What did your 2011 look like for Concerts

LukinFan wrote:

Lifted wrote:

bonnaroo
my morning jacket - merriweather
my morning jacket - red rocks
my morning jacket - mann centre
overall it was pretty bleak compared to most recent years for me, but i certainly saw some great shows.

trust me, these alone are not bleak

haha. i know, but i always see a ton of jacket shows when they tour, so this was a given.

also, i was referring more to the amount of shows i made it to. not really the quality. the quality was superb.

1/8 Weezer
4/4 Queens of the Stone Age
9/3 PJ20
9/4 PJ20
11/12 Local H
12/31 Cage The Elephant

Any year I get to see PJ twice is a good one.

The Cage show last night was great, but lord the sound was god awful. The Aragon usually is pretty bad, but last night was a new low.

I love the Aragon for sentimental reasons. Most of the time, the sound is at least palatable! This was outrageously bad.

randallanddarcy wrote:

Here is my gig list from last year:

03 12: Oliver Cole: Grand Social, Dublin
03 19: Twilight Singers: The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland
05 12: Rush: The O2, Dublin
05 17: Grant Lee Buffalo: Vicar St, Dublin
05 18: Grant Lee Buffalo: Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
05 26: Roddy Woomble: Workman's Club, Dublin
05 27: Roddy Woomble: Black Box, Belfast, Northern Ireland
06 01: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Button Factory, Dublin
06 09: The Frames: Vicar St, Dublin
06 22: Oliver Cole: Workman's Club, Dublin (supporting Marcus Foster)
07 04: Steel Panther: House of Blues, Los Angeles, CA, USA
07 05: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: Copely Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA, USA
07 08: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: The Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
07 09: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
07 11: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA, USA
07 12: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA, USA
07 14: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, USA
07 15: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, USA
07 16: Glen Hansard/Eddie Vedder: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, USA
08 03: Iron Maiden: Odyssey Arena: Belfast, Northern Ireland
10 01: Jape: Button Factory, Dublin
10 13: Tim Minchin: Vicar St, Dublin
10 15: Mike Watt and His Missingmen: Crawdaddy, Dublin
10 21: Mark Geary: Workman's Club, Dublin
10 29: Roddy Woomble: Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, Scotland
10 31: Roddy Woomble: Theatre, Perth, Scotland
11 01: Roddy Woomble: ABC, Glasgow, Scotland
11 02: Roddy Woomble: Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
11 06: The Airborne Toxic Event: Academy, Dublin
11 18: Battles: Button Factory, Dublin
12 16: Roddy Woomble: Stirling, Scotland

looks like you had a pretty sweet vacation here in the states. nice!

30.01. Roxy Music, MEN/Manchester,UK
27.02. Skunk Anansie, Große Freiheit/Hamburg
28.03. Mogwai, Grünspan/Hamburg
31.05. Low, Knust/Hamburg
10.06. Roger Waters „The Wall“, O“ World/Hamburg
11.06. Roger Waters „The Wall“, O“ World/Hamburg
17.06. Incubus, Huxleys/Berlin
18.06. Foo Fighters (+ Band of Horses), Wuhlheide/Berlin
28.06. Eagles, O2 World/Hamburg
29.06. Twillight Singers, Knust/Hamburg
04.08. Kyuss, Stadtpark/Hamburg
03.09. PJ etc. at PJ20, Alpine Valley, Wisconsin/USA
04.09. PJ etc. at PJ20, Alpine Valley, Wisconsin/USA
05.11. Bush, Docks/Hamburg
04.12. Frank Turner, Fabrik/Hamburg

somehow I feel like I missed a show or tour :?

Weird Al Yankovic
Eddie Vedder solo
Paul McCartney!
Lollapalooza - highlights were Flogging Molly and Foo Fighters
Pearl Jam Alpine Destination Weekend

It was a good year.

I had an excellent 2011 concert year!

16 January: The Soul Of Motown (III), RAI, Amsterdam
5 February: Me & Stupid, Ekko, Utrecht
5 March: Dazzled Kid, Hedon, Zwolle
19 March: Dazzled Kid, Rotown, Rotterdam
30 March: U2, Estadio Unico, La Plata
2 April: U2, Estadio Unico, La Plata
3 April: U2, Estadio Unico, La Plata
9 April: U2, Estádio do Morumbi, Sao Paulo
10 April: U2, Estádio do Morumbi, Sao Paulo
13 April: U2, Estádio do Morumbi, Sao Paulo
3 June: Emmylou Harris, Carré, Amsterdam
9 July: North Sea Jazz festival, Ahoy, Rotterdam (with a night concert by Prince! Absolutely brilliant!)
20 July: U2, New Meadowlands Stadium, New York
30 July: U2, Magnetic Hill, Moncton
8 August: The Jayhawks, Paradiso, Amsterdam
19 - 21 August: Lowlands festival, Biddinghuizen (Highlights include Elbow, dEUS and Tiger Love, plus the Hardrock Karaoke in the Tïtty Twïster)
10 September: Bettie Serveert, Paradiso, Amsterdam
6 October: Roosbeef, Tivoli, Utrecht
13 October: Dazzled Kid, Tivoli, Utrecht
15 October: Beans & Fatback, De Kom, Nieuwegein
5 November: Houses, Ekko, Utrecht
10 November: Elvis Costello, Melkweg, Amsterdam
14 November: Elbow, Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
23 November: dEUS, Vredenburg, Utrecht
24 November: dEUS, Off Corso, Rotterdam
18 December: Coldplay, Ahoy, Rotterdam

As a huge U2 fan, my favourite non-U2 concert was Prince in the night of 9th to 10th of July (he started at 2:00). He's a genius of course, but the setlist featured songs I really wanted him to play (starting with Joy In Repetition, playing Bambi) even if I didn't know some of those songs yet.
Favourite U2 concert was the 3rd of April one in La Plata (Argentina III to be short). What an audience!

And 2012 is already looking good with 2 Pearl Jam shows! (plus Gavin Friday, The Jayhawks again, Elvis Costello again, this time with his spectacular spinning songbook)

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Interpol
The twilight singers
Queens of the Stone age
Arcade Fire
Bon Iver
Prince

Mine was amazing. I saw PJ play at Alpine Valley to start the tour and in Vancouver for the end of the North American Tour. I flew to LA to see RATM and Muse. I saw Tom Morello play in the Crocodile Cafe with a crowd of about 100. I almost forgot that I saw Eddie play twice at Benorya Hall and the last show of my 2011 was Jay-z and Kanye. Looking back I had a great year of shows.