what band/s do you regret not seeing when you had the chance

[DodgyGeezer]

way too many for me, sadly, but high on the list...

Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio
Rainbow (with RJD)
Dio.... hey there's a pattern there!

Thin Lizzy

[simon_harris]

Queen with Freddie, I’ve seen them with Adam lambert and it only served to highlight what I missed out on.

[Animal]

Pantera - I was only a teenager so not sure I'd have got in.
Def Leppard - never even bothered to try and get tickets and now they're £££
Metallica - had tickets a few years ago and was going to take a mate but he couldn't make it so I sold the tickets.

[DodgyGeezer]

I was offered a spare ticket for lynyrd skynyrd but for unfathomable reason said "...no thanks..." I can be a total bell-end

[miniman]

I had Genesis tickets but it was cancelled due to Covid and I couldn’t make the reschedule. Can’t see them playing again

[snuffy]

Fountains of Wayne

I actually had a ticket to see them in Manchester but ended up not going because i decided it was too much like hard work. And well, Manchester for me is actually too much like hard work for me (not that I live that far away, it's just that public transport from the west of the city is utterly wk). So now, even if there's someone I want to see, and they are on in Manchester, I don't bother.

[p4cks]

I went to Old Trafford and Amy Winehouse was supporting, but we fked the gig off after 10 minutes because the queues for the bars were too long

[Skyedriver]

Supertramp

[TCEvo]

Nirvana.

I had tickets to one of their Brixton shows, scheduled for April 1994.

Bunked off school to sit hitting repeat dial to Stargreen Box Office until I got through & got 3x tiks for me & mates.

Obvs the show never happened.

I've still got the tickets.

[Chubbyross]

Bowie, many times. For some reason I always thought I'd see him the next time he tours. It's been that way with the Foo Fighters too. One day I'll get around to it.

[HHZ]

Bowie, Elton John and Alice Cooper.

[PomBstard]

Van Halen - twice in the early 90s, they were playing in Sheffield whilst I was living there as a student. The first time I was flat broke and struggling to buy food (I know, where was my commitment!), the second time I was on a field trip that I needed to attend in order to pass the course. And that was it for VH in the UK.

[miniman]

HHZ said:

Bowie, Elton John and Alice Cooper.

Elton is a good call.

[Bonefish Blues]

Bowie, as must everyone who didn't see him, and the celebration concert for Kate McGarrigle at the Royal Festival Hall.

[Composeriser]

The list is long:

The Eagles
Led Zep
Dire Straits
Simon and Garfunkel
Supertramp
The Who

[Composeriser]

miniman said:

HHZ said:

Bowie, Elton John and Alice Cooper.

Elton is a good call.

All a good call.

[jimothyc]

Always regret never seeing Pink Floyd.

A friend had tickets for Live8 and as it was overrunning he left before they came on so he could catch his train. If ever there was a time to pay for a cab or sleep in a ditch, then that was it.

[SRich]

Steely Dan's First UK Dates

My school buddies were getting tickets for the Manchester Palace Theatre in '74 but I had the urge to go to a party that a much fancied girl (from college days) was throwing

Saw the 'Dan several times much later but that first one would have been special

[Watermead]

Motorhead - looked at tickets but thought maybe next time....then Lemmy died not long after the tour.

Had tickets to AC/DC last year, but ended up getting my hip replaced instead due only date available.

[Watermead]

HHZ said:

Bowie, Elton John and Alice Cooper.

How can you have never seen Alice? He never seems to be off the road.....unless you mean the original band?