How many concerts have you been to in your lifetime?

[Carnie100]

I was thinking about it today and figured some people on here have probably been to an amazing number of live shows.

[algunz]

I couldn't count, my brain is not capable of accurately archiving it all.

[Carnie100]

I couldn't count, my brain is not capable of accurately archiving it all.

Okay well estimate or something.

[gaypalmsprings]

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[Carnie100]

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I like how two of the "numbers" rolling by are the letter K and the figure of a man.

[Robototron]

Probably about 50+, but I only really started going to shows in 2005.

[canexplain]

probably about 1500 i have no clue ... cr****

[sin213]

shit...i hit 60+ just in 2008!! amateurs.

[boarderwoozel3]

I've certainly had my fair share of wonderful memories form attending live shows. Surely a fraction of some people around here but 100+.

The increased disposable income from gainful employment would raise that number quickly.

[Carnie100]

I've certainly had my fair share of wonderful memories form attending live shows. Surely a fraction of some people around here but 100+.

The increased disposable income from gainful employment would raise that number quickly.

Yeah I'm still in HS so almost all of the little money I make goes to concerts. But you know what? It's great being broke for a few weeks when you know you've got 3 concerts in the upcoming month..

[algunz]

Does this count every live music experience? The block parties/street fairs with little bands (some who went on to be big) or the college events with mediocre bands - what constitutes a concert? :p

[Carnie100]

Good question. I think that's a whole 'nother question.

I would say that anything you have to pay to get into is a concert because then that rids of the shitty little free street fair bands/etc. Then again, sometimes that's not true either.

[humanoid]

Good question. I think that's a whole 'nother question.

I would say that anything you have to pay to get into is a concert because then that rids of the shitty little free street fair bands/etc. Then again, sometimes that's not true either.

so if you know someone that can get you into shows for free, those don't count?

[sin213]

i would say any "live" show where you were there to actually see the band. not just out at the bar that night and someone happened to be playing. and it doesn't even have to be a show that you paid to get in...anything that gets you off your ass supporting the live music scene.

venues could include block parties, clubs, bars, amphitheatres, concert halls...you get the idea.

that would be MY definition of a "concert".

[Carnie100]

i would say any "live" show where you were there to actually see the band. not just out at the bar that night and someone happened to be playing. and it doesn't even have to be a show that you paid to get in...anything that gets you off your ass supporting the live music scene.

venues could include block parties, clubs, bars, amphitheatres, concert halls...you get the idea.

that would be MY definition of a "concert".

I like this definition.

[canexplain]

Does this count every live music experience? The block parties/street fairs with little bands (some who went on to be big) or the college events with mediocre bands - what constitutes a concert? :p

no block parties unless block party played :) thats a hard one though ... the band gets paid (even part of the bar tab ), they are a band you can find on the internez ..... maybe no matter how small the audience is, they are not just your friends and neighbors .... and a festival is only counted as one, even a multiple day fest .. yea its pretty hard to say ... its at a real venue ... maybe a combination of some of those ... like i wouldnt count the random golden gate shows that were just sort of happening, but i would count this golden gate show so who knows ... cr****
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
2. Sunshine Superman - Donovan
3. I Had To Tell You - 13th Floor Elevators
4. America - The Nice
5. I'd Rather Be With You - Soft Machine
6. California Dreaming - Mamas & Papas
7. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
8. Scarborough Fair - Ocean Drive
9. West Coast Idea - Eric Clapton
10. Heart Full Of Soul - Yardbirds
11. Acapulco Sunrise - Santana
12. Love Taker - Peter Frampton
13. Questions 57 & 58 - Chicago
14. House Of The Rising Sun - Eric Burdon
15. Love Is All Around - Troggs
16. Imagine - Jacqui McShee (Pentangle)
17. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Disc: 2
1. Angel Of The Morning - P.P. Arnold
2. Don't Do It No More - Julie Driscoll
3. Lay Lady Lay - Melanie
4. Dream A Little Dream - Mama Cass
5. White Rabbit - Grace Slick
6. Terry - Twinkle
7. Woodstock - Lucy Leyton
8. The First Cut Is The Deepest - P.P. Arnold
9. Oh No Not My Baby - Maxine Brown
10. California Dreaming - Mamas & Papas
11. What Have They Done To My Song Ma - Melanie
12. My Best Friend - Grace Slick
13. The Flight Tonight - Buffle Cloud
14. I Don't Want To Have To Do It - Julie Driscoll
Disc: 3
1. Straight Shooter (Live) - Mamas & Papas
2. Every Reason - Donovan
3. Baby Blue - 13th Floor Elevators
4. We Shall Overcome - Maggie Willow Steadman
5. Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
6. Turn Turn Turn - Pentangle
7. Jet Propelled Photograph (A.K.A Shooting At The Moon) - Soft Machine
8. Choker - Eric Clapton
9. Don't Send Me No Flowers - Jimmy Page
10. When I Was Young - Eric Burdon
11. Does Anybody Know What Time It Is - Chicago
12. Coconut Grove - Santana
13. For Emily - Dreams
14. All Our Yesterdays - The Small Faces
15. Madame - Peter Frampton
16. 3/5 Of A Mile In Ten Seconds - Jefferson Airplane
17. Shadows Of You - Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger
18. War & Peace - The Nice

[boarderwoozel3]

Yeah I'm still in HS so almost all of the little money I make goes to concerts. But you know what? It's great being broke for a few weeks when you know you've got 3 concerts in the upcoming month..

Hell yeah :) Eating cheap is totally worth going to shows, I've never regretted spending money on live music.

[algunz]

I've randomly walked in on Sublime. No Doubt, The Vandals, Digable Planets, Lisa Loeb, Mary's Danish. These were garage parties, work events etc. Do I count those?

[Kid B]

Over 9000

[sin213]

are you about 100 yrs old?


otherwise, i doubt it.

[momof5]

Well,I am 55 and went to my first show when I was 10 years old( I sold my Barbie doll and Dream house) and saw The Animals( before they were Eric Burden and the Animals) at the Steel pier in Atlantic City( that is where a horse dived off the pier into the ocean!). I have been going to shows ever since-Woodstock(the original) Fillmore East etc. I have gone to several shows a month until this last year-I am just too tired to go out late and get up the next day unless it is a band I really love( last one The Decemberists at the Wiltern)I have been to every Coachella too and I don't think I have seen 9000 shows!

[canexplain]

Well,I am 55 and went to my first show when I was 10 years old( I sold my Barbie doll and Dream house) and saw The Animals( before they were Eric Burden and the Animals) at the Steel pier in Atlantic City( that is where a horse dived off the pier into the ocean!). I have been going to shows ever since-Woodstock(the original) Fillmore East etc. I have gone to several shows a month until this last year-I am just too tired to go out late and get up the next day unless it is a band I really love( last one The Decemberists at the Wiltern)I have been to every Coachella too and I don't think I have seen 9000 shows!

wow a fellow traveler .... good to meet you ... cr****

[momof5]

Hey-I also have Maltese doggies--is it an old people thing?

[paulb]

128, at the moment, and have another 5 lined up. I have been going to concerts since June 03...

[Carnie100]

wow a fellow traveler .... good to meet you ... cr****

I've been meaning to ask, what is the word asterisked out?

cr****?

[canexplain]

I've been meaning to ask, what is the word asterisked out?

cr****?

its a bad word that PF wont let me post because she is so restrictive and mean ... watch what the fuck you say here :) cr****

[MissingPerson]

Probably around 40, not counting shitty pub bands that my friends' friends are in.

[karecares]

i'm 32 and am well over 100 but that has been since 1993 at least the ones that make it into my stub collection that i only have since 2002 but i would say its safe to say that's reasonably 100... this is excluding the five local bands i know etc.

[johnnypolite]

Shiittttttttt. Probably 300 or so. I wanna get to 1,000.

[SFChrissy]

I have no idea but its up there...

[superfiction]

i tied to write down all the shows ive been to and i gave up after 100. and i didnt count multiple days of festivals as seperate concerts even though its probably fair to do so

[rage patton]

This poll should have been made public. Anyways, I am right at 75 I think.

[amyzzz]

You should have put 500+ or 1000+ because there are some of us who have seen that many.

[M Sparks]

Sadly, I've never lived anywhere that actually HAS shows that I would want to see. I'm probably at between 75 and 100, which isn't much considering how old I am. But for 95% of those, I had to travel over 150 miles.

[uniform72]

153, but who's counting... including a few select raves and DJ sets. I started compiling the list sometime in 1997. I did not have dates for everything prior, hence the formatting as it is.

1987-1997

1987
Another Carnival @ UW Stout

1988
Die Kruezen @ UW Stout
SNFU @ 7th St Entry
Naked Raygun @ 1st Ave
The Smithereens @ UW Stout
Sonic Youth w/ Die Kruezen @ 1st Ave

1989
The Dead Milkmen @ 1st Ave
The Rolling Stones @ Metrodome

1990
Public Enemy @ 1st Ave
Soul Asylum @ UW Eau Claire
De La Soul @ UW Stout (Fieldhouse)
Red Hot Chili Peppers @ 1st Ave

1991
Lollapalooza 91 @ Irvine Meadows
Lollapalooza 91 @ Harriet Island
Primus @ 1st Ave
Anthrax & Public Enemy w/ Primus @ Irvine Meadows
The Pixies @ Ventura Theatre
Infectious Grooves @ Anaconda
Fishbone & Primus @ Hollywood Palladium
Red Hot Chili Peppers w/ Nirvana @ LA Sports Arena

1992
Ice T w/ Body Count @ Anaconda
Public Enemy @ Anaconda
Mr Bungle @ Ventura Theatre
Beastie Boys w/ Firehose @ Hollywood Palladium
Bad Religion @ 1st Ave
Lollapalooza 92 @ Irvine Meadows
Mary’s Danish @ Anaconda
Ministry w/ Helmet @ Universal Amphitheatre 1993
Mary’s Danish @ Ventura Theatre
Fugazi @ Hollywood Palladium
Butthole Surfers & Stone Temple Pilots @ Castaic Lake
Frank Black w/ Reverend Horton Heat @ Ventura Theatre
Lollapalooza 93 @ Sante Fe Dam Recreation Area
Smashing Pumpkins @ Hollywood Palladium

1994
Pink Floyd @ Rose Bowl
Lollapalooza 94 CSUDH
Lollapalooza 94 CSUDH
Nine Inch Nails @ Universal Amphitheatre
Nine Inch Nails @ Universal Amphitheatre
De La Soul w/ Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Ventura Theatre
Grateful Dead @ Oakland Coliseum

1995
Beastie Boys w/ JSBX @ Santa Barbara County Bowl
Live @ Santa Barbara County Bowl
Live w/ PJ Harvey @ Universal Amphitheatre
Weezer w/ That Dog @ Universal Amphitheatre
That Dog @ McCabe’s
KXLU Fundraiser w/ Beck & That Dog @ Whiskey A Go Go

1996
Organic 96 @ Snow Valley

1997
Scanner & DJ Spooky @ Troubadour
Bentley Rhythm Ace @ Hollywood Athletic Club
Moby @ Hollywood Athletic Club
Electric Skychurch @ Hollywood Athletic Club
Helium w/ Syrup USA @ Spaceland
Laika @ Spaceland

1997-2007

1997
JSBX @ El Rey Mar 17
Beck @ Universal Amphitheatre Apr 25
Pavement @ Palace Jun 5
HORDE Festival w/ Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Irvine Meadows Jul 17
The Geraldine Fibbers @ El Rey Jul 19
Weezer w/ That Dog @ Palace Aug 15
Soul Coughing @ El Rey Aug 26
Pizzicato Five @ El Rey Sep 5
Organic 97 w/ Aphex Twin & Sneaker Pimps @ NOS Sep 20
311 @ Greek Theatre Sep 25
Ninja Tune 97 w/ Coldcut, DJ Food & Kid Koala @ Troubadour Nov 2
Spiritualized w/ Spring Heel Jack @ Palace Non 14
Jane’s Addiction @ Universal Amphitheatre Nov 28

1998
Polvo & Silver Apples @ Spaceland Jan 29
Buckethead @ McCabe’s Jan 31
Justin Robertson (DJ Set) @ Hollywood Athletic Club Feb 6
Unwound @ Troubadour Feb 19
Banyan & Buckethead @ The Gig Mar 12
Crystal Method, Fatboy Slim & Propellerheads @ Hollywood Palladium Mar 13
Malathion w/ Dilated Peoples, Visionaries & Beat Junkies @ El Rey Mar 26
Roni Size & Reprezent @ Roxy Mar 29
Trans Am @ Spaceland Apr 2
Ninja Tune 98 w/ DJ Vadim, The Herbaliser & Chocolate Weasel @ Troubadour Apr 5
June of 44 @ Troubadour Apr 19
Sonic Youth w/ Helium @ May 28
Bauhaus @ Hollywood Palladium Jul 10
Tricky @ Ventura Theatre Aug 13
Malathion w/ Rasco, Loot Pack & Peanut Butter Wolf @ Troubadour Aug 22
James Lavelle (DJ Set) @ Viper Room Sep 1
Nocturnal Wonderland 98 @ NOS Sep 5
Money Mark @ Hollywood Athletic Club Sep 12
Praxis w/ Banyan @ Troubadour Sep 19
Soul Coughing @ Palace Sep 28
Fatboy Slim @ Mayan Oct 22
JSBX @ Palace Oct 23
The Cardigans @ Troubadour Nov 9
Depeche Mode @ Great Western Forum Dec 18

1999
Sno-Core 99 w/ Everclear, Soul Coughing & Redman @ Hollywood Palladium Feb 6
Wall of Sound w/ Touché & Jacques Lu Cont @ Viper Room Feb 9
Deeper Concentration Tour @ Hollywood Athletic Club Feb 13
Fugazi @ Ventura Theatre Feb 19
Fatboy Slim w/ Dub Pistols @ Hollywood Palladium Mar 11
Audiotistic 99 @ NOS Apr 17
Mr Bungle @ Ventura Theatre Apr 25
Bis @ Roxy Sep 9
Coachella 1999 Days 1 & 2 Oct 9 & 10
Stereolab w/ Olivia Tremor Control @ Troubadour Nov 21

2000
Audiotistic 2000 @ NOS Apr 15
Kid Koala w/ DJ Food & Amon Tobin @ El Rey May 15
Electric Daisy Carnival 2000 @ Tulare Jun 24
Weezer @ Troubadour Jul 30
Giant New Year’s Eve (Hollywood Boulevard)

2001
The New Deal @ Velvet Jones SB Feb 2
Coachella 2001 Apr 28
Radiohead @ Santa Barbara County Bowl Jun 28

2002
Gomez @ House of Blues Oct 15
Beck & The Flaming Lips @ Universal Amphitheatre Nov 25
Blackalicious w/ Lateef @ Knitting Factory Dec 30

2003
Queens of the Stone Age @ Ventura Theatre Feb 26
The Vines & The Music @ Ventura Theatre Mar 23
Wild Child Record Release Party @ Temple Bar Apr 24
The Flaming Lips @ Hollywood Palladium May 31
Hot Hot Heat @ Ventura Theatre Sep 18
Ween @ Wiltern Sep 24
Radiohead @ Hollywood Bowl Sep 26
Stephen Malkmus @ El Rey Dec 1

2004
The Pixies @ The Glass House Apr 30
Coachella 2004 Day 1 May 1
Gomez @ Avalon Jul 22
Gomez @ Ventura Theatre Sep 25
Ween @ Ventura Theatre Oct 15

2005
Gomez @ House of Blues Jan 18
Tosca @ Vanguard Dec 8

2006
Coachella Days 1 & 2 Apr 29 & 30
Gomez @ Avalon May 23
Word of Mouth meets Brainfreeze @ Mayan May 25
The Raconteurs @ Wiltern Jun 20
Fiona Apple w/ Damien Rice @ Santa Barbara County Bowl Jun 25
Peaches & Eagles of Death Metal @ Wiltern Aug 4
Breakestra @ Independent SF Sep 17
LAWeekly Detour (Downtown LA) (w/ Queens of the Stone Age & Beck) Oct 7
Breakestra @ Zanzibar New Year’s Eve

2007
Gomez @ Wiltern Feb 21
Coachella Days 1, 2 & 3 Apr 27-29
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist (The Hard Sell) @ Hollywood Bowl Jun 24
The Decemberists w/ LA Phil @ Hollywood Bowl Jul 7
Daft Punk @ LA Sports Arena Jul 21
Treasure Island Music Festival @ Treasure Island SF Day 1 Sep 15
Frank Black @ Soho SB Oct 13
Ween @ Ventura Theatre Nov 6
Bjork @ Nokia Theatre Dec 12

2008
Grand Ole Party @ Echo Feb 15
Coachella Day 2 Apr 26
Steve Miller Band @ Santa Barbara County Bowl Aug 7
Radiohead @ Santa Barbara County Bowl Aug 28
Polvo & Trans Am @ Echoplex Aug 31
Eagles Of Death Metal @ Ventura Theatre Sep 22
Sigur Ros @ Greek Theatre Oct 2
LAWeekly Detour (Downtown LA) (w/ The Mars Volta & Gogol Bordello) Oct 4

[karecares]

so i went back and counted stubs, only 143 stubs since 2002, annoying when show's don't have hard tickets to keep afterwards, i've been to quite a few of those. i would say i've seen at least (conservatively) 200-300 shows

[shakermaker113]

I have been keeping a list for a while now. I think I am up to 170 or 180 now. I expect I will hit 200 this year.

but yeah, there are some people on this board that go to nearly 100 each and every year. I don't know how they do it.

[algunz]

1991
Lollapalooza 91 @ Irvine Meadows
Lollapalooza 91 @ Harriet Island
Primus @ 1st Ave
Anthrax & Public Enemy w/ Primus @ Irvine Meadows
The Pixies @ Ventura Theatre
Infectious Grooves @ Anaconda
Fishbone & Primus @ Hollywood Palladium
Red Hot Chili Peppers w/ Nirvana @ LA Sports Arena




We were in a lot of the same places in 1991. :thu

[karecares]

UNIFORM & ALGUNZ

you have no idea how much i envy you two fuckers :( unfortunately i was 14, 2 years too young to actually have been to any of those

[canexplain]

UNIFORM & ALGUNZ

you have no idea how much i envy you two fuckers :( unfortunately i was 14, 2 years too young to actually have been to any of those

gunz was only about 18 :) cr*****

[sonofhal]

I've put the last 500 or so on my lastfm, but still have a ton more to add. I reckon easily over 1000. I've been to close to 400 in the last 3 years.

If you count the ones i've played, that would add another couple of hundred.

I've not been to a show for over a month, but i'll be going to my first one of the year tomorrow.

[morelifefucker]

went to first show in 1992, it was mr. bungle. been to countless shows and raves ever since. and i dont see me stopping anytime soon.

[amyzzz]

I went to Lollapalooza in 1991 too, the very first show.

[faxman75]

I really have an incomplete stub collection now which upsets me so I try not to think about it. I have been to hundreds and it all started with George Thorogood and the Destroyers in 1991.

[canexplain]

I went to Lollapalooza in 1991 too, the very first show.


you have me there .... it must have taken them a couple of weeks at least to get from the left coast to the midwest in colorado .... oh well, ya cant be everywhere :) cr****

[algunz]

Lolla in '91 was the real beginning of my concert fetish, that and the Steve Miller concert the same summer where I got stoned for the 1st time and SAW music.

Live music is what keeps me living.

[karecares]

me to i don't think i'd have survived this far in life if i didnt have music in it

my first was buthole surfers & STP 1993

[agentapplejuice]

wow i never really sat down and thought about it.. i stopped collecting my stubs at about 78 and that was a few years back.. so i'd have to say over 100 by now. it felt like a lot too until i starting reading some of these threads.. wow

[Boourns]

I've been working on a concert history spreadsheet in Excel. Right now I have 77 shows listed, plus eleven days of Coachella.

The data is incomplete, though. Still looking for dates on the following:
1987? 1988? Tiffany @ Busch Gardens
1996? Lisa Loeb, ??? @ Tides Stadium

lulz

[karecares]

I've been working on a concert history spreadsheet in Excel. Right now I have 77 shows listed, plus eleven days of Coachella.

The data is incomplete, though. Still looking for dates on the following:
1987? 1988? Tiffany @ Busch Gardens
1996? Lisa Loeb, ??? @ Tides Stadium

lulz
i think i love you for that lol

[cr8vbeats]

mmm 20

[Aurgasm]

Im counting festivals as one show... but im pretty pleased with 83 at 23 years old.

[IdiotequeThom]

close to 200 now.

[tigermilkboy]

For three years I worked for a concert promoter in London, and I racked up three gigs a week at least. I reckon I've seen close to 1,000. My first gig was The Jam in Leeds, UK in the early 1980's. I was five years old and my older brother was supposed to be looking after me, but he had tickets so he just took me along. It was pretty darn awesome!

[hansvrijmoed]

I backtracked (hhttp://www.last.fm/user/hansvrijmoed/events) every event on last.fm, over 700. (And if you count support-acts and shows at festivals seperate, I saw over 3000 performances.)

[fikus222]

My first show was in '95 and I have since seen over 300 shows in 12 states and 5 different countries.

[chirpinhard]

I am 19 and have been to at least 100 as described above, bars included :)

[TeamCoachellaHellYeah]

between 50 and 75 I want to say...maybe less I am not sure..but I picked 75+

[Dr. Lufs-al-ot]

75 plus easily

[Rockstarboy37]

Too many to count and counting

[sddoctor]

It's way too many to even remember, but I would roughly say an average of 50 shows a year.

[sydaud]

Just over 100 shows....

Bands/Artists I've seen more than once: Sting (2), Black Crowes (4), Rolling Stones (2), Sloan (2), Beck (2), Black Keys (3), Barenaked Ladies (3), The Who (4), White Stripes (2), Spoon (2), BB King (2), Supersuckers (2), U2 (2)

[Sonicifyouwantit]

I do about 100+ each year.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

like actual shows with tickets stubs from ticketmaster and ticketweb and stuff like that probably around 250 i'd say...gotta check the stub collection

but live gigs in general including the above from backyard and youth center grind shows to hardcore shows at churches to jazz clubs to local bands in small venues....i'd say close to 1000 and possibly way more in the last 9 years

There have been periods where i was out seeing live music literally 5 nights a week

Hell, my friends' band the Outer Seventh i've probably seen 40 or 50 times alone over the last 7 years at various venues with various bands

[NightGoat]

lets see...

Yes + Dream Theater (fuck DT)
Fantomas (with Neil Hamburger opening)
Melvins (x6) 3 of those times last year alone. Saw them once with Tweak Bird opening, twice with Big Business opening, once at a show where The Locust, The Bronx, Circle Jerks, and Qui also played, and once with Jello Biafra

Boris w/Lair of the Minotaur & Torche
Amebix
Acid Mothers Temple (x4) including their show w/Matmos & Terry Riley
Melt Banana
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (x2) once with Secret Chiefs 3
Jethro Tull
Paul McCartney
The Locust
Celtic Frost (with SunnO))) and Goatwhore opening)
Sodom
Nachtmystium & Wolves in the Throne Room
Pig Destroyer
part of Otto Von Schirach opening for Venetian Snares (we were forced to leave early)
Six Organs of Admittance
Battles
Buckethead
Arthurfest where I saw Sunburned Hand of the Man, Merzbow, and a few other bands play. I also saw Wolfmother play as well. This was way before anyone gave a shit about them

1st day of Coachella '05 (Buck 65, Boom Bip, Immortal Technique, MF Doom, Bloc Party, Secret Machines, Fantomas, and others) Unfortunately I didn't discover Bauhaus until about 2 years after

I'm sure I'll remember some other ones later

Upcoming:
Coachella
Acid Mothers Temple
Michael Gira
Bohren und Der Club of Gore
Shellac
LA Murderfest (!)
Throbbing Gristle
Monotonix

[C DUB YA]

Rough guess...

1600-1700

Somewhere in that area, I've got at least 800 stubs (a lot of shows I've gone to have been guest list things)

Keep in mind my first concert was 1981, and I started going to my own concerts (on my own or with school friends) in 1986.

Plus I'm still going strong - I used to go to waaaay more, but I prolly do about 30-40 a year these days (meaning since kid has come along)

[JustSteve]

me to i don't think i'd have survived this far in life if i didnt have music in it

and that is why, if given a choice, i would rather be blind than deaf.

[JustSteve]

Plus I'm still going strong - I used to go to waaaay more, but I prolly do about 30-40 a year these days (meaning since kid has come along)

late nights and early mornings are rough. one night we went out to a show, got home at 4:30am and our daughter was up at 6am. that day was a blur.

having worked in the concert promotion biz for several years, i am well over 500 shows, not counting shows i worked, though.

[heyeric]

...till the day I die.

100+

[Bowie]

Oh wow, I lost count in 02'

[Fourthisto]

281 Shows since April 2004.

Yes, I am *that guy* who keeps all info like this on a spreadsheet.

[DeanCorso]

i'm at the 200+ mark, and hopefully i can add a few more hundred.

[faxman75]

I don't know exactly but I do know it's several hundred. I would guess somewhere in the 500+ range.

It started with George Thorogood and the Destroyers back in 1991.

[chiapet]

i would say any "live" show where you were there to actually see the band. not just out at the bar that night and someone happened to be playing. and it doesn't even have to be a show that you paid to get in...anything that gets you off your ass supporting the live music scene.


I don't like that definition, because there have been quite a few times that I've walked into a bar or club and been blown away by someone who was playing (and stuck around to see them rather than just going off to drink). ;)

I'm not sure how many shows I've been to, but I'm gonna guess in the ~400-500 range.

[fikus222]

My first show was in '95 and I have since seen over 300 shows in 12 states and 5 different countries.

I never bothered to count the raves I went to, but I'd guess that would add another 80 or so to my total.