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AuntieBJ
Beginner September 2014

Which gig do you regret not going to?

AuntieBJ, 6 June, 2014 at 10:02 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 20
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Coming off the back of previous posts - is there a gig/concert/festival that you really really wish you could have attended but couldn't?

For me, I would have loved to go to Glastonbury but never could when I was younger and now feel I'm probably too old (plus slightly horrified by the cost!!)

I also wish I'd been able to see Robbie Williams at Knebworth because I think that was a once in a lifetime experience that I will never get the chance to say 'I was there...' for

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Latest activity by ashlil, 9 June, 2014 at 13:46
  • InkedDoll
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    I wish I'd seen the original lineup of GNR. I think in their heyday I was just too young.

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  • bliss_balloons
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    I would have loved to see System of a Down live, pretty much anywhere.

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  • Rizzo
    Beginner July 2011
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    Original GN'R line up.

    Nirvana - Unplugged in New York.

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  • cinnamon009
    Beginner December 2014
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    Nirvana at Reading Festival in 1991. Was offered tickets but couldn't afford it at the time.

    Bekki - you are NEVER too old for Glastonbury. There are all ages there. Last year was chatting to a couple in their 60s who go every year. They were dressed as bumble bees so may also have been barking but still. Borrow a campervan and go in the campervan fields - very civilised.

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  • InkedDoll
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    Oh, also the Beastie Boys. That's another one that will never happen now Smiley sad

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  • Panjita
    Beginner May 2011
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    This. I saw them while they were still big but without Izzy and Steve. I didn't appreciate them prior to the period though so not sure if that counts and I was definitely too young when AFD was released.

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  • spikeygoodness
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    I wish I'd seen NIN last month. I was worried I might pop a baby and didnt want to travel too far from home, but I'm still pregnant now so totally could have!

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  • CrazyRatLady
    Expert September 2014
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    Manics at the Millenium Stadium NYE 1999. I was 18 and car-less and broke :-(

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  • Mellow_Yellow
    Beginner May 2012
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    Randomly...Take That on their Circus tour. I considered it but was skint, but everyone has always said how amazing it was.

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  • *J9*
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    It really was amazing. Sorry, don't mean to rub it in.

    I wish I'd seen Take That at the peak of their 90s fame. My mum and I were planning to get tickets for the next tour, but then they announced their split. Devastated!

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  • *MM3*
    Beginner June 2014
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    I wish i'd have been around 60's and 70's to see The Beatles, Queen, The Move, T-Rex, Slade, Hendrix, Janis Joplin etc. Also Fleetwood mac, I know they tour now but it's never the same all those years later.

    I've missed a few bands here that I've been too skint to go and see like The Datsuns, Brody Dalle etc but none that are a massive deal.

    I wish i'd have caught Nirvana and RATM live! Bekki..you're never too old for any music festivals / gigs so don't let that stop you!

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  • Erin8
    Beginner June 2014
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    For me The Smiths and Nirvana. They are clearly never going to happen now. As well as the White Stripes which is more realistic!

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  • AuntieBJ
    Beginner September 2014
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    Next year we want to try and get to chris evans' carfest. We've missed out on tickets each time so far but will keep trying!! I don't know about Glastonbury now though - would very much depend on who's playing lol

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  • Cilla
    Beginner April 2012
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    Mine has to be Michael Jackson

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  • M
    Beginner December 2014
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    I second this! I had my first Glasto experience last year and we're going back for round 2 this year. We do it 'civilised' and loved the atmosphere of the camper fields- last year we had a young couple with 2 babies behind us, and to the left we had a guy celebrating his 50th- all ages!

    Swedish house mafia at Milton Keynes

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  • ForTheLoveOfMrsBrown
    Beginner January 2012
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    Excluding bands/artists with deaths before I was a teenager, or being way too old now to be any good, my 'wish I'd seen' list includes: Nirvana, The Libertines. That's about it really, there are no other key gaps in my gigging history. The Stone Roses were part of that list until a couple of years ago!

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  • ForTheLoveOfMrsBrown
    Beginner January 2012
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    Oh no, just remembered. I really regret not seeing the Chemical Brothers in Manchester about eight years ago, mostly because I'd spent £50 on tickets and got my weeekends mixed up....

    Have thought of another genuine 'wish I'd seen': Underworld.

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  • mustard_mitt
    Beginner September 2015
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    I've been to most of the gigs I really really wanted to go to; Elbow, Muse, Coldplay, U2...

    But bizarrely the one that got away for me wasn't anything to do with rock/alternative music, it was Beyonce. I tried desperately for 3 days to get tickets to her Mrs Carter Show, but failed miserably. I sat there refreshing the screen at 9am each day when the tickets went on sale and got nothing. I was gutted, especially when other people bragged online about how easy it was to get tickets (yeah, right!?). I refused to pay silly money to buy tickets off eBay so I never went. I just think she'd be awesome live and I really wish I'd been able to go.

    Oh well, Foo Fighters will be touring soon and Dave Grohl always makes it better....

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  • ashlil
    Beginner February 2011
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    I saw Queen at Knebworth 1986 one of their last tours I believe. IT WAS THE BEST EVER! I saw Fleetwood Mac in 1988/9. Amazing.

    Live Aid is the one I wish I gone to, I was on hols when it happened and watched on tv instead

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