All the concerts I’ve been to

I have started to list all of the concerts I have ever been to. It’s a still incomplete list but I wanted to share it as a living record to some of the great shows I have seen.

Compared to some I have seen loads of concerts (over 60) but a lot fewer than others. My first ever concert was seeing Marillion at the Hammersmith Odeon, for the Clutching at Straws Tour in 1987. My first stadium gig was Pink Floyd’s Momentary Lapse of Reason at Wembley Stadium in 1989.

The Best Concert?

It is hard to pick just one concert as ‘the best’. Different concerts tick different boxes. Certainly the most memorable has to be Desert Trip in 2016. Three nights, two concerts every night. Watching Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, The Who, Paul McCartney and Roger Waters perform at the Empire Polo Ground (Coachella location) has to be up there. So to does watching Supertamp’s Roger Hodgson performing as the sun set in Nice; enjoying the music then wandering home along the Promenade Des Anglais to sleep at Hotel Negresco. All of those concerts were with my girls which always adds to the experience.

The first Rolling Stones gig at Wembley Stadium was pretty incredible. Zoo TV, also at Wembley Stadium was something I will never forget.

But I can’t rule out Roger Waters, The Wall in Berlin. I booked a ticket as soon as they came on sale but didn’t collect it until I was there for the event. As I entered the Olympiastadion, the guides had to help me translate the ticket and point me to … the front row. So, Roger Waters performing the Wall in Berlin’s Olympiastadion also has to be up there.

And we haven’t even mentioned Kate Bush performing for the first time in 20+ years!

My Concerts

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Artist	Tour	Venue
Belinda Carlisle	Runaway Horses	Wembley Arena, London
Belinda Carlisle	Runaway Horses	The UEA, Norwich
Billy Joel	.	Wembley Arena, London
Bob Dylan	Desert Trip	Empire Polo Ground, Indo California
Cyndi Lauper	Twelve Deadly Cyns	The Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Elbow	The Seldon Seen Kid	Wembley Arena, London
Elbow	Build a Rocket Boys	The O2, London
Elton John	Peachtree Road	Ipswich Town, Ipswich
Eric Clapton	.	The Royal Albert Hall, London
Fish	Clutching at Straws 30th Anniversary	Camridge Corn Exchange
Fish	Weltschmerz	UEA, Norwich
Gary Numan	(R)evolution 40th anniversary tour	The UEA, Norwich
Genesis	We Can’t Dance	Knebworth, England
Gorillaz	Humanz	The O2, London
Kate Bush	The Ninth Wave	Hammersmith Odeon, London
Level 42	Sirens II	The Regent, Ipswich
Lucius	Nudes	Union Chapel, London
Madness	Madstock	Finsbury Park, London
Madonna	Blonde Ambition	Wembley Arena, London
Marillion	Clutching At Straws	Hammersmith Odeon, London
Marillion	Holidays in Eden	Cambridge Corn Exchange
Marillion	Holidays in Eden	Wembley Arena
Marillion	Sounds that can’t be made	Cambridge Junction
Midnight Oil		Brixton Academy, London
Neil Young	Desert Trip	Empire Polo Ground, Indo California
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets	.	The Roundhouse, London
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets	.	Cambridge Corn Exchange
OMD	English Electric	The Regent, Ipswich
OMD	The Punishment of Luxury	The Regent, Ipswich
Panic! At the Disco	Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die	The Forum, Kentish Town, London
Panic! At the Disco	The Death of a Bachelor	Alexandra Palace, London
Panic! At the Disco	Pray for the Wicked	Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Paul McCartney	Desert Trip	Empire Polo Ground, Indo California
Pavarotti	Hyde Park	Hyde Park, London
Pink Floyd	A Momentary Lapse of Reason	Wembley Stadium, London
Pink Floyd	Division Bell	Earls Court, London
Prince	Nude (1990)	Wembley Arena, London
R.E.M.	Monster	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
R.E.M.	Once Around the Sun	Ipswich Town, Ipswich
Rod Stewart	1995	Wembley Stadium
Roger Hodgson	Crazy Week	Nice
Roger Waters	Hyde Park Calling	Hyde Park, London
Roger Waters	The Wall	The O2, London
Roger Waters	The Wall	The O2, London
Roger Waters	The Wall	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Roger Waters	Desert Trip	Coachella, Desert Springs
Sheryl Crow	Home	Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years	Wembley Arena, London
Simple Minds	Crazy Week	Nice
Simply Red	Stars	Wembley Stadium, London
Soul II Soul		Apex Bury St. Edmunds
Steely Dan	.	Wembley Arena, London
Steve Winwood	Live the Life	Cambridge Corn Exchange
Tears for Fears	Rule the World	The O2, London
The Cure	Wish	Cambridge Corn Exchange
The Manfredds	Making Tracks	Spa Pavillion, Felixstowe
The Rolling Stones	Urban Jungle	Wembley Stadium, London
The Rolling Stones	Urban Jungle	Wembley Stadium, London
The Rolling Stones	Desert Trip	Coachella, Desert Springs
The Who	Desert Trip	Empire Polo Ground, Indo California
The Who	Hyde Park Calling	Hyde Park, London
The Who	Quadrophenia	Wembley Arena, London
U2	Zoo TV ( Achtung Baby Tour)	Wembley Stadium, London
U2	Zoo TV ( Achtung Baby Tour)	Wembley Stadium, London
U2	PopMart	Roundhay Park, Leeds
U2	All That You Can’t Leave Behind	Earls Court, London
U2	360	Wembley Stadium, London
U2	Innocence & Experience	The O2, London

Concerts on YouTube

I have always resisted the urge (but often failed) to take photos and video but I have been enjoying finding other memories of these shows. Only recently did I find a video for Pink Floyd at Wembley Stadium – a long time before handycams and iphones!

I’ll be adding to my list with memories and details over the coming weeks so check back in soon!