Today 23 years ago in Berlin the band I most regret never seeing live in their original form played their last ever gig. Their name was Led Zeppelin. What band or artist from any era do you most regret missing seeing live?
Rolling Stones in 1966 at the Mosque Theatre in Newark, NJ. This was the Brian Jones pop hits era when the Stones were an exciting band - not the bloated "corporate rock" stadium thing that they are now.
David Bowie on the "Station to Station" tour @ The Philadelphia Spectrum (1976, I believe), and Roxy Music @ The Uptown Theater in Chicago (1979). Good friends offered me gratis tickets to both shows. I cannot recall what specific "better things to do" forced me to politely decline their invitations on those nights.
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. scheduled a tour in the mid eighties which was cancelled because of Sammy's poor health (or passing...I can't remember). My friends and I had plans to wear tuxedos and rent a Martini-stocked limo. We were 24 or 25 and new Sinatra fans. Sammy was replaced by Liza Minelli as I recall, and the tour kind of fizzled out. I often think of what a blast that show would've been...:(
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