[Music] Who was the first band you saw live.?

[papajaff]

Showddywaddy at the Dome, 1974. I was 13.

Utterly brilliant.

 

[Live by the sea]

Duran Duran 1981 think it was September in Long Island - I remember it took a longer drive than usual from the upper east side of Manhattan due to what must have been traffic congestion. Used to go to Long Island a lot when I was a kid .

 

[Pembury Seagull]

Hammersmith Palais - 1979 (or possibly 1980)

First act was Lew Lewis Reformer. The ‘main support act’ was The Specials.

And headline was Rockpile - Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds.

The two main bands were excellent, and have lead to a lifelong love of live music

 

[kentgully]

Meatloaf in the early 90s

Oh dear...

 

[Trotty]

Queen at Earl's Court 1977, skived off school and did the same following year to see them at Wembley Arena

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[bhafc99]

The Pogues, 1986, first week at university.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Probably Toy Factory somewhere in Worthing.

but proper band may well have been U2 at the Top Rank in December 82 (if memory serves)

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Buzzcocks - top rank suite in ‘78 … the one that ended in a riot. I was 14….


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[Uh_huh_him]

Adam and the Ants - Brighton Centre 1981 with my Cousin and Aunty

Stiff Little Fingers - Top Rank Suite early 1982 (I think) this time with friends

Latest concert - Duran Duran -York

I was so jealous of a couple of mates that went to see Adam and the Ants on that tour.

 

[carlzeiss]

The Jam , Brighton Center 1979 , amazing

 

[Super Steve Earle]

King Crimson Islands Tour October 1971

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Same here - would have said hello if I had known you

I always had the feeling, (maybe it was the steam loco as your avatar), that you were sopmewhat older than you now appear to be . . . unless you took to live music acts at an older age!

 

[boik]

Would have been Camel, 74 or 75.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Surprising amount of Heavy Metal being mentioned. Must have been very popular with youngsters back in the day.

Back then I would rather stick red hot needles in my eye than listen to Heavy Metal or Rock. I still feel the same way now.

Each to their own though and all that.

Rock and Metal was absolutely huge in the 80s; I guess there’s quite a few 50 somethings on this board!

 

[pasty]

Queen, Birmingham NEC 1984, The Works Tour

 

[Mexican Seagull]

Would have been someone at the Dome in the late 60s likely John Mayalls Blues Breakers who I saw in several of their ever changing line ups.

 

[ExmouthExile]

Boomtown Rats, Bristol Colston Hall, 1981

 

[Brighthelmstone]

Oh dear...

Nothing wrong with The Loaf, may he rest in peace.

 

[Gabbafella]

Alice Cooper, September 30th 1991, Wembley Arena.
I was 14 and absolutely blown away by the stage show, he's a phenomenal entertainer.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

All this lot when I was still a schoolboy.