This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

Ooooh the Orb!

2004/05/01 - coachella festival - indio polo grounds, indio ca
2000/05/02 - smashing pumpkins - war memorial auditorium, greensboro nc

1997/05/10 - the orb - 9:30 club - washington dc  <- my first time at the club
2006/05/10 - mogwai / jack rose - 9:30 club, washington dc
2005/05/12 - echo & the bunnymen / 11:11 - theater of the living arts, philadelphia pa
2005/05/13 - echo & the bunnymen / the blue van - chameleon club, lancaster pa
2007/05/13 - mono / worlds end girlfriend / grails - satellite ballroom, charlottesville va
2016/05/17 - explosions in the sky / ? - the norva, norfolk va

Oh good I was missing this thread..

5/11-5/17

5/12/86 Siouxsie and the Banshees/Raunch Hands  Warner Theater
5/13/95 Beastie Boys    Patriot Center
5/17/03 The Cramps/Von Bondies  9:30 Club
5/14/04 Bigger Lovers/The Frauds    DC9
5/14/04 Q And Not U/Decahedron    Black Cat
  (2 shows in 1 night. I left the Bigger Lovers show early enough that I could still catch Decahedron/QanU)
5/16/04 David Bowie    Patriot Center
5/13/05 New York Dolls  The Trocadero  Philadelphia, PA
5/14/05 Bruce Springsteen (solo acoustic)  Patriot Center   
5/15/05 Two If By Sea/The Cassettes/Bang! Bang!    Warehouse Next Door 
5/16/06 The Go-Go's    9:30 Club
5/15/07 Velvet Revolver  9:30 Club
5/13/08 The Meatmen/Rustbuckit  The Ottobar
5/16/08 Los Campesinos!  Black Cat
5/11/09 Leonard Cohen  Merriweather Post Pavilion
5/12/09 The Damned/The Bellrays  Black Cat 
5/13/09 B-52's/The 88  Rams Head Live   
5/14/09 The Shins  9:30 Club 
5/11/10  Buzzcocks/The Dollyrots  Black Cat 
5/12/10  Public Image Ltd.  9:30 Club 
5/13/10  Pearl Jam  Jiffy Lube Live 
5/11/11  Echo and The Bunnymen    9:30 Club 
5/14/11  Ted Leo (solo)  Black Cat Backstage
5/13/15  Billy & The Kids  9:30 Club 
5/14/15  Dear Jerry  Merriweather Post Pavilion 
5/11/17  Robyn Hitchcock    Jammin' Java 

I was at three of these!!!!! Unbelievable. What are the odds???

2000/05/18 - the cure - lakewood amphitheatre, atlanta ga
2001/05/20 - tortoise / nobukazu takemura / prefuse73 - cat's cradle, carrboro nc
2005/05/20 - gang of four / radio 4 - 9:30 club, washington dc
2002/05/22 - mogwai / mighty flashlight - the ottobar, baltimore md
2003/05/24 - opeth / lacuna coil - the norva, norfolk va
2001/05/25 - autechre / men's recovery project - 9:30 club, washington dc

2005/05/30 - kraftwerk - 9:30 club, washington dc
2005/05/31 - kraftwerk - 9:30 club, washington dc

6/9/1985

Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers
‘Til Tuesday (opener)


40 years ago, and my first Merriweather show.

6/10/93 - Clannad @ Lisner
6/11/08 - Breeders @ 930

2001/06/06 - hank III - 9:30 club, washington dc
2000/06/07 - roger waters - blockbuster pavillion, charlotte nc
2006/06/07 - radiohead / willy mason - hummingbird theatre, toronto on
2006/06/08 - radiohead / willy mason - hummingbird theatre, toronto on
2000/06/10 - the cure - pine knob music center, detroit mi
2006/06/10 - radiohead / black keys - place des arts, montreal qc
2012/06/10 - mogwai / balam acab - jefferson theater, charlottesville va
2006/06/11 - radiohead / black keys - place des arts, montreal qc
2005/06/13 - pixies / bloc party / the belltones - merriweather post pavillion, columbia md

6/14/91 (34 years ago!)
Grateful Dead
RFK

for the upcoming week…

2005/06/15 - modest mouse / camper van beethoven - ntelos pavillion, portsmouth va
2000/06/16 - the cure - pnc bank amphitheatre, holmdel nj
2000/06/18 - the cure - e-center, camden nj
2000/06/20 - the cure - jones beach amphitheatre, long island ny
2001/06/21 - mogwai / bardo pond - cat's cradle, carrboro nc
2012/06/22 - explosions in the sky / zammuto - jefferson theater, charlottesville va

June 15, 1999 Mike Ness @ 9:30
June 15, 2006 Sonic Youth @ 9:30
June 15, 2022 Superchunk w/Torres @ Black Cat
June 16, 1998 Prodigy w/Meat Beat Manifesto @ 9:30
June 16, 2000 Frank Black & the Catholics @ 9:30
June 16, 2005 Bloc Party @ 9:30
June 17, 1997 Charlatans @ 9:30
June 17, 2009 Peaches @ 9:30
June 17, 2011 Feelies @ World Cafe Live
June 17, 2022 Belle & Sebastian @ Franklin Music Hall (Philly)
June 17, 2023 Feelies @ Brooklyn Made
June 18, 2016 Cure @ Madison Square Garden
June 18, 2017 U2 @ Lincoln Financial Field (Philly)
June 18, 2021 Tommy Stinson @ house show (DC)
June 19, 2000 Sonic Youth w/Stereolab @ 9:30
June 19, 2001 Air @ 9:30
June 19, 2012 The Hives @ 9:30
June 19, 2024 The Pixies w/Modest Mouse @ Huntington Bank Pavilion (Chicago)
June 20, 1997 Ben Harper @ 9:30
June 20, 2002 KMFDM @ 9:30
June 20, 2004 Franz Ferdinand @ 9:30
June 20, 2023 Waco Brothers @ Pearl City Warehouse
June 21, 2002 Social Distortion @ House of Blues Chicago
June 21, 2009 Phoenix @ Rock'n'Roll Hotel

June 15, 2014  Hank Williams Jr  (Taste of Country Festival, Hunter Mtn NY)
June 15, 2024  Rolling Stones (Browns Stadium, Cleveland)
June 16, 1991  Grateful Dead (Giants Stadium, NJ)
June 16, 1992  Rush (Mweather)
June 17, 2016  Ringo Starr & All Starr Band (Warner)
June 17, 2018  U2 (Cap One)
June 18, 2018  U2 (Cap One)
June 18, 2008  Iron Maiden (Mweather)
June 19, 1991  Guns 'n Roses (Cap Ctr)
June 19, 2019  Perry Farrell's Kind Heaven Orchestra (City Winery DC)
June 20, 1992  Grateful Dead, Steve Miller Band (RFK)
June 20, 2003  Buddy Guy, Los Lobos (Wolf Trap)
June 21, 2006  Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris (Const Hall)
June 21, 2009  Aerosmith, ZZ Top (Nissan Pav)
June 22, 2015  Bette Midler (Verizon Ctr)
June 22, 2022  Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison  (Nats Park)

Was at this
June 19, 2019  Perry Farrell's Kind Heaven Orchestra (City Winery DC)
Glad I went, but odd. Very Vegas kinda feel

My only city winery concert

6/15-6/21

6/20/85 TSOL/Naked Raygun/Government Issue  WUST Radio Hall  Washington, DC
6/16/91 Grateful Dead/Little Feat      Giants Stadium    East Rutherford, NJ
6/17/92 Ringo Starr    Merriweather Post Pavilion      Columbia, MD
6/20/92 Grateful Dead/Steve Miller Band RFK Stadium    Washington, DC
6/20/94 Tori Amos      Warner Theater  Washington, DC
6/18/99 Elton John              Baltimore Arena    Baltimore, MD
6/17/00 The Cure      Merriweather Post Pavilion  Columbia, MD
6/18/03 The Dead              Merriweather Post Pavilion  Columbia, MD
6/17/04 Beastie Boys  9:30 Club  Washington, DC
6/20/04 Franz Ferdinand    9:30 Club    Washington, DC
6/16/05 Bloc Party    9:30 Club  Washington, DC
6/15/06 Dickey Betts  The Birchmere  Alexandria, VA
6/16/07 Washington Social Club/The Dance Party    9:30 Club  Washington, DC
6/20/07 Team Dresch/Ex-Members  Black Cat  Washington, DC
6/18/08 R.E.M.  Mann Center For The Performing Arts  Philadelphia, PA
6/19/08 R.E.M.  Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
6/21/08 R.E.M./The National  Lakewood Amphitheater  Atlanta, GA
6/20/09 Frodus  Black Cat  Washington, DC
6/16/12  Little Richard  Howard Theatre  Washington, DC
6/21/13  Japandroids/Crocodiles  Ottobar  Baltimore, MD
6/20/16  Dead and Company  BB&T Pavilion  Camden, NJ
6/15/18  Dead and Company  Citi Field  New York, NY
6/16/18  Dead and Company  Citi Field  New York, NY
6/20/18  Dead and Company  Blossom Music Center  Cuyahoga Falls, OH
6/15/19  Dead and Company  Wrigley Field  Chicago, IL

6/23/85
Cheap Trick
MPP

Bombay wrote:
6/16/12&nbsp; Little Richard&nbsp; Howard Theatre&nbsp; Washington, DC

how was that?
Guy is such a legend and his influence on rock and roll as we know it is immeasurable
didn't even know he was still touring in 2012

6/23/24
Olivia Rodrigo
MEO Arena