Madonna opening night in Vancouver July 15. I mentioned in the overpriced concert tickets thread that my tickets via Amex were only $231 including all fees for 2! Ironically, Platinum seats literally right across the aisle from me are $500 each.

Buddy Guy, a few shows this week! He is holding his annual residency at Legends in Chicago. I usually see 3-4 shows of his each year here. Great openers, not to be missed. I see 2 live shows of various artists every week, it’s my thing, so I don’t post on this thread, but thought Buddy deserves special mention. Go see him if you are near Chicago! Tickets online, sells out to late walk ups.

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Buddy Guy (Prag) - first date in europe

not really, according to his website he plays Paris a couple of days before Prague

True, but the Prague Gig was first listed on his Website.

I guess buying a ticket for Buddy Guy in Prague qualifies your purchase for the 'Overpriced concert tickets' thread…

Of course, the tickets are expensive, no question, but overpriced ?
I think everyone has to decide for themselves.
For me it's relatively easy to travel from Germany to Prague (round 60 €) then the ticket (round 190 € first row left block) plus a very good Czech meal and Czech beer.
We drive across the border after the gig and I'm sleeping at a friend's house ... it suits for me very well overall, but certainly not for everyone.

To Chicago it would be a much further and more expensive trip for me, even if the tickets are probably cheaper than in Europe.
Paris Tickets (or possibly London, Berlin, etc.) will surely not be cheaper in Europe than Prague.

It's probably really the wrong thread here, but I just wanted to reply to the quoted statement here.

* Jan 21 I would be up the road in DC seeing these Baltimore kids, pinkshift (no relation to BlackPink... or Pink), but for a little transportation problem at the moment.
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Like many of us here I chase some big legacy acts. But I also find there to be no shortage of young, new rocknroll bands out there striving, some of them damn good. They just don't have the same opportunities now to get big, through rock, that existed in the 1970s.


As for upcoming shows that I will be at:

* The Book of Mormon. Feb. 10. I'll count the musical from the South Park guys.

* Springsteen. March 27. Still irked at the $524 cost of my floor seat. But in the 5 previous times I've seen him it was never from the floor. So, I'm paying it -- one time.

* Titus Andronicus. Apr. 3. The NJ band, not the play.

* Lydia Loveless/Drive-By Truckers. Apr. 28. Top bill for this tour is DBTs, of course; but for me Lydia's music is more interesting.

Not a lot right now. But other stuff will come up.

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Roger Waters and The Who

Both in Paris in may and June 2023

Ruston Kelly April 13 in Birmingham, AL
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I had been hoping to go see Tropical F*ck Storm Friday as a bday present to myself. Turns out the bass player has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. They had to cancel the whole US tour. Healing vibes to Fiona Kitschin. TFS are a really interesting band from Melbourne Australia.

I'll be standing my ground for something like 9 hours "On The Rail" on Saturday in Queenstown at an outdoor concert ZZ Top, Pat Benatar, The Angels and Stone Temple Pilots

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Calendar through March

Larkin Poe Fillmore SF Ca Feb-9
Cali Vibes Long Beach Ca Feb17-Feb 19
Collie Buddz Berkeley Ca Feb 22
First Aid Kit Oslo Norway Feb 27, Feb 28
First Aid Kit Gothenburg Sweden Mar 1
First Aid Kit Malmo Sweden Mar 3
First Aid Kit Stockholm Sweden Mar 4
Old Crow Medicine Show Amsterdam Holland Mar 8
Elle King Sacramento Ca Mar 18
Delta Rae SF Ca Mar-23

My wife bought tix for us to see George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic at a small casino showroom not far from where we live.
Last time we saw him was in Amsterdam at the Paradiso around 2005...or maybe it was 2007...been a long time...we want the funk....

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Chris Shifflet (foo fighter) solo at Leeds brudenell, tiny venue and bargain 15 quid in March

Bruce at La defence arena in Paris (may)

Sam fender at fabrique in Milan (may)

War on drugs (Halifax) and black keys (Manchester) consecutive nights in June

Adding a couple more shows.

* The Book of Mormon. Feb. 10
* Springsteen. March 27
* Screaming Females (Marissa Paternoster). March 29
* Titus Andronicus. Apr. 2
* Amanda Shires. Apr. 22
* Lydia Loveless/Drive-By Truckers. Apr. 28

Also considering Flogging Molly Feb 15 or Larkin Poe March 9


I've always appreciated good album cover art. Screaming Females' photo cover of their Live at the Hideout album captures a core unavoidable part of life in obscure touring bands everywhere... beautifully understated.
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An Amanda Shires sampler

I didn't know who she is before I started listening to her husband Jason Isbell. She's the fiddler in his band the 400 Unit, in addition to being a solo performer, and a member, with Maren Morris and Brandi Carlile, of the Highwomen. From Lubbock, at 15 she was the only female and only member under 70 of the post-Bob Wills Texas Playboys. John Prine mentored her. 5'3, she has a voice I don't regard as strong or special. What I most like is her songwriting. Her associations with Prine and Isbell make sense when you hear her songs. She has things she wants to say, and writes some lyrics as trenchant and unvarnished as her husband, at his best, does.

In this 2011 Tiny Desk Concert at NPR in DC Amanda was about 29. The first two songs I found okay, but the third,
"When You Need A Train It Never Comes"
is most interesting; I recommend skipping to it at 7:00
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Of these two,
"Wasted and Rolling" and
"Bulletproof"
I like the 2nd more; starts at 3:50.
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Break Out The Champagne (2018)
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One of my Shires favorites, it makes a fitting introduction for twisty takes to come and she opens a lot of shows with it.

(I Did A) "Parking Lot Pirouette" (2018)
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"Im Your Man" (Leonard Cohen cover, 2021)
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(I Want You) "Gone For Christmas" (2021)
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"Don't Be Alarmed" (2022)
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The thinness and frailty of her voice serves some songs well. This is one.

"Take It Like A Man" (2022)
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She's called this a study of vulnerability and consequences. I don't I hear it as an exhortation to male toughness, but as a deconstruction and commentary on what some males seem to think the phrase to mean, justify, or encourage.

"Hawk For The Dove" (2022)
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(She significantly sexied up her performance outfits for the latest album and 2022 tour.)

"Empty Cups" (2022)
In Brooklyn Oct 26
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"The Problem" (2022)
Dec 19 in Knoxville
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Shires and husband duet. Isbell plays on most tracks on Take It Like A Man, but I don't believe generally accompanies her onstage on the tour. Two recent exceptions being shows in Knoxville, and in Nashville, their home, in December, when he sat in on 4 or 5 songs in each.

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^ Just saw Larkin Poe last night. I highly recommend and need to see them again. I nominate them to open a show for the Stones.

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^ Just saw Larkin Poe last night. I highly recommend and need to see them again.

I've kept an eye on vids of some of their performances the past year or so. Looks to me like they've picked up the pace of things... adding more higher energy songs into the mix with the quieter ones. Gotten even more interesting.

If they were in town I'd definitely see them. This show's in DC. We'll see.

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I nominate them to open a show for the Stones.

Merit, or having a following, or being out there touring your ass off for years and earning your spot, aren't the standards anymore. Bands' chances depend on how many Stones support gigs, if any, Thomas Tull decides to leave for other people this year. Mick apparently will sell him whatever he wants for himself and his hireling Ghost Hounds.

Does Larkin Poe have big money laying around to try to bid against GHs? Probably not. So best of luck to them and to every other deserving young act out there who has earned a boost, needs and deserves a boost, but are going up against a selfish billionaire who wants these stages to feed his own ego.

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Robert Jon & The Wreck Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms Monday Night Scotland UK Sold Out Great Southern Style Rock Band

I saw Matt Andersen last night. He's a really good blues player from Canada.

I'll see Larkin Poe tonight, second time for me.

Tonight, heading to Indianapolis for Alter Bridge and MammothWVH...

This will help me in being patient with the delay we're hearing about!

Tonight at The Cavern Pub, Raynes Park, old friend Peter Bruntnell and renowned pedal steel guitar player, BJ Cole who has been around since the mid 60's.

Should be a really good duo gig.

The Beths on Friday. Wonderful band from New Zealand.

I just picked up tickets for light up the blues. This is with Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Lukas Nelson and the promise of the real plus more at the Greek Theatre in LA on April 22. The presale code is LIGHT. In light of today’s disappointing news, it feels good to have concert tickets, and something to look forward to.

Springsteen in KC Saturday and Tulsa, OK next Tuesday. Then a thrice-delayed Killers concert in March.

I just got back from the sold out Tokyo Dome show by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Simple but good performance.
Flea reminded me of Jaco Pastorius.

BRUUUUUUUCE! A week from Monday. ><

Tedeschi Trucks Band in DC in March.

Dead and Co., Wrigley Field, Chicago, June 9.

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A little late, but just saw Blackberry Smoke. Highly recommended.

When they hit it right, they have a Stones Exile vibe with a dash of Allman Brothers and Black Crowes.

Orville Peck in Asheville NC. 6th row.

First Aid Kit tour Oslo X2, Gothenburg, Malmo, Stockholm. While waiting news for the Stones tour I am not sitting at home.

daspy, I guess not!

Tinsley Ellis, this Sunday.

~"Love is Strong"~