This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

I only kept track of shows I attend form 2004-2011 so a LOT of dates are missing…  (March was kind of a slow month.)

03-20-11 Justin Jones (Europa - Richmond)
03-25-11 QOTSA (NYC - Terminal 5)
03-07-10 Henry Rollins (Richmond - The National)
03-06-08 Wednesday 13 (Springfield - Jaxx)
03-08-08 The Hives (DC - 930)
03-20-08 Soil (Jaxx - Springfield)
03-29-08 The Eels (DC - 6th & I)
03-03-07 Killswitch Engage
03-02-06 Deftones (DC - 930)
03-04-06 The Subways (DC - 930)
03-09-06 The Living Things, The Vacation, The Pink Spiders (Richmond - Alley Katz)
03-14-06 Nine Inch Nails, Saul Williams (Richmond - Coliseum)
03-19-06 30 Seconds to Mars (Norfolk - Norva)
03-26-06 Rob Zombie (DC - 930)
03-30-06 Sevendust (Atlantic City - HOB)
03-02-05 Secret Machines (Starr Hill)
03-12-05 Citizen Cope (930)
03-17-05 O.C.M.S. (Starr Hill)
03-27-05 Queens of the Stone Age (930)
03-22-04 Puddle of Mudd
03-27-04 Fuel

March 13, 1996 AC/DC @ Capital Center
March 12, 1998 Unwound @ Tramps, NYC
March 14, 2002 Remy Zero w/ Phantom Planet @ Black Cat
March 10, 2005 The Bravery @ Black Cat
March 14, 2005 Blackfield/Steven Wilson @ IOTA
March 8, 2007 The Who @ Verizon Center
March 11, 2007 Isis @ 9:30 Club
March 9, 2009 Betty Lavette @ 9:30 Club
March 9, 2010 Caspian w/ Tone @ Black Cat

Does the title to the thread not irk anyone else? Aren't someone's "golden years" late in their life?

March 8, 1994  Cocteau Twins @ Lisner Auditorium
March 11, 1994  Jawbox w/Girls Against Boys @ the Metro (Chicago)
March 13, 1996  Frank Black @ 9:30
March 9, 1997  Blur @ Black Cat
March 14, 1997  The Cranes @ 9:30
March 9, 2000  Teenbeat 15th Anniversary Show (Flin Flon, Versus, Rondelles, True Love Always, Phil Krauth, Aden) @ Black Cat
March 14, 2000  The Donnas @ Black Cat
March 9, 2001  Weezer w/Get Up Kids @ the Aragon (Chicago)
March 12, 2002  Dismemberment Plan w/Death Cab For Cutie @ 9:30
March 8, 2007  The Who @ Verizon Center
March 12, 2007  The Shins @ DAR Constitution Hall
March 14, 2007  The Good, The Bad and the Queen @ 9:30
March 14, 2009  The Feelies @ 9:30
March 10, 2011  OMD @ 9:30
March 8, 2014  Throwing Muses w/Tanya Donelly @ Bowery Ballroom (NYC)

Big list this week:

1974 Mar 8 Deep Purple, Savoy Brown, Tucky Buzzard, Captal Centre
1992 Mar 8 Grateful Dead, Captal Centre
1999 Mar 8  The Rolling Stones, MCI Center
2007 Mar 8 The Who, Verizon Center
1989 Mar 9 Metallica, Captal Centre
1992 Mar 9 Grateful Dead, Captal Centre
2006 Mar 9 Queen, MCI Center
2012 Mar 9 The Black Keys, Verizon Center
2012 Mar 9 The Arctic Monkeys, Verizon Center
1975 Mar 9 Jethro Tull, Civic Center
2008 Mar 9 Van Halen, 1st Mariner Arena
1968 Mar 10 Jimi Hendrix, International Ballroom
1984 Mar 10 Rodney Dangerfield, DAR Constitution Hall
1994 Mar 10 The Offspring, Nightclub 9:30
2009 Mar 10 Fleetwood Mac, Verizon Center
1973 Mar 10 Virgil Fox, Lyric Theatre
1999 Mar 10 The Offspring, Patriot Center
1998 Mar 11 The Aquabats, Capitol Ballroom, SnoCore Tour
1998 Mar 11 Primus, Capitol Ballroom, SnoCore Tour
1998 Mar 11 Blink-182, Capitol Ballroom, SnoCore Tour
1998 Mar 11 Long Beach Dub Allstars, Capitol Ballroom, SnoCore Tour
1976 Mar 12 Uriah Heep, Captal Centre
1987 Mar 12 Ratt, Captal Centre
1976 Mar 13 David Bowie, Captal Centre
1986 Mar 13 Pat Benatar, Captal Centre
1976 Mar 14 David Bowie, Captal Centre
1981 Mar 14 REO Speedwagon, Captal Centre
1983 Mar 14 Willie Nelson, Captal Centre
2013 Mar 14 The Hives, Verizon Center
2013 Mar 14 P!NK, Verizon Center

grateful wrote:
Big list this week:

1976 Mar 13 David Bowie, Captal Centre
1976 Mar 14 David Bowie, Captal Centre

Officially jealous. Wow.

Grateful Dead 3 8 1992 Capital Centre
Ben Harper         3 8 1998 Nightclub 930
Rolling Stones 3 8 1999 MCI Center
George Clinton & P-Funk All Stars 3 8 2003 Nightclub 930
Metallica (with Queensryche opening) 3 9 1989 Capital Centre
Grateful Dead 3 9 1992 Capital Centre
Lou Reed          3 9 1996 Nightclub 930
Bon Jovi (with The Goo Goo Dolls opening) 3 9 2003 MCI Center
The Pogues 3 9 2006 Nightclub 930
Queen + Paul Rodgers 3 9 2006 MCI Center/Verizon Center (first show with venue's new name)
The Who (with Rose Hill Drive opening) 3 9 2007 Verizon Center
The Ramones 3 12 1990 Bayou
James Brown 3 12 1993 Constitution Hall
Lou Reed (with The Feelies opening) 3 13 1989 Warner
AC/DC       3 13 1996 USAir Arena
Primus (most of the show before heading to 9:30 for PFunk) 3 13 2004 Constitution Hall
George Clinton & P-Funk All Stars 3 13 2004 Nightclub 930
Prince (Tamar w/ Prince) 3 13 2006 Nation
Sound Tribe Sector 9         3 13 2010 Nightclub 930
Grateful Dead                 3 14 1990 Capital Centre
Blue Floyd (doing Beatlejam), with The Machine 3 14 2002 Nightclub 930

bearman wrote:

grateful wrote:
Big list this week:

1976 Mar 13 David Bowie, Captal Centre
1976 Mar 14 David Bowie, Captal Centre

Officially jealous. Wow.

Agreed

Julian, wrote:
Does the title to the thread not irk anyone else? Aren't someone's "golden years" late in their life?

Please stop going out of your way to prove to us that whatever/whoever it was that/who created you chose to endow you with more than your fair share of douchebaggerynss.  We all already know.

Oh, how I miss Spring Tour.

3/15/90 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
3/15/04 British Sea Power/Kaito UK    Black Cat
3/15/06 Ron White    DC Improv 
3/15/08 Bob Mould/Halou    9:30 Club
3/15/15  Melvin Seals and JGB  The Hamilton
3/16/90 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
3/16/92 Grateful Dead  Spectrum        Philadelphia, PA
3/16/93 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
3/16/00 Allman Brothers Band    Beacon Theater  New York, NY
3/17/83 The Kinks/Greg Kihn Band    Capital Centre
3/17/91 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
3/17/92 Grateful Dead  Spectrum        Philadelphia, PA
3/17/93 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
3/17/95 Grateful Dead  Spectrum      Philadelphia, PA
3/17/00 Allman Brothers Band    Beacon Theater  New York, NY
3/17/11  Furthur  Patriot Center
3/17/12  Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion  Kennedy Center Concert Hall
3/18/91 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
3/18/92 Grateful Dead  Spectrum        Philadelphia, PA
3/18/93 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
3/18/95 Grateful Dead  Spectrum      Philadelphia, PA
3/18/00 Allman Brothers Band    Beacon Theater  New York, NY
3/19/95 Grateful Dead  Spectrum      Philadelphia, PA
3/19/08 Holy Fuck/A Place To Bury Strangers  Rock And Roll Hotel
3/20/91 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
3/20/92 Grateful Dead  Copps Coliseum  Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
3/20/93 Grateful Dead  The Omni        Atlanta, GA
3/20/06 Ray Davies    9:30 Club
3/20/07 Mew/Oh No! Oh My!  Black Cat
3/21/91 Grateful Dead  Capital Centre
3/21/92 Grateful Dead  Copps Coliseum  Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
3/21/93 Grateful Dead  The Omni        Atlanta, GA
3/21/01 The Soft Boys/Young Fresh Fellows  9:30 Club
3/21/03 Macy Gray              9:30 Club
3/21/14  The Pizza Underground    Black Cat

Wow…I think this is historically-low concert attending week for me:

3/19/1995  Oasis @ Vic Theater (Chicago)
3/15/1998  The Damned @ House of Blues (Chicago)
3/21/1998  The Damned @ Middle East (Boston)
3/17/2010  AIR @ 9:30

Grateful Dead 3 15 1990 Capital Centre
Prince       3 15 1993 Patriot Center
The Calling       3 15 2002 Nightclub 930
The Vines (with Jet and The Living End opening) 3 15 2004 Nightclub 930
Grateful Dead 3 16 1990 Capital Centre
Grateful Dead 3 16 1993 Capital Centre
Reverend Horton Heat (w Nashville Pussy and Street Walkin' Cheetahs opening) 3 16 2002 Nightclub 930
Grateful Dead 3 17 1991 Capital Centre
Grateful Dead 3 17 1993 Capital Centre
Seven Mary Three 3 17 1996 Nightclub 930
Cracker       3 17 2000 Nightclub 930
Furthur       3 17 2011 Patriot Center
Rich Robinson 3 17 2012 Red Palace
Grateful Dead 3 18 1991 Capital Centre
Grateful Dead 3 18 1993 Capital Centre
Grateful Dead 3 20 1991 Capital Centre
Anvil (with Misstallica opening) 3 20 2010 Nightclub 930
Grateful Dead 3 21 1991 Capital Centre
Tres Mountains 3 21 2011 Black Cat

grateful wrote:
Big list this week:
….
1968 Mar 10 Jimi Hendrix, International Ballroom
….

:o

What was that like?

March 20, 1998 Boss Hog @ 9:30
March 18 & 19, 2003 Sigur Ros @ 9:30
March 21, 2003 The Soundtrack of Our Lives @ 9:30
March 21, 2005 The Soundtrack of Our Lives @ Black Cat
March 22, 2005 Slint @ 9:30
March 15, 2007 Blackfield @ Rams Head Tavern
March 21, 2008 Le Loup w/ The Ruby Suns @ Black Cat
March 15, 2010 Asteroid Galaxy Tour @ DC9
March 21, 2011 Tres Mountain @ Black Cat
March 22, 2011 Ellie Goulding @ RNR
March 20, 2014 Cut Copy @ Echostage

helicon1 wrote:
March 22, 2011 Ellie Goulding @ RNR

how was that?
she had already broke pretty big at that point
had a sell out 930 show just a few months later

3/22/82 The Cars/Nick Lowe          Capital Centre
3/22/93 Grateful Dead  The Omni        Atlanta, GA
3/22/95 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant/Rusted Root  USAir Arena
3/22/05 Slint    9:30 Club 
3/22/14  Dum Dum Girls  Black Cat
3/23/04 The Decemberists/Clearlake    Black Cat
3/24/88 Marginal Man/Shudder To Think    9:30 Club  (MM's Farewell gig)
3/24/90 Grateful Dead  Knickerbocker Arena  Albany, NY
3/24/93 Grateful Dead  Dean Smith Centre    Chapel Hill, NC
3/24/03 Television            9:30 Club
3/24/06 Ted Leo And The Pharmacists/The Duke Spirit/Les Aus  Black Cat 
3/24/07 The Ponys/The Black Lips  Black Cat
3/24/11  OFF!/Trash Talk  The Red Palace
3/25/90 Grateful Dead  Knickerbocker Arena  Albany, NY
3/25/93 Grateful Dead  Dean Smith Centre    Chapel Hill, NC
3/25/04 Broken Social Scene/Stars/Dears    Black Cat
3/26/12  The Joy Formidable/A Place To Bury Strangers  9:30 Club
3/27/88 Midnight Oil/House of Freaks    Lisner Auditorium
3/27/05 Queens Of The Stoneage  9:30 Club 
3/27/06 The Arctic Monkeys    9:30 Club
3/27/07 +/- / Say Hi To Your Mom
3/27/10  Soft Pack  Black Cat
3/28/98 "A Grateful Celebration"  Electric Factory    Philadelphia, PA
        (Merl Saunders, Donna Jean Godchaux-McKay, David Gans, Splintered Sunlight)

Sidehatch wrote:

helicon1 wrote:
March 22, 2011 Ellie Goulding @ RNR

how was that?
she had already broke pretty big at that point
had a sell out 930 show just a few months later

Good energy!… but usual crowded room at RNR which limits my enjoyment. I'm old now. Also if you aren't in the first two rows, in my opinion, the sound suffers.

March 27, 2002 Midnight Oil w/ Cecilia @ 930
March 23, 2004 The Decembrists w/ Clearlake @ Black Cat
March 26, 2005 Interpol w/ Blonde Redhead @ 930
March 26, 2006 Annie w/ Shy Child @ Black Cat
March 28, 2006 Dead Heart Bloom @ IOTA
March 23, 2009 Cut Copy w/ Matt & Kim @ 930
March 26, 2010 Shearwater w/ Wye Oak @ RNR
March 23, 2011 Royskopp w/ Jon Hopkins @ 930
March 27, 2014 Rufus Du Sol @ U-Hall

3/22/90  Ian McCullough 9:30
3/22/95  Jimmy Page and Robert Plant  US Air Arena
3/22/02  Eels  9:30
3/22/10  Spoon, Deerhunter  9:30
3/23/95  Jimmy Page and Robert Plant  US Air Arena
3/23/12  Second City (w/ Cecily Strong)  Barns of WT
3/24/90  Rickie Lee Jones  Chestnut Cabaret, Philly
3/24/11  Jeff Beck, Imelda May  9:30
3/24/13  Sigur Ros  Patriot Center
3/25/84  Van Halen  Capital Center
3/25/12  Thomas Dolby  Birchmere
3/26/14  Steve Hackett  Lincoln Theater
3/26/79  Boomtown Rats  Walnut St Theater, Philly
3/28/12  Van Halen, Kool & the Gang  Verizon Center
3/27/80  Cheap Trick  McDonough Arena, Georgetown U