This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

4/13/89 New Potato Caboose            The Bayou

4/14/88 Love And Rockets/The Bubblemen
4/14/06 Ladytron  9:30 Club

4/15/99 Smashing Pumpkins      9:30 Club

4/16/04 The Fleshtones/The Redeemers    Iota
4/16/05 Cartel/PS  DC9 
4/16/08 Dead Meadow/Ancient Sky  Black Cat Backstage
4/16/09 Medications/Deleted Scenes  Rock and Roll Hotel 
4/16/12  Mickey Hart Band  9:30 Club
4/16/15  Priests  U Street Music Hall (have tickets)

4/17/94 Phish          Patriot Center-GMU 
4/17/04 Beauty Pill/Decahedron      Black Cat 
4/17/14  We Are Scientists  Black Cat

4/18/89 R.E.M./Drivin' 'n' Cryin'    Capital Centre
4/18/90 Max Creek      The Bayou
4/18/99 Bruce Hornsby          Warner Theater

4/12/81  Atlanta Rhythm Section / Spyro Gyra  American U Spring Concert (god that concert blew)
4/12/87  Big Audio Dynamite / Junkyard Band  Bayou
4/12/95  Laurie Anderson  Lisner
4/13/80  Joe Perry Project / Nightman  Bayou, DC
4/13/91  Wayne Toups & Zydecajun / Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun  9:30
4/14/03  HEM  Iota, Arlington
4/14/12  Fred Hersch  Bradley Presb. Church, Bethesda
4/15/91  Jesus Jones  9:30
4/15/95  Suddenly Tammy  Go Records, Arlington
4/15/96  Morphine / 16HP  Black Cat
4/15/98  Bill Bruford, Tony Levin, David Torn, Chris Botti  Birchmere
4/15/01  St. Germain  9:30
4/15/02  Nickel Creek  9:30
4/16/82  Spyro Gyra / Gary US Bonds/Angela Bofill /Amsterdam  AU Spring Concert (no wonder we were all on drugs all throughout these things)
4/16/83  Psychedelic Furs / Marshall Crenshaw / Divynyls  AU Spring Concert (much better; still on drugs though)
4/16/88  Expose / Let's Active / The Smithereens  AU Spring Concert (5 years after I graduated; this was my last one)
4/16/96  Asia Minor  Barns of Wolf Trap
4/17/97  Kula Shaker / Headswim  9:30
4/18/89  R.E.M.  Capital Center
4/18/90  Gary Burton Reunion Group  Blues Alley
4/18/98  Todd Rundgren  Roseland Ballroom, NYC  (6pm)
4/18/98  Radiohead  Radio City Music Hall, NYC  (9pm)
4/18/01  The Orb  9:30

April 12, 1992 Tesla @ Municipal Auditorium Nashville
April 14, 1998 Aerial M @ Black Cat
April 18, 1998 Radiohead w/ Spiritualized @ RCMH
April 15, 1999 Agents of Good Roots @ GMU
April 18, 2001 The Orb @ 930
April 17, 2002 Zero 7 @ 930
April 13, 2003 Fischerspooner @ 930
April 15, 2003 The Vines w/ The Music @ 930
April 15, 2004 The Pernice Brothers w/ The Long Winters @ Black Cat
April 17, 2004 Snow Patrol @ 930
April 17, 2004 Laura Burhenn @ DC9
April 12, 2005 Eluvium w/ The Plums @ Warehouse Next Door
April 14, 2005 Moby @ 930
April 17, 2005 Handsome Boy Modeling School w/ K-Os @ 930
April 12, 2006 David Gilmour in Chicago
April 13, 2007 Junior Boys @ Black Cat
April 14, 2009 Ladytron w/ The Faint @ 930
April 16, 2012 The Roots @ Howard Theater
April 18, 2012 David Olney and Sergio Webb @ Telegraph Station
April 18, 2013 Rhye @ 6th & I

4/18/1995   Goo Goo Dolls @ 9:30
4/17/1997   Kula Shaker @ 9:30
4/18/1997   Sneaker Pimps @ 9:30
4/15/1999   Smashing Pumpkins w/ Queens of the Stone Age @ 9:30
4/17/1999   Moby DJ set @ Crobar (Chicago)
4/15/2002   Chemical Brothers @ Nation
4/17/2002   Bob Mould @ 9:30
4/14/2005   Moby @ 9:30
4/17/2010   The Feelies @ World Cafe Life (Philly)
4/18/2013   Metz @ Rock'n'Roll Hotel
4/17/2014   Queens of the Stone Age w/Warpaint @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (SF)

bearman wrote:
4/16/1999   Smashing Pumpkins w/ Queens of the Stone Age @ 9:30

4/15

4/20/90 Psychedelic Furs/10xBig  Dufour Center-Catholic Univ.   
4/20/02 Spiritualized/Black Rebel Motorcycle Club  9:30 Club
4/20/06 Two If By Sea/The Diggs  DC9   
4/21/13  The Joy Formidable/Blood Red Shoes    9:30 Club
4/22/08 Lou Reed  9:30 Club 
4/25/85 R.E.M./The Neats        Bucknell University    Lewisburg, PA
4/25/04 Joan Jett/Casual Dots/Surf Riders/Poem-Cees  9:30 Club
4/25/08 Patti Smith  Lincoln Theater  Washington, DC

here's a few I was able to piece together….

2009-04-09 Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 @ The Black Cat
2006-04-11 Death Cab and Franz Ferdinand @ DAR
2002-04-13 Big Head Todd and the Monsters @ The Avalon Easton MD
2008-04-14 Smothers Brothers @ Rams Head
2003-04-17 Los Lobos @ Rams Head
2000-04-18 Dick Dale @ Rams Head
2014-04-18 Loop @ Metro Gallery Baltimore
2004-04-19 Graham Parker and the Twang 3 @ Rams Head
2006-04-19 Shawn Mulliins @ Rams Head
2005-04-21 Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren @ The Forum, Harrisburg PA
2008-04-22 Lou Reed @ 930 Club
2011-04-22 Rush @ Baltimore Arena
2013-04-22 Billy Bragg @ Rams Head
2002-04-23 Paul McCartney @ Verizon Center
2003-04-23 Suzanne Vega @ Rams Head
2005-04-23 Baby Macaroni @ Rams Head
2010-04-25 Colin Hay @ Rams Head

4/22/1994  The Ocean Blue @ GWU
4/22/1995  They Might Be Giants w/the Checkered Cabs @ GWU
4/25/1996  Black Grape @ 9:30
4/20/1999  Underworld @ 9:30
4/21/2000  Third Eye Blind w/ Tonic @ 9:30
4/22/2004  Sleater-Kinney w/ the Thermals @ 9:30
4/21/2005  Garbage @ 9:30
4/22/2008  Lou Reed @ 9:30
4/19/2009  Coachella Day 3 (Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, X, etc.)
4/24/2010  Quasi @ Black Cat
4/23/2011  Pixies @ Eagles Ballroom (Milwaukee)

after a while reading this you get a sense of who you had more shows in common with..in my case it seems to be bearman….

although nobody posting these seems to have taken much interest in "alternative country"

Yes                 4 19 1991 Patriot Center
Widespread Panic 4 19 2005 Constitution Hall
Red Hot Chili Peppers 4 20 1990 Painters Mill
Big Head Todd and the Monsters (w/ 4 Non Blondes opening) 4 20 1993 Bayou
Flaming Lips       4 20 2003 Nightclub 930
Lenny Kravitz (w/ Nikka Costa opening) 4 20 2005 Constitution Hall
Widespread Panic 4 20 2010 Warner
Widespread Panic 4 21 2010 Warner
Red Hot Chili Peppers 4 22 1990 Ritchie Coliseum
Garbage       4 22 1996 Nightclub 930
Killer Dwarfs 4 23 1990 Bayou
Jane's Addiction 4 23 1991 GWU-Smith Ctr
Widespread Panic 4 25 1996 Capitol Ballroom
George Clinton & P-Funk All Stars 4 25 1999 Warner
Fugazi       4 25 2001 Nightclub 930
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 4 25 2002 Nightclub 930
Particle (w/ Kid Beyond opening) 4 25 2006 Nation
Wolfmother       4 25 2007 Nightclub 930

4/22/95  Natalie Merchant,Toad The Wet Sprocket,Bruce Hornsby,Brownstone  National Mall  Earth Day
4/25/95  emmet swimming  T.T. Reynolds
4/22/00  James Taylor, Third Eye Blind,Monica,Carole King,Clint Black,Keb' Mo',Peter, Paul and Mary  National Mall  Earth Day
4/19/02  Da Vinci's Notebook  Sherwood High School
4/23/02  Paul McCartney  MCI Center
4/25/03  Hootie & The Blowfish  Reston Town Center
4/25/03  Jim's Big Ego,Karl Straub Combo  Jammin' Java
4/23/05  Michael Penn,Jim Boggia  Iota
4/20/07  Christine Lavin  Barns of Wolf Trap
4/21/07  Mike Holden,emmet swimming,Margot MacDonald  Iota  Six Points Music Festival
4/22/07  Faith Hill,Tim McGraw,Larry David,Carole King,Sheryl Crow  GW Smith Center  Stop Global Warming
4/19/08  Lucy Kaplansky  Barns of Wolf Trap
4/20/08  Warren Haynes,Umphrey's McGee  National Mall  Green Apple Festival
4/19/09  The Flaming Lips,moe.,Howard University Drummers,DJ Spooky,Los Lobos  National Mall  Green Apple Festival
4/23/10  Porcupine Tree  House of Blues (Orlando)
4/25/10  Sting,John Legend,The Roots and Friends,Jimmy Cliff,Passion Pit  National Mall  Earth Day Climate Rally
4/21/11  John Popper & The Duskray Troubadours  State Theatre
4/23/11  Todd Wright  Exeter Concert Series
4/25/14  Kix,Extreme,Lita Ford  M3 Rock Festival

04/19/95  Belly @ Ogden Theater
04/20/98  Ben Harper/Paul Weller @ Royal Albert Hall
04/24/00  Beck/DJ Swamp @ Magness Arena
04/20/02  Spiritualized/BRMC @ 9:30 Club
04/24/02  Cranes/Phaser @ Black Cat
04/21/06  Editors/Stellastar @ Bluebird Theater
04/19/07  Klaxons @ Larimer Lounge
04/23/08  Kraftwerk @ Fillmore
04/24/09  My Bloody Valentine/Brightblack Morning Light/Kurt Heasley @ Fillmore
04/21/10  Jonsi/Death Vessel @ Paramount Theater
04/22/11  Maserati/I Know You Rider @ The Marquis Theater
04/23/12  Moon Duo/Tjutjuna @ Larimer Lounge

This week in concert history in 2003 I saw my first Pearl Jam concert at the old Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. We also saw the Flaming Lips the next night perform songs off their epics Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi albums.

4/26/05 Ratdog  9:30 Club
4/26/08 The B-52's/Eagle Seagull    9:30 Club
4/26/11  Stone Temple Pilots/Rose Hill Drive    Pier Six 
4/27/98 George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars  9:30 Club
4/27/06 (the sounds of) kaleidoscope/The Oranges Band/Meredith Bragg And The
        Terminals  Black Cat Backstage
4/27/13  Furthur  Boardwalk Hall    Atlantic City, NJ
4/28/86 Black Flag/Gone/Painted Willie  HUB Ballroom-Penn State    State College, PA
4/28/97 George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars  9:30 Club
4/28/07 Dismemberment Plan/Beauty Pill/Owls & Crows  Black Cat
4/29/00 Equality Rocks  RFK Stadium    Washington, DC
4/30/02 Garbage  9:30 Club
4/30/12  Death Cab For Cutie  The Music Center At Strathmore
5/ 1/12  Marilyn Manson  The Fillmore  Silver Spring, MD
5/ 1/15  Ex Hex/Shirks  Black Cat (later this week)
5/ 2/83 Journey  Capital Centre
5/ 2/13  The Men  DC9
5/ 2/15  Beauty Pill  Artisphere (later this week)

Rush         4 26 1994 USAir Arena
Liz Phair 4 26 1995 Lisner Auditorium
The Fab Faux 4 26 2008 Warner
George Clinton & P-Funk All Stars 4 27 1998 Nightclub 930
Rose Hill Drive (w/ Earl Greyhound opening)4 27 2007 Jammin Java
Titus Andronicas 4 27 2011 Black Cat
Peter Himmelman 4 28 1993 Nightclub 930
Cracker 4 29 1996 Nightclub 930
Billy Preston 4 30 1992 Bayou
Reverend Horton Heat 5 1 1994 Nightclub 930
Audioslave 5 1 2005 Nightclub 930
Reverend Horton Heat 5 2 1994 Nightclub 930

1987-04-25 Eric Clapton @ Capital Centre, Landover MD
2006-04-26 Colin Hay @ Rams Head Tavern
2008-04-26 Nick Lowe @ Rams Head Tavern
2007-04-27 Colin Hay @ Rams Head Tavern
2010-04-27 The Church @ Rams Head Tavern
2012-04-27 Squeeze/English Beat @ Rams Head Live, Baltimore
2013-04-27 Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 @ 930 Club
2002-04-28 Wilco @ The Recher Theater,  Towson MD
2011-04-28 Neil Young/Bert Jansch @ Hippodrome, Baltimore
2013-04-29 Johnny (Fucking) Marr @ 930 Club
2006-05-01 The Little Willies @ Rams Head Tavern
2008-05-01 The Waifs/The Lovell Sisters @ Rams Head Tavern
2012-05-01 Tom Petty @ Germain Arena, Estero FL
2007-05-02 Winterpills @ Rams Head Tavern
2008-05-02 Mark Olson Trio @ Rams Head Tavern

Kubacheck wrote:

2013-04-29 Johnny (Fucking) Marr @ 930 Club

I thought that show was awful…hard to believe its been two years…

4/30/1993  Sugar w/Jawbox @ Aragon Ballroom (Chicago)
4/27/1994  The Charlatans UK @ WUST
4/30/1997  The Boo Radleys @ 9:30
5/2/1997    Emmylou Harris @ 9:30
4/29/1999  Kent @ Black Cat
4/29/2000  Equality Rocks @ RFK (Melissa Etheridge, George Michael, Pet Shop Boys, Rufus, kd lang)
5/2/2000    Supergrass @ 9:30
4/26/2002  No Doubt w/the Faint @ GWU Smith Center
4/29/2004  Peaches @ 9:30
5/1&2/2004 Coachella (Pixies, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, the Cure, Air, Belle and Sebastian, etc.)
4/30 & 5/1 2005  Coachella (Coldplay, NIN, Chemical Brothers, Weezer, New Order, Prodigy, Gang of 4, etc.)
4/26/2006  They Might Be Giants @ 9:30
4/26/2008  The B-52's @ 9:30
4/30/2010  Echo and the Bunnymen @ Black Cat
4/30/2012  Death Cab for Cutie @ Strathmore
4/30/2013  How to Destroy Angels @ Fillmore SS
5/2/2014    The Both (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo) @ 9:30

Hutch wrote:

Kubacheck wrote:

2013-04-29 Johnny (Fucking) Marr @ 930 Club

I thought that show was awful…hard to believe its been two years…

I thought it was just "meh" myself….. but I can check him off my list now and so I am glad I went….

bearman wrote:

4/30/1997   The Boo Radleys @ 9:30

How was this show?  I always wanted to see them live but never got the chance.