This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

[bearman🐻]

Been a busy stretch so I'm behind...

7/23/1995  Wax @ 9:30 (Catherine Wheel was supposed to headline, but they postponed til Sept)
7/20/1996  Cast w/ Ash @ 9:30
7/19/1997  Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine @ Fletchers (Baltimore)
7/19/1999  Jamiroquai @ 9:30
7/24/1999  Frank Black and the Catholics @ 9:30
7/20/2001  Roxy Music w/ Rufus Wainwright @ Merriweather
7/19/2003  Blur @ 9:30
7/20/2004  The Hives @ 9:30
7/20/2005  Teenage Fanclub @ 9:30
7/23/2006  Peaches w/ Eagles of Death Metal @ Theater of Living Arts (Philly)
7/20/2008  Yaz @ 9:30
7/20/2014  Queens of the Stone Age @ Skyline Stage (Mann Center) (Philly)
7/24/2014  Hospitality w/ Ex Hex @ Rock'n'Roll Hotel

Some honorable mentions from previous weeks:

7/17/1993  Material Issue @ the Metro (Chicago)
7/9/1997    Foo Fighters w/ Supergrass @ 9:30
6/29/1999  Joe Strummer @ 9:30
7/9/1999    Orbital w/ Crystal Method @ Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC)
7/2/2002    Sonic Youth @ Valle Giulia (Rome)
7/17/2004  Morrissey w/ the Killers @ House of Blues (Chicago)
7/6/2006    Belle and Sebastian (w/LA Philharmonic) and the Shins @ Hollywood Bowl
7/3/2007    Social Distortion @ Ramkota Exhibit Hall (Sioux Falls, SD)
                 (it should be worth noting the venue was part of a Best Western)
7/3/2009    Death Cab for Cutie @ Belly Up (Solana Beach, CA)
7/5/2009    Death Cab for Cutie w/Tegan and Sara and New Pornographers @ Hollywood Bowl
7/10/2010  Teenbeat Anniversary show featuring Unrest @ Black Cat
6/29/2011  A Perfect Circle @ Arlene Schnitzer Auditorium (Portland, OR)
7/5/2013    Belle and Sebastian @ Place des Arts (Montreal)

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

07/19/98  Gordon Lightfoot/Freakwater @ Boulder Theater
07/22/00  Gil Scott-Heron @ Blues Alley
07/20/06  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young @ Red Rocks
07/21/06  Lowlights/Painted Saints/Campo Bravo @ Hi-Dive
07/23/09  Bonobo/Andrea Triyana, Big Gigantic @ Ogden Theater
07/24-26/09  Denver Post Underground Music Showcase (Bowerbirds, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, The Overcasters, Houses, The Omens, Houses, Bad Weather California, etc.)
07/21-24/11  Denver Post Underground Music Showcase (Gauntlet Hair, Gardens & Villa, Casey James Prestwood & The Burning Angels, Fingers of the Sun, The Black Heart Procession, Pink Hawks, Hearts in Space etc.)
07/20/12  Denver Post Underground Music Showcase (Black Moth Super Rainbow, Hearts in Space, Imperial Teen, Big Freedia, etc.)
07/24-27/14  Denver Post Underground Music Showcase (Woodsmen, Tjutjuna, Widowers, Men In Burka, Inner Oceans, The Kinky Fingers, Casey James Prestwood & The Burning Angels, Colfax Speed Queen, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Real Estate, etc.)

[Bombay Chutney]

7/19/84 Psychedelic Furs/Talk Talk        Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/19/97 Furthur Festival        New World Music Theater   Tinley Park, IL
7/19/07 Beauty Pill/Carol Bui/The Alphabetical Order    Fort Reno 
7/19/09 Stone Temple Pilots/Meat Puppets  Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/19/11  Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo    9:30 Club
7/19/12  B-52s/Squeeze     Wolf Trap
7/20/85 UB40/Midnight Oil    Merriweather Post Pavilion   
7/20/96 Allman Brothers Band  Merriweather Post Pavilion     
7/20/05 Teenage Fanclub/The Rosebuds    9:30 Club   
7/21/88 10,000 Maniacs/Robyn Hitchcock  Constitution Hall
7/21/90 Grateful Dead   World Music Theater   Tinley Park, IL
7/21/02 Phil Lesh And Friends    Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/22/86 Public Image Ltd./Beastie Boys    Warner Theatre
7/23/07 The Ponys/Jay Reatard      Black Cat Backstage
7/24/08 Statehood/Imperial China    Fort Reno
7/24/14  Soccer Team/Ex Hex   Rock and Roll Hotel
7/25/82 Queen/Billy Squier           Capital Centre
7/25/05 The Factory Incident/Chop Chop/The Greenline    Fort Reno

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George Clinton & P-Funk All Stars   7   19   1989   PT Flaggs
Queensryche (w/ Suicidal Tenancies opening)   7   19   1991   Patriot Center
George Clinton & P-Funk All Stars   7   19   1998   Pier Six
Little Feat      7   20   1989   Merriweather
Lollapalooza (Primus/AliceInChains/ArrestedDevelopment/DinosaurJu/Fishbone/Front242/RageAgainstTheMachine/Tool)7   20   1993   Charlestown Races
Billy Joel / Elton John      7   20   1994   RFK Stadium
Who - Quadrophenia      7   20   1996   Madison Square Gdn
Ozzfest (Black Sabbath/Crazytown/Disturbed/LinkinPark/MarilynManson/PapaRoach)   7   20   2001   Nissan Pavilion
Buckcherry      7   20   2001   Nightclub 930
3 Doors Down (w/ Nickelback and Puddle of Mudd opening)   7   20   2004   Merriweather
Queen + Adam Lambert      7   20   2014   Merriweather
Eminem (w Papa roach opening)      7   21   2002   Nissan Pavilion
Buckethead      7   21   2004   Nightclub 930
Ryan Adams      7   21   2006   Sonar
Citizen Cope      7   21   2006   Artscape
King's X (w/ Eric Gales Band opening)7   23   1991   Nightclub 930
Wilco / My Morning Jacket   7   23   2013   Merriweather
My Morning Jacket   7   23   2013   Merriweather
The Virgin Marys      7   23   2013   Baltimore Soundstage
The London Souls      7   23   2014   Gypsy Sallys
Junkyard   7   24   1989   Bayou
Train      7   24   2006   Wolf Trap
Beck (w/ Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger opening)7   24   2014   Merriweather
H.O.R.D.E. (Blues Traveler/ARU/BigHeadToddAndMonsters/TheSamples/Soulhat/WidespreadPanic)      7   25   1993   Merriweather
Soulhat      7   25   1994   Nightclub 930
Dogstar      7   25   1995   Nightclub 930

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Public Enemy/ GangOfFour/ SistersOfMercy/ WarriorSoul/ YoungBlackTeenagers7   26   1991   Constitution Hall
Offspring   7   26   1994   Nightclub 930
Southern Culture on the Skids      7   26   2002   Nightclub 930
The Black Keys   7   26   2010   Constitution Hall
Phish      7   26   2014   Merriweather
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (w/ The Black Crowes opening)   7   27   2005   Merriweather
Metallica (w/ The Cult opening)7   28   1989   Capital Centre
Aerosmith (w/ The Black Crowes opening)   7   28   1990   Capital Centre
Cracker    7   28   2005   Ram's Head Live
Dierkes Bentley / Kenny Chesney   7   28   2006   Nissan Pavilion
The Company Band      7   28   2012   U Street Music Hall
The Dan Band   7   28   2012   Nightclub 930
Tailgators      7   29   1989   8 X 10
GWAR (aka RAWG)   7   29   1992   Ft Reno
Smashing Pumpkins   7   29   1998   Constitution Hall
Bob Dylan / Phil Lesh & Friends   7   29   2000   Merriweather
Thievery Corporation   7   29   2005   Nightclub 930
Green Day      7   29   2009   Verizon Center
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic   7   29   2011   Constitution Hall
U.S. Royalty      7   29   2011   Nightclub 930
Widespread Panic (w/ Cracker opening)   7   30   2005   Nissan Pavilion
Tool      7   30   2009   Patriot Center
WARPED (Aquabats/Civ/ReverendHH/SaveFerris)   7   31   1998   RFK Pkg Lot 8
Bottom      7   31   2001   Ottobar
Phil Lesh & Friends / Les Claypool&FrogBrigade      7   31   2001   Merriweather
Default      7   31   2002   Nightclub 930
Britney Spears (w/ Nicki Minaj opening)   7   31   2011   Verizon Center
Smashing Pumpkins      8   1   1991   Nightclub 930
Little Feat (w/ G.Thorogood&DelawareDestroyers opening)      8   1   1992   Merriweather
Rolling Stones      8   1   1994   RFK Stadium
Jeff Beck / Santana   8   1   1995   Wolf Trap
Prince - The Artist   8   1   1997   USAir Arena
Lollapalozoa (Audioslave/ TheDistillers/ TheDonnas/ Jane'sAddiction)8   1   2003   Nissan Pavilion

[Bombay Chutney]

7/26/04  Semaphore/The Carribean   Fort Reno 
7/26/12  A Place To Bury Strangers  Rock And Roll Hotel
7/27/12  Rod Stewart/Stevie Nicks   Verizon Center
7/27/14  Chain and the Gang   Black Cat Backstage
7/28/05 Travis Morrison Hellfighters/Pagoda   Fort Reno
7/29/84 Pretenders/Simple Minds    Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/29/86 Lou Reed              Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/29/90 David Bowie/Joe Satriani     Giants Stadium     East Rutherford, NJ
7/29/00 Bob Dylan/Phil Lesh and Friends   Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/29/03 The Dead/Bob Dylan/Robert Hunter   Office Depot Center    Sunrise, FL
7/29/04 Measles, Mumps, Rubella/Federation X    Warehouse Next Door
7/29/07 d.c. space Reunion Benefit for Tom Terrell    9:30 Club   Washington, DC   
         (9353, Beatnik Flies, Mark Noone, Ottley, King Giant, Chuck Brown, The
         Pietasters, Rustbuckit, The Howling Mad and more.)
7/29/09 Green Day    Verizon Center
7/30/03 The Dead/Robert Hunter   St. Pete Times Forum   Tampa, FL
7/31/84 Eurythmics/Howard Jones   Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/31/87 Nina Hagen              9:30 Club
7/31/01 Phil Lesh and Friends     Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/31/02 Blondie/B-52's   Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/31/04 "Run For Cover"   Black Cat   
7/31/06 The Evens/DCIC    Fort Reno 
7/31/08 Southern Culture On The Skids    9:30 Club
8/ 1/91 Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman/Hot Tuna   Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/ 1/08 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - Dead Symphony No. 6: A Symphonic Tribute To The
         Grateful Dead    Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
8/ 1/09 Paul McCartney/Thievery Corporation (DJ Set)   FedEx Field 

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

07/27/96  The Cure @ McNichols Sports Arena
08/01/99  Jurassic 5/Dilated Peoples/Beat Junkies @ Fox Theatre
07/31/06  Bloc Party/Mew @ Ogden Theater
07/31/07  Daft Punk/The Rapture/Sebastian and Kavinsky @ Red Rocks
07/28/09  Vetiver @ Bluebird Theater
07/31/09  Sonic Youth/Awesome Color @ Ogden Theater (early)
07/31/09  The Knew @ Lion's Lair (late)
07/28/10  Black Mountain/Spindrift @ Bluebird Theater
07/30/10  Spiritualized @ Radio City Music Hall
07/27/11  Eels/The Submarines @ 9:30 Club
07/31/13  Bob Dylan/Wilco/My Morning Jacket/Ryan Bingham @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
07/26/14  Ichisan @ 1up Colfax
07/28/14  Jimmy Cliff/Zach Deputy @ Denver Botanic Gardens

[Bombay Chutney]

8/ 2/08 We Are Scientists/Oxford Collapse/Apache Beat    Black Cat
8/ 3/88 The Dickies     9:30 Club       
8/ 3/92 Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman        Merriweather Post Pavilion 
8/ 3/01 Phil Lesh and Friends/Allman Brothers Band     Alltel Pavilion    Raleigh, NC
8/ 3/02 Grateful Dead Family Reunion - The Other Ones/Phil Lesh & Friends/Robert Hunter/Mickey Hart
         Alpine Valley Music Theater   East Troy, WI
8/ 3/06 Sleater-Kinney/French Toast   9:30 Club
8/ 4/86 Psychedelic Furs      Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/ 4/87 Billy Bragg             9:30 Club
8/ 4/01 Phil Lesh and Friends/Allman Brothers Band     Verizon Wireless Music Center  Charlotte, NC
8/ 4/02 Grateful Dead Family Reunion - The Other Ones/Ratdog/Robert Hunter
         Alpine Valley Music Theater   East Troy, WI
8/ 5/85 Nina Hagen/Trouble Funk     Warner Theatre
8/ 5/93 The Kinks/Aimee Mann    Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/ 5/05 Washington Social Club/Monopoli/Cartel   Black Cat
8/ 5/06 The Germs        Black Cat
8/ 6/04 Curiosa - The Cure/Muse/Interpol/Cooper Temple Clause/The Rapture     Merriweather Post
         Pavilion
8/ 6/09 Olivia and the Mates   Black Cat
8/ 7/11  Death Cab For Cutie/Frightened Rabbit    Merriweather Post Pavilion
8/ 8/85 Meat Puppets                9:30 Club
8/ 8/05 Del Cielo      Black Cat Backstage 
8/ 8/09 B-52's/New Connections   Wolf Trap

[rich_WDC]

Allman Brothers Band (w/ Rusted Root opening)   8   2   1995   Merriweather
Aerosmith (w/ Jonny Lang opening)      8   2   1997   Nissan Pavilion
A Perfect Circle      8   2   2003   Nightclub 930
Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman (w/ Bruce Cockburn and Michelle Shocked)   8   3   1992   Merriweather
Allman Brothers Band   8   3   1993   Merriweather
Rolling Stones      8   3   1994   RFK Stadium
Lollapalooza (Beck/CypressHill/Hole/JesusLizard/MightyMightyBosstones/SonicYouth/Superchunk)      8   3   1995   Charlestown Races
Superchunk      8   3   1995   Charlestown Races
Brothers Johnson   8   3   2000   Freedom Plaza
Cracker      8   3   2002   DC Sessions - 8th/G
Rush      8   3   2004   Nissan Pavilion
Eric Clapton      8   4   1990   Capital Centre
Fugazi      8   4   1994   Ft. Reno
Van Halen      8   4   1995   Nissan Pavilion
The Seahorses (w/ Mansun opening)   8   4   1997   Black Cat
The Cult      8   4   1999   Nightclub 930
Blue Floyd      8   4   2000   Recher Theater
Brian Jonestown Massacre   8   4   2005   DC9
Bonnie Raitt (w Charles Brown and Jeff Healy Band)      8   5   1990   Merriweather
Widespread Panic      8   5   2000   Merriweather
Primus (w/ Helmet opening)   8   6   1995   Bender Arena
Black Sabbath   8   7   1992   Constitution Hall
Who (Quadrophenia) w/ Drivin' & Cryin opening      8   7   1997   Nissan Pavilion
Black Crowes   8   7   2007   Sonar
Lollapalooza (A Tribe Called Quest / BeastieBoys/ TheBreeders/ NickCave&BadSeeds/ GeorgeClinton&Pfunk/GreenDay/L7/SmashingPumpkins)   8   8   1994   Charlestown Races
Phish   8   8   1998   Merriweather

[K8teebug]

8/ 6/04 Curiosa - The Cure/Muse/Interpol/Cooper Temple Clause/The Rapture     Merriweather Post
         Pavilion

That show was so awesome, but holy crap did I get drunk that day.

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[bearman🐻]

8/5/1994  The Toasters, Dance Hall Crashers, Hepcat, Voodoo Glow Skulls @ Metro (Chicago)
8/6/1999  Duran Duran @ House of Blues (Chicago)
8/7/1999  Goo Goo Dolls w/Sugar Ray and Fastball @ World Music Theater (Tinley Park, IL) (The most notable thing about this evening is that after the show, my sisters and I got invited to a dinner in Chicago with Simon LeBon, who got stinking drunk and took 2 girls into the bathroom with him)
8/7/2002  American Analog Set w/ Her Space Holiday @ Black Cat
8/8/2002  Sonic Youth w/ Mary Timony @ 9:30 Club
8/6/2004  Curiosa @ Merriweather (loved this show)
8/3/2006  Sleater-Kinney @ 9:30
8/5/2006  The Germs @ Black Cat (hands down one of my favorite shows of all time. I got to play Pat Smear's guitar with my teeth)
8/4 & 5/2007  Lollapalooza (Muse, Interpol, Patti Smith, Iggy and the Stooges, Yo La Tengo, Snow Patrol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, etc.) @ Grant Park
8/8/2007  The B-52's @ Wolf Trap
8/7/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco)
8/8/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco) (these were another 2 of my favorite concerts of all time)
8/7/2011  Death Cab for Cutie @ Merriweather

And since I missed my birthday shows last week, here they are:

7/31/1993  My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult @ Metro (Chicago)
7/31/2002  The Palladins w/ Original Sinners (featuring Exene from X) @ Velvet Lounge
7/31/2007  Social Distortion w/ the Hangmen and the Heart Attacks @ Ram's Head Live (Baltimore)  (Probably my favorite birthday. The Hangmen wished me a happy birthday and dedicated the song "Desperation Town" to me.)
7/31/2008  Southern Culture on the Skids @ 9:30
7/31/2010  Social Distortion @ the Webster (Hartford, CT)

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8/7/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco)
8/8/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco) (these were another 2 of my favorite concerts of all time)

Hotel Utah is smaller than DC9 I think (but a cool as shit venue)

What's crazy is the Pixies sold out 3 shows at the FOX in Oakland (more than 2x size of 930)
in Nov that same year

Not that I don't believe you, but Setlist.fm doesn't even have these dates listed
but does have him in LA on 8/12

[bearman🐻]

8/7/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco)
8/8/2009  Black Francis (w/Eric Drew Feldman) @ Hotel Utah Saloon (San Francisco) (these were another 2 of my favorite concerts of all time)

Hotel Utah is smaller than DC9 I think (but a cool as shit venue)

What's crazy is the Pixies sold out 3 shows at the FOX in Oakland (more than 2x size of 930)
in Nov that same year

Not that I don't believe you, but Setlist.fm doesn't even have these dates listed
but does have him in LA on 8/12

I believe the doorman said that there were 180 tickets sold each night. (According to my concert journal it was Black Francis' tour manager that told me that.) I went the first night because I bought a ticket. The second night I managed to score guest list because I got friendly with the door staff. I got there so early that I actually found a place to sit in front of the stage both nights...the first night was over 3 hours long and he did a Storytellers-type deal where he just talked, played a song, talked a little more, etc. The second night was (I think) a bit shorter but he did MUCH less talking, more playing. First night was a ton of Pixies stuff. Second night was lots more solo stuff, but a ton of things from the first 2 solo LPs. Both nights Eric Drew Feldman played "Calistan" on piano...if I had a recording of anything in all the years of seeing live music, that's one of the things that would be on the list. That's one of my favorite songs of all time, but the version played both nights was perfect. Guitar and piano. Sparse. Haunting.  One of the best stories he told was opening for the Ramones in 1994, and he went into this whole thing about how the Ramones not only played fast, but their tour bus traveled fast. He'd follow them and he got 3 speeding tickets in 3 states all in the same day trying to keep up. And he said they were big states...one was Texas. Then he played "I Heard Ramona Sing". One guy kept screaming for "All My Ghosts" on the first night...Frank refused to play it. Then it was one of the first numbers he played on the second night, LOL. He also said he couldn't remember the lyrics to "Speedy Marie", but between the 2 nights he played a huge chunk of "Teenager of the Year". It really just was one of those incredible experiences to see him in that small of a venue.

(It turns out the first night was no talking...second night was all the stories. So happy I wrote things down.)

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

08/07/94  H.O.R.D.E. Festival @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheater (Jimmy Cliff, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Warren Haynes, Mother Hips, Cypress Hill, Freddy Jones Band, etc.)
08/05/97  Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band/String Cheese Incident/David Nelson Band @ Turquoise Lake (Leadville)
08/02/98  The Black Crowes/BHTM/Fastball/String Cheese Incident @ Buttermilk Mountain (Aspen)
08/03/99  The Flaming Lips/Sebadoh/Robyn Hitchcock/Sonic Boom/Iqu @ Ogden Theater
08/08/99  Widespread Panic/Bob Weir & Ratdog/Tony Furtado @ Buttermilk Mountain (Aspen)
08/02/02  Cake/Flaming Lips/De La Soul/Modest Mouse/Kinky/Hackensaw Boys @ Red Rocks
08/05/06  Banyan w/ DJ Logic/Elemental Harmonics @ Cervantes
08/08/08  Brightblack Morning Light/William Fowler Collins @ Larimer Lounge
08/07/09  Houses/Snake Rattle Rattle Snake/Joseph Pope III @ Meadowlark
08/03/11  The Flaming Lips/Primus/Morning Teleportation @ Red Rocks
08/04/11  My Morning Jacket/Amos Lee @ Red Rocks
08/06/12  Neil Young & Crazy Horse/Alabama Shakes @ Red Rocks
08/08/12  Jack White/Pokey LaFarge @ Red Rocks
08/02/13  The Cult/White Hills @ Ogden Theater