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122. Rolling stones in '94 in Salt Lake City

Tue Feb 13, 2024, 09:22 AM

Feb 2024

I wish I had seen the Who on Valentine's Day in 1970 when they played at Leeds University and recording the famous Live at Leeds album.

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What was the best concert (or two) you've ever been to and one that you wished you had been to? [View all] MLAA Feb 2024 OP

I saw Kool and the Gang in the early 80's kimbutgar Feb 2024 #1

Great concert and second row are hard to beat! MLAA Feb 2024 #4

It was at the right time kimbutgar Feb 2024 #5

Now that's a good coworker! MLAA Feb 2024 #28

She is a person I'll never forget! kimbutgar Feb 2024 #69

I saw Kenny Rogers and the First Editiion, Glorfindel Feb 2024 #2

Agree, Beatles anytime! MLAA Feb 2024 #30

The best concerts I've been to were Pink Floyd and Bruce Springsteen Deuxcents Feb 2024 #3

Cool! This was my favorite song at the concert was Devil With the Blue Dress On. MLAA Feb 2024 #7

Hmmm..I have many but here's a couple Deuxcents Feb 2024 #45

Carly Simon / Diana Ross / Manhattan Transfer rogerballard Feb 2024 #6

Love Carly and Diana. Prices are crazy.About 4 years ago within 2 months Cher, Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross MLAA Feb 2024 #11

Bette did a show in Denver, I was blown away... rogerballard Feb 2024 #14

We went for a year for my job before retiring, with Broadway so close I didn't save a dime all year! MLAA Feb 2024 #31

Eagles in Denver September 2021. saged52 Feb 2024 #8

I was born in Gainesville Florida, so Tom Petty is special to me. I too would have loved to see a concert, MLAA Feb 2024 #32

Oh, that sounds like a great concert! nt Dear_Prudence Feb 2024 #57

Went to the University of Florida in the early 70's, saw MANY Petty concerts, most FREE! tableturner Feb 2024 #64

Great college memories. MLAA Feb 2024 #123

Billy Joel back in 78 or 79. Lunabell Feb 2024 #9

He was on fire for years! Love his music. MLAA Feb 2024 #33

SUNY Days concert at the University of Northern Iowa spring 1974. rsdsharp Feb 2024 #10

That had to be amazing as an outdoor concert. MLAA Feb 2024 #35

Pink Floyd, Roger Waters and Peter Gabriel all top my list AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2024 #12

Holy moly $500 in 1980! I paid $450 each for Broadway tix to see Bette Midler in Hello Dolly and that was MLAA Feb 2024 #41

The best concert I ever went to was actually 2 different concerts: The Doors and Lady Gaga with Tony Bennett patphil Feb 2024 #13

I would have loved to see Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett. I'm with you on Woodstock! MLAA Feb 2024 #44

Envy! Dear_Prudence Feb 2024 #59

Little Feat-Chicago-1978 Midnight Writer Feb 2024 #15

You have been fortunate to see all those wonderful concerts! You mentioned a few of your favorites that I'm not MLAA Feb 2024 #48

U2 Joshua Tree Tour started in Tempe AZ KarenS Feb 2024 #16

The 1997 small venue concert sounds amazing. Big crowds freak me out a bit. We saw Barbra Streisand in the huge MLAA Feb 2024 #49

Word was that the concert was for Stevie Nicks KarenS Feb 2024 #115

You were certainly in the right place at the right time MLAA Feb 2024 #124

Saw those Joshua Tree shows AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2024 #85

Yes,,,, KarenS Feb 2024 #114

Grateful Dead - Old Boston Garden 1971 (Fall) OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #17

Wow, worth the 2 hour walk. I love Buffett. I threw a birthday party form a friend at college dorm. It was middle MLAA Feb 2024 #50

Dammit...how did I missit? OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #63

The best was Sting on the Dream of the Blue Turtles tour. genxlib Feb 2024 #18

Love that you cleverly did your research and found the florist! What memories. MLAA Feb 2024 #87

Prince's Purple Rain tour and Madonna's Blonde Ambition tour. beaglelover Feb 2024 #19

I do regret never seeing Prince. MLAA Feb 2024 #88

not sure I have a favorite, but Randy Rhoads' on guitar was mesmerizing Skittles Feb 2024 #20

Queen would have been amazing. The movie about Freddie Mercury and Queen was fantastic. I saw it in a MLAA Feb 2024 #89

I'll Do 4 ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #21

I would have loved to join you for the Bowie concert. MLAA Feb 2024 #90

IvecSeen Him Five Times ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #121

B.B. King, Albert King, Bobby Blue Bland, and Stevie Ray Vaughan... Harker Feb 2024 #22

You got to see some really good ones. MLAA Feb 2024 #91

I was in high school 1975-77. Harker Feb 2024 #120

Jimmy Buffet in New Orleans and on the beach BOSSHOG Feb 2024 #23

Love Jimmy Buffett. Somewhere around 1983 or 84 took a road trip from Tucson to Denver with a college MLAA Feb 2024 #92

He had a CD released after his death BOSSHOG Feb 2024 #133

I will check out the cd, thanks! MLAA Feb 2024 #135

I wish I'd gone to see Blondie at my favorite bar (The Longhorn, Mpls.) Mister Ed Feb 2024 #24

Leonard Cohen must have been amazing! Glad you added it! MLAA Feb 2024 #93

His show truly was amazing, and fortunately for posterity, it was captured in documentary footage. Mister Ed Feb 2024 #127

I got to see Super Diamond, a Neil Diamond tribute band in November of 2017. Niagara Feb 2024 #25

Neil put on amazing shows. blm Feb 2024 #52

He's so talented. I'm sorry that I missed his live shows. Niagara Feb 2024 #61

And so cool that Sweet Caroline is sung at the 7th inning stretch at every Red Sox game MLAA Feb 2024 #125

Neil Diamond is a classic. Not too long ago I watched one of his concerts love on a dvd I bought 2nd hand. MLAA Feb 2024 #94

Rolling Thunder Review, November 1975 cachukis Feb 2024 #26

I am Sooo envious!!! thucythucy Feb 2024 #29

Sat in front of sound station. They all sang looking cachukis Feb 2024 #37

I'm not familiar but will check it out. MLAA Feb 2024 #95

King Sunny Ade thucythucy Feb 2024 #27

Both sound like wonderful memories. MLAA Feb 2024 #96

Dropkick Murphys in DC TexasDem69 Feb 2024 #34

DC is a great place for concerts and the arts. I lived there for a year way, way back when. MLAA Feb 2024 #97

Page and Plant at The Columbia Gorge Amphitheater in 1995. I regret not seeing the Grateful Dead. brewens Feb 2024 #36

I too would have liked to see The Dead. MLAA Feb 2024 #98

Best concert U2, Boston Garden st Patrick's Day 1991, fucking amazing. bottomofthehill Feb 2024 #38

I would have like to see The Who and Prince/Sheila E. MLAA Feb 2024 #144

Peter Gabriel DaBronx Feb 2024 #39

He puts on a great show! Loved it! Beausoleil Feb 2024 #42

Agree about Peter Gabriel. All those tours in the 90s were amazing. Haven't heard the new Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #51

Bottom line DaBronx Feb 2024 #134

Loved The Bottom Line.... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #213

They got the best people. And you were an arm's length away from them. It was great. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #215

Not sure I ever ate there. Usually I had dinner before going there. Lots of great memories ... electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #216

I bet a Stevie Wonder concert would be amazing. MLAA Feb 2024 #99

Let us wish very hard for one! DaBronx Feb 2024 #136

Wishing and crossing fingers! MLAA Feb 2024 #137

Bought scalped tickets to see Stevie in 2007 or 08 AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2024 #109

You certainly got your money's worth! MLAA Feb 2024 #126

Wow DaBronx Feb 2024 #132

Sounds wonderful. I too would love to see Stevie Wonder. MLAA Feb 2024 #149

Large venue - U2 Beausoleil Feb 2024 #40

After seeing dozens and dozens of rock concerts, Mr.Bill Feb 2024 #43

I never knew Jimi opened for the Monkees. Davy was my first crush at age 6 or 7. MLAA Feb 2024 #100

NIRVANA johnnyfins Feb 2024 #46

Concert in the small bar venue had to be amazing. MLAA Feb 2024 #84

#1 Billy Joel & Elton John together. #2 Elvis Joinfortmill Feb 2024 #47

I never knew Billy Joel and Elton John played together what a treat! MLAA Feb 2024 #83

1958 Michigan State Fairgrounds multigraincracker Feb 2024 #53

9 years old! I didn't see a concert until I was 20. You got an early start. MLAA Feb 2024 #81

Two best concerts AltairIV Feb 2024 #54

Those concerts sound like classics. I'm going to listen to some Muddy Waters, thanks for the reminder. MLAA Feb 2024 #80

Zappa is one of my regrets AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2024 #129

1999 San Francisco Symphony & Metallica at the Berkeley Community Theater RockRaven Feb 2024 #55

That does sound like a rare experience. MLAA Feb 2024 #79

Just one? Dear_Prudence Feb 2024 #56

Love your independence and intelligence to buy a back up ticket! Glad you enjoyed the concert and even happier MLAA Feb 2024 #78

It's a tie DJ Synikus Makisimus Feb 2024 #58

I'd have liked to been at the Iggy Pop concert with Bowie and Blondie, I love Bowie and Blondie. MLAA Feb 2024 #77

I'm a hard rock guy but Pink was the most entertaining show I've ever seen oldsoftie Feb 2024 #60

You're lucky. She is on my top 5 wanna see list and I'm a jam band guy. Lochloosa Feb 2024 #68

I watched an interview with and about Pink last year. Maybe 60 minutes? It was fantastic and showed clips of MLAA Feb 2024 #76

I saw that; it WAS 60 Mins. She sang with a woman standing on her stomach! oldsoftie Feb 2024 #119

That was it! MLAA Feb 2024 #130

Best Concert MoonlightHillFarm Feb 2024 #62

My husband is older than I and I love hearing about Vegas in the early day. MLAA Feb 2024 #75

Bob Dylan and Paul Simon at the Hollywood Bowl The Blue Flower Feb 2024 #65

What an event. MLAA Feb 2024 #101

So many. Top 5. Lochloosa Feb 2024 #66

I do regret not seeing Prince. You've had some wonderful concert experiences. MLAA Feb 2024 #74

Jimmy Buffett Bludogdem Feb 2024 #67

I love his clever and sometimes very poignant lyrics. MLAA Feb 2024 #73

Some good ones Squeaky41 Feb 2024 #70

Open rehearsals had to be so cool, were they free? MLAA Feb 2024 #72

Open Squeaky41 Feb 2024 #118

Way cool that they made themselves available so more people could hear them. MLAA Feb 2024 #148

Favorite is Tom Petty 2008 Milwaukee Summerfest. Ziggysmom Feb 2024 #71

Tom Petty was from Gainesville FL where I was born and lived until about 6th grade, he holds a special MLAA Feb 2024 #103

Tom Petty put on one hell of a show. herding cats Feb 2024 #110

This isn't the best concert I've been to, but it was one to remember. lapucelle Feb 2024 #82

Wow! Never a more unlikely pair I would think. MLAA Feb 2024 #102

That's easy!! Been to: Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon tour)... Wish I been to: Hendrix/Woodstock InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2024 #86

Agree on the Hendrix / Woodstock for sure! MLAA Feb 2024 #104

Best: Human rights Now Traildogbob Feb 2024 #105

I'm envious of your attending the Human Rights Now, what a line up! MLAA Feb 2024 #142

It was a surprise Traildogbob Feb 2024 #190

What a wonderful. Gift your wife gave you. I'm usually not a good keeper of gift surprises. MLAA Feb 2024 #191

Wow! Traildogbob Feb 2024 #193

Never told him! Can't believe I didn't. MLAA Feb 2024 #194

That's some world class Traildogbob Feb 2024 #195

Bowie, Glass Spider, Dallas TX, 1987. Historically significant - The Sex Pistols, Tulsa OK, 1978. Runningdawg Feb 2024 #106

I'm a big Bowie fan as well. I don't recognize Skinny Puppy, I'll have to head over to google. MLAA Feb 2024 #143

Elton John mid 90s GP6971 Feb 2024 #107

I never had a chance to see Elton John, I can't remember him ever playing anywhere near me. MLAA Feb 2024 #145

Best: KISS Chipper Chat Feb 2024 #108

Haha, in our youth $5 sometimes felt as far away as $500. MLAA Feb 2024 #146

Yup Chipper Chat Feb 2024 #182

CHER and Paul McCartney Trueblue1968 Feb 2024 #111

I saw Cher in Las Vegas around 2018, it was a great show in a smallish casino concert hall. MLAA Feb 2024 #150

About 1967 Ravi Shankar brought his sitar to Los Angeles, and several friends and I drove out to his concert Hekate Feb 2024 #112

I wasn't familiar, so I googled Ravi Shankar and found some interesting facts. MLAA Feb 2024 #151

Thank you for adding this, MLAA. Much appreciated. Hekate Feb 2024 #181

Biggest regret: Never saw the Clash Coventina Feb 2024 #113

I'm not familiar with Echo & The Bunneymen. I'll check them out 🙂 MLAA Feb 2024 #152

Hendrix, Buffalo Springfield. Back in the 60's. Paladin Feb 2024 #116

Hendrix concert must have been something. I too wish I'd seen the Beatles. MLAA Feb 2024 #153

"best" is such a loaded term. Lol MissMillie Feb 2024 #117

One of my favorite songs is Bridge Over Troubled Water. MLAA Feb 2024 #154

Yep, they played it. (nt) MissMillie Feb 2024 #177

I listen to this cover frequently MLAA Feb 2024 #183

My fav S & G cover is MissMillie Feb 2024 #196

Was at that show. Very cool. ELO show. cachukis Feb 2024 #158

Rolling stones in '94 in Salt Lake City Redleg Feb 2024 #122

The Who exactly 54 years ago today! That's cool. MLAA Feb 2024 #155

Santana opening for Eric Clapton lynintenn Feb 2024 #128

I'd love to have seen Joan Baez. MLAA Feb 2024 #156

Jimi Hendrix, Queens Surf, Red House Bobstandard Feb 2024 #131

Sounds like that is one perfect day, a truly perfect day in paradise. MLAA Feb 2024 #165

MLAA..... Upthevibe Feb 2024 #138

I would have loved to have seen both Prince and the Beatles. MLAA Feb 2024 #159

Jethro Tull in Roanoke, Va in early 70s was my first and favorite GoodRaisin Feb 2024 #139

I'd have really liked to see Aerosmith. MLAA Feb 2024 #162

There were a few great ones... OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #140

Great list and great memories. MLAA Feb 2024 #141

Whoa, that's like a list of who's who of artist from my late teens through my early 30s! MLAA Feb 2024 #163

We got to see Huey Lewis and the News dai13sy Feb 2024 #147

I saw Huey Lewis late in his career at a work function event. It was fun. MLAA Feb 2024 #160

The Beatles! maccafan Feb 2024 #157

Wow, Beatles twice! I'm envious. I bet they hold the record for girls/women screaming! MLAA Feb 2024 #161

Bruce Springsteen 1985 Jrsygrl96 Feb 2024 #164

9th row center is perfect! MLAA Feb 2024 #167

The Who's first farewell tour, 1982 Captain Zero Feb 2024 #166

I saw Ray Charles at a work event. There was always a concert at these events and the artist was kept a secret. MLAA Feb 2024 #168

I wish I'd been to... Mike Nelson Feb 2024 #169

Judy Garland's Somewhere Over The Rainbow gives me chills every time I hear it. MLAA Feb 2024 #173

Josef Hofmann - Complete The Golden Jubilee Concert (Metropolitan Opera House, November 28, 1937) Celerity Feb 2024 #178

Thank you! Mike Nelson Feb 2024 #187

Beautiful, thanks for posting. The portrait is wonderful. Wonder who the artist was. MLAA Feb 2024 #204

Charles Edward Chambers, American artist (1883-1941) Celerity Feb 2024 #206

Thanks! MLAA Feb 2024 #207

yw Celerity Feb 2024 #208

Long Long ago, James Brown. MuseRider Feb 2024 #170

Which made you dance the most? MLAA Feb 2024 #172

LOL! MuseRider Feb 2024 #176

When we are young and in the moment of extraordinarily good times it doesn't occur to most of us MLAA Feb 2024 #212

Byrds 71; Dylan/Band 74; Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings 90s; Steve Earle several tours. Nt Silent Type Feb 2024 #171

I googled the Byrds to be reminded of their top songs. A clip from one article below struck me. MLAA Feb 2024 #174

first: the one I missed: Linda Ronstadt at The Exit Inn in Nashville yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #175

I live in Linda Ronstadt's home town. I love her classics but also really liked her 40s torch songs. MLAA Feb 2024 #184

She has one of the purest voices I have ever heard, and an incredible range yellowdogintexas Feb 2024 #217

Indeed it is very sad. MLAA Feb 2024 #218

So many great ones, and lots of busts, too. pandr32 Feb 2024 #179

Great line up, I do wish I could have seen Tina Turner. MLAA Feb 2024 #185

She was a pulsar! pandr32 Feb 2024 #188

The best was Phish on NYE 1995 happybird Feb 2024 #180

So many I don't recognize! I'm pretty musically illiterate, so I'm going to have to do some homework by MLAA Feb 2024 #186

Elton John appleannie1 Feb 2024 #189

That must have been wonderful MLAA Feb 2024 #202

Pantera. That was this past August. Elessar Zappa Feb 2024 #192

I was born in 60 and my music tastes, to some degree got stuck in the 70s - 90s. I also like most of the 60s MLAA Feb 2024 #201

Pantera is hardcore thrash metal Elessar Zappa Feb 2024 #203

Thanks for the warning, haha. MLAA Feb 2024 #205

Best: Roger Waters in 2017, and ELO in 2018. Mad_Dem_X Feb 2024 #197

I'm with you on Queen and Freddie Mercury. If you haven't seen the movie, I highly recommend it. MLAA Feb 2024 #200

I've seen it, and enjoyed it very much! Mad_Dem_X Feb 2024 #211

Beach boys at the garden circa 1976 bedazzled Feb 2024 #198

I am very envious of the Queen concert! I love the movie that came out a few years ago. MLAA Feb 2024 #199

Have to break it down into categories. WarGamer Feb 2024 #209

The Lone Grateful Dead Show In Niagara Falls: April 17, 1984 Rustynaerduwell Feb 2024 #210

The Who, U2, Bruce and some other special events electric_blue68 Feb 2024 #214