This is the history of the '80s concerts I attened. I've included the first few concerts I ever attended in the late '70s. Those were the few shows that I paid for and are
marked PAID. Those where I was on the guest list are
marked COMPED for
complementary. And if I met the band, I
write Met Band. I've also added concerts attended in my post-radio days.
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| A Few of My Actual Ticket Stubs |
1978 through 1979
Thin Lizzy & The Outlaws – Cape Cod Coliseum (September
3, 1978) - PAID
The Cars, Eddie Money, Bob Welch, Todd Rungren – Hartford,
CT (Summer 1979) - PAID
The Kinks – Southeastern Massachusetts University (1979) -
PAID
1980 through 1989
The Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt – UMass Amherst (Sat. May,
10, 1980) - PAID
The Pretenders – Southeastern Massachusetts University (Nov.
3, 1981) – COMPED – Met Band
U2 – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (November 14, 1981) – PAID
The Police w/ GoGos – Boston Garden, Boston, MA (Jan. 15,
1982) - PAID
B52s – Southeastern Massachusetts University (April 22,
1982) – COMPED – Met Band
David Johansen – The Metro, Boston (Aug. 11, 1982) – $8.50 –
COMPED – Met Band
The Clash – Cape Cod Coliseum, S. Yarmouth, MA (Aug. 21,
1982) - $10.50 - PAID
The Clash – Providence Civic Center (Aug. 28, 1982) - $10.50
– PAID
Gang of Four & Mission of Burma – Brown University,
Providence, RI (Oct. 3, 1982) – COMPED – Met Band
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| I didn't take many pictures back in the day, but I did save my backstage passes. |
REM – The Living Room, Providence, RI (October 4, 1982) –
COMPED – Met Band
The Clash – Southeastern Massachusetts University (Oct. 6,
1982) – COMPED – Met Band
David Johansen – Southeastern Massachusetts University (Nov.
17, 1982) – COMPED – Met Band
Boys Life – Southeastern Massachusetts University
Auditiorium WUSM – COMPED – Met Band
Gang of Four – Living Room, Providence, RI (1982) – COMPED –
Met Band
Gang of Four – Metro, Boston (October 5, 1982) – COMPED –
Met Band
David Johansen – Southeastern Massachusetts University Main
Auditiorum – COMPED – Met Band
Til Tuesday – Southeastern Massachusetts University – COMPED
– Met Band
Joe Jackson – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (Dec. 8, 1982) –
COMPED – Met Band
ABC – The Metro, Boston, MA (Dec. 17, 1982) – COMPED – Met
Band
Lords of The New Church – Spit, Boston, MA (1982) – COMPED –
Met Band
Mission of Burma w/ Proletariat – Living Room, Providence
(January 8, 1983) – COMPED – Met Band
Joe Perry Project – Southeastern Massachusetts University
Amphitheater – COMPED – Met Band
Neil Young – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (Feb.
15, 1983) – COMPED – Met Band
English Beat & REM – Walter Brown Arena, Boston, MA
(April 22, 1983) – COMPED – Met Bands
REM – The Living Room, Providence, RI (April 29, 1983) –
COMPED – Met Band
U2 – Brown Univeristy, Providence, RI (April 30, 1983) –
COMPED – Met Band
Circle Jerks – Living Room, Providence, RI (May 23, 1983) –
COMPED – Met Band
The Tubes – Southeastern Massachusetts University (May 1,
1983) – COMPED – Met Band
Bryan Ferry – Boston University, Boston, MA (May 27, 1983) -
COMPED
Lou Miami & The Kozmetix – Living Room, Providence, RI
(June 11, 1983) – COMPED – Met Band
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| With Jon Bon Jovi, WHJY studios 1985 |
Berlin Airlift – The Living Room, Providence, RI (June 24,
1983) – COMPED – Met Band
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Channel, Boston, MA (June 29,
1983) – COMPED
Stray Cats w/ Roomfull of Blues – Providence, RI – COMPED –
Met Band
Ministry w/ Berlin Airlift – Channel, Yarmouth, MA (July 7,
1983) – COMPED – Met Band
Ministry – The Living Room, Providence, RI (July 9, 1983) –
COMPED – Met Band
REM – The Living Room, Providence, RI (July 14, 1983) –
COMPED – Met Band
David Bowie – Hartford Civic Center (July 15, 1983) – PAID
A Flock of Seagulls – The Metro, Boston, MA (Aug. 4, 1983) –
COMPED – Met Band
Talking Heads – Cape Cod Coliseum, S. Yarmouth, MA (August
20, 1983) - COMPED
Graham Parker – Lupos Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI
(Sept. 20, 1983) – COMPED – Met Band
David Bowie – Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (July 15, 1983)
– COMPED
The Police, The Fixx, A Flock of Seagulls – Sullivan Stadium,
Foxboro, MA (Aug. 10, 1983) – COMPED
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| Bono of U2 at Brown University. I shot this from the side of the stage. |
REM w/ Let’s Active – The Living Room, Providence, RI (Nov.
13, 1983) – COMPED – Met Band
Cindy Lauper – The Living Room, Providence, RI (December 3,
1983) – COMPED – Met Band
The Alarm – The Living Room, Providence, RI (December 12,
1983) – COMPED – Met Band
Men At Work w/ Mental As Anything – The Metro, Boston, MA
(1983) – COMPED – Met Band
The Motels – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (Jan. 18, 1984) –
COMPED – Met Band
Duran Duran – Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA (March 15,
1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Eurythmics – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (March 24, 1984) –
COMPED – Met Band
Thomas Dolby – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (April 15, 1984)
– COMPED – Met Band
Elvis Costello – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (April 18,
1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Yes – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (May 8, 1984)
– COMPED – Met Band
Wire Train – The Living Room, Providence, RI (May 25, 1984)
– COMPED – Met Band
Violent Femmes – The Living Room, Providence, RI (May 27,
1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Simple Minds – Orpheum Theater, Boston (May 29, 1984) –
COMPED – Met Band
Joe Jackson – Boston Common, Boston, MA (June 26, 1984) –
COMPED – Met Band
Blue Oyster Cult – Rocky Point Park, Warwick, RI (June 8,
1984) – COMPED/HOSTED – Met Band
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| With Bryan Adams Backstage Providence Civic Center 1985 |
Paul Young – Rocky Point Park, Warwick, RI – COMPED – Met
Band
Souixsie & The Banshees – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA
(July 12, 1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Psychadelic Furs – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (July 18,
1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Aerosmith – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (Aug. 5,
1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Missing Persons – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (Aug. 23,
1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Thompson Twins – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (August 28,
1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Violent Femmes – RISD (Sept. 30, 1984) – COMPED – Met Band
The Fixx – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (September 12, 1984)
– COMPED – Met Band
Rod Stewart – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
(September 15, 1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Billy Squire & Ratt – Providence Civic Center,
Providence, RI (Sept. 16, 1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Rush – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (September
25, 1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Flock of Seagulls – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (September
26, 1984) – COMPED – Met Band
REM w/ DBs – Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI
(Oct. 16, 1984) – COMPED – Met Band
Jethro Tull – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (Oct.
27, 1984) – COMPED
The Cure – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (Nov. 14, 1984) –
COMPED – Met Band
Modern English – The Living Room, Providence, RI (1984) –
COMPED – Met Band
X – The Living Room, Providence, RI (1984) – COMPED – Met
Band
Nina Hagen – The Living Room, Providence, RI (1984) – COMPED
– Met Band
INXS – The Living Room, Providence, RI (1984) – COMPED – Met
Band
Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Living Room, Providence, RI
(1984?) – COMPED – Met Band
Til Tuesday – The Living Room, Providence, RI (Jan. 5, 1985)
– COMPED – Met Band
Bruce Springsteen – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
(Jan. 23, 1985) – COMPED – Met Band
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| With John Mellencamp Backstage Providence Civic Center 1985 |
John Mellencamp – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
(1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Triumph – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (1985) –
COMPED – Met Band
Hall & Oats w/ Til Tuesday – Boston Garden (March 5,
1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Depeche Mode – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (March 16, 1985)
– COMPED – Met Band
Prince – Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA (March 27, 1985) –
COMPED – Met Band
U2 – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (April 2, 1985)
– COMPED – Met Band
George Thorogood – Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI
(April 5, 1985) – COMPED – Met Band
U2 – Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA (April 16, 1985) –
COMPED – Met Band
Eric Clapton – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
(April 28, 1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Tears For Fears – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (June 13,
1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Howard Jones – Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (June 29, 1985) –
COMPED – Met Band
Motley Crue – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (Aug.
4, 1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Don Henley w/ Katrina & The Waves – The Hatch Shell,
Boston, MA (Aug. 8, 1985) – COMPED – Met Bands
REM – The Leroy Theater, Pawtucket, RI (Aug. 23, 1985) –
COMPED – Met Band
Ronnie James Dio – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
(Sept. 11, 1985) – COMPED – Met Band
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| Look for the stories behind these passes as I regularly blog about my wild days in music. |
Aerosmith – The Manning Bowl, Lynn, MA (September 14, 1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Bryan Adams – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
(September 18, 1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Sting – Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA (Sept. 19, 1985) –
COMPED – Met Band
Dire Straits – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (Oct.
4, 1985) – COMPED – Met Band
The Cars – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI – COMPED
– Met Band
Ratt & Jon Bon Jovi – Providence Civic Center,
Providence, RI (Oct. 7, 1985) – COMPED – Met Bands
Heart – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (Nov. 10,
1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI
(Nov. 13, 1985) – COMPED – Met Band
AC/DC – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (Nov. 22,
1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Rush – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (Dec. 5,
1985) – COMPED – Met Band
Kiss – Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA (Dec. 22, 1985) –
COMPED – Met Band
The Ramones – The Living Room, Providence, RI (Dec. 1985) –
COMPED – Met Band
Sting – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (1986) –
COMPED – Met Band
Aerosmith – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (March
18, 1986) – COMPED – Met Band
The Firm – Boston Garden, Boston, MA (April 1, 1986) –
COMPED – Met Band
ZZ Top w/ Del Fuegos – Providence Civic Center, Providence,
RI (June 1, 1986) – COMPED – Met Band
Joe Jackson – Great Woods, Mansfield, MA (July 14, 1986) –
COMPED – Met Band
Psychadelic Furs- Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI
(July 29, 1986) – COMPED – Met Band
38 Special – Great Woods, Mansfield, MA (Sept. 13, 1986) –
COMPED – Met Band
Del Fuegos – The Living Room, Providence, RI (February 26,
1987) – COMPED – Met Band
Ratt w/ Poison – Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
(March 17, 1987) – COMPED – Met Band
Hoodoo Gurus – The Living Room, Providence, RI (March 17,
1987) – COMPED – Met Band
Crowded House – The Living Room, Providence, RI (March 20,
1987) – COMPED – Met Band
Throwing Muses – The Living Room, Providence, RI (March 27,
1987) – COMPED – Met Band
1990s through PRESENT
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| With Shirley Manson & Butch Vig of Garbage MTV Awards |
Orbit – TT & The Bears, Boston, MA (sometime in the 90s)
– COMPED – Met Band
Tool & Radiohead – Palladium, Hollywood, CA – COMPED
Coldplay – Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA (May 31, 2003) – COMPED
Pet Shop Boys – Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, CA –
COMPED – Met Band
Iron Maiden – Greek Theater, Hollywood, CA – COMPED – Met
Band
Hole – Axis, Boston, MA (1992) – COMPED – Met Band
Catherine Wheel – Several Shows (1995 to 2002) – COMPED - Toured
w/ Band
Gary Numan – Hollywood, CA – COMPED
Janet Jackson – Great Western Forum, Los Angeles, CA (Aug. 20,
1998) – COMPED – Met Band
Janet Jackson – San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA (Aug.
28, 1998) – COMPED – Met Band
Madonna – Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA (June 3, 2006) –
COMPED
FESTIVALS
The Police, The Fixx, A Flock of Seaguls - Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, MA (Aug. 10, 1983) COMPED - Met Bands
Coachella - GroupLove & More - 2012 - COMPED - Met Many Bands
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