50 Concerts (as seen on Facebook)

OK, here are the rules. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists. Oh, and list the first concert you ever saw (you can remember that, can’t you)?

Should you choose this challenge, here's what you do:
Copy my note. Click on “notes” under tabs on your profile page. Select "write a new note" in the top corner. Paste the copy in the body of the note. Make your list. Change the number at the top, and add your title. Once you've saved, don't forget to tag friends (including me) on the right.

1. Rolling Stones
3. Blind Melon
4. Nerfherder
5. Goldfinger
6. Reel Big Fish (8 times)
7. Alkaline Trio (12 times)
8. MU330
9. Grubby Ernie
10. Mustard Plug
11. The Urge
12. NOfx
13. Dave Matthews Band
14. Thursday
15. Dashboard COnfessional
16. Poison the Well
17. Common Rider
18. Clever
19. Pushover
20. Less Than Jake
21. The Bronx
22. RX Bandits
23. The French Kicks
24. God's Reflex
25. The Dismemberment Plan (best live band ever)
26. Death Cab For Cutie (worst live band ever)
27. Green Day
28. Jimmy Eat World
29. The Promise Ring
30. Ultimate Fakebook
31. The Impossibles
32. Saves the Day
33. Kind of Like Spitting
34. Weezer
35. The Get Up Kids
36. Ozma
37. No Motiv
38. Something Corporate
39. Ben Folds
40. Midtown
41. New Found Glory
42. Zebrahead
43. Ten Grand
44. Murder By Death
45. Fairweather
46. Ani Difranco
47. Superdrag
48. Nada Surf
49. Blood Brothers
50. Jack Johnson

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