Best and Worst Rock Concert Moments


I will start this off. 1975 Jethro Tull concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum. About midway through the show an M-80 goes off in the crowd in the middle of a song and Ian Anderson holds his hand up in the air and counts to three with his fingers and the band stops playing in mid measure all at once as though some one had flipped a switch. The whole place goes dead quiet for about 15 seconds or so. Anderson says something like "Well, that was bloody ******* RUDE! If you want us to keep playing then you better cut that crap right out and have a little more respect for your NEIGHbor. Do you really want us to play some more?". The crowd slowly starts to applaud and then it builds to a crescendo. As the applause starts to die down, Anderson holds his hand up in the air, counts out loud to three and the band cuts back in full force absolutely mid-measure where they left off.

When the song ended I have never heard such intense applause in any arena or hall for any song at any show. I was completely dumb struck by how Anderson handled the situation and by the musicianship of the whole outfit. Maybe it was a staged event, but I doubt it. Either way, it was really something else...
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Jefferson Starship, 1976, Chicago area (can't remember the exact venue). Towards the end of Play On Love, some guy is giving Grace Slick a hard time about something, I don't know what.
At any rate, as she's singing, she gives him the one finger salute...right there in front of everyone...without missing a lyric. Great stuff.
Took a real nice piece of hot 'totty' biker chick to an Iron Maiden gig way back, the gig was awesome (as maiden always are), but she dumped me the next day. Perhaps not as keen on 'maiden' as I was/am?. Well thats what I kept on telling myself.lol
2 Grateful Dead "worst moments:
ca. 1971; young teen vigorously pleasuring himself right next to us in Hartford.
ca. 1972; open seating at Springfield MA Civic Center; large crowd waiting to be admitted, some moron opens 1 of a group of about 15 double glass doors. You can guess the rest...a miracle no one was badly hurt.

Gawdbless- hard to see what she didn't like about a "sensitive" guy like you ;~)
Another Starship concert;
Probably around 1976, Heart opened up for Leonard Skynard, who opened up for Starship. Santa Barbera college outdoor daytime concert at the football stadium. Some clown jumps up on stage with Grace and tries to play the flute with the band. Roadie grabs him in a bear hug and drags him off the stage, both smiling. I think song was also "Play on Love". Grace points to the guy in trouble and sings, "You better think fast".
Also, Marty Balin was super late arriving & didn't get there till the 3rd song or so. It was going good till he did his twenty minute "If only you belive" song. Good tune for a beer & pee run.
-John