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**BigRedChief** · 03:04 AM

Share whatever you want of the milestone

Oct. 2nd 1974. The New York Dolls and Lynyrd Skynyrd in Springfield, Missouri in what Was a bowling alley but I think it’s a Church now on Glenstone. Not too far from chestnut expressway. They both blew my mind. Opened up possibilities.

Molitoth · 07-20-2020, 02:17 PM

Peter Frampton and Jackson Browne @ Starlight... around 1997-1998 maybe.

Stryker · 07-20-2020, 02:26 PM

December 9th 1977 KISS - Alive II tour, AC/DC with Bon Scott Let There Be Rock tour opened for them. Incredible!

Forgot to mention Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN

**Easy 6** · 07-20-2020, 04:27 PM

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Wasp Stryper Ratt /all of chiefsplanet

DAMN STRAIGHT

Frazod · 07-20-2020, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Stryker

December 9th 1977 KISS - Alive II tour, AC/DC with Bon Scott Let There Be Rock tour opened for them. Incredible!

You actually saw AC/DC with Bon Scott? Awesome!

I do kind of hate you now, though.

**BigRedChief** · 07-20-2020, 04:49 PM

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I was visiting friends in the bay area out in Cali circa 1986. He got a tip that a band playing at a local bar called "Soft White UnderBelly" was really Blue Oyster Cult. We got tickets. It was them. Sitting in the middle table. They were working on new material but they did all their hits too. Were doing shots with the audience. Eddie Money came up and did a blues song with them. Was a really cool experience.

Found the ticket and flyer. $15 was a huge cover charge back then.

DeepPurple · 07-20-2020, 08:39 PM

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Found the ticket and flyer. $15 was a huge cover charge back then.

Soft White Underbelly? Was that a band in the 80's or did Blue Oyster Cult resurrect their original name?

Until I paid $20 to see Pink Floyd at the Atlanta Omni in '88, I never paid more than about $8 to see any band. I've seen about 100 shows. I can remember seeing Uriah Heep & Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1975 at the St. Petersburg Bayfront Center for $7.50. I have one exception to that statement. I went to 1986 Amnesty Int' Show at the Atlanta Omni for $36 in 1986. However, I saw U2, the Police, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams and Lou Reed, each band performed six songs. I didn't complain about the price for a show that big. Then that Saturday I watched the same show live on MTV from Giants Stadium in NY.

Stryker · 07-20-2020, 09:03 PM

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You actually saw AC/DC with Bon Scott? Awesome!

I do kind of hate you now, though.

Yes and on the song Let There Be Rock, Bon Scott had Angus on his back running through the audience - the cleared isles of course. Will never forget.

Stryker · 07-20-2020, 09:17 PM

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You actually saw AC/DC with Bon Scott? Awesome!

I do kind of hate you now, though.

Wikipedia is awesome!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_II_Tour

Scroll down to tour dates and check December 9th! This actually brought a tear to my eye - incredible! Bon Scott didn't die until 1980 - 3 years later. Wow!

MatriculatingHank · 07-21-2020, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Stryker

December 9th 1977 KISS - Alive II tour, AC/DC with Bon Scott Let There Be Rock tour opened for them. Incredible!

Forgot to mention Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN

I was there also. Second time I saw Kiss in Memphis. Here's my ticket stub from that show:

Hydrae · 07-21-2020, 09:14 AM

Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, and Van Halen in Portland in 1979. It was an empty former Toys 'R Us so it was just a big open floor, not even any seats. This was Van Halen's first tour and they were awesome. They were all good and I have seen all of them again except for the Outlaws. That guitar army was really fun though!

Randallflagg · 07-21-2020, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DeepPurple

Soft White Underbelly? Was that a band in the 80's or did Blue Oyster Cult resurrect their original name?

Until I paid $20 to see Pink Floyd at the Atlanta Omni in '88, I never paid more than about $8 to see any band. I've seen about 100 shows. I can remember seeing Uriah Heep & Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1975 at the St. Petersburg Bayfront Center for $7.50. I have one exception to that statement. I went to 1986 Amnesty Int' Show at the Atlanta Omni for $36 in 1986. However, I saw U2, the Police, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams and Lou Reed, each band performed six songs. I didn't complain about the price for a show that big. Then that Saturday I watched the same show live on MTV from Giants Stadium in NY.

Indeed. I saw Zep in 1973? 74? And I still remember the ticket - $5.00. Saw Golden Earring in Germany in '80 - $4 Deutsche Marks (around $2.75 American at the time).

lawrenceRaider · 07-21-2020, 10:14 AM

1994, Kemper, Rush with Primus opening up.

Stryker · 07-21-2020, 12:56 PM

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I was there also. Second time I saw Kiss in Memphis. Here's my ticket stub from that show:

Yep that is it! AWESOME!

Frosty · 07-21-2020, 01:29 PM

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Wasp Stryper Ratt /all of chiefsplanet

I saw Ratt, with Bon Jovi opening, in a small club in Portland in 1984. It was an odd concert because both bands only had one album at the time so they ended up playing a few of their songs a couple of times.

I also spent most of the concert pissed off because my girlfriend at the time was trying to get to the stage so she could kiss Jon Bon Jovi.

LiveSteam · 07-21-2020, 01:51 PM

1983 Def Leppard Pyro tour
Uriah Heep opened the show.

AC/DC with Fastway opening the Flick Of The Switch tour. Was one of the best Ive ever been to.
DIO. Is my most treasured concert.
Thank God I was there and thank god for Bugs on that one.

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