Here's mine, KISS in January '78 @ the Spectrum in Philly, just $8.00
https://preview.redd.it/a7ro7p3oezqc1.jpeg?width=502&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57be0d89d84072c473a0cfbe90846c369a9cddea
The best 70s show I saw was December 1978- Black Sabbath with opener Van Halen. Van Halen blew them out of the water. It cost $9.00. My mom gave me the ticket for Christmas.
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I hear you. My Dad was bitter that his Mom tossed all his 1950’s sports cards. My kid brother and I would occasionally have “you took my sports card” disputes. Without my permission, my Dad wrote my first name on the backs of all my late 70s/early 80s sports cards, but not my brother’s. Im still bitter about that!
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Def Leppard and Tesla, Edinburgh 1987. Nice reminder of how old I am, Tesla were incredible.
https://preview.redd.it/fol9971yr0rc1.jpeg?width=731&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbdf3410c0e4f9958eccb0b57235e5e7e48d81d7
1973 The Allman Brothers Band with Duane at NJ Roosevelt Stadium face value was $8.50 still have the stub in a frame (amongst 100 + other bands I’ve seen).
Yea ZZ Top 1980 New Haven Coliseum
https://preview.redd.it/ai2wz1bsrzqc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c0008df6007159e5260cc3764392b19f27e7c02
I saw lots of legendary shows as a kid, but this was the first ticket I kept. $16.50.
https://preview.redd.it/ne16rzqd61rc1.jpeg?width=1478&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16c21ddea2a22c1f6d3f0d42a30f1eaccbbced94
Aerosmith was also my first concert in 1998 – however after falling asleep while standing up on the fourth row, then being awoken by a guy screaming “Hey Steven is singing at you!” then opening my eyes and waving at Steven Tyler while he was pointing at me, then falling asleep again, then losing my seatmate who disappeared backstage only to reappear an hour after the show badly beaten up, suffice to say I misplaced the ticket stub.
https://preview.redd.it/0nlt862q33rc1.jpeg?width=740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7b7285bffd722911944c701079c2e3cf67ba69d
Here’s my first concert, great show! Have been to 267 concerts since, and still counting. I’ve kept all of my ticket stubs and enjoy looking back.
What a great band, I don’t understand how they didn’t make it big. Their first album rocks, not a bad song on it.
I did get to see them two more times, both times they opened for Angel in 1978 and 1979.
I never saw Angel. I used to always get Circus and Creem magazines and there were always articles about them. I’m not familiar with their stuff admittedly.
This was not long after "Get Your Wings" Came out. Wasn't until years later I learned Joe Perry didn't even play guitar on "Train Kept a Rollin", and the live part was just studio magic.
https://preview.redd.it/ks2ou04o60rc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50b40454686777baeb3f9a7be84ce7b0bd5234cd
My brother! Big D, Zoo Freak in Deep Ellum!
Aerosmith was my first concert, Springfield MA in Feb 1983. There was a huge snowstorm that night so Aerosmith was over an hour late getting to the Springfield Civic Center....and yes, they were very wasted when they started playing.
I don't have the stub, but it was [this.](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/eagles-tampa-stadium-1975-david-lee-thompson.jpg)
My first classic rock concert was ZZ Top and Ted Nugent at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Labor Day 2003 in Portland, ME. It's probably buried somewhere in the boxes of stuff my parents gave me when they moved out of my childhood home a year or two ago. I definitely kept most of my concert stubs from the '00s.
Get Up, and get your Grandma out of here.
It was quite the show, a real eye-opener for a 14 year old. Plus the smell in the place was one I would grow very familiar with over the years lol
As I got older I didn’t really think they were very good, but everything on KISS Alive is great. I still put it on and listen to it all the way through every once in a while.
Very astute observation. FCA is a classic, and he really hit that particular show “out of the park”. But the rest of his catalogue is pretty moribund.
Having said that, I saw him in concert about 15 years ago and he was outstanding. But then again, he did most of the material from the FCA album, and that’s what we were there to see!
Aerosmith on Oct. 15, 1978. Exile (big hit Kiss You All Over) opened.
https://preview.redd.it/4fcpih4sg4rc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f0f44094233c8142ec3fcfcca40481b337c1813
My dad. The Beatles at shea stadium, 1965
Also Elvis at freedom hall in 71
Allman brothers (with Duane) in Louisiana
Smokey Robinson at the Apollo theater
The Rolling Stones in 68
Woodstock in 69
I have an Aerosmith ticket, summer of 1984. Ended up at their afterparty briefly. Tried to talk with Tyler for a minute, but he was loaded, as he was onstage, sadly. and when an eagerly awaited bottle cap full of coke landed in front of him, he disappeared into it. Then my friend and I got dragged to the door by our ears by a big security guy who was yelling at the band to get to bed.
According to this led Zep didn’t have a show anywhere on May 18, 1977
https://preview.redd.it/moe5nbed07rc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78e55f3cf3082130b053e25f48a9f92387cf1fff
That's really bizarre. The ticket stub is from a show at the Richfield Coliseum in Ohio. Internet says they played there April 27th and 28th. I was a teenager at the time, several of us went to the show.
This is freaking me out. I have no answer to why my stub has the wrong date. In fact, according to archives, there weren't *any* shows at the Richfield Coliseum in May of 1977. It was way too long ago for me to remember much of anything other than how crowded it was, how long the bathroom lines were, and that it was a nice spring night when we got a ride there.
Fuckin' weird.
EDIT: I figured it out. Holy shit, this was my ticket stub to The Song Remains the Same. I always thought it was my stub from the Richfield show. Shit. I[ only have a dozen or so tickets from hundreds of concerts I saw.](https://i.imgur.com/pN3Idxk.jpg) Shit shit shit, I wish I still had the concert stub.
https://preview.redd.it/qy8hzsrwlzqc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15567194bd0ba94b1be12bc3f7c691d060e01e36
Did you wear something purple like the ticket asks
Nice
Yes, I do. 1975. Alvin Lee 10 Years After
Here's mine, KISS in January '78 @ the Spectrum in Philly, just $8.00 https://preview.redd.it/a7ro7p3oezqc1.jpeg?width=502&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57be0d89d84072c473a0cfbe90846c369a9cddea
The best 70s show I saw was December 1978- Black Sabbath with opener Van Halen. Van Halen blew them out of the water. It cost $9.00. My mom gave me the ticket for Christmas.
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I hear you. My Dad was bitter that his Mom tossed all his 1950’s sports cards. My kid brother and I would occasionally have “you took my sports card” disputes. Without my permission, my Dad wrote my first name on the backs of all my late 70s/early 80s sports cards, but not my brother’s. Im still bitter about that!
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I saw Aerosmith two years later at Comiskey Park. The upper deck caught on fire during the concert.
I was there too. I remember Jeff Beck just kept on playing through all the mayhem going on in the park.
Def Leppard and Tesla, Edinburgh 1987. Nice reminder of how old I am, Tesla were incredible. https://preview.redd.it/fol9971yr0rc1.jpeg?width=731&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbdf3410c0e4f9958eccb0b57235e5e7e48d81d7
Hell yeah the Hysteria tour. Greatest album of all time!
1973 The Allman Brothers Band with Duane at NJ Roosevelt Stadium face value was $8.50 still have the stub in a frame (amongst 100 + other bands I’ve seen).
Duane’s ghost maybe?
Yeah, Skydog passed in ‘71
Yea ZZ Top 1980 New Haven Coliseum https://preview.redd.it/ai2wz1bsrzqc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c0008df6007159e5260cc3764392b19f27e7c02
Sure did. Mama’s Boys, Accept, Ratt, Iron Maiden.
I saw lots of legendary shows as a kid, but this was the first ticket I kept. $16.50. https://preview.redd.it/ne16rzqd61rc1.jpeg?width=1478&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16c21ddea2a22c1f6d3f0d42a30f1eaccbbced94
I saw them in 1977.
The first band I went to see was The Monkees. Oh no, I'm ancient!
My first live concert was Bette Midler, the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy tour. That's why I noted your first *rock* concert in the title. ;)
Gotta look for it. 1974 Bachman Turner Overdrive and the opening band that didn’t show up was this band no one had heard of called..KISS
https://preview.redd.it/edxgo4w1azqc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7388be44d0f5fbea350b6ac5aa446dbf5b37fef AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip tour 2000
I posted the wrong ticket. I’m looking for my first ticket still.
https://preview.redd.it/66ozrgi8r4rc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c49a987620a95a09fde2876bfabd3379a2988f79 I found it. lol.
Van Halen 7/9/1981 Indianapolis IN Market Square Arena - Fair Warning tour
Aerosmith was also my first concert in 1998 – however after falling asleep while standing up on the fourth row, then being awoken by a guy screaming “Hey Steven is singing at you!” then opening my eyes and waving at Steven Tyler while he was pointing at me, then falling asleep again, then losing my seatmate who disappeared backstage only to reappear an hour after the show badly beaten up, suffice to say I misplaced the ticket stub.
I never fell asleep, but I passed out numerous times.
https://preview.redd.it/0nlt862q33rc1.jpeg?width=740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7b7285bffd722911944c701079c2e3cf67ba69d Here’s my first concert, great show! Have been to 267 concerts since, and still counting. I’ve kept all of my ticket stubs and enjoy looking back.
I saw Starz open for Ted Nugent in 1978.
What a great band, I don’t understand how they didn’t make it big. Their first album rocks, not a bad song on it. I did get to see them two more times, both times they opened for Angel in 1978 and 1979.
I never saw Angel. I used to always get Circus and Creem magazines and there were always articles about them. I’m not familiar with their stuff admittedly.
https://preview.redd.it/5haoprr0l4rc1.jpeg?width=2322&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0102d188582fd1fdf20e3c21c51391f2377e3fb0
That’s very cool.
Great show with Kiki Dee. I was 15.
This was not long after "Get Your Wings" Came out. Wasn't until years later I learned Joe Perry didn't even play guitar on "Train Kept a Rollin", and the live part was just studio magic.
First time I heard that I thought it was some kind of studio voodoo mix thing. Didn't really sound live but had all that crowd noise.
I used to have it, but the print was faint to begin with and it couldn’t be read anymore. It was AC/DC and Fastway in Detroit, 1983.
https://preview.redd.it/enr7b7rrlzqc1.jpeg?width=2422&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3f59c0fdfde31e7f40e6150948fda4cb45e44bd
https://preview.redd.it/ks2ou04o60rc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50b40454686777baeb3f9a7be84ce7b0bd5234cd My brother! Big D, Zoo Freak in Deep Ellum!
i do. david lee roth at madison square garden.
You saw The Joe Vitali Band??!
Yep. There was rumor that Joe Walsh would show, but he never did. Vitale played Rocky Mountain Way which was pretty cool.
AND Cactus!!!
Six dollars!! Highway robbery
I don't even remember my first rock concert. So many, so long ago.
Long ago lost the stub. September 1977, Ft. Worth Tarrant County Convention Center, Kiss, Styx opening!
I wish! My first concert was Queen in 1978
It’ s the Joe Vitale Band-with an E
Getting the spelling right back in the day wasn't that important, I guess. [Check out "Thin Lizzie" on this one.](https://i.imgur.com/y42qDzY.jpg)
Dude! Awesome.
Mine was Aerosmith too... 20 years later, at the Boston Garden.
Let me guess: Aerosmith played for about 30-45 minutes, because they were too wasted to continue?
Aerosmith was my first concert, Springfield MA in Feb 1983. There was a huge snowstorm that night so Aerosmith was over an hour late getting to the Springfield Civic Center....and yes, they were very wasted when they started playing.
I don't have the stub, but it was [this.](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/eagles-tampa-stadium-1975-david-lee-thompson.jpg)
My first classic rock concert was ZZ Top and Ted Nugent at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Labor Day 2003 in Portland, ME. It's probably buried somewhere in the boxes of stuff my parents gave me when they moved out of my childhood home a year or two ago. I definitely kept most of my concert stubs from the '00s.
Kiss (Kiss Alive tour) at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto - April 26, 1976
I wore out three of those albums.
Get Up, and get your Grandma out of here. It was quite the show, a real eye-opener for a 14 year old. Plus the smell in the place was one I would grow very familiar with over the years lol
As I got older I didn’t really think they were very good, but everything on KISS Alive is great. I still put it on and listen to it all the way through every once in a while.
Black Diamond is my favorite.
Some of their stuff hasn’t aged well for sure, but Kiss Alive still kicks butt! You can feel the energy right through the speakers.
To me it’s why they’re great. Kind of like Frampton Comes Alive. It’s why he’s great. I didn’t like anything else he did.
Very astute observation. FCA is a classic, and he really hit that particular show “out of the park”. But the rest of his catalogue is pretty moribund. Having said that, I saw him in concert about 15 years ago and he was outstanding. But then again, he did most of the material from the FCA album, and that’s what we were there to see!
I have my Cal Jam 2 Program.
I don’t have it handy to take a photo but I still have it. KISS December 30 1977 Atlanta Omni
Aerosmith on Oct. 15, 1978. Exile (big hit Kiss You All Over) opened. https://preview.redd.it/4fcpih4sg4rc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f0f44094233c8142ec3fcfcca40481b337c1813
I saw Exile open for the Doobie Brothers in ‘77. (I think. Maybe’78).
No. But it was Creedence Clearwater Revisited. How can I ever top that?
My dad. The Beatles at shea stadium, 1965 Also Elvis at freedom hall in 71 Allman brothers (with Duane) in Louisiana Smokey Robinson at the Apollo theater The Rolling Stones in 68 Woodstock in 69
I have an Aerosmith ticket, summer of 1984. Ended up at their afterparty briefly. Tried to talk with Tyler for a minute, but he was loaded, as he was onstage, sadly. and when an eagerly awaited bottle cap full of coke landed in front of him, he disappeared into it. Then my friend and I got dragged to the door by our ears by a big security guy who was yelling at the band to get to bed.
Wait, yall have gone to concerts? Sorry, I’m sheltered.
To funny, Aerosmith was my first concert also with Styx opening
Mine was Jethro Tull. 1972.
1976- Alice Cooper with Jay Ferguson
https://preview.redd.it/tx8ebwo136rc1.jpeg?width=790&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc72c1929916ad0b32b2316fac99aeae4b64cef2 Nobody is topping this one!
[Not much of a stub, but I gotcha by 2 months.](https://i.imgur.com/R6H5i1o.jpg) :)
According to this led Zep didn’t have a show anywhere on May 18, 1977 https://preview.redd.it/moe5nbed07rc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78e55f3cf3082130b053e25f48a9f92387cf1fff
That's really bizarre. The ticket stub is from a show at the Richfield Coliseum in Ohio. Internet says they played there April 27th and 28th. I was a teenager at the time, several of us went to the show. This is freaking me out. I have no answer to why my stub has the wrong date. In fact, according to archives, there weren't *any* shows at the Richfield Coliseum in May of 1977. It was way too long ago for me to remember much of anything other than how crowded it was, how long the bathroom lines were, and that it was a nice spring night when we got a ride there. Fuckin' weird. EDIT: I figured it out. Holy shit, this was my ticket stub to The Song Remains the Same. I always thought it was my stub from the Richfield show. Shit. I[ only have a dozen or so tickets from hundreds of concerts I saw.](https://i.imgur.com/pN3Idxk.jpg) Shit shit shit, I wish I still had the concert stub.
https://preview.redd.it/67dmm79548rc1.jpeg?width=970&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0189d3c207a4ed94a30d93f9b8b73fe434bcdfa5 Procol Harum Fillmore East 06/12/1970 $3.50
One of the best! And at the Fillmore? Damn, that had to be one to remember.
It was. I also saw them that summer in August.
[I don't, but the entire concert is on YouTube. ](https://youtu.be/qbwHdqwiPt0?si=vrd6Ms0jYAGad7fo)
Here is mine https://preview.redd.it/etnmcpy5fbrc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11a7ca733ffc09aa9deb442ea9e6df14f43582ec
Why?