Live Music Reviews and Photographs / NYC, Buffalo, Toronto, Pittsburgh
Back in 2010, I used to listen to WRXP, the only alternative rock station in the NYC area. They had a number of online contests for free tickets to some shows, one of which was Company of Thieves at the Studio at Webster Hall. The only song I had heard of a little was "Oscar …
Continue reading "WRXP present Company of Thieves – Mar 9, 2010"
It was a regular work day from my home office when I found out that Sick Puppies had space for one more person in their live webcast. Rushing down to the EMI office down in the Flatiron district, I found myself waiting with about 9 others. We were ushered into a smallish room with 3 …
Continue reading "Sick Puppies webcast and private show – Feb 9, 2010"
Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr...what more is there to say, right? But what did I know about them before this show? Only the songs I knew from playing the video game Rock Band! Of course I had heard of these bands but didn't know the music very well. But what the hell...each concert is a brand …
Continue reading "Sonic Youth and why I wish I had ear plugs – Nov 21, 2009"
Amy Lee and Evanescence took a hiatus after their Open Door tour. In October 2009, Evanescence announced that they would hold a one-off concert at the Grand Ballroom (Hammerstein) on November 4th in NYC to get back into the swing of things and before they work on new music. Through the fan club, they were …
Continue reading "Evanescence Returns to pandemonium at Grand Ballroom! – Nov 4, 2009"
Saturday morning, October 11, 2009. Nothing better to do but check out what shows are playing. Turns out Kylie Minogue is in town and it's her first US performance EVER!! I remembered Kylie with "The Loco-Motion" from back in the 80s and that she had dated the late Michael Hutchence from INXS. Didn't hear from …
Continue reading "Kylie Minogue plays first ever US show at Hammerstein – Oct 11, 2009"
Up to this point, I was a concert attendee and occasional photographer. The only exception was my participation with the Sick Puppies World Crew. With the next show, I started filming as well as collecting memorabilia. Since I started to follow concerts more closely, I discovered ways of getting free tickets. In 2009, ticket giveaways …
Continue reading "The Next Stage – Silversun Pickups at iHeartRadio – July 31, 2009"
I saw this show completely by accident. I don't remember why I was walking downtown but I was headed down Broadway when I saw that the police were starting to close down the streets near the Ed Sullivan Theater. I asked an officer why they were shutting the street down and he told me that …
Continue reading "Paul McCartney Plays the marquee at the Ed Sullivan Theater – July 15, 2009"
I indoctrinated my 9 yr old daughter into the wonderful world of concerts in 2007 with two Duran Duran shows. As with all children, they are "forced" to listen to all the music their parents listened to. This included a ton of 80s "new wave". My daughter got a heavy dose of Duran Duran during …
While I attended an REM concert at Jones Beach in 2003 and an Erasure concert at Irving Plaza in 2005, it wasn't until I attended two Robin Hood Foundation shows that I caught the concert bug. The first was a Rolling Stones show at Radio City Music Hall. The B52s opened and the crowd didn't …
I didn't attend many concerts when I was younger. Besides a few one-off concerts back in the 80s and 90s, I didn't start really going to concerts until the mid-2000s. Perhaps it's my mid-life crisis, concerts being my sports car or motorcycle. Either way, the number of concerts have grown from once a year back …