Do we still go to concerts? What concerts have you attended in the last few years?

The Violent Femmes show last night at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee was a really good show.

They started off by performing their 2nd album, 2005's Hallowed Ground, in it's entirety. The last song on that album is a tune called It's Gonna' Rain. At the end of that song, they had the audience clapping in time and singing "It's Gonna Rain" over and over as the band set down their instruments and walked off the stage. - Kind of a cool way to head into a planned intermission.

Then they came back and performed their entire self-titled first album from 1983. The crowd was very loud and enthusiastic during Blister in the Sun, Kiss Off, and Add It Up.

After the end of the second set, they came back for a quick 2-song encore. We got out of the venue in good time, and made it back to our motel before 10:30 p.m.

A quick photo: - The drummer decided to include a Weber™ kettle grill as part of his drum set last night. :biggrin:

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Next up: We're looking forward to seeing Cheap Trick and Heart in Green Bay, WI in December.
 
Saw this Fleetwood Mac tribute band in Fort Lauderdale last night.

All I can say is Wow! They nailed FM perfectly!!

 
Steve Winwood, Ides of March and Boz Skaggs this year in concert. Had Dave Mason tickets but that was cancelled when he got sick. Also, several different types of music from jazz to german beer hall bands in various small restaurant/bar venues.
 
Just got two platinum seats to see Journey on their Final Frontier tour next summer.
Happy I was still able to get paper tickets, as it will be so much easier getting in to the venue.

We're also still going to see Heart and Cheap Trick next month.
 
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It's a year away but I bought tickets now to get good seats for the return of Rush with their new female phenom drummer Anika Nilles to fill in for the late great Neil Peart. By far the most expensive concert tickets I ever purchased but if you're a die hard Rush fan, this is a must see concert! Everyone thought Rush was done after Neil Peart's passing. They haven't played a concert in 10 years. Alex and Geddy are both in their 70's. Let's see if Anika can bring the magic back to this iconic band.

 
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Bryan Adams with Pat Benatar. Fun show, very nostalgic for me.
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We saw Bryan at Lake Tahoe a couple years ago. Quite fun. After his 90 min set or so, he then for the next hour had the audience yell out a song from any of his entire catalogue they wanted to hear. The band being together forever, knew them all like the back of their hand.
 
ArmchairMillionaire said:
Just got two platinum seats to see Journey on their Final Frontier tour next summer.
Happy I was still able to get paper tickets, as it will be so much easier getting in to the venue.

We're also still going to see Heart and Cheap Trick next month.
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The paper ticket option is getting rarer than hen’s teeth. And I miss them. If I hadnt just by chance put our Iowa Hawkeyes football tickets in my google wallet a few weeks ago, I wouldnt have got into the game as the internet was overloaded around the stadium.
I was hoping the Journey tour would stop near my locale, but it doesnt appear to be in the works. Fortunately I have seen them a few times. Amazingly a “sister band” Styx proclaimed they have no interest in retiring and will continue playing 100 nights a year. And most of them are in their 70s. Tommy Shaw said in the next year or two he wants to team up on a tour with Bryan Adams.
 
Mulligan said:
The paper ticket option is getting rarer than hen’s teeth. And I miss them. If I hadnt just by chance put our Iowa Hawkeyes football tickets in my google wallet a few weeks ago, I wouldnt have got into the game as the internet was overloaded around the stadium.
I was hoping the Journey tour would stop near my locale, but it doesnt appear to be in the works.
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According to the tour dates, they'll be in Des Moines on April 8th, 2026.
Platinum seats are on sale now, general tickets go on sale Friday.
 
ArmchairMillionaire said:
According to the tour dates, they'll be in Des Moines on April 8th, 2026.
Platinum seats are on sale now, general tickets go on sale Friday.
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It would have to be StL area for me as that is where I live. I drove to Iowa City to watch Hawkeyes play and am doing it again next year. Too much driving in one year to go another time to Iowa, ha.
 
Saw Jackson Browne in Vegas on Nov1st. Awesome show, he played almost all of hits, except I was hoping to hear the Loadout/Stay combo, but it wasn't to be.
 
Mulligan said:
It would have to be StL area for me as that is where I live. I drove to Iowa City to watch Hawkeyes play and am doing it again next year. Too much driving in one year to go another time to Iowa, ha.
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I guess Champaign, KC, Moline, or Springfield (MO, not IL) would be too far as well.

Here's the tour (so far) for anyone else who might like to go:

February 2026​

  • February 28, 2026 – Giant Center, Hershey, PA

March 2026​

  • March 2, 2026 – PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
  • March 4, 2026 – Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
  • March 5, 2026 – CURE Insurance Arena, Trenton, NJ
  • March 7, 2026 – Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON
  • March 9, 2026 – TD Coliseum, Hamilton, ON
  • March 11, 2026 – Bell Centre, Montreal, QC
  • March 12, 2026 – Videotron Centre, Quebec City, QC
  • March 14, 2026 – PeoplesBank Arena, Hartford, CT
  • March 16, 2026 – Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
  • March 17, 2026 – Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
  • March 19, 2026 – Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI
  • March 21, 2026 – FedExForum, Memphis, TN
  • March 22, 2026 – Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
  • March 25, 2026 – Simmons Bank Arena, Little Rock, AR
  • March 26, 2026 – T Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO
  • March 28, 2026 – Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
  • March 29, 2026 – Brookshire Grocery Arena, Bossier City, LA
  • March 31, 2026 – Moody Center, Austin, TX

April 2026​

  • April 3, 2026 – Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK
  • April 4, 2026 – INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, KS
  • April 6, 2026 – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, Sioux Falls, SD
  • April 8, 2026 – Casey’s Center, Des Moines, IA
  • April 9, 2026 – Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, NE
  • April 12, 2026 – Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT
  • April 14, 2026 – ExtraMile Arena, Boise, ID
  • April 15, 2026 – Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA
  • April 17, 2026 – Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC
  • April 19, 2026 – Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR
  • April 21, 2026 – Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA
  • April 22, 2026 – Dignity Health Arena, Bakersfield, CA
  • April 24, 2026 – Save Mart Center at Fresno State, Fresno, CA

May 2026​

  • May 15, 2026 – Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
  • May 16, 2026 – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
  • May 18, 2026 – Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, SC
  • May 20, 2026 – Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
  • May 21, 2026 – First Horizon Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
  • May 23, 2026 – Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ
  • May 27, 2026 – Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA
  • May 28, 2026 – John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
  • May 30, 2026 – Food City Center, Knoxville, TN
  • May 31, 2026 – Enmarket Arena, Savannah, GA

June 2026​

  • June 3, 2026 – Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
  • June 4, 2026 – Berglund Center Coliseum, Roanoke, VA
  • June 6, 2026 – DCU Center, Worcester, MA
  • June 7, 2026 – SNHU Arena, Manchester, NH
  • June 10, 2026 – KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
  • June 11, 2026 – PPL Center, Allentown, PA
  • June 13, 2026 – Heritage Bank Center, Cincinnati, OH
  • June 14, 2026 – Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
  • June 17, 2026 – Ford Center, Evansville, IN
  • June 18, 2026 – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN
  • June 20, 2026 – State Farm Center, Champaign, IL
  • June 21, 2026 – Resch Center, Green Bay, WI
  • June 24, 2026 – Vibrant Arena at the MARK, Moline, IL
  • June 25, 2026 – Great Southern Bank Arena, Springfield, MO
  • June 27, 2026 – Cadence Bank Arena, Tupelo, MS
  • June 28, 2026 – Cajundome, Lafayette, LA

July 2026​

  • July 1, 2026 – Hilliard Center, Corpus Christi, TX
  • July 2, 2026 – Sames Auto Arena, Laredo, TX
 
Last concert I went to was a show with Gregory Porter.

Before that, it was years, before we had kids. We thought about taking the kids to a Ed Sheeran show after after COVID, but it was just too expensive, it would have cost us $2k for a family of 4 for meh seats.
 
DW and I saw Jackson Browne this past Friday in Vegas, but didn't play Loadout/Stay either. Great show, but tainted by a political rant. We came to watch you play your music which made you rich, not condemn the system that made you rich.

On Saturday we saw Santana, at the House of Blues, absolutely on of the best concerts in my life! I'd walk to Vegas from PA to see the show again. Stunning! His 64 yo wife was the drummer and I didn't know that until today. She looked like a 25 yo rocker. Amazing performance!

The only downside of our trip was the stupid Steeler loss at LA to the Chargers. Can't have it all!
 
Got maidden and ac/dc tickets this month. Saw Jeff tate a few weeks ago, queensrych singer. One of the best singers for range. Not many has his voice.
 
Mulligan said:
The paper ticket option is getting rarer than hen’s teeth. And I miss them. If I hadn't just by chance put our Iowa Hawkeyes football tickets in my google wallet a few weeks ago, I wouldn't have got into the game as the internet was overloaded around the stadium.
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For now, we're just trying to avoid arenas dominated by Ticketmaster, or as others have called it, 'TicketBast*rd'. I really, really. really despise them.

Our last four ticket-purchasing experiences have been through AXS and TicketStar and they have been wonderful. The shows are at smaller venues, but we get paper tickets, so we can just show them at the gate, go through the metal detectors if they even have them, and get right into the venue. It's so easy.

With TicketBast*rd, we have to get in line to go to the Mobile Resolution Counter, which can sometimes take 90+ minutes just to get our tickets printed, and then get in a different line to get to the gates and metal detectors. At the Metallica show last summer, we got to US Bank Stadium around 5:30pm. The opening act (Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth) went on at 7:30 but we missed his entire act standing in lines waiting to get our tickets printed and then getting into the arena.

The Journey show we're going to next summer, most of the shows on that tour are through TicketBast*rd, but there are some venues that use TicketStar, so we made sure to get tickets to one of those shows.
 
ArmchairMillionaire said:
For now, we're just trying to avoid arenas dominated by Ticketmaster, or as others have called it, 'TicketBast*rd'. I really, really. really despise them.

Our last four ticket-purchasing experiences have been through AXS and TicketStar and they have been wonderful. The shows are at smaller venues, but we get paper tickets, so we can just show them at the gate, go through the metal detectors if they even have them, and get right into the venue. It's so easy.

With TicketBast*rd, we have to get in line to go to the Mobile Resolution Counter, which can sometimes take 90+ minutes just to get our tickets printed, and then get in a different line to get to the gates and metal detectors. At the Metallica show last summer, we got to US Bank Stadium around 5:30pm. The opening act (Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth) went on at 7:30 but we missed his entire act standing in lines waiting to get our tickets printed and then getting into the arena.

The Journey show we're going to next summer, most of the shows on that tour are through TicketBast*rd, but there are some venues that use TicketStar, so we made sure to get tickets to one of those shows.
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ArmchairMillionaire said:
For now, we're just trying to avoid arenas dominated by Ticketmaster, or as others have called it, 'TicketBast*rd'. I really, really. really despise them.

Our last four ticket-purchasing experiences have been through AXS and TicketStar and they have been wonderful. The shows are at smaller venues, but we get paper tickets, so we can just show them at the gate, go through the metal detectors if they even have them, and get right into the venue. It's so easy.

With TicketBast*rd, we have to get in line to go to the Mobile Resolution Counter, which can sometimes take 90+ minutes just to get our tickets printed, and then get in a different line to get to the gates and metal detectors. At the Metallica show last summer, we got to US Bank Stadium around 5:30pm. The opening act (Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth) went on at 7:30 but we missed his entire act standing in lines waiting to get our tickets printed and then getting into the arena.

The Journey show we're going to next summer, most of the shows on that tour are through TicketBast*rd, but there are some venues that use TicketStar, so we made sure to get tickets to one of those shows.
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I like paper tickets also. But “do as the Romans do in Rome” and put them in google wallet and it works fine and “dont fight city hall”. Curious if there is a particular reason you go to all the trouble and hassle to get the paper ticket at the actual event instead of just using your phone to avoid the hassle you went through.
 
Mulligan said:
I like paper tickets also. But “do as the Romans do in Rome” and put them in google wallet and it works fine and “dont fight city hall”. Curious if there is a particular reason you go to all the trouble and hassle to get the paper ticket at the actual event instead of just using your phone to avoid the hassle you went through.
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Sorry, I've never seen a google wallet before. Neither DW or I own a smart-phone, so the only wallet we have available is the leather one in my pocket. DW usually locks her purse in a secure place in the vehicle since many venues don't allow purses anymore, either.

On the plus side, I have the paper tickets as a souvenir to put inside the band's CD jewel boxes like I've done for almost the past 40 years. (my first concert was June 30th, 1987, and yes, I still have that ticket stub) :dance:
 
ArmchairMillionaire said:
Sorry, I've never seen a google wallet before. Neither DW or I own a smart-phone, so the only wallet we have available is the leather one in my pocket. DW usually locks her purse in a secure place in the vehicle since many venues don't allow purses anymore, either.

On the plus side, I have the paper tickets as a souvenir to put inside the band's CD jewel boxes like I've done for almost the past 40 years. (my first concert was June 30th, 1987, and yes, I still have that ticket stub) :dance:
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Ah, I see now… Old School…Nice!
 
Only remotely related to the thread topic but might be fun for holiday gatherings.

This is an (apparently) crowdsourced site for set lists from past concerts. I was amazed to find a list from a Frank Sinatra show I attended in 1990. Appears accurate but left out an opening comedy bit by Tom Dreesen (sp?) and the fact that the orchestra was conducted by Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Great show despite the fact that the Chairman was quite old. He could still hit those notes!

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steelyman said:
Only remotely related to the thread topic but might be fun for holiday gatherings.

This is an (apparently) crowdsourced site for set lists from past concerts. I was amazed to find a list from a Frank Sinatra show I attended in 1990. Appears accurate but left out an opening comedy bit by Tom Dreesen (sp?) and the fact that the orchestra was conducted by Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Great show despite the fact that the Chairman was quite old. He could still hit those notes!

Setlist
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I always go to setlist.fm to check out playlists before I go to concerts.

A few artists say they do not like it when fans do this, as they want their shows to feel more spontaneous.
I started doing it before we saw Bob Dylan back in 2015, when we heard that he did not do many of his classic songs during his current tour.

As a result, I was able to see what songs he was going to perform, and we listened to as many of those songs as we could before the show. We listened to them quite a few times each. That way, when we went to the show in Milwaukee, we were able to sing along with some of the songs. A lot of the people there were baffled that they did not know hardly any of the songs he was performing.

We're going to see Cheap Trick and Heart next week. I've been checking out the setlists, and I see that Cheap Trick will be doing a couple of new songs and that they have a new CD out. I had DW order it and it just arrived. We plan on listening to it a few times before we go to the show. I also see that the setlist changes from show to show. I guess when you've been a band for over 50 years, you can swap around whatever songs you like.
 
Recently saw Beach Boys with Mike Love at a casino in Washington. Went with my sister and sis-in-law.
It was pretty good, Mike showed a loving video tribute to his cousin, Brian Wilson.
Mike's voice is fading, but the band sounded very good. The drummer is a show by himself!
Lots of gray hair in the audience;)
 
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