Potentially Embarrassing Question: What was your first concert?
Mine was Hootie and The Blowfish. I went with my parents.
Your turn!
Dave Matthews Band (before Stand Up).
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Mine was Hootie and The Blowfish. I went with my parents.
Your turn!
Dave Matthews Band (before Stand Up).
Story Of The Year, Alexisonfire, and Killradio.
aka the day my life changed, blink-182
hahahaha omg ja rule. i shit you not. unless raffi counts.
Jars of clay, I was ten.
ha my first concert was the spice girls when i was 5 or 6
Fall Out Boy, except on their second NZ show ever haha. I was 13… October 1st, 2007
really…should i be totally honest. allright and please no laughter. it was kool and the gang. oh and how the tide...
The Capitol City Dusters
Radiohead - Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia - 6th February 1998
incubus. i think it was 2001 brisbane festival hall. i miss that place!
britney spears. oh yes, i think i was about 11
naturespeaks:little-wing:ephemeron) Isaac Stern....sat on the stage.
harry connick, jr: i remember the exact outfit i picked out. bike shorts and kitten shirt. i don’t dress that...
Alanis Morissette. The best concert ever, to this day.
In grade three, I would’ve given my left arm to see New Kids on the Block (Jordan Knight was my fave, for the record)...
Not counting all the John Denver and Neil Diamond shows I went to with my folks, Drivin’ n Cryin’
Hey N., I’m wicked jealous. mine was either NSYNC or Celine Dion. same year, dont’ remember the order.
1994, 7th grade: The Cranberries.
Supersuckers at Bumbershoot in 7th grade.
MC HAMMER bitchessss! I was like 5
sudirman - i was 7
I really wanted to go to Westlife’s concert when I was 12 but I wasn’t allowed to so Tiesto took the spot last summer...
New Kids On The Block at Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT. I was 10 and my younger sister won some contest w/my Mom and...
SWEET! im not the only one with NSYNC as my first. i was in 8th grade.
Hanson, back in 1997 or 98. I was [I think] 9 years old, 4th grade.
All-4-One, 1994ish
i’m gonna go ahead and say “sharon lois and bram” when i was like 5. you know, the elephant show? “skinamarinky dinky...
kattt:sashas:fantasyaction:stultaluna:theprosaic:dressedup-likedreams:...Family Values...
Vanilla Fudge (I am old!)
Either N Sync or Billy Joel. I can’t remember which one was first.
311, Incubus, Sugar Ray - 1997 - 14
Technically, New York Philharmonic, age under 5.
REM (Monster Tour) with (I think?) Lucious Jackson opening.
The Offspring and A.F.I. , (10th grade) (“seconde” in France)
avril lavigne in 2003 in auburn hills. i went with my dad, and totally hurt my hip so i got to ride around in a...
Weird Al Yankovic in like 1984 when i was 7. On a side note, I am much older than these people above and I believe I...
The Spice Girls 1997 haha
Backstreet Boys. Actually, my first 4 concerts were BSB.
Garrison Keillor....yes, it was awesome. numbersix
Michael Jackson, 1988, the BAD tour…. or locally - Drukwerk, 1983 or so…
GREEN DAY. Insomniac Tour. My dad went too and rocked out.
JEWEL. with opening act SISTER HAZEL.
SAVAGE GARDEN. yep.
Ohfawk. Avril Lavigne, grade 5.
Patti LaBelle with my parents…back when I was 5 or 6 (1992 or 1993?). I dont remember the date but the concert itself...
BOYZ II MEN. my mom went with and i’m sure she was horrified when her sixth-grade daughter started losing her shit over...
New Kids on the Block.
HaHa. Sugar Ray, Billings Metro Park Arena, August 1999. I collect all my concert stubs, I wish I had still this one, it...
Aventura ‘03 i thinkk or ‘04 Lol
New Kids On The Block, Norfolk, VA 1991
I lied! I totally forgot that i went to a foo fighters concert with jon before we started going out and it was kind of...
Earth Wind & Fire, Circa ‘04
justin timberlake & christina aguilera… circa 2002?
hahaha, beach boys :x whats worse? I LIKED IT A LOT >:O!
Oasis - Finsbury Park 2002
Milli Vanilli. Beat that, fuckers. Young MC opened. Thasright.
INXS Kick Tour 1987 Alpine Valley
Milli Vanilli wasn’t so terrible. The real singers had great voices :)
I thought that this concert was cancelled? I mean, the one I tried to go to, I think, was cancelled.
Raffi! probs circa 1993
Don’t remember exactly, probably an orchestra-type concert my dad dragged me to but if you’re talking rock music, I...
i win. Milli Vanilli 1986 or 7 ish.
I think it was a Reba McEntire concert, not sure when, or if that’s even my first, but whatev.
Jeff Healey Band Fall 1994 U of M auditorium.
The Monkees 25th Reunion. Ouch.
Stray Cats in New Orleans, circa 1983.
Tiffany with NKOTB opening. I immediately hated NKOTB and though Tiffany was the coolest chick on the block.
the Beach Boys- age 8 (Mike Love/Carl Wilson edition)
onemoretimewithfeeling : jaimeleighfairbrother : yoquieropancakes : betterthancupcakes : fantasyaction : stultaluna :...
The Violent Femmes.
The Everly Brothers. It was a horrible experience—I was in the second grade and a huge fan, and I was heartbroken that...
Jimmy Buffett!!!! 5th grade.
B2k was my third, lol! But my first was Mary J Blige (5th grade)
Jethro Tull - 1978
*deep breath* Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. I was 8.
Rusted Root - December 1995 (so that would have been 9th grade)
Muse (+ Cave In), Bologna, Italy, 2003.
Shakira (3 years ago)
Slayer + Machine Head, Milano, 1994
Motherfucking AEROSMITH.
The y100 FEZtival (9th grade)
Blink-182. (11th grade — I was a late bloomer.)
U2 Zooropa - Dublin , 1993?
A Christian girl-power band called Superchic[k] in seventh grade. I had fabulous taste in music.
Teresa de Sio; Cava dei Tirreni, 1983
Sepultura. Yes. I win.
U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday tour; Philadelphia.
Britney spear’s “Oops I did it again” concert, aaron carter opening.. It was for my cousin’s birthday. First time I went...
» Bryan Adams, performing for free, about ten years ago.
korn/rob zombie in 1998ish. can’t really say i’m embarrassed about that one.
Queensryche, Judas Priest...one place. But it was a waste.
regina would be amazing. mine was fiona apple at the mountain winery! brillllliant
GAWD. If I remember right, it was MENUDO. And who the heck remembers Menudo?!?!
Honestly, I have not been to a real concert, outside of local band shows. I think that’s more embarassing than all of...
The first non-country concert I went to was a summer concert held by KDWB that had LFO, 112, Blu Cantrell, Ja Rule,...
Destiny’s Child (5th grade)
Point of Grace. I WIN!
Mine’s is BFD ‘06, but my official first show/concert is Bob Dylan w/ Kings of Leon opening!
bob dylan and paul simon. holla!
The Cars, 10th grade, Dade County Coliseum Wisconsin got on stage, said “hello” and played the entire set without...
The Cure, Dublin, 1989
Alanis Morrisette, Charlotte, N.C. around 95 or 96.
I held out - The Constantines, when I was 17.
Fall Out Boy. Black Clouds & Underdog Tour. March 21, 2006. I was 16 (17 in 4 days). The Hush Sound, From First To Last,...
regina spektor at the warfield! it was amazing.
The Go-Go’s at Grant Park when I was really, really little. Sat on my dad’s shoulders. I loved “Beauty and the Beat” as...
Britney Spears. I was 12 and it was a birthday gift from my friend. It was right when she released her first album. I...
A free, secret Weezer concert hosted by Q101 and held at a roller rink. I still have the wristband Q101 gave to...
Backstreet Boys, Millenium Tour. I had a blast.
The Offspring, MEN....MEN was second. I didn’t storm anything.
The Cardigans, Flock of Seagulls and They Might Be Giants @ The Civic Center in San Francisco
Ready? The Newsboys, 1996, Cleveland. Take Me To Your Leader Tour (1996-97) (with Plankeye and Geoff Moore and The...
I’m pretty sure I win… Billy Ray Cyrus! woohoo… Or maybe New Kids on the Block. I don’t remember if the chicken or the...
Backstreet Boys (6th Grade)
No Doubt (circa tragic kingdom)
October 31, 2007- Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T’s, & Cute is What We Aim For (Young Wild Things Tour)-...
The Used w/ S.T.U.N. and Motion City Soundtrack (2002)
The Get Up Kids with Kevin Devine and The Hold Steady (9th grade)
Linkin Park, Hoobastank, P.O.D., Story of the Year — 8th grade
Phish (8th grade)
March 16, 2006. - Black Clouds & Underdogs Tour. - Fall Out Boy, From First To Last, Hawthorne Heights, The Hush Sound &...
Arlo Guthrie, age 11..
Three Days Grace 6th maybe 7th
Rooney/Jet (grade 5 or 6?)
John Denver with my dad.
New Kids on the Block (2nd grade)
The Romantics (my dad manages them), probably around age 3 or 4.
mine was whitney houston…i guess we were meant to be…...Avril Lavigne.. haha. hoku & jump...
tbh my first concert was aerosmith haha
Hammer, with Boyz II Men...had soul for a chubby little white kid.
I’d like to think that I have one of the best first concert experiences. Simon & Garfunkel. Madison Square Garden,...
My Chemical Romance (6th grade).
Allman Brothers Band. And Moe. opened. I was loving it
Counting Crows(and a ton of other bands). And they rocked it, im not ashamed to say it
Jimmy Buffet. I’m still upset that I have to say that.
Some hippy thing….it was up in grandmarais i was like….four….and the only band I remember was Iron butterfly….except...
Lulz. Day on the Green, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, 1976. Outlaws, Santana, Lynrd Skynyrd, and PETER EFFING...
I’m pretty sure it was Tom Petty.
Limp Bizkit, Manchester…..Was in seating area, but near the end we stormed the standing zone..Then sang along to...
Alice Cooper, Love It To Death Tour, 5/15/70, Kentwood Memorial Armory. I saw Ted Nugent and
seventh grade: set your goals, alexisonfire, saosin, senses fail. :-)
dixie chicks. with my PARENTS. yeah. i win.
american idol ( with charlie and amanda) in 4th grade? :’D
Omg for realz? XD Wild Sweet Orange (grade eight)
buck65 & moby at the tabernacle in atlanta
Pat Benatar, Halloween night, Los Angeles Forum. (Can’t remember
Wiggles (Kindergarten)
Korn & Rob Zombie, I believe the opener was Powerman5000, Seattle, 2002?
Mine was Shaun Cassidy at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton wayy back in 1977....mother...
the killers. when they were good.
have always been proud...this question (which, I...argued...
moneen, choke, layaway plan 1999?
Tom Petty and his band of heart breakers. YESSSSSSSSSSSSS! 1st and 2nd concert ever
concert ever was the Police during their Synchronicity tour. My sister, two of my stepsisters and I went. I was in sixth...
JESSE MCCARTNEY, fifth grade. WON TICKETS OFF THE RADIO BC I AM AMAZING.
Fall Out Boy, HCT 2007. :|
Alabama and Styx
i think my first “real” concert was franz ferdinand when i was like 14, and i remember it like one the best concerts of...
No Doubt, Weezer, and Ednaswap. 1997, The Gorge.
Millencollin in 6th grade. Also my first crowdsurfing experience. It’s a good thing I invested in a wallet chain.
Paolo Nutini (grade 8)
[9th grade] Alanis Morissette, circa 1996 (grade 4)
Shania Twain. I was in like 3rd grade. And guessed who opened for her? Avril Lavigne. South Dakota FTW!
OK Go last June (9th grade) ~ fail.
Dr. Dre & Eminem at Brixton Academy, March 2000, with the Goths.
Haha I am trying to remember right now so hard to think.. and I have come down to either one of two which I am not sure...
youngest person there, according to...beer vendors. That’s when
I’m happy to say the...was 16. And I’ve seen them 10 more times since then
aaron carter when i was like 7!
Jewel. It was at a charity event so we got to yell out songs we wanted to hear
WinterJam, I believe it was like, Hawk Nelson and….I don’t remember who else. Kat says that it was Hawk Nelson, Newsong,...
fall out boy, black clouds and underdogs tour. i remember it was st. patricks day because they’re roady (dirty) came out...
Fall out boy, Black Clouds and Under Dogs tour.
OAR in Holmdel, NJ what is that—- PNC Bank Arts Center?
Holy shit, you win.
good charlotte. it was just an after show thingy after the grand prix though, so if we’re talking about real concert~ it...
Weezer w/ Pete Yorn. I was 12, it ruled.
first TWO concerts...triple bill of Bobby Brown, Al B. Sure
A fake backstreet boys and britney spears concert with Holly and Sarah 2nd grade.
A*Teens. It was absolutely amazing.
Emerson, Lake & Powell at Madison Square Garden. It...LIRR into the city alone.
No Doubt, around 1999ish. Fantastically mindblowing concert. :D
Britney Spears when I was in 2nd grade? Maybe 3rd. My mom surprised me with tickets when I came home from school one...
the academy is… lol nothing embarrassing
Repeat Offender tour. I was in eighth grade; my mom was a huge fan, and she took my friend Harleigh and me. We ended up...
Kanye’s Glow in the Dark tour. Love Lockdown lasted nearly 10 minutes. I know its pathetic to have only gone to my first...
i forgot when it was, but it was deep purple, thin lizzy, daken, blue oyster cult, joe satriani, and idk for my...
lmfao my first concert was juanes when i was like 9 years old :’)
can’t really remember, but...know it was either Backstreet Boys, NSync, or Britney Spears.
so very proud to say NEIL FUCKING YOUNG. i went with my mom, it was rad. the first time i heard the word “fuck” in a...
spice girls, baby!
THE BACKSTREET BOYS
one time i saw the spice girls when i was like 6 and it was awesome
i will forever be proud of my first concert. fall out boy on the black clouds and underdogs tour. helll yeah. it was in...
Steve Miller Band in 5th grade. =)
Pink Floyd. I was three (thanks Da).
Garth Brooks in second grade, the Ropin’ the Wind tour. I’ve seen him live seven other times, including once at the...
The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean. I was like… 7.
Barenaked Ladies, Duncan Sheik opened. (I’m so jealous of you, Kat. I didn’t see the Stones live until a few years ago.)
New Kids on the Block. I was 8. Then, in 7th grade, my stepdad got me and 5 of my friends 4th row tickets to Boyz II...
NSYNC baby. 3rd grade. I went with my sister and dad :P and I thought I was THE SHIT :P
Stones, 1983. I was in
Are you ready for this? It was the Monkees, with my mom and dad. And you know what? I’m not ashamed, because I’m a...
George Jones. Seriously.
B.B. King at The Tower Theatre. My father dancing like the awkward white dude he is- pure comedy gold, wrapped in love.
Raffi. We’re talking “Baby Beluga”, baby.
Rolling Stones (Spin Doctors were
The flaming lips w/ ween and sonic youth.
Mine wins. Village People. When I was like 5 they played some outdoor festival in St. Paul, MN. My dad and I were all...
Erykah Badu when I was like 11…lol
AH! Shania Twain was my first concert as well :) glad to know I’m not alone
avril lavigne in 2005
Shania Twain with my family. 6th grade. haha
This is funny. A perfect representation of Bayard & myself. His was Ricky Martin. Mine was the Misfits! I was in the...
Frank Marino and the Mahogany Rush, Styx, and Rush at Dayton’s Hara Arena in like, I dunno, 1974 or something.
en vogue opening for vanilla ice and mc hammer. yikes.
vans warped tour, 2003 or 2004? wow, how i’ve changed…
i remember everything vividly. it was february 3, 2007. i was 12. it was senses fail, saosin, alexisonfire, and set your...
I can’t believe I’m saying this in public: New Kids on the Block.
I think I might have you beat. Milli Vanilli before they got caught lip-synching
Aerosmith, 10th Grade. Went with a date that wasn’t really a date.
well technically speaking my mother sang a concert when i was still in...womb…but not...
lil’ bow wow like 6 years ago… i went with a friend and her mom… since then, i’ve hated rap… not hip hop// know the...
Can’t remember their name, some boy band when i was 10. yes embarassing.
bohemea:saramcpherson:...bangles. hell yeah. clooooose your eyes/give
most embarrassing concert. RITA MACNEIL! Bahahahahahahahaha. And it’s taken me this long to share it with ANYONE.
Neil Diamond. Also with my parents. SWE-E-ET CAROLI-I-INE!
My first concert...Funky Bunch. The ticket was a Christmas gift that I was given after my...
the Backstreet Boys! with my little sister and parents....the very first concert that
Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveShow Tour!
I don’t know if you would call Coke Live ‘05 a concert. Otherwise Greenday with My Chemical Romance and Jimmy Eat World....
I think The Guess Who was the first one I saw, but I also remember seeing Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge at...
Blink 182 when I was 15. Also, my first exposure to marijuana and rampant underaged drinking… favorite quote: “the...
Madona =7yrs old
Hangnail it would have been Five iron frenzy had they not cancelled
alanis morissette, our lady peace was opening…...like, 12. way to go,
Styx, 1983 - The Kilroy Was Here/Mr. Roboto tour.
I remember dancing when I...a baby at lots of shows in the Schroders courtyard (Rome GA)...
New Order - 1986 - Toronto’s CNE Grandstand
was so stoked. I wore this pink cropped t-shirt...said “GIRL POWER”.
Mine was a triple-threat billing: Sugar Ray, Goo Goo Dolls, Fastball. I went with my younger brother. And my mom....
I second ShiningStar.
Celine Dion 1996. My aunt took me. It was awesome.
real concert? radiohead...radio city music hall, 1998. it should have been poison in 1988,...
Dashboard Confessional
STRAY CATS, ohio state fair. i was 4. said to my parents “i want stamps on my arms like he has.” its their fault i have...
New Kids on the Block. It explains so much about my current musical tastes.
The Pointer Sisters. I was 2 1/2 and had a choice between the Pointer Sisters & going to the circus. I chose wisely.
Steps. I’ve never looked back.
John Mellencamp’s Millenium show at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. I was eight.
Maroon 5 and John Mayer, summer 2004. Maroon 5 was wonderful!!
2005 Vans Warped Tour
Z100’s Zootopia in elementary school!
Goo Goo Dolls. I was fourteen going on fifteen, and I was probably one...youngest people...
aside from friends’ bands,...Summersault. Moist, Esthero, Our Lady Peace, Buckettruck,...
Bush-X towerofsleep:
MOIST! when i was 12 or 13, at the roller skating rink in kelowna. hilarious.
We are all awesome.
Pantera, Sepultura, Biohazard. Merriweather Post I was in 6th...My Dad is so badass for...
No shit! I think
Secondhand Serenade, Metro Station, and Simple Plan. =P It was pretty fun.
was my first concert too! I was nine, I think. After that it was Lilith Fair...13. I feel...
Eating your Dylan, but raising you a Boyz II Men.
Spice Girls! I went with my big sister! I got my hair cut like Posh and my mom bought me platform runners for the...
Weird Al Yankovic at age 12. Followed very closely by the Misfits.
Frank Sinatra’s last concert ever....parents and my grandfather. It was so cool to have...
midgepingleton: Probably not as cool as asforementioned answers but mine was Debbie Gibson. I went with my dad. It was...
Save for children’s artists (in which case, Raffi. holla!), Page
Whatever - try Bass is Bass, Barenaked Ladies...Stomping Tom Connors. Amil Niazi for the...
I totally take the cake… Vanilla Ice, Maestro Fresh Wes, and Alanis (before she was Alanis Morrisette) I think you need...
blink 182 in glasgow in 2004 i think maybe 2003…well it was my first big gig anyways
Sting! I was 12! I loved every second of it! (But I did go to a Hanson concert too! I won the tickets! haha
Secondhand Serenade, Rookie of the Year, and PlayRadioPlay! at the Granada Theatre. It was this past summer actually
Got you beat (in terms of embarrassment) - mine was Phil Collins (solo tour), 1997, Bryce Jordan Center (Penn State...
hoku & jump 5, its was like a disney concert. haha amazing.
Garrison Keillor.
My mom took me to the Rolling Stones at Giants Stadium in the summer of 1994, I think it was the Voodoo Lounge Tour. My...
Blink 182, Bad Religion, Fenix TX @ Tampa, FL. No shame.
India Arie. yeah….
Hall & Oates at Six Flags Over Georgia. I...7 or 8, and I slept through everything...
Paul McCartney. May 1993....was 8. Beat that.
joining the re-blog train… other than the gamut of raffi, fred penner and the like as
jimmy buffett, age 10.
avril lavigne. i was thirteen. my dad...bar throughout. but you know, at least i have a...
First BIG one would probably be Whitesnake/Great White.
Chumbawumba, at Centennial Olympic Park. It was awesome.
Not counting stuff like Randy Newman...parents or local ska shows in 6th grade: first big...
Hanson. 5th grade....family. I cried. Hard.
Genesis, 1991. Talk about embarassing.
ah yeah, Lakewood when it was still Lakewood. it was the first time my parents let me something big like that without...
Blink 182 - the tour where Bad Religion opened for them, which was kind of embarrassing for Bad Religion. I was in ninth...
I was Green Day in 1994 I was 13. My parents thought it was a childrens show by the tour shirt that I had.. I thought I...
first contact high from all the weed smoking and spent the whole time looking at the lighting rigs. Also, someone in the...
Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees at SUNY Stony Brook. The opening act was a performance artist whose finale consisted of...
Red Hot Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl 4eva
i think i got everyone beat….DEBBIE GIBSON ELECTRIC YOUTH TOUR