The concert you wish you had been to

[indysmith]

QUEEN at Wembley - No question!!!

I hate my mum...grrr
she's also seen the likes of the clash and the ramones and the sex pistols. i just wish i was my mum!

oh... and i just missed the Misfits 30th anniversary tour $%&#ING HELL

[FELINEGUITARS]

QUEEN at Wembley - No question!!!

I hope you mean Wembley Arena on either the 1980 or 1984 tours
They were better gigs and had more atmosphere than the Stadium gigs in '86

I am jelous of my mates who saw them in TINY venues in 1979 on the Crazy Tour - some venues held only 400 people...

[PhilKing]

I saw some of the concerts that people are talking about.

The first concert I was at had Black Sabbath opening for Blodwyn Pig (Sabbath had just released Back Sabbath)

I saw Led Zeppelin on the III and IV tours, at Knebworth and also at Earls Court

Pink Floyd on the Meddle tour in the Great Hall at Bradford Uni, Dark Side of the Moon and lots of other tours.

The Stones many many times (including all their 'final' concerts)

Free about 7 times

Queen in 73 & 74

Thin Lizzy with the original line up and the later ones

Gary More at the Apollo with Albert King and Albert Colins

Wishbone Ash about 6 times

Alex Harvey many tmes

The first real festival I went to was in 1970, and it was Hollywood at Keele, this is the line up:

Saturday
Demon Fuzz,  
Trader Horne
Screaming Lord Sutch
Mungo Jerry
Family
Titus Groan
Mike Cooper.  
Ginger Bakers Airforce
Tony Joe White.
 
Sunday
The Flaming Groovies.  
Black Sabbath.
Wildmouth  
Quintessence.
Colosseum.  
Free
Grateful Dead  
Mungo Jerry
Jose Feliciano
Traffic.
 

The only regret in concerts that I have is that I never saw Jimi Hendrix,  I was meant to go to the Isle of Wight, but my ride backed out, so I sold the ticket, thinking that he would tour later.

[Johnny Mac]

I missed The Sex Pistols on their 1st come back tour in 1996 at Finsbury Park, the Filthy Lucre one. The crowd are just going nuts on the live CD and I've heard it was incredible. I did see them at Crystal Palace though and will again in a couple of weeks.

Led Zepplin Long Beach June 1972

Jimi Hendrix Monterey

The Stranglers, The Round House, Camden 1978

Van Halen, with Dave, anywhere. I've seen them with Sammy but it's not the same!

The Beatles, Shea Stadium, New York, 196somthing

The Who, Charleton Atheletic, early 70's (This gig earned them the loudest gig ever at the time!)

[Philly Q]

I saw some of the concerts that people are talking about.

(etc)

Good lord, Phil, that is one hell of a list.  I'm green with envy.  :mrgreen:

[PhilKing]

I saw some of the concerts that people are talking about.

(etc)

Good lord, Phil, that is one hell of a list.  I'm green with envy.  :mrgreen:

I used to go to at least one concert a week from 16 to about 21, then it slowed down a bit.  Bradford had the Uni and St Georges Hall and Leeds had the Uni, the Corn Exchange and the Town Hall.  I lived in Shipley, which made both of them easy by train.  I have seen all the classic bands from the late 60's and early 70's and was at the 70's Knebworth festivals. I moved to New York in 1980 and continued to go to many concerts, seeing most of the big names in the 80's.  I still go to a lot of shows, and saw Cream at the Albert Hall and Madison Square Garden (I never saw them the first time around but now I've seen them 3 times!)

[Mr Ed]

Nirvana at Reading 1992.
The Who Live at Leeds.
Foo Fighters debut at Reading Festival.

That's probably my top three.

[Elliot]

I wish I had seen Trader Horne at that festival - not guitar related at all, but Morning Way is one of my favourite quirky albums of all time.