The farthest you ever traveled for a concert?

Sister_Someone
Sister_Someone Posts: 567 Member
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Me, last January I went from Paris to Munich for Alex Max Band (he used to be the singer of The Calling, if anyone still remembers that band) last January. It was a nearly eight hour train ride there on a Thursday after school and I had to skip school the day after because there was no way I could make it back in time even if I tried. And it was worth everything it took to get there, because it was an unbelievably amazing performance, made all the more incredible by the fact that Mr. Band was so sick that night that he had to cancel the rest of the tour.

So, whose performance did you travel for and was it worth the effort?

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  • LolasEpicJourney
    LolasEpicJourney Posts: 1,010 Member
    I drove 8 hours for a music festival where I slept in a tent for a week on a former pig farm
  • laurenellenmarie
    laurenellenmarie Posts: 331 Member
    Hahaha I totally remember the Calling, I even met him once here in Kansas City, MO. Furthest I've gone so far is just to St. Louis to see Sublime with Rome, Matisyahu, The Dirty Heads and Pepper in one night and came back. 4 hours each way and made it to work early the next day ;)
  • stephc0711
    stephc0711 Posts: 1,022 Member
    All the concerts I've been to have been in the same general area, which is about 50 miles away. The only one that wasn't there was about 90 miles, to see Shinedown and Chevelle, and Shinedown didn't even play. :( At least Chevelle put on a good show!
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
    I flew from Logan Airport to Oslo, Norway - sometime wayyyyy back in the 1980's, to see a band named a-ha. It was most DEFINITELY worth the trip.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    i flew from D.C. to Dublin to see U2. what a great trip that was.
  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    went to México city (3 hrs by plane) just to see Robbie Williams a few years ago :love:
  • MsNewBooty83
    MsNewBooty83 Posts: 985 Member
    went to minneapolis to see Lady Gaga a cpl summers ago :D
    only about a 7hr drive
    also to Winnipeg to see Korn and 5FDP, about 8hrs away :D
  • underwater77
    underwater77 Posts: 331 Member
    I traveled all over the US for hippie bands for many, many years. It's how I saw most of the country.
  • princeza9
    princeza9 Posts: 337 Member
    There was a 3.5 hour drive (1 way) from Central Vermont to New Haven, Connecticut to see Dashboard Confessional. And there was the train ride from Prague to Vienna for I Am The Avalanche. And now that I live in Salt Lake City- Colorado seems to be reasonable distance for certain bands if they aren't coming to SLC.
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    9 hour round trip, and I do it again
  • NaturallyOlivia
    NaturallyOlivia Posts: 496 Member
    Panama City, FL (where i live) to somewhere in Canada for my youth choir's "world tour". it was our concert though, does that count?

    I was a "performing chaperone" though, I was in college at the time. so dont worry, i'm not 12.
  • KS_4691
    KS_4691 Posts: 228 Member
    Went from Florida to Atlantic City, New Jersey for Metallica's Orion festival this year!!!
  • lundii
    lundii Posts: 151 Member
    I went 5 hours by train to Berlin (Germany), to see Barbra Streisand.
  • kcdoglover
    kcdoglover Posts: 8 Member
    Glasgow Scotland! to see a British band that my husband has followed all over: Embrace! We flew in that day (we live in New Jersey) and went to see the gig that night. In all fairness, we were ultimately on our way to the Isle of Skye to get married, but I swear my husband had it planned all along to go just at that time, because he knew they were playing at the Barrowlands just then. It was worth it!!
  • katevarner
    katevarner Posts: 884 Member
    Flew from Montgomery, Alabama to Oakland, California to see the Grateful Dead play New Year's shows when I was in grad school. All the other Dead shows I saw were in the southeast.
  • Sojaided34
    Sojaided34 Posts: 113
    I've lucked out and have not had to travel far to see bands. They come here for festivals and stuff. Plus we have a casino that they play in. I've seen Rusty (old band), Sum 41, Chantal Kreviazuk, Theory of A Deadman, New kids on the block.
  • djc315
    djc315 Posts: 585 Member
    5 hour flight...it was more so for the weekend with friends from around the country, but it all revolved around a concert.
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
    Drove from NH to NYC for a John Butler Trio concert at the Bowery ballroom. It's about 5 hours each way but we hit traffic coming back that added another 3 hours,..
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    I've lucked out and have not had to travel far to see bands. They come here for festivals and stuff. Plus we have a casino that they play in. I've seen Rusty (old band), Sum 41, Chantal Kreviazuk, Theory of A Deadman, New kids on the block.

    i think in a lot of cases its not that you have to travel its that you want to see a band in a specific location. like for me i always wanted to see U2 in Ireland. so i went to dublin to see them. spent a few days there and saw them twice. ive probably seen them 25 times in my life but those 2 in dublin were by far the best.
  • realme56
    realme56 Posts: 1,093 Member
    I went from San Diego to Edinburgh Scotland to see some groups, Mogwai, Twilight Sad, Morning Parade. Just figured to see Scotland at a time I could see some great music too. I regularly go to LA for concerts cause San Diego venues suck big time. Orpheum, Greek and the Bowl are my favorites there.
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    I live in London, England, so don't normally have to travel that far. Furthest from home I saw a band was in New York, can't remember who, but I was on holiday at the time. Furthest I have gone just to see a band, was to Dublin to see The Levellers. I am not a particular fan of The Levellers, I went to keep a mate company.
  • mgobluetx12
    mgobluetx12 Posts: 1,326 Member
    In 2000, I went from Austin, TX, to Toronto, Canada, to see a local Austin band play in their NXNW music festival. I didn't tell the guys I was coming, so you should have seen their faces when I walked into the venue - priceless!
  • barbaramitchell101
    barbaramitchell101 Posts: 360 Member
    when I was about 14, which would be about 1965, I talked my brother into driving a girlfriend and I to San Diego, Ca (we lived in Phoenix, AZ at the time) in exchange for a concert ticket...We saw THE BEATLES...it was great!!!!
  • paulaviki
    paulaviki Posts: 678 Member
    I live in Maidstone, Kent and have travelled to Paris to see Pearl Jam and Edinburgh to see Faith No More. Both far enough!!
  • Sister_Someone
    Sister_Someone Posts: 567 Member
    Hahaha I totally remember the Calling, I even met him once here in Kansas City, MO. Furthest I've gone so far is just to St. Louis to see Sublime with Rome, Matisyahu, The Dirty Heads and Pepper in one night and came back. 4 hours each way and made it to work early the next day ;)

    No kidding! You met him? That must have been awesome... I wanted to as well, but there wasn't a m&g in Munich because he was sick. :(

    Thanks for the responses, people! Always fun to see the lengths we'd go to see someone we like!
  • spinachsmoothies
    spinachsmoothies Posts: 50
    Hmm. Minneapolis, MN to Brussels, Belgium.

    Do I win a prize?
  • ravindustries
    ravindustries Posts: 12
    Good question! Total music buff here, probably go to upwards of 50 shows every year and have since I don't know when... Been all over the US for concerts, but longest trips have been from RI (where I live) to Vegas and to LA to see shows... I have a lot fo friends in the music business and especially in the 80's rock bands that i go to see and visit with. I am pretty fortunate that I rarely pay for tickets and usually have backstage access, so the traveling part is fun!
  • weepywhitedavy
    weepywhitedavy Posts: 9
    About 9 hours...From Cape Cod to Virginia to see Dave Davies (of The Kinks). In fact, followed the whole tour. Kinks fans are Krazy that way!!!

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