The Official “I went to __ shows this year and I can’t believe it’s over”

RatherStarved

19 (6 in May, 3 in July, 10 in Sept.). 

Crazy year.  If I could do it again I’d have stopped at 5 in May and 8 in Sept.  

Highlights for me were LA2, London, Hamilton, MSG and Louisville.  

mpedone

2, but should have been 4. It's been over for me since the positive Covid result. Happy to have gotten to see Hamilton and Toronto, though, and to explore Toronto for a week.

PJNB

Thats an amazing run man.

We were supposed to do 12 shows this year but had 5 in a row cancelled so "only" got to do 7. That seems so long ago now.

My highlights were seeing Dave play most of Ten in Frenso, Amsterdam actually happening and my wife getting HTI, front row dead centre for Ottawa and having such a great show there, Hamilton's whole set (it just kept giving I felt), Toronto's main set plus Light Years for Gord, MSG's first set plus the energy of the crowd. Also them starting with stools made the sets so much more varied and we got some amazing gems so early in the set. Otherside in Quebec so early was insane.  

One of the negatives is hearing Purple Rain 4 times out of 7 shows. It is an ok cover. Not 4 out of 7 shows ok though imo. That and most of the shows I saw the encore was the most predictable and weaker part of the show. Maybe not for most fans at the venue but that was my take. If you look at Camden's encore it really elevated that show after a fantastic opening set. Hamilton as well. Just a bit more variety and length in there would go a long way. Also if there is a curfew or an end time why go out at 9:05pm and cut songs out of the encore on an already shortened set? Toronto suffered from this and actually had an anti-climatic end with the confusion of Leash starting and stopping and Stone going into Alive.  

Enough with the negatives. When I look back at my highlights hearing HTI in Amsterdam and the crowd at MSG stand out the most to me. That and how well the band sounded and performed at every show I was at. These shorter sets really worried me back in May but having seen 7 shows this year I am itching for more now and can't wait to see what 2023 brings. 

2-feign-reluctance

One & it was AMAZING!! ❤️

JimmyV

Two, Ottawa and MSG. 

Ottawa will go down as one of the most fun shows I've ever attended. Our first in four years. It felt so good. Every sing-along was magic. We stayed downtown in the same hotel as the band and had a blast. 

MSG was an experience that I'm glad I've had, but I won't go overboard trying to get back there. Crowd was killer, show was good, venue was historic, but the city was a mess. 

We are definitely hoping to hit more in 2023. Pray for summer! May and September are tough months at work. 

pjhawks

2, Camden and Nashville.  Both great shows and great crowds. Loved every minute of it.   Can't wait until the next shows hopefully next year.

JojoRice

4. LA1, LA2, MSG, Nashville.  It could have been 5 but the new StL date didn't work for me.  Looking forward to next year already!

bazfromoz

Zero because the band refuses to go anywhere near Australia 

OceansJenny

JimmyV said:

Two, Ottawa and MSG. 

Ottawa will go down as one of the most fun shows I've ever attended. Our first in four years. It felt so good. Every sing-along was magic. We stayed downtown in the same hotel as the band and had a blast. 

MSG was an experience that I'm glad I've had, but I won't go overboard trying to get back there. Crowd was killer, show was good, venue was historic, but the city was a mess. 

We are definitely hoping to hit more in 2023. Pray for summer! May and September are tough months at work. 

NYC did you dirty? What happened?

StardogChamp79

3- Apollo, MSG, Louisville. I am hoping for some midwest shows soon! But the band hates the cold (but who doesn’t) and it’s supposed to snow next week in WI. So spring maybe?😉

JimmyV

OceansJenny said:

JimmyV said:

Two, Ottawa and MSG. 

Ottawa will go down as one of the most fun shows I've ever attended. Our first in four years. It felt so good. Every sing-along was magic. We stayed downtown in the same hotel as the band and had a blast. 

MSG was an experience that I'm glad I've had, but I won't go overboard trying to get back there. Crowd was killer, show was good, venue was historic, but the city was a mess. 

We are definitely hoping to hit more in 2023. Pray for summer! May and September are tough months at work. 

NYC did you dirty? What happened?

Just a masshole out of his element. All the construction around MSG, the traffic, the smells... NYC just isn't for me.

drfox

5 (Berlin, Zurich, London 1/2, Amsterdam) but should have been 7.

Highlights for me were
1) Seeing the band walk onstage at Berlin after a 2 year wait. I worried at times whether I would ever get to see them play again due to covid. And what a venue to see them play!
2) Same as PJNB, getting to hear Hard to Imagine at Amsterdam which was my grail song. Generally that gig was fairly special for me, especially after the disappointment of Prague and the previous day at Amsterdam. Was on a real low before the show
3) Catching up with friends and meeting in person lots of fans I’ve been speaking to over the last few years 
4) Watching the band on two consecutive nights at my home town in London and only having two repeated songs (despite the relative lack of rarities)

tempo_n_groove

JimmyV said:

OceansJenny said:

JimmyV said:

Two, Ottawa and MSG. 

Ottawa will go down as one of the most fun shows I've ever attended. Our first in four years. It felt so good. Every sing-along was magic. We stayed downtown in the same hotel as the band and had a blast. 

MSG was an experience that I'm glad I've had, but I won't go overboard trying to get back there. Crowd was killer, show was good, venue was historic, but the city was a mess. 

We are definitely hoping to hit more in 2023. Pray for summer! May and September are tough months at work. 

NYC did you dirty? What happened?

Just a masshole out of his element. All the construction around MSG, the traffic, the smells... NYC just isn't for me.

NYC isn't for people who live there either anymore, lol.  You aren't alone, I think the place is a dump.

mpedone

Highlight for me this year was saying that I wanted to hear either Dissident or RVM, and then getting BOTH in Toronto. That, and seeing the pit/crowd in Hamilton go absolutely nuts at the start of the chorus to Given to Fly.

tempo_n_groove

2 only.  Should have been 3 but Baltimore was cancelled.

MSG was a lot of fun.

Hopefully next tour the flow will be a little better and I can make some more shows or I'm looking at midwest stuff...

F Me In The Brain

Midtown is the worst of it.  Tough to base opinion of NYC on Midtown but I get it.

tempo_n_groove

RatherStarved said:

19 (6 in May, 3 in July, 10 in Sept.). 

Crazy year.  If I could do it again I’d have stopped at 5 in May and 8 in Sept.  

Highlights for me were LA2, London, Hamilton, MSG and Louisville.  

You only missed 3 shows I think? Ahhh I wish I was independently wealthy, lol!

No Oakland or Camden?  Those seem to rank up there too.

danofun

tempo_n_groove said:

JimmyV said:

OceansJenny said:

JimmyV said:

Two, Ottawa and MSG. 

Ottawa will go down as one of the most fun shows I've ever attended. Our first in four years. It felt so good. Every sing-along was magic. We stayed downtown in the same hotel as the band and had a blast. 

MSG was an experience that I'm glad I've had, but I won't go overboard trying to get back there. Crowd was killer, show was good, venue was historic, but the city was a mess. 

We are definitely hoping to hit more in 2023. Pray for summer! May and September are tough months at work. 

NYC did you dirty? What happened?

Just a masshole out of his element. All the construction around MSG, the traffic, the smells... NYC just isn't for me.

NYC isn't for people who live there either anymore, lol.  You aren't alone, I think the place is a dump.

The world has changed. The city has changed. However, still lots of great places to explore. Spend as little time in midtown as possible. Friends don't let friends hang out in midtown...

JimmyV

danofun said:

tempo_n_groove said:

JimmyV said:

OceansJenny said:

JimmyV said:

Two, Ottawa and MSG. 

Ottawa will go down as one of the most fun shows I've ever attended. Our first in four years. It felt so good. Every sing-along was magic. We stayed downtown in the same hotel as the band and had a blast. 

MSG was an experience that I'm glad I've had, but I won't go overboard trying to get back there. Crowd was killer, show was good, venue was historic, but the city was a mess. 

We are definitely hoping to hit more in 2023. Pray for summer! May and September are tough months at work. 

NYC did you dirty? What happened?

Just a masshole out of his element. All the construction around MSG, the traffic, the smells... NYC just isn't for me.

NYC isn't for people who live there either anymore, lol.  You aren't alone, I think the place is a dump.

The world has changed. The city has changed. However, still lots of great places to explore. Spend as little time in midtown as possible. Friends don't let friends hang out in midtown...

This was definitely part of it. We took the train down and were there for less than 24 hours, so staying right near MSG made sense. 

JeBurkhardt

7- Both London shows (as part of a wedding anniversary trip), Hamilton, Toronto, Nashville, STL and OKC. As much fun as I had, I am travelled out. I drove to all of the shows except London (obviously) and OKC, and stayed at reasonably priced places (except Nashville), so travelling cost was lower then flying everywhere, but I can't see doing this again. If they schedule a show in Chicago, Indy, St Louis or Cincinnati, I will look at those, but beyond that probably not. 

StardogChamp79

The real problem at MSG was all those feathers from The Mr. Styles show. That can’t be good for the sewers of NYC and especially the environment. It was like 10,000 multicolored chickens were running around the joint!