This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

[Yada]

this is what I do.  I just keep every single ticket of every single concert/comedy show/special movie/theatre performance I have ever gone to, starting with my very first two concerts when I was a wee lad, which were utwo zoo tv rfk, and pink Floyd division bell rfk.  I keep them in fully overstuffed envelopes marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6 7, 8 . . . yeah I think I am on eight now.  and I go through them and read them and have nice memories from them.  that, is all.

heh, that's pretty similar to concert going historical data.

[rich_WDC]

Marillion             3   29   1992   Bayou
The Toll             3   30   1989   Bayou
Danzig             3   30   1994   Michael's 8th Ave
Cracker             3   30   2002   Nightclub 930
Cracker (Lowery/Hickman duo)   3   30   2005   Ram's Head Tavern
Jimmie's Chicken Shack   3   30   2007   Iota
Metallica             4   1   1992   Capital Centre
Santana             4   1   2002   MCI Center
Chuck Brown (with The Roots opening)   4   1   2006   Warner
Widespread Panic      4   1   2008   Warner
Reverend Horton Heat   4   2   1998   Nightclub 930
Bob Dylan              4   2   2004   Nightclub 930
Washington Social Club   4   2   2004   Black Cat
Widespread Panic      4   2   2008   Warner
Ratt (with Kix opening)   4   3   1989   Capital Centre
Dreams So Real      4   3   1989   Hammerjacks
Black Crowes      4   3   1995   Patriot Center
Marilyn Manson      4   3   1999   Patriot Center
Concrete Blonde      4   4   2003   Nightclub 930
Moonalice              4   4   2011   Iota

[Bombay Chutney]

3/29/01 Dark Star Orchestra                 Nation
3/29/06 Stellastarr*/The Editors   9:30 Club   
3/29/07 Ted Leo And The Pharmacists   9:30 Club 
3/29/09 Medications/Edie Sedgwick  Black Cat Backstage
3/29/14  Tone/Dead Heart Bloom    DC9   

3/30/90 Grateful Dead   Nassau Coliseum       Uniondale, NY
3/30/06 Hard-Fi/French Toast    Black Cat
3/30/10  Partyline   Black Cat Backstage

3/31/91 Grateful Dead   Greensboro Coliseum     Greensboro, NC
3/31/04 Ratdog/Derek Trucks Band      9:30 Club

4/ 1/90 Grateful Dead   The Omni              Atlanta, GA
4/ 1/05 Metropolitan/Aqueduct    Black Cat
4/ 1/12  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band   Verizon Center 

4/ 2/89 Grateful Dead           Civic Arena     Pittsburgh, PA
4/ 2/90 Grateful Dead   The Omni              Atlanta, GA
4/ 2/95 Grateful Dead   The Pyramid     Memphis, TN
4/ 2/04 Bob Dylan   9:30 Club 
4/ 2/04 Washington Social Club/Army Of Me/Cordalene        Black Cat   
4/ 2/08 Jens Lekman/The Honeydrips   Black Cat

*4/ 3/94 - I had tickets to see The Grateful Dead in Orlando, but it was canceled.
4/ 3/04 Death Cab For Cutie/Ben Kweller   9:30 Club

4/ 4/94 Grateful Dead   Orlando Arena   Orlando, FL
4/ 4/04 Bob Dylan     Warner Theater
4/ 4/14  Kraftwerk   9:30 Club

[i am gay and i like cats]

Did you get gassed at those infamous dead Orlando shows?

[Bombay Chutney]

Did you get gassed at those infamous dead Orlando shows?

Not directly, but you could feel it in the air.

[bearman🐻]

4/4/1993  808 State w/Meat Beat Manifesto @ Metro (Chicago)
4/2/1998  Reverend Horton Heat w/ Face to Face @ 9:30
4/4/1998  Curve @ 9:30
3/29/2000 Goo Goo Dolls @ Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC)
4/4/2002  Bob Mould @ Park West (Chicago)
3/31/2005  Phoenix w/ Dogs Die in Hot Cars @ 9:30
4/3/2006  Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ 9:30
4/4/2014  Kraftwerk @ 9:30 (early show)
4/4/2014  Dean Wareham @ U Street Music Hall

[kosmo vinyl]

i'm assuming there will be some stiff competition from the forum in this months 9:30 Instasnaperest contest

. this months selfie contest is

"Spring Cleaning Ticket Stub Selfies"

Sumbit photos of you posing with your prized ticket stub collection.

use the hashtag #930instasnap on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram

i think Bombay might have a lock on this one

[Bombay Chutney]

Well...My stubs are all in albums and I'm not about to remove them all to take a picture.  They all have been scanned though.  Maybe I could make a digital pile of them somehow.

[hutch]

I got one poster sized frame full of stubs from between 96-00..

i stopped keeping them long ago..

to be honest a lot of the time now i don't even get stubs... i get printout tickets or occasionally am on the guest list

[hutch]

or i buy at the door to save on charges and they don't give me a ticket stub!

[kosmo vinyl]

Well...My stubs are all in albums and I'm not about to remove them all to take a picture.  They all have been scanned though.  Maybe I could make a digital pile of them somehow.

well it did say spring cleaning, show off the binders and say spring cleaning done

[Bombay Chutney]

4/ 5/86 The Bangles/Hoodoo Gurus    Franklin and Marshall College   Lancaster, PA
4/ 5/04 Psychedelic Furs  9:30 Club
4/ 5/07 Iggy and the Stooges   9:30 Club
4/ 5/08 Georgie James/Olivia Mancini & The Housemates   Black Cat
4/ 5/14  Charo   Rams Head On Stage   Annapolis, MD

4/ 6/94 Grateful Dead   Miami Arena     Miami, FL
4/ 6/00 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young  MCI Center
4/ 6/04 The Darkness      9:30 Club
4/ 6/07 Grandmaster Flash    9:30 Club 

4/ 7/91 Grateful Dead   Orlando Arena   Orlando, FL
4/ 7/94 Grateful Dead   Miami Arena     Miami, FL
4/ 7/03 Joe Jackson Band       9:30 Club
4/ 7/05 Medications/Like Language   Warehouse Next Door
4/ 7/09 Bob Mould   The Birchmere
4/ 7/12  Furthur    Oakdale Theatre    Wallingford, CT

4/ 8/84 The Clash               Smith Center-GWU     
4/ 8/89 Grateful Dead           Riverfront Arena      Cincinnati, OH
4/ 8/91 Grateful Dead   Orlando Arena   Orlando, FL
4/ 8/94 Grateful Dead   Miami Arena     Miami, FL
4/ 8/09 Death Cab For Cutie   DAR Constitution Hall

4/ 9/89 Grateful Dead           Freedom Hall    Louisville, KY
4/ 9/99 The Residents           9:30 Club
4/ 9/05 Bloc Party/The Ponys   Black Cat
4/ 9/06 Art Brut/The Rogers Sisters   Black Cat
4/ 9/09 Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3    Black Cat   
4/ 9/11  Splintered Sunlight/Tim Nodar   8x10   Baltimore, MD

4/10/08 Joe Jackson  9:30 Club   

[hemisphire]

4/06/94 Kevn Kinney 9:30
4/08/94 Pearl Jam/Mudhoney Patriot Center
4/10/94 Sheryl Crow Kemp Mill Records - Georgetown
4/04/95 emmet swimming T.T. Reynolds
4/09/95 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers/Pete Droge/Jayhawks Patriot Center
4/11/95 Slash's Snakepit Hammerjacks
4/07/96 Foo Fighters/Amps/that dog. UMBC Fieldhouse
4/09/96 Joan Osborne/The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies 9:30
4/06/00 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young MCI Center
4/04/02 Dave Matthews Band/Yerbabuena MCI Center
4/05/02 Excentrics T.T. Reynolds
4/10/02 Tanya Donelly/Chris Lee Black Cat
4/04/04 Liz Phair/Wheat 9:30
4/06/04 Pat McGee Band Z104 Lounge
4/06/04 The Darkness/The Wildhearts
4/09/04 Christine Lavin Barns of Wolf Trap
4/06/05 Tori Amos/Matt Nathanson Warner Theatre
4/08/05 Duran Duran Patriot Center
4/07/06 The Arsenals Orbit Room
4/09/06 David Gilmour (with Richard Wright) Massey Hall
4/09/07 The Feeling Borders - L Street
4/04/09 Paul McCartney/Ringo Starr/Donovan/Ben Harper & Relentless7/Eddie Vedder/Jerry Seinfeld/Sheryl Crow/Moby (with Bettye LaVette)/Angelo Badalamenti Radio City Music Hall (Change Begins Within)
4/10/10 Julie Murphy Wells Barns of Wolf Trap
4/11/10 Trans-Siberian Orchestra Warner Theatre
4/05/14 A Tribute to George Harrison Barns At Wolf Trap
4/07/14 Molly Lewis Jammin' Java

Two of my favorite concerts ever this week: Paul McCartney with Ringo Starr and David Gilmour with Richard Wright.

[rich_WDC]

King's X      4   5   1994   Bayou
Iggy and The Stooges   4   5   2007   Nightclub 930
Widespread Panic      4   5   2011   Warner
Foo Fighters      4   7   1996   UMBC Fieldhouse
Widespread Panic      4   7   2007   Warner
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis4   7   2013   GWU Spring Fling
Hell Hounds      4   8   1992   Zaxx
Pearl Jam      4   8   1994   Patriot Center
Black Crowes   4   8   2013   Nightclub 930
Elton John      4   9   1993   Capital Centre
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers   4   9   1995   Patriot Center
Black Crowes      4   9   2013   Nightclub 930
Crowded House      4   10   1994   Lisner Auditorium
Afghan Whigs      4   11   1994   Nightclub 930
Slash's Snake Pit      4   11   1995   Hammerjacks
Beyonce (with Alicia Keyes, Missy Elliott opening)   4   11   2004   MCI Center

I missed two nights of Metallica this week in '97.....was week of my wedding and it just wouldn't have been prudent...

[hutch]

Iggy and The Stooges   4   5   2007   Nightclub 930

such a great show...