The last show I went to was The Hollies at the London Palladium. There are still two original members of the band, Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliott, and their record breaking claim to fame is........they have toured EVERY year since 1962!

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2023-08-17-20 GREEN MAN FESTIVAL
LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE * / SPIRITUALIZED / FLOODLIGHTS / JAMES ELLIS FORD / GENTLY TENDER / DUR-DUR BAND INTERNATIONAL / BETH ORTON / BROADSIDE HACKS (PLAY THE WICKER MAN) * / YASMIN WILLIAMS / GINA BIRCH / ETRAN DE L’AIR / COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS / AOIFE NESSA FRANCES / LADY MAISERY / SPENCER CULLUM / DYLAN MORAN / GOAT / CONFIDENCE MAN / JAKE XERXES FUSSELL / SARAH JAROSZ / THUS LOVE / ARUSHI JAIN / MARY IN THE JUNKYARD / AMYL & THE SNIFFERS

2023-08-31 END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL
LAST DINNER PARTY / BRIGITTE CALLS ME BABY / HMLTD / FRIENDSHIP / CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD / JON MCKIEL / SYLVIE * / DANIEL NORGREN * / KOKOKO! / CASS MCCOMBS / ANGEL OLSEN / PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM / THREE SPOONS * / JOHN FRANCIS FLYNN * / THE COURETTES / MARINA ALLEN * / SIMON JOYNER * / AROOJ AFTAB * / FLOODLIGHTS * / SWEET BABOO / JOAN SHELLEY * / CHARLEY CROCKETT * / CAITLIN ROSE * / SAM BURTON * / ALLAH-LAS / EZRA FURMAN *

rayrad,

I have a few questions.

On the “Who Did You See In Concert In 2022” thread, we exchanged comments regarding Confidence Man, Glastonbury, Green Man, End Of The Road, Festival No.6 etc.

I was the first timer for Green Man last year and had a fabulous time there. I hoped to attend this year, too, but had to pull out due to some difficulties.
How was GM 2023? Was it as good as last year (or the proceeding years for that matter)?

I think you attended End Of The Road for the first time this year. What do you make of it — in particular, as compared with GM? Which one do you prefer if you have to choose one to attend in the future, generally speaking?

I’d be grateful for your thoughts on these matters.



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Torontoluke
Dead and company 6 times

Jethro Tull

Peter Gabriel

The musical box

Rod Stewart

Ginger baker

Mickey solans

Steve Hackett

Blink 182

Tom jones

Herb Alpert

I'm fairly certain you did not see Ginger Baker. Maybe you saw his son, Kofi Baker?

No one.

No solo, no band.

Zero.

Didn't come around or I can't afford it/puts my life at risk (New Orleans).

Joe Bonamassa
Springsteen 4 x
Demolition 23

Neil Young
Buddy Guy
John Fogerty

You reach a stage of your of your life where you have seen many bands over the years.Seen that done that.And many of the live acts and bands are either no more or a shadow of their past.
Saying that I did see Kiss and Lady Ga Ga for my most recent gigs.And both were great evenings out.
Still hoping to see Cher if she tours.And haven’t ruled out seeing the Rolling Stones next year.
Less is more.

Tommy Emmanuel, Soulfly.

John McLaughlin, NSJ Rotterdam and Zurich.

February - Gorgoroth - Berlin
April - Metallica - Amsterdam
September - Eric Fish & Friends - Schönwalde
September - Die Ärzte - Berlin

Buddy Guy - January
Poi Dog Pondering - January & August
Lucinda Williams (w/ Steve Earle sitting in on a few songs) - July
CJ Chenier - July
Mavis Staples - July
Trombone Shorty - July
Los Lobos - June
Robert Randolph Band - July
Ziggy Marley - July
The Record Company - October

Jeff Tweedy.
Steven Stills with Neil Young, Willie Nelson, and Joe Walsh.
Mavis Staples.

1. John Cale - London, England

2. Lisa Nilsson - Oslo, Norway

3. Weird Al Yankovic - Oslo, Norway

4. Suede - Sheffield, England

5. Killing Joke - London, England

6. The Waterboys - Oslo, Norway

7. Lisa Ekdahl - Karlstad, Sweden

8. Mike + Mechanics - Bournemouth, England

9. Duran Duran - Glasgow, Scotland

10. Jeff Beck Tribute day 1, London, England

11. Jeff Beck Tribute day 2, London, England

12. Depeche Mode - Leipzig, Germany

13. Depeche Mode - Bratislava, Slovakia

14. The Sparks - London, England

15. Roger Waters - Birmingham, England

16. Elton John - Manchester, England

17. Joni Mitchell - Quincy, USA

18. Pet Shop Boys - London, England

19. Peter Gabriel - London, England

20. Siouxsie - Wolverhampton, England

21. The Damned - Bath, England

22. Peter Gabriel - Manchester, England

23. Bruce Springsteen - Gothenburg, Sweden

24. Buzzcocks - London, England

25. Stiff Little Fingers - London, England

26. Generation Sex - London, England

27. Blondie - London, England

28. Iggy Pop - London, England

29. Def Leppard - Lytham St Annes, England

30. Mötley Crüe - Lytham St Annes, England

31. Boy George and Culture Club - Hull, England

32. Rod Stewart - Hull, England

33. UB40 feat Ali Campbell - Hull, England

34. The Who - Hull, England

35. Darryl Hall - London, England

36. Billy Joel - London, England

37. The Who day 1 - Edinburgh, Scotland

38. The Who day 2 - Edinburgh, Scotland

39. Buddy Guy - Paris, France

40. The Darkness - Tønsberg, Norway

41. Kiss - Tønsberg, Norway

42. Belle & Sebastian - Manchester, England

43. David Johansen - London, England

44. Morrissey - London, England

45. Jon Anderson - London, England

46. Gyllene Tider - Karlstad, Sweden

47. Mark Owen - Sandringham, England

48. Robbie Williams - Sandringham, England

49. Lightning Seeds - Sandringham, England

50. Richard Ashcroft - Sandringham, England

51. The Who - Sandringham, England

52. Graham Nash - Nottingham, England

53. Dexy’s - Bath, England

54. Patti Smith - Brussels, Belgium

55. Madonna day 1 - Antwerpen, Belgium

56. Madonna day 2 - Antwerpen, Belgium

57. The Dead South - Edinburgh, Scotland

58. PJ Harvey - Oslo, Norway


- What a year it has been!

Eagles on 9/20/23. Got Covid for the first time.

In Paris:
- Roger Waters (twice)
- The Who.

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2023-08-17-20 GREEN MAN FESTIVAL
LOST MAP PRESENTS WEIRD WAVE * / SPIRITUALIZED / FLOODLIGHTS / JAMES ELLIS FORD / GENTLY TENDER / DUR-DUR BAND INTERNATIONAL / BETH ORTON / BROADSIDE HACKS (PLAY THE WICKER MAN) * / YASMIN WILLIAMS / GINA BIRCH / ETRAN DE L’AIR / COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS / AOIFE NESSA FRANCES / LADY MAISERY / SPENCER CULLUM / DYLAN MORAN / GOAT / CONFIDENCE MAN / JAKE XERXES FUSSELL / SARAH JAROSZ / THUS LOVE / ARUSHI JAIN / MARY IN THE JUNKYARD / AMYL & THE SNIFFERS

2023-08-31 END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL
LAST DINNER PARTY / BRIGITTE CALLS ME BABY / HMLTD / FRIENDSHIP / CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD / JON MCKIEL / SYLVIE * / DANIEL NORGREN * / KOKOKO! / CASS MCCOMBS / ANGEL OLSEN / PANDA BEAR & SONIC BOOM / THREE SPOONS * / JOHN FRANCIS FLYNN * / THE COURETTES / MARINA ALLEN * / SIMON JOYNER * / AROOJ AFTAB * / FLOODLIGHTS * / SWEET BABOO / JOAN SHELLEY * / CHARLEY CROCKETT * / CAITLIN ROSE * / SAM BURTON * / ALLAH-LAS / EZRA FURMAN *

rayrad,

I have a few questions.

On the “Who Did You See In Concert In 2022” thread, we exchanged comments regarding Confidence Man, Glastonbury, Green Man, End Of The Road, Festival No.6 etc.

I was the first timer for Green Man last year and had a fabulous time there. I hoped to attend this year, too, but had to pull out due to some difficulties.
How was GM 2023? Was it as good as last year (or the proceeding years for that matter)?

I think you attended End Of The Road for the first time this year. What do you make of it — in particular, as compared with GM? Which one do you prefer if you have to choose one to attend in the future, generally speaking?

I’d be grateful for your thoughts on these matters.

hi risingstone

apolgies for the late reply - i've only just seen your post!

EOTR edged it for me this year

but honestly, it's difficult to choose between them

i think the novely of EOTR (it was our first time there - but we've been going to GM since 2005) made a big difference

plus this year's EOTR bill was much stronger for me personally than GM's

but i think that's really just luck of the draw year by year

there's always a lot to enjoy at both

and despite not thinking much of the GM bill in advance, i ended up having a great time

you've been to GM - so you know what the really big draw is there - the site itself

it's just in such a beautiful part of the world

and the mountain rising up behind the main stage is pretty hard to beat

saying that, EOTR's location at larmer tree gardens is also gorgeous

peacocks wandering around - and the forested area that contains a bunch of the smaller stages - add something really magical

once upon a time the two festivals shared a lot of acts year by year - certainly outside of headliners and immediate subs on each stage

but the bookers seem to be conferring a lot more in recent times - as they've realised there's so much crossover in their attendees

very few acts appear at both in the same year now

we did get one very wet day at GM this year - biblical, in fact

which is always more likely at GM, given its location

2022 was gorgeous all weekend, if i remember - so you may have been eased in with a slightly false sense of the usual conditions!

whereas EOTR tends to have good weather, being that much further south - and not surrounded by mountains!

(everyone - and i mean EVERYONE - goes on about how cold it gets at night at EOTR. due to the clear skies that make it so nice during the day. but this year was uncommonly warm overnight - so we may get surprised by that next year)

in terms of the overall vibe, i'd say the two festivals are about on a par

people are, in general, unfailingly nice

GM gets a younger, post exam crowd (teenagers celebrating the end of GCSEs) - so it can get a bit lairy at night

but nothing untoward

certainly easier than the push and shove in a stones pit!

didn't sense that element at all at EOTR

one of things i love about GM is the number of little kids

it makes for a generally good atmosphere - as who's going to start a punch up around a bunch of pre-schoolers?

(it also gave rise to one of my all time favourite GM experiences this year. being up the front at amyl and the sniffers, and amy being her ususal full-on 'f@ck you if you can't handle me' fantastic self. then turning round to look back at the crowd and seeing a row of 6-10 year old girls on their mum's and dad's shoulders, staring back at the stage in completely delighted disbelief. that this was not only an acceptable way for a woman to behave - but that it actually got you the headline slot at a great big festival. god bless those parents for letting their daughters stay up for that - and carrying them into the midst of what was a VERY excitable crowd. none of those girls went home the same)

there are kids at EOTR - but fewer - as it's right on the edge of back to school for the autumn term

and i felt that there were consequently fewer of the middle-class parents who are just there for a jolly - and stand right at the front of the stages having a chat about barbeques and PTA meetings while the band's on...

(love the kids - not so keen on the parents... except the ones who took their offspring to amyl & the sniffers, obvs!)

but again - these are little differences that don't really swing it one way or the other if i had to choose

luckily, i don't - and we'll be going to both again next year

anyway - better stop this, or we'll be getting told off for going off topic!

but if you want to know anything else, drop me a private message

very happy to help if i can

cheers
ray



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Robert Plant - Cardiff

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hi risingstone

apolgies for the late reply - i've only just seen your post!

Hi rayrad,

Many thanks for your long post and detailed comments on GM/EOTR. It was way more than I expected to receive, and I’m digesting all the insightful information you delivered.

As you know, GM is scheduled in the third weekend of August whereas EOTR the fifth weekend of the same month or the first weekend of September, which makes it rather tricky for festival-goers to attend both. For the majority, it is a matter of “one or the other”.

At this moment, I am planning to go back to GM rather than EOTR next year. Hope the weather will be fine all the way as in 2022 that I attended, about which many folks told me, “This is unusual. You are lucky.”

My first time experience and impression of GM is that it reminded me of Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival in that both are situated in beautiful settings surrounded by the mountains. Fuji is way bigger, though.

Arigato
RisingStone

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Chris Stamey @ The Betsy Trotwood

(that's it)

If you're only going to see one show, that seems like a pretty good one

A fairly slow year for me, but some of the A, B, C and D's included:

Alvvays
the English Baroque Soloists
The Baseball Project
Big Daddy Kane
Booker T
boygenius
Branford Marsalis
BTS' Jungkook
Buddy Guy
Charles McPherson
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stanley Clarke
The Cookers
Sandeep Das
David Rudder
Dead & Company
Digable Planets

Only one highlight

"The Who" Waldbühne Berlin - Germany

I saw GA-20. They rock.
I saw the Backscratchers. They also rock.

March 12. HALEY REINHART. Richmond

March 27. SPRINGSTEEN & E STREET BAND. Washington DC

March 29. SCREAMING FEMALES (Marissa Paternoster). Richmond

April 2. TITUS ANDRONICUS. Richmond

April 22. AMANDA SHIRES. Richmond

April 28. LYDIA LOVELESS. Richmond

May 3. YEAH YEAH YEAHS; opener: CHERRY GLAZZER. Washington DC

June 4. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & the ASBURY JUKES. Richmond

June 21. SARAH SHOOK & the DISARMERS. Richmond

July 21. BULLET to the BLUE SKY (a Charlotte U2 tribute band). Richmond

July 30. ANA POPOVIC. Richmond

August 8. JASON ISBELL & the 400 UNIT. Richmond

August 12. PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC featuring GEORGE CLINTON. Richmond

August 19. JOHN FOGERTY. Vienna VA

August 23. JBLZE - JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EVENING. Richmond

August 25. JOSS STONE. Washington DC

August 31. GARY CLARK, JR. Doswell VA

September 8. BLACK CROWES. Doswell VA

October 10. SUN ROOM. Charlottesville

October 15. PINKSHIFT. Richmond

November 25. LIZ PHAIR. Washington DC

November 27. BOB DYLAN. Richmond

December 2. SAMANTHA FISH featuring Jesse Dayton, with JON SPENCER and Erik Johanson. Richmond

December 7. JUDY COLLINS. Hopewell VA

****
I'm down in Virginia
with your Cousin Lou

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10/2/23 The Pretenders @ The Regent

A modest amount of overlap, and this show was a perfect experience. Looking forward to more Hoodoo Gurus next year.

Last call, if anyone has anything to add.

Most of the shows I have seen were from Dutch artists the only 2 international artists I saw were Roger waters in the Ziggodome and Bruce Springsteen in the Arena both in Amsterdam

Ry Cooder & Taj Mahal

Joni Mitchell (with Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox, Sarah Mclachlan, etc.)

Dead & Co.

Patti Smith

Peter Rowan

Dry Branch Fire Squad

Jimmie Dale Gilmore (with Bill Kirchen and Dave Alvin)

Buddy Miller

Bettye Lavette

Syd Straw

The Third Mind (their debut live performance)

Irma Thomas

John Doe Folk Trio

Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express

The Travelin’ McCourys

The Jerry Douglas Band

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

Emmylou Harris

X

The B-52’s and KC & the Sunshine Band, Atlanta GA
The Cure and The Twilight Sad, Mansfield MA
Bob Dylan, Providence RI
U2, The Sphere in Las Vegas

Also attended a book signing with Nick Cave.

There were postponements: Bruce Springsteen
and cancellations: Gordon Lightfoot (RIP), Dead Can Dance,
Randy Holden, Buffalo Nichols
but I attended these

1/20/23 Yonder Mountain String Band @ The Belly Up

2/3/23 Ziggy Marley, Ginger Roots And The Protectors @ The Sound

2/7/23 Margo Price, Lola Kirke @ Observatory North Park

2/9/23 Matt Andersen, Mariel Buckley @ Venice West

2/10/23 Larkin Poe, Vista Kicks @ San Diego House Of Blues

2/12/23 The Empire Strips Back @ Alderaan Memorial Theatre

2/22/23 Dita Von Teese @ The Magnolia

2/23/23 William Eaton And R. Carlos Nakai @ Museum Of Making Music

3/5/23 Preservation Hall Jazz Band (early show) @ The Belly Up

3/8/23 Regina Spektor @ The Magnolia

4/1/23 Joanne Shaw Taylor @ Balboa Theatre

4/21/23 Toto @ Humphrey’s By The Bay

4/24/23 Iggy Pop, Punky Johnson, The Steens @ Orpheum Theatre

4/25/23 Seal, The Buggles @ Arizona Financial Theatre

4/26/23 Lukas Nelson & POTR, Caroline Jones @ Anaheim House Of Blues

5/16/23 First Aid Kit, Hurray For The Riff Raff @ The Hollywood Palladium

5/19/23 Dead & Company @ Kia Forum

5/20/23 Dead & Company @ Kia Forum

5/21/23 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons @ Humphrey’s By The Bay

5/23/23 The Cure, The Twilight Sad @ The Hollywood Bowl

5/31/23 Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band @ Humphrey’s By The Bay

6/7/23 Seal, Zia Victoria, The Buggles @ The Greek Theatre

6/9/23 Brandi Carlile, Marcus Mumford, Allison Russell @ The Gorge
Amphitheatre

6/10/23 Joni Mitchell & The Joni Jam, Brandi Carlile @ The Gorge Amphitheatre

6/11/23 Diana Ross, DJ King Britt @ The Rady Shell

7/11/23 Neil Young, Chris Pierce @ The Rady Shell

7/14/23 Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Moon Duo @ The Wiltern

7/17/23 Haim, Buzzy Lee (aka Sasha Spielberg) @ The Bellwether

8/2/23 Tears For Fears, Cold War Kids @ The Hollywood Bowl

8/3/23 Danny Elfman, Boy Harsher @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

8/10/23 The Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Rival Sons @ North
Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

8/14/23 W.I.T.C.H. (the Zambian band), Sonny & The Sunsets, AI Lover’s World
Party @ Music Box

8/21/23 “Foreigner”, Loverboy @ FivePoint Amphitheatre

8/22/23 Duran Duran, Nile Rogers & Chic, Bastille @ North Island Credit Union
Amphitheatre

9/2/23 Angel, Sledd @ Ramona Mainstage

9/6/23 Yngwie Malmsteen, Glenn Hughes, Steve Ramone @ San Diego House
Of Blues

9/10/23 Don McLean @ The Belly Up

9/14/23 Wolfmother, Fever Dog @ Observatory North Park

9/18/23 Tangerine Dream @ The Magnolia

9/26/23 Jethro Tull @ The Rady Shell

10/1/23 The Teskey Brothers (early show) @ Humphrey’s By The Bay

10/2/23 The Pretenders @ The Regent Theatre

10/3/23 L7, I Speak Machine @ San Diego House Of Blues

10/5/23 Clannad @ Orpheum Theatre

10/9/23 The Psychedelic Furs, Squeeze @ The Sound

10/10/23 M83, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith @ The Shrine Auditorium

10/13/23 Peter Gabriel @ The Kia Forum

10/14/23 Randy Rainbow @ The Magnolia

10/21/23 Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives @ The Belly Up

10/28/23 Goblin @ The Alex Theatre

10/29/23 Kenny Loggins @ Yaamava’ Theatre

11/3/23 Yes @ The Magnolia

11/5/23 Bachman-Turner Overdrive @ The Magnolia

11/11/23 Queen + Adam Lambert @ BMO Stadium

11/12/23 Devo @ The Sound

11/16/23 Steve Hackett @ The Balboa Theatre

11/17/23 Black Oak Arkansas, Mason Stills, NEONMOMS, Hail Mary,
Truckerbomb, 3peaceX @ Whisky A Go Go

12/7/23 Mammoth WVH, Nita Strauss @ San Diego House Of Blues

12/8/23 Depeche Mode, Young Fathers @ Pechanga Arena

12/13/23 The Manhattan Transfer @ UC San Diego Epstein Family
Amphitheatre

12/28/23 Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew, X @ The Balboa Theatre

12/30/23 KC And The Sunshine Band @ Segerstrom Concert Hall



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Eric Clapton, the Jeff Beck tribute thing, John Fogerty, the Who, Cat Stevens, Buddy Guy, Diana Ross ...

Got tickets for Clapton, Rod Stewart, and Joss Stone in 2024 so far. Really hoping McCartney will play Europe this year, and the Stones in 2025.

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]