I love live music... It makes me very happy!

For the past couple of years, I've started a thread asking which shows you've seen...
Welcome to the 2014 Edition!

I'll start:

Morris Day... 1/17
Andy Allo... 1/27
Marcus Anderson... 3/15
Experience Hendrix... 3/25
Liv Warfield... 4/6
Cher... 5/10
Sheila E... 5/31
Living Colour... 6/2
Eric Gales... 6/15
Alice Smith... 6/30
Bruno Mars... 7/17
The Sax Pack... 8/23
Tamar Davis... 10/3
Raul Midon/Avery Sunshine... 10/27
Stevie Wonder... 11/6
Jimi Hendrix Birthday Tribute... 11/29

During the summer, I attended all but two of the NJPAC "Sounds of the City" outdoor shows every Thursday night:

Red Baraat... 7/24

Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra... 7/31

Black Violin and Brick City Jazz Orchestra... 8/14

Living Colour... 8/21

Burnt Sugar Arkestra Chamber... 8/28

Plus: Unfinished Bizness feat. Curtis Hudson (twice I think)

Prince 2x March 2014

Queens of the Stone Age April 2014

Lady GaGa June 2014

Rick Springfield & Eddie Money June 2014

Heart September 2014

Hall and Oates October 2014

Fleetwood Mac December 2014

Stevie Wonder December 2014

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings December 2014

Sheila E

Chvrches

FKA Twigs

Prince

We Were Evergreen

Prince

Prince

Sam Smith

Royal Blood

Tom Odell

Prince

Prince

Paloma Faith

Nick Mulvey

Prince

Prince

Prince

Prince

Prince

Black

Rhodes

Hall & Oates

One Republic

Damien Rice

Lenny Kravitz

Morrissey

I saw Prince three times, I saw The 1975, I saw Nine Inch Nails and I saw Kate Bush!

Bootsy Collins

Esperanza Spalding spring quartet

Allen Toussaint

Kassav

Lisa Stansfield

Letieres Leite

Raphael Gualazzi

Giovanca

North Sea Jazz festival (Haal & Oates, Chic, Neneh Cherry)

Viva Brasil festival (Ed Motta, Zuco 103)

Al Stewart

Pet Shop Boys

Earth, Wind & Fire experience feat. Al McKay

Incognito

Shakatak

ABC

Tracy Hamlin

Meshell Ndegeocello

Stanley Clarke band

Marianne Faithful

January 27th: Andy Allo at Mercury Lounge

February 13th: Nicole Atkins at Bowery Ballroom

March 25th: Dum Dum Girls at Bowery Ballroom

March 26th: Dum Dum Girls at Music Hall of Williamsburg

April 2nd: Kraftwerk at United Palace Theatre

May 1st: The Knife at Terminal 5

May 2nd: CHVRCHΞS at Terminal 5

May 4th: Brody Dalle at The Bell House

June 13th: Kelis at Webster Hall

June 25th: Alice Smith at Music Hall of Williamsburg

June 30th: Alice Smith at Bowery Ballroom

July 16th: Camera Obscura at Music Hall of Williamsburg

July 22nd: Brody Dalle at Bowery Ballroom

August 12th: Tori Amos at the Beacon Theatre

August 13th: Tori Amos at the Beacon Theatre

September 16th: Vintage Trouble at Highline Ballroom

September 24th: Unlocking The Truth at Webster Hall

September 25th: My Brightest Diamond at Bowery Ballroom

September 30th: The Raveonettes at Music Hall of Williamsburg

October 7th: Fleetwood Mac at Madison Square Garden

October 10th: Yelle at Irving Plaza

October 19th: Zola Jesus / Martin Rev at Webster Hall

October 21st: The Horrors at Stage 48

October 24th: September Girls at The Delancey

October 30th: Dum Dum Girls at Brooklyn Bowl

November 8th: FKA Twigs at Terminal 5

November 12th: Electric Youth at Music Hall of Williamsburg

November 22nd: Escort at Brooklyn Bowl

November 30th: Mediæval Bæbes at Rough Trade NYC

December 6th: Lucius at Terminal 5

December 10th: Olivia Jean at Rough Trade NYC

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very little this year


it would be interesting to hear which gig people enjoyed the most out of the ones they saw

2014 wasn't a great year of concertgoing for me. I saw only...

Lionel Richie

Bob Dylan

Lammastide said:

MoBettaBliss said:

very little this year


it would be interesting to hear which gig people enjoyed the most out of the ones they saw

It's a toss-up between the first Living Colour and Stevie Wonder...

chocolate1 said:

MoBettaBliss said:

very little this year


it would be interesting to hear which gig people enjoyed the most out of the ones they saw

It's a toss-up between the first Living Colour and Stevie Wonder...

And Cher!

Warpaint and Cate Le Bon in Detroit March 2014

3rd Annual My Purple Heart Benefit Concert in Minneapolis June 2014

Meshell Ndegeocello in Chicago September 2014

I definitely enjoyed Meshell the most out of all of them

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I forgot about Andy Allo in January 2014

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chocolate1 said:

I love live music... It makes me very happy!

Black Violin and Brick City Jazz Orchestra... 8/14

Plus: Unfinished Bizness feat. Curtis Hudson (twice I think)

Wow this sounds good!

The only concert I went to was The Stylistics. It was awesome though. <3

wildgoldenhoney said:

chocolate1 said:

I love live music... It makes me very happy!

Black Violin and Brick City Jazz Orchestra... 8/14

Plus: Unfinished Bizness feat. Curtis Hudson (twice I think)

Wow this sounds good!

The only concert I went to was The Stylistics. It was awesome though. <3

I love the Stylistics... I'm sure it was good!

chocolate1 said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

Wow this sounds good!

The only concert I went to was The Stylistics. It was awesome though. <3

I love the Stylistics... I'm sure it was good!

MoBettaBliss said:

very little this year


it would be interesting to hear which gig people enjoyed the most out of the ones they saw

That's tough. Kraftwerk would have been my favorite if I had a better seat and could have seen all the 3D effects properly. Lucius was my favorite gig of 2013 and it might be again for 2014. They sound so amazing live. Love them.

chocolate1 said:

MoBettaBliss said:

very little this year


it would be interesting to hear which gig people enjoyed the most out of the ones they saw

It's a toss-up between the first Living Colour and Stevie Wonder...

Stevie Wonder for me!

chocolate1 said:

MoBettaBliss said:

very little this year


it would be interesting to hear which gig people enjoyed the most out of the ones they saw

It's a toss-up between the first Living Colour and Stevie Wonder...

Stevie Wonder for me!



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Parquet Courts

The Strypes

Los Lobos with Ozomatli and Mariachi Bronx as openers

ZZ Top and Jeff Beck

Timberlake

Artic Monkeys with Black Rebel Motorcyle Club opening

Chicano Soul Legends: the Midniters with Little Willie G., El Chicano, Tierra, etc.

Big Manny

The Dharma Bums

Tedeschi Trucks Band with Gary Clark jr opening

SuperSoulFighter said:

I saw only one but that one was it! The 1 & only.... KATE BUSH!!!!!!! [Edited 1/4/15 15:13pm]

u are a lucky man!!

2/7/14 Ute Lemper

3/8/14 Michael Gira

3/15/14 Fangoria

6/14/14 Ana Curra

10/3/14 Isabella Rossellini - Green Porno

10/10/14 Big Freedia

10/16/14 Maria Bamford

10/19/14 Prince + 3RDEYEGIRL

10/31/14 Cameron Carpenter - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

12/31/14 Woody Allen + New Orleans Jazz Band

Mint Condition

Smokey Robinson w/ Patti Austin

Barry Gibb

Maxwell

Fleetwood Mac

Hmm...enjoyed the most? It's probably a three-way tie for different reasons. Maxwell was so entertaining not only for his singing but his interaction with audience had the crowd in stitches. Barry Gibb fulfilled a dream of seeing acts that I liked since childhood, and even though it wasn't the Bee Gees, his brothers were there in spirit. My friend and I were super pumped when he performed "Grease," that was so unexpected. Finally, Fleetwood Mac because Christine McVie rejoined them after 16 years, so hearing the songs she led as well as the other hits just felt complete. That was my second time seeing them and if anyone was considering seeing them, please do so this year.

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Only two.

Queens of the Stone Age

Jack White

legna said:

Tedeschi Trucks Band with Gary Clark jr opening

I've only seen Susan Tedeschi once- at Experience Hendrix- and she blew me away!
She came out and said a few words, and I thought, "What the heck is she going to do?! "
She did "If 6 was 9" and I was like when she was done.

ANd with Gary Clark, Jr. opening, I'm sure that was a good show!

chocolate1 said:

legna said:

Tedeschi Trucks Band with Gary Clark jr opening

I've only seen Susan Tedeschi once- at Experience Hendrix- and she blew me away!
She came out and said a few words, and I thought, "What the heck is she going to do?! "
She did "If 6 was 9" and I was like when she was done.

ANd with Gary Clark, Jr. opening, I'm sure that was a good show!

She is great, but the highlight was when they each sat in during each others set.

Sexton you have good taste in artistS. The last artist I saw like was Fiona Apple in 2013 Highline Ballroom TWICE. Broke as heck, so no shows for me.

JoeBala said:

Sexton you have good taste in artistS. The last artist I saw like was Fiona Apple in 2013 Highline Ballroom TWICE. Broke as heck, so no shows for me.

My list is biased towards women, but thanks.

The Mediæval Bæbes and Olivia Jean shows were free admission.