In January of 1986 I was 16 and had a drivers license. My mom would let me borrow the family car and I found myself driving my friends everywhere. Since I had no job, I don’t remember how I managed, but my best friend and I had tickets to see the Thompson Twins that January. Although I had gone to many DJ’d dances, it was my first concert and I had no idea what to expect.
We got there late due to a high maintenance best friend. I’m looking at old archived information and they say OMD opened, but I have no memory of that so we might’ve completely missed them. It was an all GA venue and we were nowhere near the front, but it was so packed I could pick my feet up off of the floor and get moved around by the crowd. My friend and I were almost immediately separated.
Although I liked the Thompson Twins, they were by no means my favorite band and I still have a hard time remembering the name of the band from this first concert (I had to do some serious digging to find it when I wrote this), but it was the experience that I remember. It was exhilarating and I find myself still chasing that high.