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I see you like your ears to bleed jelerak :D

I have some co-workers who are into the heavier stuff, and they pretty much listen to it while working.

I did see a few concerts recently - John Butler, Cat Empire, Grinspoon - all Australian bands, ie. local. All great - it was fantastic just getting out there again.
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From your neck of the woods...King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard. I see that they will be touring the states this fall. Closest to me will be in Chicago. This is a band that I really want to see, not sure if I will be able to swing the trip but am looking into it currently. It is on a Saturday so it is a possibility for sure. These guys are if anything interesting at the least.
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There is a David Bowie tribute band playing tomorrow. We've seen them before. May go see them again.
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StevieG wrote:I see you like your ears to bleed jelerak :D

I have some co-workers who are into the heavier stuff, and they pretty much listen to it while working.

I did see a few concerts recently - John Butler, Cat Empire, Grinspoon - all Australian bands, ie. local. All great - it was fantastic just getting out there again.
Concerts? What are they? Those things of the past where we could go rock out to awesome bands and solo artists?

Havent been much of that happening here for an inordinately long time 🥲
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Next month (August) I have tickets to see Blackberry Smoke and the Allman Betts band.

In September I have tickets to see what is left of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Gonna be a good couple of months of concert going!
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Saw Skynyrd at the Houston rodeo years ago. They were amazing.
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Looks like Gary Rossington had emergency heart surgery this week. He is the last surviving member of the original group.

By his request the band will finish the tour and he hopes to be back on his feet soon.
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Wow 😮 so sad 🥲

Great concert line up you got there SB 👌 very jelly
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I should have updated.

The Blackberry Smoke concert was nothing short of outstanding. They played all the songs I was looking for, they were having fun on stage and by doing so, we all had fun with them in the crowd.

Allman Betts played mostly Allman Bro's songs and they were very very good. If you closed your eyes you would have sworn you were hearing the Allman Brothers live.

At one point they brought out Jimmy Hall (lead singer for Wet Willie) and he sang/played a few of their hits, "Keep on Smiling" and Grits aint Groceries".

Maybe it as the fact that this was the first concert they had done for months (due to Covid), but they gave it everything. 5 hours of kick ass Southern Rock music. Possibly one of the best concerts I have been to ever (fun factor).

This Saturday is Lynyrd Skynyrd. Of course its not the same one as so many of the band are dead. But they have continued the music legacy of Skynyrd and a fun time is coming. I have seen them live many times over the years and never had a bad time at one of their concerts
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Little Feat 2022!!! Already have tickets.


Little Feat confirmed dates for a March – April 2022 tour celebrating the 45th anniversary of the concerts featured on their iconic 1978 live album, Waiting For Columbus. The legendary rock band will perform the album in its entirety at each Waiting For Columbus 45th Anniversary Tour stop
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We just got our Paul McCartney tickets!!! This will be the first time I've seen him.

And Red Hot Chili Peppers--with guitarist John Frusciante--in August. This is going to be a good year for concerts!
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Julie got me tickets to

Brian Wilson opening for Chicago.
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Zarathustra wrote:We just got our Paul McCartney tickets!!! This will be the first time I've seen him.

And Red Hot Chili Peppers--with guitarist John Frusciante--in August. This is going to be a good year for concerts!
WOW... some good shows there. Come back and give us a recap after you see them! :)
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I'm so glad to finally be able to go to gigs again!

Went to see Soen last month.

Dream Theater with Devin Townsend as opening act last week. And Gojira and King's X are lined up for later this year, yay!
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Spiral Jacobs wrote:I'm so glad to finally be able to go to gigs again!

Went to see Soen last month.
Excellent tune! I'm gonna look for more from them.
Spiral Jacobs wrote: Dream Theater with Devin Townsend as opening act last week. And Gojira and King's X are lined up for later this year, yay!
Thanks for the links.. I will listen to the first one in full when I have time. But I did catch a few mins of both.. Excellent!

I have not let anything except the lack of concerts keep me from going. Except if they require masking. I'm not doing that. Outside of that, just saw Little Feat that got rescheduled from March to July. Kid Rock and Foreigner in August. Zach Williams in late October.
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Went to see Kid Rock and Foreigner.

First - Foreigner killed it. They sounded so much better than I expected them to. They played many of their hit songs and the crowd loved it as well.

Kid Rock - Not my cup of tea. Most of his music was rap that basically was a repeat of F this MF that and the F'in this cause the MF'in that. Put on repeat for any rap music background.
He did do a couple songs that I really like but those were more on the country/southern rock sound.
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I'm having a hard time keeping track of all the bands I've seen this year! It's been amazing. Counting headliners and opening acts:

Journey*
Toto*
Paul McCartney*
Red Hot Chili Peppers*
Adrian Belew*
Cheap Trick
Rod Stewart
Joan Jett
Poison
Motley Crue
Def Leppard*
The Stokes
Thundercat*
Eric Church
Garth Brooks
Kacey Musgraves*
Elle King (surprise appearance: Miranda Lambert)
Old Crow Medicine Show

*Shows I really wanted to see. The rest were either good, fair, or I went because my fiance suffered through Tool for me, so I'm returning the favor. These are the first country concerts I've ever seen. Honestly, they've been some of the best shows this year. I really like Kacey Musgraves.
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Tonight we are going to see The Marshall Tucker Band. My first concert in several years. Looking forward to it.
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Just saw Dirty Honey with opening act Dorothy in concert last night in Tucson, at the urging of a friend. I had never before heard of either. Both bands were excellent live, potent musically and vocally! Dirty Honey's heavy metal version of Prince's "Let's Get Crazy" as an especially pleasant surprise.

I'm glad I went. :R
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I've been to three concerts this year.

The first was Amigo the Devil. I just moved my mom and brother to NC from NV this year, and my brother (40 to my 45 years old) had never been to a concert this year. They were opened for by IV and the Strange Band, whom I had never heard of before but loved. IV is actually Colton Williams, great grandson of Hank. Unfortunately, I ended up not liking their debut album, which I feel was overly influenced by the producer, Shooter Jennings. Tejon Street Corner Thieves followed and were also great. And then Danny (Amigo the Devil) brought the fucking house down. I kind of felt bad and had to tell my brother that most other concerts after this one probably won't compare.

A couple months later, I took him to see The Dead South, opened by Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (who I've liked for a while and bizarrely played a part in my divorce). Good show, but Jason admitted I was right about that bit before.

At the end of the summer, I went and saw Phish with my girlfriend. Never really been a fan, but after that concert, I get it. It was so unbearably hot that I turned down Molly (shrooms were more than enough anyway), the brief rain that came down at one point was glorious, and making my way to and through the bathroom between sets was one of the weirdest experiences of my life (guy next to me at one point asked if I thought the set was shorter because of him, and I said, "nah, man. You look about average height to me).

There would've been one more, but Viagra Boys cancelled their show here at the end of the month, which is really disappointing.
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