Took my twins to the Stones' Zip Code Tour when they were just about to turn 5. Bought them both some headphones to lessen the noise and it went off without a hitch. There were lots of friends around and we did a cool tailgate in the parking lot before the show. It ultimately gave them some good memories (they still speak of it today) and they had a blast. Admittedly, this is probably more the exception than the rule.

My folks took me to a Jackson Browne show when I was about the same age. I still remember parts of that today 40 plus years later.

... thee age of innocence ....



ROCKMAN

George Harrison in 1974, LA Forum, afternoon show.
Thanks to Mom and Dad for letting me go, 'cause I think I was 11.
Someone just posted the audio of this show on YouTube. Great memories.
Saw the Stones the next year at the Forum.

12. Ulf Lundell in Oslo Konserthus.

8 years old

The first one : Jeff Beck at Le Zenith Paris 4 may 1990 and few weeks later 23 of june The Rolling Stones au Parc Des Princes Paris. That change my life

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13, Paul Mccartney, Scandinavium Gothenburg and then Pink Floyd at Ullevi Stadium Gotheburg age 14.

First Stonesgig, Ullevi Stadium Gothenburg 98 age 18.

15 13/06/1976 Rolling Stones NICE

Took my kids to their first Stones show at Twickenham in 2006. Aged 9 and 7 at the time. They had a great time, behaved perfectly and a few people around us commented on how great they'd been. But then on the way to the station a "lady" in her mid 30s or so felt compelled to comment that she couldn't believe that people took children to concerts. Clearly it offended her! Tough luck babe!

I was 14 when I went to my first concert. Rod Stewart 'A Night on the town' tour
Cardiff capitol theatre December 1976.

My son: 8,Urban Jungle, secound show, Rotterdam 1990 first row.

First concert , Status Quo in 1973, Amsterdam. I was 13.
First Stones Gig, 29 May 1976, The hague,Holland
Last concert Stones (35x) Arnhem 2017.

Bootleg sixties, Alkmaar April 5 2018, Alkmaar Holland.

Next Stones gig Southampton May 28..after that Edinburgh and Prague

Jeroen



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13, Rod Stewart Ekeberghallen, Oslo.
Could be a concert with 'Smokie' was before that - Chateau Neuf, Oslo.

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Oslo

I would definitley take your kid to the OP. I remember all those very early shows well.



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oh,forgot to say after seeing hendrix in 68 also creem farewell in garden nov.68 & doors in garden jan. 69 & felt forum 11p.m. show in jan. 70-a WILD show.

16 years old David Bowie Serious Monnlight Tour 1983

Auckland New Zealand Western Springs

Feel The Fear
And Do It Anyway

Beethoven in Vienna on December 22, 1808. I was 12.

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oh,forgot to say after seeing hendrix in 68 also creem farewell in garden nov.68 & doors in garden jan. 69 & felt forum 11p.m. show in jan. 70-a WILD show.

hmmm, same as my first 3 (as I mentioned earlier...but on different coasts)....

You have good taste

I know BLUZ! Saw your post-gave me major flashbacks. LOL. Also saw
hendrix new years eve fillmore & the garden. Newark thing was nite after MLK shooting-a little tense.

11 or 13. Stiff Little Fingers in Belfast at the Ulster Hall. Either 1981 or 1983



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I was 26 in '89 when I saw the Stones for the 1st time.
My daughters were 11 and 13 when I brought them to the 50 & Counting Tour in Montreal in June 2013.
They saw the Stones again 2 years later in July 2015 in Quebec and they will fly with me to Marseille at the end of June.

14, Elton John in 1975.

15.

The Rolling Stones, Werchter (Belgium) 1995.

My first Stones concert when I was 16,
but my brother took me to Herman Brood a lot of times since I was 14.

13, Mountain at the Felt Forum (smaller venue under Madison Square Garden), NYC 12/31/73 (early show). It was insanely loud.

My next rock show was The Who upstairs six months. It too was insanely loud.

For a while, I thought all rock shows were insanely loud. But I like insane loudness, notwithstanding its effect on my hearing.

I was three years old when I saw The Righteous Brothers at The Front Row Theatre in Cleveland. This was 1974. The Hughes Corporation opened the show. It was, perhaps unsurprisingly, largely a black crowd at the show which left an impression on my mind. I danced in the aisle when The Hughes Corporation closed their set with "Rock the Boat." It may be the last time in my life I danced without feeling self-conscious and awkward.

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Hi,

I want to take my 10 years old godchild to Amsterdam in the Premium standing. Don't know if he's Gonna Enjoy it.

He loves to wear his tongue T-shirts.

How old were you on your first Stones gig?
Or how old were your youngest fans you took with you?

Rollinvince, Belgium

My first show was at age 17, Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Garden, NYC. 1977
I took my two sons to see the Stones on the Bigger Bang Tour. They were 12 & 10 and loved it!

"Gonna find my way to heaven ..."



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The first time I heard the Stones was in 1963.
The first time I attended one of their gigs was in Nice on June 13th 1976.
Since then I saw them on stage 45 times.

First time I recall knowing the Stones was in 1978. I was about seven years old. The turning point came in 1980 when I bought my first 45 of theirs. First album in 1981. Wanted desperately to see them in 1981 but I was only ten years old. Finally saw them for the first time in 1989 shortly after graduating. I saw Keith the year before though.

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I was three years old when I saw The Righteous Brothers at The Front Row Theatre in Cleveland. This was 1974. The Hughes Corporation opened the show. It was, perhaps unsurprisingly, largely a black crowd at the show which left an impression on my mind. I danced in the aisle when The Hughes Corporation closed their set with "Rock the Boat." It may be the last time in my life I danced without feeling self-conscious and awkward.

Dude, love the song ‘Rock the Boat’ first concert @ 3? Too cool for school

I remember being at a fair (maybe MN state) a weekend w/ my Dad walking around, maybe 10, and a band onstage and a somewhat empty audience, I followed the piano playing, got a seat close, and heard/ watched ‘Wildfire’
(this old sappy song)
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ETA: ^^ that video’s some beautiful music, watch him play that guitar- whew



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