Sharon's Top 10 Concerts
From a list I found, written in 1997 when I was 31
1) U2Summer of 1987, Munich Olympiahalle, “Joshua Tree” Tour
4) The Residents
5) B52s
6) Love and Rockets
7) Screaming Trees
8) Lou Reed
10) Frankie Goes to Hollywood
2) Stevie Wonder
Summer 1986, Oakland Arena
3) Iggy Pop
Fall of 1988, Portland’s Starry Night
4) The Residents
Winter 1986, San Francisco's Wolfgang's, 13th Anniversary Show
5) B52s
Fall 1989, Portland Civic Center, “Cosmic Thing” Tour
6) Love and Rockets
Spring 1986, Berkeley Community Theater
7) Screaming Trees
opening for Sonic Youth, Fall 1988, Portland’s Pine Street Theater
8) Lou Reed
Spring 1989, Portland’s Downtown Masonic Temple, “New York” Tour
9) Pat Metheny
August 1985, Berkeley Greek Theater, “First Circle” Tour
10) Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Summer 1985, Oakland’s Paramount?
RUNNER’S UP
1) Beat Happening
without Fugazi (who didn’t make it because their van broke down in SF), May 1989, Portland’s Blue Gallery
2) Fishbone
December 1985, Keystone, Palo Alto
3) The Police
Fall 1983, Oakland Coliseum
4) Thompson Twins
Spring 1984, San Francisco
5) Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Fall 1986, Sofiensaal in Vienna
6) Nena Hagen & Lena Lovich
Fall 1986, Vienna
7) Bobby McFerrin
Summer 1985, New Varsity Theater in Palo Alto
Fall 1986, Sofiensaal in Vienna
8) B.B. King & Miles Davis
Fall 1986, Vienna
9) Violent Femmes
Spring 1986, Portland's Pine Street Theater
10) Grateful Dead
Summer 1985, Berkeley Greek Theater
Spring 1986, Stanford's Frost Amphitheater
Summer 1986, Berkeley Greek Theater