What bands,artists,exhibitions,plays do you regret not seeing?

[Hill Wimp]

I'm sitting here on the train on my daily commute up to London listening to one of my favourite artists/muscians/writers/poets, Gil Scott Heron.

I was introduced to him as a young child by a music mad uncle but despite being lucky enough to see loads of other amazing artists I just never got round to seeing him before he died in 2011. I suppose I thought he would go on a lot longer.

It's this that made me grab the opportunity to get tickets to see Herbie Hancock in July in Ghent as myself and @Fab Foodie will be out in Belgium at the same time. After all he is 76 and I always see him in my mind like this in the 80s.

 

[Dirk]

Had to cancel my trip to the Isle of Wight festival in 1970.
I'd never seen JimI Hendrix. He was headlining and was my all time guitar hero.
He died a week later.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Had to cancel my trip to the Isle of Wight festival in 1970.
I'd never seen JimI Hendrix. He was headlining and was my all time guitar hero.
He died a week later.

Blimey that's a serious bummer. So close too.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Bowie, Kate McGarrigle's farewell tour by her family after her death

 

[TheDoctor]

I didn't go and see Emerson, Lake and Palmer in London, and of course they never toured again.
I did manage to see Queen at Knebworth though

 

[hopless500]

I was planning to go and see Nirvana.... and then Kurt Cobain killed himself

 

[Fab Foodie]

I was planning to go and see Nirvanah.... and then Kurt Cobain killed himself

Any connection?

 

[hopless500]

Any connection?

 

[Drago]

George Michael.













Only kidding

 

[HertzvanRental]

Slightly in reverse. Mrs v R remembers being taken to a show when she was about 10, and being bored stiff!!

The artists were Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald!!!

 

[damj]

The Boss at SOL Sunderland 21.6.12

 

[AndyRM]

The Boss at SOL Sunderland 21.6.12

He was rubbish*.

Also in the North East, I've managed to miss out on Nick Cave at The Sage - twice. Tickets were gone almost instantly both times. Gutted.

*Sorry, this isn't true, it was an immense gig!

 

[ColinJ]

Had to cancel my trip to the Isle of Wight festival in 1970.
I'd never seen JimI Hendrix. He was headlining and was my all time guitar hero.
He died a week later.

My sister's first husband went to that festival and really enjoyed seeing Hendrix.

Blimey that's a serious bummer.

My sister ended up divorcing the husband. He died before he got to 50, but at least he'd had a good time when he was young!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'm sitting here on the train on my daily commute up to London listening to one of my favourite artists/muscians/writers/poets, Gil Scott Heron.

I was introduced to him as a young child by a music mad uncle but despite being lucky enough to see loads of other amazing artists I just never got round to seeing him before he died in 2011. I suppose I thought he would go on a lot longer.

It's this that made me grab the opportunity to get tickets to see Herbie Hancock in July in Ghent as myself and @Fab Foodie will be out in Belgium at the same time. After all he is 76 and I always see him in my mind like this in the 80s.
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I saw him (Herbie H) fifteen or so years ago, he was bloody awful, just played a kind of random notes thing, it wasn't until the end that we got a tune (Watermelon Man).

He was rubbish*.

Also in the North East, I've managed to miss out on Nick Cave at The Sage - twice. Tickets were gone almost instantly both times. Gutted.

*Sorry, this isn't true, it was an immense gig!

I saw Nick Cave when he was in The Birthday Party, so just a boy, he was great even then though.

I would like to have seen Elvis in Vegas in 1969 or 1970 when his voice was at its best, that's only now though, at that time I was only 5.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Live Aid. It was a toss-up between buying Live Aid tickets or Springsteen at Wembley on the 4th of July (Mrs FF was a big fan).
Springsteen was awesome though.

Always wanted to see The Tubes, and Steely Dan.