This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

7/26/04  Semaphore/The Carribean  Fort Reno 
7/26/12  A Place To Bury Strangers  Rock And Roll Hotel
7/27/12  Rod Stewart/Stevie Nicks  Verizon Center
7/27/14  Chain and the Gang  Black Cat Backstage
7/28/05 Travis Morrison Hellfighters/Pagoda  Fort Reno
7/29/84 Pretenders/Simple Minds    Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/29/86 Lou Reed              Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/29/90 David Bowie/Joe Satriani    Giants Stadium    East Rutherford, NJ
7/29/00 Bob Dylan/Phil Lesh and Friends  Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/29/03 The Dead/Bob Dylan/Robert Hunter  Office Depot Center    Sunrise, FL
7/29/04 Measles, Mumps, Rubella/Federation X    Warehouse Next Door
7/29/07 d.c. space Reunion Benefit for Tom Terrell    9:30 Club  Washington, DC 
        (9353, Beatnik Flies, Mark Noone, Ottley, King Giant, Chuck Brown, The
        Pietasters, Rustbuckit, The Howling Mad and more.)
7/29/09 Green Day    Verizon Center
7/30/03 The Dead/Robert Hunter  St. Pete Times Forum  Tampa, FL
7/31/84 Eurythmics/Howard Jones  Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/31/87 Nina Hagen              9:30 Club
7/31/01 Phil Lesh and Friends    Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/31/02 Blondie/B-52's  Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/31/04 "Run For Cover"  Black Cat 
7/31/06 The Evens/DCIC    Fort Reno 
7/31/08 Southern Culture On The Skids    9:30 Club
8/ 1/91 Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman/Hot Tuna  Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/ 1/08 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - Dead Symphony No. 6: A Symphonic Tribute To The
        Grateful Dead    Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
8/ 1/09 Paul McCartney/Thievery Corporation (DJ Set)  FedEx Field 

07/27/96  The Cure @ McNichols Sports Arena
08/01/99  Jurassic 5/Dilated Peoples/Beat Junkies @ Fox Theatre
07/31/06  Bloc Party/Mew @ Ogden Theater
07/31/07  Daft Punk/The Rapture/Sebastian and Kavinsky @ Red Rocks
07/28/09  Vetiver @ Bluebird Theater
07/31/09  Sonic Youth/Awesome Color @ Ogden Theater (early)
07/31/09  The Knew @ Lion's Lair (late)
07/28/10  Black Mountain/Spindrift @ Bluebird Theater
07/30/10  Spiritualized @ Radio City Music Hall
07/27/11  Eels/The Submarines @ 9:30 Club
07/31/13  Bob Dylan/Wilco/My Morning Jacket/Ryan Bingham @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
07/26/14  Ichisan @ 1up Colfax
07/28/14  Jimmy Cliff/Zach Deputy @ Denver Botanic Gardens

8/ 2/08 We Are Scientists/Oxford Collapse/Apache Beat    Black Cat
8/ 3/88 The Dickies    9:30 Club     
8/ 3/92 Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman        Merriweather Post Pavilion 
8/ 3/01 Phil Lesh and Friends/Allman Brothers Band    Alltel Pavilion    Raleigh, NC
8/ 3/02 Grateful Dead Family Reunion - The Other Ones/Phil Lesh & Friends/Robert Hunter/Mickey Hart
        Alpine Valley Music Theater  East Troy, WI
8/ 3/06 Sleater-Kinney/French Toast  9:30 Club
8/ 4/86 Psychedelic Furs      Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/ 4/87 Billy Bragg            9:30 Club
8/ 4/01 Phil Lesh and Friends/Allman Brothers Band    Verizon Wireless Music Center  Charlotte, NC
8/ 4/02 Grateful Dead Family Reunion - The Other Ones/Ratdog/Robert Hunter
        Alpine Valley Music Theater  East Troy, WI
8/ 5/85 Nina Hagen/Trouble Funk    Warner Theatre
8/ 5/93 The Kinks/Aimee Mann    Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/ 5/05 Washington Social Club/Monopoli/Cartel  Black Cat
8/ 5/06 The Germs        Black Cat
8/ 6/04 Curiosa - The Cure/Muse/Interpol/Cooper Temple Clause/The Rapture    Merriweather Post
        Pavilion
8/ 6/09 Olivia and the Mates  Black Cat
8/ 7/11  Death Cab For Cutie/Frightened Rabbit    Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/ 8/85 Meat Puppets                9:30 Club
8/ 8/05 Del Cielo      Black Cat Backstage 
8/ 8/09 B-52's/New Connections  Wolf Trap

Allman Brothers Band (w/ Rusted Root opening) 8 2 1995 Merriweather
Aerosmith (w/ Jonny Lang opening) 8 2 1997 Nissan Pavilion
A Perfect Circle 8 2 2003 Nightclub 930
Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman (w/ Bruce Cockburn and Michelle Shocked) 8 3 1992 Merriweather
Allman Brothers Band 8 3 1993 Merriweather
Rolling Stones 8 3 1994 RFK Stadium
Lollapalooza (Beck/CypressHill/Hole/JesusLizard/MightyMightyBosstones/SonicYouth/Superchunk) 8 3 1995 Charlestown Races
Superchunk 8 3 1995 Charlestown Races
Brothers Johnson 8 3 2000 Freedom Plaza
Cracker 8 3 2002 DC Sessions - 8th/G
Rush 8 3 2004 Nissan Pavilion
Eric Clapton 8 4 1990 Capital Centre
Fugazi 8 4 1994 Ft. Reno
Van Halen 8 4 1995 Nissan Pavilion
The Seahorses (w/ Mansun opening) 8 4 1997 Black Cat
The Cult 8 4 1999 Nightclub 930
Blue Floyd 8 4 2000 Recher Theater
Brian Jonestown Massacre 8 4 2005 DC9
Bonnie Raitt (w Charles Brown and Jeff Healy Band) 8 5 1990 Merriweather
Widespread Panic 8 5 2000 Merriweather
Primus (w/ Helmet opening) 8 6 1995 Bender Arena
Black Sabbath 8 7 1992 Constitution Hall
Who (Quadrophenia) w/ Drivin' & Cryin opening 8 7 1997 Nissan Pavilion
Black Crowes 8 7 2007 Sonar
Lollapalooza (A Tribe Called Quest / BeastieBoys/ TheBreeders/ NickCave&BadSeeds/ GeorgeClinton&Pfunk/GreenDay/L7/SmashingPumpkins) 8 8 1994 Charlestown Races
Phish 8 8 1998 Merriweather

8/ 6/04 Curiosa - The Cure/Muse/Interpol/Cooper Temple Clause/The Rapture     Merriweather Post
         Pavilion

That show was so awesome, but holy crap did I get drunk that day.

^reference this post
> http://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=22716.msg411913#msg411913

8/5/1994  The Toasters, Dance Hall Crashers, Hepcat, Voodoo Glow Skulls @ Metro (Chicago)
8/6/1999  Duran Duran @ House of Blues (Chicago)
8/7/1999  Goo Goo Dolls w/Sugar Ray and Fastball @ World Music Theater (Tinley Park, IL) (The most notable thing about this evening is that after the show, my sisters and I got invited to a dinner in Chicago with Simon LeBon, who got stinking drunk and took 2 girls into the bathroom with him)
8/7/2002  American Analog Set w/ Her Space Holiday @ Black Cat
8/8/2002  Sonic Youth w/ Mary Timony @ 9:30 Club
8/6/2004  Curiosa @ Merriweather (loved this show)
8/3/2006  Sleater-Kinney @ 9:30
8/5/2006  The Germs @ Black Cat (hands down one of my favorite shows of all time. I got to play Pat Smear's guitar with my teeth)
8/4 & 5/2007  Lollapalooza (Muse, Interpol, Patti Smith, Iggy and the Stooges, Yo La Tengo, Snow Patrol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, etc.) @ Grant Park
8/8/2007  The B-52's @ Wolf Trap
8/7/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco)
8/8/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco) (these were another 2 of my favorite concerts of all time)
8/7/2011  Death Cab for Cutie @ Merriweather

And since I missed my birthday shows last week, here they are:

7/31/1993  My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult @ Metro (Chicago)
7/31/2002  The Palladins w/ Original Sinners (featuring Exene from X) @ Velvet Lounge
7/31/2007  Social Distortion w/ the Hangmen and the Heart Attacks @ Ram's Head Live (Baltimore)  (Probably my favorite birthday. The Hangmen wished me a happy birthday and dedicated the song "Desperation Town" to me.)
7/31/2008  Southern Culture on the Skids @ 9:30
7/31/2010  Social Distortion @ the Webster (Hartford, CT)

bearman wrote:
8/7/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco)
8/8/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco) (these were another 2 of my favorite concerts of all time)

Hotel Utah is smaller than DC9 I think (but a cool as shit venue)

What's crazy is the Pixies sold out 3 shows at the FOX in Oakland (more than 2x size of 930)
in Nov that same year

Not that I don't believe you, but Setlist.fm doesn't even have these dates listed
but does have him in LA on 8/12

Sidehatch wrote:

bearman wrote:
8/7/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco)
8/8/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco) (these were another 2 of my favorite concerts of all time)

Hotel Utah is smaller than DC9 I think (but a cool as shit venue)

What's crazy is the Pixies sold out 3 shows at the FOX in Oakland (more than 2x size of 930)
in Nov that same year

Not that I don't believe you, but Setlist.fm doesn't even have these dates listed
but does have him in LA on 8/12

I believe the doorman said that there were 180 tickets sold each night. (According to my concert journal it was Black Francis' tour manager that told me that.) I went the first night because I bought a ticket. The second night I managed to score guest list because I got friendly with the door staff. I got there so early that I actually found a place to sit in front of the stage both nights…the first night was over 3 hours long and he did a Storytellers-type deal where he just talked, played a song, talked a little more, etc. The second night was (I think) a bit shorter but he did MUCH less talking, more playing. First night was a ton of Pixies stuff. Second night was lots more solo stuff, but a ton of things from the first 2 solo LPs. Both nights Eric Drew Feldman played "Calistan" on piano…if I had a recording of anything in all the years of seeing live music, that's one of the things that would be on the list. That's one of my favorite songs of all time, but the version played both nights was perfect. Guitar and piano. Sparse. Haunting.  One of the best stories he told was opening for the Ramones in 1994, and he went into this whole thing about how the Ramones not only played fast, but their tour bus traveled fast. He'd follow them and he got 3 speeding tickets in 3 states all in the same day trying to keep up. And he said they were big states…one was Texas. Then he played "I Heard Ramona Sing". One guy kept screaming for "All My Ghosts" on the first night…Frank refused to play it. Then it was one of the first numbers he played on the second night, LOL. He also said he couldn't remember the lyrics to "Speedy Marie", but between the 2 nights he played a huge chunk of "Teenager of the Year". It really just was one of those incredible experiences to see him in that small of a venue.

(It turns out the first night was no talking…second night was all the stories. So happy I wrote things down.)

08/07/94  H.O.R.D.E. Festival @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheater (Jimmy Cliff, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Warren Haynes, Mother Hips, Cypress Hill, Freddy Jones Band, etc.)
08/05/97  Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band/String Cheese Incident/David Nelson Band @ Turquoise Lake (Leadville)
08/02/98  The Black Crowes/BHTM/Fastball/String Cheese Incident @ Buttermilk Mountain (Aspen)
08/03/99  The Flaming Lips/Sebadoh/Robyn Hitchcock/Sonic Boom/Iqu @ Ogden Theater
08/08/99  Widespread Panic/Bob Weir & Ratdog/Tony Furtado @ Buttermilk Mountain (Aspen)
08/02/02  Cake/Flaming Lips/De La Soul/Modest Mouse/Kinky/Hackensaw Boys @ Red Rocks
08/05/06  Banyan w/ DJ Logic/Elemental Harmonics @ Cervantes
08/08/08  Brightblack Morning Light/William Fowler Collins @ Larimer Lounge
08/07/09  Houses/Snake Rattle Rattle Snake/Joseph Pope III @ Meadowlark
08/03/11  The Flaming Lips/Primus/Morning Teleportation @ Red Rocks
08/04/11  My Morning Jacket/Amos Lee @ Red Rocks
08/06/12  Neil Young & Crazy Horse/Alabama Shakes @ Red Rocks
08/08/12  Jack White/Pokey LaFarge @ Red Rocks
08/02/13  The Cult/White Hills @ Ogden Theater

08/13/94  Indigo Girls/Big Fish Ensemble @ Red Rocks
08/15/95  Dave Matthews Band @ Red Rocks
08/10/97  Arlo Guthrie @ Mishawaka Amphitheater
08/11/98  The Verve @ Mammoth Events Center
08/15/99  R.E.M./Mercury Rev @ Red Rocks
08/14/01  Murder City Devils/BRMC @ 9:30 Club
08/12/03  Sister Hazel/Virginia Coalition @ Vogue Theatre (Indianapolis)
08/11/05  Beth Orton/Turin Brakes @ Boulder Theater
08/11/07  Denver Post Underground Music Showcase (Bad Weather California, The Omens, Monofog, Born In The Flood, The Swayback, Ian Cooke, etc.)
08/10/09  The Entrance Band @ 3 Kings Tavern
08/15/09  Sonneblume/The Overcasters/Blue Million Miles/Gangcharger @ Hi-Dive
08/12/10  Blitzen Trapper/Adam H. Stephens @ Ogden Theater
08/10/12  Thievery Corporation/Beats Antique @ Red Rocks
08/10/13  Psychedelic Light and Sound Denver @ Larimer Lounge and Meadowlark (Twin Peaks, Hearts in Space, The Blue Rider, Max Pain & the Groovies, Ned Garthe, Thee Dang Dangs, Emerald Siam)
08/15/14  Beck/Jenny Lewis @ Red Rocks

8/ 9/85 New Order/A Certain Ratio  Warner Theatre
8/ 9/92 The HORDE      Merriweather Post Pavilion     
8/ 9/04 Metropolitan/The Caribbean/Pagoda  Fort Reno
8/10/81 Pat Benatar/Billy Squier        Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/10/05 New York Dolls    9:30 Club
8/10/08 Virgin Mobile Festival  Baltimore, MD
        (Stone Temple Pilots, The Stooges, Bob Dylan, BRMC, The Go! Team, Shudder
        To Think, Paramore, Rabbit On The Moon, Deadmau5)
8/10/12  The Dismemberment Plan/Deleted Scenes  Metro Gallery
8/11/01 Madonna                  MCI Center
8/11/04 Sonic Youth  9:30 Club   
8/11/05 Olivia Mancini and the Spectacles  DC9
8/11/06 Washington Social Club/Death By Sexy/Dance Party    Black Cat
8/11/12  The Dismemberment Plan/The Bassic Needs/Cat Be Damned    Eyeclopes Studios  Fredericksburg, VA
8/12/84 Thompson Twins/Berlin  Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/12/05 The Knitters  The Birchmere 
8/13/05 Devo          9:30 Club
8/13/13  Adam Ant  9:30 Club 
8/14/05 Devo          9:30 Club
8/14/08 The Hold Steady/The Loved Ones    9:30 Club 
8/14/01 "So Many Roads" (Ratdog/Rusted Root)  Pier Six Concert Pavilion
8/15/04 The Dead/Warren Haynes  Nissan Pavilion 
8/15/05 Mary Timony/Medications/The Threads  Fort Reno
8/15/06 X/Rollins Band  9:30 Club 
8/15/09 The Fleshtones/Robert Gordon  9:30 Club

8/16/84 Echo and the Bunnymen/Billy Bragg/Velvet Monkeys    Ontario Theater
8/16/92 U2      RFK Stadium
8/16/06 Foo Fighters (acoustic)  Tower Theater 
8/16/11 Bob Dylan/Drive-By Truckers/Leon Russell  Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/16/12 Barry Manilow  Wolf Trap Filene Center
8/17/87 Siouxsie and the Banshees/Julian Cope  Constitution Hall
8/17/91 Bonnie Raitt/Chris Isaak    Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/17/95 Bob Weir/Rob Wasserman    Constitution Hall
8/17/08 Eddie Vedder  Warner Theater 
8/17/14 Cheap Trick  Rams Head Live 
8/18/05 Metropolitan/Horses      Fort Reno
8/18/06 The Slickee Boys  9:30 Club
8/18/14 Echo and the Bunnymen    The Fillmore
8/19/07 Pat Benatar/Lennon  Loudon Music Fest    Ashburn, VA
8/20/88 Ramones/Dickies/Cycle Sluts From Hell  The Ritz        New York, NY
8/20/89 Elvis Costello  Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/20/91 "Greatfully Yours"    Steeltown    Dundalk, MD
        (Merl Saunders, Tom Constanten, Kingfish w/David Nelson,
        Papa John Creach)
8/20/11 Marginal Man  Black Cat 
8/20/13 Pat Benatar/Cheap Trick  Wolf Trap
8/20/14 X  Black Cat 
8/21/07 Pat Benatar  Rams Head Live
8/22/01 Dickey Betts/Road Ducks            Jaxx
8/22/07 Martin Royle/Mick Coogan & Kevin Bayly/Stephen Kilroy  Black Cat Backstage 
8/22/08 Olivia Mancini & Donny Hue    Comet Ping Pong 

ok I understand pat benatar in 87….but two shows in two weeks in 2007?!

fun fact, pat benatar grew up in Lindenhurst NY (on long island) my mom was a Math teacher in her High School and Pat was training to be an Opera singer and my mom said she'd never forget hearing her one day when she was practicing.  She was soo small but could really belt it out

Pat for some reason always distanced herself from Lindenhurst and LI

it does mention Lindenhurst on her bio on her own website but in interviews in the 80's and 90's she would never say she grew up there

I'm sort of condensing a couple weeks together…here are some August highlights

8/14/1992  Beastie Boys w/ L7 @ Aragon Ballroom (Chicago)
8/14/1993  Smashing Pumpkins @ Metro (Chicago)
8/18/1995  L7 @ Black Cat
8/16/1996  Yo La Tengo @ Black Cat
8/20/1998  Front 242 @ Metro
8/18/1999  Duran Duran @ Nissan Pavilion
8/17/2002  Sonic Youth @ Metro
8/20/2003  Radiohead @ Merriweather
8/23/2003  Radiohead @ Alpine Valley (East Troy, WI)
8/17/2004  Face to Face @ 9:30
8/19/2005  Judybats @ Ram's Head (Annapolis)
8/15/2006  X w/ Rollins Band @ 9:30
8/25/2007  Marilyn Manson w/ Slayer @ San Diego Sport Arena
8/21/2009  B-52's @ House of Blues (Chicago)
8/25/2011  Death Cab for Cutie @ UIC Pavilion (Chicago)
8/17/2013  Thievery Corporation @ 9:30
8/18/2014  Echo & the Bunnymen @ Fillmore SS
8/27/2014  Arcade Fire w/ Devo @ United Center (Chicago)

08/18/01  Gordon Lightfoot @ Paramount Theater
08/16/02  Coldplay @ Fox Theatre
08/20/05  Hopewell/The High Dials @ Mercury Lounge
08/17/07  Gordon Lightfoot @ Chautauqua Auditorium
08/16/08  These United States/Bad Weather California @ Hi-Dive
08/22/09  Bat For Lashes/Other Lives @ Bluebird Theater
08/17/13  Cultivate Music Festival @ City Park Denver (Cold War Kids, Blitzen Trapper, Good Old War, Allen Stone, Air Dubai, Chris Golub)
08/19/13  My Bloody Valentine/Lumerians @ Ogden Theater
08/16/14  Synesthesia:  Denver Psych Fest @ Savoy/Big Wonderful (The Cosmonauts, The Vacant Lots, Tjutjuna, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Guy Blakeslee, Paw Paw, Rumtum, Sunboy, Emerald Siam, The Kinky Fingers, Ned Garthe Explosion, Colfax Speed Queen, Taverns, etc.)

09/01/93  Neil Young/Blind Melon @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
08/31/05  Retribution Gospel Choir @ Larimer Lounge
09/01/07  Wilco/Richard Swift @ Fillmore
09/02/07  Wilco/Richard Swift @ Fillmore
09/01/10  Chemical Brothers @ Fillmore
09/02/11  Jazz Aspen/Snowmass @ Snowmass Town Park (Girl Talk, Thievery Corporation, Paper Diamond, Something Underground)
09/03/11  Jazz Aspen/Snowmass @ Snowmass Town Park (Steely Dan, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Ryan Bingham)
09/04/11  Taj Mahal Trio @ Belly Up Aspen
08/31/12  Dressy Bessy/The Omens/Pacific Pride @ Bluebird Theater
09/04/12  Amon Tobin/Holy Other @ Ellie Caukins Opera House
08/30/14  Poolside/Sylent Efx @ Club Vinyl

I know you've all missed my entries….. I promise I'll get back to it..  Summertime has/had so many festivals so too many band names to include.  The cut/paste/edit process can be tedious.   

Don't let me know if there is a greater first-world problem.

not necessarily yours, but I do have an odd fascination with this thread

I have no objection to the concept…but really does this live beyond the year

Will new bordies carry the flame?

though they'd dread the very thought of it, agaz or ksal could quite easily produce a running list of the last 214 bands they've seen on 10/2-9/2000-15

might even be 216?

Sidehatch wrote:
not necessarily yours, but I do have an odd fascination with this thread

I have no objection to the concept…but really does this live beyond the year

Will new bordies carry the flame?

though they'd dread the very thought of it, agaz or ksal could quite easily produce a running list of the last 214 bands they've seen on 10/2-9/2000-15

might even be 216?

lets try to keep it to shows attended by at least 10 peeps paying