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ab348 · October 14

Our new fancy hockey arena with 10,000 seats plus maybe another 1,000 (?) on the ice surface itself opened in 1978 and that meant a few more acts thought it was worthwhile making the trek to the Atlantic coast. I was early 20s back then so I caught a few shows. I remember some of them. Neil Young played here during his country phase, opened by The Judds. Not what anyone expected and most people were very disappointed that he played virtually none of his more popular stuff. Loverboy came at the peak of their early ‘80s popularity, but were overshadowed by their opening act, a young Bryan Adams, who was great. A couple of years later Tina Turner was here and really gave a great show. I saw the Beach Boys there, which was about what I expected, but got to see Brian Wilson wander on and off the stage to take part occasionally. The best by far was the last one I went to in the early ‘90s when Dire Straits gave a tremendous performance. I always liked Knopfler and he did not disappoint.

Recently I was digging through a box of old papers and found this:

No idea why I held onto that ticket. I tried finding out more about that Chicago tour. It is odd because they were on a very long concert tour at the time and were in Atlantic Canada about 6 weeks earlier but this one at the end of March was not listed anywhere. It was as if it never happened. I remember having floor seats fairly close to the stage and despite having Peter Cetera leave the group not long before they put on a great show. Jimmy Pankow (the trombone player) was a great showman.

kyfdx · October 14

Chicago has never stopped touring. We had a subscription to Riverbend amphitheater in Cincinnati, in the early ‘90s. Four concerts, each Summer. Mostly for Jimmy Buffett.

But, Chicago was one of the four, EVERY year. 🤦‍♂️

breld · October 14

Journey, with The Outfield as the opener. Around 1985 if memory serves.

laurasdada · October 14

Doobie Brothers, '76, New Haven Colosseum. I was first to get a driver's license in my small circle of friends, needless to say we travelled in style to the show: '71 Saab 99!

Speaking of Bryan Adams, going to see him and Pat Benatar at Madison Sq. for Halloween. It'll be good to be in my 20s again.

suydam · October 14

I don’t remember the order I saw them in, but Boz Scaggs, The Allmann Brothers (before Duane died), Crosby Stills and Nash (minus Young, Crosby was so drunk he fell off the stage), The Band. In the college gym! Though now I remember CSN was outdoors, as were the Grateful Dead.

oldfarmer50 · October 14

kyfdx said:
Chicago has never stopped touring. We had a subscription to Riverbend amphitheater in Cincinnati, in the early ‘90s. Four concerts, each Summer. Mostly for Jimmy Buffett.

But, Chicago was one of the four, EVERY year. 🤦‍♂️

My semi-girlfriend was related to the promoter for the Chicago tour and got us front row tickets. Must have been around 1970.

28firefighter · October 14

James Taylor. Mann Music Center in the 90s with my parents.

jmonroe1 · October 14

ab348 said:
Our new fancy hockey arena with 10,000 seats plus maybe another 1,000 (?) on the ice surface itself opened in 1978 and that meant a few more acts thought it was worthwhile making the trek to the Atlantic coast. I was early 20s back then so I caught a few shows. I remember some of them. Neil Young played here during his country phase, opened by The Judds. Not what anyone expected and most people were very disappointed that he played virtually none of his more popular stuff. Loverboy came at the peak of their early ‘80s popularity, but were overshadowed by their opening act, a young Bryan Adams, who was great. A couple of years later Tina Turner was here and really gave a great show. I saw the Beach Boys there, which was about what I expected, but got to see Brian Wilson wander on and off the stage to take part occasionally. The best by far was the last one I went to in the early ‘90s when Dire Straits gave a tremendous performance. I always liked Knopfler and he did not disappoint.

Recently I was digging through a box of old papers and found this:

No idea why I held onto that ticket. I tried finding out more about that Chicago tour. It is odd because they were on a very long concert tour at the time and were in Atlantic Canada about 6 weeks earlier but this one at the end of March was not listed anywhere. It was as if it never happened. I remember having floor seats fairly close to the stage and despite having Peter Cetera leave the group not long before they put on a great show. Jimmy Pankow (the trombone player) was a great showman.

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If I had something like that I could prove to my sons that I was at the Steelers Immaculate Reception Game in 1972.

At the time, Three Rivers Stadium held 50,350 people. If you stood on a downtown Pittsburgh street corner and ask folks my age if they went to that game, 200,000 people would say, “yeah, I was at that game”. It’s because of folks like that my sons say, “if you don’t have your ticket stub, you can’t prove you were there or even bought a ticket stub from someone who was”.

jmonroe

xwesx · October 14

Shoot... even I was at that game, @jmonroe1 !

jmonroe1 · October 14

xwesx said:
Shoot... even I was at that game, @jmonroe1 !

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Folks…now do you see what I mean?

jmonroe

stickguy · October 14

I have been told that I went to see Bryan Adams in the early 80s during college. But don't remember going. I do remember seeing the Band play at our school. One of their last shows I think, and right after they came back together in 1984.

corvette · October 14

I'm not a huge concertgoer, but enjoyed seeing Taylor Swift in NOLA about this time last year. It was kind of an impromptu trip, so I had to pay a scalper price for my ticket in the "cheap" seats. I definitely had a bit of remorse every time she played a song that wasn't one of my favorites, though. Still love her music, and loved the spectacle of the show, but not sure I'd go again. It was very peopley. I've never seen the Quarter that clean, and probably never will again!

sb55 · October 14

My first was when I was 14. Taken with some parents friends older teenager kids. Around 1969 to see the Four Tops in Asbury Park (I think).

breld · October 14

@laurasdada said:

Speaking of Bryan Adams, going to see him and Pat Benatar at Madison Sq. for Halloween. It'll be good to be in my 20s again.

I’ll be seeing that show in November when they’re in Denver. And I’ll confess to being a long-time megafan. A couple years ago my wife and I planned a trip to London to see him perform three nights at Royal Albert Hall, where he played certain albums in their entirety.

roadburner · October 14

Favorite concerts (in no particular order):
Elton John (1976)
Bob Dylan
Billy Joel and The Beach Boys
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band and KISS
T Bone Burnett and The Who
Joan Jett and The Police
Rush (Time Machine Tour)
Linda Ronstadt (Mad Love Tour)
Pure Prairie League and ZZ Top
Kenny Loggins and Fleetwood Mac
Jethro Tull (War Child Tour)
George Thorogood & The Delaware Destroyers
Oedipus and the Mothers- the band I helped put together for the 1982 UK College of Law Libel Show (fortunately no video or audio tapes exist of that event- if they did I couldn't get elected dog catcher)

nyccarguy · 3:10AM

Talk about a tale of 2 cars. Civic Type R s are going for MSRP or MSRP+ in some markets. There are 2 brokers on LH based in NJ that are selling Integra Type S s for over 10% off sticker.

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