50 Bands meme

[amberdreams]

Because I'm procrastinating (what's new!) here's a meme snagged from FB that I will probably suck at. Have I even seen 50 bands in my lifetime?

Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists. Oh, and list the first concert you ever saw (you can remember that, can’t you)?

In no particular order - just as they came to mind

1. Elton John


2. Neil Young


3. Stackridge


4. The Eagles


5. Bryan Kennedy


6. Toumani Diabate


7. Dire Straits


8. Mungo jerry


9. Arcade Fire


10. Foster the People


11. Inspiral Carpets


12. 808 State


13. Happy Mondays


14. Asa Jennings


15. Keane


16. Barclay James Harvest


17. Ben's Brother


18. The Oysterband


19. Bellowhead


20. Billy Bragg


21. Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott


22. The Specials


23. The Beat


24. Blur


25. Kane


26. The Life of Riley/Riley Smith


27. Steve Carlson


28. Van Morrison


29. The Finn Brothers


30. Eddie Grant


31. Hazel O'Connor


32. Chumbawamba


33. The Levellers


34. Fantazia


35. Joan Armatrading


36. Squeeze


37. The Lightning Seeds


38. Martyn Joseph


39. Mumford & Sons


40. Pink


41. The Buena Vista Social Club


42. Runrig


43. Eliza Carthy


44. The Smiths


45. Genesis


46. Snow Patrol


47. The Streets


48. Sharleen Spiteri


49. Tom Baxter


50. Vusi Mahlasela

Well actually that wasn't so bad... I've been to more than I thought, though I'm not entirely sure which was my first one... Stackridge or Barlcay James Harvest maybe? They were certainly a blooming long time ago! 1974/5 ish...