| master marathon runner 16.12.2016 12:17 |
My first ever; the sensational Alex Harvey Band, Pat Travis supporting, at Newcastle city hall, May '76, Loved SAHB, probably my second favorite o a t . Queen were next, Liverpool empire, June '77.. Let's hear yours, friends. |
| oligneisti 16.12.2016 12:50 |
I had seen some minor Icelandic bands but my first big concert was Jun 15 2001 Rammstein at Laugardalshöll, Reykjavik, Iceland with HAM as support. First "Queen" was 28.03 2005 - Queen + Paul Rodgers at the Brixton Academy. |
| . 16.12.2016 13:08 |
Queen - Hyde Park 1976. My first ever concert of any band, I was 15 and right at the front! Saw them live about 20 times between '76 and '86 - good times. |
| scottmax 16.12.2016 16:01 |
First concert Brian May Band Whitley Bay ice rink '93 First Queen gig, Q+PR at Newcastle Arena 2005 |
| The Fairy King 16.12.2016 17:11 |
First concert: Live, Coldplay, Supergrass, Nada Surf, @ Goffertpark, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2003 First Queen gig: Q+PR @ Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands, 2005 |
| Fly away 16.12.2016 19:04 |
Live at the Bowl, aged 16! |
| raucousmonster 16.12.2016 19:36 |
First concert - Frank Chisum, an Irish Elvis impersonator - does that count?? He was actually very good. First Queen related gig was Q=PR in Belfast 2005. I went along begrudgingly but was absolutely blown away. Closest thingI'll ever come to the real feel of a Queen gig I'm sure. |
| jeff63 16.12.2016 20:10 |
Houston '77 |
| philip storey 16.12.2016 22:13 |
First concert for me was Queen NEC 1979,at the time a record indoor attendance ,something like 14,000.I was 16 at the time and was so hot and excited I fainted during Bo Rhap ! |
| The Real Wizard 17.12.2016 00:32 |
First concert - Johnny Cash at Ontario Place in 1990. I was 7. First Queen-related concert - QPR at Meadowlands in 2005. |
| on my way up 17.12.2016 01:03 |
The Real Wizard wrote: First concert - Johnny Cash at Ontario Place in 1990. I was 7. First Queen-related concert - QPR at Meadowlands in 2005.Wow, you saw Johnny Cash at the age of seven... I adore Cash (not talking about money). |
| ztiger_uk 17.12.2016 02:07 |
Genesis (1st) Aberbeen 1980 Queen (3rd) Leiden 1982 |
| Pim Derks 17.12.2016 04:47 |
Brian May, Utrecht 1998. |
| smilesmile 17.12.2016 05:41 |
Queen, Brussels, 1980/12/12 I was 13. |
| Mr Mercury 17.12.2016 06:25 |
My first concert was on 18th May 1978 it was Black Sabbath and the support act was a then unknown band called Van Halen.... First Queen gig was in Glasgow Apollo 1979, the very night Roger forgot the words to IILWMC..... :) |
| gerbenletzer 17.12.2016 06:30 |
First concert: Coldplay, Goffertpark, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2009 First Queen gig: Q+AL, ZIggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2015 Still remember getting a big lump in my throat the moment I heard the first notes of One Vision live for the first (and probably last) time. |
| Martin Packer 17.12.2016 07:00 |
First concert was indeed Queen: Wembley Arena 10 December, 1980. (No they DIDN'T play Imagine that day.) :-( Ticket price: £10 |
| mooghead 17.12.2016 08:22 |
I was only 10 in 1986 so never got to see Queen :-( |
| . 17.12.2016 09:14 |
mooghead wrote: I was only 10 in 1986 so never got to see Queen :-(Seriously? I had you down as being in your teens. |
| TomP63 17.12.2016 09:18 |
First concert I've seen, was Queen, Rotterdam Ahoy, 1978. Non-topic related, last concert, Walter Trout november 2016. Tom |
| people on streets 17.12.2016 10:12 |
double post |
| people on streets 17.12.2016 10:13 |
first concert: Brian May, Utrecht 1998. I was 15 first Queen related concert: Amsterdam 2002 |
| AlbaNo1 17.12.2016 11:21 |
Brian May in Edinburgh June1993 U2 Glasgow August 1993 Pink Floyd Earls Court October 1994 Bob Dylan Edinburgh June 1995 The atmosphere at Brian's gig was phenomenal as was the sight of him appearing on stage , this hero I had only seen pictures and videos of before. There were some lasting musical highlights....but I guess not really that strong compared to what I saw after. I've seen Roger and Q P R as well and similarly there were highlights in them, but somehow not real gigs. Everyone just hoping for glimpses or rekindled memories of true magic. |
| andres_clip 17.12.2016 13:41 |
April 30 2005 Queen + PR Oct 22 2006 George Michael Both in Stockholm |
| Kamenliter 17.12.2016 15:03 |
First concert: Ozzy Osbourne w/ Motley Crue opening @ Madison Square Garden, NYC Jan 30th 1984 (Bark At The Moon tour) First Queen related gig: Brian May playing with Les Paul at Fat Tuesdays jazz club, NYC March 25th 1991 |
| Jedi Knight 17.12.2016 15:48 |
First (and only) Queen related gig: Queen + Paul Rodgers, San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium, Santiago de Chile, November 19th 2008. |
| tempusfugit 17.12.2016 16:51 |
First concert T.Rex 1971 (I was 12) Queen 12th band 1975 Opera Tour. Best ever gig. |
| david (galashiels) 17.12.2016 17:21 |
Blackfoot Sue.early to mid 70s,at a local hotel in the scottish borders......then appart from small local bands,nothing untill 1982..edinburgh,Queen+Teardrop Explodes....last one VOLBEAT supporting Alter Bridge 2 weeks ago |
| BobbytheCat 17.12.2016 18:58 |
First concert: Queen, Rotterdam 1979. I was 14. Last concert: Beverley Knight, London 2016. |
| sgs8789 17.12.2016 19:26 |
I don't remember the very first concert I saw but the Queen, Queen + and Brian May Band concerts I've been to are below: [listu] [li]Queen - Oct 31, 1978; New Orleans [li]Queen - Dec 16, 1978; Oakland [li]Queen - Nov 29, 1980; Essen [li]Queen - Dec 14, 1980;Frankfurt [li]Queen - Apr 28, 1982; Frankfurt [li]Brian May Band - Feb 25, 1993; Birmingham, Alabama [li]Queen + Paul Rodgers - Apr 1, 2006; San Diego, California [li]Queen + Adam Lambert - July 9, 2014; Houston, Texas [/listu] |
| Elektra 17.12.2016 20:29 |
Rolling Stones February 1972 first concert Queen April 1976 first time |
| Toon_86 17.12.2016 23:25 |
Gary Numan, Newcastle City Hall, 1979. 2nd, Shaking Stevens, front row, same venue, 1982, 3rd, Queen, 31st August Birmingham NEC 1984. Then saw Queen at St James, and Knebworth in '86. |
| Toon_86 17.12.2016 23:29 |
Last concert was 15th December 2016, The Wildhearts at Newcastle Riverside. I've never seen The Wildhearts mentioned here, they are totally awesome. Ginger Wildheart is a completely prolific writer and its pretty criminal he isn't celebrated more in the UK. |
| ANAGRAMER 18.12.2016 01:59 |
First Queen concer was Crazy Tour; Glasgow Nov 30th 1979 First concert was erm....Gary Glitter, some years before Next Queen concert was both nights in Royal Highland Exhibition Hall, Ingleston,Edinburgh. Sorry to deviate a bit here but it's worth mentioning that Queen at that time were a very different band compared to 1979. In the intervening years, they had learned to nail it live; the sound was awesome (despite the venue), the lights were superb for the time, the staging was awesome and Freddie had morphed into a moustachioed stadium rock icon There were two concerts, 1st and 2nd June 1982. It was unusually warm at the time and, inside the venue, it was stifling.... if memory serves, Freddie mentioned this; "Nobody told us we were playing a bathhouse tonight; let's all shower together after the show" My overweight 16 year old self was suddenly terrified! The support band on the first night was The Teardrop Explodes who were particularly poorly received; distinct memories of Julian Cope drenched in sweat strugggling to hold his nerve before a hostile Scottish audience Queen, on the other hand, were welcomed like conquering heroes...one of the best nights ever Saw them again in 1986 and various guises since then but nothing compares to those hot nights in '82 |
| master marathon runner 18.12.2016 08:38 |
/\ I was there that night, I remember the stench from the 'marshall chunky chicken' factory next door when waiting for the doors to open! |
| scollins 18.12.2016 09:45 |
Queen ingliston edinburgh june 82 amazing and just 40mins away from my hoose |
| mooghead 18.12.2016 10:19 |
The Kurgan wrote:Nope, been a fan and casual collector for 30 years now... probably one of the worlds foremost experts in the field to be honest...mooghead wrote: I was only 10 in 1986 so never got to see Queen :-(Seriously? I had you down as being in your teens. |
| Bike It 80 18.12.2016 11:36 |
1st "real" show : Pearl Jam, Montreal, 1998 1st "Queen" show : Queen + Adam Lambert, Montreal, 2014 |
| dysan 19.12.2016 04:11 |
@david Blackfoot Sue! Nice! I got into them a few years ago through the whole Junkshop Glam thing. They are still playing around the home counties as a coverband called Cry Wolf. First proper gig: Suede Portsmouth Pyramid Feb '93 First Queen related: Q+AL Hammersmith 2012 (although I met RT and BM in 1997) |
| david (galashiels) 19.12.2016 18:09 |
it was stinking lol....everytime i go to airport,my mind drifts back to the smell .. |
| splicksplack 20.12.2016 07:29 |
Earl's Court 1st night 1977 |
| Costa86 20.12.2016 09:37 |
The Real Wizard wrote: First concert - Johnny Cash at Ontario Place in 1990. I was 7. First Queen-related concert - QPR at Meadowlands in 2005.You're only 33, Wizard? Somehow I imagined you much older. |
| Chopin1995 21.12.2016 04:52 |
First concert - I was 6 or 7. It was a concert of the well-known band in Poland called Golec uOrkiestra in 2001 or 2002. My first Queen-related concert was actually Polish project called "Queen Symfonicznie" in December 2015. Then I was at Brian's gig in Cracow in March 2016 (One Voice Tour) and Q+AL at Oswiecim in June 2016 and again "Queen Symfonicznie" which means "Queen Symphonic" last week in Cracow. |
| AlbaNo1 21.12.2016 09:33 |
Costa86 wrote:I assumed so too.The Real Wizard wrote: First concert - Johnny Cash at Ontario Place in 1990. I was 7. First Queen-related concert - QPR at Meadowlands in 2005.You're only 33, Wizard? Somehow I imagined you much older. I frequently get a virtual clip round the ear from him for my posts |
| softcalavera2 22.12.2016 20:17 |
First concert - Fabulosos Cadillacs - Buenos Aires 1994 First Queen-related concert - Q + PR Buenos Aires 2008. |
| onedunpark 23.12.2016 03:19 |
First ever concert - Queen, Glasgow Apollo, 1st Dec 1979 15 years old, me and a classmate - as first concerts go that's the bar set pretty high right there. Not sure it was ever beaten, although first concert of Works Tour in Brussels came pretty close. Travelled to that from Glasgow on my own and just fell in with so many great people, particularly a group of lads from Milton Keynes. We had an unbelievable laugh singing the Queen catalogue on the top deck of the ferry with other strangers on the way over from Folkestone to Ostend, way into the early hours of the morning. Great memories. |
| master marathon runner 29.12.2016 15:17 |
/. \ Great! |
| liam 31.12.2016 04:25 |
First major concert was Green Day American Idiot tour in 2004, Perth Australia. They actually headlined a festival - Simple Plan, Grinspoon, Frenzal Rhomb...the early 00's rock renaissance. First 'Queen' was Queen + Lambert, 22/08/2014, Perth Australia. The closest i'll get unfortunately. |
| mike hunt 01.01.2017 19:28 |
My first show was Iron Maiden in 85 powerslave tour, with Queensryche the opening act. My First and only Queen related show was Queen + PR 2005 at the meadowlands in NJ. |
| Michael 02.01.2017 12:19 |
First Concert: Angel, with Trillion, 1979. Queen was my third or fourth show: August 22, 1980. |
| tonyyy 05.01.2017 12:57 |
My first concert ever was by the Italian singer Jovanotti in 1994. I was 17 and I don't like his music anymore. My first Queen related gig was in 2005: Queen + P.R. in Milan. Later, I've been at these Queen related shows: -Queen + P.R. Milan 2008 -Queen + Adam Lambert Hammersmith Odeon 11 and 12 July 2012 -Queen + Adam Lambert Milan 2015 -Queen + Adam Lambert Piazzola sul Brenta 2016 |
| Holly2003 06.01.2017 06:17 |
David Gilmour in Belfast on his About Face tour (1984) was my first gig. I saw Queen at the RDS (Dublin) a few months later. I was 17. Good times. |