My Year In Live Music

People always comment to me that I go to "a lot of concerts", but the reality is that I only went to 45 shows this year. To some people that might be a lot, but considering there are 365 days in a year, I really didn't spend that much time at live concerts. Anyway, here is a list of what I saw:

1. Metallica w/ Machine Head 1/31 Prudential Center Newark, NJ
2. Metallica w/ Machine Head 2/1 Prudential Center Newark, NJ
3. The Black Keys w/ The Heartless Bastards 2/7 Terminal 5 New York, NY
4. Lucero 2/8 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
5. Los Campesinos! 2/15 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
6. Jimmy Eat World 2/23 Terminal 5 New York, NY
7. Tapes ‘N Tapes 2/25 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
8. Jason Isbell 2/26 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
9. Scion Rock Fest 2/28 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
10. Hall & Oates 3/2 Irving Plaza New York, NY
11. Kreator 4/8 Nokia Theatre New York, NY
12. Dredg/Torche 4/19 Highline Ballroom New York, NY
13. Russian Circles 4/27 Maxwell’s Hoboken, NJ
14. Melvins 5/15 Webster Hall New York, NY
15. Isis w/ Pelican and Tombs 6/2 Irving Plaza New York, NY
16. Jane’s Addiction w/ Nine Inch Nails 6/6 PNC Arts Center Holmdel, NJ
17. Patterson Hood and The Screwtopians 6/24 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
18. Dinosaur Jr. 6/25 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
19. Explosions In The Sky 6/30 Central Park Summerstage New York, NY
20. Frank Turner 7/9 DC’s Hoboken, NJ
21. Summer Slaughter Tour 7/20 Irving Plaza New York, NY
22. Paul McCartney 7/21 Citi Field New York, NY
23. Deer Tick 7/24 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
24. Torche 7/26 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
25. Green Day 7/27 Madison Square Garden New York, NY
26. Ratt w/ Extreme 7/28 Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, NY
27. AC/DC 7/31 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ
28. The Bouncing Souls 8/20 Webster Hall New York, NY
29. Nine Inch Nails 8/25 Terminal 5 New York, NY
30. Kings Of Leon 9/12 Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ
31. U2 9/23 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ
32. Sunny Day Real Estate 9/27 Terminal 5 New York, NY
33. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 9/29 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
34. Bruce Springsteen 9/30 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ
35. Them Crooked Vultures 10/1 Stubb’s Austin, TX
36. Deer Tick 10/2 Emo’s Jr. Austin, TX
37. Austin City Limits Festival 10/2-4 Zilker Park Austin, TX
38. The Gaslight Anthem 10/15 Terminal 5 New York, NY
39. Mastodon/Converge 10/30 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY
40. The Black Dahlia Murder/Skeletonwitch/Toxic Holocaust/Trap Them 11/3 The Crazy Donkey Farmingdale, NY
41. Wolfmother/The Heartless Bastards 11/9 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
42. Metallica/Lamb Of God 11/14 Madison Square Garden New York, NY
43. Metallica/Lamb Of God/Volbeat 11/15 Madison Square Garden New York, NY
44. Pixies 11/23 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY
45. Pixies 11/24 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY