Somthing to think about

Metal student Number of posts : 147 Age : 54

well,
i was wondering what has been your favorite show youve been to. What band and when was it ?

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

Rolling Stones, 1994, Giants Stadium. The Voodoo Lounge tour. Lots of FX which is something I didn't expect. Gigantic multilevel stage with computer graphics screen and giant inflatable monsters that shot laser beams. That show turned me from indifference to the band to a major fan.

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Bride/Stryper - Canton, OH - The Palace Theater.

Dale singing with Stryper was a particular highlight!

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Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas tour Orlando, FL 2006. Completely awesome!

They played The Fire Still Burns.

THE FIRE STILL BURNS! Wow!

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King's X with Galactic Cowboys. King's X is more than a concert and the GC were fun.

The Mindcrime tour was cool the first time around.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2793 Age : 65

A Nik Turner show with a bunch of old Hawkwind members in about 1994.

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there are some more here,

http://www.heartofmetal.net/heart-of-metal-f1/name-some-of-your-most-memorable-concerts-t1297.htm?highlight=concerts

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 28617 Age : 39

Slayer in Halifax, 2004.

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Aerosmith/Motley Crue - Route of All Evil Tour

Motley opened. Their performance wasn't all that spectacular. The arena was only about half full during their set. They just seemed to be on auto pilot, not like on the Carnival of Sins tour. Still, it was cool to see Motley as an opener!

Then, the almighty!

AEROSMITH!!!! Oh my god was I freaking out! Aerosmith is my third fav band (second at the time....still, very close behind AC/DC and KISS), and I worship them. They could have just sat there and picked their noses, and I still would have loved every minute of it. Of course, they didn't. The show was full of energy. Tyler was a force. Seriously, that guy in concert is something words can't describe. The best part was the set list. Many obscure tunes from the old days thrown in. The highlight of the night by far was when they brought out Nikki Sixx to the stage for a special only-time-on-the-tour performance of "Helter Skelter". That was so cool.

Talk about a devoted fan: I had final exams the afternoon of the concert, and the morning after. I had to leave school immediately to go catch the ferry to go to Vancouver...hop the bus on the ferry to downtown (by the way, no one was willing to pay as much for a ticket as me, and so I was by myself...only concert I've seen alone), catch a cab to my Uncle's place at 1 in the morning after the show (getting advice from a drug addict downtown Vancouver on how to hail a cab was pretty scary), catch the early morning ferry back to Victoria...and then go write my exam. All in all: 160 for the ticket, 50 for the busses/ferry, 20 for the cab, 20 for food, 5 tip for the drug addict (I felt bad). And you know what? I would have payed any amount!

AEROSMITH RULES!!!!

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Testament-Sydney 2007.........they ripped me another bum hole that concert...they were brillant.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1778 Age : 37

It got to be STRYPER ON BB KING BLUES AND GRILL 2005 with my sister. It was very special because I folowed the re-union and I never expected to see the band live.

Others that are on my top list where TED NUGENT, SCORPIONS, Grave Digger, Belladona, and TESTAMENT

Master Sailboat Number of posts : 9301 Age : 45

Slayer, Megadeth, & Testament in 1991

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Savatage/Trouble, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 1990

Savatage were at their peak (on the GUTTER BALLET tour) and Trouble were pushing their major label S/T debut on Def American... simply awesome.

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Guns n Roses - 1992 (Use your Illusions World Tour) - Gateshead
Exodus - 2006 (Shovel Headed Kill Machine Tour) - Newcastle
Down - 2008 (Over the Under Tour) - Manchester

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King's X/Galactic Cowboys - Raleigh, NC 1996

Night Ranger (as part of Rock Never Stops) - Charlotte, NC 1999

Journey - Greensboro, NC 1998

Black Sabbath (as part of Ozzfest) - Charlotte, NC 1999 (was just cool to see the 4 founding fathers of Metal together)

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Fat Freddy wrote:: Savatage/Trouble, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 1990

Savatage were at their peak (on the GUTTER BALLET tour) and Trouble were pushing their major label S/T debut on Def American... simply awesome.

I never saw them live.

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Fat Freddy wrote:: Savatage/Trouble, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 1990

Savatage were at their peak (on the GUTTER BALLET tour) and Trouble were pushing their major label S/T debut on Def American... simply awesome.

I never saw them live.

Really? Wow, I find that surprising since you seem to be the most major Sava-head around these parts. Sorry to hear that bro!!

I also saw'em again in 96 with Zak on vox, also an excellent show, but nowhere near as killing as that GUTTER BALLET gig. To this day, my friend who saw that GUTTER tour with me and I still speak of it in tones of awe. (i.e. "Dude... Savatage? Brooklyn? Duuuuuude."

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Quote :: Really? Wow, I find that surprising since you seem to be the most major Sava-head around these parts. Sorry to hear that bro!!

I only became a big fan after Edge Of Thorns came out. Me and my buudy listened to it the whole way to New Orleans and back to roadie for Pink Floyd. After that, I fell in love with all the stuff prior to that. You know what happened soon after.

Master Of The Crotch Grab Number of posts : 6841 Age : 50

Obituary & Napalm Death, Frozen In Time tour Spiringfield VA.

Zooey Addict Number of posts : 17074 Age : 45

Haven't been to many concerts so I will just name them all:

Fear Factory and Iron Maiden-'96 (first concert ever I will never forget it)
Dirty Deeds, Dio, and Iron Maiden-'98 (least favorite because I was a tad too far from the stage plus I don't remember it that well)
The first Gigantour-'05 (finally got to see Dream Theater but because my best friend got sick from their light show I wasn't able to catch Megadeth)
Leaves' Eyes and Kamelot-'07 (first time I ever got to meet with a band I like [Leaves' Eyes] and a favorite vocalist [Liv Kristine] also the first concert where I had a good time discussing metal with other metal heads [first time in over 10 years])

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17153 Age : 48

This was a killer show! I'm glad i went.

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Metal master Number of posts : 590

Iron Maiden in 2005

Metal graduate Number of posts : 282 Age : 47

Iron Maiden in 1999. It was the European Edhunter tour, a brief tour to break both Bruce and Adrian back into the band just after the reunion was announced. Their was no UK dates so me and a mate went to Paris to watch them. The concert was amazing as the band had only just announced the reunion with Bruce and Adrian so had no album to plug. The Edhunter compuer game and greatest hits package had just been released so the tour was dubbed the Edhunter and the set was a fabulous 2 hour greatest hits set, ironic as the current tour is a greatest hits tour.

Also Megadeth were supporting and, although they were plugging Risk hey still had enough classic in their set to really get the crowd warmed up. Great stuff.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50

1986. Bon Jovi, Cinderella opened. I was 12. It was phenomenal.

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INVADERS wrote:: Down - 2008 (Over the Under Tour) - Manchester

Wow, I was there dude! It was an excellent show.