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A faster lens would be good, but don't think you *have* to use it at the maximum aperture. Work with motion blur, time your shots right so it's not there, and enjoy some depth of field, if that's what you want. But you can make a kit and 50/1.8 work just fine. The main thing is technique: shooting rhythm, handholding, focusing, exposure. Get those right and you'll do fine, assuming you're not a shitty photographer all around, but shooting concerts is demanding of your skills in all those areas. Don't give up any control: exposure manually, shoot raw, expose for the shadows for cleaner files with better tones but don't blow anything you don't want blown.
I'd skip a zoom on the wide and normal end if you're getting another lens or more lenses; if you're close enough or in a good enough position to use one of those, you're close enough to move to compose. Save any zoom use for teles where you can't get into a better spot.
Don't be an ass and go strobing a concert. It doesn't exist for the sake of your pictures, no one appreciates it, and if the venue has its lighting actually designed you're taking a big shit over someone else's work. Concerts are hard to shoot, definitely, but don't take the rude and uncreative way out.
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