Playing along yet once again with the latest social networking meme...
"Test your memory and your love of live music by listing artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. Oh, and list the first concert you ever saw (you can remember that, can’t you)?"
The first concert I ever saw was Tom Petty, with Lenny Kravitz, at the Worcester Centrum, 1987
The rest of the list is given in alphabetical order, mainly because I'm unsure about the chronology. I'm trying to list these by "event" as far as I can remember, so a Lollapalooza or Woodstock will have a lot of bands, but memorable openers are noted with headliners as well.
Amanda Palmer, Boston Pops, 2008, Lexington High School, 2009Autechre, Paradise, Boston MA 2004BB King, Dave Matthews Band, many others; New Orleans Jazz Fest, 1995Beastie Boys, with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion & The Roots; New Orleans, 1995Blue Man Group, Boston MA, 3 or 4 times over the yearsCharles Mingus Band [no, not with Mingus himself sadly], Bunker Hill Community College, 2007Cirque du Soleil, some casino, Biloxi MS, 2000 Combustible Edison, Bowery Ballroom, NYC, ~1999Cracktorch, several times & placesDave Brubeck, Boston Globe Jazz Festival, Berklee Performance Center, 1994-ishDresden Dolls, several times in Boston & Providence, 2003-2007Firewater, Tallahassee FL, 1998Fishbone, Sluggo's, Pensacola FL 1995-ishFoo Fighters, Avalon, Boston MA 1996-ishFugazi, Tipitina's, New Orleans 1996 & Masquerade, Atlanta GA 1996G Love & Special Sauce, Bayfest, Mobile AL 1998-ishGrateful Dead, Memphis TN & Tampa FL, 1996-ish (~6 weeks before Jerry Garcia died)Green Day, Hatch Shell, Boston MA 1994 or 1995Helmet, Portland ME, 1995Henry Rollins Band, Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence RI 1995-ishJerry Lee Lewis, Bayfest, Mobile AL 1997-ishJesus Lizard, Sluggo's, Pensacola FL 1997-ishJoan Jett, some casino, Biloxi MS, 1999Johnny Cash, some music festival who's name escapes me, Birmingham AL 1995Juliana Hatfield Trio, on a boat at Cambridgeside Galleria, Cambridge MA 1994Kiss with Poison and... Cheap Trick? Motley Crue? I forget, plus Cracktorch, Great Woods, Mansfield MA 2003-ishLemonheads, Clark University, Worcester MA 1994Living Colour & Bad Brains, Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA 1992Lollapalooza '93: Primus, Alice in Chains, Dinosaur Jr, Fishbone, Arrested Development, Tool, Rage Against The Machine, Sebadoh, Luscious Jackson, et al, West Warwick RI, 1993Lollapalooza '94: Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, George Clinton & P-Funk, The Breeders, Tribe Called Quest, Nick Cave, L7, Boredoms, Shudder to Think, Shonen Knife, et al, West Warwick RI, 1994Lollapalooza '95: Sonic Youth, Hole, Pavement, Sinead O'Connor (or Elastica, I forget), Moby, Beck, Jesus Lizard, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dambuilders, Tuscadero, Helium, Mike Watt et al, Great Woods, Mansfield MA 1995Lollapalooza '96: Metallica, Soundgarden, Ramones, Rancid, Girls Against Boys, Ben Folds Five, Cornershop, et al, West Nowheresville MA 1996Man or Astroman (many times & places), 1995-2000Mighty Mighty Bosstones (many times & places), 1996-1999Mike Watt, some club I forget, Mobile AL 1998-ishMission of Burma, Paradise, Boston MA 2003, with Dresden Dolls at Avalon, Boston MA, 2004Morphine; Hatch Shell, Boston, 1996Mr Bungle, Spartanburg SC, 1997NOFX, Rocket From The Crypt, Fishbone et al, Warped Tour, Falmouth MA 1997-ishOK Go with This American Life, Berklee Performance Center, Boston MA 2002 [this counts, yes?]Paul McCartney, Fenway Park, Boston MA 2009Penn & Teller, Opera House, Boston MA 2000Peter Gabriel, The Levellers et al, WOMAD Tour, Great Woods, Mansfield MA, 1995Phish, Spin Doctors, The Levellers, Teenage Fanclub et al, WBCN Concert, Boston Garden, 1992-ishPublic Enemy, Worcester MA 2000-ishQuintaine Americana, several times & placesREM, Great Woods, Mansfield MA 1995Radiohead with Beta Band & Kid Koala, Suffolk Downs, East Boston MA 2002Radiohead, Great Woods Mansfield MA 2006Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Pensacola FL, ~1995Sigur Ros, Bank of America Pavillion, Boston, 2008Sinead O'Connor, Bank of Boston Pavillion, Boston, ~1998Sleater-Kinney, Avalon, Boston MA 2004Sleater-Kinney, Roxy, Boston MA 2001Sonic Youth, Howlin Wolf, New Orleans LA 1995Spamalot, Wilbur Theatre, Boston MA 2006-ishSpearhead, Club Babyhead, Providence RI 1995-ishStarship, random Mardi Gras ball (of all places), Mobile AL 2000The Beach Boys, Hatch Shell, Boston MA 2009The Cramps & 311, New Orleans LA, 1994The Decemberists, Bank of America Pavillion, 2009The Monkees, City Hall Plaza, Boston MA 1997-ishThe Pixies, Amherst MA & Lowell MA, 2004The Police, Fenway Park, Boston MA 2007The Ramones, Strand Theatre, Providence RI, 1998-ishThe Who, with Robert Plant, Tweeter Center, 2002They Might Be Giants, Tipitina's, New Orleans LA 1997-ish & Berklee Performance Center, Boston MA 2009Tom Petty, Worcester Centrum, Worcester MA 1987Tom Petty, Great Woods, Mansfield MA 1988U2, Superdome, New Orleans LA, 1998Weezer & Live, Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA 1995Weezer, Great Woods, Mansfield MA 2002-ishWoodstock '94: Blues Traveler, Live, Orbital, Sheryl Crow, Violent Femmes, Joe Cocker, Cypress Hill, Rollins Band, Crosby Stills & Nash, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Aerosmith, Youssou N'Dour, Primus, Arrested Development, Allman Bros, Spin Doctors, Porno For Pyros, Bob Dylan, RHCP, Peter Gabriel, Green Day, et al, Saugerties NY, 1994Yo-Yo Ma, Wang Center, Boston, 2001-ish