Top 5 artists you’ve seen live the most

Combustible Edison

 

1. Drivin N Cryin
2. Drive By Truckers
Well, isn't that odd?...

 

McCoy Tyner
Bobby Hutcherson
Grateful Dead
Bob Dylan
Beastie Boys

 

Alan Parsons. Stopped counting at around 30 or 40 shows. Once went to four shows in 26 hours.
Styx
Edgar Winter
Johnny Winter
Kinks

 

Rush
Blue Oyster Cult
Dream Theater
Neal Morse
Styx

 

Soundgarden 6
a bunch of 3's-2's-1's

 

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Neil Young (with various backing bands & solo)
REM
The Replacements
Wilco

Maybe...

 

<------ these guys.

The Frames : 11 times from '99 to '10. Dublin, Boston, NYC, PDX, Coachella '07, Sasquatch '05.

Maybe I will get to see them this year. Playing Chicago in the Autumn sometime.

 

Grateful Dead (45) 1985-95
MD/VA/WI/DC/PA/NY/OR
Neil Young (10) 1986-2019 MD/OR/WA
Richard Thompson (7) 2008-15 OR
Jethro Tull (7) 1980-98 MD/PA/OR
Rush (6) 1990-2015 MD/WA/OR

 

Yes
Porcupine Tree
Steven Wilson
The Who
Steve Hackett

 

The Go-Betweens
Died Pretty
Ed Kuepper
The Triffids
Tactics

Canberra or Sydney

In no particular order, since I can't remember how many times, but more than 5 or 10 times each.

 

Grateful Dead more times than I can count ‘69 through ‘80 when the heroin/cocaine rot set in and for me the magic kind of left the band and I got off the bus
Jeff Beck every tour since 1972
Lyle Lovett every tour since ‘88 and that’s a sh*tload (just saw him around month ago)
Peter Gabriel every tour
Led Zeppelin 5 times

There are some other bands I saw more than Zeppelin but if you saw them you gotta include Zeppelin.

 

1) The Black Crowes: more times than I can recall without taking out a map and trying to piece it together
2) Chris Robinson Brotherhood: ditto
3) Springsteen: 8x
4) Dinosaur Jr: 6x
5) Neil Young: 5x
5) Kozelek/Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon: 5x

I'm certain I've seen Wilco five times, but I can't remember the venue for the fifth show.

 

Billy Higgins
Bobby Hutcherson
Cedar Walton
Country Joe and The Fish
Jefferson Airplane
Richie Havens
Quicksilver
Blue Cheer

 

I may be missing a few shows here or there but this is what I could gather from looking at a bunch of setlists online. The majority are from Chicago unless otherwise noted:

Wilco 23.294 times
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2002-08-03 Riviera Theatre
2003-09-19 Auditorium Theatre
2003-09-20 Auditorium Theatre
2004-10-31 Auditorium Theatre
2005-03-05 The Vic Theatre (Wilco joined for final 10 songs of Jeff Tweedy solo show so 10/34 = .294)
2005-05-04 The Vic Theatre
2005-05-05 The Vic Theatre
2005-05-06 The Vic Theatre
2005-05-07 The Vic Theatre
2005-11-01 Auditorium Theatre
2006-08-06 Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
2007-09-12 Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Millennium Park
2008-02-16 Riviera Theatre
2008-02-18 Riviera Theatre
2008-02-19 Riviera Theatre
2008-02-20 Riviera Theatre
2008-08-02 Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
2009-10-18 UIC Pavillion
2009-10-19 UIC Pavillion
2011-12-12 Civic Opera House
2011-12-13 Riviera Theatre
2011-12-15 The Vic Theatre
2011-12-16 Cabaret Metro
2013-07-12 Toyota Park

Bob Dylan 16 times
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1992-10-28 Paramount Performing Arts Center (Springfield MA)
1997-12-13 Cabaret Metro
1997-12-14 Cabaret Metro
2001-10-27 United Center
2004-03-05 Aragon Ballroom
2004-03-06 Riviera Theatre
2004-03-07 Vic Theatre
2004-03-08 Park West
2005-04-01 Auditorium Theatre
2005-04-05 Auditorium Theatre
2007-10-27 Chicago Theatre
2007-10-28 Chicago Theatre
2007-10-29 Chicago Theatre
2009-10-31 Aragon Ballroom
2010-10-30 Riviera Theatre
2013-07-12 Toyota Park

U2 16 times
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1992-03-13 Hartford Civic Center (Hartford CT)
2001-05-12 United Center
2001-05-13 United Center
2001-05-15 United Center
2001-10-15 United Center
2001-10-16 United Center
2005-05-09 United Center
2005-05-10 United Center
2005-05-12 United Center
2005-09-20 United Center
2005-09-21 United Center
2005-10-07 Madison Square Garden (NYC NY)
2009-09-12 Soldier Field
2009-09-13 Soldier Field
2011-07-05 Soldier Field
2018-05-22 United Center

Pearl Jam 12 times
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2003-06-18 United Center
2006-05-16 United Center
2006-05-17 United Center
2007-08-05 Grant Park
2009-08-23 United Center
2009-08-24 United Center
2009-09-22 Key Arena (Seattle WA)
2013-07-19 Wrigley Field
2016-08-20 Wrigley Field
2016-08-22 Wrigley Field
2018-08-18 Wrigley Field
2018-08-20 Wrigley Field

The Tragically Hip 12 times
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1996-08-20 Iron Horse Music Hall (North Hamption MA)
1998-08-06 Martyr's
1999-02-13 Chicago Theatre
2000-12-01 UIC Pavilion
2002-07-16 House of Blues
2002-07-17 House of Blues
2002-07-18 House of Blues
2002-07-19 House of Blues
2006-07-03 House of Blues
2007-05-11 House of Blues
2007-05-12 House of Blues
2009-05-26 Vic Theatre

 

David Johansen Joan Jett Roger McGuinn Lou Reed Juliana Hatfield

 

Grateful Dead 49 1979-89
King Crimson 27 1981-2019
Richard Thompson Band 10 1994- 200?
Lyle Lovett 5 1993-2016
Fred J Eaglesmith comes through every year or so, that's shooting fish in a barrel, but always a good time.

 

Doc Watson - more times than I can count... used to cut his lawn as a teen to boot!
Flat Duo Jets - dozens of shows...
Treat Her Right - ditto
Rolling Stones - five IIRC

 

Seems a fear, please elaborate...

 

Paul McCartney.1966, 1976, 1989, 1990x2, 1993
The Rolling Stones 1966, 1969
Brian Wilson x3 I don’t remember the years
Spirit 1969 x2
Jeff Beck 1968, 1974 or 75, 1989

Eric Clapton 1968, 1969 x2

But, a few others x2 also
Ten Years After, Albert King, Stevie Ray, Spooky Tooth, Crowded House, Paul Simon, the Association, Cheap Trick etc. It gets hard to remember.

 

McCartney x2
U2 x2
Bowie x2
Peter Gabriel x2
Saxon x2
Black Sabbath x2 + Heaven and Hell (which was in fact Black Sabbath) x1

 

I thought about this some more and here is the breakdown:
Rush -.10x
Sonic Youth - 6x
U2 - 6x
Barenaked Ladies 6x
They Might Be Giants - 6x

And a few are tied at 5x:
King's X
Van Halen
Elvis Costello
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Melvins
Queensryche

 

over 15 shows
Wilco
Steely Dan

Plenty of 5x+

 

Multiples (of the top of my head, forgetting some)

Grateful Dead many times (8 or 9) 1977-1980
AC/DC 4 1977-80
Rolling Stones 3 1975,1978,1981
Wipers 3 1981,1982,1983
Husker Du 3 1984,1985,1987
Ramones 3 1978, 1979, 1980
Lou Reed 3 1977,1978, 1982
Bruce Springsteen 3 1978,1980,1985
NRBQ 3 1978-1980
Neil Young 3 1979, 1983,1987
Yo La Tengo 3 1987,1989,1992
J Geils Band 3 1977,1978,1980
William Parker 3 1988,1989,1990
David S Ware 3 1990, 1992, 1993
Sonny Rollins 3 1985,1986, 1988
Black Sabbath 2 1978, 1982
Black Flag 2 1982, 1984
Who 2 1979,1982
Clash 2 1980,1982
Kinks 2 1977,1979
Rush 2 1977,1980
Aerosmith 2 1976,1978
Van Halen 2 1979,1980
Butth*le Surfers 2 1985,1986
Pere Ubu 2 1982, 1987
Jam 2 1977, 1981
Sonic Youth 2 1986,1988
Talking Heads 2 1981,1983

I was never the type to follow a band around. My last concert was in 1994.