The first concert I was allowed to go to without an older sibling was " A day on the green" with Madness, the Fixx, Thompson Twins, Oingo Boingo and the Police. It was the Ghost in the Machine tour, and I was 13. I was a big fan of the new wave stuff back in the day, Bowie, Frankie Goes to Hollywood - (I dated their bass played when I was living in London) OMD, The Smiths, English Beat, Erasure, Dire Straights, Ultravox, Eurythmics, Yaz, Depeche...who I saw for the first time live, 2 weeks before I turned 16. I spent the night cutting off peoples rat tails and trying not to get caught and the living crap beat out of me. Which truthfully, I probably deserved. I was big into ska at the time and my vespa covered with mirrors was my prize possession. I thought I was very Quadrophenia
The Waterboys, Mike Scott, Crowded House, Split Enz, Kate Bush and of course U2. U2... was the very very first concert I ever went to. It was the WAR tour, and I guess I was 11 or 12. My older sister took me.
Oingo Boingo played at my Jr. Prom...
I lived in Seattle from 91 to 96 so I was also a big fan of the grunge scene. As I got older I tended to prefer bands who actually played their own instruments. I saw them all, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden.. who I once saw at the Tacoma Dome and then saw again later the same evening in a bar called Mo's on Capital Hill.
The best concert I ever went to was Bruce Springsteen with my older sister, I didnt really like him then, though I do like him now... but the show was 4 hours long, with no breaks or intermissions. Hes really quite a performer.
Ive taken BK to see Dave Matthews Band a couple of times but the fug of pot smoke is tough for him to handle. Last time we went he ran into some people he worked with at THE COMPANY THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED who from what he told me, decided he was way cooler than they thought.
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