Gentleman (reggae) - Opole, Poland. This man simply love the music and people. He went into the audience singing and than stopped there to listen how his wife is singing on the stage (she is in choir). Amazing.
Finally saw Radiohead tonight and last night after months of waiting. For me, they are definitely the best concert of 2012. I thoroughly recommend them and cant wait to see them again though I guess I'll be waiting a few years. Awesome band!!!
Gary Clark Jr. threw his hat in the ring this past week for one of the best shows I've seen this year, maybe ever.
1. Bruce Springsteen @ LA Sports Arena (First time I've ever seen him. It was the eve of my birthday so it ended up being really special)
1A. Gary Clark Jr. @ Troubadour
2. The Jack White experience (Mayan, Wiltern x2, Outside Lands, "B" show in the woods @ OSL, and Bridge School. You really have to see him multiple times to get the full experience with both bands.)
3. My Morning Jacket's 3 night stand at the Wiltern (~67 songs over three nights with NO repeats)
Honorable Mention: Black Keys @ Santa Barbara Bowl, Other Lives @ El Rey, Wilco @ Hollywood Bowl, Beck @ El Rey, Coachella sets (Gary Clark Jr., The Hives, Radiohead, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg), & Outside Lands as a whole.
Few more shows to go this year including The Joy Formidable @ Troubadour, Soundgarden @ Fonda
And the recent Japandroids show here in Tempe was pretty damn rad.
Of course, there's Eddie's show in PHX. That was magical.
Good god...I wrote magical...
6/27/98 - East Troy, WI
6/29/06 - Milwaukee, WI
9/25/11 - Vancouver, BC
11/4/12 - (Eddie Vedder) Phoenix, AZ
11/1/13 - New Orleans, LA
11/19/13 - Phoenix, AZ
11/21/13 - San Diego, CA
10/12/14 - Austin, TX
10/22/14 - Denver, CO
8/22/16 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley 2) 5/9/22 - Glendale, AZ 5/18/24 - Las Vegas, NV
I've got to give it to Jack White in Montreal with the guy's band. I saw him with both bands, but he was just on fire that night. A close second (and maybe number 1 depending on my mood) would be Bruce Springsteen in Ottawa. 3 hour show, amazing.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
... so im gonna have to say RADIOHEAD sydney entertainment centre november 12th is my gig of the year.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
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My favourite shows this year would be:
1. The Afghan Whigs - Factory Theatre, Sydney
2. Pearl Jam - Manchester 2
3. Pearl Jam - Manchester 1
4. Mark Lanegan Band, Hi-Fi, Sydney
5. Ryan Adams - Sydney Opera House
6. Black Keys - Sydney Entertainment Centre
“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
1. Jack White Asheville NC
2. Tool Atlanta
3. Jack white Atlanta
4. Foo Fighters Atlanta
5. FLorence and the Machine ATL
6. Joan Jett Atlanta
7. Pearl Jam atlanta
Not the best year of music for me.... Although, first 4 fucking ROCKED!!!!
The reason I put the other Collective Soul show last is because the venue (House of Blues) sucked. The worst sound I have ever heard at a venue. I debated putting it above the Chicago show because I got to meet Collective Soul before the show but since this is just for the show itself I'd have to put it last. The first 3 shows on the list especially were incredible.
I've only seen the 2nd night of the big fest in Philly this year (besides student open mics) and loved it. However, looking forward to AWOLNATION at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore in 2 weeks+. Their album is a family favorite (including the little guy who goes nuts for nearly every song but especially Sail, MF, and Knights of Shame). Hoping for awesomeness.
23/5 The Stone Roses, Warrington
17/6 Chris Cornell, Manchester
20/6 Pearl Jam, Manchester
21/6 Pearl Jam, Manchester
28/7 Eddie Vedder/Glen Hansard, Manchester
1/11 The Civil Wars/The Lumineers, Liverpool
9/11 Soundgarden, London
Been an amazing gig year for me, before this year my last (music) gig had been Pearl Jam in August 2009!
Already got 4 gigs lined up for 2013, all in February - Glen Hansard, Brad, Deftones and The Lumineers
2000: Manchester
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes 2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
1. PJ Missoula
2. EV & Glen Hansard Memphis
3. EV & Glen Hansard Houston
This week, Band of Horses
It's not always about quantity, sometimes quality rules, and I think your list is awesome. I would trade most of my shows this year for just one PJ.
Well said about quality ruling over quantity. I saw this list too and thought how awesome it would be to see PJ and Eddie in one year. We were lucky enough to see Eddie in March last year downunder and he did quite a few shows in our country, but PJ havent been out here since '09 and many of us are getting antsy - we figure they're due next year. Ive had a good year myself cos as I mentioned before, I saw Radiohead and they were as good as you can get live. Next year we may get Soundgarden, PJ and I'm seeing Kiss and Motley Crue in March. So it could be a big year for us downunder concert-wise with many other artists coming out as well.
Between concerts being my absolute favorite thing and 3 music related internships this year, I've made a lot of shows. Recently (instead of paying attention in one of my lectures ) I was trying to come up with my top 10 best concerts this year. In not much of a particular order:
1. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in DC
2. Pearl Jam in Philly
3. Global Fest in NYC (cheating a bit here...Band of Horses, Black Keys, Foo Fighters and Neil + Crazy Horse were all amazing)
4. Coldplay in NJ
5. Glen Hansard in NYC and DC (again, cheating, can't pick just one show!)
6. The Avett Brothers in Baltimore
7. Radiohead in NJ
8. Roger Waters in NYC
9. Jack White in MD
10. Of Monsters and Men in DC
Honorable mentions:
DMB in CT and NYx3 (one of the shows I see on their winter tour could easily make my top 10, though)
James Taylor in NJ
RNDM in DC
Rodrigo y Gabriela in DC
"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
1. Pearl Jam - 27 June 2012 /Amsterdam
2. Pearl Jam - 26 June 2012 /Amsterdam
3. The Cure - 9 July 2012 /Rome
4. Morrissey - 7 July 2012 / Rome
5. RHCP - 1 Sept 2012 / Sofia
Amsterdam 26/06/2012, Amsterdam 27/06/2012, Milan 20/06/2014, Padova 24/06/2018, Berlin 21/06/2022
For me, it was The Tea Party. It was a really energetic concert and everyone was up off their chairs. Music was amazing and everyone had waited so many years to see them again, awesome!
“ "Thank you Palestrina. It’s a wonderful evening, it’s great to be here and I wanna dedicate you a super sexy song." " (last words of Mark Sandman of Morphine)
Adelaide 1998
Adelaide 2003
Adelaide 2006 night 1
Adelaide 2006 night 2
Adelaide 2009
Melbourne 2009
Christchurch NZ 2009
Eddie Vedder, Adelaide 2011
PJ20 USA 2011 night 1
PJ20 USA 2011 night 2
Adelaide BIG DAY OUT 2014
hmm. i thought i saw more shows than i did, but looking through my stubs it isn't that many. maybe i talked about going to shows more often than i ended up actually going.
shows i saw
pj- missoula
rndm- minneapolis
chevelle- minneapolis
dave matthews band- alpine valley (2 shows)
neil diamond- st. paul
river's edge festival- st. paul
dave matthews band
tool
flaming lips
sublime with rome
puscifer
polica
bonnaroo- manchester
radiohead
rhcp
phish
beach boys
the roots
feist
kenny rogers
superjam (d'angelo, questlove, some roots, and some notable others)
black star
gza
alabama shakes
gary clark, jr.
trampled by turtles
of those, it's probably tought to beat the bonnaroo superjam. it was just an incredible hour and a half of music. i really hope it gets released some day. it deserves it. the rndm show a couple weeks back was also fantastic. the dave matthews shows were notable because n2 is the longest show they've ever done (and n1 wasn't much shorter) and they are up there with alpine '08 as the best shows i've ever seen by them.
For me, it was The Tea Party. It was a really energetic concert and everyone was up off their chairs. Music was amazing and everyone had waited so many years to see them again, awesome!
They did a free show at a Toronto Exhibition (with the price of admission there, of course), this summer. Sadly I missed out on it and am kicking myself. They were spectacular when I caught them last year.
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i get that.so powerful to break that barrier...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqR_Z6tzQBs
Michael Franti - Hey Hey Hey (Live @ GM Place, Vancouver, 4.1.2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFPobQ-ewiA
Chris Cornell - Royal Theater Copenhagen
Pearl Jam - Globen,Stockholm
Mark Lanegan - Amagerbio Copenhagen
1. Bruce Springsteen @ LA Sports Arena (First time I've ever seen him. It was the eve of my birthday so it ended up being really special)
1A. Gary Clark Jr. @ Troubadour
2. The Jack White experience (Mayan, Wiltern x2, Outside Lands, "B" show in the woods @ OSL, and Bridge School. You really have to see him multiple times to get the full experience with both bands.)
3. My Morning Jacket's 3 night stand at the Wiltern (~67 songs over three nights with NO repeats)
Honorable Mention: Black Keys @ Santa Barbara Bowl, Other Lives @ El Rey, Wilco @ Hollywood Bowl, Beck @ El Rey, Coachella sets (Gary Clark Jr., The Hives, Radiohead, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg), & Outside Lands as a whole.
Few more shows to go this year including The Joy Formidable @ Troubadour, Soundgarden @ Fonda
And the recent Japandroids show here in Tempe was pretty damn rad.
Of course, there's Eddie's show in PHX. That was magical.
Good god...I wrote magical...
6/29/06 - Milwaukee, WI
9/25/11 - Vancouver, BC
11/4/12 - (Eddie Vedder) Phoenix, AZ
11/1/13 - New Orleans, LA
11/19/13 - Phoenix, AZ
11/21/13 - San Diego, CA
10/12/14 - Austin, TX
10/22/14 - Denver, CO
8/22/16 - Chicago, IL (Wrigley 2)
5/9/22 - Glendale, AZ
5/18/24 - Las Vegas, NV
Wilco in Newport, RI
My Morning Jacket in Brooklyn, NY
ryan adams sydney opera house february 28th.
but since then ive seen radiohead...
... so im gonna have to say RADIOHEAD sydney entertainment centre november 12th is my gig of the year.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
1. The Afghan Whigs - Factory Theatre, Sydney
2. Pearl Jam - Manchester 2
3. Pearl Jam - Manchester 1
4. Mark Lanegan Band, Hi-Fi, Sydney
5. Ryan Adams - Sydney Opera House
6. Black Keys - Sydney Entertainment Centre
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
HA! i thought that was you.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
2. Tool Atlanta
3. Jack white Atlanta
4. Foo Fighters Atlanta
5. FLorence and the Machine ATL
6. Joan Jett Atlanta
7. Pearl Jam atlanta
Not the best year of music for me.... Although, first 4 fucking ROCKED!!!!
2. Radiohead - Dallas 3/5
3. Collective Soul - Tulsa 6/4
4. Toadies - New Braunfels 9/1
5. Noel Gallagher's HFB - Dallas 11/7
6. Toadies - Ft. Worth 10/13
7. Toadies - Dallas 6/16
8. Chicago - Dallas 7/21
9. Collective Soul - Dallas 6/3
The reason I put the other Collective Soul show last is because the venue (House of Blues) sucked. The worst sound I have ever heard at a venue. I debated putting it above the Chicago show because I got to meet Collective Soul before the show but since this is just for the show itself I'd have to put it last. The first 3 shows on the list especially were incredible.
23/5 The Stone Roses, Warrington
17/6 Chris Cornell, Manchester
20/6 Pearl Jam, Manchester
21/6 Pearl Jam, Manchester
28/7 Eddie Vedder/Glen Hansard, Manchester
1/11 The Civil Wars/The Lumineers, Liverpool
9/11 Soundgarden, London
Been an amazing gig year for me, before this year my last (music) gig had been Pearl Jam in August 2009!
Already got 4 gigs lined up for 2013, all in February - Glen Hansard, Brad, Deftones and The Lumineers
2006: Dublin; Leeds; Arnhem
2007: London
2009: Manchester
2012: Manchester I & II : EV Manchester : Soundgarden Shepherds Bush
2013: Brad Manchester : Soundgarden Manchester
2014: Amsterdam I & II; Berlin; Leeds; Milton Keynes
2018: Berlin; London II; Boston II
Bootleg Reviews: http://pjbootlegreviews.blogspot.com/
1. PJ Missoula
2. EV & Glen Hansard Memphis
3. EV & Glen Hansard Houston
This week, Band of Horses
It's not always about quantity, sometimes quality rules, and I think your list is awesome. I would trade most of my shows this year for just one PJ.
In no specific order:
PJ/X in AMS - the warm vibe at the 10C gathering, the canals & the new friends we met made this very special
Stone Roses w/Justice Tonight Band/Primal Scream in Manchester UK - my first ever massive outdoor UK gig!
Kasabian at Coachella (tent) - the excitement level was amazing because they rarely play the U.S.
James at the El Rey in L.A. - is there a better frontman than Tim Booth?
Pulp at the Fox Theater in Pomona, CA - Jarvis is almost as good as Tim Booth!
Pulp at Coachella (main stage) -seeing them perform "Common People" at a festival was amazing!
Jesus & Mary Chain at Hollywood Park - witnessed a genuine Reid bros. shouting match backstage
Wilco at various venues in L.A.
Band of Horses at the Troubadour
MMJ at the Wiltern
Well said about quality ruling over quantity. I saw this list too and thought how awesome it would be to see PJ and Eddie in one year. We were lucky enough to see Eddie in March last year downunder and he did quite a few shows in our country, but PJ havent been out here since '09 and many of us are getting antsy - we figure they're due next year. Ive had a good year myself cos as I mentioned before, I saw Radiohead and they were as good as you can get live. Next year we may get Soundgarden, PJ and I'm seeing Kiss and Motley Crue in March. So it could be a big year for us downunder concert-wise with many other artists coming out as well.
1. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in DC
2. Pearl Jam in Philly
3. Global Fest in NYC (cheating a bit here...Band of Horses, Black Keys, Foo Fighters and Neil + Crazy Horse were all amazing)
4. Coldplay in NJ
5. Glen Hansard in NYC and DC (again, cheating, can't pick just one show!)
6. The Avett Brothers in Baltimore
7. Radiohead in NJ
8. Roger Waters in NYC
9. Jack White in MD
10. Of Monsters and Men in DC
Honorable mentions:
DMB in CT and NYx3 (one of the shows I see on their winter tour could easily make my top 10, though)
James Taylor in NJ
RNDM in DC
Rodrigo y Gabriela in DC
~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
2. Pearl Jam - 26 June 2012 /Amsterdam
3. The Cure - 9 July 2012 /Rome
4. Morrissey - 7 July 2012 / Rome
5. RHCP - 1 Sept 2012 / Sofia
Adelaide 1998
Adelaide 2003
Adelaide 2006 night 1
Adelaide 2006 night 2
Adelaide 2009
Melbourne 2009
Christchurch NZ 2009
Eddie Vedder, Adelaide 2011
PJ20 USA 2011 night 1
PJ20 USA 2011 night 2
Adelaide BIG DAY OUT 2014
shows i saw
pj- missoula
rndm- minneapolis
chevelle- minneapolis
dave matthews band- alpine valley (2 shows)
neil diamond- st. paul
river's edge festival- st. paul
dave matthews band
tool
flaming lips
sublime with rome
puscifer
polica
bonnaroo- manchester
radiohead
rhcp
phish
beach boys
the roots
feist
kenny rogers
superjam (d'angelo, questlove, some roots, and some notable others)
black star
gza
alabama shakes
gary clark, jr.
trampled by turtles
of those, it's probably tought to beat the bonnaroo superjam. it was just an incredible hour and a half of music. i really hope it gets released some day. it deserves it. the rndm show a couple weeks back was also fantastic. the dave matthews shows were notable because n2 is the longest show they've ever done (and n1 wasn't much shorter) and they are up there with alpine '08 as the best shows i've ever seen by them.
I saw The Who.
They were fantastic!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....