What was your first concert and how old were you...

[BigDHornfan 6550]

Saw Yes at Reunion Arena in 1983.  I was 10.  I fell in love with live music that night.  

[po elvis 2076]

is this an attempt to get answers to our secret questions for our financial accounts?

[Hate 20145]

I was 15 and it was the Kinks. They played at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio. The place went nuts when they played Lola.

[skeeter 454]

ZZ Top at Panther Hall in Ft Worth ... New Year's Eve, 1969.

[dcbc 14509]

First concert (with parents):  The Jacksons/Michael Jackson Victory Tour, Astrodome, Houston, Texas (1985).

First concert (with friends):  The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour, Astrodome (1989).

Friend with good connections got us tickets to the Stones.  We were 11th Row Center.  Paid $32.

[RDCanecutter 26473]

The Police. I guess I was 19. Pal pulled up in the parking lot of our student apartment "Hey y'all wanna come see the Police?", we were all "Who the hell are The Police?"

He went "Roxxxxxxxanne..."

Us "Oh those guys. How much?"

"Like, 5 dollars."

And it was. Bought the ticket at the theater, I got this xeroxed piece of paper with their faces on it and "105" marked on it in red ink.

Pretty good concert. Sting sang all these songs we'd never heard that would end up as mega-hits.

[Buzzrock 14941]

U2, Joshua Tree tour, 1987. I was 15.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/u2/1987/the-omni-atlanta-ga-1bd6f9b8.html

Quote

Where the Streets Have No Name
I Will Follow
Trip Through Your Wires
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (with "Exodus" snippet)
MLK
The Unforgettable Fire
Bullet the Blue Sky
Running to Stand Still
People Get Ready (The Impressions cover)
Bad (with "Ruby Tuesday" and " Sympathy for the Devil" snippet)
Out of Control
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Exit (with "Riders on the Storm" and Van Morrison's "Gloria" snippets)
In God's Country
Pride (In the Name of Love)

Encore:
With or Without You
New Year's Day
40 (with "Help!" snippet)

I never saw them again. Didn't need to.

[trubbaman 36]

First concert was Arlo Guthrie in 1973. I was 13. First rock concert was Bachman-Turner Overdrive in 1974, just as Takin' Care of Business was on the charts. After that I was off to the races, as many shows as I could possibly go to.

Edited March 26, 2018 by trubbaman

[The Other White Meat 39]

Metallica at the Beaumont Civic Center in 1989. I was 14.

[Anwar Namtut 344]

Barry Manilow with the parents. I was probably 12 or so.

First rock concert was either Aerosmith or White Snake - Can't remember which I saw first. Wanted to see Van Halen/1984 and Motley Crue/Theater of Pain, but the parents wouldn't let me go to a concert until I was 16.

[Ldogg53 514]

Pretty sure it was Bell Biv Devoe when I was 13.  At the Summit in Houston.  

[Moriarty 16]

Motley Crue - Theater of Pain Tour - Beaumont Civic Center - I was 12.

[Rollo Tomassi 80]

Van Halen 1984 (1984 tour, duh). Frank Erwin Center. Eddie played a 45 minute solo. 

[South Austin 52604]

Pink Floyd at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. I was 19.

[Reese Bennett 3616]

The Cars at the Houston Music Hall, 1979. I was 17.

Three weeks later, it was Van Halen in the same place, 4th row center.

[squanchy 11]

saw the following at southern star amphitheater (astroworld) when i was in my early teens

• adam ant
• depeche mode
• dire straits
• morrissey
• new order
• power station
• simple minds
• the cure
• weird al

damn! they had some great shows there...many more that i missed.

[Druggist 303]

Motley Crue, 11 years old, 1987 Girls, Girls, Girls tour at Reunion Arena with Whitesnake opening.  It was awesome.

[Royalfan5 2355]

The Oak Ridge Boys at the 100th Diller Picnic, I was 14, and sold drinks, and helped disassemble the stage as part of the Local FFA chapter 

[coolsax 49]

Started going to concerts my Freshman year at UT.. First Three shows I ever saw was about as Random as it gets.

Jimmy Buffett, Neil Diamond, and Metallica all in the same school year.

[BurntOrange&White 40009]

First concert I remember was when I was a junior in high school. Went and saw George Strait at the Irwin Center. 

[Radical Larry 28663]

Pink Floyd at the Alamodome in 1994. I was 17. 

[ultimaton 2982]

Garbage/The Smashing Pumpkins at the Erwin Center in '96, I was 14.

[Art Vandelay 1712]

Pat Benatar on the UNT campus in Denton. I was 15.

Edited March 27, 2018 by Art Vandelay

[Dry Elbows 142]

Primus/Public Enemy/Anthrax at The Unicorn in Houston. 1991. 

[Ldogg53 514]

3 minutes ago, Dry Elbows said:

Primus/Public Enemy/Anthrax at The Unicorn in Houston. 1991. 

That’s fucking solid.  

[DalTxHornFan 3117]

ZZ Top @ Memorial Stadium in 1974 when I was 15. 

[twosheds 374]

Do the concerts at the HSLR count?  If so who knows.  Probably some tired country act in the late 70's with the parents when I was 9 or 10.  Anne Murray?  Crystal Gayle?  First solo concert was Billy Idol at Astroworld before it was called Southern Star.  And the first Stadium concert was U2 The Joshua Tree in 1987 at The Summit.

Edited March 27, 2018 by twosheds

[Topper13 3386]

Kiss - Dynasty tour - 8 years old. My parents thought I was to young to attend the Love Gun/Alive 2 tour a year and a half prior, so I got stuck with the Liberace looking Kiss. 

[CrownKing 55]

Van Halen 1982, 15 years old. Was at the old Coliseum in Houston. 

Edited March 27, 2018 by CrownKing

[BurntOrangeCrush 1025]

Van Halen in 1980 at the Amarillo Coliseum. 14 years old

[South Austin 52604]

8 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

Pink Floyd at the Alamodome in 1994. I was 17. 

Looks like both our first concerts was The Division Bell tour.

[mr. sunshine 2833]

Scorpions and Iron Maiden at the Beaumont Civic Center in ‘80. I was 16

[The Maestro 758]

Saw Metallica’s And Justice For All, in Shreveport - only $17.  I’m pretty sure I was 14. 

Edited March 27, 2018 by The Maestro

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Metallica, Guns n Roses, Faith No More - Astrodome, 9/4/1992. I was about to turn 16.  

Second concert was Faith No More, Kyuss, Babes in Toyland - The Unicorn (Houston), 1/29/1993. 

Edited March 27, 2018 by Patricio Swayze

[HouTex 1894]

Robin Trower at the old Sam Houston Coliseum in 1977 IIRC.

[RPM 26354]

Sammy Hagar / Boston at the Tarrant County Convention Center 1978. Went last minute with no tickets. Found a parking spot right by the door and had tickets before we got out of the pickup. I love it when a plan comes together.

[Equinox 95]

Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, 1975.

 

First rock concert was KISS, 1977.

Edited March 27, 2018 by Equinox

[BurntOrange&White 40009]

I’ve never been to a legit rock concert. I’ve been to some smaller shows. I definitely want to go. Would love to see chili peppers, Metallica or etc. my parents saw ZZ Top a few years ago down in la grange. 

[Grandioso 2592]

.38 Special at Astroworld. Doesn't really count because me and my buddies were only there to ride rollercoasters.

First REAL concert: ZZ Top at the Summit in November 1994. I was 13.

Jackyl opened for them and played a song called "She Loves My Cock." The lead singer also used a chainsaw to carve out the word "TEXAS" into a barstool during a song called "Lumberjack." ZZ Top had burlesque showgirls dancing on stage on nearly every song. There was a black dude in front of us dancing and smoking weed the whole time in a snakeskin vest. He put on a pair of sunglasses during "Cheap Sunglasses."

This was me:

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Rolling Stones, 1981. What a start.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

Guy down the street from me was my age but had two brothers who were late teens.  One was fresh from a short trip to county, other had actually done some short time.  Both got out the same week in 1979.  They were OK dudes - just pot-selling longhaired rednecks.  

To celebrate they said they were going to see KISS.  Well, my buddy and I really wanted to go.  They didn't believe we'd do it and it became sort of a dare thing.

So we ended up telling my parents we were going to the movies and then to spend the night.  And they took us to the concert.

John Cougar opened.

I was 9. It blew my mind.

To this day, I still have no idea why those to guys did that other than to see if I would go.

They both ended up in Hunstville FWIW.

[phdhorn 6224]

I think it was Commander Cody and Leon Russell.  I was 13.

[Shoxthemonkey 1983]

Jefferson Airplane, 1970. Henry Levitt Arena, Wichita. First and only  time I ever did acid.

[Hate 20145]

11 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

Pink Floyd at the Alamodome in 1994. I was 17. 

I was at this show too. The Alamodome may have been the worst concert venue I’ve ever been to. Remember when one of their huge pig balloons fell?

Edited March 27, 2018 by Hate

[Duke Silver 191]

With parents:  George Strait and Rosanne Cash at the HLSR in 1983.  Eddie Rabbitt was the headliner but cancelled and a young George filled in.  

With friends:  Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood Tour 1990 at the Summit in Houston.

[CooterBrown 18029]

My first real concert was the Def Leppard Hysteria tour in Kansas City when I was 17. We were in Lawrence for the AAU Junior Olympics and met some local chicks who had tickets. We snuck away later that night with them, bought tickets from a scalper, saw the show.  Got to the hotel at around 2am and rawdogged the girls before never seeing them again.  If you were born in Lawrence in the spring of '91, your mom loves hair metal, and you don't know your dad, hi.

 

Edited March 27, 2018 by CooterBrown

[mbtex 683]

1979 Willie Nelson and Friends at the Summit in Houston Texas I was 14

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

5th grade The Statler Brothers. I have never seen so many blue haired women go crazy in my life. Also not the greatest 1st concert experience for an 11 year old kid. 

[Moby Ric 2058]

Going without my parents.  Def Leppard with Tesla as an opening act in the Summit in Houston.  1986 maybe.  ! was 15.

Going with parents Kenny Rogers at the Summit.  In the round, with an octagon stage.

Now that I think about it, Def Leppard was in the round as well.  mind blown

[TwiceHorn 31536]

Kinks.  Dallas Convention Center.  Intergoogles show a concert in September 1980 and August 1981.  I think it was the '80 one.  I was 14.  Or 15 if the other.