A recent social media post (see below) making the rounds has made me think about all the concerts I’ve been to. My memory sucks, but as of now, this list is what I can remember.
But first, here’s my ‘best and worst’ list based on the post that inspired this:
1. First Concert – Public Enemy
2. Last concert – Barenaked Ladies
3. Worst concert – Hall & Oates
4. Loudest concert – possibly Taylor Swift and all the screaming Swifties
5. Best Concert – Guns ‘n Roses obviously
6. Seen the most – Guns ‘n Roses (but only twice)
7. Most surprising – Blue Rodeo
8. Happy I got to See – Tragically Hip
9. Wish I could have seen – the Beatles
10. Seeing next – I Love the 90’s Tour with Vanilla Ice, Young MC, Rob Base, The Sugarhill Gang, All-4-One
Not too embarrassing a list in my opinion. Here’s my full list (in no order):
- Public Enemy
- Maestro Fresh Wes
- Aerosmith
- Guns ‘n Roses (x3)
- Pearl Jam
- Britney Spears
- Eden Fest – 1996 (tons of alternative/grunge bands including Bush, The Cure, Tragically Hip, Live, etc.)
- Sarah McLachlan
- Stevie Wonder
- Gowan
- Collective Soul
- Taylor Swift
- Panic at the Disco
- Hozier
- Tom Cochrane
- Hall & Oates
- Tears for Fears
- UB40
- Blue Rodeo (x2)
- Def Leppard
- Brett Michaels
- The Tragically Hip
- Barenaked Ladies
- Steven Page
- Journey
- Bryan Adams
- Glass Tiger
- Vanilla Ice
- Young MC
- Rob Base
- The Sugarhill Gang
- All-4-One
- Toto
- Jann Arden
- Bush
- Spoons
- Men Without Hats
- Honeymoon Suite
- Miss Grit
- The Last Dinner Party
- BTO, The Guess Who, Tal Bachman (same show, they all mixed songs)
- Future Islands, wsg Ed Schrader’s Music Beat
- ABC, Howard Jones
That’s all I can remember for now, I feel there were others. If I remember, I’ll come back and edit.
**Updated August 25, 2023 – everything after Glass Tiger; February 9, 2024 – added Spoons, Men Without Hats, Honeymoon Suite; April 3, 2024 – added Miss Grit and The Last Dinner Party; July 3, 2024 added Future Islands wsg Ed Schrader’s Music Beat; August 26, 2024 – added ABC & Howard Jones.