10 best concerts you've been to

[mj4cy]

Going along with top 10 lists, what are your 10 favorite concerts you've been to.

Here's mine.

HM: Paul McCartney - not my favorite style, but great to see a legend.
10. Rascal Flatts/Blake Shelton - got to sit on the floor and had a good view.
9. Plain White Tees/Relient K/Hawthorn Heights.
8. Less than Jake - They played a free show at ISU and I was coincidentally playing tennis nearby so it was cool to play tennis and hear a band that I liked.
7. Local H - For a 2 guy show at Veishea, they rocked. Show had some good mosh pits going as well.
6. 3 Doors Down/Sevendust/Creed - This was way back when 3 Doors Down were nobodies. Fun concert at Hilton.
5. Anberlin/Relient K
4. 38th Parallel/Stellar Kart (bash on the farm) - anytime I've seen 38th parallel, it has been great. Like their music, they have a good message and I knew the guys in the band.
3. Pax 217/Slick Shoes/Supertones
2. John Reuben/Pillar/Sanctus Real/Relient K/Supertones - Awesome lineup
1. Relient K/Switchfoot/Supertones - back when all 3 bands were nobodies. My first concert as a teenager and we made our way up to the front. One guy in our group even won a dance competition.

 

[IcSyU]

Holy smokes am I going to get ripped for this because I don't have a lot to pick from:

3. Def Leppard at the Iowa State Fair. Meh.
2. Trapt/Red at VEISHEA. Wasn't expecting anything. Not too bad of a concert.
1. Nickelback/Bon Jovi at Soldier Field in 2006? AWESOME concert and show. 60,000+ and it was nearly perfect weather by the time the actual concert started. Additionally, the smoking hot twins just down the row made the crappy Battle of the Bands beforehand much easier to tolerate.

 

[LeSchmick]

May 5th, 2009
Westfair Amphitheatre, Council Bluffs
Jason Mraz
AWEsssommmme.

 

[LeSchmick]

Holy smokes am I going to get ripped for this because I don't have a lot to pick from:

3. Def Leppard at the Iowa State Fair. Meh.
2. Trapt/Red at VEISHEA. Wasn't expecting anything. Not too bad of a concert.
1. Nickelback/Bon Jovi at Soldier Field in 2006? AWESOME concert and show. 60,000+ and it was nearly perfect weather by the time the actual concert started. Additionally, the smoking hot twins just down the row made the crappy Battle of the Bands beforehand much easier to tolerate.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7F3O6WYfHQ]YouTube - Nickelback get's hit with ROCKS![/ame]

:biglaugh:

 

[tejasclone]

1. Tool - Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
2. Chevelle - Val Air Ball Room, Des Moines, IA
3. Explosions in the Sky - SXSW, Auditorium Shores, Austin, TX
4. Spazmatics (80s cover band) - some dive bar in Austin, TX
5. Sevendust - somewhere in Dubuque, IA
6. A Perfect Circle - C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Ames, IA
7. Metallica - Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
8. Aerosmith and Cheap Trick - Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
9. Puddle of Mudd/Nickelback - Iowa State Fair
10. New Kids on the Block at Hilton, my first concert, I think I was like 4.

 

[mj4cy]

1. Tool - Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
2. Chevelle - Val Air Ball Room, Des Moines, IA
3. Explosions in the Sky - SXSW, Auditorium Shores, Austin, TX
4. Spazmatics (80s cover band) - some dive bar in Austin, TX
5. Sevendust - somewhere in Dubuque, IA
6. A Perfect Circle - C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Ames, IA
7. Metallica - Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
8. Aerosmith and Cheap Trick - Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA
9. Puddle of Mudd/Nickelback - Iowa State Fair
10. New Kids on the Block at Hilton, my first concert, I think I was like 4.

Mine too! I was 5-6 and I remember throwing up at the concert.

 

[C.John]

Pink Floyd
U2
Rolling Stones
Red Hot Chili Peppers

(All during my time in Ames, haven't gone to a concert since then)

 

[mj4cy]

Pink Floyd
U2
Rolling Stones
Red Hot Chili Peppers

(All during my time in Ames, haven't gone to a concert since then)

Which one did you like best?

 

[BryceC]

May 5th, 2009
Westfair Amphitheatre, Council Bluffs
Jason Mraz
AWEsssommmme.

Honestly I saw Jason Mraz when I was in Australia in 2003 before he was real big (and he certainly wasn't huge over there) at a very small show. It was an absolutely great show. It was just him, Toca (the bongo guy) and a drummer, they played a 3+ hour set with no breaks, and were just great for it.

 

[Toby4ISU]

Theory of A Deadman / Saliva House of Blues Chicago

 

[C.John]

Which one did you like best?

Oops, forgot to number them, but I did put them in order.

 

[djcubby]

1. Hello Dave at Peoples. I got engaged on stage.
2. Aerosmith in Hilton. AWESOME!!!
3. Bush/Goo Goo Dolls/No Doubt at Hilton. No Doubt was a no name and put on a hell of a show. Goo Goo Dolls were boring and Bush rocked.
4. Janet Jackson at The Mark in the QC. Soooo hottttt!!!
5. 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, and LifeHouse in CR.
6. Wallflowers at the state fair. 5th row seats.
7. Blues Traveler at C.Y. Stephens
8. Matchbox 20 at C.Y. Stephens
9. Bare Naked Ladies at the Rosemont in Chicago

 

[CycloneYoda]

1.Pink Floyd 1993 , Ames
2. Jane's Addiction, 1991, Lawerence
3. Pearl Jam 1996, Chicago
4. NIN, Iowa City, 1994
5. Korn, 1998, Omaha
6. Rolling Stones, Baltimore, 1994

 

[mfelske]

1. Radiohead in Montreal
2. NIN at a small theater in Boston
3. Prince at the Montreal Jazzfest
4. Pink Floyd in Ames
5. Bowie in Montreal
6. Damn Yankees in Cedar Rapids (they actually opened for Bad Company)
7. Smashing Pumpkins at Hilton
8. Twisted Sister at the Col Ballroom in Davenport (my first concert)
9. Does it Offend You Yeah at Lolla last year
10. Ozzy and Korn at Hilton

 

[CyGal]

1. Nickleback Long Road Tour- WF Arena
2. Nickleback Dark Hourse Tour - WF Arena
3. Bon Jovi the 2nd to last time they were at WF Arena
4. Bon Jovi the last time they were at WF Arena
5. Nickleback Silverside Up Tour - at UNIdome
6. Godsmack at Hilton - Saw Metalica too, but they weren't that great
7. U2 at the United Center in Chicago a few years back
8. Nickleback @ Iowa State Fair

Can't think of any other concerts I went to that I really enjoyed.

 

[Bubbahotep]

1. Elvis Presley, Ames
2. Smashing Pumpkins, Hairy Mary's
3. Jane's Addiction, Davenport
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Ames
5. Lollapalooza I, Chicago
6. Lollapalooza II, Alpine Valley
7. Lollapalooza III, Des Moines
8. Lollapalooza IV, Kansas City
9. Nirvana, Minneapolis
10. The Osmonds, Iowa State Fair

 

[Rolling Clones]

1) U2
2) Rolling Stones
3) Bruce Springsteen & E St. Band
4) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

 

[mj4cy]

1. Elvis Presley, Ames
2. Smashing Pumpkins, Hairy Mary's
3. Jane's Addiction, Davenport
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Ames
5. Lollapalooza I, Chicago
6. Lollapalooza II, Alpine Valley
7. Lollapalooza III, Des Moines
8. Lollapalooza IV, Kansas City
9. Nirvana, Minneapolis
10. The Osmonds, Iowa State Fair

Jealous - one band I'll never get to see.

 

[IcSyU]

1. Nickleback Long Road Tour- WF Arena
2. Nickleback Dark Hourse Tour - WF Arena
3. Bon Jovi the 2nd to last time they were at WF Arena
4. Bon Jovi the last time they were at WF Arena
5. Nickleback Silverside Up Tour - at UNIdome
6. Godsmack at Hilton - Saw Metalica too, but they weren't that great
7. U2 at the United Center in Chicago a few years back
8. Nickleback @ Iowa State Fair

Can't think of any other concerts I went to that I really enjoyed.

By chance like Nickelback and Bon Jovi? :wink:

 

[1100011CS]

1. Hello Dave at Peoples. I got engaged on stage.
2. Aerosmith in Hilton. AWESOME!!!
3. Busch/Goo Goo Dools/No Doubt at Hilton. No Doubt was a no name and put on a hell of a show. Goo Goo Dolls were boring and Bush rocked.
4. Janet Jackson at The Mark in the QC. Soooo hottttt!!!
5. 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, and LifeHouse in CR.
6. Wallflowers at the state fair. 5th row seats.
7. Bare Naked Ladies at the Rosemont in Chicago

I went to that too, mostly to see No Doubt. I don't remember how long ago that was but I remember feeling really old. Average age was about 12 and I was, well let's just say older than that

I can't rate them or remember half the ones I went to in the 80s but the
ones I do remember:
Jane's Addiction (sometime in the 80s at some theater type place in the Twin Cities
Metallica - several shows during the ...and no justice for all tour. Actually, I really enjoyed the Death Magnetic show in DM too.
any of the Iowa Jams back in the day
Gear Daddies at Peoples
Foo Fighters in Iowa City - Crappy town but fun show.