50 bands I have seen live
1. The Beach Boys -- 1st concert ever. I saw them with my parents at Circle Star -- my Bay Area peeps will know this place for sure.
2. Belinda Carlisle - 1st concert not with my parents. I saw her at Great America with Alison.
3. Depeche Mode
4. Morrissey
5. New Order
6. Counting Crows -- even managed to get backstage!
7. U2
8. UB40
9. B52's
10. Erasure
11. Michael Franti and Spearhead
12. School of Fish
13. Chris Isaak
14. Madonna - fourth to last row at Staples Center
15. Ride - got to meet them and take photos with them too!
16. James - got onstage three times and backstage once. I even made their magazine publication with a centerfold shot of a SF Union Square concert on a rainy day with Radha and I dancing around on stage.
17. Sting
18. Annie Lennox
19. Trashcan Sinatras
20. Dave Matthews Band -- my 1st concert with Dave. This was our 2nd date. Tix were compliments of James who couldn't make the show. We sat in the second to last row at Staples Center.
21. Beautiful South
22. PIL
23. Foo Fighters
24. The Wonder Stuff
25. Public Enemy
26. Inspiral Carpets
27. Stone Temple Pilots
28. 10,00 Maniacs
29. ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)
30. Barenaked Ladies
31. Blur
32. Catherine Wheel
33. Alice in Chains
34. Unwritten Law - multiple times as my 2nd cousin used to be the drummer
35. The Cure
36. Men, Women & Children -- featuring Dave's cousin on drums!
37. Jesus Jones
38. EMF
39. Jewel -- the best was at Humphrey's on the Bay in San Diego, one of the most beautiful concert venues I've been to.
40. Jack Johnson
41. Ziggy Marley
42. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - back in the Live 105 free summer concert days
43. Oingo Boingo
44. Toad the wet sprocket
45. David Gray
46. Charlatans UK
47. Jane's Addiction
48. Mighty Mighty Bosstones
49. Crowded House -- ohh, so many times. they are just as beautiful every time too
50. Guns n' Roses
51. The Housemartins
52. Indigo Girls
53. INXS
54. The Killers
55. The Lightening Seeds
56. Matchbox Twenty
57. The Offspring
58. Bad Religion
59. Pennywise
60. Puddle of Mudd
61. R.E.M.
62. Squeeze
63. The Stone Roses
64. Van Halen
Okay, that was more than 50, but still not all of the concerts I've been to. Special thanks to Irena for being my lifelong concert buddy. I think 70% of the concerts I've been to have been with her, and some of the bands listed we've seen multiple times together. Most definitely some of the best times!!
Side note -- I still have the tix stubs from each of these concerts, dating all the way back to when I was in 6th grade.