Favorite concerts of 2017 list

blipvurt wrote:
In and Around DC: (out of 133)

25 Miles Mosley & the West Coast Get Down Songbyrd Café
24 Ho99o9 Rock & Roll Hotel
23 Warning Ram's Head Live
22 Gene Ween does Billy Joel Birchmere
21 St. Vincent The Anthem
20 Foo Fighters The Anthem
19 U2 FedEx Field
18 Manilla Road Ram's Head Live
17 Colin Stetson Milkboy Arthouse
16 PJ Harvey Wolf Trap
15 Kamasi Washington Sixth & I Synagogue
14 Prophets of Rage 930 Club
13 Neurosis Ram's Head Live
12 Midnight Oil Fillmore Silver Spring
11 Sunn O))) 930 Club
10 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Royal Farms Arena
9 ZZ Top MGM Grand Casino
8 Run The Jewelsw/ Zach De La Rocha Echostage
7 Lauryn Hill Warner Theater
6 Slowdive 930 Club
5 Depeche Mode Verizon Center
4 Tool Eagle Bank Arena
3 Air Strathmore
2 Mix Master Mike Ottobar
1 Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) The Kennedy Center

Traveled to: (out of 166)

25 Allah-las's Coachella
24 Royal Blood Governors Island
23 Celeste Hard Rock Casino
22 Swet Shop Boys Coachella
21 Sigur Ros w/ LA Philharmonic Disney Concert Hall
20 Swans Hard Rock Casino
19 John Carpenter The Trocadero
18 Hot Snakes Underground Arts
17 Carcass Hard Rock Casino
16 Tim Hecker Day For Night
15 Sisters of Mercy The Paradiso
14 Jean-Michel Jarre Tower Theater
13 Bon Iver Coachella
12 Radiohead night 1 The Greek Theater
11 Radiohead night 2 The Greek Theater
10 King Crimson Miller Symphony Hall
9 Metallica Plains of Abraham
8 Hans Zimmer Bell Center
7 Hans Zimmer Coachella
6 Hans Zimmer Billy Graham Civic Auditorium
5 Magma Hard Rock Casino
4 Ennio Morricone Accorhotels Arena
3 Tool Governors Island
2  Philip Glass (w/ Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, New Order, Alabama Shakes, Sufjan Stevens, Ben Harper)  Carnegie Hall
1  John Cale performing Velvet Underground night 1 & 2 (w/ Kurt Vile, MGMT, Animal Collective, Thee Oh Sees, Connan Mockasin, Sky Ferraria, Caroline Polacheck, Tunde Adebimpe)  BAM Howard Gilman Opera House

269 shows?
or 269 bands?
or ?

Good question. My counts are of sets seen. Festivals certainly help in that regard!

1. Gorillaz @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Phoenix @ the Anthem
3. Belle and Sebastian, Spoon, Andrew Bird @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. Elvis Costello & the Imposters @ Wolf Trap
5. Ryan Adams @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
6. The Cribs @ U Street Music Hall
7. Elbow @ the 9:30 Club
8. John Mayer @ Jiffy Lube Live
9. Laura Marling @ the 9:30 Club
10. The National @ the Anthem

blipvurt wrote:
21 St. Vincent The Anthem
12 Midnight Oil Fillmore Silver Spring
5 Depeche Mode Verizon Center
4 Tool Eagle Bank Arena
1 Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) The Kennedy Center

11 Radiohead night 2 The Greek Theater

Can confirm all of these were fantastic shows.  I have been meaning to go make a list since this thread started, but keeps going on the back burner.  A few more I can think of are:
Feist @ Lincoln Theatre, night 1
Feist @ Lincoln Theatre, night 2
Tears For Fears @ Verizon Center (first time seeing them)
Old Crow Medicine Show performing Blonde On Blonde @ Lincoln Theatre
Aretha Franklin @ Wolf Trap (first time seeing her)
Little Dragon @ 930 Club
All Them Witches @ DC9
Roger Waters @ Verizon Center
John Mayer @ Jiffy Lube Live
Primus @ The Anthem
LCD Soundsystem @ The Anthem, night 2
At The Drive In @ 930 Club

Does Primus still bring it awesome live?  I was, not, unfortunately a fan of that last release.

2017 Top 10 (no order, but certainly weighted):
Green Day/AgainstMe -Verizon, Mar 13
Pixies - Lincoln, May 16
U2  -  FedEx, June 20
Tool  - EagleBank, May 24
Foo Fighters/The Struts/TroubleFunk - Anthem, Oct 12
The Magpie Salute  - Fillmore, Aug 12
Roger Waters - FirstUnion(Philly), Aug 11
The Struts/Greta van Fleet - Ram's Head Live, May 19
Ron Gallo - DC9, Nov 20
Hall & Oates/TearsForFears - Verizon, Jun 26

SOME HONORABLES
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers/Peter Wolf- Royal Farms, July 23 Typically, Petty would not make the list as his shows are relegated to an emeritus status–every show is so good and fun.  But, ya know.
Rare Essence/E.U./TroubleFunk - Howard, July 3 Oldschool lineup of indigenous DC music
Yes - Wolf Trap, Sep 13 Rare lineup and featuring "90125" era sounds

My best shows of the year (in chronological order):

2017/05/25 Sigur Ros (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD)
2017/06/09 Paul Simon/Sarah McLachlan (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD)
2017/06/20 U2: The Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour/The Lumineers (FedEx Field, Landover, MD)
2017/07/30 Belle & Sebastian/Spoon/Andrew Bird/Ex Hex (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD)
2017/09/16 Arcade Fire/Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Capital One Arena formerly known as Verizon Center, Washington, DC)
2017/11/03 The Dears (DC9, Washington, DC)
2017/12/30 Spoon (9:30 Club, Washington, DC)

Best individual performances of the year:

1. Ex Hex @ Merriweather (opening act!)
2. The Dears @ DC9
3. Spoon @ 9:30 Club
4. Paul Simon @ Merriweather
5. U2 @ FedEx

The first quarter of 2017 was a wasteland of shows with only The Flaming Lips at the 9:30 Club being at all interesting to me.

I didn't attend a single show at the Black Cat in 2017. That makes me very sad because it has traditionally been one of my favorite venues for intimate shows.

walkonbyeeeeeeeee wrote:
Does Primus still bring it awesome live?  I was, not, unfortunately a fan of that last release.

They seem to have a theme for each tour in the past decade.  They will do a whole album for one set and random songs the next set.  This tour, they played all of The Desaturating Seven, so for sure not the tour you would have enjoyed.  I could have done without that EP as part of the show as well. 

In no particular order:

Manchester Orchestra - Fillmore, SS
Parquet Courts - 9:30 and in Baltimore
U2 - Lincoln Financial Field - Philly
Foo Fighters - Anthem

Top 10 in no particular order:
The Misfits @ The Forum (LA): Danzig, Jerry Only, Doyle and Dave Lombardo brought it and earned every penny of the $200 I paid for my ticket.  Amazing to finally hear all those hits from hell live.
Dag Nasty @ The Observatory (orange county):  Dag Nasty's first west coast trip since they reformed, crowd went wild.  Incredible show. 
Quicksand / No Joy @ Teragram Ballroom (LA): First time seeing Quicksand, hopefully not the last.  No Joy as opener was a special treat.
The Weirdos / Midget Handjob @ The Echo (LA): Benefit show for their original guitarist, can't believe how good they were.  Keith Morris fronted Midget Handjob was weird and hilarious.   
Television @ Teragram Ballroom (LA):  2nd time catching them and they were great.  Played all of Marquee Moon. 
True Widow @ The Resident (LA):  Seeing one of my top 5 favorite bands, 8+ years going, in a sold out venue with like 200 people was awesome. 
Tears for Fears @ T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas): Glad to see they made some lists here.  First time seeing them and they still got it. 
Helium @ Sinclair (Boston):  Best reunion show I saw after the Misfits.  Mary Timony is brilliant.
At the drive in / Le Butcherettes @ House of Blues Boston:  Made up for their cancelled show with insane energy.  Became an instant fan of Le Butcherettes.   
PJ Harvey @ House of Blues Boston:  Stunningly good show time and time again.  She's never not made my top 10 end of the year concert list.