my concerts.
I like concerts a lot, so i figured i’d chronicle the concerts i’ve been to over the years.
I keep all my old concert tickets, but I lost a number of them from pre-2001 when i moved cross country. Anything before then is an educated guess, but there are likely some missing.
1997-2001 - Aerosmith x 2 (plus the one below)
1997-2001 - Pearl Jam x 3
1998? - Van Halen (with Gary Cherone)
December 31, 1999 - Motor City Millenium Bash - Sevendust, Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Metallica
1999 or 2000 - Queensryche - Q2K Tour x2?
Sept. 11, 1999 - Def Leppard - Euphoria Tour - Allegan County Fair
2000 - Steve Vai - The Ultra Zone tour - St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
on to the ones for which i have tickets:
2001:
July 9 - DTE Energy Music Theatre (a.k.a. Pine Knob), Clarkston, MI
G3 2001 - Joe Satraini, Steve Vai, John Petrucci
July 13 - DTE Energy Music Theatre (a.k.a. Pine Knob), Clarkston, MI
Aerosmith - Just Push Play Tour
(my mom came to this concert, and loved it!)
September 26 - Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
The Pledge of Allegiance Tour
Rammstein, System of a Down, Slipknot (& others)
2002:
March 05 - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Gorillaz
April 25 - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Tenacious D
May 17 - Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Nickelback
June 29 - The Gorge, George, WA
Sammy Hagar & David Lee Roth
August 9 - Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
Norah Jones
August 23 - Boeing Plant Parking Lot, Renton, WA
Cirque Du Soleil, Dralion (not really a concert, but whatever)
September 2 - Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot 2002
October 2 - Key Arena, Seattle, WA
TOOL (Meshuggah opening)
November 8 - Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
Guns N Roses (Mix Master Mike)
November 11 - Key Arena, Seattle, WA
No Doubt and Garbage (I went for Garbage, though they were the opener)
November 16 - Northgate Music Theater, Seattle, WA
Crystal Method (and a bunch of DJs)
November 29 - Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA
Cafe Tacvba
December 7 - Mercer Arts Arena, Seattle, WA
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
2003:
August 2 - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Queensryche & Dream Theater
August 23 - White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA
Lollapalooza 2003 (the last touring one)
Jane’s Addiction, Audioslave, Incubus, A Perfect Circle, Jurassic 5, The Donnas, Rooney
(seriously one of the better lineups i could imagine. and then lollapalooza went all indie and failed)
December 23 - McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA
The Nutcracker - Pacific Northwest Ballet
2004:
April 9 - Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
A Perfect Circle (The Mars Volta opened. first time i heard how bad they were in concert. APC was great)
May 7 - Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Kid Rock
July 10 - Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
Van Halen
September 4-6 - Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot 2004
September 22 - Puyallup Fair, Puyallup, WA
Maroon 5
September 28 - Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Norah Jones & the Handsome Band
October 20 - The Premier, Seattle, WA
Yellowcard
November 14 - Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
Bond
2005:
February 26 - Neumo’s, Seattle, WA
Collective Soul
March 1 - The Showbox, Seattle, WA
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
April 22 - The Showbox, Seattle, WA
Steve Vai
July 9 - The Gorge, George, WA
Warped Tour 2005 - (All American Rejects, No Use For A Name, The Offspring, Drop Kick Murphys, The Transplants, others)
September 2-5 - Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot 2005
September 16 - The Showbox, Seattle, WA
Royksopp (Annie opening)
September 21 - The Showbox, Seattle, WA
Katrina Relief Benefit - Death Cab for Cutie & Harvey Danger
October 26 - Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Foo Fighters & Weezer
November 4 - The Tractor Tavern
Citizen Cope acoustic show
2006:
February 2 - El Corazon, Seattle, WA
Buckcherry, (…And You Will Know Us By) The Trail Of The Dead, The Jet City Fix
April 13 - Neumo’s, Seattle, WA
Band of Horses
May 2 - The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
TOOL
May 16 - The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
Alice in Chains in Band Practice
August 12 - White River Amphitheatre
Endfest 15 - Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Mars Volta, Wolfmother, Eagles of Death Metal, The Subways (Mars Volta sucks in concert. again. and has a bottle of piss thrown at them.)
August 27 - The Gorge, George, WA
TOOL
September 2-4 - Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot 2006
October 4 - The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
MUSE
November 17 - The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
The Decemberists
December 2 - The Paradox, Seattle, WA
Menomena
December 3 - The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA
Wolfmother
2007:
February 2 - Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA
Menomena
February 16 - The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Tenacious D
March 1 - Neumo’s, Seattle, WA
The Mountain Goats, Pony Up!
March 9 - Atlas Clothing, Seattle, WA
BARR
March 11 - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Bloc Party, Final Fantasy, Smoosh
March 23 - Neumo’s, Seattle, WA
Kultur Shock, Scopriknox
March 26 - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
Killswitch Engage, Dragonforce, Chimaira, He Is Legend
April 13 - High Dive, Seattle, WA
Scorpiknox (cool), The Skys Gone Out (lame), Late September Dogs (not bad)
April 27-29 - Empire Polo Fields, Indio, WA
Coachella
Friday
Noisettes
Satellite Party
Silversun Pickups
Stephen Marley
Peaches
Benny Benassi
Faithless
Bjork
Saturday
Steve Aoki
The Fratellis
Regina Spektor
Peter Bjorn & John
Kings of Leon
!!!
Ozomatli
Blonde Redhead
Gotan Project
Black Keys
Sunday
Anathallo
Tapes n’ Tapes
The Kooks
Rodrigo y Gabriela
CSS
Placebo
Air
Rage Against the Machine
July 8 - DTE Energy Music Theater, Clarkston, MI
Live, Collective Soul, Big Head Todd & the Monsters
July 15 - Greyhound Park Amphitheatre, Post Falls, ID
Live, Collective Soul, Rocco DeLuca and the Burden
July 28 - Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle, WA
The Cribs, The North West, The Cave Singers, Against Me!, Spoon
July 29 - WaMu Theater, Seattle, WA
Daft Punk, The Rapture, some DJs.
August 4 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR
Derby
August 25 - Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Jonathon Coulton, Minibosses
September 1-3 - Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Bumbershoot
Day 1
Forgotten Sol
The Cave Singers
I Love Led Zeppelin
Rodrigo y Gabriela
DeVotchKa
Day 2
People’s Republic of Komedy
Kings of Leon
Book of Black Earth
Blue Scholars
Andrew Bird
Day 3
Joss Stone
Ohmega Watts
Kultur Shock
Lyrics Born
Miranda July
September 15 - Moore Theater, Seattle, WA
Steve Vai
September 20 - Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA
The Flaming Lips, Black Moth Super Rainbow
October 3 - Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA
Chris Cornell
October 22 - Nectar, Seattle, WA
Final Fantasy
October 24 - Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater, Seattle, WA
Frozen Meats
December 22 - Neumo’s, Seattle, WA
The Physics, Cancer Rising, Ohmega Watts, Blue Scholars
2008:
January 11 - Neumo’s, Seattle, WA
Zero Down, Hell’s Belles
January 19 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
Police Teeth, The Ladybird Unition, Kulture Shock
February 13 - Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater, Seattle, WA
Frozen Meats
February 22 - The Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA
The Music of Led Zeppelin
February 24 - The Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
Scorpiknox
March 24 - Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
Justice, Diplo
April 19 - Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
Rilo Kiley
April 27 - The Triple Door, Seattle, WA
Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm
May 6 - WaMu Theater, Seattle, WA
Dream Theater, Opeth
May 15 - WaMu Theater, Seattle, WA
The Kids in the Hall
May 17 - Some warehouse in Ballard, Seattle, WA
Frozen Meats
May 23 - The Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
Scorpiknox, KEG
May 26 - The Gorge, George, WA
Sasquatch! Festival
(Day 3)
The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show
The Mars Volta
Flight of the Conchords
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Built To Spill
Matt Costa
June 2 - White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA
Iron Maiden
Lauren Harris
June 3 - Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
Dethklok
Chimaira
May 5 - White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA
Mayhem Festival
Slipknot
Disturbed
Dragonforce
Mastodon
Airbourne
July 12 - Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA
Flight of the Conchords
Iron and Wine
The Vasolines
Mudhoney
Low
The Fluid
August 1-3 - Grant Park, Chicago, IL
Lollapalooza
Day 1
Radiohead
Raconteurs
Black Keys
Duffy
Louis XIV
Yeasayer!
The Parlor Mob
Holy F*ck
Bang camaro
Day 2
Rage Against The Machine
Toadies
Lupe Fiasco
Battles
Jamie Lidell
Explosions in the Sky
De VotchKa
Mason Jennings
The Ting Tings
Day 3
Nine Inch Nails
The National
Love and Rockets
Flogging Molly
Iron & Wine
Chromeo
John Butler Trio
The Whigs
August 30 - September 1 - Seattle Center
Day 1
Saul Williams
Band of Horses
Beck
Day 2
Jakob Dylan
The Black Keys
Stone Temple Pilots
Day 3
The Offspring
Dan Deacon
Battles
Death Cab For Cutie
November 3
Dragonforce
November 30
AC/DC
