Your first three concerts...

Bon Jovi and Cinderella- Syracuse, NY May 3rd 1987
Aerosmith and Dokken- Syracuse, NY October 19th 1987
Whitesnake and Great White- Weedsport, NY August 6th 1988

RATT, Britny Fox, KIX, 1989 Shreveport
Poison, Tesla, 1989 Shreveport
Bon Jovi, Blue Murder, 1989, Monroe

Johnny Cash - early 70s, with my parents
Sonny and Cher- early 70s - with my parents
Queen - mid 70s. Thin Lizzy opened

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Johnny Cash - early 70s, with my parents
Sonny and Cher- early 70s - with my parents

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Oh shite. You just triggered a memory. I might have to revise my list! My mom drug my arse with her to see Earl Thomas Conley like when I was 10 - 13 maybe. The place was called Tombstone Junction near Cumberland Falls KY. It's abandoned now. Technically this was my first.

If I don’t count the concerts with my parents - they were at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - my other two are Alice Cooper (the Babys opened), and Kiss.

The Outfield-1987 Dallas
George Strait-1988 Dallas
George Strait-1992 San Diego

Kiss/Night Ranger, Loverboy/Zebra, New Edition/UTFO/Jesse Johnson's Review

Night Ranger/Tony Carey-Lake Chuck '84
Foreigner/Giuffria-Baton Rouge '85
RATT/Bon Jovi-Baton Rouge '85

Kingston Trio

Bob Hope

Chad Mitchell Trio

Kansas at the Cow Palace - December 18, 1980
Rush (Moving Pictures tour) at the Oakland Arena - June 6, 1981
Van Halen (Fair Warning tour) at the Oakland Arena - June 11 or 12, 1981
Van Halen (Fair Warning tour) at the Boston Garden - July 24, 1981
Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoads at the Cow Palace - December 30, 1981
Ozzy Osbourne with Brad Gillis at the Oakland Arena - June 19, 1982

I listed more than three because I saw Van Halen both in Oakland and Boston, and I couldn't leave out seeing Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoads, and then seeing Ozzy again a few months later with Brad Gillis of Night Ranger, who finished the tour with Ozzy after Randy bit it.

The Van Halen in Oakland concert was a three-night stand, Thu-Sat. I remember distinctly that it was initially announced as a two nights, but ticket sales were so brisk that they added a third night at the last minute. I don't remember if I went on Thursday or Friday. But the Friday show has been partially immortalized with a well-known YouTube video:

Van Halen - Hear About It Later, So This is Love, Unchained at the Oakland Coliseum Arena 6/12/1981