Any Concerts you Missed...

[Amazing Larry]

...that you wish to have seen?

I’ll start with Live Aid ‘85. 

Speaking of Wembley... INXS in ‘91. 

‘74 Skinyrd in Oakland before people were easily triggered. 

The Who ‘70 Isle of Wight. I would give my left nut to see Keith Moon live. 

GnR ‘92 Use Your Illusion Tour

What concerts do you guys wish you could go back in time to see?

Edited February 11, 2021 by Lhalo

[Tank]

I would like to have seen Queen, The Bee Gees, and The Carpenters.
 

I also wish I could’ve seen Billy Joel and Elton John together. 

[Jason]

4 hours ago, Tank said:

I would like to have seen Queen, The Bee Gees, and The Carpenters.
 

I also wish I could’ve seen Billy Joel and Elton John together. 

Lol! That would be hot

Edited February 11, 2021 by Jason

[Jason]

5 hours ago, Lhalo said:

...that you wish to have seen?

I’ll start with Live Aid ‘85. 

Speaking of Wembley... INXS in ‘91. 

‘74 Skinyrd in Oakland before people were easily triggered. 

The Who ‘70 Isle of Wight. I would give my left nut to see Keith Moon live. 

GnR ‘92 Use Your Illusion Tour

What concerts do you guys wish you could go back in time to see?

Those are some solid picks. I didn’t have much interests in concerts back then (still don’t) but looking back some would have been fun to see. I think Queen would top my list. As I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to appreciate their music more 

[arch stanton]

Even though I didn't see them until 1982 The Who is my favorite live band. I'd have loves to see them on that '70 tour, either Isle of Wight or Leeds.

I'd also love to have seen Ozzy live before Randy Rhoads decided to take flying lessons

[St1ck]

Alice in Chains while Layne Staley was still alive. 

[Jay]

There's a bunch. Mostly because I didn't have much money when I was young.

Pink Floyd I never saw.
Also Queen.
I would have liked to see Dire Straits. Neil Young.
To name a few.

On the other hand I saw some bands multiple times.
The Who I've seen twice. I've seen Yes twice.
I've seen 'X' about a half-dozen times.
Elvis Costello twice. The Damned twice.

Saw a lot of bands only once, too numerous to mention but I'm very grateful that I got to see Led Zeppelin in 1977 at the Forum in Inglewood.

[Amazing Larry]

1 hour ago, st1ckboy said:

Alice in Chains while Layne Staley was still alive. 

I should have had them at the top of the thread.  It would have been amazing to see both them and Nirvana unplugged. 

 

 

[Amazing Larry]

20 minutes ago, Jay said:

On the other hand I saw some bands multiple times.
The Who I've seen twice. I've seen Yes twice.
I've seen 'X' about a half-dozen times.
Elvis Costello twice. The Damned twice.

Saw a lot of bands only once, too numerous to mention but I'm very grateful that I got to see Led Zeppelin in 1977 at the Forum in Inglewood.

Well done. You’ve seen some great shows. Did you see ‘X’ and Costello in the 80’s?

[Taylor]

The Beatles, although I've heard that their concerts were only like 25 minutes long.

[Tank]

5 minutes ago, Taylor said:

The Beatles, although I've heard that their concerts were only like 25 minutes long.

that's because each of their songs are only 2.17 minutes long.

until you get to the end of hey jude, which is a full 35 minutes of repeats.

[Tank]

i also would like to have seen paul mccartney and wings live, or just paul by himself. always had good music.

[JAHV76]

I wish I could have gone to the original US festival but I was not able. Led Zeppelin would have been great to see. I have attended The Who and The Rolling Stones concerts.

[Amazing Larry]

58 minutes ago, Tank said:

i also would like to have seen paul mccartney and wings live, or just paul by himself. always had good music.

I saw Paul at the Pond a while back. He couldn't hit the high notes but he was still really good. The band he had surrounding him was top notch.

[Adam]

Stillwater on the no more airplanes planes Tour of 74

[Jason]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

i also would like to have seen paul mccartney and wings live, or just paul by himself. always had good music.

I want to know who else you think would be fun to watch with Elton John 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

We wanted to see McCartney back in 2019 but found out about the concert at Doyer Stadium late and didn't go.  Saw on the news that night he brought Ringo Starr out on stage to play a few songs.  We were supposed to see the Stones last year but that got delayed and eventually cancelled because it was in San Diego and they've since demolished the stadium.  If they reschedule we're supposed to be able to get tickets but who knows when that could happen.  Other than that I'd go with Queen and Led Zeppelin.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

I always hear/read how incredible Jimi Hendrix's performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in '67 was. Would have loved to have seen him live. Maybe smoke a joint or three.

<<Insert: white-men-cant-jump-you-cant-hear-jimi.gif>>

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Just looked up that festival. It aslo had: the Who, Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Greatful Dead and Otis Redding. What a lineup. That would have been awesome. 

[Amazing Larry]

20 minutes ago, Catwhoshatinthehat said:

We were supposed to see the Stones last year but that got delayed and eventually cancelled because it was in San Diego and they've since demolished the stadium. 

What stadium got demolished down there?

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

3 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

What stadium got demolished down there?

SDCCU aka Jack Murphy stadium back in the 80's and 90's then Qualcomm.  It's being replaced by the new San Diego State stadium.

[St1ck]

2 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

What stadium got demolished down there?

Qualcomm 

[Redondo]

Hendrix at Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino 1968

[Jay]

1 hour ago, Lhalo said:

Well done. You’ve seen some great shows. Did you see ‘X’ and Costello in the 80’s?

The first time I saw Elvis Costello was in 1981, with Squeeze. The second time was in the mid-90s.

X I've seen many times over the years but I think the first time was in the early 90's.

I have been lucky to see a lot of shows. In 1977 we camped out overnight on the sidewalk to get Led Zeppelin tickets.

Before that we camped overnight to see Yes and Peter Frampton at Anaheim Stadium (festival seating). I've actually seen Frampton twice as well, lol.

Those were the days.

[T.G.]

Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl.

What?

Seriously, I would like to have seen or see U2. Saw them as part of a group of performers for an Amnesty International Concert years ago, but never by themselves.

It would have been cool to have seen a young Mick Jagger, the Beatles, and Springsteen in his early days when his concerts went all night long.

I saw John Cougar open for Heart. I saw the Go Go's when they made their splash.  What a crowd. I never saw so many min-skirts in my life. I even saw Madonna when she broke into the music scene. And @Tank... I even saw the Bee Gees at Dodger Stadium.

I've seen tons of acts most of you have probably never heard of....MercyMe, TheNewsboys, tobyMac, Steven Curtis Chapman, etc.

I've seen a wide range of acts... from Martha Davis and the Motels to Willie Nelson, from Styx to Santana, from David Gates to The Grass Roots. Peter Gabriel to Linda Ronstadt (when she was hot), the Eagles, Eddie Money, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and many more...

 

Edited February 11, 2021 by T.G.