What concert(s) took place on the day you were born?

Is there a recording? Is it someone you like?

I got the latest Joni Mitchell box set and there is a fantastic concert from Carnegie Hall on 23/2/72, I'm feeling weirdly happy about this.

This Sun Ra box contains a couple of tracks recorded on the day I was born (December 17, 1971).

I knew David Bowie did a concert in Zurich on 4/17/76 - according to youtube there is audio :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Er065CPNxw

is this a phishing scam? please confirm it isn't by entering the 3rd and 6th letters of your social security number

j/k

:)

Bound to be a few people here potentially born the same day as a Phish concert too.

idk basically just peter brotzmann as far as i can tell. genesis. heart. weather report. the most interesting musical event the day i was born was a folk singer committing suicide.

creedence played stockholm; there are a couple tracks on a box set from it

floyd were there the following night

The Dead played the night I was born… there’s a Dick’s Picks volume memorizing the show.

just this little thing

https://iorr.org/iorr27/circus.htm

I was born on a Saturday, so the answer is 'plenty'.

DNA played their last show two days before my birth, iirc

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Performed at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio

Elton John: Performed at the Tarrant County Convention Center Theatre in Dallas

Faces: Performed at the College of Education in Brighton, England

May 24, 1971: Black Sabbath / Mountain at Civic Center Oklahoma City

Rory Gallagher, Electric Garden, Glasgow

T. Rex, Colston Hall, Bristol

Not a bad lineup

Grateful Dead played the Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh. I listen to that show on my birthday.

YMP, that T. Rex show would have been amazing. Also, you're exactly 30 years younger than Bob Dylan.

Faces, Badfinger and Cactus at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio
Stan Getz, Blood Sweat & Tears at the Newport Jazz Festival-New York
Genesis at Blackheath Halls, London
Eagles & Procol Harum at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
James Brown at Golden Hall, San Diego
Doobie Brothers at Bakersfield Speedway
Hawkwind at St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich
Roy Orbison at Fiesta Club, Sheffield
Rush at Abbey Road Pub, Toronto
Sparks at the Whiskey A Go Go
Thin Lizzy, Ballina, Ireland
Sweet, Rex Ballroom, Bognor Regis

Also on my birthday:

David Bowie debuted Ziggy Stardust at Carnegie Hall, his first NY concert
Pink Floyd played the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR
Hawkwind played the Paris Theatre in London

A Monday, so not many gigs going on

Led Zeppelin at the Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen
Terra Nova at Marquee Club, London
The Lambrettas at Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Patti Smith at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland
Def Leppard at Reform Club, Barnsley

Gang Of Four played Toronto

Cat Stevens got married

“The Pleasure Principle” was released

And ESPN had its debut

elvis' uk premier was two days later. george harrison joined the quarrymen three days later.

Wednesday 28th February, 1968:

Jimi Hendrix Experience / Soft Machine (The Scene Club, Milwaukee)
Procol Harum (Stadthalle, Bremen)
The Moody Blues (Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne)
Fairport Convention (Brighton Federation of Students Field Day Dance)
The Graham Bond Organisation (Klook's Kleek Railway Hotel, London)
James Brown (Regal Theater, Chicago)

Captain Beefheart played at Bradford University

Singer and actor Dean Martin marries third wife Catherine Hawn (divorced 1976)

Sweet's "Little Willy" is certified Gold

10/25/61: Evening show by the Beatles at the Cavern Club.

https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/concert/1961-10-25/

T'Pau at Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen

not a concert but this is my favorite birthday present on 10/1/68:

Night of the Living Dead premiered in the United States. Originally titled Night of the Flesh Eaters, and filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the movie's first showing was in that city at the Fulton Theatre, at 8:00, with admission by invitation only.

The closest I could find was the NME poll winners party, starring Adam Faith, and Emile Ford and the Checkmates

The Beatles played in Belfast. Setlist.fm doesn't have a way to search by date unfortunately, so I'm not sure about others.

I was born in the summer of love, so all the famous 60s bands you can think of were playing.

xp you can search "date:yyyy-mm-dd" on setlist.fm

That's cool, 40 blocks south of Joni at Carnegie Hall, Yes were playing at the Academy of Music, one of the concerts recorded for Yessongs.

I'll be damned. Captain Beefheart played the Whiskey A Go-Go in Denver (where I was not born, but was raised) on the day I was born. Three sets!

you can search "date:yyyy-mm-dd" on setlist.fm

Amazing! I can now add:
Bee Gees at Stadthalle, Bremen (I guess with Procol Harum, mentioned above)
Blue Cheer at Freeborn Hall, Davis, CA
Tim Buckley at Cheetah, Santa Monica, CA
Eric Burdon & The Animals at Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA
Chicago at D.J.'s, Madison, WI
Miles Davis at Bohemian Caverns, Washington, DC
and the biggie: Johnny Hallyday at Teatro Ópera, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Not to mention REO Speedwagon at Illini Brown Jug, Champaign, IL. They were around in 1968?!

Wow, there is a shit ton. Otis Redding played the Apollo!

thanks to setlist.fm, i found out that the day i was born, japan played japan.

(sapporo to be exact. meanwhile, queen was rockin budokan!)

several xps oh nice, thanks!

Cab Calloway in Montreal, Miles Davis and Mississippi John Hurt at different venues in Philly, Etta James at the Apollo, Jerry Lee Lewis in Memphis, Dusty Springfield in Halifax (UK), the Who and the Yardbirds at different venues in London, the Stones in Newcastle, the Ronettes in Teaneck...busy Friday night.

Yeah, I had forgotten I was born on a Friday. There are like six pages of shows.

Your search - year:1961-03-09 - did not match any setlists.

wow, yeah, not only the premiere of night of the living dead on my birth but black sabbath live in scotland as well.

pink floyd in scotland that night too. scotland was rocking 10/01/68.

something called the Love-U District Festival going on in Seattle as well that day. Santana, Floating Bridge, Frumious Bandersnatch, Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck, Calliope, The Congress Of Wonders, Country Weather, The Second Coming, The Youngbloods.

I was just thinking about Frumious Bandersnatch yesterday, what are the odds

gbh in some dungeony sounding bar

(sapporo to be exact. meanwhile, queen was rockin budokan!)

― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin)

on the day i was born the carpenters rocked budokan!

From a setlist.fm search for 10/25/61:

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers at Birdhouse
Maxine Brown, Jerry Butler, and the Cleftones at the Apollo
John Coltrane at the Village Vanguard

Shows I'd actually like to hop in the time machine for:

Duke Ellington at Rainbow Grill
Alice Cooper (w/Dust) at St. Louis Arena Annex
Atomic Rooster at Whisky a Go Go
Miles Davis at Gaslight Cafe
Emerson, Lake & Palmer at Caird Hall
Genesis at Le Gibus
Grand Funk Railroad (w/Mott the Hoople) at RAI
Freddie Hubbard (w/Pharoah Sanders) at SUNY Binghamton
Yes (w/Humble Pie) at Shady Grove Music Fair
Kraftwerk at Universität, Aachen
Uriah Heep at Newcastle City Hall
Van der Graaf Generator at Penthouse

would go to these

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers at The Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA
Black Flag at Unknown Venue, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Roberta Flack at Granny's Dinner Playhouse, Dallas, TX, USA
Nina Hagen at Ripley's Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phil Lynott at St. Dominic's Hall, Glenties, Ireland
Meat Puppets at Merlin's, Tempe, AZ, USA

The Psychedelic Furs were playing at my hometown rock venue.

"The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform two shows at Hunter College in New York. The band is supported by John Hammond Jr., Soft Machine, and Mark Boyle’s Sense Laboratory. The Experience’s first show consists of “Fire,” “Hey Joe,” “Foxey Lady,” “Purple Haze,” “I Don’t Live Today,” and “Wild Thing.” The second show, a 35-minute set consists of “Tax Free,” “Foxey Lady,” “Like A Rolling Stone,” “Killing Floor,” and “Red House.”"

Bob Dylan with The Hawks @ Massey Hall, Toronto