As I was waiting for the Brian Wilson show to start the other night, I started thinking about all the concerts I've attended. I thought it might be useful to list as many shows as I can remember before Dementia strikes me down. I won't count all opening acts, only those I had an interest in seeing.
My first was The Rolling Stones in 1978 (again on the Steel Wheels tour)
Stephen Stills
The Kinks (5 times - Ray Davies 1 time)
Tom Petty
Rockpile
Blondie
Nick Lowe (x2)
Dave Edmunds
The Cramps
The Damned (x2)
Squeeze (x3)
The Replacements
Camper Van Beethoven (x2)
Joey Mollands Badfinger
The Who (x3)
Kiss
The Grateful Dead
Bob Dylan
Steve Earle
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Jeff Beck (x2)
REM
Robyn Hitchcock
Bryan Ferry (x2)
Morrissey (x6)
Violet Femmes
The Ramones
The Damned (x2)
X
Iggy (x2)
Jane's addiction
The Pretenders (x2)
B52's
David Bowie
The new pornographers (X4)
Violent Femmes
The Church
Tom Verlaine
Richard Thompson
The Monkees
Robert Palmer (x2)
The Power Station
David Lee Roth
Van Halen
The Fleshtones
Duran Duran
Brian Wilson
Elvis Costello (x3)
Ringo Starr
The Mekons
Rank and File
Buddy Guy
Joe Ely
The Cowslingers
Ian Hunter
The Jayhawks (x2)
Aimee Mann
The Zombies
The Waco Brothers
Paul Weller (x2)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Georgia Satellites
A few might be slipping my mind. I just update this blog from a few minutes ago as the protein hit my brain.Tom Waits and Suede are the only two I'd still like to see, Hopefully not too little too late.