Which concerts have you attended this year...so far? Which was your favourite and which was your least favourite? And which, if any, that are coming up that you just can't wait to see.

Went to the UMF (Urban Music Festival) down in earls court, London earlier this year.

Artists included ----- Jay-Z, Alicia Keyz, Kevin Little, ATL, Cassidy, Amy Winhouse, Beyonce, The Roots, Andrew Roachford etc etc etc.

Too bad Prince wernt there as it would have been even better as it's proper name was The Princes Trust presents Urban Music Festival 2004 although in this case Prince = The prince of fucking wales
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Ive also seen Michael Jackson at Wembley Stadium for his HIStory tour (LOL i didnt think we were talkin bout past concerts as well)

Ive stood outside Wembley Arena and listened to 50 Cent live (as i didnt get tickets, but thats wat me and my mates usually do as we aint got cash to get tickets and Wembley arena is like a 10min walk away from me LOL)
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I went to werchter festival in Belgium.
I enjoyed Joss Stone and Lenny Kravitz.

In november i'll be seeing Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds ... can't wait for that.

This year i also had a conversation with Justin Hawkins and Franky Poulain from The Darkness. Nice guys !

so far - prince (a buttload of times), bowie (twice), high llamas, magnetic fields

upcoming - diamanda galas (my fifth time seeing her), the pixies, laurie anderson (hopefully)

So Far...

Prince (twice)

Van Hunt (twice)

Midtown Music Festival (performances by Angie Stone, Wyclef Jean, George Clinton & P-Funk, Cee-Lo Green and Big Boi from OutKast)

The Wailers

Soulfest Atlanta (performances by The Gap Band and Chaka Khan)


Upcoming...

Teedra Moses, Tweet and Cee-Lo

Lauryn Hill (possibly)

Apparently I'm going to see Bilal this weekend. I've only listened to him once or twice, but my friends got an extra ticket, so... I''ll let everyone know how it went.

Other than that, I really haven't seen much outside of Prince 5 times in June.

i'm going to see Razorlight on Tuesday.

apparently REM and others are also playing but i really don't care about them.

Razorlight









saw me'shell earlier this year too. seeing jill scott quite soon too

Stevie Wonder and Phil Collins.
I might go see Sting in October. The Stevie concert was amazing BTW

have seen:

Franz Ferdinand
Joss Stone
Snow Patrol
The Pixies
Kings Of Convenience

I think that's it.....not too much!

Madonna
Prince
Beyonce
Britney Spears

Franz Ferdinand
The Thrills
Stereophonic
Jet
Joss Stone
The Donnas

Wanna see Ministry...

Prince (2)
David Bowie
David Byrne

I also want to see the Pixies when they come to Detroit next november.

Anxiety said:

didn't you see The Cure this year?

i bet I'll forget a few but here are some I've seen.

Prince
The Cure
Interpol
Edie Brickell
Air
Paul Oaknfold
The Time
Madonna
Peaches
Stereolab
David Bowie

These are still to come:

Franz Ferdinand
Camper Van Betthoven
Scissor Sisters
Paul Van Dyk
Death Cab For Cutie
Snow Patrol

oops, I forgot to answer some of this question...

for the shows I've seen this year, the best have been Prince, the Cure and Peaches.

Peaches gets special honorable mention for blasting it's way into my "top five kewl First Avenue shows" lists


I'm excited about many of my upcoming shows...Paul van Dyk cos he's my DJ boyfriend, Franz Ferdinand cos I've heard they rock live, Scissor Sisters cos I wanna see Jake nude, etc

I've seen Seal, Lenny Kravitz, Amp Fiddler and Ronan Keating (the last one was for free and I just watched it in case he might perform his cover version of Let Her Down easy ). Amp Fiddler was by far the best, in fact it was an awsome concert .
I also had tickets for David Bowie, but the show was cancelled
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minneapolisgenius said:

I'd love to see him live

Concerts I've Missed:

This year has been really strange for me concert-wise. A lot of my favorites have been performing, but I couldn't see them either because of geographical conflicts or work. Just look...

Janet Jackson (Hollywood) - Missed her perform at the Ryan Seacrest show because I was in college out-of-state.

Nelly Furtado (Detroit) - Missed this show because it was on the same day as my college graduation and I was moving out of my apartment.

Scissor Sisters (New York) - Missed this free gig because I was at work.

Res (Los Angeles) - I missed her two August shows because I was in New York. The day after I came back from New York to L.A. she's done!

Amel Larrieux (New York) - I missed this show because I was moving from New York to L.A. She performed on the 31st. I left on the 30th.

I'm not even gonna mention how I missed seeing these singers live:

Franz Ferdinand
Black Eyed Peas
Brandy
Prince
Patti Labelle (in Central Park)
Nas & Busta Rhymes (in Central Park)

The only concert I saw this year was Floetry and their free gig at Central Park's SummerStage '04.

My timing is horrible as hell this year!! AHHHHH!!!!!

I saw:

Prince (Aug. 30)
Maroon 5 (Feb. 15, I think)

I hope to see:

Duran Duran
Backstreet Boys

I wish I'd seen:

The Cure

I saw The Isley Brothers in February and Prince in June. There have been many other concerts advertised but none that I would wish to attend.

endorphin74 said:

Who's Jake and why will he be nude?

so far I've seen:

Bowie twice
Prince twice
The Cure twice
Interpol twice
Franz Ferdinand
Juliana Hatfield

coming up I've got:

Pixies
Morrissey
PJ Harvey
k.d. lang (possibly)
Willie Nelson (possibly)
Courtney Love (hopefully)
!!! (if they come back)

endorphin74 said:

hmmm, could be.

Madonna. Tonight!

And Franz Ferdinand in November.

gooeythehamster said:

did you get FF tickets? Have you forgotten me????/

I went to Lenny Kravitz this year...

Going to Sting on november the 2nd...and 2 days later to Rammstein (YES!!!)

I used to go to so many shows... I need to start going to more again.

This year, I think I've only seen:

Prince (simulcast in the theater),
Live
Maroon 5
and some local acts

I could still check out the Beastie Boys this weekend...

And Stings coming up... although I haven't even bought his latest cd. Somehow I lost interest in him. I just got the All This Time dvd though. And Annie Lennox is opening for him...

Serious said:

I don't even know what to expect.

I've gone to the following:

Rick James
Teena Marie (2x)
Morris Day and the Time
Prince

I'm very particular about concerts. I don't want to hear any tracks played, I want to hear real background singers. I don't need to see alot of dancing and flashy stuff, that just shows me that you're lacking in some area.

Would love to see

Angie Stone
Anthony Hamilton

Have attended:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Suicide Girls (2X)
The Sounds
Prince (4X)
The Distillers
Sleater Kinney
Nelly Furtado
The Raveonettes
Madonna
Kittie/Candiria
Living Colour
Sahara Hotnights
Andrea Echeverri (Aterciopelados)
Nightwish/Lullacry
The Creatures (An Evening with Siouxsie) (3X)

Upcoming:

Type O Negative
Rasputina