How many gigs have you attended so far?

blueshed

1st gig could have being LIGHT A BIG FIRE at the Mill in Celbridge about 1987/88.
lost count of how many since but being to all sorts like FEILES/OXEGENS/PICNICS/LIFE festivals and over 200 gigs in big stadiums to 20plus people in a pub.

wrong on 1st gig=was thinking back last night and i went to the U2 gig in croke park in 1985 and self aid in 1986.
was a few weeks off my 15th birthday when i went to croke park.i belived i was going on my own but my dad had asked some of the older lads n girls on the bus to keep an eye on me.

smokedeels

Roughly a gig a month since I was 18 and a few before then, so probably 80/90ish, hmm... I thought it would be higher.

tupelopenny

I use Last Fm for tracking them too, still need to put a few more up on it.
at the moment it says

You’re attending 47 upcoming events and you’ve attended 846 events in the past.
Upcoming | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1981 |

But thats over a long long time!

StaticAge11

Started using my Last FM profile. I honestly tought I have been to alot more gigs =/ I have 4 upcoming and 32 past events. You guys are putting me to shame haha

Motley Crue

my first gig was in march 2003, since then I've seen at least 50+ gigs

Dont be at yourself

Been to a few festivals: Oxegen, EP, Ozzfest, Slane

Also been to see Pixies, Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Muse, Green Day, Meatloaf, Jay-Z, Flaming Lips, Wolfmother, Scissor Sisters, Hope of the States, the Pipettes, Cake, Rammstein, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Daft Punk, Radiohead, Beck, Coldplay, Warlods of Pez, Neosuptervital, Bell X1, Raconteurs, Super Furry Animals, the Vandals and loads more I've forgotten about...

farwood

First gig in 1994 ....and since then over 200....some smaller venues, some pub gigs... some large arenas with thousands of people....
including:


fish, bon jovi, michael jackson, no doubt, skunk anansie, take that, laith al deen, in search of a rose, five alive o, jethro tull, dubliners, sylvan, livingston, my glorious, madsen, pohlmann, jupiter jones, temper trap, subway to sally, schandmaul, pink, pur, foo fighters, placebo, faithless, dream theatre, the prodigy, the heavies, reamon, die happy, snow patrol, foals,one republic, sarah bettens, sunrise avenue, U2, mumfordsnsons, ....

i can't even remember all of them ....

those to come this year (already bought the tickets)

metallica + megadeath + anthrax + slayer (yes!!!! got tickets *wahey*)
clawfinger
new model army
take that (yes...errr....)
in extremo
sunrise avenue
fish



Nina

TheoBoone

I'm not going to count small gigs that I've been to where most people(including myself in some cases) have never heard of the band.

Jimmy Eat World x2 (My first gig when I was 16yrs old)
Velvet Revolver
Slayer, Ill Nino, Tool, System of a Down and Therapy (Ozzfest)
Audioslave
Rage Against the Machine (Oxegen 2008)
Metallica, Linkin Park, The Darkness
Eric Clapton
James Taylor, Katie Melua, Bob Geldof
Muse
Aerosmith, Slash, Stone Temple Pilots, Billy Idol and Motorhead (Download 2010)
Mastodon
Jos Satriani
Jon Jorgenson
Smashing Pumpkins
Queens of The Stone Age x2
Alice Cooper
Guns N Roses

jtac

In no particular order:

The Corrs
Bewitched
Boyzone (2)
Take That (7)
AC/DC
The Who (2)
Roger Daltrey
Oxegen
Slane
Julie Feeney
Paul McCartney
Kings of Leon
The Frames (2)
Robert Plant and the Band of Joy
Roger Waters The Wall
Brit Floyd
Beyonce
Lady Gaga
Robbie Williams (2)
Boss Volenti
Feeder
Adele
Aslan
The Beach Boys

I'm sure I'm forgetting some!

Plus plenty of gigs in smaller venues!

Coming up:
Bob Dylan/Mark Knopfler
RHCP
Bryan Ferry possibly

RonyPonyBah

CBA to posting dates or venvus:P

Cleere x3
Two Door Cinema x3
Muse x2
Delorentos x2
RUSH
Slash
Calvin Harris
The Script
Biffy Clyro
Back Eyed Peas
50 Cent
Deadmau5
Kasabian
Weezer
Pendulum
Faithless

And FYI Rush was by far the best and BEP were by far the worst

cocoshovel

Im 19 now.

Foo fighters & Cave in, 2002/2003??
The Offspring (2004?? cant really remember)
Iron Maiden & Trivium (2006)
Trivium & Gojira (2007)
Trivium & Rise to Remain (2008)
Iron Maiden (2010)
and soon to be Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011!

Next up on my list that I would love to see are Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. As I lay Dying. Bullet For my Valentine. Jeff Wayne's War of the worlds (missed them in 2009 ) & if it every even comes to this part of the world, Vocaloid. I have high hopes it will soon come to London because it came to L.A last month.

melekalikimaka

close to 40 a year minimum for 9 years... i work most however

Deplasterer

RonyPonyBah wrote: »

CBA to posting dates or venvus:P


And FYI Rush was by far the best

+1.

xaoifsx

i have been to loads... I won't make a list now because i will have to think alot..
but at the end of the year i am going to the chili peppers..the naked and famous..rihanna, and the coronas all in a space of a month! and then dara o brian in jan!!

mielzi

I thought I had been to loads of gigs until I saw everyone else's lists o.O
To be fair I'm 16, I suppose that's some kind of excuse :P

First gig was for my 7th birthday, I saw S Club 7 (Witty mother, I have :P) at the Point Depot in July 2001 as far as I can recall :P

It gets better, I promise...

Meat Loaf - Point Depo, 2007
Meat Loaf - Live at the Marquee, 2008
Stephen Stills - Vicar St, 2008
Bob Dylan - O2 Dublin, 2009
CSN - Live at the Marquee, 2009
Neil Young (Supported by Villagers) - O2 Dublin, 2009
Bruce Springsteen - RDS Dublin, 2009
U2 - Croke Park, 2009
Green Day - O2 Dublin, 2009
Horslips - Celtic Note Music Shop, 2010 (Does this count as a gig? xD)
Meat Loaf - O2 Dublin, 2010
Electric Picnic 2010 (Saw Roxy Music, Seasick Steve, Robyn, Imelda May, Villagers, Riptide Movement, PiL, Mumford and Sons, Ryan Sheridan, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble etc.)
The Script (Supported by Ryan Sheridan) - O2 Dublin, 2011
Villagers - Pavillion, Dun Laoghaire, 2011
Dublin City Soul Picnic, 2011
Riptide Movement, Simon Fagan and others at Vicar St, 2011
Riptide Movement - The Academy, 2011
Riptide Movement - Whelans, 2011

Coming Up:

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes - Whelans, 2011
Frank Turner - Whelans, 2011
[Hopefully] Bob Dylan & Mark Knopfler - O2 Dublin, 2011

Well isn't this a worryingly all-male list? :S

stacexD

Westlife x2
Lady GaGa
Paramore
Oxegen
Calvin Harris

homerun_homer

I can count the amount of gigs I've been to in my life on one hand.


If you gave me a calculator.


I have an envelope where I store all my tickets but then I've not been given tickets to many gigs or not been allowed to keep the ticket so I'll never be able to count properly. All I can say is a great many. My first gig was 1996 - Oasis in Pairc Ui Chaoimh & last gig I was at was Out on a limb records showcase in Dolans with a rake of bands playing. In terms of last big gig, Beach House in Marlay Park, didn't stay for Villagers.

JJ

I would have great difficulty counting all of them. I've saved most of my ticket stubs but even then there were some gigs where I didn't have tickets. Like Homer there, I'd need a calculator but it still wouldn't be accurate.

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

i dont know how people are able to remember all their gigs, and in some cases the support bands! I have no idea how many, im not even going to try to count. must have a look at some of the old ticket stubbs some day

karaokeman

Zariah Gorgeous Poker wrote: »

i dont know how people are able to remember all their gigs, and in some cases the support bands! I have no idea how many, im not even going to try to count. must have a look at some of the old ticket stubbs some day

I can still remember all 17 I went to but thats probably because I'm only 20.

I will strive to keep the memories in my head because gigs are some of the most exciting moments in my life.

spiralism

20 years old and a somewhat eclectic taste in music...:pac::

5th Nov 2006: Slayer, In Flames, Lamb of God, Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes Bleed
20th Dec 2006: Iron Maiden, Trivium
9th Apr 2007: Trivium, Annihilator, Gojira
8th June 2007: Billy Talent
3rd July 2007: Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society
22nd Aug 2007: Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Silversun Pickups
22nd June 2008: Linkin Park, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria
10th-13th July 2008: Oxegen 2008: Rage Against the Machine, Kaiser Chiefs, The Fratellis, The Kooks, The Blizzards, The Prodigy, REM, Feeder, Stereophonics, Amy Winehouse, Bowling for Soup, Kings of Leon, Interpol, Editors, Paddy Casey
13th Aug 2008: Muse, Kasabian, Glasvegas
9th Nov 2008: Kanye West
20th June 2009: Oasis, The Prodigy, Kasabian, Glasvegas, The Blizzards
9th-12th July 2009: Oxegen 2009: Nine Inch Nails, Glasvegas, Ting Tings, Katy Perry, White Lies, Kings of Leon, James Morrison, Blizzards, Saw Doctors, Blur, Pendulum, The Script, Lily Allen
25th July 2009: U2, Kaiser Chiefs, Republic of Loose
1st Aug 2009: Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Mastodon, Alice In Chains
6th Nov 2009: Muse
18th Dec 2009: The Prodigy
14th June 2010: Megadeth
30th July 2010: Iron Maiden
11th Oct 2010: Porcupine Tree
16th Feb 2011: My Chemical Romance
24th May 2011: Roger Waters: The Wall live
7th-10th July 2011: Oxegen 2011: Coldplay, Beyonce, Slash, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Beady Eye, Glasvegas, Calvin Harris, Strokes (split between them and Calvin), My Chemical Romance, Weezer

Gaspode

First gig in 1979, so 'a stupid amount' is probably the best guess I can come up with.

lordgoat

Gaspode wrote: »

First gig in 1979, so 'a stupid amount' is probably the best guess I can come up with.

First gig in '95 and yep the same... way too many or not enough...

MaidenSlayer

7 and a festival, so how many gigs does that count for? lol

The Coronas - The Village (Dublin) - 2007
Director - The Ambassador (Dublin) - 2007
Juads Priest, Megadeth, Testament - The o2 (Dublin)- 2009
Megadeth - The Marquee (Cork) - 2010
Iron Maiden - The o2 (Dublin) - 2010
Slayer - HMV Forum (London) - 2010
Exodus - The Village (Dublin) - 2010
Sonisphere Festival - Stevenage (London) - 2011
Volbeat - The Academy (Dublin) - Oct 2011

Started off Indie, then got to the good stuff!