What are your top three live concerts of all time?


I'll go with ;  1.Santana  at the Music Hall in Boston      2.Jimi Hendrix at the Boston Garden   3.Supertramp at the Music Hall.                                                                                                                                                             
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Paul Simon's Graceland concert

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon

Bruce Springsteen over 30 years ago

kd Lang decades ago (talk about goosebumps). 

 

 

 

First concert I saw was Styx Grand Illusion The Forum box office seats.

j. Gail’s Band  Sanctuary The Forum

UFO Lights Out The Forum

 

 

Maiden...Power Slave tour....84, along with all the other Maiden shows.

 

Queensrych,  Empire tour 91....see above.

 

Steve Miller Band......96, first time I saw him, wow what show....the track "Winter Time" simply amazing. 

How could I forget kd Lang in Santa Rosa CA. Goosebumps during the entire concert.

Roger Waters Pros & Cons tour in the 90s in London.

Roy Harper in 1983 in Northern Ireland and many times since.

Martin Stephenson in a pub in Dublin in the 80s

Honorable mentions

Neil Young

Leonard Cohen

10000 Maniacs

Black Heart Procession

Prince

Black Sabbath

Loudon Wainwright lll (many times)

The Pogues

Status Quo

Paul Simon

Bob Marley

Country Joe and the Fish

Tallis Scholars

Gary Newman

 

 

Kansas - Point of Know Return Tour

Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Tour

Pat Methany  - Travels tour

AC/DC - Back in Black tour

Al Dimeola and Jan Hammer - Chicago 1982

Alan Parsons Project - Chicago 1995

A shout out for the Kansas 30 year anniversary of the Point of Know Return tour.

Shea stadium festival for peace - August 1970

Concert for Bangladesh- August 1971 - Madison Square Garden

Stones at MSG. Floor seats row 10. Opening act Sly and the Family Stone!

No doubt, it was The Beatles, September 13, 1964, Civic Center in Baltimore.  My dad took me, and it was my birthday.  

Another is Merle Haggard at Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, New Years Eve, with the Malpass Brothers as opening act.  

Of course, I have to add Dylan, but not possible to pick any one, there have been so very many.

Somewhere in this thread I believe already stated Pink Floyd May 1973 at Kent State and Elton John at Kent State when the only album he had out was Madmen.
In the last year and a half I have seen Samantha Fish twice in a small venue. And will go a third time if she comes back around. 

Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour 1989 Shea Stadium NYC/ 3 weeks before I left for the Army(most fun ever) Jeff Beck, Pantera Vulgar Display Tour at The Sting in New Britian CT  And of course a bonus round-Roger Waters on shrooms, all tours for the last 25 years....

Actually, I have 5.

1. Creedence Clearwater Revival (2 times),

2. Alice Cooper,

3. Bob Seger many times in small clubs and large arenas.

4. Neil Young's acoustic set.

5. The Rolling Stones at the Lions Pontiac Stadium. My daughter to this day still talks about that concert. There were giant balloon people and fireworks! All within a closed in stadium!

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I have been to 4, so it's easy. 


The Bangles 2012

Van Morrison 2021

Paul McCartney 2014 

 

and the one that got away the Queen.

I went to my dream concert: ELO in 2019 but terrible seats, it sucked. Not the band but the experience. I felt like I was falling down into to the stage the whole time, it was so steep. Greed.

 

Kansas original Point of know Return tour

Return to Forever Romantic Warrior tour

Pink Floyd 

Jeff Beck

The first three within the past year.



- CHRIS BOTTI  at Massey Hall here in Toronto …(floor seats 2nd row direct centre from the stage ,,,Chris Botti left his backup band on stage , AND he personally came down off the stage,  and performed half of his set six ft away right  beside me) 

- IL VOLO at the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls , ON
 

- THE EAGLES at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto ( I don’t usually chirp about big arena venues, but in this case it was 8th row direct from front centre of the stage Floor seats that made the visual nuances spectacular ) 

 

- THE MIDTOWN MEN at Kleinhan’s Music Hall in Buffalo ( the original cast of Jersey Boys )

- CELTIC WOMAN at Kleinhan’s Music Hall in Buffalo

- IL DIVO in Hamilton Ontario , Repeat performance booked for this coming October with 8th row centre direct from stage floor seats at the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls , ON.

Queen | With Freddie M. 

Pink Floyd | The Wall

Elton John and Billy Joel - world tour

Adding one from last night - Ally Venable 

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Pat Travers at a local bar in Rome NY in the late 70's. Still hear those drums after standing 10 feet away and marveling. Instant Pat Travers fan.

Also, Talas fan and spent many a night in clubs in awe of their power of the trio. The drummer had the sweetest voice and of course there was Sheehan making love to his bass.