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august-west said:
I was also at that Deer Creek Dead show when the fence came down. Man what a weird scene. The lot was packed and cops everywhere. Some farmer had sent Jerry a death threat because his daughter supposedly had run off to tour with the band. They played "Dire Wolf" in the 1st set with Jerry singing "Dont murder me, please dont murder me." Soon thereafter all hell broke loose when the yahoos started crawling over the fence. The encore was "The Mighty Quinn", "Come all without, come all with in" was a fitting end to a crazy night. I was also at the St. Louis shows when the deck collapsed at the campground killing a bunch of people. Had tix to both Chicago shows but after everything that had happened leading up to them, and Jerry barely hanging on, decided to sell them and call it a tour.
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My first and last (obviously) Dead show was the one in St Louis. I never really have gotten them musically, but I understand the draw to their shows. It was a hell of a good time in St Louis.

Just got that bucket list entry in under the wire.

Don't know if it was the best or worst show I have ever seen, but a couple of years ago Puddle of Mud at the Thompson House in Newport was a trip. Wes Scantlin was so wasted, he stopped the show to go take a piss. He also couldn't follow the playlist and just made up songs as he went along. He came out of the bathroom completely "reinvigorated" to finish the show.

I have seen a musician pack up his guitar during the last song, but there we were.

Rock and Roll, man.
 
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Blueisbest

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I was at the Neil Young show that was stopped halfway through. The first half was just him, his guitar and his harmonica. Played 9 or 10 of his classics. He said he was going to take a break and come back with the full band.

Of course he didn't come back. We were told he had food poisoning and was being taken to a local hospital. All hell started breaking lose. Before it was over there were about 30 chairs thrown onto the stage, along with cups and some bottles. Very scary for me and my date.
 
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I have buddy that tells this story all the time and I have never once believed him. So I’ll tell you all and you all can call him a liar with me.

Anyway, about 20-30 years ago, he said he went to an Aerosmith concert, I believe in cinci or Indy. Anyway, he said towards the end of the show, Steven Tyler whipped it out and was peeing on people in the first few rows. :joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:
I absolutely 100% do not believe him and ever since, told him I will never believe anything he ever says again. So, until I hear this story from someone else, (even then i probably still won’t believe him) his credibility is at a steady and consistent 0%. :joy:
 
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uh, so the worst show I've ever seen was a band called Ariel Pink. They were the opening act. It was a singer, drummer, and a guy with a microphone and pedal board just making noises.

The crowd didn't even boo, we just sat there in shocked silence at the terribleness of it. After a few songs the singer said "you know I'm really tired, I think we might go ahead and call it a night" and the entire crowd stood up and cheered. They then proceeded to walk off stage.
 
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Catman100 said:
Kicked out of Rupp in 93 or 94 as Aerosmith was singing their first song. Simple misunderstanding between drunks and police officers. A friggin shame.
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If that was the show where Kenny Wayne Shepperd opened, we were there.
 
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Took my 3 year old daughter to see Barney on Ice. Two women in front of us got in fist fight because one kid was blocking the view of the other. They fought to a bloody mess and scared my daughter to death.

My buddy in college drove lemos part time. Scored us a lemo for a Hank Jr concert. When we pulled in a bunch of hot chicks ran up to the lemo and tried to look in the lemo. When we opened the door they said "it's not Hank it's a bunch of drunk fat guys".
 
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trueblujr2 said:
I went to an Aerosmith Concert about 26 years ago in Cinci. Towards the end of the show Steven Tyler whipped out his junk and started pissing all over the front row. glad I was about 5 rows back.

#nottrue
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I was there too but i was wearing a plastic raincoat because i had heard something about them smashing some watermelons....wait, that was a different show
 
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jameslee32

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I was at the Who show at the Coliseum. My buddy entered the gate surfing on top people's heads and shoulders. But we got in early along the outside wall. When we got to the gate there was a problem. The crowd was pushing us into the rails leading inside the building. One dude had a pint of whiskey that shattered inside his pants. I got around the rail luckily. Just before the show started, I went for a beer. Walking down toward the entrance there was a pile of coats, hats and gloves about as tall as I was. The concert was great. Nobody knew what had happened. They didn't even tell the band until the encore. I found out listening to the radio when we got to the car .
 
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jameslee32

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Went to the Doobies show on Halloween. They had a costume contest. The Uncle Sam Devil won. People were dressing up as drugs. Saw a Quaalude, Tuinal, many joints, Valiums. One guy was a vial carrying around a spoon. Lots of paraphernalia also.

Went to a Stones show in Cleveland. Dealers set up booths outside selling various drugs. Guys were walking around with signs on their hats with the name of the drug they were selling. The few cops there were on horseback and really didn't gaf.
 
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mhroe1984

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I remember smelling weed for the first time at a Dave Matthews Band concert in Rupp in November of '98. I was a freshmen in high school.

I then smoked a lot of weed at several more DMB shows and many other concerts over the years that followed.
 
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KyCatFan_rivals45723

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I guess I'm the boring type. Never really went to concerts growing up. The one and only concert I went to was when I was in the Air Force. It was Queensryche with Type O Negative opening for them back in I think 94 or 95 in Omaha. I stood about 20 feet from the stage with one of the speakers in front of me to the left. Lost about half of my hearing in that ear for a day or two afterwards.

I also had a guy smoking a joint right next to me and was worried about failing a drug test because of second hand smoke. Didn't know if you could or not back then. That's the extent of my concert experience.
 
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Kooky Kats

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I saw U2 at Radio City Music Hall and the band, The Alarm, sat in front of me.

It was so long ago the The Alarm was prolly a more popular act.
 
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Blueisbest said:
I was at the Neil Young show that was stopped halfway through. The first half was just him, his guitar and his harmonica. Played 9 or 10 of his classics. He said he was going to take a break and come back with the full band.

Of course he didn't come back. We were told he had food poisoning and was being taken to a local hospital. All hell started breaking lose. Before it was over there were about 30 chairs thrown onto the stage, along with cups and some bottles. Very scary for me and my date.
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Can’t believe nobody has mentioned this one....

Jason Newstead’s last show with Metallica was at Rupp Arena. I was there.
 
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MegaBlue05

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I saw Guns N Roses in 2016 on the reunion tour in Cincy. Steven Adler played two songs with them for the first time since 1990.

When I was a kid Garth Brooks opened for Alabama at Rupp.

I saw Richard Marx and Mili Vanili at Rupp with my mom.

Sat on the third row for Sammy Kershaw, George Jones and Randy Travis the day we lost to UNC in 95.
 
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Gassy_Knowls said:
I was there. At that point Metallica had already sold out. Didn't matter. After And Justice, Metallica was toast
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A few weeks ago I was told I’m not a ‘real’ fan because I don’t like anything after the black album.

Sorry I’m not willing to spend $100+ to see a set list that is 50% garbage.
 
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BlueElvis

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I was at the Lady GaGa show in 2017 in Houston and the Patriots and Falcon's showed up and played a football game..crazy ****.
 
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WayneDougan_rivals170043

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I wasn't there, but I had a hand in making this situation worse:

http://www.mtv.com/news/1472427/barefoot-fan-electrocuted-at-chili-pepperssnoop-show/

A lady I worked with went to this concert, where a man was killed due to some faulty electrical wiring on the grounds of the outdoor concert grounds. On Monday, I went up to her and said "hey, did you hear about that dude who died at the concert? Crazy, huh?"

Since we sat in cubes, everybody's head perked up and all just stared at me wide-eyed. The lady said, "yeah, he was my husband's best friend and was standing right next to me when it happened."

Ugh.
 
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We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
 
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