Its New Year, time for memories.
What year was your first concert?
I`m just a boy 1973. 2 nights at the Glasgows old Rock Theatre the Greens Playhouse.

King Bee - Stewed & Keefed on 'Rocks Off'' saw them on their second British Tour at the Rochester Odeon in 1963.

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Big Al
King Bee - Stewed & Keefed on 'Rocks Off'' saw them on their second British Tour at the Rochester Odeon in 1963.

DRAT, I would've missed that one, cos' I was 8 !!

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

Since James Phelge has started posting here, I reckon he's got this "title" pretty well cornered.
Maybe someone else does too, though?

Me, I'm Charlie...

2 1 2 0

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Come On
Me, I'm Charlie...

Oh, come on...

You got the Sun, You got the Moon,
and you've got
The Rolling Stones

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Me, I'm Charlie...

Oh, come on...

You should know Bill!

78 Some Girls @ JFK in Philly. Is there a bootleg of this?

Newcastle City Hall 1971
Still think about that gig.
Peter
vintagerock

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78 Some Girls @ JFK in Philly. Is there a bootleg of this?

There you go Doom...........[www.guitars101.com] ...........or here... [www.iorr.org] ........

My first show was Earl's court 21.5.1976 but a friend of mine was at the Cardiff Capitol Theatre on 11.9.1964 and .....she has a program - a Valex Show souvenir, 2/- (2 shillings) (10p or 16 cents) - with Mick's signature on the front..............



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Big Al
King Bee - Stewed & Keefed on 'Rocks Off'' saw them on their second British Tour at the Rochester Odeon in 1963.

that's pretty impressive. I only go back to '78 Cleveland

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DoomandGloom
78 Some Girls @ JFK in Philly. Is there a bootleg of this?

I was in there w/ you. A little kid but in there.

1973 Auckland, New Zealand. I still have the photos

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78 Some Girls @ JFK in Philly. Is there a bootleg of this?

There you go Doom...........[www.guitars101.com] ...........or here... [www.iorr.org] ........

My first show was Earl's court 21.5.1976 but a friend of mine was at the Cardiff Capital Theatre on 6.10.1963 and .....she has a program - a Valex Show souvenir, 2/- (2 shillings) (10p or 16 cents) - with Mick's signature on the front..............

Thanks very much.. Happy New Year..

My dad saw them in Chicago right around Thanksgiving 1964

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DoomandGloom
78 Some Girls @ JFK in Philly. Is there a bootleg of this?

I was in there w/ you. A little kid but in there.

Philly madness

My mum saw them 23rd October 1963 in Nottingham, England.

She saw the Stones by accident as she had actually gone to see the Everly Brothers. Her only recollection is of a scrawny little bloke singing "I want to be your man" which she found quite amusing.

Madison Square Garden July 25, 1972 - 2nd show 5th row. 90 shows (and counting) since then, including Newark 2012.

I actually watched the Stones on the Dean Martin show in 1964 but had to wait until '72 when I was old enough to go to a live gig. Parents didn't take their kids to Stones shows in those days.

HBK

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DoomandGloom
78 Some Girls @ JFK in Philly. Is there a bootleg of this?

I was in there w/ you. A little kid but in there.

Philly madness

My first show too. Right up in front. Slept in parking lot by the gate. Real Philly madness.

Great article on that day in Billboard magazine. You can find it in July 29, 1978 issue on pages 40 & 41 on Billboard mag archives site.
[www.billboard.com]

And there is a bootleg you can stream on this site
[tela.sugarmegs.org] (see separate IORR thread on this great site)

my first gig was june 1990 at hampden in glasgow.

was the first opportunity to see them, i was 21, previous to that gig i would have only been about 13 or 14 when they last played in britain prior to that tour.

and i didnt discover the stones till 1987.

i blame my parents, if they had been a lot quicker i might have managed a gig in the 70,s.

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DoomandGloom
78 Some Girls @ JFK in Philly. Is there a bootleg of this?

I was in there w/ you. A little kid but in there.

Philly madness

My first show too. Right up in front. Slept in parking lot by the gate. Real Philly madness.

Great article on that day in Billboard magazine. You can find it in July 29, 1978 issue on pages 40 & 41 on Billboard mag archives site.
[www.billboard.com]

And there is a bootleg you can stream on this site
[tela.sugarmegs.org] (see separate IORR thread on this great site)

It amazes me how many of us are on IORR whose first show was Philly 78. Where did you guys come from? we came down from NYC in a bus; out in the lot all night; crushed in the 7 am madness when they only opened those small little gates. And up front all day; like you said it was crazy. But what was truly madness was having to suffer through all those Foreigner encores, LOL

Philly 78 was the only East Coast stadium show of that tour that the average fan could get into. The other shows were small theaters and were impossible to get into without some connections and luck (or lots of money for scalpers).

I was there too. The concert was notoriously viewed as a bad performance. Mick was sick and the set list was short and heavy with Some Girls tunes at a time when it had only been released within a week or so of the show. I loved it anyway.

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DoomandGloom
78 Some Girls @ JFK in Philly. Is there a bootleg of this?

I was in there w/ you. A little kid but in there.

Philly madness

My first and worst Stones show.

November 65 in new haven ct & nyc
I was at Philly 78 also
RB

Stonesdoug from Shidoobee has one of the best early Stones stories that I've ever heard. It's short and sweet and involved touching Brians' jacket and trying to pull off the buttons...he saw 2 of their first shows in the USA, I think it was in 1965...could be wrong about the date, but Doug saw 2 shows on the same day, in the days when bands played matinees. He may get the award for earliest gig. He managed to piss of Brian too, but some would not call that an accomplishment to speak of.

Academy of Music on 14th st later became the Palladium
Yes mickschix I was at the matinee show
Forrest HILLS SUMMER 66
I also watched their first appearance on Dean Martin show summer 64

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Philly 78 was the only East Coast stadium show of that tour that the average fan could get into. The other shows were small theaters and were impossible to get into without some connections and luck (or lots of money for scalpers).

I was there too. The concert was notoriously viewed as a bad performance. Mick was sick and the set list was short and heavy with Some Girls tunes at a time when it had only been released within a week or so of the show. I loved it anyway.

Certainly a rough show, the set was short and people threw crap on the stage after they finished. Beer bottles slamming The Ampegs, The horror. I was young and managed to get right up front for the entire show. Foreigner and Peter Tosh too. Still it was my first, I remember the keyboards being great.. Stu and who else? Being from NY, Philly was madness, there was allot of LSD there that day.

MY FIRST PARIS ABATTOIRS 1976.MY LAST PARIS TRABENDO 2012 AND 126 MORE

Was that 1966, RockinBud? Were you at that Dean Martin show? I was never a fan of Dean's, especially after he made fun of them!

'73 , Kings Hall, Bellevue, Manchester. I was about thirteen at the time.

Addicted after one shot !

[hate to think how much brass they've cost me since then...but I don't begrudge a single penny of it ]