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Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/28/1974 Houston, TX USA Sam Houston Coliseum Welcome Back My Friends Tour
8/14/1974 Dayton, OH USA Hara Arena Welcome Back My Friends Tour
Wings
5/27/1976 Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Colesium Wings Over America Tour
The Who
12/8/1975 Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Colesum Who By Numbers Tour
BTW, this is the same arena where at the Who concert in December 1979, 11 people were trampled to death. Glad I wasn't there for that.
These were probably the most impressive because I was a kid at the time.
My best friend's dad was an executive at First Bank of Cincinnati and we got skybox tickets for free for almost two years. Riverfront Coliseum was brand new at the time. We were in high school and were usually dropped off by a parent or family member and got in at street level and took the elevator with the promoters, VIPs and groupies. We didn't have to deal with parking or standing in line climbing the ramps to the main entrance. We didn't always go to or stay in the box which had a fully stocked bar, a bathroom, sofas and curtains and two rows of six outside box seats. It had closed circuit TV which sucked at that time. We didn't trust ourselves not to abuse the privilege of scoring free tickets by smoking up or tearing up the box. We mostly roamed around looking for the sweet spot and scoping out chicks. The bank was very conservative and didn't initially use the box to entertain their customers for "rock" concerts. They used the skybox for hockey games and softer music concerts and other venues. We saw almost everything there in 1975 and 1976, Queen, Journey, The J. Geils band, Kiss, ZZ Top, Wet Willie, The Doobie Brothers, Rick Wakeman, E.L.O., Foghat, Edgar Winter Group, Kansas, Toots and the Maytalls, Ted Nugent... This free skybox ticket experience spoiled me for life.
Honorable mention is Grand Funk Railroad at Sam Houston Coliseum April 8, 1971 which I think was my first rock concert. There were many other really powerful concert experiences later in life but these really stood out for me.
2/28/1974 Houston, TX USA Sam Houston Coliseum Welcome Back My Friends Tour
8/14/1974 Dayton, OH USA Hara Arena Welcome Back My Friends Tour
Wings
5/27/1976 Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Colesium Wings Over America Tour
The Who
12/8/1975 Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Colesum Who By Numbers Tour
BTW, this is the same arena where at the Who concert in December 1979, 11 people were trampled to death. Glad I wasn't there for that.
These were probably the most impressive because I was a kid at the time.
My best friend's dad was an executive at First Bank of Cincinnati and we got skybox tickets for free for almost two years. Riverfront Coliseum was brand new at the time. We were in high school and were usually dropped off by a parent or family member and got in at street level and took the elevator with the promoters, VIPs and groupies. We didn't have to deal with parking or standing in line climbing the ramps to the main entrance. We didn't always go to or stay in the box which had a fully stocked bar, a bathroom, sofas and curtains and two rows of six outside box seats. It had closed circuit TV which sucked at that time. We didn't trust ourselves not to abuse the privilege of scoring free tickets by smoking up or tearing up the box. We mostly roamed around looking for the sweet spot and scoping out chicks. The bank was very conservative and didn't initially use the box to entertain their customers for "rock" concerts. They used the skybox for hockey games and softer music concerts and other venues. We saw almost everything there in 1975 and 1976, Queen, Journey, The J. Geils band, Kiss, ZZ Top, Wet Willie, The Doobie Brothers, Rick Wakeman, E.L.O., Foghat, Edgar Winter Group, Kansas, Toots and the Maytalls, Ted Nugent... This free skybox ticket experience spoiled me for life.
Honorable mention is Grand Funk Railroad at Sam Houston Coliseum April 8, 1971 which I think was my first rock concert. There were many other really powerful concert experiences later in life but these really stood out for me.