Who Are You Going to See Live This Year? (Part Two)

Bought a ducat to see Culture Club in Toronto this August yesterday morning. To
celebrate last evening I caught Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in a small
club here. Great show. Didn't play `Hearts Of Stone' but did cover Mink DeVille.

 

Going to see The Waterboys tonight. Hoping for many tunes from A Pagan Place, This Is the Sea, and 2015's excellent and underrated Modern Blues. I'm not holding my breath, though. Still, they were excellent both times I've seen them before, and they are basically bound to be great no matter what they play.

 

Added:
Arctic Monkeys in July.
Nick Cave in October.

 

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult..............tonight.

 

June:
The Decemberists (Indianapolis)
(The new album is starting to grow on me. I saw them a couple of years ago, and they were great.)

Jack Johnson (Indianapolis)
(Saw him maybe 15 years ago, and as I recall, he puts on a pretty solid, fun show.)

July:
Radiohead (Columbus, OH)
(I've seen them 5-6 times, but it's been quite a long time since they were in this neck of the woods, and I can't freakin' wait to see them again!)

August:
O.A.R.
(Not really a huge fan of what I've heard so far, but my wife is, and she was a good sport when she went with me to see Low play last month, so I can't complain.)

I'm also itching to see co-headliners Ray LaMontagne / Neko Case, as well as Real Estate, both in June... but I haven't pulled the trigger quite yet.

 

Coming up:

June 22:
Blackberry Smoke

July:
Arcade Fire (Raleigh, NC)

August:
LSD Tour featuring Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam (Charlotte, NC)

September:
David Byrne (Charleston, SC)

October:
Big Thief (great indie band who's been opening for The National)
CHVRCHES
Lily Allen (Buckhead, GA amazingly?!)
Rodney Crowell
Amy Ray
Dweezil Zappa

 

August:
Suzanne Vega
Bob Dylan
Celine Dion (accompanying my partner)

October:
Cher

 

June:

Posies (Kalamazoo)
Sloan (Chicago)

Power Poptastic...

 

Pearl Jam - Chicago x2
Modest Mouse - Kalamazoo
Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers - Detroit - for my Dad’s birthday
Hound Mouth - Kalamazoo

 

Saw Justin Timberlake at a private concert for a conference I attended last week. His music’s not really my thing but it was free, sooooo.... I will say he and his band (15 piece? 16?) put on a great high energy show.

Other than that Avett Bros at Stage AE in Pittsburgh is all that’s on my calendar. Also not really my thing but it is an anniversary present for my wife.

This has been more of a sports year.

 

Mary Halvorson's Thumbscrew this coming Thursday.

 

Public Image Ltd - Newcastle Academy - 12th June 2018
David Byrne - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - 15th June 2018
Pearl Jam - O2 Arena - 18th June 2018
Sheryl Crow - Gateshead Sage - 21st June 2018
Nine Inch Nails - Royal Festival Hall - 22nd June 2018
Nine Inch Nails - Royal Albert Hall - 24th June 2018
Roisin Murphy - Gateshead Sage - 29th June 2018
Roger Waters - Birmingham Arena - 6th July 2018
Deer Shed Festival - Baldersby Park, N. Yorks - 20-23rd July 2018
Iron Maiden - Newcastle Arena - 31st July 2018
Gomez - Newcastle Academy - 24th August 2018
The The - Newcastle University - 3rd September 2018
Garbage - Northumbria University - 12th September 2018
Arctic Monkeys - Newcastle Arena - 27th September 2018
Arctic Monkeys - Newcastle Arena - 28th September 2018
Anna Calvi - Boiler Shop Newcastle- 3rd October 2018
Steve Hackett - Gateshead Sage - 7th October 2018
Glenn Hughes - Newcastle Academy - 10th October 2018
U2 - Manchester Arena - 19th October 2018
U2 - Manchester Arena - 20th October 2018
Father John Misty - Gateshead Sage - 26th October 2018
Michael Schenker Fest - Newcastle Academy - 9th November 2018
Johnny Marr - Newcastle Academy - 14th November 2018
Ross Noble - Newcastle City Hall - 21st November 2018
Def Leppard / Cheap Trick - Newcastle Arena - 9th December 2018
Deacon Blue - Newcastle City Hall - 12th December 2018
Mercury Rev - St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle - 15th December 2018

 

Need to check your dates. Birmingham show is the next day. This is Hyde Park date.

 

You are correct!

 

You had me worried for a minute - thought I might have booked everything for the wrong day!

 

Bergenfest is coming up this week, so I'll be seeing Tom Russell, The Districts, Sparks, Nick Cave, Father John Misty and Jason Isbell in the span of two days. Almost too much greatness for one fellow to take.

 

This one is my next show, unless something comes up before.
My daughter is a big fan, so we are going together with a couple of friends. Can't wait.

 

I just saw the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas, this past Saturday, June 9th at The San Francisco Jazz Festival. She noted that she's been performing for 60 years and was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from Tulane University!

 

I already mentioned that I am missing a band or two due to being away on vacation.
We will be in Amsterdam in August but missing Patti Smith by a few days.
The question is - can I work Brussels into the itinerary?

 

I was at the Crimson show last night, was bloody brilliant. Wish I could've attended tonight's gig but as a uni student I just can't afford to. Anyway I'll be back at the Palladium tomorrow for Hawkwind so can't complain.

 

I have two concerts within 3 nights in December. Might make me seem like a bit of a 80's hair rock glammy fan, but that's not particularly representative of what I like (I just bought David Crosby's new album today).

Def Leppard in Glasgow and Tyla's Dogs D'Amour in Edinburgh. I do love Tyla and the Dogs I must admit.

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd is playing a few Canadian arena shows in March of 2019 with
Randy Bachman(!) opening. Should be a great night of guitar rock. I was under
the impression that Skynyrd's last show was the stadium concert in Jacksonville
with Jason Aldean, etc. Guess I was wrong.

 

Updating my list of shows:

The Hold Steady-11/29 and 11/30 at the Brooklyn Bowl
Lynyrd Skynyrd-12/1 at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
Yo La Tengo-12/4 at the Bowery Ballroom
Govt Mule-12/29 at the Beacon Theater
Magpie Salute-2/12 at the Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale
Drive By Truckers-2/15 and 2/16 at the 40 Watt Club, Athens Georgia
Devon Allman Project with Duane Allman-2/21 at the Parker Playhouse
Southside Johnny and Asbury Jukes-2/23 at the Parker Playhouse
Experience Hendrix-3/3 at the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
Kiss-Nassau Coliseum, 3/23
Nick Mason Saucerful Of Secrets, Beacon Theater-4/19
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival-4/26-4/27
Eric Clapton-Royal Albert Hall, 5/13 (have the tickets and waiting for friend to finally agree to go)

 

Chvrches and the Human League in November

 

Coming up:
J.Mascis
Residents (Again! but RIP Hardy (((( )

Saw Screaming Females, Dinosaur Jr. and The The this year.
Had to bail on Soft Cell - don't think I missed much, ...hate the O2 with a passion.

Had to see A-Ha with the S.O. Was ok.
Saw Sigur Ros with a friend - had to walk out....