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Me, too! But in Ottawa. I think it was probably about '85 or '86. Only concert I went to in the '80s...my parents would have thought I'd go to Hell if I went to anything harder.
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Rush Moving pictures
Iron madian
Kiss
Motorhead
Judas priest
Pink Floyd In germany after the berlin wall came down Best concert ever
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Me, too! But in Ottawa. I think it was probably about '85 or '86. Only concert I went to in the '80s...my parents would have thought I'd go to Hell if I went to anything harder.
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Lol 
My folks told me I slept (passed out???) through the last half of the show. That was also my first and last show of that foggy decade.
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I only got to see Bruan Adams, ACDC, G&R and Roxette. My wife saw just about every cool band while working for Guinness in Irland. U2, Phil Collins, REM you name it!
I always wanted to see the Red Army Chorus and Joe Satriani and Garth Brooks.
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Abba (Sept 79), Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Eagles, Phil Collins, Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd.
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All on one bill? Nooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Best single show I saw in the 80's:
David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, and The Tubes at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton. Someone else here must have been there.
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Skinny Puppy, '86 U of C, messed up stage show.
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Truthfully was never music fan. However buddy bought me a ticket to the WHO in Vancouver 1989. It was excellent. Been to a few since then.
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Led Zeppelin and AC DC
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1975 - Santana, Jubilee Auditorium in Saskatoon
1993 - Pink Floyd Commonwealth Stadium
Lots of great bar bands in the mid 80's in Winnipeg - Doug & the Slugs, Powder Blues Band, Kim Mitchell, Kenny Shields, Carol Pope
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Been to a bunch but the most fun I ever had was at a billy Joel at ASU in Arizona. He played about three hours and beer garden set up. What a blast
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Oh how I so much want to forget that musical decade.
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What? You suck man!! ... Mods...This comment deserves more time outout
You mean, you've forgotten more than you remember, from the 80's
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Wow resurrecting an 8 year old thread, but it’s a good one.
Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, U2, Rod Steward, Tina Turner. Loved them all.
Now it’s Foo Fighters.
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1975 - Santana, Jubilee Auditorium in Saskatoon
1993 - Pink Floyd Commonwealth Stadium
Lots of great bar bands in the mid 80's in Winnipeg - Doug & the Slugs, Powder Blues Band, Kim Mitchell, Kenny Shields, Carol Pope
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Harlequin and streetheart also great Bar bands in the Old Saint Vatel Hotel.
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Best Concert
Matt Minglewood Band at the Edmonton Jubilee Auditorium.... Enver was playing harmonica's.. ( he passed away not long after I think in a motorcycle accident) by the end of the concert the band had both balcony's down on the main floor dancing and rock'in.
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Streetheart, Kiss, Motley Crue, Headpins, Billy Joel and on and on..Loved the 80s...Like was mentioned, great cover bands..Saw a bunch back then too, lots at the Crest.
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Hmmmm Lots!!
Worked David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour in 89 I think. Got to keep confiscated booze and other stuff... use my security jacket and get to front row floor section for most of the concert.
Elton John 84 I think it was collesium... fantastic.
Lots ofSNFU gigs
Pink Floyd concert at the Stadium... dint remember much if it
John Mellencamp at the Collesium was excellent!
I’m sure there were others.....
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My favorite concert in the 80's was Raffi.
I'm glad this thread came back to the future so I could add this to it.
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How far back do you have to go to dig up a thread from 2013 ????? 
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But give the new guy credit, for resurrecting a necro thread it's a good one, and he posted more then a smiley face! So I will play.
My favorite was Robert Plant's Manic Nirvana tour, saw them in the Saddle Dome. Best. Concert. Ever!!
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August 12-13,1989... Moscow international Peace Music Festival.
I had a small business at the international hotel Ukraine in Moscow where all the participants were staying and was lucky to have a pass to the hotel.... I think I spent 4-5 days there without leaving, lol! Between drinking beer with The Motley Crew Vince Neil and tommy Lee and having a smoke with Ozzy himself and buying him a drink- that was awesome! Cinderella guys were trying to get Ozzy’s t-shirt off my back offering to trade in for some whisky.... I refused!
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all in the 80's at the coliseum in Edmonton,
Styx, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, Alice Cooper Several times, and lots of bar bands like Nick Danger for example at places like The Rex, CI south, Kingsway or the Beverly Crest. Rock City downtown was always a favorite, but no live bands there.
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Man did this thread and post bring me back to my youth! DANENYK66, we had to have crossed paths back in the day. Ever spend any time at the Londonderry? That was a great spot for live bands as well!
Favorite concert was Metallica , And Justice For All tour in 89. The Cult opened and got boo'd off the stage. Metallica knocked it out of the park, stage blew up on the encore and I remember it being just chaos on the floor!
Other good ones were Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, Alice Cooper and lots of others I can't remember........Good Times!!!!!!!
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August 12-13,1989... Moscow international Peace Music Festival.
I had a small business at the international hotel Ukraine in Moscow where all the participants were staying and was lucky to have a pass to the hotel.... I think I spent 4-5 days there without leaving, lol! Between drinking beer with The Motley Crew Vince Neil and tommy Lee and having a smoke with Ozzy himself and buying him a drink- that was awesome! Cinderella guys were trying to get Ozzy’s t-shirt off my back offering to trade in for some whisky.... I refused!
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Wahoo!! Very cool
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Hmmmm Lots!!
Worked David Bowie’s Glass Spider Tour in 89 I think. Got to keep confiscated booze and other stuff... use my security jacket and get to front row floor section for most of the concert.
Elton John 84 I think it was collesium... fantastic.
Lots ofSNFU gigs
Pink Floyd concert at the Stadium... dint remember much if it
John Mellencamp at the Collesium was excellent!
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I was at the Bowie concert. That was awesome. Georgia satellites and Duran Duran. If I remember right didn’t Peter frampton come on stage for a song
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Not sure it was the best........but it was the loudest!!!!!!
Helix,Headpins, and Streetheart. 6th row floor, Edmonton Coliseum, 1st concert ever. I want to say 84, but you all know the 80’s are a bit blurry!!!
What’s that I can’t hear you!! I SAID IS YOUR ADAMS APPLE MOVING IN AND OUT TOO!!!!!
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Yea
Georgia Sattilites were great
Duran Duran we’re pretty meh
And then front stage Bowie
Then..... sum kinda mushroom snack I think from a girl I met at front stage.
Very wierd light show after that.......
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Think all I went and saw in the 80's were Johnny Winter and Yes, perhaps Dire Straits? Think that was 80's. I went to a great many in the 70's, after the prices started increasing, I got away from them. Something like Crossroads might be worth doing.
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Prism did a gig at the bar in Barrhead.
Can’t remember the bars name though.
Hell of a show.
Not the ‘80s
But 2005 Blue Rodeo at the UofC pub
300 tix.... epic night!
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Not sure it was the best........but it was the loudest!!!!!!
Helix,Headpins, and Streetheart. 6th row floor, Edmonton Coliseum, 1st concert ever. I want to say 84, but you all know the 80’s are a bit blurry!!!
What’s that I can’t hear you!! I SAID IS YOUR ADAMS APPLE MOVING IN AND OUT TOO!!!!!
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I agree with the Helix/Headpins concert being loud. I saw them in GP in '84 or 85 (my 1st concert as well). Pretty loud in the Johnny Macdonald arena.
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Too many good ones but the best performance was probably David Bowie's Glass Spider concert. (It was in 87 Bessie) Wasn't a huge Bowie fan but my gf at the time really wanted to go. Glad I did because it turned out to be one of my favourite concerts. The guy was pretty theatrical.
Here's one of the Glass Spider concerts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9fQTQ6z324
Most memorable was Mötley Crüe's Theatre of Pain concert. Was front row floor and got a shot of JD from Vince when they did their encore.
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