What was the very first concert you went to? Who did you see, what was the venue, and how was it?
Share why if you wish.
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What was the very first concert you went to? Who did you see, what was the venue, and how was it?
Share why if you wish.
Bon Jovi
My answer will not surprise anyone who knows me: my first concert was seeing ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic at Valleyfair, an amusement park in the Twin Cities. I *think* it was 1985.
I snuck a cassette recorder into the show and made a bootleg tape of the concert. You can primarily hear the screaming of the people around me (and me too, of course). I lent the tape to a friend in college, and never got it back.
I saw Weird Al again just two years later in 1987, when he opened for the Monkees at the Minnesota State Fair.
I was kind-of forced to go see Sha-Na-Na, performing in my town, as in ‘dragged along by friends.’ It was okay. At the time I was really not thrilled because 50s nostalgia was a fad that I hated.
The NEXT concert I went to was by choice: Genesis in Philly. Not sure if it was post-Peter Gabriel as the year would’ve been right around the split.