After drooling over MTV’s broadcast of the Montreux pop festival for a couple years, I actually made it there in May 1988, as a birthday present from my dad. (It was in Switzerland, and I was living in England at the time, so it wasn’t really a huge trek.) I went with two friends, and we spent our...

When: August 19, 1986 Where: Concord Pavilion in Concord, California What: Just a concert And: I didn’t meet a-ha… I can’t remember why we didn’t try that time. Anyhow, I got lucky and managed to get a second-row seat for the show. (Maybe that’s one of the benefits of buying your...