1st... Too many dead brain cells ago to remember. Maybe Rush in 1977 or 1978
2nd: Santana - Zebop tour. I was tripping my ass off. 1st row center left - Carlos sat on the edge and killed a solo
3rd: Indigenous @ Alice Cooperstown
First Concert: Lynyrd Skynyrd/Climax Blues Band/Styx St Paul 1975
Best Concert: Shack Liverpool 2025 (hometown gig)
Last Concert: CMAT Minneapolis 9/25
First Concert: can’t remember.
Best Concert: don’t have a favourite.
Last Concert: LSO/Janine Jansen - Britten violin concerto and Shostakovich 10th symphony.
First: U2 at the Oakland Coliseum (Joshua Tree)
Best: Peter Gabriel in Florence, Italy (Secret World Tour)
Last: Tom Bailey with a much younger backing band playing all of my most favorite Thompson Twins hits (last week in Menlo Park!)
First Concert: KISS with my older brother when I was in junior high.
Best Concert: The Methadones/The Copyrights/Dan Vapid and the Cheats/ Mikey Erg - 2022
Last Concert: Teenage Bottlerocket- April 2025
1st: Bruce, 1985 Three Rivers Stadium
Best: Bridge School Benefit 1998 (Neil Young, REM, The Who, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, Sheryl Crow)
Last: Yo La Tengo, Christmas Day 2024
I have two 1st concerts: James Taylor (parents bought tix) The Trews ( I bought the tix)
2: Sloan March of 2023
3: Matt Mays opening for Blue Rodeo Aug 2024
First concert I went to on my own: Silversun Pickups
Best concert: Cheekface (they *shred* live, a much more intense performance than the jokey bubble grunge lyrics would make you expect)
Last concert: Willi Carlisle, a close second for best. Go see him on this tour if he's near you!
1. Huey Lewis and the News 1984 Hartford
2. Too many to pick one
3. Big Head Todd and the Monsters 2025 Ft Lauderdale, St. Pete, Jax, Orlando back to back to back to back nights.