Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Today some concert tickets cost thousands of dollars. Back in the day I think I paid between seven and $10 for concerts and sometimes even less. Around 1970 I saw Queen open up for Mott the Hoople (All The Young Dudes) at The Orpheum Theatre.

The quotes are different readers sharing their memories.

“My first concert was Alice Cooper. It was crazy and I was probably way too young. Snuck outta the house and surprisingly didn’t get caught!”

“The Rolling Stones! Stevie Wonder was the back up! The Stones got arrested in Providence and did not make it to the Garden until 1:15 a.m.! Memorable night!”

“We used to go to every show that came through it was like $5.”

“Had tickets for the Grass Roots at Boston Garden, guessing 1969. They were no-shows so we got two hours of Sam& Dave! They brought the house down! I think we got the better end of that deal.”

“J Geils played dance at Somerville High 1971.”

“Elton John with Kiki Dee at Schaefer Stadium 1976. The first and best of all time!”

“Warren Zevon at the Orpheum, April 1980. Tickets were $12.50.”

“Dave Clark Five. I think it was 1965.”

Some of my favorite concerts I’ve seen have been The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Elton John, Alice Cooper and Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band.

The best concert I ever went to was seeing Paul McCartney a few years ago when I worked for oldies 103. We had awesome seats and I had tears in my eyes for most of the concert. It was unbelievable.