Peter Gabriel, The Police, Squeeze, Joe Jackson, Dire Straits, all at the Bottom Line NYC(about 500 seats)in 1979 - my first year as an NYU undergrad. Gabriel, I guess, was famous from his years in Genisis but his solo stuff was a radical departure, and who could recogize him with his hair cut off?. Also, Talking Heads circa 1978, at a small community college, just after the release of "Talking Heads 77". The Clash a year later, but maybe they were famous by then.....
Before They Were Famous
What artists did you see on the way up, before superstardom?
Anyone lucky enough to see the Beatles in Germany? If so, the thread should stop there. Until then, I have two. Aerosmith played at my high school Junior Prom, Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., and I was lucky enough to see John Belushi do Joe Cocker in "Lemmings" at the Village Gate in N.Y.C. around 1970, just before SNL.
Anyone lucky enough to see the Beatles in Germany? If so, the thread should stop there. Until then, I have two. Aerosmith played at my high school Junior Prom, Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., and I was lucky enough to see John Belushi do Joe Cocker in "Lemmings" at the Village Gate in N.Y.C. around 1970, just before SNL.