ted Nugent, Bon Jovi, Grim Reaper, & Victory	Aug. 24, 1985	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tx.	80,000
Black Sabbath	W.A.S.P.	April 19, 1986	Convention Center	Dallas, Tx.	4,000
Heart	Honeymoon Suite	May 3, 1986	Convention Center	Ft. Worth, Tx.	14,000
David Lee Roth	Cinderella	Nov. 21, 1986	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	15,000
Genesis	none	Jan. 18, 1987	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Heart	Tom Kimmel	Sept. 12, 1987	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Fleetwood Mac	Cruzados	Nov.15, 1987	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Pink Floyd	none	Nov. 22, 1987	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
U2	B.B. King	Nov. 24, 1987	Convention Center	F. Worth, Tx	14,000
Aerosmith	Dokken	Feb. 13, 1988	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Pink Floyd	none	April 28, 1988	Texas Stadium	Dallas, Tx.	45,000
Texxas Jam featuring Van Halen	Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica, Kingdom Come	July 3, 1988	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tx.	80,000
Scorpions	Winger	Oct. 29, 1988	Starplex Ampitheater	Dallas, Tx.	15,000
Bon Jovi	Skid Row	Jan. 26, 1989	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Metallica	Queensryche	Feb. 5, 1989	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Cinderella	White Lion, Bad English, Warrant, Tangier	Sept. 17, 1989	Starplex Ampitheater	Dallas, Tx.	11,000
Rolling Stones	Living Color	Nov. 10, 1989	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Tx.	80,000
Danger Danger	Electric Angels	Apr. 20, 1990	Dallas City Limits	Dallas, Tx.	200
Aerosmith	Black Crows	July 15, 1990	Starplex Ampitheater	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Phil Collins	none	Sept 8, 1990	Starplex Ampitheater	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Iron Maiden	Anthrax	Feb. 16, 1991	State Fair Coliseum	Dallas, Tx.	6,000
Queensryche	Suicidal Tendencies	Apr. 20, 1991	Reunion Arena	Dallas, Tx.	18,000
Judas Preist	Alice Cooper, Motorhead, Dangerous Toys, & Metal Church	July 28, 1991	Starplex Ampitheater	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Eric Johnson	Ian Moore	Nov. 23, 1991	Bronco Bowl	Dallas, Tx.	3,000
Genesis	none	May 8, 1992	Texas Stadium	Dallas, Tx.	45,000
John Mellencamp	none	June 20, 1992	Starplex Ampitheater	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Galactic Cowboys	Naked Truth, & Z To Z	Aug. 14, 1993	Dallas City Limits	Dallas, Tx.	1,000
Mercyful Fate	Flotsam and Jetsam, & Cathedral	Oct. 13, 1993	Dallas City Limits	Dallas, Tx.	2,500
Pink Floyd	none	Apr. 28, 1994	Texas Stadium	Dallas, Tx.	45,000
King's X	Therefore I Am	May 8, 1994	Deep Ellum Live	Dallas, Tx.	900
Brooks & Dunn Show Cancelled Due To Flooding, Rain,& Power Outage--Brooks and Dunn Did Not Play	David Ball, The Tractors	May 5, 1995	Starplex Ampitheater	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Radney Foster	none	May 11, 1995	Cowboys	Arlington, Tx.	2,000
Brooks & Dunn ReScheduled	David Ball	May 22, 1995	Starplex Ampitheater	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Tracy Lawrence	Sons of the Desert	June 3, 1995	Six Flags Over Texas	Arlington, Tx.	4,000
Wade Hayes	none	June 15, 1995	Cowboys	Arlington, Tx.	2,000
George Strait	Alan Jackson, Faith Hill, Rick Trevino, Junior Brown, & Ram Herrera	July 1, 1995	Texas Stadium	Dallas, Tx.	45,000
Tracy Lawrence	none	July 22, 1995	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	6,000
Chris LeDoux	none	Oct. 14, 1995	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	6,000
Colin Raye	none	Oct. 21, 1995	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	5,500
Patty Loveless	none	Oct. 27, 1995	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	5,000
David Ball	none	Dec. 16, 1995	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	3,500
Ty Herndon	none	Dec. 29, 1995	Cowboys	Arlington, Tx.	3,000
Brooks & Dunn	Tracy Byrd, David Lee Murphy	May 4, 1996	Starplex Ampitheater	Dallas, Tx.	19,000
Shenandoah	none	May 25, 1996	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	4,000
George Strait	Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Steve Wariner, Terri Clark, Paul Brandt, & Amy Comeau	June 29, 1996	Texas Stadium	Dallas, Tx.	45,000
Shenandoah	none	Apr.12, 1997	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	3,500
Steve Wariner	none	May 16, 1998	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth	5,000
George Strait	Tim McGraw, John Michael Montgomery, Asleep At The Wheel & Lila McCann	June 6, 1998	Texas Stadium	Dallas, Tx.	45,000
Restless Heart	none	Nov. 7, 1998	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	4,000
Kansas	none	July 13, 2001	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	6,000
Kansas	none	June 28, 2002	Billy Bob's Texas	Ft. Worth, Tx.	4,000

1983 - Journey - Albuquerque
1984 - Thompson Twins (early 80's brit-pop) - Albuquerque
1984 - Van Halen - Albuquerque - yeah, I saw Diamond Dave. I had to scalp a ticket though - for 20 dollars
1984 - Cyndi Lauper - Albuquerque
1985 - REO Speedwagon - Albuquerque
1985 - Heart - Albuquerque
1985 - Bryan Adams - Albuquerque - that was actually the second time I saw him as he had opened for Journey
1986 - Starship - Albuquerque
1988 - Beach Boys - Arlington, TX. after a Texas Rangers baseball game
1990 - The Go-Go's - Houston
1991 - W.C. Clark (blues guy who played with early SRV) - Albuquerque
1991 - Buddy Guy (blues legend) - Albuquerque
1993 - Yanni (yeah, the "new age" guy - he put on a hell of a show) - Houston
1994 - Blue Oyster Cult (in a little club with about 500 people) - Albuquerque
1994 - Sara Hickman (she's a folksy, pop-country type, tells stories, good performer) - Albuquerque
1995 - Robert Plant & Jimmy Page - Albuquerque
1996 - Sara Hickman - Houston
1997 - Styx (just before Dennis De Young got kicked out of the band) - Albuquerque
2000 - B*Witched (Irish Spice Girls) - Houston
2000 - The Go-Go's - Houston
2001 - The Go-Go's - Houston
2002 - Natalie Imbruglia (the "Torn" girl) - Houston

I had tickets to Britney in 2004, but the twerp got a "knee injury" a few weeks before the show and then took four years off and we all saw what happened with that

You got quite the list yerself. Bryan Adams even. That's one guy i wished i could've sen back in his heyday. I have a dvd of him though from a couple years ago. He's still good.

Another i wished i could've seen was Peter Frampton. His last dvd from 2003 or 2004 was pretty killer. He's a better musician than i thought.

Ultimately, i wished i could've seen The Who and Led Zeppelin. Zep was getting ready to tour when Bonham died. I was going to go see that show if it was the last thing i ever did (back then).

I don't go to concerts anymore because they're insanely priced like professional sports are these days. Instead, i buy the dvd if a group puts one out. Plus, the older i get the more i hate fighting crowds.

I forgot to mention that two of those concerts came at the "sacrifice" of two others. When I saw the Thompson Twins in 1984, that only happened because I couldn't get tickets to Van Halen (because they sold out so fast). *** So mom felt sorry for me and said I could pick another concert. It was a choice between the Thompson Twins and Rush. So I picked the Thompson Twins. I'd kind of like that one back. The other "choice" I had to make was when REO Speedwagon came to town in 1985. I became a HUGE REO fan when Hi Infidelity came out and I would have given anything to see them at the time, but when my first chance happened (in 1982) mom said I was too young. The next time they came was in 1985, when I did see them. Unfortunately, just before they came, Iron Maiden came to town and I got tickets. But when REO announced, mom was like, "You ain't going to two, bub." So I ended up selling my Iron Maiden ticket at school to get the money for the REO ticket. In hindsight, I'm okay with that because I LOVED REO, but at the same time I knew Iron Maiden put on a good show.

*** On the day of the Van Halen show, I went to the venue in hopes of scalping one. Obviously I was able to go. And as I said, it cost me all of twenty dollars.

And yeah I agree, DVD's are the way to go now. Britney was the last concert I even attempted to go to. True, when Taylor Swift came here for the rodeo a few months ago, I definitely considered it. But seeing as the tickets were well over a hundred dollars (before scalping), I didn't really pursue it.

There's a few stories behind some of mine, too. Too numerous to mention at the moment. Actually, i'll have to sit and think and put it together.

My country phase was brought on by an ex-girlfriend of mine. It was all she listened to (so i had to). I ended up liking some of it but appeased her by going to some shows i didn't want to. Strait remains a fave of mine to this day.

On a hopefully-related subject, one thing I thought about yesterday after thinking about my concert history as well as the time I've been a music fan in general, I've noticed that music is another topic that can really get me riled up. I've gotten a lot better as I've gotten older - and I'm sure that's normal, but when I was in middle school and then high school, I took a fair amount of (*bleep*) for my music. As I've already said, I've mainly been a pop fan and still am one today, and in school it seemed like only the people who liked "metal" were respected - and as I said, at the time it just wasn't my thing. Of course as I look back on it, I know now it's just a teen peer-pressure thing. But as I was thinking about my concert history, other thoughts came to me (like how I chose the Thompson Twins over Rush) and I saw that at the time, I was very defensive about who I liked musically. And hell even to this day, I'll argue about music - for example, about why Miley is better than ninety-nine percent of the other popstars out there. Of course now I try to be more open-minded, but I'll tell you, even at SP there were some people (mainly Britney fans) who really peed me off with their comments.

Damn, I feel like a concert virgin after those lists.

2002 - Bon Jovi
2003 - Delirious (a Christian rock band who supported Bon Jovi - their secular music was pretty good)
2005 - James Blunt
2009 - Franz Ferdinand

And that is it

i_luv_miley wrote:....I've noticed that music is another topic that can really get me riled up...

I know the feeling. I was blasted back in '78 and '79 for being a KISS fan when being a Nugent and Aerosmith fan was more acceptable (being as i was a fan of those two also).

The_Amber_Spyglass wrote:Damn, I feel like a concert virgin after those lists.

You're going to have to get laid more often. I only know 1 of those four.

Huh. Apparently I'm going to see Rush in two weeks. Until yesterday, I didn't even know they were touring, and a few minutes ago I was able to purchase and print the tickets. :geek:

Let us know how it is. They were in Minneapolis two weekends ago at the Minnesota State Fair. Review here. KISS was last weekend there at the fair.

They're playing the whole Moving Pictures album on this tour.

TexasBlue wrote:They're playing the whole Moving Pictures album on this tour.

Yup, I know. In fact, I know their entire setlist because everyone kept posting the songs at the Ticketmaster website.

Still, it will be cool hearing "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight" live.

Wish i could've seen it. But i'm sure they'll release a dvd of the tour in the near future.

Rush - September 25, 2010 - Houston

I willl try to give a review soon, but it's barely been twelve hours since the show ended and my brain still hasn't completely processed what happened.

I will say this though : Neil Peart is GOD!

TexasBlue wrote:

The_Amber_Spyglass wrote:Damn, I feel like a concert virgin after those lists.

You're going to have to get laid more often. I only know 1 of those four.

To be fair, he probably is getting laid more than any of us... he is married after all...

dblboggie wrote:

TexasBlue wrote:

The_Amber_Spyglass wrote:Damn, I feel like a concert virgin after those lists.

You're going to have to get laid more often. I only know 1 of those four.

To be fair, he probably is getting laid more than any of us... he is married after all...

And he has a job.

cheeky buggers

OK, now have any of you guys been to any concerts headlined by artists not currently eligible for social security?

MDanel93 wrote:OK, now have any of you guys been to any concerts headlined by artists not currently eligible for social security?

That's what happens when you get old like us.

MDanel93 wrote:OK, now have any of you guys been to any concerts headlined by artists not currently eligible for social security?

Yes I have... in fact, all the artists that have headlined the shows I've been to are now dead, making them ineligible for social security...

That's when you know you're in your golden years... when everyone you saw is dead.

I have a rule about discovering new music : the artist has to be no more than 25 (and preferably cute).

TexasBlue wrote:That's when you know you're in your golden years... when everyone you saw is dead.

yeah... i suppose that is a big clue...

i_luv_miley wrote:I have a rule about discovering new music : the artist has to be no more than 25 (and preferably cute).

But then you die and they carry on without you. That ain't fair.