Okay, so I like to brag.
But I was at:

•The Replacements show in 1991 at Grant Park where they broke up on-stage.
•Wilco's first-ever show. (1994 at the Lounge Ax.)
•Tom Zé's first-ever show in the US (1997 at the Park West in Chicago)

I was also at a couple of other noteworthy shows, but nothing that was a "first", "last", or otherwise landmark show. Still... I feel lucky to have been there. Right place. Right time.

Saw the Dropkick Murphy's last (?) show with their original lead singer.

Was at Ben Folds Five's 2000 Summerfest appearance (which also would have been in the neighbourhood of "last... show... ever").

- The Built to Spill show where "I Would Hurt a Fly" was recorded for their live album
- The DJ Shadow show used for the In Tune and On Time live DVD (I'm in a crowd shot during "High Noon")

Radiohead at Irving Plaza a month before OK COmputer came out, and the 'buzz' on the record was maddening. I was in the VIP area inches from Madonna, Michaerl Stipe, and Co. during the set.


Pearl Jam at Limelight just as 'Alive' was breaking at radio.....I think i told the sotry of how I got into this on the old CMJ board. Best story ever.

im sure there a few more....

umm, Pearl Jam at MSG few years back that became their offical live DVD release....not that famous, but still...

some local band when their lead singer couldn't make it so they had a 7 year old sing

XTC at The Palladium (Los Angeles) -- last performance pretty much.

I was at the Tibetan Freedom Festival in D.C. at RFK. A bolt of lightining struck inside the satdium about 50 yards to my right in the middle of Herbie Hancocks set taking out a few fans. The next day we were treated to the first Red Hot Chilli Peppers show since the return of John Frusciante.

I was at the Phish Halloween show where they played the Talking Heads Remain In Light.

Janes Addictions last show before their most recent breakup here in ATL at The Fox.

The Arcade Fire's EP release show at which the first incarnation of the band dissolved on-stage.

Phish's farewell (pt. 1) throwdown near San Francisco.
Phish's farewell (pt. 2) disaster in Vermont.
Phish's marathon New Year's party in Florida.
Some other notable performances of theirs.

Other than that, nothing comes to mind.

Ooh! One of the few tapes I'd be fully willing to pull out on occasion. I'm jealous.

I was at the Rush show in AZ where the "board tape" bonus track of "Between Sun and Moon" was recorded for Rush in Rio.

i saw Nirvana at Roseland right before In Untero came out.
Kurt was rumored to have gone into a coma before the show.

i'm pretty sure it was the debut of almost all the songs. They did an acoustic in the middle including a version of "in the pines"

Got would clearly prefer China to maintain its claim to Tibet, then, huh?

He doesn't like Dave Navarro too much either.

not as much to people my age, but i like to brag to younger kids that i saw Pavement so many times i lost count.

GbV's last show
Brian Wilson's SMiLE show
Chili Peppers with Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam opening
Weezer at the Metro
Archers of Loaf in two different small clubs, including a shack on Northwestern's campus

many others

Ramones Final Show
Live Aid Philadelphia 1985 or whatever year it was

Those are the ones for the history books although there are many that were more important to me.

rocket from the crypt's last show (to be made into a dvd or live disc)
sigur ros "reverb" performance

i was there too...

I also got to go to the laast minute Radiohead show at the 10:30 club, cause there set was cancelled that saturday, and people werent sure if they were gonna play on sunday.

ooh, also I was at the famous Fiona Apple meltdown show at Roseland, NYC few years back.....and then saw her return to NYC at the Beacon Theater which was a brilliant show. She made up for it!

Jacksons Victory Tour 83..

i saw bauhaus at the brixton academy for their "crackle" reunion tour

peter murphy was as camp and as hott as a row of tents on fire!

Okay, since others are bending the rules:
I saw Uncle Tupelo in 1989 -- 3 months before No Depression came out -- opening for fIREHOSE on Halloween night at the Blue Note in Columbia, MO.

As was I. I think was aiming at me, and missed.

Also, I was at Bauhaus' Gotham performance.

And Crack The Sky's Live | Recher Theatre, 06.19.99 performance.

And a track here and there. I think one of the tracks on Ted Nugent's Double Live Gonzo album, but not sure.

phish - denver - 97
it became one of the live series cd's that came out.
great show actually.

Phish
(an infamous show amongst fans...)
12/07/97 (Sun) Ervin J. Nutter Center - Dayton, OH
Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Psycho Killer > Jesus Just Left Chicago, My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, It's Ice > Swept Away > Steep > It's Ice, Theme From the Bottom, Tube > Jam* > Tube**, Jam Reprise* > Slave to the Traffic Light

Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > Wolfman's Brother > Boogie on Reggae Woman# > Reba, Gyute^, Possum, E: A Day in the Life

Comment: *Post-"Izabella" jam from 12-06-97 Auburn Hills. Slowed down, stopped, started again (about five or six times). **After "Tube" returns and ends, the house lights go off and they stop playing. Then the Jam* is reprised. #Stevie Wonder cover (second time played - last played 03-21-88 Set I). ^With whistled second verse.