novabus726
06-01-2008, 09:35 PM
Well guys,
Summer is just around the corner and I want to start off this topic by discussing about the first concert that you went in your life. As many big-ticket acts are going to by amp'd up for another concert season, I'll discuss you on the concerts that I went in my life. This posting does not include "concert-level performances" that were aired on television (i.e. a performance on MuchOnDemand, an Intimate&Interactive peformance or a Live @ Much performance, all aired on MuchMusic or an MTV Live performance that was aired on MTV Canada) or acoustic ones, but I will include them anyways. I'm going to mention some big-ticket concerts in this thread.
My first concert that I went to is to see Christina Aguilera down at the Air Canada Centre back in July 2000. At that time, I was getting ready to go into Grade 9. Opening acts for her include soulDecision, McMaster & James, mytown (an Irish pop band) and The Moffatts (very popular among kids back then).
Two years later in 2002 and in the early months of 2003, I went to see a band called Wave (also very popular back then) in concert. I saw them for almost six times in my life....:P
Also back in 2003, during the aftermath of the SARS crisis, me and my older sister attended the SARS benefit concert (I'm not talking about the Rolling Stones one that was held at Downsview Park that was held in July, but the one that was held) in June. Both concerts were held at the Skydome (now known as the Rogers Centre) and the Air Canada Centre. A video link was provided between the two. If I remembered correctly: Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, Swollen Members, The Barenaked Ladies performed at the Skydome and at the Air Canada Centre: Sarah McLachlan, Jann Arden & Diana Krall performed for a sold out audience! I have a t-shirt that describes about the concert and the artists that had performed that day on June 21st, 2003. They were sold by Roots and proceeds of these t-shirts were contributed to SARS research.
Three years later in 2006, I went to see Fall Out Boy down at the Ricoh Coliseum. They were opening for The All-American Rejects, From First to Last and October Fall (all for the Black Clouds and Underdogs tour back then). It was an awesome concert, but that day turned out to be something exciting: Fall Out Boy performed for a special performance during the day (all for free!) down at Yonge-Dundas Square. The crowds were massive!!! lol
During the rest of 2006, I went to see Hedley down at CampusFest 2006 at Durham College/UOIT. They were very good and the crowd was pleased about it! At that time, I was entering my 1st year in college and that's how frosh week festivities do for people trying to adjust to the life in college/university.
During the middle of 2007, I went to see Fall Out Boy for the 2nd time - but this time it was held at the Molson Amphitheatre. +44 (one of my favourite bands and created by Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, known for their roles in a now-defunct band called Blink-182), Cobra Starship, The Academy Is....and DJ Paul Wall performed for the awesome crowd (these artists were part of the Honda Civic Tour last year)!!
Also in 2007, I went to see Faber Drive three times (two of them were held at the Dungeon, a very popular concert place in Oshawa, but sadly closing down this month & Downsview Park for Canada Day celebrations) and Marianas Trench two times! These bands are my most favourite and I listened to their music non-stop. Many teenagers seem to like these bands, you know....
This year, I went to see Angels & Airwaves down @ the Kool Haus (The Guvernment) in Toronto. One of my fellow friends went to see them and they really get to know me a lot because they really like Angels & Airwaves (a band created by Tom Delonge, also in Blink-182, which is now broken up...) too!
Anyways, I have enough chit chat with all of my concert stories and sorry if I got you guys bored.....now don't blame me on this, I just want to share you a story, that's all. The concerts that I plan to attend this year include the Vans Warped Tour, which is now held at Downsview Park in Toronto (the same place where the Rolling Stones performed for almost half-a-million!) on July 19th, 2008 and on August 29th, 2008, I'm going to see Simple Plan down at the Molson Amphitheatre. They will be opening for Faber Drive and The All-American Rejects. Since this date straddles during the CNE period (August 15th-September 1st), I have to take in account whether to bypass the CNE grounds or simply pay just to get through. Anyways, I leave you with the summary of concerts that I went:
My summary of concerts:
July 7th, 2000: Christina Aguilera (with opening acts soulDecision, mytown, The Moffatts, McMaster & James) at the Air Canada Centre.
November 17th, 2001: Wave (acoustic performance) @ American Eagle Oufitters clothing store at the Eaton Centre, Toronto.
December 15th, 2001: Wave (acoustic performance) @ The Levi's Store at Yorkdale Shopping Centre.
March 23rd, 2002: Wave (concert) in Brampton - I couldn't remember the concert venue, but it's on Main and Queen Streets in Downtown Brampton...
June 14th, 2002: Wave (concert) @ the Mississauga Waterfront Festival
July 1st, 2002: Wave (concert) @ Ontario Place
February 9th, 2003: Wave (concert) @ Nathan Philips Square for the Toronto Winterfest festivities
June 21st, 2003: Concert for Toronto @ The Skydome & Air Canada Centre. Attended the Skydome one.
May 13th, 2006: Fall Out Boy/The All-American Rejects @ the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto. Bands were part of the Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour.
September 9th, 2006: Hedley/Mobile/Kardinall Offishall/Rides Again @ CampusFest 2006 at Durham College/UOIT.
May 26th, 2007: Fall Out Boy/+44/Cobra Starship/The Academy Is.../DJ Paul Wall @ the Molson Amphitheatre (toured for the Honda Civic Tour back then)
June 8th, 2007: Marianas Trench @ the Dungeon in Oshawa (went to chat with them, but not actually see them perform)
June 15th, 2007: Faber Drive @ the Dungeon (went to chat up with them, but not actually see them perform)
July 1st, 2007: Faber Drive @ Downsview Park (for the Canada Day festivities)
September 15th, 2007: Faber Drive @ the Dungeon
September 29th, 2007: Marianas Trench @ the Dungeon
February 22nd, 2008: Angels & Airwaves @ Kool Haus in Toronto
April 17th, 2008: Faber Drive @ the Dungeon (my most recent)
My question is, what is your first concert and how many concerts that you went in your lifetime? What did you learn about the concert that you went to?
Summer is just around the corner and I want to start off this topic by discussing about the first concert that you went in your life. As many big-ticket acts are going to by amp'd up for another concert season, I'll discuss you on the concerts that I went in my life. This posting does not include "concert-level performances" that were aired on television (i.e. a performance on MuchOnDemand, an Intimate&Interactive peformance or a Live @ Much performance, all aired on MuchMusic or an MTV Live performance that was aired on MTV Canada) or acoustic ones, but I will include them anyways. I'm going to mention some big-ticket concerts in this thread.
My first concert that I went to is to see Christina Aguilera down at the Air Canada Centre back in July 2000. At that time, I was getting ready to go into Grade 9. Opening acts for her include soulDecision, McMaster & James, mytown (an Irish pop band) and The Moffatts (very popular among kids back then).
Two years later in 2002 and in the early months of 2003, I went to see a band called Wave (also very popular back then) in concert. I saw them for almost six times in my life....:P
Also back in 2003, during the aftermath of the SARS crisis, me and my older sister attended the SARS benefit concert (I'm not talking about the Rolling Stones one that was held at Downsview Park that was held in July, but the one that was held) in June. Both concerts were held at the Skydome (now known as the Rogers Centre) and the Air Canada Centre. A video link was provided between the two. If I remembered correctly: Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, Swollen Members, The Barenaked Ladies performed at the Skydome and at the Air Canada Centre: Sarah McLachlan, Jann Arden & Diana Krall performed for a sold out audience! I have a t-shirt that describes about the concert and the artists that had performed that day on June 21st, 2003. They were sold by Roots and proceeds of these t-shirts were contributed to SARS research.
Three years later in 2006, I went to see Fall Out Boy down at the Ricoh Coliseum. They were opening for The All-American Rejects, From First to Last and October Fall (all for the Black Clouds and Underdogs tour back then). It was an awesome concert, but that day turned out to be something exciting: Fall Out Boy performed for a special performance during the day (all for free!) down at Yonge-Dundas Square. The crowds were massive!!! lol
During the rest of 2006, I went to see Hedley down at CampusFest 2006 at Durham College/UOIT. They were very good and the crowd was pleased about it! At that time, I was entering my 1st year in college and that's how frosh week festivities do for people trying to adjust to the life in college/university.
During the middle of 2007, I went to see Fall Out Boy for the 2nd time - but this time it was held at the Molson Amphitheatre. +44 (one of my favourite bands and created by Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, known for their roles in a now-defunct band called Blink-182), Cobra Starship, The Academy Is....and DJ Paul Wall performed for the awesome crowd (these artists were part of the Honda Civic Tour last year)!!
Also in 2007, I went to see Faber Drive three times (two of them were held at the Dungeon, a very popular concert place in Oshawa, but sadly closing down this month & Downsview Park for Canada Day celebrations) and Marianas Trench two times! These bands are my most favourite and I listened to their music non-stop. Many teenagers seem to like these bands, you know....
This year, I went to see Angels & Airwaves down @ the Kool Haus (The Guvernment) in Toronto. One of my fellow friends went to see them and they really get to know me a lot because they really like Angels & Airwaves (a band created by Tom Delonge, also in Blink-182, which is now broken up...) too!
Anyways, I have enough chit chat with all of my concert stories and sorry if I got you guys bored.....now don't blame me on this, I just want to share you a story, that's all. The concerts that I plan to attend this year include the Vans Warped Tour, which is now held at Downsview Park in Toronto (the same place where the Rolling Stones performed for almost half-a-million!) on July 19th, 2008 and on August 29th, 2008, I'm going to see Simple Plan down at the Molson Amphitheatre. They will be opening for Faber Drive and The All-American Rejects. Since this date straddles during the CNE period (August 15th-September 1st), I have to take in account whether to bypass the CNE grounds or simply pay just to get through. Anyways, I leave you with the summary of concerts that I went:
My summary of concerts:
July 7th, 2000: Christina Aguilera (with opening acts soulDecision, mytown, The Moffatts, McMaster & James) at the Air Canada Centre.
November 17th, 2001: Wave (acoustic performance) @ American Eagle Oufitters clothing store at the Eaton Centre, Toronto.
December 15th, 2001: Wave (acoustic performance) @ The Levi's Store at Yorkdale Shopping Centre.
March 23rd, 2002: Wave (concert) in Brampton - I couldn't remember the concert venue, but it's on Main and Queen Streets in Downtown Brampton...
June 14th, 2002: Wave (concert) @ the Mississauga Waterfront Festival
July 1st, 2002: Wave (concert) @ Ontario Place
February 9th, 2003: Wave (concert) @ Nathan Philips Square for the Toronto Winterfest festivities
June 21st, 2003: Concert for Toronto @ The Skydome & Air Canada Centre. Attended the Skydome one.
May 13th, 2006: Fall Out Boy/The All-American Rejects @ the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto. Bands were part of the Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour.
September 9th, 2006: Hedley/Mobile/Kardinall Offishall/Rides Again @ CampusFest 2006 at Durham College/UOIT.
May 26th, 2007: Fall Out Boy/+44/Cobra Starship/The Academy Is.../DJ Paul Wall @ the Molson Amphitheatre (toured for the Honda Civic Tour back then)
June 8th, 2007: Marianas Trench @ the Dungeon in Oshawa (went to chat with them, but not actually see them perform)
June 15th, 2007: Faber Drive @ the Dungeon (went to chat up with them, but not actually see them perform)
July 1st, 2007: Faber Drive @ Downsview Park (for the Canada Day festivities)
September 15th, 2007: Faber Drive @ the Dungeon
September 29th, 2007: Marianas Trench @ the Dungeon
February 22nd, 2008: Angels & Airwaves @ Kool Haus in Toronto
April 17th, 2008: Faber Drive @ the Dungeon (my most recent)
My question is, what is your first concert and how many concerts that you went in your lifetime? What did you learn about the concert that you went to?