Dio Dream Evil was the only concert I ever went to in my life. It was in Southern Cal at Irvine Meadows. I think I was about 16 at the time so around 1987.
It was a bad experience for me!!
The bands and music was great!! Faster Pussycat opened up for Dio, and Yngwie Malmsteen joined as a special guest when Dio was playing!! Amazing show!!
But......
The people I went with, all decided to rush stage...or at least try to get to front rows. Well if you want to make sure you don't lose the people giving you the ride home...you have to follow. I made it down 2 columns, and when I jumped into first row column, I was quickly slammed against wall by a cop and escorted to the side, where I promptly was able to get back to assigned seat area and start the process of rushing stage again. I did this many times and finally was able to find one of my friends I came with.
To make things worse, everyone had taken acid right before entering concert.
There was lit trash being thrown everywhere and chairs too. It was like a controlled riot!!
To make a long story short...
I never went to another concert in my life. That was the first...and last.
Still love the music!!
Carry on.
Edited by xenonph, 16 December 2017 - 05:09 AM.