2023 Concerts

[SinceThe70s]

On 6/7/2023 at 12:59 PM, Mr Info said:

Saw the Les Claypool show last night. He performed the entire Floyd Animals album during the set. Sean Lennon and Harry Waters (Roger’s son) are in his band. But what made the concert excellent was the opening band of Belew & Harrison performing Talking Heads material, primarily from Remain in Light. Turquaz was their backing band which makes an 11 member band.

They are together only on some of Claypool’s gigs but highly recommend if both are part of the bill in your area. Belew is an outstanding guitarist.

 

Saw the Frog Brigade tonight. Holy crap, they absolutely crushed Animals! 

 

[Bill from NYC]

I saw Tears For Fears on Saturday night up at Mohegan Sun. Their old hits were OK; I would say about 70% of what they once were. Their new stuff was quite forgetable. I am thinking that they are trying too hard to stay what they think is relevant (if that makes any sense). Overall the show was not worth the money imo and I do not recommend going to one of their shows.

 

Of course, this is jmo.

Edited June 26, 2023 by Bill from NYC

[boyst]

1 hour ago, Bill from NYC said:

I saw Tears  For Fears on Saturday night up at Mohegan Sun. Their old hits were OK; I would say about 70% of what they once were. Their new stuff was quite forgetable. I am thinking that they are trying too hard to stay what they think is relevant (if that makes any sense). Overall the show was not worth the money imo and I do not recommend going to one of their shows.

 

Of course, this is jmo.

this is good to know. they're in Raleigh next month on the day we head to the beach so i would be driving right by - had considered just delaying my departure to go see them.

they're on my list to go see - along with The Cure - but i have heard tremendously mixed reviews.

[Logic]

On 6/20/2023 at 4:24 AM, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said:

I've got tickets to Mudhoney in September.- hope that counts:

 

 

 

Funny story about this song.

When I first met my wife, she was a DJ at an alternative radio station. I used to go sit in the studio with her and flirt while she was broadcasting. The setlists were pre-programmed by a computer software, but at the end of each hour, she was allowed to pick two songs herself from amongst the shelves of hundreds of CDs the station had. 

The first time I was hanging out with her during her broadcast, she told me "why don't YOU pick out some songs for the end of the hour". In order to show her how hip and cool I was (lol), I picked out "Touch Me I'm Sick" as one of my songs. I COMPLETELY forgot that it has profanity, and the CD was not radio-edited. So sure enough, she plays the song, and it gets to the part where Mark Arm shouts the F word loudly and clearly, and we both just froze and looked at each other. 

She ended up having to apologize to the listeners live on air after the song for the mistake, and then getting in quite a bit of trouble from her bosses. After this incident, I was no longer allowed to pick out the songs for the end of the hour ever again.

Anyway...Mudhoney is still great live. You'll have a blast.

[Bill from NYC]

2 hours ago, boyst said:

this is good to know. they're in Raleigh next month on the day we head to the beach so i would be driving right by - had considered just delaying my departure to go see them.

they're on my list to go see - along with The Cure - but i have heard tremendously mixed reviews.

I am hoping that Steely Dan tours again, even without Becker. Fagan still sounds great and they have 10x the catalogue of TFF.

[Gugny]

8 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:

I saw Tears For Fears on Saturday night up at Mohegan Sun. Their old hits were OK; I would say about 70% of what they once were. Their new stuff was quite forgetable. I am thinking that they are trying too hard to stay what they think is relevant (if that makes any sense). Overall the show was not worth the money imo and I do not recommend going to one of their shows.

 

Of course, this is jmo.

Seeing them next weekend. I don’t have really high expectations, as I was never a true fan, per se. But this is good to know heading in!

 

[Bill from NYC]

3 minutes ago, Gugny said:

Seeing them next weekend. I don’t have really high expectations, as I was never a true fan, per se. But this is good to know heading in!

 

I went in the exact same way. I respected them back in the day but never thought to go see them. 

 

Have a great time and do let me know how you rate the show. 👍

[Rico]

6 minutes ago, Gugny said:

Seeing them next weekend. I don’t have really high expectations, as I was never a true fan, per se. But this is good to know heading in!

 

I thought The Hurting was a good LP for it's time, but they jumped the shark to me with that pop crap.  Made them a lot of $ though.

[Gugny]

1 minute ago, Rico said:

I thought The Hurting was a good LP for it's time, but they jumped the shark to me with that pop crap.  Made them a lot of $ though.

Absolutely. But like a lot of other bands from that era (and beyond), they suppressed their real talents for radio-friendly hits. 

More than anything else, I’m hoping they use the live stage to showcase those talents. 

[T&C]

Cheap Trick opens the new Coachman park in a bit.. "The Sound". The new look is excellent... lot of big names lined up. Used to see a lot at the original and they were pretty good but we didn't care what the place was like anyways, it was always party time back then.

 

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2023/06/28/concertgoers-stake-out-early-to-avoid-parking-issues-at-coachman-park

[Just Jack]

Saw The Cure at MSG/NYC last week.  Might have been a good concert, I was miserable because of the people around me.  The two guys in front of me, stood for about 75-80% of the concert. If you've ever been to MSG, some sections have bar stool seats in the last row, with some standing area behind you.  Well, people that did not have tickets in our area were crowding around beside and behind me.  Pissed me off.  

 

Long concert though, 2 encores, over 2.5 hours in all.  

 

[rockpile]

We went to see Bonnie Raitt at the Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre as a main event at the Rochester (NY) International Jazz Festival. The audience loved her and she loved us back. She nearly brought me to tears a couple times. Highlights were "Just Like That", that she credited to John Prine's influence on her. Her cover of "Burning Down the House" by David Byrne/Talking Heads was full of fun energy. Her cover of Dylan's "Million Miles" was refreshingly original without taking away from the original. It was one of the best shows I have ever seen! 

 

She played a lot of her current album, but caught many of her oldies. When you make 21 records over 50+ years, the song library of fan favorites is huge. My favorite stuff was before she started winning Grammy's, and she played a couple. 

 

Her voice is still perfect. 

[Gugny]

Just got to SPAC for tears for Fears. Dead. 
 

my brother in law does security and we ran into him. 
 

he said 8-9k people expected. 
 

Not sure how or why they booked this venue. 
 

 

[boyst]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

Just got to SPAC for tears for Fears. Dead. 
 

my brother in law does security and we ran into him. 
 

he said 8-9k people expected. 
 

Not sure how or why they booked this venue. 
 

 

How'd they sound, play?

[Gugny]

3 hours ago, boyst said:

How'd they sound, play?

In a word … fantastic. 
 

I am a casual fan at best. I knew that I’d only know a handful of songs. 
 

Everything was phenomenal. 
 

Very laid back show, but still very entertaining. 
 

They played a few songs from their new album and I loved all of them. 

Both of their voices are still what they were in the 80s. Impressive.
 

Cold War Kids were great. Very tight and they packed a lot into the ~ hour they played. 
 

Tears for Fears played for about 1:45 and it was plenty. Not a ton of fluff between songs. 
 

Great bang for the buck. Highly recommend. 
 

EDIT:  the place filled up pretty good.  Nice crowd. Friends of ours had lawn seats and hit the upgrade tent when it started to rain. $30/each got them very close to the stage. We had balcony seats close to the front of the balcony. I was very happy with them. Had I known I was gonna love the show as much as I did, I’d have upgraded to get closer. 
 

Edited July 3, 2023 by Gugny

[boyst]

7 hours ago, Gugny said:

In a word … fantastic. 
 

I am a casual fan at best. I knew that I’d only know a handful of songs. 
 

Everything was phenomenal. 
 

Very laid back show, but still very entertaining. 
 

They played a few songs from their new album and I loved all of them. 

Both of their voices are still what they were in the 80s. Impressive.
 

Cold War Kids were great. Very tight and they packed a lot into the ~ hour they played. 
 

Tears for Fears played for about 1:45 and it was plenty. Not a ton of fluff between songs. 
 

Great bang for the buck. Highly recommend. 
 

EDIT:  the place filled up pretty good.  Nice crowd. Friends of ours had lawn seats and hit the upgrade tent when it started to rain. $30/each got them very close to the stage. We had balcony seats close to the front of the balcony. I was very happy with them. Had I known I was gonna love the show as much as I did, I’d have upgraded to get closer. 
 

the place you went was a livenation event. do you know how to upgrade your seats for dirt cheap?

 

if not, just got buy cheap ass seats then the day of the event about 10 hours before go to the livenation app. it has a section to upgrade seats for $20. sometimes a little more. you can upgrade any seat to be in the pit, or way up close for just that little amount. 

 

for the charlotte amphitheater i will go get my upgrade before i even buy tickets. for the pixies and weezer i bought the upgrade to the pit for $20. then bought field seats on stubhub for $12 about an hour before the concert.

 

text me if you want me to give you anymore info - it's a little tricky to find it on the app.

[The BLUES Brothers]

Late to the party - but my son surprised me to tix for him and i to see Styx at Artpark (outdoor venue in Lewiston, NY) and it was a great show!

 

Taking the wife to see Peter Frampton at Turning Stone Casino (central NY) late July and making a weekend of it.  

Something about the energy of a live show makes it special

[PromoTheRobot]

So this month going to see Cake (Boston) and The Struts. (Hampton Beach NH)

[Son of a K-Gun]

Saw the Cure a few weeks back at the amphitheater in Toronto.  Hadn't been at the venue for a number of years and forgot just how great a spot it is for live music.  They played for nearly three hours and had a 29 song setlist.  Robert sounded great, hasn't lost a thing.  The band was great too, with a clean crisp sound you don't normally get with live music...bass and drum levels were spot on allowing you to hear the music.  Best part was the fact that Robert Smitrh didn't feel the need to chat with the crowd the whole night...the boys just played straight through.  Maybe an hour in he gave the fans a simple "Hello", and then after the final note was played he stayed on stage and took in the crowd, then went back to the mic to deliver a wonderful parting to the adoring crowd of "Well that was eff-ing fun".  Great show, and much better than I had expected.

[f0neguy]

Saw Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at Tanglewood last night.  Outstanding show, full crowd, couple of sprinkles but weather was better than expected.  They performed more Zep songs than I thought they would and they were great.  Probably half of their list was from their first album with 5-6 Zeppelin songs tossed in the second half.