Artists you have seen live that are now deceased.

tomofson

What artists have you seen live that are now sadly no longer with us???

For me the ones I know of are.
David Bowie
Prince
Ronnie Drew
Whitney Houstan (which I was pressured into going to by my sister and it turned out to be her worse concert and as far as i know her last)

I Have been to see a lot of bands some of which I wasn't too keen on but went a long either for the adventure or because of pressure I am not sure if any members of metallica have died i seen them a few years ago as well as slipknot and several other heavy metal bands, Funnily enough I was never to big into heavy metal music but my brother and cousins and a few friends where big into it back then so that is the reason I dont know too much about any of those bands/artists.

Well would anyone like to share???

drunkmonkey

Lou Reed is probably the first one to spring to mind.

jacksie66

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theteal

James Brown is the first one to spring to mind

Also Stuart Cable was the drummer for the Stereophonics way back in my teenage years

tomofson

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Lou Reed is probably the first one to spring to mind.

I wish I could of seen Lou live

Tigger

jacksie66 wrote: »

Cliff Burton and Dimebag Darrell

seen Dimebag in the point

The Muppet

Freddie Mercury Queen

Squall Leonhart

-James Brown (twice)
-Amy Winehouse
-Eagles (Glenn Frey now gone, can't see how they'll tour without him)

drake70

jacksie66 wrote: »

Cliff Burton and Dimebag Darrell

I wish..

Saw Cliff in the SFX September 1986

tomofson

drake70 wrote: »

Saw Cliff in the SFX September 1986

Where was the SFX?

Welsh Megaman

Bowie and Lemmy

Saw Motorhead on one of their annual UK winter tours, Bowie at Glastonbury 2000.

drunkmonkey

Just nerded out in excel, average age of any famous musician that died since 1960 and Prince is 52.3yrs and struggling a bit getting excel to average text, but it looks like a Car accident, Heart attack and Cancer (stomach and lungs) were the most common reasons, natural causes is well down the list.

Prince made it to 57 so he done alright compared to his peers.

Yoghurt87

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Just nerded out in excel, average age of any famous musician that died since 1960 and Prince is 52.3yrs and struggling a bit getting excel to average text, but it looks like a Car accident, Heart attack and Cancer (stomach and lungs) were the most common reasons, natural causes is well down the list.

Prince made it to 57 so he done alright compared to his peers.

I would have expected drug/alcohol-related deaths to factor in fairly highly there?

drunkmonkey

Yoghurt87 wrote: »

I would have expected drug/alcohol-related deaths to factor in fairly highly there?

Yea they do, when you look at the ages of the heart attacks it's guys in there 20's and 30's not old men so I'd say brought on by alcohol or drugs.

Only 2 died of the electrocution, singer in stone the crows got electrocuted by her microphone and bass player with the shadows by his guitar.

Squall Leonhart

drunkmonkey wrote:

Only 2 died of the electrocution..... and bass player with the shadows by his guitar.

John Rostill


Love me some shadows. Met Hank Marvin in Australia once!

noby

What a morbid thread.

I saw the Manics as a four piece.

Achasanai

Sparklehorse

Seathrun66

Lemmy
Isaac Hayes
Bill Hicks (as rock 'n' roll as it got)
James Brown
Gil Scott-Heron
Bobby Womack
Prince
Amy Winehouse
Ewan McColl
Kirsty McColl
Bobby Bland
Solomon Burke
Grant McLennan
David McComb
Joe Strummer
Stuart Adamson
Vic Chesnutt

Maybe I'm cursed. Anyone willing to crowdfund a trip to the Mumfords?

tomofson

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Lemmy
Isaac Hayes
Bill Hicks (as rock 'n' roll as it got)
James Brown
Gil Scott-Heron
Bobby Womack
Prince
Amy Winehouse
Ewan McColl
Kirsty McColl
Bobby Bland
Solomon Burke
Grant McLennan
David McComb
Joe Strummer
Stuart Adamson
Vic Chesnutt

Maybe I'm cursed. Anyone willing to crowdfund a trip to the Mumfords?

I wish I could of seen all of them well maybe not bill hicks or amy winehouse but all the rest.

Seathrun66

tomofson wrote: »

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Lemmy
Isaac Hayes
Bill Hicks (as rock 'n' roll as it got)
James Brown
Gil Scott-Heron
Bobby Womack
Prince
Amy Winehouse
Ewan McColl
Kirsty McColl
Bobby Bland
Solomon Burke
Grant McLennan
David McComb
Joe Strummer
Stuart Adamson
Vic Chesnutt

Maybe I'm cursed. Anyone willing to crowdfund a trip to the Mumfords?

I wish I could of seen all of them well maybe not bill hicks or amy winehouse but all the rest.

Winehouse in her early days (when I caught her) was pretty excellent.

Hicks possibly the greatest comic of all. And with bigger cojones than any rock star I've seen.

tomofson

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Winehouse in her early days (when I caught her) was pretty excellent.

Hicks possibly the greatest comic of all. And with bigger cojones than any rock star I've seen.

Hicks just isn't my cup of tea. Winehouse I suppose wasn't too bad but i wouldnt want to go see her.

Cortina_MK_IV

Glenn Frey (Eagles.)
Stuart Adamson (Big Country.)

drake70

tomofson wrote: »

Where was the SFX?

Sorry, been away from Boards since last week.

The SFX was on upper sherrard street in dublin 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFX_City_Theatre,_Dublin

Declan A Walsh

I saw the following that are now deceased:

Freddy Mercury (with Queen) - Knebworth in 1986

Philip Chevron (with The Pogues) - Croke Park in 1987

David Bowie - Slane in 1987 (Glass Spider Tour)

Stuart Adamson (with Big Country) - Slane in 1987

Frank Sinatra - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Sammy Davis Junior - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Prince - Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 1990 and R.D.S. in 1992

Howie Epstein of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Point in 1992

Glenn Frey - National Stadium in 1992

I am sure I have seen Ronnie Drew and Barney McKenna of The Dubliners at some stage too.

tomofson

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I saw the following that are now deceased:

Freddy Mercury (with Queen) - Knebworth in 1986

Philip Chevron (with The Pogues) - Croke Park in 1987

David Bowie - Slane in 1987 (Glass Spider Tour)

Stuart Adamson (with Big Country) - Slane in 1987

Frank Sinatra - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Sammy Davis Junior - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Prince - Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 1990 and R.D.S. in 1992

Howie Epstein of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Point in 1992

Glenn Frey - National Stadium in 1992

I am sure I have seen Ronnie Drew and Barney McKenna of The Dubliners at some stage too.

Thank you for that lists and dates good to know. That is another person I have seen that is now deceased Barney McKenna thanks for the reminder that he passed.

Joe_ Public

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I saw the following that are now deceased:

Freddy Mercury (with Queen) - Knebworth in 1986

Philip Chevron (with The Pogues) - Croke Park in 1987

David Bowie - Slane in 1987 (Glass Spider Tour)

Stuart Adamson (with Big Country) - Slane in 1987

Frank Sinatra - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Sammy Davis Junior - Lansdowne Stadium in 1989

Prince - Páirc Uí Chaoimh in 1990 and R.D.S. in 1992

Howie Epstein of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Point in 1992

Glenn Frey - National Stadium in 1992

I am sure I have seen Ronnie Drew and Barney McKenna of The Dubliners at some stage too.

Sinatra and Sammy Davis are good ones. Saw Big Country in the Phoenix Park 1983 with U2, Simple Minds, Eurthymics and some others. Great live band.

Saw the Pogues too many times to mention, but favourite was in Kennedys, Puckane, Co Tipperary, 1985 or 1986, with Elvis Costello. A pretty riotous gig.

Also: The Clash in the SFX 1984, biggest regret I never caught them in the Top Hat Dun Laoghaire and Joe Strummer and his mescaleroes far too many times to mention.

All I'm doing is showing my age so I'll quit while I'm so far behind.

wiz569

Phil Everly
Stephen Gately
Ronnie Drew
Barney Mckenna

tomofson

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Sinatra and Sammy Davis are good ones. Saw Big Country in the Phoenix Park 1983 with U2, Simple Minds, Eurthymics and some others. Great live band.

Saw the Pogues too many times to mention, but favourite was in Kennedys, Puckane, Co Tipperary, 1985 or 1986, with Elvis Costello. A pretty riotous gig.

Also: The Clash in the SFX 1984, biggest regret I never caught them in the Top Hat Dun Laoghaire and Joe Strummer and his mescaleroes far too many times to mention.

All I'm doing is showing my age so I'll quit while I'm so far behind.

Very good I wish I could have seen the Clash I have always loved punk,

Joe_ Public

tomofson wrote: »

Very good I wish I could have seen the Clash I have always loved punk,

I wish I could have seen them WITH Mick Jones, but I was too young for the first wave, so I guess I'll settle for second best!

chrisire

Elliot Smith in the Temple Bar Music Centre in 1998,the guy was mesmerizing.

Joe_ Public

Spent a lot of time hanging around Whelans in the 90s and always had a huge amount of time for Mic Christopher. So much talent and so much left to give.