Been quite awhile since I've been to a concert. First was Rush and saw them multiple times. Other good ones include AC/DC (with backstage passes), Van Halen (last show with DLR), Journey (with and without Steve Perry), Heart, Queensryche, Metallica, Cheap Trick, Prince. Glad to be old enough to remember when concerts were somewhat affordable.

As far as concerts, I have seen No Doubt, when my g/f at the time wanted to go. I have also seen Trisha Yearwood, and a few others at the California Mid-State fair in Paso Robles. Most of those were free with paid admission. I'm not really a concert goer, the older I get the less I find groups I would be willing to spend time and money to go see. I prefer my classic country, and most of those artists have stopped performing.

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I'll bet! I've been to a fair amount of concerts, but for some reason never made it to Alpine Valley. Weird. I would have liked to see AIC and Megadeth, but I never was a big Slayer or Anthrax fan.

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      JoeHatesSnow been there many times, PJ x3, with PJ20 with guest appearance by Chris Cornell being a hilite of those, saw Pantera there, Lollapalooza with Snoop, Tool headlining and Devo 🙃 capping it off. Wishing could remember them all but a few memorable ones- DMB and Neil Young at Tinley Park in IL ~ late 90's🤔, STP opening for Megadeth at Riverside Theatre in 93, Audioslave after there first release at Marcus Amphitheatre (might have been a Lollapalooza with Janes Addiction too🤔), Foo fighters open for RHCP at Marcus....that was a crazy show with torrential rain, lightning and we of course in the bleachers in general admission so no cover, good times...that was early 2000's

        First concert, Stevie Wonder/Stones at the Int'l Amphitheatre in 1972.
        This venue was a real pit but when you're 16 who gives a sh*t. Needless to say, both acts were great

        My first show was The Grass Roots. My last was The Rolling Stones. I've seen over 200 shows over the years, in several Genres. From Superfest to The Grand Ole Opry!!

        I saw Jimi and Zeppelin in 1971. It was epic because I was there (separate concerts), but the sound was horrible unless you were front row.

        Going to shows was a hobby back in my teens to young adulthood. There were so affordable and as we all were listening to albums and eight track players all the time.
        I’ll mention as many as I can remember.
        Yes- 2x in the 70s.
        Emerson, Lake and Palmer in the 70s.
        Todd Rungdren- 76
        Bruce Springsteen-76 and mid 2000s
        Genesis with Peter Gabriel as the lead singer and Phil Collins was the drummer.
        Blue Oyster Cult
        Deep Purple with Aerosmith as an opening act 1974.
        Aerosmith-1975
        Allman Brothers 9x
        Melissa Etheridge in the 90s
        Diana Ross in the 80s
        Temptations and the Four Tops in the 80s
        Tom Jones 2003
        Chicago 2018
        Earth, Wind and Fire 2015
        Joe Bonamassa 2003
        Johnny Winter
        Eddie Money
        Dave Mason
        Tommy James and the Shondells
        Peter Frampton acoustic show
        Rolling Stones 1981
        James Cotton Blues Band
        John Fogerty late 90s x 2. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
        If I sit and think about it a little longer, I’m certainly could come up with maybe at least 10 more.

          Typhoon hmm, there's a Hoey guy who plays guitar and sings goofy songs. I'll have to check

            1984 Karlsruhe Germany while in the Army.
            Monsters of Rock Tour.
            AC/DC
            Van Halen
            Ozzy Osbourne
            Dio
            Gary Moore
            Accept
            Motley Crue
            Not bad for $20 and walking distance from the barracks.

              azgreg Same tour but in Nuremberg. It was just recently I found out that was the last VanHalen with David Lee Roth.

                Saw David Crosby and Graham Nash playing together at the Cape Cod Colosseum in 1972. Not as good as with Stills and Young.

                Beach Boys at the CC Colosseum in 1974 and at the Boston Garden in 1976. Both great concerts. No Brian Wilson though.

                Peter Frampton at the CC Colosseum in 1976.

                Dan Fogelberg at Great Woods in 1987. Loved Fogelberg, but he was doing a lot of electric guitar at that time.

                Saw The Shirelles at Your Fathers Moustache in 1974. YFM was a bar in Dennis on the Cape. Sat up front just a few feet away. They were great.

                Saw Roger McGuinn (The Birds) at a small bar on the Cape as well in 1988. He played his 12 string acoustic guitar. Fantastic.

                  Sneakylong Your Fathers Moustache

                  Wow ... talk about dredging up memories!

                  Worst concert: I saw Meatloaf at Pufferbellies in late 80's early 90's? Horrible sound setup, drunk audience, and impaired singer? Not a good combo.

                  Favorite concert: I saw Smokey Robinson at the CC Melody Tent in Falmouth mid 1980's. I was only about 20 feet away, dead center, and he genuinely seemed to be having a blast. What put it over-the-top, was a couple between myself and Smokey who could both really sing and harmonize, who knew all the backup vocals. Even some choreographed moves. Everyone around me were looking at each other to see if we all heard them too.

                      Stu1961 CC Melody Tent in Falmouth mid 1980's.

                      Saw the musical HAIR at the Melody Tent in Hyannis in 1972. Meatloaf was in the cast of HAIR back then. He wasn’t famous then so no idea if he was in the cast we saw.

                      Your Fathers Mustache had some good acts back then. Saw Gary U.S. Bonds there as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_U.S._Bonds

                      The most unique act we saw there wasn’t famous. The first band on was a 50’s greaser band all slicked back etc.. After a break the next band was a current 70’s band with long hair etc.. It took a little while to realize that they were the same band.😯