jesse malin last week.

ive never seen him live before but the show was well awesome! he opened with hotel columbia which made me love him even more, and came out into the crowd and sat down in the middle of us all while he covered 'helpless' :D
he covered the clash's death or glory, i think he said that theyve never played that before but im probably mistaken.

i wouldve thought he wouldve been a lot more down to earth but he wasnt that pleasant to the tech running after him, and didnt even smile when he was signing stuff. thats the trouble with meeting heroes- sometimes if you catch them on an off day all u remember is them being a complete dick.

im still in awe of the guy but probably dont want his babies anymore.

Tragically Hip last Friday night. Gord Downie is unlike any frontman I have ever seen! He was unreal - dancing around, playing with the mic stand. He actually bent his mic stand at one point, took it apart and gave a piece of it to a fan sitting in the front row. Most people are happy to get a guitar pick or a setlist...this guy gets half of a mic stand :D

My only real complaint about the show was that they didn't play Bobcaygeon - my favourite Hip song. My roommates are going to see them again tonight and have strict orders to call me when the Hip play that song LOL

RHCP. Was a good show but they didn't play a bunch of my favorite songs, including BSSM (which to me is their ITA).

what???

maybe he just had a bad day :(

I'd hate to think he now has become one of 'them'.... *sobs*

Saw Wolfmother last night in Nottingham. Rock City was packed... which is good. But somehow I found myself pushed right to the front, centre, crush against the barrier. Usually this would be ace, but I wasn't feeling very well to start off with. Hey ho, I'll stop complaining. They were brilliant.

Saw Barenaked Ladies tonight in TO. Awesome show!!!! Then I rushed back to Peterborough and managed to catch the final few songs of the Spades (a local band). Good night for live music!!!

Saw BNL in Toronto last night with Miracle. Fantastic show, as always.

Awesome you guys. Matt - I want to hear a comparison between seeing them in Toronto and the concert we saw in New York. I would expect the Toronto concert to be far better - if for enthusiasm only LOL.

Kathleen

This one was more of a concert. For as great as I found Radio City Music Hall, it lacked the energy a concert needs. It's a gorgeous, beautiful venue but it needed that smoky smell and the energetic crowd.

One Week
The Old Apartment
Sound of Your Voice
Hello City
In the Car
Get in Line
Too Little Too Late
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
Falling for the First Time
Bank Job

Acoustic set:
-Love is a Battlefield (partial ad-lib)
-Everything Had Changed
-Enid
-For You

Wind it Up
Angry People
Pinch Me
Maybe You're Right
Alternative Girlfriend
It's All Been Done
Brian Wilson

Encore 1:
Easy
If I Had $1000000

Encore 2:
Call and Answer

was the setlist we got. Pretty different from the NYC show. I certainly made up for messing up some lyrics in front of Steve at the last show. A big chunk of my section (15th row) sat down for Maybe you're right (which I found really insulting, it's a beautiful song) and the angle put me in direct eye contact with Steve for it and I sang every word. It was a great show, I'm totally addicted to them again.

The Killers Sheffield Arena 16/2/07

Its official The Killers are a F-ing FANTASTIC live band. First time seeing them at a big venue, they played for longer too. And I finally heard Why Do I keep counting :D Was their opening night too.

Roll On Cardiff in two weeks!!! :cool:

Carli


Yeh I have to agree. They were boss like. Really enjoyed seeing them in a bigger venue. The crowd went nuts for Mr Brightside and When you were young. Aweome intro with a 'video screen' showing footage of Las Vegas. Once 'Sams Town' appeared on the screen, the curtain dropped and confetti exploded onto the crowd. Never seen anything like it before. Wish I was going to Cardiff with Carliteta but, we dont all have £6 million ****in quid in the bank.

Kev

Shut it Kevin

The Killers in Manchester, good show, Brandon was on top form last night.... better than a previous show i've been to of theres

I saw The Audition play at a Bowling Alley in London last month.
It was really bloody cool!

Kaiser Chiefs - Manchester Apollo. Really good show, the new songs came over well, very catchy. Its a shame Ricky doesnt crowd surf anymore though :( I predict a riot is their Livin on a prayer the whole place just goes mad for it.

I went to see Nine Inch Nails at Manchester Apollo last night, what an incredible live sound they have. The set wasn't perfect for me (It was the second night at the Apollo so maybe sets were varied) and the place was so pumped full of dry ice you couldn't see the band for most of the show (Not an exaggeration). Maybe this was deliberate, it had to be, but it did detract from the experience for me. I didn't pay £30 a ticket to look at a light show with just the odd glimpse of a sillhouette of Trent Reznor.

Highlights of the show were Head Like a Hole, March Of The Pigs and an amazing performance of Hurt. They also did the Joy Division cover from The Crow soundtrack which sounded amazing as well.

Kaiser Chiefs - Manchester Apollo - last Thursday :D

Lou Gramm :)

The Killers - Cardiff Arena

Another great show, to say theyve only had two albums they are changing the sets quite a bit. Played a Joy division song called Shawdowplay which was excellent. Roll on them playing stadiums next time :cool:

I saw them at Brixton last night, the dry ice was prominent at the beginning, and was a bit annoying although had a very atmospheric effect. It cleared up before too long though, for most of it my view of the band was pretty good.

I'm currently writing a full review, and I'll probably post it later tonight

I was hoping to see Van Halen this summer.:bad-word:

Me too. http://www.drycounty.com/jovitalk/im...ew_cussing.gif

I just saw Lionel Ritchie... the man was amazing!!! Truly a great concert, he played all the old stuff, great interaction with the audience and looked like he was having a ball! Well worth the money!

Glad you enjoyed it, a couple of people who I work with are going, we all laughed when they bought tickets but I actually reckon it would be a fun night out.

It really is, I can understand that he might sound laughable, but you'd be surprised at to how many good songs he actually wrote and how many you would actually know and like. The place was jumping - I think as well as he has jazzed some of the old songs up a bit, given them a "fresher" feel. He also has a wicked sense of humour! Honestly.. go see him!! :D

Haha I know someone who posts on here who will absolutely go mad if I buy any more concert tickets!!! ;)

Bah!!! That shouldn't stop you!!! :D :D

Aggghhh stop it!!! Im thinking of setting up my own self help group concertolicsannonoumous!!!

Go on.... You know you want to.... :-) :-)

i saw westlife last night, they were very good as usual! They did a part in the middle of the show called "the boyband bit" and sang songs from backstreet boys, new kids on the block, boyzone and take that which was very cool and quite funny as they did the respective dances to the songs!!!!

Ensiferum (Finnish metalband) during a metal battle fest (or something) last Sunday. They headlined the gig and there were 4 more metalbands to perform: Cutting Daisy (Dutch), Elexorien (Dutch), Kromlek (German) and Naildown (Finnish).

I kinda liked Cutting Daisy, didn't dig Elexorien, really liked Kromlek and hated Naildown.

I totally loved, loved, LOVED Ensiferum! Man, how they managed to create such a good show; they played really well, vocals were really great and they sure knew how to work the crowd. Still got a sore neck due to all the headbanging. But it was soooooo worth it :)

Did we decide earlier in this topic somewhere that musicals count? I saw Wicked last night, it was really good, been absolutely ages since I last saw a musical!

Heideroosjes in Geraardsbergen, Belgium

I saw Snow Patrol a few weeks ago in Camden, NJ. I was very bored.

deb

Mika and it was great!

I just saw two shows - back to back this past weekend.

Friday night was Guster at the Beacon Theater in NYC. The are the self proclaimed kings of wuss rock (or soft rock) LOL. This is a band my daughter first introduced me to about 5 years ago - they have been around about 10 years. Five years ago I saw them live in Central Park in New york City and said that they had a long way to go. They weren't horrible - just very unpolished. I have seen them a few times since then and they have been only OK. Last Friday night was a completely different band. They have really taken a giant step and moved up several levels in my opinion. A very pleasant surprise - and maybe a reason they have improved so much - is a new guitarist from Nashville who is quite a bit older than the rest of the band. A great night of music in the city - and I recommend the band as long as you don't expect head-banging rock.

Saturday night was Great Big Sea at Hammerstein Ballroom. They are from Newfoundland, Canada and they do traditional Irish music that rocks. What a show. I was in the second row from the stage and was simply transported. The harmonies are superb and the acoustic and electric guitars are impeccable. The lead singer Alan is one of the best frontman I have ever seen (and that includes Jon and Bruce). They are not well known in the US since they don't play what you would call traditional "rock" music. They play "traditional" music that rocks - and there is a difference.

Both shows were recorded by my husband (from his lofty height LOL). Anyone interested in a copy of the show pm me. I am going to try to get both shows posted on dime in the next few days but it may take me longer considering the way my week is going. :roll:

Kathleen

John Mayer last night. I have to stop using Bon Jovi as a benchmark for any concert that I see. I'm used to the headlining act playing for 2 hours, sometimes more. John played for just under 90 minutes.

He's a very good guitarist, but not much on the interaction with the crowd. I was pleasantly surprised. Oh and he played my favourite song so that made the entire trip worth it LOL

Last band I saw live was Goo Goo Dolls. Kick ass! They're wicked live.

Scissor siters and couple of days ago. It was really great and Ana Matronic is really cool!

Kelly Jones :) aka the Stereophonics front man...

then off to see Willy Mason in a couple of weeks!

I'm seeing Kenny Loggins in a couple of hours.