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Posted: **Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:02 pm**

Arenas & Stadium Gigs
Police @Nassau Coliseum 1980 (Ghost In The Machine Tour)
Police, REM, Joan Jett @ Shea Stadium 1983 (Great gig despite nosebleed seats and LGA ATC was routing jet traffic over us throughout the show)
The Cure Hot3 tour @Nassau Col

Posted: **Sun Jan 11, 2004 3:43 pm**

[quote]Originally posted by BHols
[br]I saw Howard Jones in 2002 @ the Vanderbilt in Plainview Long Island, great show!! It was a do

Posted: **Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:29 am**

Paul Young with Nik Kershaw @ Jones beach, summer of 1985, that was a great show. My God, I've turned that corner, I'm forgetting gigs I went to..

Posted: **Mon Jan 12, 2004 3:00 am**

I know this is a post for another strand, but whatever happend to Nik K?
He was all over 'LIR back in the mid 80's, Great Talent
Still love the LIR voices on 'Radio Musicola'
Just Googled and found him @www.nikkershaw.net
Also found Paul too @www.paul

Posted: **Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:20 am**

The most memorable for me: U2 at Nassau Community College (March 19, 1982)

I heard U2 were playing at the last minute, so I bummed a ride back to LI from college. The concert was sold out, so I hung around the entrance trying to find a spare ticket.

Posted: **Wed Jan 14, 2004 1:28 am**

It pleases me to know at one time Journey was booed off the stage. Serves them right for being so overplayed.

As for me:

Blondie, summer of 2001. Free concert. It rained and for a split second the audio cut out, but they played anyways. Glad I sa

Posted: **Wed Jan 14, 2004 8:05 am**

OK, there have been so many it is hard to pick just one. So I won't.

Lollapolozza 2 & 3

1980 something, Peir 56, NYC New ORder, Echo & the Bunnymen opening band Gene Loves Jezebel. Had lunch with the bands back stage.

Flesh For Lulu The Beackon

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2004 6:22 am**

[quote]Originally posted by British
Blondie, summer of 2001. Free concert.

Ladytron(okay, not 80s but..) - decent concert, horri

Posted: **Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:25 am**

God I saw so many amazing shows over the years. Some of the highlights

*Siouxsie and the Banshees-86 Tinderbox Tour(Irvine Auditorium, Philly), 88 Peepshow Tour(Radio City Music Hall), Lollapalooza 1, 1991 Superstition Tour (I think Philly again). An

Posted: **Wed Jan 21, 2004 7:32 am**

Most of my gigging days were spent during the early eighties, a time of variety,influence, and you could see good bands for £2! much less than £50 that Sting is charging his fans in 2004
Highlights:
Toyah 1980
U2 Fire tour at Manchester uni, U2 support

Posted: **Fri Jan 23, 2004 5:50 am**

Best concert I ever attended:

Gang of Four
September, 1982 (I think)
Bogarts, Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH

What was most incredible here is that Cincinnati had no new wave/alternative radio station at the time. The only exposure to New Wave avai

Posted: **Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:12 am**

Love this topic!
Here are my 5 favorite in decending order:
5) INXS 1988 Phoenix,AZ--it was hotter than hell (as usual) and I didn't care. These guys were amazing live. I finally understood the whole "sex symbol" thing surrounding Michael Huchance.

4

Posted: **Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:37 pm**

Just realised I hadn't chimed in with my list:

(in no particular order)
Great Northern Picnic 1982
-Blondie
-Elvis Costello
-Duran Duran
-Greg Kihn Band
-Sussman Lawrence

Kraftwerk Chicago 1998

Devo - Northrop Auditorium 1982

Roxy Music

Posted: **Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:15 am**

1. Depeche Mode - Concert for the masses (Rose Bowl), w/ OMD opening up, huge food fight and real thunder and rain during Blasphemous Rumors.
2. New Order - Universal Amp, no opening act, no Blue Monday and no encore - still brilliant.
3. Pet Shop Boy

Posted: **Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:33 am**

These are the ones that I can remember for one reason or another or because something unusual happened those nights or because of the girl I was going out with at the time or because of a song or a venue or something. One of my friends used to clip the a

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