Your Concerts for 2015

[Jaq]

Looking at this year's thread, and thinking about last year, has made me realize something.

I'm done going to concerts.

Back in the day, it was easy: the bands I liked either played the Hampton Coliseum or the Norfolk Scope. 20 minute drive at best. Lately though, I'm fortunate if a band's closest stop is either Washington DC, about three-four hours away, or some of the bigger cities in North Carolina that are five-plus hours away. I'm nearly 50 years old. I've hit the point in my life where I get off work, come home, and crash at about 10:00PM. While I'm sure I could, if motivated, go to a show in Norfolk if a band I like comes there, or perhaps if DT was in Washington doing An Evening With show, I think my days of "ohhh, X is playing in DC, let's go!" are done.

Get off my yard while we're at it! 

[bl5150]

So far , just KISS in October.     Hoping for Nightwish later in the year too.

Got the Nightwish..............Jan 2016     Geez they book so far out these days.

[cramx3]

Winery Dogs are coming by me in October, I plan on going to that.  Also got my Nightwish tickets for 2016, but that doesn't count for this thread.

[SoundscapeMN]

saw Rush last week

Wednesday: XTC All-Star Tribute/Benefit
Saturday: The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra/The Dang Ol' Triole

6/5/15 Josh Rouse
6/7/15 Steven Wilson
6/27/15 The Velvet Teen
7/6/15 The Family Crest

[Mindflux]

Nightwish a couple weeks ago

Kamelot on 5/20

upcoming:

Tony Macalpine
Symphony X

Possibly:
phish

[Lucien]

Rush - May 20th

2 more days 

[mike099]

Rush - May 20th

2 more days 

Have you looked at the setlist?  So far I have not looked.  Must be strong!

[Lucien]

Rush - May 20th

2 more days 

Have you looked at the setlist?  So far I have not looked.  Must be strong!

Don't look. But I will tell you it's fucking awesome. And the concert was fucking awesome.

[mike099]

Thanks for the update on rush.  Will be my first outdoor concert in 15 years. 
Will be a long day.  To ikea with wife, to hotel and the venue.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

So far:

Toto  - June 3rd
Foo Fighters - June 12th

[DP_Gumby]

The only concert for me this year, as far as I know, is:

Weird Al Yankovic - September 25th

I belive this is the first time he has ever played a concert in Norway, that I'm aware of at least.



Also, I feel slightly ashamed. Haven't posted anything on this forum since February last year. 

[KevShmev]

Looking at this year's thread, and thinking about last year, has made me realize something.

I'm done going to concerts.
 

I am reaching that point as well.  I even thought that last week that I should retire from concerts, letting Rush's (likely) last St. Louis date be my final show, but I already have tickets to the Decemberists next weekend, and there is no way I won't go see Muse the next time they come in town, so that was a fleeting thought , but make no mistake about it, my concert days will be few and far between.  It doesn't help that the average concert crowd sucks nowadays.  I noticed it at Death Cab last week.  People are so worried about talking, playing with their phones, and taking videos, that they forget to actually enjoy the moment.  It's easy to say, forgot about those people and just enjoy it yourself, which I always do, but an energetic crowd will always make a show better, while a dead crowd will take away from it, and energetic crowds seem to be the exceptions now rather than the norm.

[CharlesPL]

Faith No More, Cracow, Poland
DT, Katowice, Poland
DT, Prague, Czech Republic
DT, Budapest , Hungary
DT, Vienna, Austria
Camel, Cracow, Poland
Joe Satriani, Warsaw, Poland

Updated :

DrumFest 2015:

Tony MacAlpine, Nowy Targ , Poland
Tony MacAlpine, Tychy , Poland

[SoundscapeMN]

I can't see myself retiring from concerts, just limiting how many I see every year. I can see myself seeing live jazz til I drop dead.

[Tiko]

So far I've only seen Steven Wilson's HCE tour gig...

[mike099]

Rush - May 20th

2 more days 

Have you looked at the setlist?  So far I have not looked.  Must be strong!

.   

Don't look. But I will tell you it's fucking awesome. And the concert was fucking awesome.

.
Lucien, you were right on.
 Awesome set list and great sounding outdoor concert!

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

So far, we've been to see ZZ Top and the M3 Rock Festival.  We still have Motley Crue/Alice Cooper, Rush, and AC/DC coming up.  AC/DC will be a road trip to Foxboro, MA for us, since the closer one in NJ is on like the 2nd day of school for Jr.

[bl5150]

I didn't see the Motley/Alice show Coz but got a quick email from a friend that did and the comment was along the lines of "Thank God Alice was there" 

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Hah, something tells me that's probably a fair assessment.  Fortunately we only have to drive to Hershey for that one, so it's not very far.

[Lucien]

Rush - May 20th

2 more days 

Have you looked at the setlist?  So far I have not looked.  Must be strong!

.   

Don't look. But I will tell you it's fucking awesome. And the concert was fucking awesome.

.
Lucien, you were right on.
 Awesome set list and great sounding outdoor concert!

 

[BlackInk]

Me, my dad, and the guys from my band will head up to Gothenburg on october 4th to see Haken. That'll be neat. Haken and beer will make for a good night I think.

[bout to crash]

Just saw Zappa Plays Zappa at the symphony hall last week- amazing! They even brought some folks from the symphony on for two songs, which was awesome.
June- Steven Wilson in Boulder (this will be especially awesome because I got the day off work and Tony will be here for it)
July- The Aristocrats, in the same tiny amazing hippy club I saw them in last time. So. Fucking. Pumped.

Also planning to see something at Red Rocks this summer (I mean, ya gotta), but not sure what yet.

I totally forgot, I'm seeing the Buena Vista Social Club in August! That's going to be badass.

SW show in less than two weeks, wooo!

[Mindflux]

Tony MacAlpine last night in Austin.

Their gear got stolen the night before or early in the morning... still put on a hell of a show using LoNero's gear.


Post from FB:

Friends,
Our trailer was broken into overnight at our hotel in Austin, TX, and the thieves stole all of Tony's guitars.
Serial numbers will be added shortly:
- his black Ibanez Guitars custom 7-string with EMG Pickups installed (serial LA071509);
- his white Ibanez 7-string with black EMG 707 pickups (serial LA0168);
The above guitars are Tony's only two Ibanez 7's and he has been photographed with them extensively.
Also stolen were a Peavy EVH sunburst, a white Carvin 7-string; plus Tony's pedalboard.
All of Bjorn's basses were stolen:
- Carvin Amplifiers Blue PB 4 custom
- Carvin Black PB 5 custom
- Carvin SeaFoam Green PB 5
- 2 Carvin wireless transmitters with Guitar straps (inkl 1 red custom alligator)
- Misc. Tools, strings, batteries etc etc
Aquiles Priester's drum gear was also stolen:
Mapex USA Drums Saturn IV
1 X 8"X7" Rack Tom
1 X 10"X8" Rack Tom
1 X 12"X9" Rack Tom
1 X 10"X4" Snare (Steel)
1 X 6"X4" LP Timbale
1 X Eletronic bag with:
- cables
- heaphones
- ipod support
- 4 roland triggers
- TM-2 roland module
- gibraltar spare parts
Paiste Cymbals
Paiste Bag 1:
1 X Rude China Basher 14”
2 X Rude Splash 10”
1 X 602 Splash 10”
2 X Signature Splash 8”
2 X 2002 PsychOctopus Giga Bell Ride 18”
1 X Signature Heavy Hi-Hat 14”
1 X 2002 Sound Edge Hi-Hat 15”
Paiste Bag 2:
1 X Signature Power Crash 17”
3 X Signature Power Crash 18”
1 X Signature Power Crash 19”
1 X Rude Basher 18”
1 X Rude Thin Crash 18”
1 X Rude Thin Crash 19”
2 X Signature Heavy China 18”
As you can imagine, this has completely disabled our tour. When you take a musician's instruments you remove their livelihood.
Please share this post! We hope our network of friends and fans can help us recover our gear.

[The Curious Orange]

Updated -

2 Oct - Spock's Beard
19 Dec - Nightwish

After having seen Larkin Poe last night (they rocked!) I can't quite believe I've got to go all the way till October before my next gig - Come on, somebody play the UK this summer! I've never had a summer of nothing before!

[Evermind]

As of now, my updated list is:

July 3rd - Dream Theater + Moonspell
August 29th - Helloween + Dark Tranquility + Amorphis + Primal Fear
September 18th - The Theater Equation
October 10th - Pain of Salvation

[CharlesPL]

Faith No More, Cracow, Poland
DT, Katowice, Poland
DT, Prague, Czech Republic

Now :

DT, Budapest , Hungary
DT, Vienna, Austria
Camel, Cracow, Poland
Joe Satriani, Warsaw, Poland
Tony MacAlpine, Nowy Targ , Poland
Tony MacAlpine, Tychy , Poland

Updated :

DrumFest 2015:

Jordan Rudess, Opole, Poland (With Orchestra)
Jordan Rudess, Opole, Poland (Marco Parisi + other guys)

[Laughingplace56]

Seen so far this year:

-Periphery, Nothing More and Wovenwar
-Linkin Park, Of Mice and Men, and Rise Against
-Memphis May Fire, Dance Gavin Dance (Horrible.) and Crown the Empire
-Welcome To Rockville 2015: 48 bands at the festival, about 12 cancelled due to a TERRIBLE storm, but still saw --Slipknot, Periphery, Nothing More, Breaking Benjamin, In Flames, Like A Storm, Stars in Stereo (I think that's their name), Slayer, We Are Harlot, some Motionless in White, and some others
-Rush

Soon to be seen:

-Slipknot, Lamb of God, Bullet For My Valentine, Motionless in White
-Symphony X/Overkill
-Ghost

[TempusVox]

The family saw Rush perform on
6/8
6/10
6/12
6/14
6/17
6/19
6/21
6/23
6/25
6/27
and 6/29. 

Saw 5 ballgames during that time span as well. Just got back from Toronto Saturday morning. Spent nearly all day yesterday lounging in the pool. I'm headed back to the pool in about 5 minute with a pitcher of iced tea. I'm exhausted.

I plan to hook up again by myself with the guys in Vegas on 7/25.
Then meet them in LA on the 28th for the shows on 7/30 and 8/1.

[jingle.boy]

I'm exhausted.

Yeah, sounds rough.   

Too bad you don't want to spill the beans on who TV really is... plenty of us would love to have a meetup with TempusVox - regardless of your secret identity.

Concerts still to go for me...

Evergrey/Borealis (and I think Voyager)
Scorps/Queensryche
Kamelot
Symphony-X/Overkill

Think that'll do it.  Not sure if there's anything else on the horizon.  Def Leppard next week is a long shot.

[King Postwhore]

Styx is playing with DL.  That's a cool show.  you'd also get to see you're old Canuckmate,  Larry Gowan.

[jingle.boy]

Styx is playing with DL.  That's a cool show.  you'd also get to see you're old Canuckmate,  Larry Gowan.

That's "Laurence" to you.

[King Postwhore]

All my albums say that too but I'm a music stalker so it Larry.  Real personal.

[jingle.boy]

Just checked ticket prices - $116 for section 300 is as good as it gets.  Considering Jeff Keith sounds like shit nowadays, I'm not sure about this.

 

[King Postwhore]

Yeah, he sound terrible.

[CharlesPL]

Faith No More, Cracow, Poland
DT, Katowice, Poland
DT, Prague, Czech Republic
DT, Budapest , Hungary

Now :


DT, Vienna, Austria (Tommorow)
Camel, Cracow, Poland
DT, Kostrzyn, Poland
DrumFest 2015:

Jordan Rudess, Opole, Poland (With Orchestra)
Jordan Rudess, Opole, Poland (Marco Parisi + other guys)
Joe Satriani, Warsaw, Poland
Tony MacAlpine, Nowy Targ , Poland
Tony MacAlpine, Tychy , Poland

Updated :

DT - Woodstock Festival <lol>