The Concert Thread

azgreg · 2023-11-16T01:56:02+00:00

Was just in Vegas and saw two excellent shows. The first one was Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine at the Red Rock Casino and the second one was...

Typhoon

JoeHatesSnow I heard from others how awesome that U2 show was in there! Nice!

Typhoon

Last weekend we saw Lita Ford and Gary Hoey up Hampton Beach.

garyt1957

Typhoon Gary Hoey? Isn't he a comedian? He's funny if it's the guy I'm thinking of.

PA-PLAYA

Billy Joel, in Philly, 2016. Fabulous.
Coldplay, in Philly in 2017. Awesome.

JoeHatesSnow

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We've seen Billy Joel a couple times over the years, though it's been quite awhile since the last time. Enjoyed it.

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JoeHatesSnow

Brilliant songwriter. His albums aren't music so much as they're a collection of short stories.

My daughter took me to see him for my birthday. We were about 50 rows back from the front stage. Honestly, it was hard to hear him sing over everyone else in the stadium singing along with him.

Sarnella

Pat Boone, 1968, Grand Rapids, MI

Weirfan

Buddy and I went to Syracuse in August and saw Alice Cooper, Motley Crue and Def Leppard....was fck8n awesome. Played a few rounds of golf while there as well.

backinit

Weirfan I've seen Alice Cooper fairly recently and Def Leppard years ago. Both can bring it.

backinit

Only 1 show this year...Jefferson Starship, Night Ranger and Brett Michaels....I went for Night Ranger, but JS was good.

sdandrea1

I've still never seen a better live performance than all of the Eagles concerts I've been to. Their sound guys know how to achieve perfection.

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JoeHatesSnow

U2 has been on my bucket list for a long time.

JoeHatesSnow

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I'll tell you what...if they're on your bucket list, go to Vegas and see them at the Sphere. It was expensive but my experience was worth every penny. There's simply no other concert experience like it...anywhere.

rsvman2

If wa are allowed to bring up concerts we saw a long time ago, I saw Nirvana at the Cow Palace in San Francisco right before they released In Utero.

I was in the mosh pit for awhile, but then it got a little roo dangerous for my taste.

Also went to Lollapalooza and saw Alice in Chains and Tool, among others.

JoeHatesSnow

rsvman2
Great spot to see Nirvana. AIC is one of my all time favorites. 👍

ode

JoeHatesSnow speaking of AIC they opened for Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax....Clash of the Titans 91, Alpine Valley what a show😳🙃🤘🤟

Supp

I'm not much of a concert goer, and I haven't been to a concert in years, but here's a list of the ones I've been to.

I'm a big Bob Dylan fan and I've seen him twice. I gotta admit that even though I'm a fan, his live stuff leaves a little something to be desired. Still, I enjoyed the show.

I saw Dire Straits some years ago put on a terrific show.

Many years ago I saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee in an intimate club setting. If you like blues music, these guys were fantastic.

And this one will date me, but a LONG time ago I saw the Troggs ( Wild Thing)

Sneakylong

Boz Scaggs, Fleetwood Mac, and The Eagles at Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro MA. on July 25, 1976.

Best sounding concert ever was The Moody Blues at Great Woods (now The Xfinity Center) in Mansfield MA. in 1987.

Two best acts I saw in Vegas were Wayne Newton in 1977 and Diana Ross in 1986. Wayne Newton wasn’t my cup of tee, but was amazed at his talent.

Couldn’t name one song from Taylor Swift. Glad to have lived thru the 70’s. Imo the best decade for music. When rythym, melody and harmony 🎵 mattered.

Love listening to the 70's on Sirius XM radio. Every Saturday they play Casey Kasem's Top 40. So tomorrow (Saturday Nov. 18th) they'll play his broadcast of the top 40 songs this week in November from a year in the 1970's.

Back when music was music.

Typhoon

Sneakylong Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro MA

Oh my God😂

johnnydoom

Not much worthy of mention. The most memorable for me was the Allen Collins band (remnant of Lynyrd Skynyrd after the plane crash). It was a long show with many other acts and Jerry Lee Lewis played for over an hour as well.

garyt1957

JoeHatesSnow. What's the Sphere like inside? Is it worth it to just take the tour? Going in December

JoeHatesSnow

garyt1957
It very well may be worth it. It's an impressive place. I don't know what they do for you on the tour but I would think they have to give you a taste of what's possible in there. Inside it's obviously very new and pretty plush facilities. The amphitheatre itself has a pretty steep bank of seats on the one side, and then in the seats you are facing the spherical walls which completely surround you. It's like everyone in there is sharing the world's biggest set of virtual reality goggles. They can make you feel like you are pretty much anywhere. They can make you feel like you are moving into/out of things. They can make it seem like things are surrounding you, coming at you or falling on you. They did all of these things in conjunction with the concert. An awesome show. If you do go, anyone in your group who is susceptible to motion sickness might want to take a dramamine. My wife and one of our friends who went to the concert both did and said they were glad they did so.

Typhoon

garyt1957 Not quite😂😂. Awesome guitarist, worked with Eddie Van Halen etc…Local guy that does well. Loves my son Nick too