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If you are a live music fan or an aficionado of performance art at all you probably save the concert tickets that gave you entrance to the most memorable experiences. So for you the best concert ticket to a concert or festival would be what? Your first ever festival or rock concert? The Rolling Stones last ever concert before their next last ever concert? My personal all time best concert ticket would be the one I had for a Paul Simon concert during his ‘rhythm of the saints’ tour in 1991 because of the great music and the precious memories that go with it.

But what if I asked you to choose your top concert ticket of all in the history of modern concert tickets. What would you say? I would choose, without hesitation a ticket to that iconic music festival of 1969, Woodstock. But wasn’t it a free concert I hear you ask? How can no ticket be a concert ticket? You are right. It ended up as free ‘festival for peace’ but started out as a paying one and there were 2 types of concert ticket printed. A pure text one and a deluxe picture one.

The 1969 Woodstock concert Ticket! This Woodstock concert ticket was originally meant to be sold for the Festival, but once Woodstock was declared a “Free” concert, all sales stopped.  Many of the single advance sale concert tickets ($7.00 face value) were either taken home as souvenirs or thrown away.  And, most of the sold on site tickets ($8.00 Face Value) were destroyed by the rains or simply discarded as useless because no concert tickets were required. They were also available as 3-day concert tickets covering the whole event. These 3-Day tickets are very rare and with such a concert ticket, you can feel the history.

The best concert ticket of all time would cost you about $350 on the memorabilia market. Concert ticket collectors drool over this item. Are you a baby boomer with one of these babies sitting in your memory box or scrapbook? The Original unused $8.00 ticket set for all three days – Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 15, 16 & 17th 1969. The full unused concert ticket intact measures about 10″ x 12″. What a line up it describes:

Three-Days of Peace & Music! Friday - Performers were Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Melanie, Tim Harden, Ravi Shankar, John Sebastian, country Joe mcDonald, Sweetwater, The Incredible String Band and Bert Sommer.

Saturday - Performers were Santana, Canned Heat, Mountain, Janis Joplin, Sly & The Family Stone, The Grateful Dead, Creedance Clearwater Revival, the Who, Quill and Keef Hartley.

Sunday - Performers were Jefferson, Joe Cocker, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, The Band, Johnny Winter, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Cosby Stills Nash and Young. (Performing after midnight or on Monday morning were the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha-Na-Na and Jimi Hendrix).

Wow! Can you think of an even better concert ticket than the ticket that never was to this incredible concert?

There are different ways to have fun with your friends or your partner. You can travel to another country or enjoy an island vacation. Or else, you can go to theme parks. On the other hand, there are some people who simply watch movies to have a good time. If you and your friends like to listen to music and watch live performances of your favorite band or rock group, you might want to go to concerts. The live performance of a specific individual or group act is known as a concert. This is usually related to music and is performed in front of an audience. When one musician performs, it is referred to as a recital. When there are two or more performers, it can refer to a choir, a musical band, or an orchestra. There are times when a concert is called a “gig” or a “show”. However, these are informal terms for the latter. There are several settings that hold concerts. These include nightclubs, pubs, barns, houses, concert halls, large buildings, entertainment centers, and stadiums.

There are some countries or areas, which hold really huge concerts. These are usually known as festival concerts, where there are different performers. A festival concert may either be just musical or incorporated with other forms of entertainment. There are even some festivals that last for more than two days. If you are fond of going to concerts, you might want to acquire information on where to see the greatest concerts. While you can gain information from magazines and ads, the best way to know which concert is more exciting is by reading concert reviews over the web. There are several online sites that provide details on different festival concerts. One of these is Concert Festival, which allows you to read the feedbacks and opinions of other people who have experienced viewing these concerts.

Aside from reading reviews, you can also compare concert ratings over at Concert Review. Through this feature, you will be able to contrast one concert from another. This way, you will know which one to go to and which one to avoid. If you have been to a concert along with your friends and you want to let other people know your views regarding that certain performance, you can add your own review to the site. Concert Review is a site for people who want to obtain information on where the best festival concerts are. If you are interested in traveling to other countries and join in on their festivities, the concert reviews of Concert Review will be able to provide you with useful details.

Aside from comparing concert ratings and reviews, you can also download news feed from the site. This is possible by subscribing to the feed. When you are subscribed to the feed of Concert Review, you will be provided with the latest update on festival concerts. Once information has been updated, this will be downloaded to your personal computer personally.