Until I moved to IL, concerts were my thing. Live music in general. I've probably been to over 500 concerts and over 100 live local shows
Here's a list of some of the greats I saw and/or worked at.
WAY too many to list, but here are the highlights:
Here's a list of some of the greats I saw and/or worked at.
WAY too many to list, but here are the highlights:
- Kiss w/the Rockets - 1978
- Rush w/YYZ - 1980
- Black Sabbath w/Blue Oyster Cult - 1981
- Styx -1981 - Paradise Theater Tour. Slim Pickens announced the band.
- The Stones w/Journey & George Thoroughgood - 1981 - Rich Stadium
- Black Sabbath w/Alvin Lee - 1981
- Foreigner w/Loverboy, Ted Nugent & Iron Maiden - 1982 - Rich Stadium
- Ozzy w/Metallica - 1986
- Rush - 1986 @University of Austin
- Aerosmith - 1986
- Monsters of Rock - Van Halen (Hagar) w/Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica & Kingdon Come - 1988 - Rich Stadium
- Kiss (No Makeup) w/Ted Nugent - 1987
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Reunion Tour w/Gary Rossington Band - 1987 - Darien Lake
- Judas Priest w/Cinderella 1987
- Black Sabbath w/Exodus & Widowmaker - 1992
- Pink Floyd - 1994 - Yankee Stadium
- Edenfest - 1996 Mossport Speedway near Toronto (The show that convinced me to like The Cure) Lineup
- Creed 2001
- The Dead w/Bob Dylan - 2002
- Warped Tour - 2001-2005
- Ozzfest 2003 - 2005
- David Bowie w/Stereophonics - 2004
- Sting w/Annie Lennox - 2004
- Rush 30th Anniversary Tour - 2004
- Slipknot w/Linkin Park & Snoop Dogg - 2004
- Elton John - 2011 Peoria, IL
- And the worst show ever, Rock the Mic - Jay-Z w/50 Cent, Bustah Rhymes, Missy Elliot and Young MC - 2003. F**K Rap! Worst experience, ever
- Red w/Thousand Foot Krutch - at a club in E St. Louis - 2011
- Switchfoot at a club in Bloomington, IL - 2011
- Megadeth w/Lamb of God, Trillium and In Flames - Peoria Civic Center, my oldest daughter's first concert - 2022
