Which big-name artists/bands have you seen live in concert?

Completely forgot about Chris Isaak. Great show.

I saw Billy Corgan play a few Christmas carols and Jeff Tweedy perform at Second City Chicago this past Christmas. Does that count?

 

pink floyd 94
page and plant 95 & 98
beastie boys 98, 03 & 04(three times)
rage against the machine (97 & 99)
beck(98)
janes addiction(98)
bob dylan 02, 03, 04, 05
radiohead 01 & 03
phish(97)
the roots(97)
pseudo Skynyrd at the Rodeo(96)
willie nelson 04 & 05

 

Living Colour
Genesis
Smashing Pumpkins
Pixies
Prince
Lollapaloozas 1-3 (Too Many Acts To List - Dallas, Minneapolis, Des Moines)
Erasure
Pet Shop Boys
Depeche Mode
B.B. King
Etta James
John Lee Hooker
Fabulous T-Birds
Kenny Rogers
NIN
Jello Biafra
GWAR
Butthole Surfers
YES
Leann Rimes
Guns and Roses
Ice Cube
Ghetto Boys
Gypsy Kings
Mana
Dead Milkmen
Soundgarden

 

The Kinks
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Devo
Big Country
INXS
U2
Counting Crows
The Pixies
The Breeders
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Neil Young
OMD
Garbage
Llyle Lovett
Willy Nelson
Reverend Horton Heat
Jerry Jeff Walker
Los Lobos

 

There's no way I'll remember even half, but here are some.

The Who
The Police
UB40
Thompson Twins
Julian Lennon
REM
King Missile
Gil Scot Heron
Led Zeppelin (w/Jason Bonham)
Arlo Guthrie
Donovan
Depeche Mode
KISS
Genesis
Phil Collins
Roberta Flack
Pink Floyd
Mick Jagger
Roger Daltrey
Yes
Butthole Surfers
The Ramones
Nick Cave
Wesley Willis
Santana
Chuck Berry
Rush
UK Subs
Prince
Willie Nelson
Merle Haggard
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Lou Reed
ZZ Top
Daniel Johnston
David Berman (private, impromptu solo show, 4am at the Proletariat)
Tracy Chapman
Suzanne Vega
Michelle Shocked
Grateful Dead
Cheetah Crome
Whiskeytown
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Bob Dylan (about 40 times)

 

WAY too many to remember, but here are a few highlights:

Incubus (twice)
John Mayer
DMB (4 times, and one coming up next week)
Lenny Kravitz (twice)
Sarah McLachlan
Peter Gabriel
Sting
NIN
Third Eye Blind
Vertical Horizon
N'Sync (just kidding)
The Cranberries
Snoop Dogg
Matchbox 20 (twice)
Rush (twice)
Garbage
Good Charlotte
Seether
Evanescence
Saliva
TLC
Bobby Brown ( )
David Bowie
Jimmy Eat World
3 Days Grace
Smashmouth
Mary J. Blige
Johnny Lang
Pink (she opened for Kravitz a few years ago?!)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Everclear
Lifehouse

And many many more!!

 

Forgot about Genesis. I had horrible seats behind the stage that turned out to be great because they were RIGHT BEHIND Chester Thompson. That was more like a clinic than a concert.

Did you see Living Colour in 88 at Club Xcess?

 

Counting Crows x11
Live x 6
Hootie x2
Rage Against the Machine
Graham Colton Band x 4
Filter
Method Man/ Red Man
Primus
Beastie Boys x 3
Alanis
Fiona Apple
The Wallflowers x2
Collective Soul
Sugar Ray
3rd Eye Blind
MB 20 x 2
No Doubt
Jewel
Sarah McLachlan
the Offspring
the Cranberries
Better than Ezra x3
Toadies x2
Clint Black
Hank Williams Jr.
Weird Al Yankovic
Dave Matthews Band x3
John Mayer x 3
Blues Traveler
Lenny Kravitz
Green Day
A Tribe Called Quest
Digital Underground
Coolio
George Clinton and P-Funk All-stars
Smashing Pumpkins
Pearl Jam
Bush
Goo Goo Dolls
the Roots
Outkast
Ludacris
Soul Asylum
Seven Mary 3
Vallejo
The Calling
Five for Fighting
The Pat McGee Band
Gavin Degraw x 2
Switchfoot
Bowling for Soup x 2


It helps to go to festival type shows, and to spend almost every cent you have on cd's and concerts.

 

You betcha!

From past conversations on here, I think you, Jeff and I were all at the same show. Best live show I've seen as well. The energy that they put out was amazing.

 

Lucky you. I'm hoping Fiona does some touring for the new album.

 

Rush - 4 times
Van Halen - 3 times
Metallica - 3 times
Pink Floyd - 2 times
Iron Maiden - 2 times
Pantera - 2 times
AC/DC
Judas Priest
Alice Cooper
Motley Crue
Dio
Ozzy (the alleged No More Tours tour...ha!)
Black Sabbath's 1st reunion tour
Page and Plant
Aerosmith
Slayer
Motorhead
The Lollapolooza with Alice in Chains, Primus, Rage, etc.

I'm sure there were many more, but these are the only ones I could think of that I freely admit to, as far as big names.

I've seen smaller names like King Diamond, Testament and Down at club shows.

Of the shows listed above, the only one that sucked was the 3rd time to see Metallica...after the "black" album came out. Such a sell-out ridden, pale shadow of their former selves, that I actually left halfway through.

The sad thing is, since I've moved to Charlotte, I have not been to a single concert. Charlotte sometimes gets passed over in favor of other close by cities like Greensboro, Raleigh or Greenville, SC. I've heard that the soon to be defunct Charlotte Coliseum is a crappy venue for shows. Now that the new arena is about to open, there should be some good shows coming here.

 

Just one. Interpol at Stubbs in Austin on Election Day 2004.

 

i just read your list and realized i went to a few fests myself...


tribe called quest
de la soul
cypress hill
smashmouth
offspring
green day

 

Neil Diamond (my first concert age 12)
U2 (joshua tree)
Police
Peter Gabriel
Van Halen (1984)
Rush (4 times)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (3 times)
Duran Duran
Yes
The Who
Replacements (twice)
Riders in the Sky
Dire Straits
REM
Elvis Costello
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Kings X (3 times)
Richard Thompsom (5 times)
Leo Kottke
Bill Monroe
John Mclaughlin
Eric Johnson
Graham Parker
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Freedie Johnson
Alex Chilton
Paul Kelly
that's all i can remember for now. having 3 kids slowed down my concert attendance in the late 90s to now.

 

i've only seen the white stripes (in awesome vancouver) in my life. its hard to catch good bands when you're in malaysia. the only bands that make their way here are the likes of hoobastank, linkin park, etc.

i tried to catch dave matthews band in montreal for their sept gig a few years back, but i'm always back home in malaysia and my flight back to canada is ALWAYS like arriving on the day of the concert itself, except for this year where i actually spent my summer here, and of course dave matthews band decided this is the year that they're not playing in montreal. by the way, am i the only one who doesnt like their new album?

 

Nope. It's hated by a lot of fans, even though I dig it. It's different than the older stuff, but it's still better than most stuff out there, IMO. The critics finally love something they've done though.

Also, the new songs are supposed to be amazing live. For one thing, the band loves them, so they bring more energy to those songs and it has apparently rolled over into the non-new stuff to make for an amazing tour. I can't wait until next Monday!

 

I go to a lot of local shows, but I shy away from the larger national shows.
So, I have a very short list:

U2 -1987
REM - 1990?
Rush - circa 1993
Paul McCartney - circa 1992
Johnny Cash - circa 1976 (my first concert.)
Howard Jones - had his 15 minutes back in 1985

I guess I could add The Toadies and The Butthole Surfers.

 

matchbox twenty 3 times on their last tour
Maroon 5


hmm, honestly...that might be it.

 

Kansas - 1976
Ted Nugent - 1977
Rush - 1977
Angel - 1977
REO Speedwagon - 1979
Styx - 1979
Kenny Rogers (won Anne Murray tickets and traded - woohoo!) - 1980
Dead Kennedy's (that was "wild") - 1981/82?
Police - 1983
Genesis - 1983
Phil Collins - 1984
Peter Frampton - 2000
Al Jarreau - 2001
Collective Soul - 2002

Christian Band include
Micheal W Smith
Wayne Watson
Bee & Cee Winans
Crystal Lewis
Carmen (walked out on that one)
Newsong
Phil Driscoll
Newsboys
DC Talk

 

Rolling Stones
U2
Prince
AC/DC
Van Halen
Red Hot Chili Peppers (twice)
Foo Fighters
Snoop Dogg
Blink 182 (twice)
Cypress Hill
Bad Religion
David Gray
Willie Nelson
Nine Inch Nails
Pearl Jam (twice)
Poison
Journey (twice)
REO Speedwagon
Styx
Peter Frampton
Vince Neil
John Mellencamp
Tool
Velvet Revolver
Toadies/Burden Brothers (once each)
Live
Seven Mary Three
Nickelback
Jerry Cantrell (from Alice in Chains) (twice)
Train
Depeche Mode
Dandy Warhols