Lots of concert announcements lately, especially for the summer amphitheater shows that are starting to slowly roll out. I'm starting to feel happy I bought that $200 lawn pass. My list is starting to populate and make me feel excited for the year to come. The ones with
are going to have to be decided closer to the date
January 12th - Epica and Starkill @ Webster Hall, New York City, NY
January 30th - Sleeping With Sirens @ Starland Ballroom, Sayreville NJ
February 6th - Sons of Apollo @ Gramercy Theatre, New York City NY
February 11th - The Used @ Gramercy Theatre, New York City NY
- sold out and expensive
February 15th - Queensryche and John 5 @ Starland Ballroom, Sayreville NJ
February 19th - Live @ Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank NJ
February 29th - Devin Townsend and Haken @ Warsaw, Brooklyn NY
- sold out and expensive
March 13th - Rome & Duddy Friends and Family Acoustic @ Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood NJ
- we'll see if I want to go
April 10th - Bad Religion & Alkaline Trio @ Convention Hall, Asbury Park NJ
April 24th - Godsmack/Halestorm/Theory of a Deadman/Dirty Honey/Dinosaur Pile-up @ Prudential Center, Newark NJ
May 2nd - Volbeat & Gojira @ GIANT Center, Hershey PA
May 14th - Symphony X, Primal Fear, Firewind @ Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood NJ
- we'll see if I want to go
May 16th - MMR.B.Q. Festival (Disturbed, Sublime with Rome, The Pretty Reckless, The Hu…) @ BB&T Pavillion, Camden NJ
May 27th - Caligulas Horse @ Gramercy Theater, New York City NY
June 22nd - Ozzy and Megadeth @ Madison Square Garden, New York City NY
July 28th - Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams @ Madison Square Garden, New York City NY
August 4th - Journey and The Pretenders @ PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel NJ
August 15th - Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison, Joan Jett @ Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia PA
August 20th - Foreigner, Kansas, & Europe @ PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel NJ
August 22nd - Amaranthe and Battle Beast @ Gramercy Theatre, New York City NY
September 9-12th - ProgPower USA @ Center Stage, Atlanta GA
October 17th - Hammerfall and Beast in Black @ Gramercy Theatre, New York City NY
And the first concert of 2020 was last weekend when Epica finished their 10th Anniversary of Design Your Universe tour. What a blast, they sounded maybe the best out of the 4 times I've seen them. They are often too loud, but everything sounded really good including Simone who was amazing as always. I also love how Simone interacted with me a few times on twitter the days before and after the show
Anyway, I got the mosh pit really going once they played the Obsessive Devotion and that was a FUN night. Great way to start a new year!
Epica LIVE @ Webster Hall New York City 2020