The first time Bob Dylan brought out an electric guitar would be cool to be a part of, if nothing more than to see everyone freaking out (mostly booing and throwing stuff on stage, I believe).

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, if I don’t have to be a prisoner there. Maybe I can be a guard or something for a day.

The first show of Pink Floyd’s original The Wall tour.

Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged (any of them).

Not really historical yet but any and every Jesse Welles concert I’ve missed so far. I’ve only seen him once so far and regret missing his first show close to me but plan to see him every time he comes nearby going forward, so long as I can afford it. Thankfully he’s not big enough yet for super expensive tickets, when I saw him the tickets were for a very reasonable price. It would be nice if he could go to some smaller cities or towns close by though, I hate big cities.

For classical, I’d absolutely love to see Horowitz performing Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto (Op. 30) with LSO/Coates in 1930. It’s my favourite recording of my favourite classical piece of music, but the audio quality is awful. Rachmaninoff was actually a friend of Horowitz and attended the show, and said that performance was the closest he had heard to what he had in his head when writing the piece. It was even closer to his original idea than what Rachmaninoff himself had done, and I believe Rachmaninoff stopped playing it live afterward, saying it had already been perfected and gave Horowitz his personal blessing to perform it on his behalf (not that he needed permission, but it was more symbolic than anything).

Eras Tour Vienna night 2. 💔💔💔

Pulse, Pink Floyd 1995

801 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 3 Sep 1976

Sky River Rock festival 1968. First outdoor rockfest, a precursor to the later ones like Woodstock, so I guess that makes it historic.

There is an alleged jam session with no recording available that people say was the highlight.

Some people will know this show from their tapes as the name of the location: Betty Nelson’s Organic Raspberry Farm.

Mozarts last concerto

not a concert but a place - CBGB. It would have been really cool to frequent and see a ton of amazing bands get their start.

Dream Theater/Animals as Leaders/Devin Townsend. I think it was 2024? Other than that, Pink Floyd’s Pulse.

Michael Jackson, Linkin Park

I’d choose the concert at which Beethoven’s 5th Symphony was premiered. The full program for the evening was as follows:

First Half

Symphony No. 6 in F major (Pastoral), Op. 68

Aria: “Ah! perfido”, Op. 65 (for soprano and orchestra)

Gloria movement from the Mass in C major, Op. 86

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 (performed by Beethoven as soloist)

Second Half

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Sanctus and Benedictus movements from the Mass in C major, Op. 86

Solo piano improvisation by Beethoven

Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 (finishing the evening with choir, vocal soloists, piano, and orchestra)

I simply would like to have been present when the most recognizable piece of music ever written first hit the public’s ears, as well as have the chance to see the man himself performing at the top of his game.

I’m not really into going to concerts, but I’ve tried to see Weird Al play three times and each time something has happened to prevent me from being able to see the concert, including but not limited to giant storms knocking out power to the venue and deaths in the family of the band.

I guess if I had to pick one it would probably be the first one I missed, the Running with Scissors tour.

I happened to be in Seattle for two days in 1991 when Nirvana was at the Paramount. I didn’t have tickets but a big regret is I didn’t take a taxi to at least be outside.

Any Zeppelin.

Daft Punk Alive 2007

• Woodstock 1969
• The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park
• All of the shows that were used to record The Allman Brothers Band at the Fillmore East

Edit:

I wish I had been alive and aware of when the Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show. I saw an interview with Paul Reiser and he said,” it so hard to describe what that was like. While I knew I was in my parent’s living room, I felt as though the Beatles were playing just for me.”

About 80 million people watched that.