This is tough. I attended 30 shows this year!
Number 1, without a doubt, is:
05 17: Grant Lee Buffalo: Vicar St, Dublin, Ireland
Followed by, in no order:
03 19: Twilight Singers: The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland
05 27: Roddy Woomble: Black Box, Belfast, Northern Ireland
07 04: Steel Panther: House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA, USA
07 16: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, USA (I went to 8 West Coast shows, I think the last night in Seattle was the best).
11 01: Roddy Woomble: ABC, Glasgow, Scotland
11 02: Roddy Woomble: Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
11 06: The Airborne Toxic Event: Academy, Dublin, Ireland
11 18: Battles: Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
My Pearl Jam shows: 1 in 1995, 2 in 1998, 20 in 2003, 13 in 2006, 3 in 2007, 8 in 2008, 5 in 2009, 4 in 2010, 5 in 2012. EV: 8 in 2011, 1 in 2012. Brad: 1 in 1998, 1 in 2002.
Le Bucherettes @ Lollapalloza!!!!!
My Morning Jacket @ LOllapaloza!!!
Arcade Fire UIC PAvillion!!!!
PJ20 Weekend Of course!!!!
Soldier Field 1995~Alpine Valley June I,II 1998~ United Center 2003~Alpine Valley 2003~Madison Square Garden I,II 2003~Toledo VFC 2004~Montreal 2005~Ottowa 2005~United Center I,II 2006~Cincinnati 2006~Summerfest I,II 2006~The Vic Theatre 2007~Lollapalooza 2007~Bonnaroo 2008~United Center I,II 2009~EV Chicago I,II 2008~Austin City Limits 2009~EV Chicago I,II 2011~Alpine Valley Sep 03,04 2011~Wrigley Field 2013~Seattle 2013
1. Pearl Jam- Saddledome, Calgary
2. Headstones- Century Casino, Calgary
3. The Tragically Hip- Northlands Park, Edmonton
3. Cuff the Duke- Dicken's Pub, Calgary
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
1. 6/25- Eddie Vedder@ The Tower Theater
2. 8/9- Band Of Horses@ TLA
3. 11/10- Foo Fighters@ Wells Fargo Center
Honorable Mention:
7/13- Soundgarden@ Penn’s Landing
12/13- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.@ Johnny Brenda's
8/13- Outside Lands Festival w/ Muse, Black Keys, & Arctic Monkeys@ Golden Gate Park
3/23- Tres Mountains@ TLA
5/9- Sleigh Bells/CSS@ The Troc
I saw 18 shows so kinda hard to narrow them down
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
how was this show? Did they play anything new? Hint towards a new album/tour?
i wish, but not that I recall. I was distracted for a song or two as my sister passed out but I knew most of everything they played. It was a killer show. It was my first and only time ever seeing them (or Jack White for that matter) and damn did they sound great.
oh wow - I hope she was okay
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1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest 2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1 2022: Nashville 2023: Ft. Worth II
1. Dr. Dog @The Firebird in St Louis
2. Wilco @Peabody Opera House
3. MMJ @The Pageant
4. PJ20 Day 2
5. MMJ @The Lawn at White River State Park Indy
Only other show I caught was Black Keys and it doesn't register.
Right on.... I LOVE Dr. Dog, can't wait to see them in February.
They were pretty amazing. Tons of stuff from Fate and Shame, Shame. They were loud in that tiny place. It was Scotty's b-day at midnight so they took requests for the encore. Played Girl which they supposedly hadn't played for awhile and they were unsure if they could play it but they nailed it.
Can't wait for their new album. Got it preordered on multi-colored splatter vinyl. The 3 song preview that came with the preorder foretells good things.
CRAP this is hard. I don't think I can narrow it down to 3!! So a few highlights: the 2 EV NYC shows at the Beacon, Paul McCartney at Yankee Stadium, DMB's last night at their Atlantic City Caravan Festival, Neil Young at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore, Foo Fighters at the Verizon Center in DC. And a big honorable mention goes out to the Tres Mts show at the Gramercy Theater in NYC!
Awesome year in concerts for me!
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Eddie Vedder with Glen Hansard
KISS
Social D (It was a festival, but they blew every other band out of the water).
HM: I know it said 3, but MMJ is up there.
1. PJ 20 Destination Weekend Alpine Valley
2. EV Santa Barbara
3. Amos Lee Fox Theatre Tucson
Phoenix 1992
San Francisco OSL 2009
New York City MSG 1&2 2010
EV Santa Barbara 2011
Alpine Valley 2011
Philadelphia, Missoula 2012
EV Las Vegas 1 & 2, Phoenix 2012
Chicago, Brooklyn, Dallas, OKC, Phoenix, Seattle 2013
Memphis, Detroit, Moline, Milwaukee, Denver, Bridge School 2014
Porto Alegre, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro 2015 Jazz Fest, MSG II, RIDE Fest, Fenway, Wrigley, Ohana 2016
This was tough to decide, but it's an all Matt Cameron top-3!
1. Pearl Jam - September 11, Air Canada Centre, Toronto
2. Pearl Jam - September 25, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver
3. Soundgarden - July 2nd, Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto (my freaking birthday!)
I could go so far as an all Matt Cameron top-7 with three more PJ shows and another Soundgarden. Discounting Pearl Jam I would have to think even harder about this list.
1. Deadmau5 - XL Center, Hartford, CT 10/16/11
2. Queens of the Stoneage - House of Blues, Boston, MA 3/26/11
3. The Pixies - The Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT 10/31/11
Honorable Mentions: My Morning Jacket - Boston, MA & Eddie Vedder - Hartford, CT
Mansfield, MA - Jul 02, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 03, 2003; Mansfield, MA - Jul 11, 2003; Boston, MA - Sep 29, 2004; Reading, PA - Oct 01, 2004; Hartford, CT - May 13, 2006; Boston, MA - May 24, 2006; Boston, MA - May 25, 2006; Hartford, CT - Jun 27, 2008; Mansfield, MA - Jun 28, 2008; Mansfield, MA - June 30, 2008; Hartford, CT - May 15, 2010; Boston, MA - May 17, 2010; [EV - Providence, RI - June 15, 2011; EV - Hartford, CT - June 18, 2011]; Worcester, MA - Oct. 15, 2013; Worcester, MA - Oct. 16, 2013; Hartford, CT - Oct. 25, 2013; Boston, MA - August 5, 2016; Boston, MA - August 7, 2016...
Drive By Truckers - 6 May 2011 - Bristol Anson Rooms
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - 27 May 2011 - London Royal Albert Hall
Gillian Welch - 17 November 2011 - Dublin Grand Canal Theatre
Honourable mentions:
Rush - 12 May 2011 - Dublin o2 Arena
Richard Thompson - 6 September 2011 - Montreal Corona Theatre
and the best PJ show was:
Pearl Jam 15 September 2011 Hamilton Copps Colliseum
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Number 1, without a doubt, is:
05 17: Grant Lee Buffalo: Vicar St, Dublin, Ireland
Followed by, in no order:
03 19: Twilight Singers: The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland
05 27: Roddy Woomble: Black Box, Belfast, Northern Ireland
07 04: Steel Panther: House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA, USA
07 16: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, USA (I went to 8 West Coast shows, I think the last night in Seattle was the best).
11 01: Roddy Woomble: ABC, Glasgow, Scotland
11 02: Roddy Woomble: Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
11 06: The Airborne Toxic Event: Academy, Dublin, Ireland
11 18: Battles: Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
My Morning Jacket @ LOllapaloza!!!
Arcade Fire UIC PAvillion!!!!
PJ20 Weekend Of course!!!!
2. Headstones- Century Casino, Calgary
3. The Tragically Hip- Northlands Park, Edmonton
3. Cuff the Duke- Dicken's Pub, Calgary
-Tom Waits
Foo Fighters - Stadion stockholm sweden
Fucked up - Debaser Slussen stockholm sweden
2. 8/9- Band Of Horses@ TLA
3. 11/10- Foo Fighters@ Wells Fargo Center
Honorable Mention:
7/13- Soundgarden@ Penn’s Landing
12/13- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.@ Johnny Brenda's
8/13- Outside Lands Festival w/ Muse, Black Keys, & Arctic Monkeys@ Golden Gate Park
3/23- Tres Mountains@ TLA
5/9- Sleigh Bells/CSS@ The Troc
I saw 18 shows so kinda hard to narrow them down
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
2. Phish- Bethel, NY 5/28
3. Chris Cornell- Burlington, VT 11/29
honorable mention:
Eddie Vedder- Hartford, CT 6/18
Portugal. The Man- S. Burlington, VT 5/30
J. Cole- Manchester, TN (Bonnaroo) 6/9
2. Suede Live In Athens, Greece - 11 Sept 2011
3. Mute records festival in London, UK (Yazoo, Erasure, Recoil, Nitzer Ebb, Laibach, etc.) 13-14 May 2011
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
They were pretty amazing. Tons of stuff from Fate and Shame, Shame. They were loud in that tiny place. It was Scotty's b-day at midnight so they took requests for the encore. Played Girl which they supposedly hadn't played for awhile and they were unsure if they could play it but they nailed it.
Can't wait for their new album. Got it preordered on multi-colored splatter vinyl. The 3 song preview that came with the preorder foretells good things.
Awesome year in concerts for me!
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
1. Pearl Jam/Prince (tie)
2. Jeff Beck (a very close second)
London 2013 "The Dundas Hookers on Crack" Show
2. Arcade Fire/The National
3. Jonsi
My Morning Jacket- Mann Center in Philly
EV- Beacon night 1
HM-
moe.-Bethlehem
Umphrey's McGee- Brooklyn Bowl night 4
Soundgarden- Philly
it will be wrapped in the FLAG and
carrying a CROSS.
Eddie Vedder-Philly (Tower Theater)
Soundgarden-Atlantic City, NJ (Boragta)
ONLY saw 5 shows in 2011(Black Dub the other). That liitle thing called MONEY, always seems to get in the way of going to more Concerts>HAHA.
2. MMJ at ACL
3. Heartless Bastards in San Antonio
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KISS
Social D (It was a festival, but they blew every other band out of the water).
HM: I know it said 3, but MMJ is up there.
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
PJ20 night one
Bridge School
Abrn Hlls '98 - Clarkston 2 '03 - Grd Rpds '06 - Abrn Hlls '06 - Clvd '10 - PJ20 - Berlin 1+2 '12 - Wrigley '13 - Pitt '13- buff '13- Philly 1+2 '13 - Seattle '13
2. EV Santa Barbara
3. Amos Lee Fox Theatre Tucson
San Francisco OSL 2009
New York City MSG 1&2 2010
EV Santa Barbara 2011
Alpine Valley 2011
Philadelphia, Missoula 2012
EV Las Vegas 1 & 2, Phoenix 2012
Chicago, Brooklyn, Dallas, OKC, Phoenix, Seattle 2013
Memphis, Detroit, Moline, Milwaukee, Denver, Bridge School 2014
Porto Alegre, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro 2015
Jazz Fest, MSG II, RIDE Fest, Fenway, Wrigley, Ohana 2016
1. Pearl Jam - September 11, Air Canada Centre, Toronto
2. Pearl Jam - September 25, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver
3. Soundgarden - July 2nd, Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto (my freaking birthday!)
I could go so far as an all Matt Cameron top-7 with three more PJ shows and another Soundgarden. Discounting Pearl Jam I would have to think even harder about this list.
My Morning Jacket- Kool Haus
Neil Young- Massey Hall II
honorable mention:
PJ -Hamilton
Soundgarden - Molson Amphitheatre
Mastodon, Kool Haus
PJ in Hamilton and Mastodon at the Kool Haus are also among my honourable mentions.
2) LCD Soundsystem (their final show at MSG)
3) MMJ at MSG and in VA
Honorable Mentions:
Radiohead at Roseland
St. Vincent
Beach House
Broken Social Scene
Eddie Vedder
Trs Mts
Neil Young
Wilco
Deerhunter
TV on the Radio
The Roots
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
Richmond Fontaine - any of the 3 times at Roisin Dubh, Galway
John Grant - Roisin Dubh, Galway
Roger Waters - O2, Dublin
All wonderful nights
The Hold Steady and Elbow (with Villagers) were up there too.
Wilco Night 2 @ Roundhouse, London
Arcade Fire @ Hurricane Festival, Scheeßel
Phish 12/29/11 MSG
Phish 12/31/11 MSG
Randall's Island 96 and haven't stopped since...
2) Chris Cornell Los Angeles in May
3) Chris Cornell Los Angeles in December
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MMJ
Iron & Wine (Sam solo)
2. Queens of the Stoneage - House of Blues, Boston, MA 3/26/11
3. The Pixies - The Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT 10/31/11
Honorable Mentions: My Morning Jacket - Boston, MA & Eddie Vedder - Hartford, CT
Drive By Truckers - 6 May 2011 - Bristol Anson Rooms
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - 27 May 2011 - London Royal Albert Hall
Gillian Welch - 17 November 2011 - Dublin Grand Canal Theatre
Honourable mentions:
Rush - 12 May 2011 - Dublin o2 Arena
Richard Thompson - 6 September 2011 - Montreal Corona Theatre
and the best PJ show was:
Pearl Jam 15 September 2011 Hamilton Copps Colliseum
J Mascis & Kurt Vile
Fleet Foxes
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22