Top 10 Concerts of 2016

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  • green mountain man
    green mountain man Posts: 735
    I think I will add Green Day to my 2017 list
    Verbasan said:

    I attended 27 shows this year, all were great but some shined more than others:
    1. Green Day at the Palladium-Huge Band, Small venue, took my neice as a 17th birthday gift, INCREDIBLE SHOW
    2. Pearl Jam -MSG 1-Closest I've ever been to the stage, made a few new friends, nabbed some picks and gave them out to people who weren't lucky enough to get one.
    3. Bad Religion at the Palladium-Any time I see these guys at the Palladium, it is ALWAYS amazing!
    4. Bad Religion at the Observatory in Santa Ana - Met what I can only describe as my Concert Soulmate at this show, awesome gal who (along with her son) have been to about 90% of the shows I've gone to for the past decade, it was crazy realizing we were at so many of the same shows over the years! Spent the night up against the rails keeping the moshers from crushing her and her son.
    5. KROQ Weenie Roast- Red Hot Chili Peppers canceled, which sucked BUT we got bonus band Blink 182, and this was the first time I heard Panic at the Disco's cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, which I could only describe as Surrealistically AMAZING! It started when I was in the bathroom and there was this harmonic dischord of voices, sober AND drunk, able to sing and not, singing along, as did I. I walked back to where we were sitting, singing the whole time, looking left and right as everyone sang in their own way, good and bad. I got back to my group as I sang along to that last "Anywhere the wind blows....". My friends said DUDE YOU MISSED THE WHOLE THING! I countered, dudes... I just walked through a freaking music video!!!!

    Other shows I caught included Almost Acoustic Christmas, Rancid, Flogging Molly, Pennywise, The Interrupters, Mana and of course Temple of the Dog, but those were my top five!

  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,812
    tempo_n_groove said:

    RS151862 said:

    1. PJ - Philly 2
    2. PJ - Ottawa
    3. Gary Clark Jr. - Pittsburgh
    4. Bruce Springsteen - Pittsburgh
    5. Deftones - Philly
    6. Dinosaur Jr - Pittsburgh
    7. EODM - Pittsburgh

    Just saw Clarke Jr with his "intimate" show and he only played for 1 hr and 10 minutes. That was actually a shorter show than the Beastie Boys show I saw in Santa Barbara, never thought that would be broken...

    Great show but of course I wanted more...
    Mark Lanegan's Boston show in June was only around 70 minutes....... It was only $30.00, but still...... 70 minutes was some serious blue balls.
    my2hands said:

    manitouman said:

    Nobody caught a TOOL show in January?

    TOOL in St Louis would be on my list of top 10 shows this year.
    Of course PJ @ Wrigley x2....

    I love Tool but they play for 90 minutes and have no new material since 2006
    I mentioned prior in this thread, I saw them in Tempe in 2015...... It was my tenth time seeing them, and I figured it would be the last for these very same reasons you mentioned, but it was mind blowing....... again. (it helped that they opened w/ No Quarter)

    I won't travel to see them like I will PJ, but I will try to see them when I get the chance, they've never disappointed me in the 10 shows I've seen them (& At least 3-4 of those shows have more or less been the same set - the visuals, and pleasure of seeing Danny Carey play live are always worth the ticket price for me) .
  • manitouman
    manitouman In My Head Posts: 1,088
    ^^^No Quarter into The Grudge was mindblowing! Danny's drum solo with the visuals was the best I've ever seen.....and I'm not a fan of drum solos.

    Pretty sure they played about 2 hours, if I remember right.
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,812
    manitouman said:

    ^^^No Quarter into The Grudge was mindblowing! Danny's drum solo with the visuals was the best I've ever seen.....and I'm not a fan of drum solos.

    Pretty sure they played about 2 hours, if I remember right.

    Their set is typically 2 hours long w/ at least 15 minutes of 'intermission' type breaks worked in between a couple of songs, so I figure they play an actual 1:40 - 1:45 at most shows. (Just gong off memory here, I haven't researched)

    NQ into the Grudge was awesome (despite the break in between & shitty vocals to start Grudge) - then they tore into Parabol/Parabola which I hadn't heard live in 10 years or so..... yeah, that was as good a show as I've ever seen.

    I get why a lot of people are over them, or just not bothering until the new stuff comes out, but every time I see them live I'm reminded of why I keep coming back. They are one of the best IMO.
  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,068
    1. Ween - Broomfield, CO
    2. Pearl Jam - Lexington, KY
    3. Pearl Jam - Fenway Park 2
    4. Pearl Jam - Columbia, SC
    5. My Morning Jacket - Austin, TX
    6. Dave Rawlings Machine - Austin, TX
    7. Jason Isbell - Austin, TX
    8. Joe Pug - Austin, TX
    9. Band of Horses - Austin, TX
    10. Milk Carton Kids - Driftwood, TX
    This show, another show, a show here and a show there.
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    PJ - Wrigley 1
    PJ - Rupp Arena, Lexington KY
    Band of Horses - Cleveland Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland OH
    Alice In Chains - Packard Music Hall, Warren OH
    Chris Cornell - Murat Theater, Indianapolis
    Car Seat Headrest - Rock Hall, Cleveland OH
    Korn/Rob Zombie - River Bend, Cincinnati OH
    Opeth - Goodyear Theater, Akron OH

    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    1. Fenway 2
    2. MSG 1
    3. Fenway 1
    4. MSG 2
    5. Sigur Ros @ Kings Theater Brooklyn
    6. Bon Iver @ Pioneer Works Brooklyn night 3
    7. Bon Iver @ Kings Theater Brooklyn night 2
    8. Bruce Spingsteen Barclays Center night 2
    9. Garth Brooks Yankee Stadium night 2
    10. Andrew Bird Kings Theater
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • DL136722
    DL136722 Not sure... Posts: 724
    edited December 2016
    Top 10 really (12)

    1. Pearl Jam Fenway N2
    2. Pearl Jam Fenway N1
    3. TOTD Philly N2
    4. Guns n Roses Foxborough N1
    5. Prophets of Rage Mansfield
    6. Tie - Iggy Pop Boston & Dinosaur Jr.
    Pawtucket
    7. Eagles of Death Metal Providence
    8. The Buzzcocks Boston
    9. Descendents Boston
    10 . Tie - Chris Cornell Worcester & Glen
    Hansard Boston

    Honorable Mentions:

    RNDM Allston
    Esme Patterson Allston
    -X- Allston
    Cheap Trick Mansfield
    Joan Jett Mansfield
    Heart Mansfield
    AIC Boston
    BHIC Boston
    GZA Allston
    Eagles of Death Metal Boston
    Banks and Steelz Cambridge
    Kiefer Sutherland Band Allston
    Dinosaur Jr. and Buffalo Tom - Boston
    Kurt Vile and The Violators - Boston

    Also saw but was unimpressed:

    Dead and Company - Fenway N2
    EPMD Cambridge
    St. Paul and The Broken Bones Providence
    Post edited by DL136722 on
    Tweeter Center - Aug 29, 2000;Tweeter Center - Aug 30, 2000;Allstate Arena - Oct 09, 2000;Pepsi Arena - Apr 29, 2003;Bryce-Jordan Center - May 03, 2003;Bell Center - Jun 29, 2003;Tweeter Center - Jul 02, 2003;Tweeter Center - Jul 03, 2003;Tweeter Center - Jul 11, 2003;Tweeter Center at the Waterfront - Jul 05, 2003;Tweeter Center at the Waterfront - Jul 06, 2003;Madison Square Garden - Jul 08, 2003;Madison Square Garden - Jul 09, 2003;TD Banknorth Garden - May 24, 2006;TD Banknorth Garden - May 25, 2006;Fleet Center - Sept 28, 2004;Fleet Center - Sept 29, 2004;Pepsi Arena - May 12, 2006 New England Dodge Music Arena - May 13, 2006;Grant Park - Aug 05, 2007;Bonnaroo - Jun 14, 2008;Dodge Music Center - Jun 27, 2008;Tweeter Center - Jun 28, 2008;Tweeter Center - Jun 30, 2008 XL Arena - May 15, 2010;TD Garden - May 17, 2010;Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Sept 03, 2011;Alpine Valley Music Theatre - Sep 04, 2011 Corel Centre - Sep 16, 2005;Colisee Pepsi Arena - Sep 20, 2005; Wrigley Field - July 19, 2013; DCU Center - Oct 15, 2013; DCU Center - Oct 16, 2013; Fenway Park - August 5, 2016; Fenway Park - August 7, 2016

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  • RK50065
    RK50065 St. Louis, MO Posts: 897
    1. PJ (Ft. L, Miami, Columbia, MSG, Wrigley)
    2. BHIC (Ryman)
    3. Mumford and Sons
    4. Bastille
    5. Coldplay
    6. Jim James
    7. Moon Taxi
    8. Jason Isbell
    9. Civil Twilight
    10. Had tickets to Prophets of Rage and TOTD and couldn't make either
  • PunkerSXE
    PunkerSXE Detroit, MI Posts: 21
    edited December 2016
    PJ MSG #1
    PJ Fenway #2
    Caught both the Guns n Roses tour and the Axl/DC tour, both phenomenal
    ICP on Halloween, their best HW show in YEARS.
    Saw Babymetal for the first time, quite the experience.
    Small venue shows for Scott H Biram and the Goddamn Gallows.
    Gogol Bordello is always an experience, although the Gypsy Punk cd Anniversary tour wasn't as great as I imagined it would be.

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    2016: MSG 1; Fenway 2

  • Flyingw
    Flyingw Brantford Posts: 443
    Top 5
    PJ - Chicago, night 2
    PJ - Toronto, night 1
    TOTD - Philly, night 2
    PJ - Ft. Lauderdale
    Metallica - Toronto (The Opera House)

    Aug 18/93 Toronto, May 9/06 Toronto, Sept 11/11 Toronto, Sept 15/11 Hamilton,
    July 16/13 London, Oct 12/13 Buffalo, Oct 17/14 Detroit,
    April 8/16, Ft. Lauderdale, April 9/16 Miami, May 8/16 Ottawa, May 10/16 Toronto
    May 11/16 Toronto, Aug 20/16 Wrigley, Aug 22/16 Wrigley, TOTD Nov 5/16 Philly
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,474
    PunkerSXE said:

    PJ MSG #1
    PJ Fenway #2
    Caught both the Guns n Roses tour and the Axl/DC tour, both phenomenal
    ICP on Halloween, their best HW show in YEARS.
    Saw Babymetal for the first time, quite the experience.
    Small venue shows for Scott H Biram and the Goddamn Gallows.
    Gogol Bordello is always an experience, although the Gypsy Punk cd Anniversary tour wasn't as great as I imagined it would be.

    You actually paid to see Baby metal?!?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,474
    green mountain man said:

    I think I will add Green Day to my 2017 list

    Verbasan said:

    I attended 27 shows this year, all were great but some shined more than others:
    1. Green Day at the Palladium-Huge Band, Small venue, took my neice as a 17th birthday gift, INCREDIBLE SHOW
    2. Pearl Jam -MSG 1-Closest I've ever been to the stage, made a few new friends, nabbed some picks and gave them out to people who weren't lucky enough to get one.
    3. Bad Religion at the Palladium-Any time I see these guys at the Palladium, it is ALWAYS amazing!
    4. Bad Religion at the Observatory in Santa Ana - Met what I can only describe as my Concert Soulmate at this show, awesome gal who (along with her son) have been to about 90% of the shows I've gone to for the past decade, it was crazy realizing we were at so many of the same shows over the years! Spent the night up against the rails keeping the moshers from crushing her and her son.
    5. KROQ Weenie Roast- Red Hot Chili Peppers canceled, which sucked BUT we got bonus band Blink 182, and this was the first time I heard Panic at the Disco's cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, which I could only describe as Surrealistically AMAZING! It started when I was in the bathroom and there was this harmonic dischord of voices, sober AND drunk, able to sing and not, singing along, as did I. I walked back to where we were sitting, singing the whole time, looking left and right as everyone sang in their own way, good and bad. I got back to my group as I sang along to that last "Anywhere the wind blows....". My friends said DUDE YOU MISSED THE WHOLE THING! I countered, dudes... I just walked through a freaking music video!!!!

    Other shows I caught included Almost Acoustic Christmas, Rancid, Flogging Molly, Pennywise, The Interrupters, Mana and of course Temple of the Dog, but those were my top five!

    I always wanted to attend those kroq shows but for whatever reason never did. Congrats on being at those shows!
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Out of the 50-something concerts I attended this year, these were my top favorites!

    1. Pearl Jam- Fenway 1 - Boston
    2. Adele - MSG - NYC
    3. Temple of the Dog - MSG - NYC
    4. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - MSG - NYC
    5. Miike Snow - (le) poisson rouge - NYC
    6. HAIM - Mo Pop Festival - Detroit
    7. Bad Religion/Against Me! - Irving Plaza - NYC
    8. Japandroids - Knitting Factory - NYC
    9. Dave Matthews Band - John Paul Jones Arena - Charlottesville, VA
    10. Dixie Chicks - MSG - NYC

    Honorable mentions: Black Sabbath at MSG, Iggy Pop at The Capitol Theatre, Jenny Lewis at The Capitol Theatre
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    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
  • Verbasan
    Verbasan Posts: 39
    tempo_n_groove said:

    green mountain man said:

    I think I will add Green Day to my 2017 list

    Verbasan said:

    I attended 27 shows this year, all were great but some shined more than others:
    1. Green Day at the Palladium-Huge Band, Small venue, took my neice as a 17th birthday gift, INCREDIBLE SHOW
    2. Pearl Jam -MSG 1-Closest I've ever been to the stage, made a few new friends, nabbed some picks and gave them out to people who weren't lucky enough to get one.
    3. Bad Religion at the Palladium-Any time I see these guys at the Palladium, it is ALWAYS amazing!
    4. Bad Religion at the Observatory in Santa Ana - Met what I can only describe as my Concert Soulmate at this show, awesome gal who (along with her son) have been to about 90% of the shows I've gone to for the past decade, it was crazy realizing we were at so many of the same shows over the years! Spent the night up against the rails keeping the moshers from crushing her and her son.
    5. KROQ Weenie Roast- Red Hot Chili Peppers canceled, which sucked BUT we got bonus band Blink 182, and this was the first time I heard Panic at the Disco's cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, which I could only describe as Surrealistically AMAZING! It started when I was in the bathroom and there was this harmonic dischord of voices, sober AND drunk, able to sing and not, singing along, as did I. I walked back to where we were sitting, singing the whole time, looking left and right as everyone sang in their own way, good and bad. I got back to my group as I sang along to that last "Anywhere the wind blows....". My friends said DUDE YOU MISSED THE WHOLE THING! I countered, dudes... I just walked through a freaking music video!!!!

    Other shows I caught included Almost Acoustic Christmas, Rancid, Flogging Molly, Pennywise, The Interrupters, Mana and of course Temple of the Dog, but those were my top five!

    I always wanted to attend those kroq shows but for whatever reason never did. Congrats on being at those shows!
    It had been a long time goal of mine to go to both KROQ's Weenie Roast and Almost Acoustic Christmas in the same year, it took twenty some odd years but i finally crossed it off my bucket list :) Took my niece to both shows and reminded her a lot how cool i thought it was that she got to see both at such a young age but i dont think it registered as high for her lol, she still loved the shows though.
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    2010-MSG 1
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    2015-Mexico City
    2016-MSG 1 & 2, Wrigley 1 & 2, EV-Ohana Fest, TOTD LA
  • thor2265
    thor2265 Rockford Illinois Posts: 13
    PJ Wrigley I
    PJ Wrigley II
    Whitesnake Hammond
    GNR Chicago
    The Cult Chicago
    Billy Joel Wrigley
    Adele Chicago
    Winery Dogs St. Charles
    Sixx A.M. Chicago
    Brothers Osborne Madison
    THOR2265

    Chicago 05/16/06
    Chicago 08/24/09
    Alpine Valley 09/04/11
    Wrigley Field 07/19/13, Charlottesville 10/29/13
    Memphis 10/14/14, Moline 10/17/14
    Wrigley Field 08/20/16 & 08/22/16
    Mother Love Bone Rockford Endless Nights Bar 04/89
    EV Louisville 09/23/17
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,827
    1. Pearl Jam Philly 1
    2. Pearl Jam Fenway 2
    3. Pearl Jam Philly 2
    4. Temple of The Dog Philly
    5. Pearl Jam NYC 2
    6. Pearl Jam NYC 1
    7. The Who Philly
    8. Guns N Roses Philly
    9. Flight of The Conchords Philly
    10. DMB Philly 2
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,474
    Verbasan said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    green mountain man said:

    I think I will add Green Day to my 2017 list

    Verbasan said:

    I attended 27 shows this year, all were great but some shined more than others:
    1. Green Day at the Palladium-Huge Band, Small venue, took my neice as a 17th birthday gift, INCREDIBLE SHOW
    2. Pearl Jam -MSG 1-Closest I've ever been to the stage, made a few new friends, nabbed some picks and gave them out to people who weren't lucky enough to get one.
    3. Bad Religion at the Palladium-Any time I see these guys at the Palladium, it is ALWAYS amazing!
    4. Bad Religion at the Observatory in Santa Ana - Met what I can only describe as my Concert Soulmate at this show, awesome gal who (along with her son) have been to about 90% of the shows I've gone to for the past decade, it was crazy realizing we were at so many of the same shows over the years! Spent the night up against the rails keeping the moshers from crushing her and her son.
    5. KROQ Weenie Roast- Red Hot Chili Peppers canceled, which sucked BUT we got bonus band Blink 182, and this was the first time I heard Panic at the Disco's cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, which I could only describe as Surrealistically AMAZING! It started when I was in the bathroom and there was this harmonic dischord of voices, sober AND drunk, able to sing and not, singing along, as did I. I walked back to where we were sitting, singing the whole time, looking left and right as everyone sang in their own way, good and bad. I got back to my group as I sang along to that last "Anywhere the wind blows....". My friends said DUDE YOU MISSED THE WHOLE THING! I countered, dudes... I just walked through a freaking music video!!!!

    Other shows I caught included Almost Acoustic Christmas, Rancid, Flogging Molly, Pennywise, The Interrupters, Mana and of course Temple of the Dog, but those were my top five!

    I always wanted to attend those kroq shows but for whatever reason never did. Congrats on being at those shows!
    It had been a long time goal of mine to go to both KROQ's Weenie Roast and Almost Acoustic Christmas in the same year, it took twenty some odd years but i finally crossed it off my bucket list :) Took my niece to both shows and reminded her a lot how cool i thought it was that she got to see both at such a young age but i dont think it registered as high for her lol, she still loved the shows though.
    I lived in SoCal from 93-98 and got to see that areas music explosion. The one that I really wanted to go to was with sublime. Pissed I missed that. Congrats again!
  • Kadlec25
    Kadlec25 Posts: 1
    Pj philly 2 {ten show}
    Pj fenway 2
    Pj philly 1
    Muse at philly
  • Release 11
    Release 11 Posts: 81
    Here we go:

    PJ MSG 1
    Håkan Hellström Gothenburg
    PJ MSG 2
    Temple of the Dog Philly 2
    Turbonegro Close Up Boat
    RA The Rugged Man Los Angeles
    Bob Hund Stockholm
    Greg Dulli Stockholm
    The Posies Stockholm
    Kvelertak Close Up Boat


    92 Roskilde
    96 Cork, Dublin, London x 2
    00 Barcelona, Stockholm
    03 Uniondale
    06 Verona, Milan
    07 London, Copenhagen
    09 Berlin
    10 Dublin, Belfast
    11 Alpine Valley x 2
    12 Amsterdam x 2, Stockholm, Oslo
    13 Brooklyn x 2
    14 Amsterdam x 2, Berlin, Stockholm
    16 MSG x 2
    18 Prague, Krakow, Berlin
    22 Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam

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