I'm thankful for having the luxury of going to around 25 or so concerts this year. Most of them were pretty good and some of them were the best shows I have seen ever, but I like to point out a certain week in September that I've deemed the greatest week of my life.
September 14th - Saw Iron Maiden at the sold-out Banc of California Stadium in LA where they delivered a tremendous show in front of 23,000 fans.
September 16th - Went on a plane for the first time in 18 years for the Alter Bridge Walk The Sky album listening party.
September 17th - Landed in Orlando and saw said event with 500 of the most passionate Alter Bridge fans ever. Met the band up close, got a picture with them, heard their newest album (which to me is, of course, my favorite album of the year) a month before it was officially out, and saw them play their first live set in almost two years.
September 18th - Incidentally ran into Myles Kennedy at the airport in Orlando and was in the same plane with him as we were flying from Orlando to Raleigh for Alter Bridge's first official show of their new tour and got a picture with him at the airport in Raleigh.
September 19th - Saw Alter Bridge in Raleigh and I landed a rail spot to see them up close.
Hard to see me top that week, but we'll see next year as I will see them in four shows in four different cities in the West Coast.