1. which artists / bands have you seen live in concert over the years?


    the ones coming to my mind right now, in no particular order:

    U2 (2x)
    Bon Jovi (7x)
    Metallica (1x)
    Bruce Springsteen (1x)
    Depeche Mode (1x)
    PUR (41x)
    Achtung Baby (German U2 Tribute Band, 4x)
    Pet Shop Boys (1x)
    Robbie Williams (1x)
    Die Toten Hosen (1x)
    Erasure (1x)
    Moby (1x)
    Celine Dion (1x)
    Nightwish (1x)
    Apoptygma Berzerk (1x)
    Anastacia (2x)
    Roxette (3x)


  2. That's a great list. I only attended a Coldplay and a UB40 concert. And I've seen a number of well-known Dutch bands at local festivals. Still got a long way to go!
  3. You've seen PUR 41 times!?

    Who are they actually?

    BTW I never been to concert unfortunately...Rotterdam 2009 will be my first one!
  4. U2 - twice
    Radiohead - God knows how many times
    Ash - likewise
    Asian Dub Foundation - 3 or four times (Oxford 1998, still the best gig I've ever been to)
    Underworld - a few times
    Faithless - twice
    Basement Jaxx - once
    Spiritualized - at least twice
    Aphex Twin - twice
    Led Zeppelin - once (Knebworth '79)
    Oasis - twice
    Blur - twice
    CSS - once
    The Go! Team - once
    Banco de Gaia - once
    Red Hot Chili Peppers - once
    Ice Cube - once
    Primal Scream - twice

    And a whole bunch more - before I had kids, I was at Glasto or Reading every year, going mental for a dirty weekend. The last gig, though, was Radiohead in London and it was monumental.

  5. u2 8x
    Bruce Springsteen 6x
    Pearl Jam 2x
    Iron Maiden
    Simple Minds
    Bon Jovi
    Big Country 3x
  6. My list is short but I've seen the essentials

    U2 (need to count)
    Oasis (1)
    Coldplay (2)
    R.E.M. (6? 7?)
    Springsteen (2)
    Pink Floyd (1)
    Radiohead (1)
    Manic Street Preachers (2)
    Depeche Mode (1)
    Foo Fighters (2)
    Madonna (1)
    Snow Patrol (1)
    Stones (1)
    NIN (1)

    and a bunch of Festivals and smaller german and french bands.
  7. U2 (3)
    Muse (2)
    Radiohead (1)
    Killers (1)
    Starsailor (1)
    Bryan Adams (1)
    Norah Jones (1)
    Robbie Williams (1)
    Longpigs (2)
    Gomez (1)

  8. U2 x 8
    The Police x 1
    Sting x 4
    Sex Pistols x 1
    Bruce Springsteen x 1
    Peter Gabriel x 1
    Tracy Chapman x 1
    Transvision Vamp x 1
    Bjork x 1
    Stereo MC's x 1
    Big Audio Dynamite II x 1
    P J Harvey x 1
    Longpigs x 1
    AudioWeb x 1
    Timbuk 3 x 1
    Starsailor x 1
    Kellis x 2
    Cast x 1
    The Bravery x 1
    Athelete x 1
    Snow Patrol x 1
    Ryan Adams x 2
    Jesse Marlin x 2
    Idewild x 1
    Eric Clapton x 1
    Deacon Blue x 1
    Simple Minds x 1
    The Levellers x 1
    All About Eve x 1
    ..................................I think.
  9. U2 (not yet )
    Bon Jovi once
    30 Seconds to Mars once
    Placebo once
    so not many
  10. Muse (x2)
    The Mars Volta
    Eels
    The Automatic
    The Hoosiers
  11. Runrig (x 5)
    Dropkick Murphies
    Bloodhound Gang
    Mad Caddies
    Maddy Prior

    ...

    Can't think who else? Random local groups who I can't remember and no one will have heard of...erm...

    Seeing Alter Bridge play the UEA in November, REALLY looking forward to that...

  12. U2 (x2)
    Coldplay
    Keane
    Bowling For Soup
    Jack Johnson
    Kane

    That's it