Concerts

[AwallaceUNC]

Time for this thread to get a bump. I recently attended the Back to Basics tour, so I've added Christina Aguilera (awesome), The Pussycat Dolls (lame), and Danity Kane (even lamer) to my list.

-Aaron

[Anthony]

My concert history is really embarrassing. I've really only been to a few, big crowds bother me so I usually avoid them.

I've seen:

Paula Abdul (1991 - I believe, or maybe 1992)
Madonna (1995 and 2003)
Janet Jackson (1994 and 1995)
Matchbox 20 (2001)
Cher (2004 and 2005)

I'm a bit fuzzy about these, so I may be off with the years by a few.

[Simba3]

Cencerts I have been to include:

Janet Jackson: (Velvet Rope Tour AND All For You Tour)
-Opening Act: N'Sync (Velvet Rope Tour)
-Opening Act: Genuine (All For You Tour)

TLC (FanMail Tour)
-Opening Act: Destiny's Child

Bon Jovi (Crush Tour)

Anger Management Tour
-Artists include DMX, Godsmack, and Limp Bizkit

I haven't been to a concert in a really long time, as you can probably tell by my list.

Artists I would LOVE to see in concert:

-Beyonce
-Christina Aguilera
-Madonna
-Justin Timberlake
-The Killers

[Ting Ting]

Let's see...

Britney Spears
...Oops, I Did it Again Tour
August 5, 2000
Santa Barbara, CA
Opening Act: Aaron Carter (abyssimal) and A*Teens (lame)

Incubus
A Crow Left of the Murder Tour
August 2, 2004
Bakersfield, CA
Opening Act: Sparta

American Idols Live 2004
September 24, 2004
Bakersfield, CA
Opening Act: None

Gwen Stefani
Harajuku Lovers Tour
September 30, 2005
Bakersfield, CA
Opening Act: M.I.A. (awful)

Hawk Nelson
Smile, it's the End of the World Tour
May 23, 2006
Bakersfield, CA
Opening Act: None

Ashlee Simpson
L.O.V.E. Tour
June 5, 2006
Santa Barbara, CA
Opening Act: The Veronicas and Ashley Parker Angel (they were both terrible)

Boo Bomb (a terrible rap show that I was invited to by a friend)
November 12(?), 2006
Bakersfield, CA

Black Eyed Peas
Monkey Business Tour 2006
November 30, 2006
Bakersfield, CA
Opening Act: Frankie J.

Gwen Stefani
The Sweet Escape Tour
April 25, 2007
Bakersfield, CA
Opening Act: Akon

I'm pretty embarrassed to say that I've been to a Britney Spears concert. Hey, I was 10.

Some concerts that I'm DYING to go to are...

Drake Bell
Paul McCartney
No Doubt
Guns N' Roses (if Axel is in a good mood )

[Joshrzmeup]

Josh Groban (4 times and hope to make it 5 soon)
-Opening acts: Chris Botti (great!!)
-Anjelique Kijdo (so-so)

Smashmouth (free concert)
Earth, Wind and Fire (free concert)
Aly & AJ

[dvdjunkie]

Friday, May 11, 2007

Chris Daughtry
West Bank Stage (Outdoors)
Attendance: excess of 55,000
Opening Act: Rain (local group)

This was a great show, and Chris brought the mayor of Greensburg, Kansas uo to the stage and gave him a personal check for $50,000 for the Tornado relief fund.

Saturday, May 12, 2007

The Guess Who
Kennedy Plaza Stage (Outdoors)
Attendance: over 10,000
Opening Act: John Kay & Steppenwolf

Really good show - short, as each band only was on stage for 50 minutes. But each band did their biggest hits. That's what the crowd wanted.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Little River Band
Kennedy Plaza Stage (Outdoors)
Attendance: over 10,000
Opening Act: Code Blue (local band)

Very good show. They played for almost 90 minutes, and did all their hits and then some.

Some upcoming shows I am going to attend include:

Martina McBride - Sunday, May 27, 2007 - Kansas Coliseum
Weird Al Yankovic - June 10, 2007 - Verizon Ampitheater, Kansas City
Snow Patrol, The Fray - July, 2007 - Verizon Ampitheater, Kansas City

[memnv]

Cant remember dates but I will list the bands I have seen starting in 1986
Motley Crue
Guns and Roses
Aerosmith (2x)
Kiss (2x)
Whitesnake
Great White
Def Leppard (2x)
Bon Jovi(2x)
David Lee Roth
Extreme
Poison
Zebra
Tesla
Ronnie James Dio
Garth Brooks
Reba
Joan Jett
Ted Nugent
White Lion
Goo Goo Dolls
38 Special
Savatage
Kansas
Dokken
Kool and the Gang - friends Bar Mitzvah - Hisdad was the MTV lawyer in the early 80's
Black Crowes

There are more just cant remember, mainly country bands

I want to see:
Metallica
Tool
My Chemical Romance
Lincin Park
Three Days Grace

[Loomis]

It seems strange that I haven't posted in this thread since mid-2004! I have seen quite a few since then, although not so much this year.

Highlights have included:

2005
The Beastie Boys
The Shins
Fiery Furnaces
You Am I
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
Billy Corgan
Interpol
Nine Inch Nails
Tegan & Sara
Maximo Park
Tim Rogers & The Temperance Union

2006
The Dandy Warhols
The White Stripes
Big Day Out Festival 2006 - Iggy & the Stooges; Franz Ferdinand; The Living End; Kings of Leon; Sarah Blasko; Magic Numbers; Mudvayne; The Subways; Youth Group
Sleater-Kinney
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
You Am I

2007
Roger Waters (largely because I got complimentary tickets worth AU$400!)

We were meant to see Nine Inch Nails again a few weeks back, but Trent Reznor got sick or something, and the tour has been rescheduled for September...

[AwallaceUNC]

I attended my 7th Amy Grant concert on Saturday night and it was GREAT. Amy was performing with a symphony-orchestra as well as her full band. A great setlist and her voice was amazingly strong that night. The house was double-sold-out due to a booking error so there was a great energy in the concert hall and everyone seemed to truly enjoy the concert. Amy's youngest daughter, Corrina, joined her on stage to add percussion to a few of the songs.

Here's the setlist:

• Harry's Wondrous World from <i>Harry Potter</i> (symphony only)
  New Hampshire Hornpipe (symphony and band only)
  Stay for Awhile
  Takes a Little Time
  Saved by Love
  Angels
  Someone to Watch Over Me (symphony only)
  House of Love
  Lucky One
  Big Yellow Taxi
  What the Angels See (new song that hasn't been recorded yet)
  Every Road/Thy Word (medley)
  Jesus Loves Me/They'll Know We Are Christians/Helping Hand (medley)
  --Intermission--
  Oh How the Years Go By
  Baby Baby
  The Power
  If These Walls Could Speak
  Variations on a Shaker Melody (symphony only)
  Innocence Lost
  El Shaddai
  Highland Cathedral (symphony plus bagpipes)
  Joyful, Joyful
  --Encore--
  I Will Remember You

-Aaron

P.S. I've really got to update my first post in this thread.

[Siren]

Brian Setzer Orchestra
Seven Nations (4 times)
Brother
Alice Cooper (3 times)
Kiss (2 times)
Emerald Rose

[PeterPanfan]

Aly and AJ
Drake Bell
Corbin Bleu
Bianca Ryan

[blackcauldron85]

I thought that I had posted here before...!

Hanson (5 times)/Maria Mena/0ther opening acts of theirs

Simon & Garfunkel

Linkin Park/Hoobastank/POD/Story of the Year

Staind (I don't remember who their opening act(s) was/were)

Corbin Bleu/Aly & AJ/Drake Bell/Bianca Ryan

Jonas Brothers

Mandy Moore/Rachael Yamagata

and the many, many oldies concerts I've seen at Epcot (my favorites have been Davy Jones (at least 3 or 4 times) and BJ Thomas (twice I think))

and some local concerts of some local bands back in Massachusetts

Who I'd like to see:
Hanson, Corbin Bleu, Mandy Moore, and the Jonas Brothers again!

Backstreet Boys (they're the only band who I haven't seen that I'd LOVE to see live!)

Jessica Simpson (she's the only solo artist who I haven't seen that I'd LOVE to see live!)

Christina Aguilera, Ashlee Simpson, Hilary Duff, Avril Lavigne, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens, and maybe Cheyenne Kimball would all be cool to see, too.

[dvdjunkie]

Since my last posting some of the bands that I have seen in concert include:

311 - They were awesome. I really like their stage presence.

Crossfade - They were the opening band for another group -

Hinder - and together this was a first rate show.

Seether - drove these guys around town during the day, and was treated to the after-party after the concert which I had front row seats for.

Gordon Lightfoot - 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' is one of my favorite songs. Gordon sang this and many more of the audiences favorites.

And next week I have tickets to two of the four nights that Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are appearing in concert in Kansas City. I am really getting stoked for this one.

[Leonia]

I've only been to one concert. It was for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra at The Forum last year.

I'm seeing them again this year (only one more week!) at the Honda Center.

[Jessica]

Going to see Keith Urban w/ Gary Allan on Thursday ... am SOOOO excited!

[AwallaceUNC]

I just got back from seeing Jason Mraz with opening acts The Makepeace Brothers and Bushwalla on the "Music, Magic & Make Peace Tour".

-Aaron

[CornyCollins]

Mariah Carey (4X) 2003, 2006
Madonna (2X) 2004, 2006
Aerosmith (5X) 1992, 1997, 2001, 2002(2x)
Britney Spears (7X) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004(2x)
No Doubt (3X) 2002(2X), 2004
Gwen Stefani (3X) 2005, 2007(2X)
Jason Mraz (2X) 2003, 2005
Alanis Morrisette (Jason Mraz opened) - 2005
Debbie Gibson - 1989/1990 (don't remember the year)
*Nsync (3X) 1999, 2001, 2002
Backstreet Boys (3X) 1999, 2002(2X)
Michelle Branch (3X) 2002, 2003 2(2X)
Blondie - 2004
Spice Girls (2X) 1998, 2008
Maroon 5 - 2004

That's what I can remember at the moment.

[AwallaceUNC]

I'm now adding another Hanson show to my list. The first time I saw them was 1996, before "MMMbop" made them household names. Twelve years later, I saw them again at the House of Blues in Disney World. David Barnes opened.

-Aaron

[carolinakid]

The only concert I've been to in recent years (I find the hassle usually isn't worth it) was CHER in 2005. She was FABULOUS! My favorite live performance is New York theater, but that's another thread!

Jon

[blackcauldron85]

I'm now adding another Hanson show to my list.

Ditto. I'm not going back and adding it to my previous list, but I was at that same Hanson concert! It was wonderful, as always!!!!!!!!!!!