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Concerts you missed and hate yourself for it

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I don't think I could ever "hate myself" for missing a concert, but I would've liked to see Michael Jackson back in the '80s/'90s.

Beastie Boys would've been cool to see too, RIP MCA. :'(
 
Timely thread, considering yesterday. I walked out of the Sydney Big Day Out in '05 about 2 hours before the Beastie Boys were going to headline because of a fight. They were the reason I went there. I've regretted it ever since.
 
I could've seen Nirvana once just around the time Nevermind was just becoming popular... however I was 13, and didn't have money nor a way to get to the concert. Still bums me out.
 
Lucario said:
White Stripes - got offered free tickets, didn't want to get out of bed
Gorillaz - Boyfriend at the time refused to go with me, friends don't like the band, didn't want to cut class to go alone. Ended up being their last tour, I believe.
Barenaked Ladies - Was during finals week.
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I want to fucking kill you right now.
 
Blue Oyster Cult. I'm not really a big fan of their music, but they were performing on a public stage in the parking lot of a restaurant I was working at. All I had to do was step out back for five minutes...
 
Kesagiri said:
There are also a number of times that I've missed Ratatat and St. Vincent because my professors would conspicuously assign major assignments around the time of their performances.
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Ratatat. Amazing. Every time I saw them so far, but especially so in NYC. Bias, since they are probably my favorite band of all time, but still, their shows are awesome.
 
Glow in the Dark Tour - Kanye West, N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco (the good Lupe) & others plus crazy light show effects. So jealous of everyone who went to it.
 
q and not u
engine down

There are a few other shows I wish I hadn't missed, but those two specifically because I had the chance to go to each and didn't (and it ended up being their final shows, respectively)
 
Of Monsters and Men at the Troubadour recently. They even had a second show because their first one sold out super fast. I was hesitant on going because none of my friends wanted to go/have different taste in music. Good thing they're playing in Outside Lands this year.
 
Kanye's Glow In The Dark tour made 2 stops in NC about a week before my 17th birthday. I don't hate myself for missing it, only my parents for being assholes about it.

That was the only thing I wanted and I made it clear that I would be fine with that as my only present. I figured I was doing them a favor asking for something that was <$100 rather than them buying me a bunch of games and dumb shit.

I asked the day the tour dates came out and I mentioned it probably every week leading up to the concert until my mom laughed in my face and said "we're not getting you fucking concert tickets for your birthday" to which I replied "fine then don't get me shit" and that was that.
 
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
Jimmy Hendrix
Carlos Santana
Kraftwerk
David Bowie

Wish I was born when the above bands were at their peak (active)

Nirvana

Wish Kurt did more tours in North America in the mid 90's instead of blowing his head off.

Daft Punk
Porno for Pyros or Jane's Addiction
The 90's Green Day

No excuse, I should've made more effort to see them.


That's about it, I am happy to say I've seen lotta great acts in the 90's like

Tool
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails with David Bowie
Rage Against the Machine
etc.
 
Missed seeing Tool last summer when they played here. I saw them 3 times previously but I still really wanted to go. My relatives decided to come visit on the exact day I was supposed to go to the show, and I had to pick them up and hang out with them instead
 
When I was in junior high, my brother and I got into the car so my mom could drive us to our Boy Scout meeting. On the way there, she said that she had wanted to take us to see Weird Al at the state fair, but at the last minute changed her mind because she felt it was more important for us to go to our meeting. That was bad enough, but then it turned out the whole meeting was just one of the parents showing us his Yukon vacation slides... which he had already shown us the previous year.
 
warped tour #1 - so many bands that would never play again for various reasons (quicksand, sublime). I even had a ticket, but no ride.

lollapalooza w/ alice in chains, I think it was the last time they played in new england.
but overall I got to see way more than my share of concerts in my day, so don't feel bad for me. Disappointed that I never saw NIN I guess since I really did used to enjoy them back in the day however, but it was probably one of those shows where I would have been torn to shreds, so probably not so bad that I never saw them after all..
 
Michael Gira. I was pretty depressed at the time and totally forgot about it. Thankfully saw his band Swans (twice) when they came touring later. Still hate that I missed the solo show.
 
I think last January Linkin Park played in Chicago with Pendulum opening for them. I didn't find this out until a week after the show, but fuuuuuuck. Pendulum live? Hell yeah.

I'll be adding the Black Keys show on May 16 to this list. Fucking finals.
 
I missed Minus the Bear when they came to Hofstra last April. Still upset about it. I am not missing Bloc Party this August.
 
effingvic said:
phoenix at madison square garden. decided to sell my tickets last minute since i just didnt feel like going anymore

they brought out daft punk at the end :| FML
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Oh god, that must have been rough. I almost missed Daft Punk when they toured Australia but luckily ended up getting tickets on the day of the concert. I generally drag my girlfriend to concerts even if she doesn't know who the band is. She's yet to be disappointed
 
Cosmic Bus said:
Patrick Wolf. :((
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I've missed the first PW concert beause I was sick like never. I was at the place early, heard him doing the warm-up through a door in Paris (centre Pompidou) but really couldn't go because I couldn't stop puking everywhere.

One or two years later I finally saw him in a festival in Paris. Best show ever. <3


Band I've missed and probably won't go to see now that they're not complete anymore or really relevant : Interpol.
 
Missed Andrew Bird twice.
Godspeed You Black Emperor (thankgod they are recording and touring again. Now they just need to come with in 300 miles of me and I'm set)
 
I've never really missed out on a band I really wanted to see. I think it's been instilled in me to attend every concert that I can as my dad had the opportunity to see Queen and didn't go. Apparently a teacher said to him during class; 'I bet you're going to see that puff on stage next week!' so out of intimidation my dad said he wasn't going, and his friend didn't get him a ticket.

Although I would've liked to have seen Justice this year but there were a lot of reasons not to go at the time, and I missed Modest Mouse as they were playing on the same day as Them Crooked Vultures but I saw them at Leeds Festival the following year anyway.
 
Muse at teignmouth seafront, seeing as they were playing down the road. Still kicking myself for not going, I wish id gone to see chili's at slane castle but I was too young :(
 
Daft Punk's Alive-tour


Everyone of my friends cried that they had no time and money. So, I didn't go alone.


After hearing about the concerts, seeing videos and reading reviews:
Fuck "friends"..
 
Most recently had paid tickets for:

-Soundwave ($170 I think they were)
and Machine Head sidewave (side show - $70).

Both of which I didn't make it to due to my depression and anxiety. I even had backstage passes for MH and most likely Soundwave waiting for me :(
 
Ever since I got into daft punk and listened to Alive 2007 I regret I wasn't a fan of them earlier. I hope they do something soon.


Edit: Dude wait what the fuck they toured 2011/2012?!!?!!?!!
 
Eminem was playing at T in the park a few years ago and it was his first show after years of the scene.

I Had no job at the time so i couldn't afford the tickets.
 
Missed the Amebix reunion a couple years back because my brother was late in telling me he wanted to go too and by the time I looked for tickets they were sold out. Last time I ever told him about shows.

Also missed Daft Punk Alive 2007 because I got hit with an awful sickness that kept me in bed for like a week, but that's not as bad since I still saw them at Coachella. Still a bit bitter though.
 
Back in '95 when I lived in Connecticut, I was supposed to see the Grateful Dead. I think they were playing in either Mass or Vermont. Then my work schedule changed, I didn't have that weekend off anymore, so I missed the concert. And a month later, Jerry Garcia died. I would never have the chance again.
 
Always wanted to see James Brown and Hendrix, but i only got into them after they'd died and was very tempted to go see Michael Jackson in London.

But i saw all three of them last year and more; Prince.

Another was Leonard Cohen, he was playing near me and i didn't get a ticket, too expensive, £90; i read online later someone saying people were selling tickets outside for £30

But i was going into town to get something and my brother said he thought he saw him, we pulled up and i got to shake his and Sharon Robinsons hand.

Then later saw him play Lissadell House for like four hours.

Otherwise i've seen most people i wanted to see (stooges X3 / new york dolls X3 / MC5 / suicide / deep purple X 4 / stones / kills / neil young X 2 / pearl jam / dylan and a lot more)

i have seen white stripes, but i was very young and don't remember it, would like to have seen them play again

i'm not really into kasabian but the third album was amazing and i missed them on that tour, and i don't like the new record so thats over; same thing with yeah yeah yeahs, they played but on its blitz, and i don't like that album - wish i'd seen them

really want to see patti smith, hopefully will with the new album

if this is just pure fantasy, i would loved to have seen the stooges in any permutation from 68 - 73, the dolls in the early 70s, the stones in 72 /75 / 78 / 81 and wish i could see prince / neil young and pearl jam alternate playing every day of the week for the rest of my life
 
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2007

Rage Against the Machine
Daft Punk
Iggy & the Stooges performing the album Fun House
Muse
The Shins
Cypress Hill
Queens of the Stone Age
moe.
Public Enemy
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Sound Tribe Sector 9
Umphrey's McGee
Thievery Corporation
M.I.A.
Mastodon
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Ghostface Killah & The Rhythm Roots Allstars
Blonde Redhead
Gogol Bordello
U.N.K.L.E.
Ghostland Observatory
Pharoahe Monch
Battles
Lupe Fiasco
Animal Liberation Orchestra
Atmosphere
Infected Mushroom
Federico Aubele

This was the last concert daft punk played in the States :(

I couldn't get the day off, so I couldn't go... I should have just called out.
 
enemyairship said:
q and not u
engine down

There are a few other shows I wish I hadn't missed, but those two specifically because I had the chance to go to each and didn't (and it ended up being their final shows, respectively)
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i saw Engine Down in Stockholm on their last tour, i think it was either their last show altogether or last show in Europe.

it was rather amazing, only like 9 people there (without me and my friends there would've only been 6 lol). very intimate setting. loved it. we had a chance to talk with the guys and they were super nice, even gave my friend a free hoodie and cd.

sorry man :D
 
Muse and AC/DC in Barcelona, basically because I was invited and could've gone for free. Damn school exams in wrong dates.
 
I was gonna go to new york to go to one of Levon Helm's Ramble things he did on his farm. Never got around to planning the trip and he died a couple weeks ago. So sad..
 
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