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I'd get a 50mm 1.8, practice a TON, shoot a lot... learn how to zoom with your feet. Shoot a TON at F1.8 to F2.8 to get used to how it works with narrow depth of field... use Aperture Priority(AV),etc...
Okay, the aperture and concert thing:
Shooting a Concert is usually rather dark, unless it's a HUGE act with a HUGE stage budget...
So, you're likely to shoot ISO 1200 to ISO 3200, with a 50 F.1.8 lens you will be getting shutter speeds like 1/60th to 1/125th at F1.8 to F2.8....
If you use a 70-300 F4.5-5.6 lens in the same location, same lighting, you will get blurry slow shutter speeds like 1/15th and the Autofocus will crank back and forth till you miss the shot and it finally locks on.... this drives you crazy....
RE: a 50 F1.8 as leaning how to be a better photographer:
Getting used to walking around and pre-visualising your camera angle, subject and background before you pick up the camera is a great skill that's easier to learn with a non-zoom lens than with a zoom lens.... this skill will help you in weddings and concerts....
you can often see photographers who never learned this, they often stand in one place and zoom a lot, missing all sorts of shots..
I might Possibly pick up an 18-55, but use it only for wide shots, people outdoors,etc.... they can be useful.... but not that usable for indoor work without a bounce flash....
A nicer reasonably cheap canon zoom is the 28-135, often available used for $250 or so, it has USM and IS, the F3.5 -F5.6 makes it not so great for concerts, but with a bounce flash, like the Sunpak PZX42x or the Canon 430ex, it's a useable wedding lens....
Canon's cheaper telephotos tend to have VERY slow autofocus...
Canon's discontinued 100-300 F4.5 - F5.6 has VERY fast USM autofocus, it's a nice lens for things like outdoor sports....
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Amazon's vendor system has some used 100-300's...