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But every live concert Iāve been to was worth it one way or the otherā¦
Intrigued about the new upcoming featureā¦
Wow . What a ticket.
Yes-Charlotte Coliseum-Fall of 72.
Among many Allman Bros shows, the last three shows we saw before the pandemic (Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, and Santana), the most memorable was at a dive bar* in Florida called the Junkyard where we saw Leon Russell.
We saw him many times, but this time during the solo part of his set we were at a table right at the edge of the stage. He did This Masquerade, and it was a religious experience.
*Dive bar is probably a little unfair. They had great bartenders and even better bouncers and we saw a lot of great shows there.
Nothing to do with Atmos then 
Beatles Montreal Forum 1965 (I was 10)
Rolling Stones Montreal Forum 1972
David Bowie Montreal Forum 1974 (I worked backstage and met him in his dressing room)
Talking Heads Vancouver 1983
Radiohead, Goffertpark Nijmegen (NL) summer of 2000 with Sigur RĆ³s supporting. Just finished high school, just started university, went with a cool girl who fainted during Svevn-g-englar ā¦ good times. 
Led Zeppelin , The Who,Al Dimeola,Fleetwood Mac,Talking Heads,Santana,Beach Boys , and on and on.
So many great memories
Neil Young and Crazy Horse in the Gorge, Washington State, September 14, 1996 with opening act Patti Smith. We were on vacation from Holland and drove all the way from Seattle to see it. Fantastic location! Great concert!
Leon is probably my favorite musician. Did you know Gary Busey was the drummer on Will oā the Wisp?
#1 Concert;
New Years Eve, December 31st 1978. Heart, Head East, and Rail, in the Seattle Center Coliseum. I only remember Heart. The sound system was shockingly fantastic, far better than I have ever heard in that building. I got home late and put a Heart album on my Marantz 2270 / AR 3AX system and it didnāt compare.
#2 Was Trans Siberian Orchestra at the same Seattle Center venue. We went to the Will Call window to pick up our āback of the floor centerā tickets, and were told there was a problem. They gave us 2nd row seats on the right side, about 150ft from the stage. My then brother in-law got stuck with his original seat, which was now next to the sound control platform. He was pretty upset, but we didnāt like him anyway. My sister divorced him too many years later.
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I just remembered another one, maybe my first.
January 12th 1968, Eagles Auditorium in Seattle. Jeff Beck in support of his album Truth. I remember the opening act was a band we had never heard of, Seattle Transit Authority, which was really of course Chicago Transit Authority. All I remember besides the incorrect name was a bunch of horn players in different brightly colored satin suits, and several people on the restroom floor doing heroin.
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Wow, did not know that! One of our favorite Leon Russell albums.
Would have to say that the most memorable concert I ever attended was Jeff Buckley at a small restaurant, the South End, in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, on August 9, 1994. This was the tail end of the artistās first full-band tour, the Peyote Radio Theatre Tour, and just before the release of his first album, Grace, on August 23rd of that year.
With maybe a dozen folks in attendance, I recall the band entering the room and Jeff whispering to his bandmates, āWhere is everybody?ā as he walked past my table, heading towards the stage.
Despite the small crowd that witnessed the show, Jeff and his band put on one hell of a performance, playing most of the songs from his debut release. It was jaw-dropping to say the least.
The visuals and dynamic sound an artist/band brings to a live performance takes the listening experience to another level.
Oh, exciting, canāt wait to see what Roon has for us.
Memorable Concerts, there has been many
Paul Simon, farewell tour, RDS Dublin
Geogory Porter, Royal Albert Hall/Trinity Summer series/3Olympia/Vicar Street
James Brown, Vicar Street
Soda Blonde with the National Concert Orchestra, including Rehearsal
Bryan Ferry, Trinity Summer series
U2, Joshua Tree, Dublin
George Michael, Symphonia, Dublin
Roger Waters, The Wall
I was there when Faith No More danced naked around Billy Idol*.
But my most memorable was Violent Femmes played Bumbershoot. Back then it was the Key Arena and during Bumbershoot they didnāt really close the doors. I was up in the seats because as a teenager the crowed would have trampled me. The floor was completely full when they started playing. I remember looking down at the floor about 3 songs in, people still coming in, but the floor was so packedā¦ The entire floor was moving in unison up and down. The crowd was so tightly packed in and everyone knew every song that it made the floor look completely alive. Iāve never been to such a packed show since and Iāve never seen that many people know every single note to every single song played all dancing as one. Truly magical. No phones. Everyone just synced together and focused on this great band.
Bruce Springsteen. Marseille Velodrome, May 2025. Abominable sound. Too loud, but Iād waited almost 50 years to see Bruce live.
I just finished Kim Gordonās and Thurston Mooreās memoirs.
My most memorable concert experience must have been the secret show the Smashing Pumpkins did in a theatre in Madrid for the launch of MySpace in Madrid 2007. Itās the only time Iāve been to a secret show and, not only I didnāt know if Iād get in, I wasnāt even sure that it wasnāt a fake rumor!
Even more because I had only hear about SP a few months after they broke up in 2000. A year later they had become my favorite band and I didnāt expect Iād be able to see them ever.
Memorable concerts aside, what does everyone think this announcement will be?
My best concert was Queen in 1982 in Atlanta.
