# What bands have you seen more than once? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179 "2007-07-10T12:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/1 "2007-07-10T12:06:46Z")
I caught Wilco recently for the second time. I’m not a huge concert-goer, but I have a long enough list that it would be boring to put it out there. But, ignoring small local stuff that you saw in college 50 times, or one of your friend’s bands. . .who have you seen more than once? It’s a considerably shorter list for me. Wilco Ben Harper Gov’t Mule Soundgarden Yo La Tengo There’s probably something else out there, but I can’t think of it right now. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/2 "2007-07-10T12:12:58Z")
Dashboard Confessional (4x) Saves the Day (3x) Heart (3x) Elvis Costello Hotwater Music (not on purpose, although they’re good: they opened for Dashboard twice.) Does Davey Van Bohlen and Dan Didier count as I’ve seen them in both The Promise Ring and Maritime? Oh, and if they do count, then Scott Schoenbeck would count for four times, as I’ve seen him in The Promise Ring and with Dashboard. And soon to be 2x: Coheed and Cambria, when they come to Warped in 2 weeks. And I could make Bad Religion 2x while I’m there too, but I am so not going to an open-field pit in the middle of an August day in Florida to hear Bad Religion. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/3 "2007-07-10T12:14:03Z")
More than once, eh? Black Sabbath Jethro Tull Edgar Winter Limp Bizkit Staind Black Sabbath was the first group I ever saw in concert, in 1972. My mom had to drive me. Shit, I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/4 "2007-07-10T12:18:16Z")
I saw The Replacements two times and I seem to remember seeing Peter Gabriel twice as well. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/5 "2007-07-10T12:26:24Z")
AC/DC (3 times) Jethro Tull (10) Iron Maiden (2) Weird Al Yankovic (4) Van Halen (2) (both with Sammy) I think that’s it. I plan to see Fairport Acoustic Convention next year again if they come back to Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/6 "2007-07-10T12:29:38Z")
_The Stones_ 4 times. Each time the band cooked Jagger sang like shit. _Elvis Costello and The Imposters_ or _Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve_ 3 times - every show a gem. _Chris Isaak_ three times. _The Sex Pistols_ twice **100 Club**. And many times for Aussie bands: Midnight Oil INXS Cold Chisel Australian Crawl The Saints The Church Sunnyboys ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/7 "2007-07-10T12:32:05Z")
I see Local H every time they’re in Boston. Twice in Providence. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/8 "2007-07-10T12:44:38Z")
Stones ZZ Top Robert Plant Jethro Tull Clapton Jerry Jeff Walker Willie Nelson Allman Bros. John Kay (revised Steppenwolf) Smaller? Rocky Athas, Point Blank, Fools. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/9 "2007-07-10T12:44:49Z")
Non-Canadian: Radiohead Nine Inch Nails Tool Weezer Interpol Bloc Party Coldplay Boom Bip The Strokes Bright Eyes Incubus Pearl Jam The Stereophonics Jimmy Eat World theSTART Canadian: Broken Social Scene Arcade Fire Stars Our Lady Peace Matthew Good Matthew Good Band Kid Koala The Dears Buck 65 The Tragically Hip Sloan Festivals and bizarre opening band combinations help. I’m probably missing a couple. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/10 "2007-07-10T12:59:47Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Radiohead [/QUOTE] Most obvious answer evah! ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/11 "2007-07-10T13:01:14Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] theSTART [/QUOTE] Nah, can’t be. Could it? ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/12 "2007-07-10T13:03:58Z")
[QUOTE=Madd Maxx] Nah, can’t be. Could it? [/QUOTE] 😕 I saw them open for Weezer and Incubus within a month in 2001. At the same venue. Deja vu. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/13 "2007-07-10T13:08:30Z")
U2–39 shows. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/14 "2007-07-10T13:11:12Z")
Moody Blues 5 Jethro Tull 8 The Who 2 Led Zeppelin 3 Bruce Springsteen 10 Pure Prairie League 3 Eric Clapton (including Cream and Dominoes) 7 Squeeze 3 Bodeans 3 James Taylor 10 Jackson Browne 6 Bonnie Raitt 3 John Hiatt 3 Richard Thompson 2 Paul McCartney 2 Elton John 2 ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/15 "2007-07-10T13:12:20Z")
Grateful Dead–22 times ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/16 "2007-07-10T13:14:32Z")
The Beach Boys Bo Diddley The Dictators B. B. King Elvis Costello And tons of local bands - Velvet Crush anyone? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/17 "2007-07-10T13:17:34Z")
Derek Trucks (hi, **Marley**!) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/18 "2007-07-10T13:24:36Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] Moody Blues 5 Jethro Tull 8 The Who 2 Led Zeppelin 3 Bruce Springsteen 10 Pure Prairie League 3 Eric Clapton ( **including Cream and Dominoes** ) 7 Squeeze 3 Bodeans 3 James Taylor 10 Jackson Browne 6 Bonnie Raitt 3 John Hiatt 3 Richard Thompson 2 Paul McCartney 2 Elton John 2 [/QUOTE] I wanna be you. Jethro Tull - 2 Pink Floyd - 2 ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/19 "2007-07-10T13:38:01Z")
Los Lobos: 5 (at least; can’t honestly remember how many) Alejandro Escovedo: 5 Paul McCartney: 3 Elvis Costello: 3 Van Morrison: 2 (and I don’t even like him) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/20 "2007-07-10T13:40:08Z")
Max Webster Kim Mitchell The Stampeders Fludd Burton Cummings Larry Gowan King Crimson Robert Fripp Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band(s) Paul McCartney [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179.md?page=2)