Concerts Attended?

The Fear

A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
All my concerts, what are yours?

My full concert list:

Gillan – Birmingham Odeon – November 1981
David Essex – Birmingham Odeon – August 1982
Saxon – Birmingham Odeon – October 1982
Gillan – Birmingham Odeon – December 1982
Wham (It was for a girlie honest) – NEC - December 1984
Lionel Ritchie (an unknown at the time Wet Wet Wet were support) (it was for a girlie, you can see the theme can’t you?) – NEC - March 1987
Level 42 – NEC – March 1987
Genesis – Wembley – July 1987
U2 – NEC – August 1987
Bryan Adams (T’Pau supported) – NEC – October 1987
Eric Clapton – NEC – January 1988
Elton John – NEC – May 1989
Simple Minds – NEC – August 1989
Chris Rea – NEC – January 1990
Eric Clapton – NEC – January 1990
Phil Collins – NEC – July 1990
Rolling Stones – Wembley – August 1990
Dire Straits – NEC – September 1991
Gillan – Goldwyns – October 1991
Sting – December 1991
Deep Purple – NEC – 1993
Ocean Colour Scene – The Irish Centre – May 1996 (first concert after brain op, it was strange, the bass was vibrating at the base of my hind brain where the cavity was. I took a break after that)
Manic Street Preachers – Ian Brown – NEC – December 2002
Green Day – LG Arena - October 2009
Muse – NIA - November 2009
Kasabian – NIA – November 2009
Pendulum – NIA – December 2010
Manic Street Preachers – 02 Academy – October 2010
Ocean Colour Scene – 02 Academy – February 2011
Robert Plant – Wolverhampton Civic Hall – September 2013
Black Sabbath – NIA – December 2013
Kasabian – Amsterdam – November 2014
The Prodigy – 02 Academy – May 2015
Noel Gallagher – Amsterdam – April 2016
Biffy Clyro – Barclaycard Arena – December 2016
Bring Me The Horizon – Las Vegas – April 2017
U2 (I bought VIP ticket!) – Twickenham – July 2017
Coldplay – Paris – July 2017
Kasabian – Milan – November 2017
Robert Plant – Wolverhampton Civic Hall – November 2017
Royal Blood – Nottingham Arena, November 2017
Liam Gallagher – Arena Birmingham – December 2017
The Prodigy – Wolverhampton Civic Hall – December 2017

And I’ve also been subjected to these, escorting my mom who is a mad fan!

Tom Jones – Cardiff Castle – July 2001
Tom Jones – Cardiff Arena – 18th April 2003
Tom Jones – Cardiff Arena – 20th April 2003
Tom Jones – Cardiff Arena – 8th May 2003
Tom Jones – LG Arena – October 2009
 
My memory is not what it was (and the list is not quite as impressive as yours JF, although I'm a lot younger than you): :3:

Nelson Mandela Freedom Concert - Wembley - April 1990
Aztec Camera - Villa Leisure Centre - July 1990
Deacon Blue - NEC - Sept 1990
The Stranglers - Milton Keynes Bowl - Aug 1991
Simple Minds - Milton Keynes Bowl - Aug 1991
Simple Minds - NEC - Sept 1991
INXS - Villa Leisure Centre - July 1993
U2 - Wembley - Aug 1993
U2 - Roundhay Park, Leeds - Aug 1993
REM - Cardiff Arms Park - July 1995

David Bowie/Alanis Morissette/Manics/Dodgy/Shed 7/Sex Pistols/Foo Fighters/The Prodigy/Bjork/Massive Attack/Reef/Terrorvision/Neil Young/Beck/Catatonia - Phoenix Festival, Stratford-upon-Avon - July 1996

Kula Shaker/Manics/Oasis - Knebworth - Aug 1996
Manic Street Preachers - Villa Leisure Centre - Oct 1996
U2 - Wembley - Aug 1997
Spice Girls - Wembley - Sept 1998 - please don't judge me
All Saints - Shepherd's Bush Empire - May 1999 - see above
The Corrs - NEC - Jan 2001
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - NEC - June 2001
Finn Brothers (Crowded House, basically) - New Theatre, Oxford - Oct 2004
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Ricoh Arena - July 2006
U2 - Wembley - Aug 2009
Take That - Millennium Stadium - June 2011
Bon Jovi - Villa Park - June 2013
Belinda Carlisle - Birmingham Town Hall - Oct 2015

I've just realised that I haven't been to a gig for 2 years!!! :2:

EDIT: Good site for confirming dates etc: https://www.setlist.fm/

:14:
 
You keep these lists so one day someone might ask!
Some of the dates are a bit iffy, and some might be missing as I do get reminded from time to time I went somewhere.
It also occurred to me the cost, first ones were £3.50 a ticket, now its closer to £80 or £90 for some

3 or 4 at the end are coming up in the next couple of months

ACDC Brighton 1979
Whitesnake Brighton Dome 1979
Blizzard of Oz Brighton Dome 1980
Ian Gillan Band Brighton Dome 1980
Motorhead Stafford Bingley Hall 1980
Saxon support act 1980
Girlschool Support act 1980
Rainbow Brighton Centre 1980
Rush Brighton Centre 1980
Quartz support act 1980
Blackfoot Portsmouth Guildhall 1981
Human League Brighton Dome 1981
Motorhead Portsmouth Guildhall 1981
Motorhead Crawley Leisure Centre 1981
Scorpions Portsmouth 1981
UFO Portsmouth 1981
Duran Duran Brighton Center 1982
Queen Milton Keynes Bowl 1982
Status Quo Brighton Centre 1982
Judie Tzuke Brighton Dome 1983
Rush Brighton Centre 1983
The Police Brighton Centre 1983
Thin Lizzy Reading Festival 1983
Imagination Brighton Dome 1984
Kool & the Gang Brighton Centre 1984
Stevie Wonder Wembley Arena 1984
Art Garfunkel Brighton Centre 1985
Nik Kershaw Brighton Centre 1985
Rush Birmingham NEC 1985
Michael Jackson Wenbley Stadium 1988
Prince Wembley Arena 1988
Elton John Wembley 1989
Level 42 Brighton Centre 1989
Paul McCartney Wembley Arena 1990
Deep Purple Hammersmith Odeon 1991
Ian Gillan Bognor Regis 1991
Motorhead Portsmouth Guildhall 1991
Sweet Brighton Dome 1991
Lynyrd Skynyrd Hammersith Odeon 1992
Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 Town&Country London 1992
Lynyrd Skynyrd Albert Hall 1997
Elton John & Billy Joel Wembley 1998
Page & Plant Wembley Arena 1998
Lynyrd Skynyrd Hammersith Apollo 2000
The Corrs Birmingham NEC 2001
Deep Purple Brighton Centre 2002
Elton John Birmingham NEC 2002
Ted Nugent London Astoria 2002
Deep Purple Wembley Arena 2003
Gary Moore Brighton Centre 2003
Lynyrd Skynyrd Wembley Arena 2003
The Darkness Support Act 2003
Whitesnake Brighton Centre 2003
Rush Wembley Arena 2004
Judas Priest Hammersmith Apollo 2005
Kaiser Chiefs Brighton Centre 2007
Feeder Brighton Dome 2008
Foo Fighters Wembley Stadium 2008
Coldplay Wembley Stadium 2009
Keane Brighton Centre 2009
Airbourne Portsmouth Guildhall 2010
Muse Wembley Stadium 2010
Pendulum Brighton Centre 2010
Stereophonics Brighton Centre 2010
Feeder Portsmouth Pyramids 2011
Take That Wembley Stadium 2011
Coldplay Emirates Stadium 2012
Feeder Portsmouth Guildhall 2012
Keane Brighton Centre 2012
Lynyrd Skynyrd Shepherds Bush Empire 2012
Shinedown Southampton Guildhall 2012
Tenacious D Brighton Centre 2012
Airbourne Portsmouth Pyramids 2013
Robbie Williams Wembley Stadium 2013
Rush London O2 2013
Temperance Movement Portsmouth 2014
Joanne Shaw Taylor Southampton Talking Heads 2015
Prodigy Birmingham NIA 2015
Status Quo Brighton Centre 2015
ACDC Olympic Park London 2016
Airbourne Portsmouth Pyramids 2016
Black Stone Cherry Brighton Dome 2016
Coldplay Wembley Stadium 2016
Federal Charm Southampton Talking Heads 2016
Muse London O2 2016
Red Hot Chilli Peppers London O2 2016
Temperance Movement Portsmouth Pyramids 2016
Tracer Southampton Talking Heads 2016
Avenged Sevenfold London O2 2017
Depeche Mode Olympic Park London 2017
Depeche Mode Birmingham NIA 2017
Iron Maiden London O2 2017
Metallica London O2 2017
Rainbow London O2 2017
Royal Blood Brighton Centre 2017
Temperance Movement Brighton 2017
 
And a few tribute acts thrown in
Queen
Led Zeppelin
Thin Lizzy
Australian Pink Floyd
Bon Jovi
 
I knew there was a reason I kept all my ticket stubs down the years! You guys have seen some serious bands I have to say...

Here's what my tickets tell me although I'm sure there's a few gigs here and there I can't remember right now because I have no proof.

Most of these are in Dublin city btw, bands don't tend to play anywhere else in ROI.

Metallica - July '99 - The Point (pretty mental for my first gig!)
Fear Factory - Oct '99 - The SFX (ditto for my second!)
Pearl Jam - June '00 - The Point
Bon Jovi - Aug '00 - RDS
Manic Street Preachers - May '01 - Smithfield
Tattoo The Planet - Sept '01 - The Point *Slayer/Cradle of Filth/Biohazard
Fear Factory - Nov '01 - Ambassador
Ozzfest - May '02 - Punchestown - *Tool/System of a Down/Slayer
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - June '02 - Lansdowne Road
Manic Street Preachers - Dec '02 - The Point
CKY - March '04 - Ambassador
Christy Moore - Sept '04 - Dolmen Hotel, Carlow
Manic Street Preachers - Dec '04 - Olympia Theatre
Luka Bloom - Oct '05 - Whelans
Kerbdog - Dec '05 - Temple Bar Music Centre
Opeth - June '06 - Vicar St.
Down - June '06 - Ambassador
Opeth - Nov '06 - Vicar St.
Tool - Nov '06 - The Point
Luka Bloom - Nov '06 - Whelans
R.E.M - July '07 - Olympia Theatre
Asian Dub Foundation - Oct '07 - Tripod
Interpol - Dec '07 - RDS
Radiohead - June '08 - Malahide Castle
Morrissey - June '08 - Kilmainham
Rage Against The Machine - July '08 - Oxegen Festival
Ministry - July '08 - Tripod
Kerbdog - Dec '08 - Andrews Lane Theatre
Anathema - Feb '09 - Button Factory
NOFX - Apr '09 - Olympia Theatre
Faith No More - Aug '09 - Olympia Theatre
Propagandhi - Dec '09 - The Village
Depeche Mode - Dec '09 - 02 Arena
Fear Factory - Aug '10 - The Academy
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Nov '10 - Workman's Club
Manic Street Preachers - May '11 - Olympia Theatre
Rammstein - Feb '12 - 02 Arena
Devin Townsend Project - May '13 - The Academy
Mastodon - June '13 - The Academy
Soundgarden - Sept '13 - 02 Arena
Carcass - Sept '14 - The Academy
Morbid Angel - Dec '14 - The Academy
Paradise Lost - Sept '15 - The Academy
Fear Factory - Dec '15 - The Academy

Just realised it's 2 years since I was at a gig! Nothing worth seeing I guess
 
Stephen Jay Hawkings - 29/9/2017 20:30

Just realised it's 2 years since I was at a gig! Nothing worth seeing I guess

Me too SJH! Sad times, either I'm getting too old or there is a dearth of good gigs to go to!
 
Great thread. :1:

Going to have to go away and research as i haven't got a clue when most of mine were and to decide whether i mention the one or two absolute shockers have been to. :3:
 
I honestly can't remember.

Deep Purple and a Motown and even Birmingham Symphony (albeit on work experience and I was there for a week and was invited lol) but the rest are a blur.

Far more indi bands, at local pubs and clubs for me in my youth though rather than 'named' bands.
 
JuanPabloAngel - 29/9/2017 21:32

Stephen Jay Hawkings - 29/9/2017 20:30

Just realised it's 2 years since I was at a gig! Nothing worth seeing I guess

Me too SJH! Sad times, either I'm getting too old or there is a dearth of good gigs to go to!

lol, a bit of both I think!

I find it hard to just stand for almost 2 hours at a gig, my legs get tired! Although when I saw Carcass only a couple of years ago I (drunkenly) fought my way to the front and moshed like I was 16 again.

Could barely move for a week after.

 
Lots but stand out memories
Queen-Stafford Bingley Hall 1978
Blondie -Barbarellas I think 1978
Ian Gillan Band -Barbarellas 1978
Clash (under a different name) Barbarellas 1978
Cheap Trick -Barbarellas 1979
Tourists Barbarellas Birmingham 1979

AC/DC Birmingham Odeon 1979
Rush -Odeon Birmingham 1981
Saxon Birmingham Odeon 1982 I think
Fleetwood Mac NEC 1986
Motörhead -Birmingham Odeon 198 something
Scorpions -Birmingham Odeon 198 something
Springsteen various but Hammersmith Apollo gig was great
Lots of local original bands like Magnum in Brum in the 70s and 80s
Also a trip to Germany to see Springsteen in Hamburg and Berlin but gigs got cancelled and had a fantastic weekend in Hamburg instead.

 
Melon Donkey - 29/9/2017 23:48

Great thread. :1:

Going to have to go away and research as i haven't got a clue when most of mine were and to decide whether i mention the one or two absolute shockers have been to. :3:


If I can ‘fess up to Spice Girls and All Saints Melon, I expect full disclosure from everyone else!!

:12:
 
Showing my age here, in 1963 I saw Van the Man (when he was with "Them") in Sammy Houston's Jazz Club for the princely sum of five bob. I've seen him since and paid a lot more.
Others I've seen over the years include -
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
Walker Brothers
The Animals
Nashville Teens
Rocking Berries
Baron Knights
Tom Jones
Rolling Stones
Beach Boys
Sinead O'Connor
Dire Straits
Lulu
Big Fat Snake
The Dubliners
The High Kings
Clannad
The Equals
The Shadows (mercifully without Cliff)
The Symbols
Bo Kaspers Orkester
Julie Berthelsen

Places where these events were held include -
Belfast
Dublin
Maynooth
Manchester
Birmingham
Liverpool
London
Horsens, Denmark
 
Couldn't possibly remember all of the acts, venues and years but the best three would be

Springsteen (Born in the USA tour) Wembley, think it was 1985
Live Aid Wembley 1985?
Clapton, The Forum L.A. last week
 
JuanPabloAngel - 30/9/2017 15:47

Melon Donkey - 29/9/2017 23:48

Great thread. :1:

Going to have to go away and research as i haven't got a clue when most of mine were and to decide whether i mention the one or two absolute shockers have been to. :3:


If I can ‘fess up to Spice Girls and All Saints Melon, I expect full disclosure from everyone else!!

:12:

Shania Twain.

Cant believe i have just admitted it.

(Tickets were a present for Mrs Melon).

Honestly.


 
Well, this is tough. I can't remember the years I saw who and sometimes were, but here goes;

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Odeon, B'ham 1971.
Strawbs - Birmingham Town Hall 1971
Strawbs - De Monteford Hall 1971
Strawbs - Colston Hall 1971
Leo Sayer - Odeon, B'ham
Hawkwind - Odeon, B'ham
Premiata, Forneria Marconi (PFM) Birmingham Town Hall
America, Birmingham Town Hall
Queen, Birmingham Town Hall
Strawbs - really too numerous, at least 20 various venues (acoustic and electric)
Steeleye Span - Locarno, (I think) Birmingham
Queen - Odeon, B'ham.
Clapton - NEC
Simple Minds - NEC
Fruupp - Odeon, Birmingham
Rick Wakeman - Odeon, Birmingham
Magna Carta - Birmingham Town Hall
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - NIA
Premiata, Forneria, Marconi (PFM) Odeon, B'ham

There's probably more, but I can't recall atm. I will return after a longer think....