1) Beach Boys (original line-up minus only Dennis)
2) The Everly Brothers
3) Willie Nelson
4a) Alabama
4b) George Strait
5) Simon & Garfunkel

Also got to see Bill Monroe play a couple of songs on the Opry.

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Posted by MontanaMax

Oxford, MS

Member since Nov 2011

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 10:39 am to messyjesse

John fogerty
STP (with Weiland)
Bush
Paul Simon
Willie Nelson

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Posted by Tigah D

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 12:15 pm to MontanaMax

Billy Joel
Rush
George Strait
Dave Matthews Band
Tool

Mention:
Stone Temple Pilots in 2010 when Scott was on

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Posted by Mizz-SEC

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 2:54 pm to Ace Midnight

quote:
Blue Oyster Cult

Damone got stuck with 20 pairs that one time.

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Posted by yallgood

Franklinton

Member since Jan 2018

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 3:16 pm to Mizz-SEC

Elvis - Assembly Center '74
Rolling Stones '88
KISS -31 times
Pink Floyd '94
Metallica - numerous

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Posted by SUB

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 3:45 pm to messyjesse

1. Paul McCartney
2. Pearl Jam - Lollapalooza
3. Beastie Boys - Voodoofest '04
4. Radiohead
5. Tool

These are based on how big of a crowd these bands draw and how hard tickets are to get.

Roger Waters gets an honorable mention. I consider him bigger than some of the above but it was damn easy to get tickets to his show last year. And it did not disappoint.

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Posted by Perfect Circle

S W Alabama

Member since Sep 2017

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 3:59 pm to Ace Midnight

Boston
Styx
Foreigner
Kansas
KISS

Yeah, I'm old, too.

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Posted by Walter White

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 5:02 pm to messyjesse

Not sure of exact order but guess I’d say:

Elton John
Dave Matthews Band
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tool
James Taylor
Paul Simon
Radiohead

Wish I was old enough to have seen some of the acts previous posters have mentioned as well

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Posted by river_man

On the banks of the Mississippi

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 5:05 pm to BLIZZAKE7

Ozzy
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Smashing Pumpkins
Stone Temple Pilots

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Posted by JW

Los Angeles

Member since Jul 2004

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 5:16 pm to river_man

big acts in small spaces:

Pearl Jam (At Tipitina's)
Rage Against the Machine (AT tips as well)
Jane's Addiction at NOLA Music Hall
Foo Fighters at the Masquerade ATL

big acts in big spaces
U2
GNR
STONES
Metallica w/ the Cult
Oasis in Australia

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Posted by awestruck

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 5:19 pm to Walter White

*
Lynyrd Skynyrd
SRV
Prince (given ticket - wasn't impressed) / substitute: Springsteen
KISS
Pink Floyd

*limited to five

Honorable mentions: CSN, Dead, Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss (again w/ R.Plant), Dolly Parton (well, ya'said biggest). . . considering venue and/or peak of their popularity

Yep - I down voted if you couldn't count.

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Posted by Walter White

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 5:29 pm to awestruck

Thanks

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Posted by EA6B

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 5:56 pm to messyjesse

1.Rolling Stones (1981, 1995)
2.Paul McCartney (2000s ?)
3.Emerson Lake and Palmer (1974)
4. Yes (1974)
5. Grand Funk Rail Road (1973)

Have seen most of the acts that would be called classic today, but these made the biggest lasting impression.

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Posted by 14&Counting

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 6:47 pm to EA6B

If it has to be limited to 5 I guess the biggest bands ever:

Rolling Stones
U2
Pink Floyd
Springsteen
Grateful Dead

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Posted by tiderider

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 7:01 pm to 14&Counting

according to the Rolling Stones greatest artists list:
Bob Dylan
Rolling Stones
The Beach Boys
U2
Springsteen

my 5 favorites:
Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
The Who
Clapton
Allman Brothers

honorable mention: G n R on their opening tour supporting A for D ...

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Posted by TupeloTiger

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Member since Jul 2004

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Posted on 2/2/18 at 10:35 pm to tiderider

Elvis [Monroe Civic Center '74or'75], Allman Brothers[3 times], Willie Nelson, George Strait, James Brown[Monroe CC early 70's, BB King[3 times], Jerry Lee Lewis [70's], Jimi Hendrix 1968.Got lucky on Hendrix. Was on a Senior trip and about 4 of us got to see him by accident one night after our school functions.

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Posted by LSURoss

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Posted on 2/3/18 at 6:17 am to messyjesse

Rolling Stones
Metallica
Journey
Tom Petty
Allman Brothers

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Posted by TFTC

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Member since May 2010

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Posted on 2/3/18 at 6:34 am to LSURoss

I typically don't go to big concerts... mainly club/theater shows and the summer festival circuit in the city...

That said, Ive been to three in the past two years.. Springsteen, Madonna and U2..

Went to a ton in the 80s..

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Posted by kingbob

Sorrento, LA

Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 2/3/18 at 7:23 am to messyjesse

BB King
Rush
Van Morrison
Pearl Jam
Foo Fighters

Also:
John Legend & the Roots
Earth, Wind, & Fire
Kings of Leon
Yellowcard
Rise Against
Shinedown
Cage the Elephant
Rascal Flats
Jet

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Posted by 88Wildcat

Topeka, Ks

Member since Jul 2017

13911 posts

Posted on 2/4/18 at 8:51 am to kingbob

You can rank them how you want but these are the nominees.

Paul McCartney
Bob Dylan
B.B. King
Robert Plant/Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton (Twice, first time was the next show after Alpine Valley. If there is ever a thread on the "heaviest" concert ever attended this is mine)
Allman Brothers (twice)
U2
John Fogerty
AC/DC
Van Halen, uh Van Hagar
Santana
Junior Wells
Aerosmith (twice, before they started sucking)
Black Crowes (opened one of the Aerosmith shows)
John Melloncamp (first concert ever)
Joe Walsh
if you want to throw comedians in the list George Carlin

I've seen a lot of others (Kansas (twice), Blue Oyster Cult, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Blues Traveler, Triumph, .38 Special, Bill Engvall (before anyone knew who he was), even Tori Amos) but the above are the ones I would classify as "big"

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