- ABC - midnight show on Long Island, compliments of Greg Markowitz
- Bryan Adams - Brendan Byrne Arena
- Air Supply (2x) - BB King's + Nokia Theatre
- The Allman Brothers (2x) - PNC Arts Center
- America - Bergen PAC
- B-52s - Radio City
- Beck - Beacon Theatre - (opening act: The Flaming Lips)
- Bjorn Again - Irving Plaza - supposedly the next best thing to seeing ABBA live
- Blind Melon - Rutgers University
- Blondie - Nokia Theatre - a spontaneous evening of BBQ + music w/ Caryn Dubelko
- Boston - PNC Arts Center
- Jimmy Buffett - Brendan Byrne Arena
- David Bowie (5x) - Roseland, MSG, Jones Beach, Beacon Theatre, Radio City
- Eric Burdon & The Animals - BB King's
- David Byrne - Royal Festival Hall, London
- Natalie Cole - Bergen PAC
- Phil Collins - MSG
- Elvis Costell0 (2x) - Mix Fest '98, Boston, MA while visiting Nisha Raghavan in law school + Beacon Theatre w/ Dave
- Cream - MSG - scored some scalped tix for this reunion show
- Sheryl Crow - Shepherds Bush
- Culture Club - PNC Arts Center
- Roger Daltrey - Prudential Center, performing 'Tommy' in its entirety
- Ray Davies (2x) - Beacon Theatre, Town Hall
- Depeche Mode (4x) - Giants Stadium, MSG (opening act: The The)
- Neil Diamond - MSG
- Donovan - Royal Festival Hall
- The Doobie Brothers - PNC Arts Center
- Dread Zeppelin - House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
- Duran Duran (3x) - PNC Arts Center (opening act: Terence Trent D'Arby), Radio City (opening act: James)
- The Eagles - Brendan Byrne Arena
- Echo & The Bunnymen (2x) - Irving Plaza, Radio City, both times w/ Deborah Schkolne
- John Entwhistle (2x) - BB King's, Irving Plaza
- Erasure - Hammerstein Ballroom
- The Eurythmics - MSG
- Fleetwood Mac - Brendan Byrne Arena
- Philip Glass - Bergen PAC
- Hall & Oates - State Theatre, New Brunswick
- Human League - PNC Arts Center
- Huey Lewis - Bergen PAC - I think he left 'The News' at home
- The Indigo Girls - Rutgers University
- Bryan Ferry (4x) - Kenwood House, London + Beacon Theatre x 3
- Franz Ferdinand - Roseland Ballroom - a dream come true for Jihan Crowther and me
- Peter Gabriel (3x) - Brendan Byrne Arena x 2, Radio City w/ Janet Abrams
- Dave Gahan - Hammersmith Apollo, London
- Genesis - MSG - VIP suite, compliments of Lauren Ruffo + Instinet
- Gods of Fire - Arlene's Grocery - to watch Nisha writhe on stage
- Don Henley - PNC Arts Center
- Chris Isaak - PNC Arts Center
- Janet Jackson - MSG
- Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday (2x) - Arlene's Grocery + somewhere in Brooklyn
- Billy Joel (5x) - MSG x 3, Nassau Coliseum, Giants Stadium
- Elton John - MSG x 2
- Howard Jones - PNC Arts Center
- Human League - PNC Arts Center
- Meat Loaf - MSG
- John Cougar Mellencamp - Brendan Byrne Arena
- George Michael - MSG - tix for this one were over $200!!
- Howard Jones - PNC Arts Center
- Keane - Irving Plaza
- Liberace - Radio City
- Little River Band - NJ State Fair
- Live - Rutgers University
- Sarah McLachlan - Beacon Theatre w/ Karen Seiferheld
- Madonna - MSG
- Barry Manilow (2x) - PNC Arts Center, Radio City
- Bette Midler - Radio City
- Steve Miller Band - PNC Arts Center
- Liza Minelli - The Palace Theatre
- NIN - Brendan Byrne Arena - double bill w/ Bowie
- Gary Numan - Irving Plaza
- Pet Shop Boys - Hammerstein Ballroom
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Brendan Byrne Arena
- The Police - MSG - great reunion show
- The Pretenders - Radio City
- The Artist formerly known as Prince - MSG - (opening act: Chaka Khan)
- REM - MSG, with a cameo by Jeff Lynne
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Brendan Byrne Arena
- The Rolling Stones - Giants Stadium - (opening act: The Pretenders)
- Roxy Music (2x) - Theatre @ MSG (opening act: Rufus Wainwright), Beacon Theatre
- Scissor Sisters - Hammerstein Ballroom
- Paul Simon - PNC Arts Center
- Spinal Tap (2x) - Carnegie Hall, Beacon Theatre
- Steely Dan (2x) - Beacon Theatre, PNC Arts Center
- Rod Stewart - MSG
- The Stills - Glasgow, Scotland
- Sting - PNC Arts Center
- Tears for Fears - Beacon Theatre
- Tanya Tucker - Sussex County VoTech
- Van Halen - Brendan Byrne Arena
- Rufus Wainwright - Royal Festival Hall, London
- Dionne Warwick - Mohegan Sun
- The Who (6x) - Royal Albert Hall, PNC Arts Center x 2 (opening act: Robert Plant), MSG x 2, Brendan Byrne Arena (performing 'Quadrophenia' in its entirety)
- Paul Weller (2x) - Town Hall
- Brian Wilson - PNC Arts Center
- Neil Young - Theatre @ MSG
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
The Concert Scene
When you have forgotten seeing a legend such as Paul Simon in concert, it's time to piece together a list of the concerts you've seen, before other music memories (good, bad + cheesy) fade away.
Monday, January 4, 2010
The Concert Scene 2009
2009 was a great year for me in so many ways, but it was definitely a low point in the world of live music. In years past I've seen 20+ concerts, but this year I only made it to five! There are a number of factors I blame for this:
1) There were times that I was so busy with work this year that I forgot to buy food, let alone concert tickets...
2) I don't discover as many new artists as I used to, so the pool of concerts worth seeing has greatly diminished...
3) Most of the aging acts I see over and over and over - Bowie (7x), The Who (8x) - took the year off - maybe they were touring nursing homes instead of popular NYC venues...
4) MJ was on my must-see list when I was heading over to London, and we all know how that turned out...
5) I may have seen more shows and just don't remember. If that is the case, please let me know if I attended a concert with you in 2009!
Here was the set list for 2009 - let's hope 2010 sees more concert-going activity!
Air Supply, 20 Feb 2009
The year started out with a soft rock bang as we saw these Aussie "rockers" at the Nokia Theatre Times Square (my first time there). This evening can be blamed on the bucket list we started at 4am at Brandy's Piano Bar in January - who ever thought they would actually be touring when we declared them a must-see event? Ruffo, Cindy and I had a great evening - they sang every one of our favorites and we got to meet them after the show, where they were freely giving out autographs, kisses and hugs.
Little Russell is my favorite, but the other guy kept sneaking into our pictures
Franz Ferdinand, May 2009
This band hit the scene when I was living in London and back in 2004, Jihan and I vowed we would see them live some day. Thanks to Stub Hub for making this dream come true! Although I am getting way too old for standing-room only concerts - and the elbowing, pushing, bumping and foot stepping that come with them - this show was fantastic. The Scottish cuties rocked all of our favorites and played almost the entire new album.
Spinal Tap: Unwigged & Unplugged, May 2009
Thanks to my brother's absent-mindedness, I inherited his 2 free tickets to this show at the newly restored (and fabulous) Beacon Theatre, and what a great show it was! I tried not to rub it in but had to tell him all of the highlights from the night: songs from all of Christopher Guest's movies, lots of witty banter in between songs, and a stunning rendition of "Saucy Jack" (which we just downloaded for our Xbox Rock Band - naughty, naughty, naughty). Ruffo was such a sport for coming to this show with me, especially since she has never seen "This is Spinal Tap". We'll have to remedy that in 2010.
Steely Dan: Takin It To The Seats Internet Request Night, 11 Aug 2009
Back at the Beacon again, this time for my second time seeing Steely Dan and to drag Ruffo to another concert. Steely Dan was never known for being a live band or enjoying the tour scene - painfully obvious when Donald Fagen told an audience member to 'fuck off'. He was as annoyed as I was that people were shouting out requests at an all request show. We all were given the opportunity to vote for the set list online after we purchased our tickets. I tried to vote for 'Dirty Work' 20 times, but was only allowed one vote per song. Luckily, a few others must have voted for it, too, because it was played alongside all of my other faves.
Ray Davies, 20 Nov 2009
A fantastic show that I gushed about in a previous post:
http://lowhitesbargrill.blogspot.com/2009/11/music-melodies-memories_21.html
and, surprisingly, the only concert Dave and I made it to together this year. He's obviously gotten a lot better at saying 'no' when I buy tickets to a show he's just not that interested in.
There were two shows I would have liked to have seen but missed out on. The first is Kylie Minogue. Jihan and I talked about seeing this show when we first heard about it, but I blame the launches of www.ivillage.com/entertainment and www.ivillage.com/food for this totally falling off of my radar. The second was the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame anniversary show. I came so close to winning a pair of tickets but ended up with two bottles of Top Chef wine instead. Hardly makes up for the chance to see Lou Reed and Simon & Garfunkel, but will come in very handy when celebrating the start of 2010.
1) There were times that I was so busy with work this year that I forgot to buy food, let alone concert tickets...
2) I don't discover as many new artists as I used to, so the pool of concerts worth seeing has greatly diminished...
3) Most of the aging acts I see over and over and over - Bowie (7x), The Who (8x) - took the year off - maybe they were touring nursing homes instead of popular NYC venues...
4) MJ was on my must-see list when I was heading over to London, and we all know how that turned out...
5) I may have seen more shows and just don't remember. If that is the case, please let me know if I attended a concert with you in 2009!
Here was the set list for 2009 - let's hope 2010 sees more concert-going activity!
Air Supply, 20 Feb 2009
The year started out with a soft rock bang as we saw these Aussie "rockers" at the Nokia Theatre Times Square (my first time there). This evening can be blamed on the bucket list we started at 4am at Brandy's Piano Bar in January - who ever thought they would actually be touring when we declared them a must-see event? Ruffo, Cindy and I had a great evening - they sang every one of our favorites and we got to meet them after the show, where they were freely giving out autographs, kisses and hugs.
Little Russell is my favorite, but the other guy kept sneaking into our picturesFranz Ferdinand, May 2009
This band hit the scene when I was living in London and back in 2004, Jihan and I vowed we would see them live some day. Thanks to Stub Hub for making this dream come true! Although I am getting way too old for standing-room only concerts - and the elbowing, pushing, bumping and foot stepping that come with them - this show was fantastic. The Scottish cuties rocked all of our favorites and played almost the entire new album.
Spinal Tap: Unwigged & Unplugged, May 2009
Thanks to my brother's absent-mindedness, I inherited his 2 free tickets to this show at the newly restored (and fabulous) Beacon Theatre, and what a great show it was! I tried not to rub it in but had to tell him all of the highlights from the night: songs from all of Christopher Guest's movies, lots of witty banter in between songs, and a stunning rendition of "Saucy Jack" (which we just downloaded for our Xbox Rock Band - naughty, naughty, naughty). Ruffo was such a sport for coming to this show with me, especially since she has never seen "This is Spinal Tap". We'll have to remedy that in 2010.
Steely Dan: Takin It To The Seats Internet Request Night, 11 Aug 2009
Back at the Beacon again, this time for my second time seeing Steely Dan and to drag Ruffo to another concert. Steely Dan was never known for being a live band or enjoying the tour scene - painfully obvious when Donald Fagen told an audience member to 'fuck off'. He was as annoyed as I was that people were shouting out requests at an all request show. We all were given the opportunity to vote for the set list online after we purchased our tickets. I tried to vote for 'Dirty Work' 20 times, but was only allowed one vote per song. Luckily, a few others must have voted for it, too, because it was played alongside all of my other faves.
Ray Davies, 20 Nov 2009
A fantastic show that I gushed about in a previous post:
http://lowhitesbargrill.blogspot.com/2009/11/music-melodies-memories_21.html
and, surprisingly, the only concert Dave and I made it to together this year. He's obviously gotten a lot better at saying 'no' when I buy tickets to a show he's just not that interested in.
There were two shows I would have liked to have seen but missed out on. The first is Kylie Minogue. Jihan and I talked about seeing this show when we first heard about it, but I blame the launches of www.ivillage.com/entertainment and www.ivillage.com/food for this totally falling off of my radar. The second was the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame anniversary show. I came so close to winning a pair of tickets but ended up with two bottles of Top Chef wine instead. Hardly makes up for the chance to see Lou Reed and Simon & Garfunkel, but will come in very handy when celebrating the start of 2010.
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