What Was Your First Concert [RESULTS]
Here's some of your comments from Thursdays question. What was your first concert? Incredible responses!
Over 350 comments. Everything from Merle Haggard to Skrillex this past summer right here in Portland. Apparently you guys REALLY ROCK!
Amanda Schlegel Neil Diamond :)
- Mikha Brown Jonas brothers :)
- Sue Goddard Libby Foreigner Juke Box Hero
- Karen Maguire Ummmm the Monkeys. True story.
- Stephanie Chase new kids on the block
- Concetta Cavallero I lived next to the civic center in Portland Maine and I've never been to one :'(
- Erin Bisson New kids on the block
- Sue Brume Debbie Boone
- Joy Stinson Couch Twisted Sister
- Renée Small Duran Duran
- William J Bean Sr The four seasons ay city hall
- Gordie Raynes Beach Boys/Chicago
- Jennifer Maillet Dr. Hook with my mom. I was 10.
- Amanda Weeks Pollard The Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- Kathy Kennedy Brown Rod Stewart
- Patty Keenan Grand Funk Railroad, at the Gahden!
- Nikki Howland Wow, Concetta Cavallero, really? Mine was Motley Crue! Back in the day ;) and Jessa-Marie Bedard went to her first show...Motley Crue (their last tour in Sept.) <3
- Theresa Ryan Lacadie Triple bill at Boston Garden: The Bay City Rollers, Shaun Cassidy & Andy Gibb
- Hollie Hamlin Ratt at the expo
- Kelly Bell Lloyd Blue Oyster Cult and Bea box Delux...and I can't spell it either
- Tess Leary Loverboy
- Jaclyn Wilt matchbox 20 , when they had like one song
- David Pearson Yodeling Slim Clark and Shorty Thomas in the "old" Gym in the "old" Guilford High School around 1952.
- Caroline Trexler Billy Joel!!
- Alicia Rogers Golden Stevie Ray Vaughn. .. rip.
- Kathi Burns Crosby, Still & Nash
- Stephanie Seguin Cheap Trick
- Kathy Barker Seals And Croft at the now gone Bangor Auditorium
- Keri Spiwak George Michael
- Susan Kempton Vire Shaun Cassidy...lol
- Linda Gervais Heart at the Civic Center 1980!
- Jamie Buteau Ja rule & Ashanti
- Dina B. Wessell Dokken / Loverboy. OOB, 1986. :p
- Jessica Rand Def Leppard w/Joan Jett and the Blackhearts opening!
- Deanna Buckley 98 degrees
- Michael Murphy KISS
- Ann Marie Choquette The Everly Brothers
- Aleta Emmons New kids on the block step by step at the ball park
- Robin McGill Noke Rod Stewart and Loverboy
- Leah O'Donoghue Grateful Dead
- Linda Mae Wooster Curly O'Brien- 1957
- Fran Demers Winger Kix and BulletBoys at the Ballpark in OOB
- Todd Gilbert Hall and Oates 1984
- Bob O'connell Santana and Rusted Root at the ball park in OOB.
- Bobbi-Jo Burdin ZZ Top
- Claudia Millett Dokken & Loverboy, 1986
- Jay Ramey ZZ Top At CCCC I think it was 1984?
- Jamie Lee Ambrose Goo Goo Dolls
- Charle Shoppee Clark Kenny Rogers and the First Edition - Tampa State Fair
- Kathryn Harrison Beach Boys, front row seats best one EVER.!!!! was than cc civic center.
- Megan O'Reilly Carter Candlebox and Sponge at the Civic Center
- Sandra Walton Enjoy. Have a safe trip.
- Bill Boone Van Halen
- Cathy Beaudry Elton John at the Worcester Centrum
- Alice Lavallee Smith Beach Boys at OOB
- Linda Gordon Johnny Cash
- Stephanie Smith DeVinney The Wallflowers
- April L Brown Motley Crew
- Christina Pagliarulo Tom Jones
- Shelley McKone Pat Benetar when I was about 12
- Paula J Cyr Beach Boys....
- James Caron Def Leppard early 90s in Portland....
- Lori Barlow Rod Stewart. Excellent!! Or was it Black Sabbath?? Hard to remember the 70's
- Kelly Spiller Curry I'm not ashamed to admit it... Barry Manilow.
- Taylor Hart Jewel in Portland. March 2013
- Margaret Kendrick Three Dog Night, HaHaHa!
- Evan Brock Britney Spears...TD Garden in Boston when I was ten years old (back when she was good at dancing and singing lol)
- Christine Cote Pat and Debbie Boone...oh yah....
- Teresa Fuller Boston..Augusta, Me..1978
- Rita Daggett Seals and Crofts in Bangor!
- Linda McGill The Guess Who on their American Woman Tour
- Trena Martin Bon Jovi 1989 woot! (Skid row opened)
- Penny Worrell Kiss
- Cindy Baker Bon jovi and ratt
- Jeff N Kimberly Thompson Cindy Loper!!!
- Scott Gagnon Phish. The Great Went
- Pamela J. Williams Jethro Tull!
- Sabrina Reed-Carrier Richard Marx
- Mark Landry Springsteen at the Augusta civic center in 1978.
- Elizabeth Cogley Cinderella bullet boys & winger
- Rhonda Ross McCusker Rick Springfield with Corey Hart!
- Terry Umbro Meatloaf
- Angela Cote LeVasseur Pat and Debbie Boone!!!
- Marla Carter Fredette Joan Jett and the black hearts and usher x @ psc!
- Alice Kelley Heart ~ cumberland country civic center
- Kate Merryman NKOTB!!!!
- Nora Griffith Bon jovi
- Nora Griffith With skid row
- Mary Spieldenner Puddle of mudd
- Donna Brooks The Lovin' Spoonful at UNH in 1967.
- Ralph Nogler the association in worcester mass
- Gail Robey What a flashback listening to you two this morning!
My first show was ac/dc in the Boston gardens back about 30years ago! And I love your Boston accent. I miss it there - Gail Robey And its wistah not Worcester lol
- Audrey Williamson Emerson, Lake and Palmer in the old Boston Garden
- Dee-Ann Potter pointer sister (got in free) OOB
- Sandy Lyle OZZY
- Betsy Stevens Gorney Def Leppard at the Ballpark in OOB (mid 80s).
- Brenda Myrick Bachelder Queen...In Portland Civic Center ....Back, Back.. in the Years..
- Amy Dube Kenny Chesney at Gillette 2005
- Amilia Theberge Taylor Swift at the Bell Centre in Montreal
- Katie Neptune Baum Celine Dion in 9th grade!
- Tricia Grant New Kids On The Block and Tiffany!!
- Janet Lee Mathieu Scorpion in Germany
- Loni Romestan Reba McIntyre opening for Charlie Daniels opening for Alabama at Wheeling Civic Center about 35 years ago!
- Katelyn Knowlton 50 cent
- Jenny Penney Loverboy @ the OOB ballpark. 1985. I was 13.
- Gwyn Roberts Lysaght I am really dating myself but here goes ,Peter, Paul and Mary.. 1964
- Susan Cote Ennabe Moody Blues, I believe, in Boston at the Garden back in the 70s. :) Cool concert, never been to Boston, or to a concert... was awesome...went with my boyfriend who became my hubby for 23 yrs till few yrs ago. :) just saw them here at meadowbrook...still so psychedelic. haha
- Melody Hartshorn Brown 1987 - Aerosmith - Portland Civic Center
- Anne Thibault Duran Duran - 1985 - Cumberland County Civic Center!
- Ryan Hasselmann Santana just 2 years ago at Meadowbrook! And yes, I was a deprived child haha!
- Marion Schick Waring NKOTB at the Ohio State Fair! Lol
- Cheryl Donovan Shine ELO in Portland, Maine
- Marylou Mitchell My first concert was supposed to be a 1977 at the Civic Center to go see Elvis Pressley but unfortunately he passed away.I still have the concert tickets we kept them. So years later my first concert ended up being Heart
- Robin Croteau Dole Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult Sept 20, 1980 Boston Garden
- Sheryl Smith Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars - anyone ever heard of it? Omaha, NE about 1967
- Susan Crawford Hickman Three Dog Night at the Armory in Manchester NH
- Gay Farnum Seals and Crofts at Evergreen Valley in Maine and it was in the late 60's. I had to sneak in, in the trunk of a car because my dad was working for the sheriffs dept and had already told me to stay away from there....;0)
- Valerie Irving Rush
- Pauline Delania Jacobs Ozzy ¡!
Alicia Rogers Golden Stevie Ray Vaughn. ( I was a lucky kid) rest in peace. ♡
- Rebecca Williamson NKOTB in OOB. 1989?
- Jay Ramey Wow.... Was the concert on a S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y night!
- Doreen McMullen Duck Aerosmith and Foghat at Portland civic center. Sometime in the 80s.
- April Fuller Paul Huey Lewis and the News in mid-80s at OOB :)
- Dot Griffiths Dallaire I thought I was bad being a teen going to an Air Supply concert!! But - my next one was Aerosmith (1987)!!
- Randi Davis Landry oh my!
- Donna M. Somma Three Dog Night in 1974
- Diane Millette Nickerson I loved the Bay City Rollers but my first concert was Loverboy in the early 80's in Worcester I think. Fun times!
- Shelley McKone Pat Benetar in the 80's
- Pam Hardy Alabama. Or Barry Manilow saw both but not sure which one first
- Tammy Miller Brian Adams and the Hooters
- Heather Mardin-Schultz New Kids On The Block when I was 10
- Elizabeth Brockway If you don't count Rick Charette or Barney, lol, it was Mark Shultz at a church in OOB! But in terms of giant concert at a big venue like Fenway, it was Neil Diamond!
- Linn Charette Tripp Billy Idol
- Alex Hayes On a day when clowns are in the news defending there reputations against the back drop of the new American Horror Story A photo like this appears. Talk about not doing any justice to the cause. Way to go Sandra!!!! LOL ;-) :-P :-) :-D
- Sara Farmer The first one I will own up to is the Cherry Poppin' Daddies in Portland.
- Maureen Lein I am sure I am aging myself, but it was the Cowsills at the JFK arena in Manchester NH, probably late 60s early 70s ;)
- Sally Beaudoin Sha Na Na in Lewiston, I think.
- Lin D Andersen Jethro Tull 1978
- Louise Y. Bernier The Association, NH State Armory in Manchester, 1968 or 69??
- Robin Knaup Bob Seger at the Exposition Building, Portland, Me. Early 70's.
- Michele Pomerleau Ooh many years ago it was The Bee Gees
- Belinda Scott Bon jovi & Scorpions
- Lindsay Murray Boyz II Men baby
- Rachel Hutchinson Whitney Houston on the Boston Common !
- Kariann Woolf Three Doors Down
- Stephanie Arsenault Tesla & Def Leppard
- Lorrie Rolfe Hatstat Dokken and lover boy at the ball park many many years ago
- Diana Kandilakis Pledge of allegiance tour.. '99! Slipknot, Ramstein, Mudvayne, System Of A Down
- Alex Hayes Paul Reever And The Raiders at the Syracuse State Fair....And you can start laughing....NOW!!!!
- Kari-lynn Leighton My first concert was a Q bash! Third eye blind!
- Lynn Killoran McCoy Chubby Checker, 8th grade in Washington D.C.lol
- Cheryl Brewster Johnny Lang and Blues Traveler.
- Jamie Morin Bad Company... I know, I can't believe I'm admitting to it myself :-/
- Carrie Rickett Tool!
- Anne McBride In the late 70's I lived in Pawtucket RI not far from The Civic Center in Providence. On the weekend if we couldn't find something to do we went to a concert. Tickets were $8. I saw so many artist; Loggins & Macina, Chuck Berry, Beach Boys, Kiss, Beaver Brown, the lists goes on and on. Today I couldn't afford to go to a concert.
- Rebecca Lewis Aerosmith /extreme
- Karen Serunian Trini Lopez in Edison, New Jersey 1973 lol
- Justine Jay Beaudoin Simple minds civic center
- Seth Pinkham Seals & Crofts, haha
- Sabrina Newcomb 311 at the ballpark in OOB
- Sara Thayer Good Charlotte
- Sandra Dickie Shaun Cassidy. It happened. ⁉
- Kim Conant Ashby The First Ever concert at the Civic Center - ZZTOP!
- Laurie Zamparelli Marcello The Beach Boys Boston Garden Dance Concert Age: 12
- Amy Legere Jerry Garcia
- Maria Therriault Queen, 1977, CCCC.
- Ellie Foster REO Speedwagon , Civic Center ;)
- Shilyn Rae ZZ top in 2003
- Dot Egan Carr New kids on the block magic summer tower in OOB back in 5th grade!
- Heather Kelpin Ross When I was 5 my parents took me to see John Denver
- Tiffany Ladd Incubus
- Heidi Lynch Alabama at the Augusta civic center in 1991
- Jennifer Labbe Aaron Carter...lol!
- Anne MacLean Pat Benatar at Red Rocks
- Angela Harrison Nkotb
- Tamara Murray Asia...unless you count Hee Haw when I was in 7th grade. Minnie Pearl rocked it.
- Joe Boucher Billy Joel CCCC 1984
- Heather Wiley Gould OMG - Jackson Browne at Cumberland County civic ctr
- Mike Bradley bon jovi + Ratt
- Denisa Laflamme Aerosmith 1988
- Kristy Mills Cyndi Lauper
- Dee Gilliam Quatticci Huey Lewis and The News
- Karen M Baker Bruce Springsteen Worcester Centrum