Have You Seen Your Favorite Prog Artist Live?

I'm lucky to have seen a very big amount of concerts, but very few of them were Prog. And of course almost all I saw them at an old age.
But I'm not complaining...
I have seen Jethro Tul 3-4 times (One was an acoustic concert), Porcupine Tree again 3-4 times, Pink Floyd back at 1988 (at the 'Delicate Sound of Thunder' Tour),  twice Roger Waters performing 'The Dark Side on the Moon' + many Floyd songs, and 'The Wall live' (last year). Also Van Der Graaf Generator (thank God!), Barclay James Harvest (twice),
Fish, and I think that's all!
No Rush, no Genesis, no procol Harum, not MANY in general!
From the non-Prog bands,some of my best concerts were Bauhaus in London (in the reunion they did), Love (The 'Forever changes tour' with full orchestra), Black Sabbath (with Ozzy of course), Iron Maiden at the '7th son...' tour, Rammstein(!) 3 times, (twice in Berlin and one in Athens),  Dead Can Dance at the 'Aion' tour in 1990, and Metallica 4 times, (First time at the 'Black Album' tour, last time 2 or 3 years ago at the 'Great 4' Sonisphere Festival)
That's all I remembered that really worth mention...

I’ve seen Genesis (the And Then There Were Three-tour), Jethro Tull (Stormwatch), King Crimson (early 80s, probably after Beat, they supported Roxy Music), Gabriel (twice, second time after So) and Hammill (also twice, mid 80s).

I’ve never seen VdGG, Yes or Pink Floyd. I’ve seen Think Floyd, though, and their version of Atom Heart Mother was fantastic.

I’ve seen quite a few other prog/prog related acts, too, like Supertramp, ELO, Hackett, Deep Purple, Camel, Bowie and Marillion. The only time I’ve been really disappointed at a concert was when I saw Bob Dylan (not prog – but I’m sure you already knew that ).

hehehe Look 'Kashmir'...
I have seen over 150 concerts in my life so far. And about 15 of them were Prog related. So we are talking about 10%.
That percentage is not big right? And since you say you are young, is normal that you were not able to see many Prog bands. Because there aren't many active any more!
P.S: I Forgot to mention that I have seen also Camel and Dream Theater (twice) live.
But I'm sure I'm still forgetting something...


Edited by The Jester - August 19 2012 at 12:31

More or less yes - actually, I've seen most of them all in one month, It was last year's April and I saw VdGG in Italy, Blackfield (Steven Wilson being my fave musician) in Italy and The Wall with Waters in Croatia. I also saw ELP in 2010 at High Votlage Festival. So that covers many of my favourite artists. King Crimson (or some version of them) still remains one of my biggest wishes...

thankfully i have been able to watch Tortoise live twice in 2005 and 2011.  so awesome!! i've watched Mogwai, Allan Holdsworth......

Wow! You are all so lucky. I would give a almost anything to see King Crimson, but distance and time have put an end to it.. 

cstack3 wrote: Rick looked pretty much alive at the time...

Edited by lazland - August 25 2012 at 14:30

Wakeman had the audience eating out of his hands last time I saw him, in Swansea. He was brilliant.

lazland wrote: Wakeman had the audience eating out of his hands last time I saw him, in Swansea. He was brilliant. I really must listen more to Glass Hammer. Recommendations, my friend? I'm surprised you didn't go to see Yes this time around.

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