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