It's been a great year for shows for me this year. Once I decided to ignore arena and shed shows in favor of smaller clubs, I was able to get tickets to a lot more artists than I had before.

So far this year I've seen:

3/1 & 3/2 - Magnetic Fields - Complete 69 Love Songs over 2 nights at Lincoln Center.

4/20 - Beulah, Mazarin at Bowery Ballroom

5/3 - The Ladybug Transistor, Essex Green at Knitting Factory

6/29 - Clinic at TLA (Philadelphia)

And I've got tickets to:

8/9 - Cornelius at Bowery Ballroom

8/15 - Strokes, White Stripes at Radio City Music Hall

8/24 - Unlimited Sunshine Tour - Cake, Modest Mouse, Flaming Lips, De La Soul, Kinky at Prospect Park

9/6 - Tortoise, Mouse on Mars at Irving Plaza

9/7 - The Sea & Cake, Freakwater, Archer Prewitt at Bowery Ballroom

9/15 - The Three Terrors (Stephin Merritt, Dudley Klute and LD Beghtol of Magnetic Fields, etc) at Bowery Ballroom

10/19 - Clinic, Apples in Stereo at Irving Plaza

And as soon as they go onsale, I'll get tickets to:

10/10 - Low, Mark Eitzel at Bowery Ballroom.

Oh, can you tell the Bowery Ballroom is my favorite place in NYC to catch a show? Perfect sound, excellent sightlines, 3 bars, very spacious lounge in the basement for pre and post show libations.

Who have you seen/are you going to see this year?

SO FAR:


Sammy Hagar / David Lee Roth

Sammy Hagar / David Lee Roth (again a week later, this time for free)

Poison / Cinderella / Winger

Incubus 2 times
Tool 2 times
Abandoned Pools
Coachella

Will see Filter when they anounce their west coast lineup.
Going to see Incubus again on 10/31 hopefully
Also hope to see Tool as many times as possible if they decide to tour the West Coast again.

won tool tix from the radio contest

If I can remember:

Distillers/The Transplants (July)
Warped Tour (July)
The Rezillos
Poison (June)
The Addicts
Rancid/NOFX
John Reuben
Blink 182/Green Day
Flogging Molly
Sum 41
Millencollin
Goldfinger
Dashboard Confessional
New Years Eve concert at Knott's

That's all I can think of right now.

Future? No plans right now, but who knows what will come up

I've only been to two this year--Jay Farrar and Wilco.

I'm going to see Deep Purple, the Scorpions, and Dio on Friday.

I have been reading tremendous reviews from this tour - all of them say that this is by far the tour of the summer!

I'd love to go see the David Lee Roth/Sammy Hagar tour, but I just bought a house and am strapped for $$$.

So far,
Bush / Default* at Universal Amp. Los Angeles 04/03/02
Alanis Morrisette / Ryan Adams* The Joint, Las Vegas 05/09/02
Garbage / Abandoned Pools* Wiltern, Los Angeles 06/02/02
The Blasters (Original Lineup) / The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash* HOB Los Angeles 06/11/02
Huey Lewis and the News* OC Fair 07/12/02
Tommy Tutone, Missing Persons and The Knack The Grove Anaheim 07/27/02

Nothing coming up, but I might get tix of The Who...

3/5 Alien Ant Farm/ Adema/ Glassjaw/ Apex Theory/ Earshot Murat Egyptian Room

3/22 Kid Rock/ Tenacious D Conseco Fieldhouse

3/27 Coal Chamber/ Ill Nino/ 40 Below Summer Murat Egyptian Room

4/3 Mushroomhead/ Dog Fashion Disco/ Five Point O Emerson Theater

4/23 Deicide/ + Locals Emerson Theater

4/29 Glassjaw/ + Locals Emerson Theater

5/24 Chimaira/ God Forbid/ 36 Crazyfists Emerson Theater

7/11 Korn/ Puddle Of Mudd/ Deadsy Conseco Fieldhouse

UPCOMING

8/5 Graves/ + Locals Festivilla

8/7 Murderdolls/ + Locals Emerson Theater

MAYBE's

8/13 Ozzfest Verizon Wireless Music Amphitheater

It's been a slow year so far...

Wilco - House of Blues - Las Vegas - excellent show despite Tweedy's vocal dislike of the city. The opener, Crooked Fingers, was damn fine in their own right.

Trey Anastasio - Thomas & Mack Center - Las Vegas (2 nights) - excellent high energy shows with great openers (Los Lobos, the Roots, Spearhead).

Dashboard Confessional/Ben Kweller - House of Blues - Las Vegas - As a favor to a friend - I can't say enough bad things about DC and their fans. No real desire to see 1000 high schoolers screaming the lyrics and actually sobbing at how profound the songs are. Lame. Kweller wasn't bad though. He's touring with My Morning Jacket now, who are one of my favorite bands. Why, then, did I have to put up with the "emo" version of N'Sync when I saw him?

Particle - Blue Note - Las Vegas - These guys are gonna be big, and this 6 hour show from 1am til dawn absolutely blew me away. I'd encourage anyone to check these guys out.

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Legend's Lounge - Las Vegas - I want to like this band. I'm told I should like this band, but I don't. Second time I've seen 'em and the second time they've completely failed to impress me. The show was a rather sad farewell to the best live music venue in the city though.

Medeski Martin & Wood/Karl Denson's Tiny Universe - The Joint - Las Vegas - Excellent show. Not much else to say.

Got a few coming up...

Guster/John Mayer - The Joint - Las Vegas - I love Guster. I hate John Mayer. At least I'll be able to leave early.

Waiting for a few bands to announce their fall tours, then I'd have more to add here...

Going to see Rush next Tuesday. That's it.

Only one, so far, but I will have doubled that by this time tomorrow night:

Tenacious D back in April

Sonic Youth in Dallas tomorrow night

Sure wish that Wilco would stop somewhere near Oklahoma City sometime this year--last time they were here was November 1997, IIRC. And for as much as I love them, it would be hard for me to justify driving all the way up to Denver or Kansas City just to see 'em. . .

The only concert I'm planning on going to so far is Live August 8th.

Chris

Wilco
The Strokes
Live
The White Stripes
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Spiritualized
Sevendust
Our Lady Peace
Alanis Morissette/Ryan Adams
Ben Folds and his piano

so far I've only seen Paul McCartney, but I saw him twice.

Living in Connecticut, I miss out on a lot of show unless I travel to New York or Boston, which isn't practical alot of times.

I'm going to see Paul again twice and Sheryl Crow is coming here so I might go see her.

So Far...

Dee Snider - Hartford, CT
Korn/Puddle of Mudd/Deadsy - Hartford, CT
Poison/Cinderella/Winger/Faster Pussycat - Hartford, CT
Ozzfest - Hartford, CT
Rolling Rock Town Fair - Latrobe, PA

Coming Up...

Goo Goo Dolls/Third Eye Blind/Vanessa Carlton - Hartford, CT
Sammy Haggar/David Lee Roth - Hartford, CT
Aerosmith/Kid Rock/Run DMC - Hartford, CT

I'd love to see OLP or Ben Folds. Do you have any links to tour information?

You can get tour information for just about any artists at http://www.pollstar.com

They're about 95% complete most of the time, some more obscure artists may not be listed.

Seen:
Chemical Brothers - Nation
Rinocerose - Nation
Starsailor
Super Furry Animals - Baltimore
Doves
South/Elbow


Going to:
V2002 Music Festival - Chelmsford, England

Coldplay - 9:30/Baltimore Pier Six

Super Furry Animals - 9:30 Club show

Beck - Lincoln Theatre

I saw Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in February.

I'm going to see Paul McCartney in October.

Concerts:
Prince
Garbage
Meshell Ndegeocello
Cher/Cyndi Lauper
The B-52's
Lenny Kravitz/Pink

Comedy:
Robin Williams

This Weekend:
Run DMC

Wanted To Go, But Could Not/Did Not:
Green Day/Blink 182
Weezer

- Matt

Saw:

Siouxsie & The Banshees (Two consecutive nights)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Peter Murphy
The Popes (Without Shane McGowan)
Motorhead
Danzig/Prong

Saw:
Willie Nelson
Lee Ann Womack
Hank Williams III

Planning to See:
George Strait
Clink Black
Alan Jackson
Hank Williams Jr.
Dixie Chicks
Pat Green

Why so much country music, you ask? Because my GF gets these tix's for free/cheap.

Thanks for the pollstar.com link, it's really good!

saw Korn 7/5


no future plans yet