What artist or band do you regret never having the pleasure to see perform live?

My regrets are; 1- Cameo
2- Betty Davis
3- Mandrill
4- Edwin Birdsong

There are several but here are a few~

David Sylvian ~ I had tickets but the show was canceled

Dead Can Dance

Annie Lennnox

David Bowie (but that will change in January!!!)

Ani DiFranco

I regret not seeing Prince live before 1998
EWF
Steely Dan
INXS (with Michael)
BB King in his prime

JIMI HENDRIX
DAVID BOWIE
ELLA FITZGERALD
MILES DAVIS
DIZZY GILLESPIE
LED ZEPPELIN
THE BEATLES

AND ALL THE JAZZ LEGENDS BEFORE MY TIME.

BESIDES THAT, I'VE SEEN ALL THE ACTS I WANT TO SEE.

earth, wind & fire

the isley brothers

george clinton

pansy division


all of the above have played in mpls this year, and i missed all of 'em!!!

Wesley Willis
Grandaddy (though there's still hope)
Nirvana
Swans
Pixies

The Doors

Bjork

Prince - Lovesexy tour

The Police

I had the opportunity to see a real intimate Parliament show last year, but I didn't think I could afford it at the time.

apparently, George and his crew did a 6 hour set with no intermission. I heard it was totally funky, and I kick myself daily.

That, and I won some tickets to a "Close Encounters" thing, where only 600 people watch a big name act for free, but they don't know who they're going to see. I foolishly thought it was on a Tuesday, but it was on Monday, and I missed it. I later found out it was Sam Roberts.

The Clash
The Beatles
The Dismemberment Plan
The Specials
The Smiths
The Jam
Gang of Four
Japan
PRINCE!!!

...and you know, I probably will never ever get to see these guys in action.

01. Joni
02. Joni
03. Joni

VinaBlue said:

Oh VINA~~~no matter WHAT you have to see Bjork if she tours again. Your entuhsiasm for Tori is so great that I can't even imagine how you would react to seeing Bjork life.There is truly noone like her in the world and live she is just even more incredible.

IstenSzek said:

IstenSzek ~ here is a true story for you. WAY back in the day (around 1965 ~ 68) some friends and I had a little coffee shop located under a bar. You had to crawl down these rickety stairs and everything was very dark and atmospheric. It was called The Cellar and we had those drippy candles on the tables and cool coffee drinks. We would book acts from all over and Joni was there several times. For real!!! She was married to Chuck Mitchell who was from our area and she was born not too far from Michigan. She would play The Cellar one night and a club in Detroit (I believe it was called the Checkmate) on the next. When she started to get air play she did a final concert in a big auditorium in our town and headed for California saying she would never be back! Friends of mine who were like the managers of the Cellar have the original tape recordings of her playing on a stool with her guitar but they won't play them for anybody ~ they claim to have them locked in a vault somewhere.

Pink Floyd

bratchildsfriend said:

Now that is a piece of history. Your are so lucky.

I'm jealous. Very jealous now.

bananacologne said:

Oh 'Nana ~ they are incredible live. I took my very yourng niece to see them ( I think she was 9 and it was her very first concert). We were sitting there stunned and the guys in front of me passed a joint back to us. I had to politely decline (oh, the agony) because I didn't want to be a bad influence on my niece. But the concert was so great it didn't matter!!!

IstenSzek said:

She toured a couple years ago with Van Morrison and Bob Dylan. I would have loved to see that but I think Van Morrison only did the California part of the tour. She was a very cool lady even back then.

I shall name some more:

Kajagoogoo
Wham!
Spandau Ballet
ABC (although I had an opportunity, the venue was too far from me)
Adam Ant
Joy Division
The Au Pairs
The Thompson Twins
Missing Persons
Altered Images
Level 42
China Crisis
Heaven 17
...and many other New Wave acts that have come and gone.

PRINCE.









:tears: :sniffle:

U2 (stillkicking myself!)

Sting

The White Stripes were in town last week. Wish I was there.
No Doubt when they came during Return of Saturn era.

Bjork, Bowie (tix on sale next Thursday ), Pixies, Pearl Jam

Saw Dylan 4 times this year and Prince 5 times so those are two I dreamed about seeing and finally got to do it

Could've seen White Stripes and The Roots last month, but Prince tix ate up all my money. Don't regret it one bit.

Coldplay coming to new orleans..

- Depeche Mode ( The Beatles of the electronic era)
- Bruce Springsteen
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Wendy & Lisa
- INXS
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I was too young or too sheltered to see several of my favorite bands:

Joy Division
New Order
The Pixies
Sugarcubes
The Smiths
Prince - Lovesexy and Hit and Run '86
Nirvana
Miles Davis

I've always meant to see:

Sade
Strokes
Aaliyah (R.I.P.)
Missy Elliott (has she ever even toured?)
OutKast

Madonna and Johnny Cash

Ozzy (with Randy Rhoades)

Parliament in their Prime 76-78

Thomas Dolby

Fishbone with original members

Earth Wind and Fire

Slave

Cameo- In their Prime 79-85

Miles Davis

John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk

Louis Armstrong

Jimi Hendrix

Kraftwerk

Joni Mitchell

Weather Report (with Jaco)

Return to Forever

Cab Calloway

Fela Kuti

Les Nubians

GrandMaster Flash

Afrika Bambata

Public Enemy

Johnny Guitar Watson

Van Halen in their prime with David Lee

Kate Bush

Prince Triple threat tour with The Time and Vanity 6

Frank Zappa

Sun Ra (when he was young and healthy)



and the list goes on and on...

Oh yeah

Muddy Waters

Howlin Wolf

Son House

Francis Dunnery

Sonny Boy Williamson

Bobby Rush

T-Bone Walker

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i had tickets to see an inxs show in phillyfor their 'elegantly wasted' tour...i got sick 2 nights earlier at a new jersey prince jam of the year tour (which i had already seen in philly). came down with the flu and couldn't see inxs. i gave those tickets away so they wouldn't be wasted. then michael hutchence died.

i regret going to the prince show and not being able to see the inxs show. shoot, the prince show was just a hits tour anyway!

Marvin Gaye

Ohio Players

The Ojay's

James Brown (early 70's)

Zapp

Prince, but it was his fault