Who are you going to see live this year? 2019 version

Early January i went in the southern rock cruise and seen
Lynyrd skynyrd
BlackBerry smoke
Molly hatchet
Atlanta rhythm section
Wet willie
Marshall tucker band


Later this year i have tix for

Experience Hendrix
Kiss
Iron Maiden
Ozzy Osbourne
ELO

 

only ones booked so far, there will be more before too long

Bennett Wilson Poole - Winchester

UFO - Southampton

Dylan / Young - Hyde Park

 

This will be the 5th GBV show for me. It's really a community event now, everyone sings along. Pollard is losing his hearing and his voice, so you may get a clunker. Or magnificence. One thing for sure it'll be loud. I'm going back to the same venue I saw them at last year, White Eagle hall in Jersey City. I walked out last time before the encores - it was sick loud. Got my plugs this time. We shall see if Sir Bob saves the village. Or falls on the monitors.

 

I just saw Alejandro Escovedo.
The only tickets I have are for KT Tunstall in May.
Tedeschi Trucks with Blackberry Smoke will be a game time decision.
After a record year for me in 2018, it looks like a slow year coming.

 

Back in 2015, I saw the Stones in Pittsburgh on Saturday night and then Macca in Philly on Sunday night.

That weekend was like a concert fantasy for 14-year-old me!

 

So far, I got tickets to see Paul McCartney in July and my friends and I are thinking about going to see John Mayer in June

 

Tears For Fears, 30th January (last night)
Public Service Broadcasting, 31st January (tonight)
Steely Dan/ Steve Winwood, 28th February
Sharon Van Etten, 23rd March
The Cure, 8th June
Elton John, 13th June
Lana Del Rey, 22nd June
Jenny Lewis, 29th July
Foo Fighters, 21st August
a-ha, 29th October
a-ha, 30th October

 

Marcia Ball

 

next week

Jah Wobble/Bill Laswell

later in the year

King Crimson

 

Ryan Adams in April

 

Wreckless Eric in Manchester

 

At this stage these are the bands I've got lined up for 2019 - Toto and Paul Laine have already been and gone...

Toto
Paul Laine (ex-Danger Danger)
Greta Van Fleet
Faster Pussycat
Belinda Carlisle
Judas Priest
Loudness
The Sisters Of Mercy

 

Feb - Peter Hook & The Light - Colchester Arts Centre
April - ABC - Royal Albert Hall
May - Nick Masons Saucerful of Secrets - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Oct - Midge Ure - London Palladium or might be the Southend gig. I haven't decided yet.

 

The Cure

 

Booked:
The Who
Norah Jones

Might Book:
Nick Mason
Patricia Barber
(The Bizarre World of Frank) Zappa
Rolling Stones
Mark Knopfler

 

Iron Maiden
King Crimson
Rival Sons

All in Toronto.

Considering Steve Hackett in Oakville, ON and Chicago Open Air.

 

Stephen Malkmus (last week)
Interpol
Bob Mould
Massive Attack
Jeff Tweedy
Nick Mason
Son Volt
The Who
The Hold Steady
The Stones x 2
Iron Maiden
My Morning Jacket
King Crimson

 

So far I have lined up:

Kikagaku Moyo
Om
Antonio Sanchez
Interpol
Refused
Monolith on the Mesa festival
Fire in the Mountains festival
Mono
Umphrey's McGee
Dead & Company
Joe Russo's Almost Dead

And a bunch of lesser known bands

 

Dick's? I got shut out.

 

Tickets in hand:

Riverside~June
Ozzy~July
Iron Maiden~Sept

 

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Its amazing how fast Dick's sells out anymore. You used to be able to get tickets right up til showtime. We don't travel for Phish but we hit up Dicks every year.

 

I got tickets the day they went on sale last year so I didn't have to search for tickets, but I've heard they were easy to get in the lot. I'm not a big fan of showing up without a ticket though, so if I don't get tickets between now and then I'll just spend the weekend doing something else.

 

So far:

Neneh Cherry
Janelle Monáe

Two weeks ago I already saw Anna Calvi.

 

Tickets for King Crimson and Steven Wilson. Steve Hackett and Riverside under consideration as of now.

 

Metallica - 1/28
Alan Parsons Project - 2/20
Experience Hendrix - 3/14
Adrian Belew - 3/15
Joe Bonamassa - 3/19
Kiss - 4/6
Brit Floyd - 4/27
Paul McCartney - 5/27
King Crimson - 9/21 (Celebration package)
King Crimson - 9/29 (Celebration package)