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Best and Worst Rock Concert Moments

I will start this off. 1975 Jethro Tull concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum. About midway through the show an M-80 goes off in the crowd in the middle of a song and Ian Anderson holds his hand up in the air and counts to three with his fingers and the band stops playing in mid measure all at once as though some one had flipped a switch. The whole place goes dead quiet for about 15 seconds or so. Anderson says something like "Well, that was bloody ******* RUDE! If you want us to keep playing then you better cut that crap right out and have a little more respect for your NEIGHbor. Do you really want us to play some more?". The crowd slowly starts to applaud and then it builds to a crescendo. As the applause starts to die down, Anderson holds his hand up in the air, counts out loud to three and the band cuts back in full force absolutely mid-measure where they left off.

When the song ended I have never heard such intense applause in any arena or hall for any song at any show. I was completely dumb struck by how Anderson handled the situation and by the musicianship of the whole outfit. Maybe it was a staged event, but I doubt it. Either way, it was really something else...
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As Slipknot1 mentions above, I attended several concerts in the 70's at Rich Stadium.
They use to have all day concerts with several bands.
This was back in the day when you could take a cooler full beer or other alcohol into the stadium to your seat.
This particular concert was to begin at 11am
and end at 7pm.
The headliner were the Stones.
My buds and my seat were directy behind 4-5 hells angels.
These dudes began drinking heavily from 11am and through the afternoon.
The last opening band ended at 5pm then it was time for the Stones.
5p came and went,6p came and went,7p came and went,8p came and went,9p came and at 10p the Stones finally entered the stage.
By that time,every biker in front of us had passed out.
The one that was sitting in front of me turnded around in his seat, and saturated my pants and shoes with the must foul smelling vomit imaginable.
I dont know which was worse. Having to sit for 4 hours in the hot summer heat waiting to hear the Stones and getting puked on,or listening to a 'whole' 1 hour set of the most dreadful performance I've ever heard.




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