tours that you missed and now regret

I have been into rock music (and progressive rock of course) since the early/mid-'80s. I lived in Tokyo, Japan while I was in junior high and high school - from '82-'88 - and was fortunate to catch some amazing shows (e.g., Deep Purple at Budokan '85, Pink Floyd in '88). I went back for grad school from 2002-2006, and was able to see Magma (1.5 times!) and Acid Mother's Gong (Daevid Allen, Gilli Smith, Tatsuya Yoshida, Kawabata Makoto, etc.). But there are MANY tours that I have missed.

I can think of a few off the top of my head:

Opeth supporting Pale Communion - didn't like Heritage that much so didn't get Pale Communion and blew off the show local to me - later discovered that I love Pale Communion - I blew it!

Yes on the Union tour - I had the album, was totally into it, but totally out of the loop when it came to bands on tour. Someone I knew said they were going, I was like, "what? They're touring?..."

That's a couple, I'm sure I can think of more. What are some that you have missed?

The "A Passion Play" tour, back in 1974. That was Jethro Tull at it's finest.

I only really got into prog in a big way in the 80's when I had the money to do it. By that time most of the best bands were either past their best or had stopped touring so its hard to think of many missed opportunities. When ELP finally toured the UK after a break of 18 years I was there. I went to see Yes for the first time in 1997 and was happy to avoid the cheesy version that had Rabin involved ( Howe is God!). Saw IQ on the Subterranea tour so that was nice , and talking of Nice I saw them with Keith Emerson in the early 00's.

Nothing overly fancy for me, but I wish I'd seen Dream Theater and Symphony X when they toured together in 2007. My two favourite bands one after the other. Awesome. 

I missed the Division Bell tour back in 94 because my parents felt that I was too young to attend a concert with 40.000 people on my own Come on, I was 12!!!

Michael678 wrote: basically any big prog band in the 70's plus Zeppelin; there needs to be a time machine for me to travel into!!!!

Damn.... That is a big one Dean.

Genesis in 1986 (albeit not the best time to see them, but the only opportunity I had)

Edited by progaardvark - April 22 2015 at 07:32

Guldbamsen wrote: Damn.... That is a big one Dean.

I would have adored seeing Genesis in 72. I do not go any more  to concerts since a few years. The last ones  I saw were Arto Lindsay, David Sylvian, Cornelius and Joanna Newsom with Roy Harper in first part.