For the first time in my life I actually paid to watch a tribute band

RocknRollDave

mudslide73 said:

I've paid to see Fred Zeppelin more than once. 

I’ve played tons of gigs with their current guitarist (who was previously their bassist).

fretmeister

I recently saw a sign outside a venue for "The Antarctic Monkeys".

Made me chuckle.

hollywoodrox

I’ve seen lots , iron maiden, guns n roses, Bon jovi , the eagles , the police , Rolling Stones ,whitesnake  I used to live in Torquay & they just don’t get many of the larger bands   So it was the only way to see anything  you liked particularly 

Tone71

I've seen a few Absolute Bowie, Think Floyd, The Doors Alive and all were excellent, first class musicians and especially in the case of Absolute Bowie, fans singing their heroes songs for fans, great stuff

Philly_Q

If you go to see Foreigner on one of the nights when Mick Jones isn't playing, is it the real band or a tribute band?

RobDavies

I’ve seen TRextasy and Livewire, who were really good and also Who’s Who… who were truly great - and I was very sceptical beforehand. The fact that there were several Who ‘faces’ in the crowd would suggest that they’re well thought of… Dougal Butler and Doug Sandom to name but two.  I’m led to believe that Keith Moon’s mum used to invite the drummer round to her house for tea, as he was so much like Keith. 

There’s a Mercyful Fate tribute on in Southampton for halloween which could be utter garbage or really great fun…

sev112

Shout out to @Danny1969 ’s band KateBushKa - saw them last night and it was a fabulous experience . Great band of highly accomplished players creating the sound space for Kate to create an astonishing performance - she is truly amazing vocally and performance wise .  Go and see them while they are still gigging as I understand this is their last tour.  

As an aside, bass player playing keyboards while still playing bass was rather impressive, but so was all the rest