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Apr 26, 2017 3:22 PM
We had this convo at work today and it was rather funny to hear some of the answers. My coworkers are very diverse regarding age and background.


Mine was R.E.M., Monster tour 1995. Starlake Amphitheater, Pittsburgh.

I remember thinking as a young kid....holy shit Michael Stipe is even weirder in person. :laugh:
Apr 26, 2017 3:22pm
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Apr 26, 2017 3:29 PM
The Rolling Stones
Kansas
Peter Tosh

World Series of Rock at Cleveland Municipal Stadium .......... 90,000







Apr 26, 2017 3:29pm
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Apr 26, 2017 3:33 PM
Ozzy Osbourne (Bark at the Moon Tour) with Motley Crue (Shout at the Devil Tour) in, I believe, 1984 (?) at the Richfield Coliseum
Apr 26, 2017 3:33pm
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Apr 26, 2017 3:38 PM
Chicago, Hara Arena (Dayton), 1970 or 1971.
Apr 26, 2017 3:38pm
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Apr 26, 2017 3:44 PM
Elton John, St John Arena, Fall, 1973
Apr 26, 2017 3:44pm
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Apr 26, 2017 4:03 PM
Conway Twitty-1982
Apr 26, 2017 4:03pm
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Apr 26, 2017 4:07 PM
QuakerOats;1849929 wrote:The Rolling Stones
Kansas
Peter Tosh

World Series of Rock at Cleveland Municipal Stadium .......... 90,000
















































At another, IIRC the line-up was AC/DC as the opener, then Thin Lizzy, Eddie Money, Bob Welch, and Fleetwood Mac.

Cleveland Rocked!
Apr 26, 2017 4:07pm
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Apr 26, 2017 4:23 PM
...1972 at the AKron Rubber Bowl

Dr. John & J. Geils Band opening for Alice Cooper.....check out the ticket price!

Apr 26, 2017 4:23pm
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Apr 26, 2017 4:40 PM
'NSYNC at Cleveland Browns Stadium in 2001. �� I was 16.

The summer I graduated high school I saw Poison, Aerosmith/KISS and Ozzfest at Polaris and Metallica's Summer Sanitarium tour at the Shoe. I've been going to rock concerts ever since.
Apr 26, 2017 4:40pm
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Apr 26, 2017 4:40 PM
Incubus in 2007 or so. Had a great show, even when I went back to see them in college.
Apr 26, 2017 4:40pm
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Apr 26, 2017 4:48 PM
Third-Eye Blind, Toledo Zoo...no clue on the year.
Apr 26, 2017 4:48pm
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Apr 26, 2017 5:05 PM
My first real concert was Blink-182. Not sure if it was 2000 or 2001. That winter.
Apr 26, 2017 5:05pm
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Apr 26, 2017 6:45 PM
Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA tour. Cleveland Municipal Stadium I think it was 1985. We were on the field in the 14th row. No opening band. No break 4 hour show.
Apr 26, 2017 6:45pm
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Apr 26, 2017 8:37 PM
Kiss, on Saturday, October 11, 1975, at Vets Memorial in Columbus. Some trivia about that show:

- Kiss had been at Cadillac (MI) high school the day before, getting a big parade thru the town, giving a pep talk to their football team, and playing a show in the high school gym that night.

- The forgettable warmup band was Black Sheep, led by lead singer Louis Grammatico - who achieved fame and fortune 18 months later as Lou Gramm of Foreigner.
4cards;1849945 wrote:...1972 at the AKron Rubber Bowl

Dr. John & J. Geils Band opening for Alice Cooper.....check out the ticket price!
Nice - and no surcharges! Sadly, three years of inflation, and my 1975 Kiss ticket was all the way up to $5.50 for only one name act.
Fab4Runner;1849948 wrote:'NSYNC at Cleveland Browns Stadium in 2001. �� I was 16.

The summer I graduated high school I saw Poison, Aerosmith/KISS and Ozzfest at Polaris and Metallica's Summer Sanitarium tour at the Shoe. I've been going to rock concerts ever since.
Fab, at that KISS concert, were Warrant and Ted Nugent the warmup acts? If so, I was there. Buddy of mine had a ticket and talked me into going. I was 37, and I felt so old seeing all the young kids at the show.
Apr 26, 2017 8:37pm
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Apr 26, 2017 8:52 PM
Haha Weird Al Yankovic, I was pretty young


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Apr 26, 2017 9:44 PM
OZZfest, 1999 at Polaris. My mom took me for my 13th birthday. Saw Slipknot before they released an album, and they were awesome (And I'm not a slipknot fan). Also saw my first pair of tits that concert.
Apr 26, 2017 9:44pm
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Apr 26, 2017 9:54 PM
Hootie and the Blowfish at Polaris in 1996 or 1997.
Apr 26, 2017 9:54pm
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Apr 26, 2017 10:05 PM
justincredible;1850021 wrote:Hootie and the Blowfish at Polaris in 1996 or 1997.
Fairly confident this was mine as well. I know it was mid 90s.
Apr 26, 2017 10:05pm
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Apr 26, 2017 10:08 PM
Ha I just paid $80 for 2 people in GA seats to see them 20 years later... (have seen them a few other times over the last few years locally). They still command a price


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Apr 26, 2017 10:08pm
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Apr 26, 2017 10:16 PM
First big concert was Celine Dion just after her Titanic rush of success in 1998

First concert was Pirates of the Mississippi in 1990
Apr 26, 2017 10:16pm
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Apr 26, 2017 10:17 PM
iclfan2;1849999 wrote:Haha Weird Al Yankovic, I was pretty young


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I might have that beat.

Up With People....Blossom Music Center.......freshman in HS.....brought by my mother along with a neighborhood mother and her kids. 1967.

Good times. .........not
Apr 26, 2017 10:17pm
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Apr 26, 2017 10:30 PM
Ironman92;1850026 wrote:First concert was Pirates of the Mississippi in 1990
Haven't heard that name in a long time. I just listened to Feed Jake for the first time in probably 20 years.
Apr 26, 2017 10:30pm
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Apr 26, 2017 10:42 PM
1979- Vet's Memorial in Columbus. Cheap Trick,UFO and New England.
Apr 26, 2017 10:42pm
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Apr 26, 2017 11:23 PM
I am pretty sure it was MSB at front row theater Highland Hts in 1985.
Apr 26, 2017 11:23pm
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Apr 27, 2017 12:32 AM
Korn
Apr 27, 2017 12:32am