So I have been to well over 100 concerts from my high school days to today. Here are my Top 10:
Styx
Bon Jovi
Foreigner
Shinedown
Evanescence and Halestorm together in Fort Worth
Whitesnake
Motley Crue
Rainbow
Moody Blues
Scorpions
Dokken
Van Halen
Oops. That’s more than 10 lol
The Who
Joe Cocker
Jethro Tull
Led Zeppelin
J Geils
CSN
CSN&Y
Paul McCartney
Eric Clapton
Bob Seger
(honorable mention)
REO Speedwagon
Ted Nugent
Little River Band
Kiss
Kid Rock
Styx
All time classic rock artists and…
Kid Rock?
I booked in to see Rose Tattoo last night, in a Pub in Adelaide, $45 a head! Unbelievable. I happened to look at another date in the tour, at an interstate pub, $118, so I don’t know why this one’s cheap. Laughin’ though, I saw them in 87, twice sometime in the early 90s, but this has been my next opportunity! I doubt there’ll be another opportunity, they’re no spring chickens!
Angry has been my inspiration as a singer since I was 11, '81 and already a bit sick of AC/DC, so I’m pleased as pee!
My first concert was in 1978 in Richfield, Ohio . The show was fantastic and we drove in from Akron to see it. I was still in High School at the time and I used money from my paper route to pay for it. It was in January so it was a really cold trip.The band lowered Gene Simmons from the rafters in his outfit and platform shoes to sing God of Thunder. The weather was so bad that night that we had to stay in town before heading back the next day.
Gwen Stefani & Katy Perry too 
was a Dad thing.
We had to drive through this to get there:
I’m amazed they’re still going now. Luckily there are still new bands keeping classic rock alive too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1fX3G3rqeM
Because I live in a small city and do not drive, I have not seen many live concerts. Though many years ago I went to the Monsters of Rock concert at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. You can probably tell how long ago due to the order of appearance on stage. Opening with Kingdom Come, which I had not heard before. Followed by Metallica, Dokken, Scorpions and headlined by Van Halen/w Sammy Hagar.
Wow. That is quite the line-up. Wish I was part of seeing that. All good bands.
I have seen Dokken and the Scorpions and Sammy, but not the others.
I had heard them a while back but it hadn’t occurred to me to search YT for them as yet. Thanks for the link, they have a new subscriber!
Most recently it was Tenacious D in franklin TN (as far as large shows)
But i’ve seen countless bands in the local scene here in east TN
Love me some live music
I’ve been to some questionable shows too, but that was a wife thing (I’ve dragged her to see some stuff that was well outside of her wheelhouse too though). The only shows the kid has wanted to go to so far are Foo Fighters and Mastodon & Gojira.
BTW, I’ve never seen a show anywhere near as visceral as Gojira. I like 'em, but I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with anyone who doesn’t consider it music. As an experience, it’s hard to imagine something more impressive though.
If the idea of your senses being violently assaulted for an hour or so seems even vaguely intriguing, then I can’t recommend them highly enough.
I also have a (hopefully) interesting story about a gig I didn’t actually get to.
Crowded House played their final gig outside the Sydney Opera House in front of hundreds of thousands of people. Just before that, they played a “secret” gig at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, which was visible down the street from where I worked at the time. News must have got out, because there was more people lined up hours before the show started than were ever going to fit into a venue that can’t hold more than a few hundred people. I’m not the biggest Crowded House fan either, but I still regret not just jumping in line once I saw it start to form, because something special was obviously going on.
It wouldn’t be often you get to see a band as big as they were at the time in a setting as intimate as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOGQ_CVB-Js
Most the big concerts I’ve seen was around '75 thru '81. I saw Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Yes, Genesis, Supertramp, Jethro Tull, Peter Gabriel, Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, It’s A Beautiful Day, Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, Cheap Trick, B.B. King, Charlie Daniels, Santana, Ted Nugent, Tower of Power.
I’m sure there’s more, saw a few less well known bands at small venues, one in particular was I saw Randy Hansen 3 times who did an impeccable performance imitating Jimi Hendrix.
Richfield Coliseum! I grew up in Hudson, so it was just down the street. In 1976, to impress a beautiful young lady I secured second-row seats to see Jefferson Starship. I was more an Airplane fan, but melted into my seat when Grace Slick looked me in the eye while singing Fast Buck Freddie.
I remember a Kinks concert where in addition to passing smokes up and down the aisles, some were passing bottles.
And I’ll never forget The Who with Jethro Tull at Folsom Field in Boulder. Johnny Cougar (Mellencamp) opened and was pelted with flying objects and booed off the stage. No sympathy from me.
Used to be a lotta passing “smokes” back then 
Quite a few band that I didn’t see but wish I had. ELO, April Wine, Blue Oyster Cult, Loverboy, Night Ranger, Led Zepplin. Just to name a few .