1. Originally posted by djrlewis:[..]Certainly not. But equally certainly from before your time lol

    Hot Chocolate are most famous for 'You Sexy Thing'.



    PS I think Nicole summed up very well most peoples reactions upon seeing Jeff's list, haha


    oh....heard the song, not the band name tho lol

    will i have been the first person to see the who?
  2. U2 (once, wish it was more)
    Paul Weller (twice plus benefits )
    REM (once, free tickets oddly)
    Bob Dylan (once. strange, strange man.)
    Eric Clapton (once)
    Whitlams (once)
    Paul Simon (once, I was four months old but it still counts)
    Santana (once, fell asleep though not through Carlos' fault)
    Tom Petty (once)
    The Pretenders (once)
    Tina Turner (once, weird)
    Cher (why? why, Lord? free tickets, I was five and wore my pyjamas. She was awful)
    Kanye West (unfortunately couldn't ignore him as U2 support)
    Grinspoon (once)
    Silverchair (once)
    Dave Matthews Band (once)

    And trillions of local bands...

  3. The man hasn't heard of 2 classic '70s bands...shambles

  4. Ah yes, I forgot...

    I saw Garbage open for Smashing Pumpkins AND U2

    And I saw No Doubt open for U2

    And I've seen Tori Amos 5 times.

    Plus Janes Addiction once...

    ...Echo and the Bunnymen 2 times...

    Travis, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band and lest I forget... Fiona Apple, although there are assuredly more.
  5. and I forgot Modest Mouse and REM, at the same show
  6. I forgot to mention support acts on shows:

    Skunk Anansie
    Prodigy
    Einsturzende Neubauten
    Lone Justice
    Wolfmother
    Kings of Leon
    Incubus
    Within Temptation
    Snow Patrol
    Killers
    Kaiser Chiefs


    High at my wishlist are Dropkick Murphys and Runrig
  7. U2 (1x, 2006)
    Damien Leith (1x, 2007)
    Sneaky Sound System (1x, 2008)
    Lowrider (1x, 2008)
    The Black Sorrows (1x, 2007)
    Jon Stevens (1x, 2006)
    The Rogue Traders (2x, 2006 and 2007)
    Little Birdy (1x, 2008)

    Cher (why? why, Lord? free tickets, I was five and wore my pyjamas. She was awful)


    But the tickets were free!

    It brings back a lot of great memories. I have loads of others I'd love to see live just once, but they're not likely to ever go on tour again.
  8. U2 4x (1x1997 and 3x2005)
    Rolling Stones 2x
    Kosheen 2x
    Pink Floyd
    Paul McCartney
    Faith No More
    Rammstein
    Depeche Mode
    Placebo
    Ministry
    Franz Ferdinand
    Hooverphonic
    Transglobal Underground
    Chemical Brothers
    Die Happy
    Lenny Kravitz
    Sergent Garcia
    Sinéad O'Connor
    Goldfrapp
    Alanis Morissette
    (all 1x)

    and some local or revival bands
  9. Yesterday I saw Neal Morse unplugged during his Church- Tour. In two weeks I'll see him with full band.

    Complete surprise: He did remember me and my name.

    Alex
  10. Here we go,

    After Forever (1x)
    New Order (2x)
    Dreadful Shadows (6x)
    Depeche Mode (2x)
    Tiamat (1x)
    Lacrimosa (4x)
    Within Temptation (4x)
    Simple Minds (3x)
    The Gathering (5x)
    The Mission (4x)
    Epica (5x)
    The Rolling Stones (1x)
    Peter Gabriel (2x)
    David Bowie (2x)
    Theatre Of Tragedy (2x)
    Nightwish (with Tarja) (4x)
    Lordi (Support for Nightwish) (1x)
    Bruce Springsteen (1x)
    Flowing Tears (3x)

    and a few more......
  11. U2 (Only once) - Philadelphia 10/17/2005 - Best night of my life, which coincidentally means I've seen Bruce Springsteen, because he showed up in philly that night.
    Muse (5)
    Coldplay (4)
    Radiohead
    Wilco (3)
    The Flaming Lips
    The Arcade Fire
    Travis
    Bob Dylan
    Franz Ferdinand
    Damien Rice
    The Decemberists
    Oasis
    The White Stripes
    The Police
    Ours
    Ben Harper
    Mute Math (2)
    Kings of Leon
    Ben Folds
    James Taylor
    Cold War Kids
    Regina Spektor
    Feist
    Pedro the Lion
    Sufjan Stevens (2)
    Dave Matthews Band


  12. Hello friends,
    U2 (3)
    Depeche Mode (1)
    The Wailers (1)
    Cure (1)
    Blur (1)
    Hawksley Workman (1)
    Deep Purple (1)
    and many french artists... and first part of these shows...