Top 5 artists you’ve seen live the most

Provide city and year for bonus points!

In the case of a tie, just share the same ranking.

Keep solo acts separate from their original bands.

No shame, I’m sure each time was worth it. It was for me.

 

Grateful Dead 1977 thru 1995, hundreds of shows, all across the USA,
Jerry Garcia Band, dozen times, all across the USA
Bob Weir's Ratdog, 1995 > couple a dozen times, all over USA,
Phil Lesh and Friends, 1995> couple of dozen times, mostly NY and West Coast,
Nick Cave 2000 > dozen times, mostly east coast

 

Ozzy
Van Halen
Aerosmith
Iron Maiden
A PinkFloyd Tribute band

All by chance not design,went with family and friends spontaneously.

 

Iron Maiden so far 5 times. It would have been Rush but was late to the party.

 

Bromheads Jacket (I lost count during 2004 - 2008. At least 14 times in North East England. They were an indie trio from Sheffield. Friends with Arctic Monkeys. Good people and always entertaining live)
Morrissey (5 times - Manchester 2004 - 2009, Sunderland 2008 & Hartlepool 1999)
Status Quo (5 times - 4 in North East England 2004 - 2010 & the classic line up reunion in Wolverhampton 2015)
The Wedding Present (5 times Sunderland 1990, Newcastle & Middlesbrough 1991 - 2019)
Blur (4 times - Middlesbrough 1991, Newcastle 3 times 1994 - 1997)
Motörhead (4 times Newcastle 2008 - 2012)

 

Not a big concert goer but I've seen two artists twice.

Paul McCartney
1990 (Miami) and 1993 (Tampa)

Def Leppard
1992 (Ft Myers) and 2014 (Tampa)

 

Yes
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Steven Wilson
Adrian Belew
Mark O’Connor

 

The Grateful Dead
Ramones
The Moody Blues
R.E.M.
Prince

 

I haven't seen many artists multiple times

Rush x 6
Moody Blues x 4
Dream Theater x 2
Buddy Guy x 2
Lacuna Coil x 2
Heart x 2 (mostly accidental... was there to see someone else on the ticket)

 

I’ll go.

1. Pearl Jam 11 times
-98 East Lansing
-00 Detroit
-03 Tampa
-03 Detroit x2
-06 Chicago x2
-07 Chicago
-11 East Troy x2
-16 Chicago

2. Toadies 5 times
-01 Detroit
-07 Chicago
-08 Chicago
-10 Chicago
-17 Chicago

3. Radiohead, Neil Young and Cake 4 times
Radiohead:
-01 Cuyahoga Falls
-03 West Palm Beach
-08 Chicago
-18 Detroit

Neil Young:
-00 Detroit
-00 West Palm Beach
-07 Chicago x2

Cake:
-98 Detroit
-01 Detroit
-02 Detroit
-17 Atlanta

4. Chris Cornell (solo), Bob Dylan 3 times
Chris Cornell:
-99 Detroit
-07 Chicago
-16 Chicago

Bob Dylan:
-99 Detroit
-01 Grand Rapids
-18 Milwaukee

5. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Soundgarden, Buddy Guy, The Strokes
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers:
-99 Detroit
-01 Detroit

Buddy Guy:
-00 Detroit
-09 Chicago

The Strokes:
-03 Orlando
-06 Milwaukee

-Soundgarden:
-96 Detroit
-13 Chicago

 

Well..Temptations-in D.C.[Howard Theater-3 times-Constitution Hall-2 times-Howard University-1 time-Warner Theater-1 time]

 

Oh,you did say five...Four Tops-5 times..The Moments-4 times..The O'Jays-4 times..Chi-Lites-4 times..The Manhattans-4 times.

 

Rush
Sonic Youth
U2
King's X
Barenaked Ladies

 

They would all be local yokels:

Paul Delay
Jim Mesi
Robert Cray (when he was local)
Curtis Salgado
Scott Fultz (in MN, the rest in OR)

national acts: Sonny Rollins and Bill Frisell, 6 or 7 each. IIRC. The locals all at least a dozen.

 

Sonny Rollins
Jeff Beck
Miles Davis
Allman Brothers
John McLaughlin

 

The Who
Van Halen
Bruce Springsteen
The Police
Boston

 

What are yours?

 

Paul McCartney - 17x (18?)
1989-2019
all in NYC bar Atlantic City, NJ (2003?), Liverpool (2008), Duluth, GA (2016?) and Greenville, SC (2019)

Lucinda Williams (12x)
2002-2019
Evenly-ish split between NYC and NC

Arcade Fire (12x)
2007-2018
Most in NYC bar Toronto, ON (2014), Philadelphia, PA (2017), Duluth, GA (2017), Chicago, IL (2017) and Raleigh, NC (2018)

Bruce Springsteen (10x)
1980-2012
All in NYC bar Pittsburgh, PA (2012)

Probably The Roches would be in 5th, no idea how many times but quite a few, from the mid-80's through early 00's, all in NYC.

 

Kenny Rogers ( Approximately a couple of dozen times) His recent death hit me hard.
Olivia Newton John (4 times)
Frank Sinatra (3 times, twice in Vegas and once at San Diego Sports Arena)
Garth Brooks (4 Times)
Oak Ridge Boys (Close to a dozen times)

( I have also seen Michael Bublé and Carrie Underwood 3 times each. Oh, this is getting too tough to do as I have seen up to a couple hundred concerts in my life.)

 

Glad to see the Toadies on someone’s list! Excellent band. I’m trying to sort out my own list. There are some bands on the local side that I’ve seen anywhere from 15-30 times. Either from just being around at a lot of shows or being friends with them and touring/playing together a lot.

 

Grateful Dead x23 (1987-1993)
Roger Waters x10 (1987-2010)
The Who x8 (1989, 2004, 2006)
Pink Floyd x7 (1987-88)
Van Halen x6 (1981-2015) every lineup, including with Gary Cherone in '98
David Gilmour x5 (2006, 2016)
Jeff Beck x5 (1999, 2001, 2009)
The Police x5 (1980, 1984, 2006-07)

I had to fly for all of these except for when The Who came to Maui in 2004 !

 

Not counting a ton of punk and indie-rock shows by various, mostly obscure Tampa bands throughout the 80s and early 90s, here's what I came up with:

Guided by Voices (12 shows in GA and FL, all between 2000 and 2004 except for one FL show in 2018)
My Morning Jacket (6 shows in SC, NC and FL, 2008-2016)
Wilco (4 shows in GA and NC, 2002-2005)
Green Day (4 shows in FL, 1990-1993)
Samiam (3 shows in FL, 1991-1994)

 

Prodigy 15
Super Furry Animals 13
David Bowie 12 [I believe @Oatsdad and @stepeanut are close behind me ]
Melvins 12
Queens Of The Stone Age 8

 

Genesis 8x ..1972-77 UK/NYC/NJ
ELP 6x...1971-? Fillmore East/ Carnegie Hall/ MSG/ NYC/NJ various venues
Jethro Tull 5x...1970-2019 Fillmore East/ NYC/NJ various venues
King Crimson 4x...1974-2018 NYC/NJ various various
Pat Metheny Group 5x...1976-1980's NYC/NJ
I saw many other acts 2 0r 3 times, but I'm not overly obsessive about concerts.

 

Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
R.E.M.
Radiohead
Rolling Stones
Genesis
Steely Dan
The Who