First Ever Gig

[Coffin Nail]

What was the first gig you ever went to, when & where??

 

I got taken to Wembley in 1983 to see David Bowie's Serious Moonlight tour. Our English teacher at school was a Bowie devotee and took a gang of us. Talk about a more innocent time, they'd never be able to do that now, it's such a shame.

 

The first gig I went to without adult supervision was 1984 (I think) Siouxie & the Banshees at Manchester Appollo.

 

Man I'm getting old!!

[Weave]

Coffin Nail, major kudos!!!

 

My first concert was Billy Bragg

[Gemz]

Mine was Micheal Jackson when I was about 10, it was amazing I remember he sang heal the world to finish and he had globes on his screens at the side.

[Stephanie2008]

Mine was the Spice Girls in '98 in Sheffield . I was 9 year old and devestated because Geri had just left

[Peacefield]

My dad was a saxophone player so I started going to his gigs when I was very young. My first real concert though was I think The Cure in '87 or so for their 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me' tour .

[Karsa Orlong]

Rush at Wembley Arena in 1983

[Univerze]

Haha.. mine was Backstreet Boys, in Gelredome in Arnhem here in Holland. I was 14 or 15 or something.. and loved them. Went with two friends that were even crazier about them than I was. However, after seeing alllll those screaming girls, and not being able to hear anything besides screaming, I sort of became less of a fan. Just didn't see all that fuss, why faint at the sight of these guys?

[BookJumper]

Bob Dylan (the first of three times), when I was 15.

[Cookie]

I was a late starter so it was in about '02 or '03 and it was Snowpatrol at the Birmingham Academy. My friend worked at a radio station and got some free tickets.

[Ruth]

It was either Gary Numan, or Alison Moyet. I think the Moyet concert was first, but I can't be sure now - it was a long time ago!

[Mia]

Duran Duran at Newcastle City Hall in the late 80s. I think it was their Big Thing tour (ooh-er).

[ned]

Oasis at Prehen playing fields in 2002, Liam was in foul mood that day excellent show

[Stephanie2008]

Oasis at Prehen playing fields in 2002, Liam was in foul mood that day excellent show

There's a shock. Is he ever in any other mood?

[AbielleRose]

Its hard to pin down my first but I would have to say a local Native American band called Brule when I was 11. It was on an indian reservation during a pow wow.

[ned]

There's a shock. Is he ever in any other mood?

 

 

True

 

A friend went to see them in London and Liam and Noel had fallen out, Liam spent the whole concert with his back to the crowd

[Nightwish]

It wasn't a gig as such, it was Bloodstock metal festival that happens in the UK every year. I used to go to the indoor festival as it was just in Derby, a quick bus ride down but they've stopped doing the indoor ones now and just do the open air ones. Tried that for a few years but I don't like camping .

[Stephanie2008]

True

 

A friend went to see them in London and Liam and Noel had fallen out, Liam spent the whole concert with his back to the crowd

Eee I hate him I like Oasis music but can't ever watch videos or anything because I feel like punching him everytime I see him. He's such a (insert own word here )

[Univerze]

It wasn't a gig as such, it was Bloodstock metal festival that happens in the UK every year. I used to go to the indoor festival as it was just in Derby, a quick bus ride down but they've stopped doing the indoor ones now and just do the open air ones. Tried that for a few years but I don't like camping .

 

Hee hee, am the same. A friend of mine goes to Bloodstock pretty much every year, especially when it still was inside, and I always was jealous, however, I am NOT a festival girly.

[Nightwish]

I only went to Bloodstock for several years in a row because my then boyfriend enjoyed going and his old German teacher actually does some work for the festival and managed to get us really cheap tickets . I hate big crowds so it wasn't the best idea but it was worth it to meet Within Temptation and Lacuna Coil .

[poppyshake]

I was a late starter too and my first gig was Nelly Furtado and her first UK gig at 'The Forum' in Kentish Town in 2001.

[Karsa Orlong]

'The Forum' in Kentish Town

I love that venue. You always get such great sound and atmosphere there.

[poppyshake]

I love that venue. You always get such great sound and atmosphere there.

 

Yes so do I, the atmosphere is great.

[Mac]

My mother and father were musicians when I was tiny, so was always carted around with them - I believe that whilst they were on stage, I was being looked after by Dancing Girls and I wish to God that I were able to remember all this...so I guess I was always at gigs.

 

The first proper gig I went to was Simple Minds Street Fighting Years Tour in...erm...1988? 1989? I can't remember.

 

Although, saying that, I'd been performing since before then anyway, so would the first gig I went to be one of mine???

[Mexicola]

Weezer at the Hammersmith Apollo, must've been 2004.

[Peacefield]

Oooh I bet that was fun, Mexicola!

 

My dad was a musician too, Mac, and probably played gigs up until I was about 18. I remember when I was little being carted around to all sorts of halls and theatres and being chased by one or all of my 4 siblings - mind you I had no attention span . I even remember running around on a riverboat once! And of course back then I never appreciated the music as much as I do now, which is a crying shame.