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I was reading my friend Sunshine's take on concerts - and I mean non-Wiggles stuff - and I started remembering the concerts I went to when I was young---er...

The greatest frustration of my life is that I've never seen Madonna perform live. Seriously! She played back home when I was 15 and my father didn't let me go. All my friends in high school went and I was so mad. To top it off, my cousin got married on the same day, and from the reception I could see the all concert lights. I was furious. I still tell my dad I never forgave him for that. In 2001 I had another shot at it, but the concerts were sold out. Then after that she totally snubbed the DC area. And I just can't afford to go to NYC to see her. I have a full time job and a kid...

My dad was not fond of concerts. I remember when A-Ha played live in 1989 and both my aunts went. He didn't let me go either.

But I do remember the very first concert I went to: Roxette. It was on May 9th 1992. Yes, I remember! I was going crazy. Roxette is my favorite band, ever! It's so funny that here in the US Roxette and A-ha are one-hit wonders. I own all Roxette CDs - even the one they did in Spanish - and there are many, many wonderful songs that were huge hits all over the world, except in the US. Well, I guess it was before youtube era...

I saw Roxette again in 1995 and that was the best concert ever!!! I was in the mosh pit, a couple of feet from Marie Fredriksson. My friend was feeling bad and threw up right next to me, and I didn't even notice! That's how insanely cool it was.

I feel sad Roxette is no longer together and that Marie's health is not the same after her bout of cancer. I do hope she's alright.

I did see other concerts. I saw the Rolling Stones live, which was amazing, and opened by the Spin Doctors (that was not a great opener). It was so cool to see a living legend, live!

I also saw Whitney Houston, right around the time she did the Bodyguard and she was on top of the charts. I saw Supergrass and Smashing Pumpkins together. I saw The Cure, and I was in the front row. If I reached up, I could touch Robert Smith, who was really nice to us. It was late, it was not incredibly packed, and he just stayed near where we were to sing. "Yooooooooou are just like heaven, yoooooooooooou".

Oh, and let's not forget U2!

I think that was it... Really good times!

After that it was just Sesame Street Live and a string of Wiggles concerts... tee hee

But... George Michael, here I go!