trick-r-treat

What has been the best all day outdoor concert that you've ever been to? And who was there?

tater03

I seen Kiss outdoors and it was awesome. Not only because I think they put on a great show but it turned out to be a very nice night.

trick-r-treat

Was that a recent Kiss concert, or an old one from your past? And why a good night - do tell!!

RoxyMoron

I've been to super hot outdoor concerts as well as just after the rain and kind of muddy ones...I don't care much for them...other than the fact you can roam around and see various other artists.
The most notable ones I went to were Music Midtown a couple of years and Warped Tour '05.

Kevorkian Logic

Live 8.

so many artists.

trick-r-treat

I used to love Music Midtown, too. I saw a whole lot of artists there.

RoxyMoron

It's funny when I hear some of the people on the satellite radio at work and say, "Oh man, I forgot about them, I saw them at Music Midtown, what are they doing nowadays?"
Like the other day I was hearing Res and thought...oh YEAH I totally forgot that I saw her show.

tater03

This particuliar Kiss concert was their first reunion tour a few years back. It was just nice overall because it was such a nice night out and the music was good. It was actually raining earlier in the day so I thought it might end up being a wash but it turned nice not to long before the concert.

Kingmob

Best out-door festival I went to was probably T in the Park in about 97. Radiohead headlined the Saturday night, Pulp did the Sunday night. Just a great weekend though.

trick-r-treat

I hate they got rid of Music Midtown. You would have thought it brought in a lot of revenue for the city.

littlemissattitude

That one is easily answered...October 1975, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA. Headliner was Elton John, with supporting acts Joe Walsh and Emmylou Harris.

The show was scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., but everyone was there well before noon (my friends and I were there by 8 a.m.), and so the show started at noon. Each supporting act did a full set, as opposed to a shorter "opening act" set. Then it was just Elton and his piano for something like two hours. After a break, he came back with the whole band, backup singers plus a choir and spent at least two and a half hours more.

The coolest thing about it (and there were a lot of cool things about the show) was that he did this about twenty-minute version of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" as the sun was going down. It was still pretty light when it started, but by the end it was completely dark in the stadium. Then, just as the last chord faded out they turned on all the stadium lights. The timing was just perfect and it was a beautiful thing.

Another amazing thing was 66,000 people all shouting the chorus to "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" at the top our lungs. "Saturday...Saturday...Saturday...Saturday...Saturd ay night's alright!" I'm sure we could be heard at least a couple of miles away - that many people can be really loud.

Something I didn't know until later was that probably half the rock and roll world was backstage that day...including John Lennon, which I would have absolutely freaked about if I had known it then. Big John Lennon fan from way, way back.

Toward the end of the show, Elton even got Bernie out to take a bow...which I understand was a pretty unusual thing to happen.

I think a lot of what made that show so special was that it was the last date on the tour, and at the time Elton was thinking about not touring again, so they really did it up big.

Oh, one other amazing thing. Tickets to the show, available by mail lottery only, cost $10 each.

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