This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

[Cock Van Der Palm]

Good to know what happened in 2004. Thanks for completing me.

[Mobius]

The Strokes 10.29.01
9:30 Club

not sure how I scored tix to that, but that was fun nite,

Thanks for coming out. We really appreciate the support, especially early on.

Oh, hello Julian from the Strokes. You are welcome. Btw you know how that band Oasis just put together 23 songs from their prime and played the fan friendliest 20-30 shows they could, sans bullshit, and it made everyone feel awesome?  You guys should do that. Maybe it will remind you of the magic you guys had.

Also that 9:30 club show was definitely a fun nite. The Strokes had a lot of mystique at the time . . .the coolest cool kids distilling the coolest music into exactly what you’d been waiting for. 

[hutch]

But I really like the last album…

Back in 2001 when they broke big in Argentina I emailed the bands manager asking them to come play Buenos Aires….it was amusing to get an immediate reply asking me where and when they could play as if I was a promoter or somebody

[bearman🐻]

10/26/1994 Oasis @ 9:30
10/26/1996 Lemonheads @ 9:30
10/26/1998 Belle and Sebastian @ Metro (Chicago)
10/26/2000 Elliott Smith w/ Grandaddy @ 9:30
10/26/2004 Ministry w/ My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult @ 9:30
10/26/2010 Social Distortion w/ Lucero and Frank Turner @ 9:30
10/26/2014 The Damned w/ TSOL @ Black Cat
10/26/2015 Peaches @ 9:30
10/27/1997 Echo & the Bunnymen @ 9:30
10/27/2002 Bob Mould @ North Star (Philly)
10/27/2009 Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar @ 9:30
10/27/2019 Helmet @ Union Stage
10/28/2003 Belle and Sebastian @ 9:30
10/28/2023 Depeche Mode @ Madison Square Garden
10/29/2010 Social Distortion @ Electric Factory
10/30/1998 Belle and Sebastian @ Black Cat
10/30/2022 Lloyd Cole @ City Winery
10/31/1994 Jesus and Mary Chain w/ Mazzy Star @ WUST
10/31/2023 The Hives @ Union Stage
11/1/1992 Ned's Atomic Dustbin @ Metro (Chicago)
11/1/1997 Echo & the Bunnymen @ Metro (Chicago)
11/1/2000 A Perfect Circle @ Tonight Show Studio 3

[Bagley]

Wow, that's an impressive list^.  Wish I kept track of my shows as meticulously as the Bearman.

[grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli]

The Hives / Olivia Jean
Oct 31, 2023
Union Stage

Amazing to see this band at such a small venue

[Mobius]

Stevie Wonder
Verizon Center
10.30.2007

Morrissey
Ram’s Head Live!
10.31.2007

Van Halen
Verizon Center
11.1.2007

[rich_WDC]

we thought there were some incredibly excited fans carrying signs to the show for some reason, only to realize that there was some wrestling event in the same complex the same night.

Funny!   Reminds me of an experience that even without the hallucinogenic component, was still surreal:  Grateful Dead show in Birmingham AL in the same complex as the opening night (w/ black tie) of "Les Miserables"