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Greatest Concerts/Tours from the last 50 years - Rolling Stone

TheRover

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Rolling Stone, in the latest edition on news stands, has listed the best concerts/concert tours from the last 50 years.

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Count 'em folks.... the decade of the 70's wins out..
 
TheRover said:
Rolling Stone, in the latest edition on news stands, has listed the best concerts/concert tours from the last 50 years.


Count 'em folks.... the decade of the 70's wins out..
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I would hope they included "Desert Trip" from October, 2016. Stones, McCartney, Dylan, Roger Waters, The Who and Neil Young. Best concert I have ever been to. About 160,000 others agree.
 
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^^^^^ One wouldn't be able to refute that notion, just from the lineup. The only superstars missing from that list would be members of Led Zeppelin, or maybe Eric Clapton.
 
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^^^^^ One wouldn't be able to refute that notion, just from the lineup. The only superstars missing from that list would be members of Led Zeppelin, or maybe Eric Clapton.
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Crosby, Stills and Nash?

And holograms of Janice, Jim and Jimi.
 
Here's the RS List of the 50 Greatest Concerts from the Past 50 Years

- 1967 | WORLDWIDE TOUR | THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

- APRIL 5, 1968 | BOSTON GARDEN | JAMES BROWN

- 1968 | AMERICAN TOUR | BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY

- AIRED DECEMBER 3, 1968 | COMEBACK SPECIAL | ELVIS

- 1968 | FAREWELL TOUR | CREAM

- FEBRUARY 24, 1969 | SAN QUENTIN PRISON | JOHNNY CASH

- 1969 | AMERICAN TOUR | IKE &TINA TURNER

- 1969 | WORLD TOUR | LED ZEPPELIN

- 1970 | AMERICAN TOUR | BLACK SABBATH

- FEBRUARY 14, 1970 | UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS | THE WHO

- 1970 | WINTER AMERICAN TOUR | NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE

- AUGUST 25-30, 1970 | THE TROUBADOUR | ELTON JOHN

- SEPTEMBER 10, 1970 | COOK COUNTY JAIL | B.B. KING

- MARCH 5-7, 1971 | FILLMORE WEST | ARETHA FRANKLIN

- MARCH 11-13, 1971 | FILLMORE EAST | THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

- DECEMBER 28-31, 1971 | ACADEMY OF MUSIC | THE BAND

- 1972 | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR | THE ROLLING STONES

- 1972-73 | ZIGGY STARDUST WORLD TOUR | DAVID BOWIE

- 1973 | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR | VAN MORRISON

- 1975 | CBGB | PATTI SMITH GROUP AND TELEVISION

- JULY 17-18, 1975 | THE LYCEUM THEATRE, LONDON | BOB MARLEY

- 1975-76 | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR | BOB DYLAN

- 1977 | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR | GRATEFUL DEAD

- 1977 | EUROPEAN TOUR | THE RAMONES

- 1977-78 | U.S. TOUR | THE EAGLES

- 1978 | AMERICAN TOUR | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND

- 1979 | NORTH AMERICAN TOUR | THE CLASH

- 1980-81 | ‘THE WALL’ TOUR | PINK FLOYD

- 1983 | ‘SPEAKING IN TONGUES’ TOUR | TALKING HEADS

- JUNE 23, 1984 | GLASTONBURY | FELA KUTI

- 1984-85 | ‘PURPLE RAIN’ TOUR | PRINCE

- 1986 | ‘RAISING HELL’ TOUR | RUN-DMC

- 1988-89 | DAMAGED JUSTICE TOUR | METALLICA

- 1990 | BLOND AMBITION TOUR | MADONNA

- 1990 | SIZZLING SUMMER TOUR | PUBLIC ENEMY

- 1991 | EUROPEAN TOUR | SONIC YOUTH AND NIRVANA

- 1992-93 | ZOO TV TOUR | U2

- JUNE 28, 1997 | GLASTONBURY | RADIOHEAD

- 1997 | AMERICAN TOUR | SLEATER-KINNEY

- 1998 | AMERICAN TOUR | PEARL JAM

- DECEMBER 31, 1999 | BIG CYPRESS | PHISH

- FEBRUARY 20, 2004 | THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL | BRIAN WILSON

- 2006-07 | ALIVE TOUR | DAFT PUNK

- 2008-13 | WORLDWIDE TOUR | LEONARD COHEN

- OCTOBER 29-30, 2009 | 25TH-ANNIVERSARY CONCERT | ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

- APRIL 2, 2011 | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

- 2011-12 | ‘WATCH THE THRONE’ TOUR | JAY Z & KANYE WEST

- 2014-15 | ‘ON WITH THE SHOW’ TOUR | FLEETWOOD MAC

- 2015 | ‘1989’ TOUR | TAYLOR SWIFT

- 2016 | FORMATION TOUR | BEYONCÉ
 
My fondest musical memories from my High School years, was not radio broadcasts, but going to great concerts, and listening, to great albums on the home stereo system. All the deep cuts, right there for you. I think that radio "introduced" me to just a couple of bands. Everything else I got by word of mouth, but, some of those word of mouth recommendations may have initially come from the radio at some point.

I had no older siblings, or relatives, to guide me in any way on my musical journey. Word of mouth back then steered me onto a wealth of great music, and from that, great concerts to attend, in the 1970's.
 
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