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British Invasion Concerts NYC

The Dave Clark Five

Harry Deal & THe Galaxies, The Six Keys

The Knaves

Greensboro Coliseum

Greensboro, NC

Rolling Stones

Dave Berry & The Cruisers, The Konrads

The Checkmates, Johnny Ball, The Hollies

ABC Theatre  Romford,…

Raising Hell Tour '86 

RUN DMC 

WHODINI 

LL COOL J 

Municipal Auditorium 

Nashville, TN

"All Hell Breaks Loose at a Run-D.M.C. 'Raising Hell' Rap Concert in California: 'I am great--get it straight--that`s…

The Who 

London Coliseum

London, UK

Grateful Dead

Alpine Valley Music Theatre

East Troy, MI

Jerry Garcia Band Electric

Wiltern Theatre

379 Wilshire Blvd

JERRY LEE LEWIS

The Casuals, Bobby One, Alan Marlo

State Theatre

Niagra Falls, NY

HOWLIN WOLF & HIS ORCHESTRA

Rosewood Club

Memphis, TN

BROOK BENTON

Ruth Brown,

The Beatles First Concert In America!

The Beatles’ first US concert was watched by a crowd of 8,092 fans

at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, DC.

The Beatles

Washington Sports Arena

License To Ill Tour '87

Beastie Boys

Fishbone

Murphy's Law

Many people's first taste of the Beasties was in 1985, when they opened for none other than Madonna during the pop star's first…

Ramones

Fool's Face

Mississippi Nights

St. Louis, MO

Live Album Recording Date

Freelance Vandals

Right Track Inn

Freeport, NY

The English Beat

R.E.M.

Campus

Prince

Zapp (featuring Roger)

The Time

Rockford Metro Centre

Rockford, IL

Spring Fest '82

Ramones

David Johansen

Jim Carroll

Peter Dayton

Lines

Thunderbird Country Club

The Cramps

Eldorado

Paris, France

Back In Black Tour '80

AC/DC

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Uniondale, NY

Ramones

Keystone

Palo Alto, CA

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Palladium

NYC

Damn The Torpedo Tour '79

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Orpheum Theatre

Memphis, TN

The Specials

Tiffany's Late Bar

David Bowie

Station To Station Solar Tour 1976

David Bowie

Public Hall

Cleveland, OH

David Bowie

Pavillon de Paris Porte de Pantin

Paris, France

The

Summer of '74

Charlton Athletic F.C.

The Who

Lou Reed

Humble Pie

Bad Company

Lindisfarne

Dave Mason

"The Doom Tour" 1974

CSNY

The Day Crosby, Stills…

“In 1978, rock music resembled a combat zone more than a community. The divisions had been visible for most of the decade, with the fraying of any notion that the factions of rock fans could peacefully coexist, but in…

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Bottom Line

NYC

Tom Waits

The Paradise Club

Boston, MA

The Clash

The Saints

Cherry Vanilla

Birmingham Rag Market

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Keystone Hall

Kutztown State College

Kutztown, PA

Led Zeppelin

L.S.U. Assembly Center

Baton Rouge, LA

Led Zeppelin

Earl's

The Beatles

The Cyrkle

The Ronettes

The Remains

Candlestick Park

San Francisco, CA

Bob Dylan & The Hawks

Manchester Free Trade Hall

Manchester, UK

The Beach Boys

Lovin' Spoonful

Chad & Jeremy, Percy Sledge

The Outsiders, The Leaves

Sir Douglas

David Bowie 

Hollywood Palladium

Los Angeles, CA

David Bowie

Long Beach Arena

Long Beach, CA

Joe Walsh & Barnstorm

Allen Theatre

Cleveland, OH

“Some people say the 1970s New York rock scene started in the 1960s with the Velvet Underground. Others insist that it began around 1968 with the Stooges and MC5 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Or with Lou Reed’s reconfigured Velvet…

Allman Brothers Band

Wet Willie

Charlotte Coliseum

Charlotte, NC

Little Feat

12th Gate

Atlanta, GA

Stephen Stills

Crazy Horse

Boston Garden

Boston, MA

…

The Kinks

Taj Mahal

Sha Na Na

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

The Move

Cold Bloog

Albert King

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

Grateful

The Byrds

Sonny & Cher

Mahalia Jackson

Roosevelt Griere

Benefit For RFK

Los Angeles Sports Arena

Los Angeles, CA

Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Soft Machine

Stony

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This blog post is dedicated to my dear friend,

Jeff Goldstein

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