1983
First concert ever:
March 12th
Ozzy Osbourne- Speak Of The Devil Tour w/
Vandenberg, Pershing Auditorium-Lincoln, Nebraska
October 23rd
Iron Maiden-World Piece Tour w/ Coney Hatch, and Axe, same venue<
1984
March 10th
Ozzy Osbourne-Bark At The Moon Tour w/
Mötley Crüe, Omaha Civic Aud. Omaha, Nebraska
July ?
Aerosmith-The Reunion Tour w/Orion The Hunter, same venue
September ?
Twisted Sister-Stay Hungry Tour w/
Y&T, same venue except this show was in the music hall
December ?
KISS-Animalize Tour w/
Queensrÿche Pershing Aud.
1985
January ?
Dio- Last In Line Tour w/
Dokken Omaha Civic Aud.
April ?
Krokus-Midnight Maniac Tour w/
Accept Omaha Civic MH
June 27th
Iron Maiden-World Slavery Tour w/
Accept Omaha Civic Aud.
September ?
Mötley Crüe- Theater Of Pain Tour w/
Loudness Omaha Civic Aud.
October ?
AC/DC-Fly On The Wall Tour w/
Yngwie Malmsteen Omaha Civic Aud.
1986
January ?
KISS-?Tour w/
W.A.S.P. Omaha Civic Aud.
May ??
Aerosmith w/ Ted Nugent, Omaha Civic Aud.
May ?? The Iowa Jam-
Aerosmith w/ Ted Nugent,
Dokken,
Metallica and
Armored Saint-State Fairgrounds, Des Moines Iowa
June?
Metallica-Master Of Puppets Tour w/
Armored Saint, The Peony Park Ballroom-Omaha Nebraska
July ?
Ozzy Osbourne The Ultimate Sin Tour w/BOC Omaha Civic Aud.
September ?
Journey-Raised On Radio Tour w/ Honeymoon Suite-Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln Nebraska
1987
March ?
Iron Maiden-Somewhere On Tour w/ (I don't friggin remember!) Omaha Civic Aud.
June 20th-The Texxas Jam-
Boston w/
Aerosmith,
Whitesnake, Tesla and Poison-Cotton Bowl Stadium-Dallas Texas
August ?
Whitesnake w/ Great White Omaha Civic Aud.
October 26th-
Boston-Third Stage Tour w/ (damned if I can remember!) Devaney Sports Center
The following day:
U2 The Joshua Tree Tour w/ (yep, you guessed it!) Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
1988
April ?
Rush-Hold Your Fire Tour w/ The Rainmakers Omaha Civic Aud
May ?
Pink Floyd-A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Tour- Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
July ?
AC/DC-Blow Up Your Video Tour w/ White Lion Omaha Civic Aud
Somewhere around here was a Robert Plant show!
August
? The Monsters Of Rock Tour-
Van Halen w/
The Scorpions,
Dokken
Metallica and Kingdom Come-Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Missouri
1989
June 14th
Metallica-Damaged Justice Tour w/
The Cult-Omaha Civic Aud.
September??-
The Rolling Stones-Steel Wheels Tour-w/
Living Colour-Arrowhead Stadium-Kansas City, Missouri
1990
May ?
Nirvana-Duffy's Tavern-Lincoln Nebraska (kiddos, this is my ultimate claim to fame, I walked out on Kurt Cobain and co. half way through their show!) Dave Grohl had not yet joined them
June 20th
Rush Presto Tour w/
Mr. Big-Omaha Civic Aud.
November ? Judas Priest Painkiller Tour w/
Megadeth and
Testament Omaha Civic Aud.
1991
March ?
Queensrÿche-Empire Tour w/
Suicidal Tendencies-Omaha Civic Aud
July ? Clash Of The Titans Tour-
Alice in Chains,
Anthrax,
Megadeth,
Slayer-Omaha Civic Aud
November 4th-
Rush Roll the Bones Tour w/
Eric Johnson-Omaha Civic Aud.
November 27th
Metallica-Omaha Civic Aud.
1992
May 23rd-
Rush Roll The Bones Tour w/
Mr. Big-Kemper Arena Kansas City Missouri
June 13th
Rush Roll The Bones Tour w/
Mr. Big-Starwood Amphitheatre, Nashville, Tennessee
September 11th-
U2-Zoo TV Tour w/
Primus and ?-Cyclone Stadium Ames Iowa
September 29th-
The Moody Blues-Lied Center-University of Nebraska Lincoln
October 18th-
U2 Zoo Tv Tour w/
The Sugarcubes-Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City Missouri
November 2nd-
Black Sabbath w/
Exodus-Omaha Civic MH
somewhere around here was an
Alice in Chains show in Omaha!
1994
March 29th-
Rush Counterparts Tour w/
Primus-The Rosemont Horizon Chicago Illinois
March 30th-
Rush-Counterparts Tour w/
Primus-The Rosemont Horizon Chicago Illinois
April 5th-
Rush Counterparts Tour w/
Primus-Kemper Arena Kansas City Missouri
April 22nd-
Pantera Far Beyond Driven Tour w/Crowbar-Memorial Hall Kansas City Kansas
October 28th-
Eric Clapton-Kemper Arena Kansas City Missouri
1995
February 7th-
Pantera w/ Type O Negative-Omaha Civic Aud.
May 3rd-
Queensrÿche-Promised Land Tour w/ Type O Negative-Omaha Civic Aud.
May 5th-
Page & Plant w/ The Tragically Hip-Kemper Arena Kansas City Missouri
1996
March 23rd-
Tesla-The Royal Grove Lincoln, Nebraska
October ?
Ozzy Osbourne w/ Danzig-Pershing Aud. Lincoln, Nebraska
October 23rd-
KISSReunion Tour-Omaha Civic Aud.
October 28th-
Rush T4E Tour-United Center- Chicago, Illinois
October 29th-
Rush-T4E -The Target Center -Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997
May 24th-
Rush T4E-The Starplex Amphitheatre-Dallas Texas
(this is where The Trees from Different Stages Live was recorded)
June 7th-
Rush T4E-Sandstone Amphitheatre-Bonner Springs, Kansas
July 8th-
Queensrÿche-Hear in the Now Frontier Tour-Sandstone Amphitheatre-Bonner Springs, Kansas
September 25th
Great White Royal Grove Lincoln Nebraska
November 21st-
Sammy Hagar-Pershing Aud.Lincoln Nebraska
1998
August 25th-
Deep Purple w/
Emerson Lake and Palmer and
Dream Theater-Grand Casino Hotel-Hinckley Minnesota
2000
February 8th-
Dream Theater-SFAM Tour w/
The Dixie Dregs-Fillmore Aud Denver, Colorado
February 11th-
Dream Theater-SFAM Tour w/
The Dixie Dregs-State Theatre-Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 1st-
Yes- The Masterworks Tour w/
Kansas-Sandstone Amphitheatre-Bonner Springs, Kansas
August 12th-
Dream Theater-SFAM Tour-The Quest-Minneapolis Minnesota
2001
May 9th-
Tesla Reunion Tour w/ Doubledrive-Sokol Hall-Omaha Nebraska
2002
March 15th-
Dream Theater-6DOIT Tour-The Vic Theatre-Chicago Illinois
March 16th-
Dream Theater-6DOIT Tour-The Vic Theatre-Chicago Illinois
August 1st-
Rush Vapor Trails Tour-Sandstone Amphitheatre-Bonner Springs, Kansas
August 2nd-
Rush Vapor Trails Tour-UMB Bank Pavillion-St. Louis Missouri
September 5th-
Tool Lateralus Tour w/ Tomahawk-Omaha Civic Aud.
November 1st-
Rush Vapor Trails Tour-Hilton Coliseum-Ames Iowa
2003
July 19th-
Queensrÿche/
Dream Theater w/
Fates Warning-Aragon Ballroom Chicago, Illinois
November 25th-
Symphony X-The Odyssey Tour w/ Devin Townsend-The Ranchbowl-Omaha, Nebraska
December 15th-
Lacuna Coil-Comalies Tour-The Royal Grove-Lincoln, Nebraska
2004
March 15th-
Dream Theater-The Uptown Theater-Kansas City, Missouri
March 19th-
Dream Theater-The Riviera Theater-Chicago, Illinois
June 12th-
Rush-R30 Tour-UMB Bank Pavillion-Maryland Heights Missouri
June 13th-
Rush-R30 Tour-Verizon Wireless Amphitheater-Bonner Springs, Kansas
September 5th-
Dream Theater w/
Beatallica-Barrymore Theatre-Madison, Wisconsin
2005
April 28-
Tesla-Music Hall-Omaha, Nebraska
October 15th-
Porcupine Tree-Deadwing Tour w/ Marjorie Faire-Fox Theater-Boulder Colorado
2006
March 17-
Dream Theater-Octavarium Tour-State Theatre-Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007
[bMay 12th-
Tool-10,000 Days Tour-Mid America Center-Council Bluffs, Iowa
May 15th-
Porcupine Tree-FOABP Tour w/3-Fox Theatre-Boulder Colorado
June 29th-
Roger Waters-Quest Center-Omaha, Nebraska
August 9th-
Rush-S/A Tour-Red Rocks Amphitheatre-Morrison, Colorado
2008
April 29th-
Rush-S/A Tour-Journal Pavilion-Albuquerque, New Mexico
June 7th-
Rush-S/A Tour-Starlight Theatre-Kansas City, Missouri
2009
May 5th-
Opeth-Watershed Tour-Sokol Hall-Omaha Nebraska
September 22nd-
Porcupine Tree-The Incident Tour-w/
King's X-The Vic Theater-Chicago, Illinois
Due to lapses in memory this list is not complete!
Boston
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