First Live Concert?

[DD4Bills]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

  (not my actual ticket stub)

 

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/queen/1980/glens-falls-civic-center-glens-falls-ny-73dc9e55.html

 

Queen - 9/23/80 - Glens Falls, NY

 

I was 9 years old.  My big brother (15 at the time) brought me and we had floor seats.  I don't remember the whole show, but I do remember a few specific songs, as well as the drum solo.  

 

I consider myself very lucky to have seen them on this tour.

Very interesting for 2 reasons.

 

1. I was also at that concert, great seats 10 rows back on the floor.

2. My first live concert was the first concert ever at the Glens Falls Civic Center - The Beach Boys, May 1979. First of many many many concerts at that small venue

 

 

[Gugny]

Just now, DD4Bills said:

Very interesting for 2 reasons.

 

1. I was also at that concert, great seats 10 rows back on the floor.

2. My first live concert was the first concert ever at the Glens Falls Civic Center - The Beach Boys, May 1979. First of many many many concerts at that small venue

 

 

 

Very cool!!

 

Yeah, man.  Back in the 70s and 80s, the Civic Center had some great shows!!!  Back when concerts were affordable, too.  I also went to a bunch of them.  Unfortunate how things have changed.

[DD4Bills]

1 minute ago, Gugny said:

 

Very cool!!

 

Yeah, man.  Back in the 70s and 80s, the Civic Center had some great shows!!!  Back when concerts were affordable, too.  I also went to a bunch of them.  Unfortunate how things have changed.

I had an "in" with the people who ran GFCC security, so I was able to see most concerts between 1980-82 by "working security" until heading off to college. Also worked all the Red Wings games. Fun times.

[Beerball]

J Geils

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[Doc]

My brother’s elementary school recital. 

[BillsPride12]

9 minutes ago, Doc said:

My brother’s elementary school recital. 

Finally an honest answer 

[Toomstone.Part.Duex]

1987/88 or so INXS at the Spectrum in Philly.   I was 14.     2nd ever concert was Rush at Broome Co Arena, Roll the Bones tour 1990.  

[Tony P]

Had to look up the date!

 

I grew up in North Buffalo and in 1969 my buddies & I hung out quite a bit at UB. On September 16, 1969, we saw Alice Cooper in the Fillmore Room at Norton (Student) Union. We had no idea what we were gonna see. The show literally blew our minds. It was nothing like it turned out to be when he became famous but it was undoubtedly psychedelic!

 

Best part was that the student ticket price was $2.00. We had 4 bucks between the four of us but the lady at the ticket window must have felt sorry for us and gave us 4 tickets "by mistake".  So we saw Alice Cooper for a buck.

[T&C]

Rush at the Aud in 1976... ticket was $6.00.

[davefan66]

Journey 1983 Escape tour at the old Aud.

 

Ended up 8th row floor.  Great concert!

[johndhall1]

Charlie Daniels 1977

[Bad Things]

October 1984 - Rush - Rochester War Memorial  (Grace Under Pressure Tour)

 

I should admit that my first "real" concert however was when my parents dragged me along with them to see the Lawrence Welk band play in Rochester one year when I was a little kid. Ha!

[Rico]

Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies tour with ZZ Top Tres Hombres tour opening, New Year’s Eve 1973 at the Aud.

[WhoTom]

Foreigner, The Aud, 1979.

 

My musical taste has improved greatly since then.

 

[T&C]

4 minutes ago, Bad Things said:

October 1984 - Rush - Rochester War Memorial  (Grace Under Pressure Tour)

 

I should admit that my first "real" concert however was when my parents dragged me along with them to see the Lawrence Welk band play in Rochester one year when I was a little kid. Ha!

Call it the Lawrence Welk Orchestra and you get out of calling it your first concert lol.

[DrW]

Zappa  February 1976  Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover, Germany

Edited November 17, 2021 by DrW

[Mark Vader]

My parents took me and my sister to see Donny & Marie Osmond at the Center for Performing Arts in San Jose.

I think it was in 1980.

[SinceThe70s]

1 hour ago, Bad Things said:

October 1984 - Rush - Rochester War Memorial  (Grace Under Pressure Tour)

 

I should admit that my first "real" concert however was when my parents dragged me along with them to see the Lawrence Welk band play in Rochester one year when I was a little kid. Ha!

 

Damn - you just made a synapse fire that's been dormant for decades. My first would have technically been Danny Thomas and Joey Bishop - I forgot all about that.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, Bad Things said:

October 1984 - Rush - Rochester War Memorial  (Grace Under Pressure Tour)

 

I should admit that my first "real" concert however was when my parents dragged me along with them to see the Lawrence Welk band play in Rochester one year when I was a little kid. Ha!

"After that, I moved as far away as practical to avoid a repeat performance..."

 

[The Poojer]

1 hour ago, Bad Things said:

October 1984 - Rush - Rochester War Memorial  (Grace Under Pressure Tour)

 

I should admit that my first "real" concert however was when my parents dragged me along with them to see the Lawrence Welk band play in Rochester one year when I was a little kid. Ha!

Own it!  I bet in a weird way Lawrence Welk put on an entertaining show.