1. Ryley Walker / Ben Lamar Gay and Quin Kirchner / Sam Prekop - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL - 1/5/2025 2. Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home* / Midnight Miles - The Burlington - Chicago, IL - 4/12/2025 3. Party'z / Joie de Vivre / Hi Ho - Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL - 5/23/2025 4. Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home* / Big Loser / Sad House Guest / Weakling - The Burlington - Chicago, IL - 5/28/2025 5. The Wonder Years / Kevin Devine - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL - 5/29/2025 6. Adjy / Power Pup / Slow Riser - Cole's Bar - Chicago, IL - 6/6/2025 7. Better Love / Calico Loco / Sweet Bike - Schuba’s - Chicago, IL - 6/27/2025 8. Winona Fighter - Q101 Lounge - Chicago, IL - 7/17/2025 9. Pelafina* - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL - 7/31/2025 10. Olivia Rodrigo / Bleachers / T-Pain / Orla Gartland / Otoboke Beaver - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL - 8/1/2025 11. Thomas Nicholas Band* - Dunes Pavilion - Chesterton, IN - 8/2/2025 12. Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home* - Burlington - Chicago, IL - 8/9/2025 13. LA and the Underdogs* - Captain's Quarters - Antioch, IL - 8/16/2025 14. Blink-182 / Knocked Loose / Rilo Kiley / Sparks / The Hold Steady / Shudder To Think / Touché Amore / Marianas Trench / Big Ass Truck IE / Harrison Gordon / La Rosa Noir / Shonen Knife - Riot Fest - Chicago, IL - 9/19/2025 15. Jack White / Knuckle Puck / Bouncing Souls / James - Riot Fest - Chicago, IL - 9/20/2025 16. Green Day / The Academy Is... / Texas Is the Reason / The Wonder Years / Dehd / Lambrini Girls / The Ataris / The Paradox / Weakened Friends - Riot Fest - Chicago, IL - 9/21/2025 17. Laura Stevenson / Oceanator - Schuba's - Chicago, IL - 10/2/2025 18. Future Teens / Adjy / Maura Weaver - Reggie's - Chicago, IL - 10/24/2025 19. Boys Night Out / Park / Rosecoloredworld - Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL - 11/1/2025 20. Bear Vs Shark / Signals Midwest / Eck! - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL - 11/8/2025 21. Regular Oatmeal / Sad Witches / Dutch Cove / Pelafina* - Cubby Bear - Chicago, IL - 11/21/2025 22. Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home* - Cometogetherspace - Bloomington, IL - 11/22/2025 23. Foxing / Pool Kids - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL - 12/4/2025 24. Yellowcard / The Paradox - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL - 12/11/2025 * = I performed
so far - (all are local unless noted as travel). 1/19 - 156/Silence 1/21 - 070 Shake 2/12 - High Fade 2/20 - Biig Piig (Glasgow, UK) 3/25 - Last Dinosaurs 3/29 - Imminence / Landmarks 7/23 - Jacks Mannequin / Soco / etc. (Redrocks but probably won't be able to attend but have a ticket held for me). 9/26 - Pierce the Veil / Hot Mulligan (Glasgow, UK)
Only four shows planned so far for 2025. 2024 was a good year a shows for me, so I can’t wait for 2025! So far I have tix for The Get Ups Kids, two nights of They Might Be Giants and then OASIS
will I update this thread and my spreadsheet this year? who can say. January: 01/05: A NEVER ENDING EXPLOSION @ Bim Bom Studios 01/24: Jack Tecca / Iniquitous @ Meet & Whiskey February: 02/07: Toro Y Moi / Panda Bear / Nourished By Time @ Salt Shed 02/11: Silverstein / Thursday / Arms Length / Split Chain @ Concord 02/12: Julianna Barwick @ Salt Shed [played a set before a screening of The Tree of Life] 02/22: Horsegirl / Lifeguard / Answering Machines @ Metro 02/25: Comeback Kid / Cancer Bats / Orthodox @ Bottom Lounge 02/26: Clock Club / Max Duggan @ The Hideout March: 03/01: Model/Actriz @ Thalia Hall 03/06: Destroy//Slay / GS70 @ Liar's Club 03/14: Slap Bunt / Type Shit / Broken Left Foot @ Cubby Bear 03/26: Jake Leech / wøunds @ Hideout 03/27: Kelly Lee Owens @ Metro 03/29: The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die / Atomic Life / meth. @ Subterranean April: 04/03: Macie Stewart @ Constellation 04/04: Daniel Lanois / Lia Kohl @ Epiphany Center for the Arts 04/06: Anxious / Ultra Q / Stateside @ Cobra Lounge 04/10: claire rousay and More Eaze @ International Museum of Surgical Science 04/12: Blind Adam and the Federal League / Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home / Midnight Miles @ Burlington 04/19: Everyone Asked About You @ Metro 04/19: NAXÖ / A. Parssi / MNSA @ Sleeping Village 04/22: Poison the Well / Glassjaw / Better Lovers @ Salt Shed May: 05/02: Japanese Breakfast @ Salt Shed 05/03: Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home / others @ Reckless Saint 05/03: Prostitute @ Sleeping Village 05/05: Deafheaven @ Metro 05/07: Ichiko Aoba / Gia Margaret @ Thalia Hall 05/11: Converge / Stress Positions @ Bottom Lounge 05/15: Lia Kohl @ Union Station 05/21: Bartees Strange / Sloppy Jane @ Thalia Hall 05/23: Party'z / Joie De Vivre / Hi Ho @ Cobra Lounge 05/24: Matt Berninger / Ronboy @ Thalia Hall 05/28: Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home @ Burlington 05/29: The Wonder Years and the Little Kruta String Ensemble / Kevin Devine @ Thalia Hall June: 06/08: Lakeview Orchestra @ Athaeneum Center 06/09: Arm's Length / Charmer / Wakelee @ Bottom Lounge July: 07/10: Lia Kohl/Finnegan/Long/Shiroishi / Kohl/Shiroishi Duo @ Hungry Brain 07/11: Ganser / Plum @ Kilbourn Park 07/13: Patrick Shiroishi @ Experimental Sound Studio 07/18: Les Savy Fav @ West Fest 07/30: Macie Stewart @ Hungry Brain 07/31: Pelafina @ Empty Bottle August: 08/09: LatorGator / Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home / Best Noodles in Town / Bottom Bracket @ Burlington 08/20: Nine Inch Nails / Boys Noize @ United Center 08/29: My Chemical Romance / DEVO @ Soldier Field September: 09/12: Haim @ United Center 09/14: Vines / Kara-Lis Coverdale / Windy and Carl / Suzanne Ciani @ Garfield Park Conservatory 09/15: Arooj Aftab / John Carroll Kirby / Tim Hecker @ Garfield Park Conservatory 09/18: Lady Gaga @ United Center 09/19: Riot Fest 09/20: Riot Fest 09/21: Riot Fest 09/25: wøunds / Formants @ Ramova Lofts 09/27: Godspeed You! Black Emperor / Dry Cleaning @ Bohemian National Cemetery October: 10/02: Laura Stevenson / Oceanator @ Schubas 10/03: AFI / TR/ST @ Salt Shed 10/10: The Downtown Struts / Typesetter / Bradley Palermo @ Sleeping Village 10/24: Future Teens / Adjy / Maura Weaver @ Reggie's 10/30: Murder By Death / AJJ @ Belly Up Tavern November: 11/07: Patrick Shiroishi / M. Sage @ Constellation 11/08: Bear Vs. Shark / Signals Midwest / Eck! @ Thalia Hall 11/20: Thursday / Free Throw / Bloom @ Pyramid Scheme 11/21: Regular Oatmeal / Sad Witches / Dutch Cove / Pelafina @ Cubby Bear 11/22: Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home @ cometogetherspace 11/30: claire rousay / Zander Raymond @ Constellation December: 12/01: Snocaps / Cloakroom @ Thalia Hall 12/04: Foxing / Pool Kids @ Thalia Hall 12/07: Dijon @ Salt Shed 12/09: Andrew Bird / Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart @ Fourth Presbyterian Church 12/11: Yellowcard / The Paradox @ Aragon Ballroom 12/12: The Armed / Prostitute @ Thalia Hall 12/13 (afternoon): blood pact scout / Velleitie / greyout / Casts / _w/o_ / lostvisions @ Living Water Tea Shop 12/13 (evening): Jay Som @ Lincoln Hall 12/14: Pet Symmetry / Joie De Vivre @ Beat Kitchen (missed bottom bracket and empire! empire!, sadly)
1) Hans Zimmer - Barclays Center 2) Jack White w/ Gustaf - Kings Theatre 3) David Newman and New York Philharmonic (Back to the Future in Concert) - David Geffen Hall 4) Arcade Fire (SNL) - Studio 8H 5) Halsey w/ Alvvays / Sir Chloe - PNC Bank Arts Center 6) Olivia Rodrigo (The Governors Ball Music Festival) - Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7) LINKIN PARK w/ PVRIS - Barclays 8) My Chemical Romance w/ Death Cab for Cutie / Thursday - MetLife Stadium 9) The Who w/ The Boxmasters - Prudential Center 10) Lady Gaga - Madison Square Garden 11) Coheed and Cambria / Taking Back Sunday w/ Foxing - PNC 12) James Taylor and His All-Star Band w/ Tiny Habits - PNC 13) Oasis w/ Cage The Elephant / Cast - MetLife 14) blink-182 w/ Alkaline Trio / Beauty School Dropout - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 15) HAIM w/ Fcukers (DJ Set) - MSG 16) The Beaches w/ Debbii Dawson - Webster Hall 17) Taking Back Sunday w/ Origami Angel / Kayleigh Goldsworthy - Starland Ballroom
Attended: February 1st & 2nd - Something In The Way Fest @ The Roadrunner, Boston, MA (Bands Seen : Gouge Away, MSPaint, Ovlov, Sweet Pill, Anxious, American Football, Balance & Composure, Wishy, Portrayal of Guilt, Mini Trees, Glare, Weakened Friends, Militarie Gun, One Step Closer, Mannequin Pussy, Fiddlehead, Slowdive) March 26th - Cloakroom @ Deep Cuts, Medford, MA April 8th - Deftones w/ The Mars Volta & Fleshwater @ TD Garden, Boston, MA Thursday, May 8th - Stavros Halkias w/ JP McDade @ Hampton Casino Ballroom, Hampton, NH (SOLD OUT) Tuesday, May 13th - Deafheaven w/ Gatecreeper & Trauma Ray @ Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA Saturday, May 17th - Superheaven w/ Glare, SPY, & Prize Horse @ The Royale, Boston, MA Wednesday, June 11th - Turnover w/ Citizen & Keep @ HOB, Boston, MA (SOLD OUT) Friday, July 18th - Nothing w/ Whirr & Glare @ The Royale, Boston, MA Monday, July 21st - Orchid Mantis w/ Wulfer @ Warehouse XI, Somerville, MA Thursday, September 4th - Somos @ The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA Wednesday, September 10th - Alex G @ The Roadrunner, Boston, MA Saturday, September 20th - Turnstile w/ Mannequin Pussy, Speed & Jane Remover @ The Stage At Suffolk Downs, Boston, MA Saturday, October 18th - Moving Mountains @ The Rockwell, Somerville, MA Tuesday, October 21st - Conner O'Malley @ The Wilbur, Boston, MA Sunday, December 7th - Fiddlehead w/ Corrective Measure, Quick to Judge, FFO: Chillin @ Geno's Rock Club Portland, ME (SOLD OUT)
1. Snõõper, KUMITE, Inner Peace, Second Spirit @ The Basement East - 1/12/2025 Upcoming 1/18 - Cameron Winter @ Sleeping Village 1/24 - Geordie Greep @ The Blue Room 1/25 - MJ Lenderman @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
Upcoming: 3/15: Sevendust @ Tropicana Casino 4/2: Disturbed @ Wells Fargo Center 5/3: Djo @ Franklin Music Hall 5/23, 5/25: Metallica @ Lincoln Financial Field 8/15: My Chemical Romance @ Citizens Bank Park 8/27: System of a Down & Korn @ MetLife Stadium
Upcoming: 5/10 - Converge/The Armed/Harms Way @ Lincoln Factory 5/21 - Wormrot @ Sanctuary 5/30 - Los Campesinos @ The King of Clubs 6/13 - HORSE the band @ Magic Bag
2/28 - The Sun Kings (local Beatles cover band) 3/15 - Anberlin, Copeland, Spitalfield 4/3 - Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, August Burns Red 4/5 - Poison The Well, Glassjaw, Better Lovers, Teenage Wrist 4/15 - BBMak …and many more to come
First half of the year is done for me, I got nothing in the upcoming weeks. Probs my next show will be TDWP or Gracie Abrams in August. 1. Frank Turner/LngSht @ Fronton México - 01/25 2. Linkin Park/AFI @ Estadio GNP - 01/31 3. AFI @ House of Vans - 02/01 * ^ 4 The Warning @ Aufitorio Nacional - 02/06 5. Twenty One Pilots/Balu Brigada @ Estadio GNP - 02/20 * 06. Swmrs @ Foro La Paz - 02/23 * 07. Swmrs @ House of Vans - 02/28 08. Titans Of Metal Fest - 03/01 (WASP, Cavalera, Fear Factory, Six Feet Under, Lovebites) 09. Lauren Mayberry @ Foro Puebla - 03/04 ^ 10. Royal Republic @ House of Vans - 03/14 * 11. Girl in Red @ Pepsi Center WTC - 03/15 12. Vive Latino (Día 2) - 03/16 (Sepultura, Keane, Zoé, División Minuscula, Mon Laferte, Kikuo, Usted Señalemeo) 13. Tate McRae @ Pepsi Center WTC - 03/18 14. Municipal Waste @ House of Vans - 03/20 15. Incubus @ Velodromo Olimpico - 03/21 16. Hot Mulligan @ Foro La Piedad - 03/27 17. Olivia Rodrigo/St. Vincent @ Estadio GNP - 04/02 18. Ceremonia (Día 1) - 04/05 (Charli XCX, Barry Can't Swim, Tomorrow x Together, The Dare, Magdalena Bay) 19. Snõõper/Intermission/Band Argument @ The Casbah - 04/12 20. Together Pangea/Prison Affair @ El Rey Theatre - 04/14 21. Speed/HiTech/Leave No Doubt @ Roxy Theatre - 04/15 22. Hope Tala/alici @ Music Box - 04/16 23. Coachella (Día 1) - 04/18 (Lady Gaga, The Prodigy*, Miike Snow, LISA, A. G. Cook, Kneecap, The Go-Go's, Julie, SAINt JHN, vs self) 24. Coachella (Día 2) - 04/19 (Misfits*, Green Day*, Clairo, Charli XCX, Gustavo Dudamel & LA Phil, Sam Fender, Viagra Boys, Jimmy Eat World, Ed Sheeran, Medium Build, Prison Affair) 25. Coachella (Dia 3) - 04/20 (XG, Amyl and the Sniffers, Snow Strippers, Jennie, Junior H, Still Woozy, Soft Play, Wisp, Bob Vylan, Kumo 99) 26. Lady Gaga @ Estadio GNP - 04/27 27. Paleface Swiss @ Circo Volador - 04/29 * 28. Touché Amoré @ Fuck Off Room - 05/01 ^ 29. Pitchfork Festival CDMX (Día 1) - 05/02 (Black Country New Road, Silvana Estrada, Rodrigo Amarante) 30. Pitchfork Festival CDMX (Día 2) - 05/03 (Beth Gibbons, Earl Sweatshirt, Machine Girl) 31. Festival Emblema (Día 1) - 05/16 (The B-52s, Sofi Tukker, Natasha Bedingfield) 32. Festival Emblema (Día 2) - 05/17 (Alanis Morissette, James Bay, Kaia Lana, Becky Hill) 33. Laufey @ Teatro Metropolitan - 05/27 ^ 34. Nu Metal Revolution - 05/31 (Machine Head, Powerman 5000, Orgy, A.N.I.M.A.L., Non Point, Here Comes The Kraken) 35. Saosin @ Foro Indie Rocks - 06/05 36. The Wonder Years @ Foro La Paz - 06/06 * ^ 37. Festival Dia Libre - 06/07 (Saves The Day ^, The Wonder Years, State Champs, Saosin, Angel Du$t, Scowl, Joyce Manor, The Early November) * means I got guitar picks ^ means I got autographs
Yesterday I went to my last 2 shows of the year. Knotfest Mexico and then left before the headliners to go see Destroy Boys (Im too old to hop between shows). Here is my full list: 1. Frank Turner/Lng-Sht @ Fronton México - 01/25 2. Linkin Park/AFI @ Estadio GNP - 01/31 3. AFI @ House of Vans - 02/01 * 4 The Warning @ Auditorio Nacional - 02/06 5. Twenty One Pilots/Balu Brigada @ Estadio GNP - 02/20 * 06. Swmrs @ Foro La Paz - 02/23 * 07. Swmrs @ House of Vans - 02/28 08. Titans Of Metal Fest - 03/01 (WASP, Cavalera, Fear Factory, Six Feet Under, Lovebites) 09. Lauren Mayberry @ Foro Puebla - 03/04 10. Royal Republic @ House of Vans - 03/14 * 11. Girl in Red @ Pepsi Center WTC - 03/15 12. Vive Latino (Día 2) - 03/16 (Sepultura, Keane, Zoé, División Minuscula, Mon Laferte, Kikuo, Usted Señalemeo) 13. Tate McRae @ Pepsi Center WTC - 03/18 14. Municipal Waste @ House of Vans - 03/20 15. Incubus @ Velodromo Olimpico - 03/21 16. Hot Mulligan @ Foro La Piedad - 03/27 17. Olivia Rodrigo/St. Vincent @ Estadio GNP - 04/02 18. Ceremonia (Día 1) - 04/05 (Charli XCX, Barry Can't Swim, Tomorrow x Together, The Dare, Magdalena Bay) 19. Snõõper/Intermission/Band Argument @ The Casbah - 04/12 20. Together Pangea/Prison Affair @ El Rey Theatre - 04/14 21. Speed/HiTech/Leave No Doubt @ Roxy Theatre - 04/15 22. Hope Tala/alici @ Music Box - 04/16 23. Coachella (Día 1) - 04/18 (Lady Gaga, The Prodigy*, Miike Snow, LISA, A. G. Cook, Kneecap, The Go-Go's, Julie, SAINt JHN, vs self) 24. Coachella (Día 2) - 04/19 (Misfits*, Green Day*, Clairo, Charli XCX, Gustavo Dudamel & LA Phil, Sam Fender, Viagra Boys, Jimmy Eat World, Ed Sheeran, Medium Build, Prison Affair) 25. Coachella (Dia 3) - 04/20 (XG, Amyl and the Sniffers, Snow Strippers, Jennie, Junior H, Still Woozy, Soft Play, Wisp, Bob Vylan, Kumo 99) 26. Lady Gaga @ Estadio GNP - 04/27 27. Paleface Swiss @ Circo Volador - 04/29 * 28. Touché Amoré @ Fuck Off Room - 05/01 29. Pitchfork Festival CDMX (Día 1) - 05/02 (Black Country New Road, Silvana Estrada, Rodrigo Amarante) 30. Pitchfork Festival CDMX (Día 2) - 05/03 (Beth Gibbons, Earl Sweatshirt, Machine Girl) 31. Festival Emblema (Día 1) - 05/16 (The B-52s, Sofi Tukker, Natasha Bedingfield) 32. Festival Emblema (Día 2) - 05/17 (Alanis Morissette, James Bay, Kaia Lana, Becky Hill) 33. Laufey @ Teatro Metropolitan - 05/27 34. Nu Metal Revolution - 05/31 (Machine Head, Powerman 5000, Orgy, A.N.I.M.A.L., Non Point, Here Comes The Kraken) 35. Saosin @ Foro Indie Rocks - 06/05 36. The Wonder Years @ Foro La Paz - 06/06 * 37. Festival Dia Libre - 06/07 (Saves The Day, The Wonder Years, State Champs, Saosin, Angel Du$t, Scowl, Joyce Manor, The Early November) 38. Tiny Moving Parts @ Foro La Piedad - 07/04 39. Allison/Say Ocean @ Pepsi Center WTC - 07/12 40. Wolf Alice @ Foro Indie Rocks - 07/17 41. Lindsey Stirling @ Auditorio Nacional - 08/04 42. The Devil Wears Prada @ Circo Volador - 08/08 43. Gracie Abrams/Role Model @ Pepsi Center WTC - 08/27 44. Neck Deep @ Auditorio BB - 09/02 45. Boston Manor @ Foro La Piedad - 09/05 46. Kamasi Washington @ Pepsi Center WTC - 09/10 47. Oasis/Cage The Elephant @ Estadio GNP - 09/12 48. Kendrick Lamar/Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso @ Estadio GNP - 09/23 49. Ghost @ Palacio de los Deportes - 09/24 50. Imminence @ Circo Volador - 09/30 51. Big Thief @ Teatro Metropolitan - 10/01 52. Poppy @ Auditorio BB - 10/12 53. Hozier/Amble @ Palacio de los Deportes - 10/14* 54. The Lumineers @ Pepsi Center WTC - 10/17* 55. Skillet @ Pepsi Center WTC - 10/19 56. Underoath/Oceans Ate Alaska @ Foro 28 - 10/24 57. We Missed Ourselves Festival - 10/25 (Beartooth*, Underoath, Senses Fail*, We Came As Romans, Memphis May Fire, I Set My Friends on Fire, Oceans Ate Alaska) 58. Festival Hipnosis (Día 1) - 11/01 (Molchat Doma, Pavement, Japanese Breakfast, Panchiko, Geordie Greep, Utro) 59. Festival Hipnosis (Día 2) - 11/02 (Austin TV, Deafheaven, Crumb) 60. Keane @ Teatro Metropolitan - 11/04 61. Phoenix @ Auditorio BB - 11/05 62. Corona Capital (Día 1) - 11/14 (Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Franz Ferdinand, Lucy Dacus, Kaiser Chiefs, 4 Non Blondes, Jet, Bad Bad Hats) 63. Corona Capital (Día 2) - 11/15 (Chappell Roan, Vampire Weekend, Aurora, Jehnny Beth, Mogwai, The Struts, Haute & Freddy, Cults) 64. Corona Capital (Día 3) - 11/16 (Linkin Park, Deftones, Weezer, AFI, Kadavar) 65. Foster The People @ Pepsi Center WTC - 11/25 66. Sigur Rós @ Auditorio Nacional - 11/26 67. Limp Bizkit*/Bullet for my Valentine/311/Ecca Vandal/Riff Raff/Slay Squad @ Estadio Fray Nano - 11/29 68. Pierce The Veil/Health @ Pepsi Center WTC - 11/30 69. Shonen Knife @ Fuck Off Room - 12/04 70. As I Lay Dying, Nathan James, Here Comes The Kraken, Desthmask @ Foro 28 - 12/05 71. Knotfest México (Slaughter to Prevail, Shinedown, Wage War, Hanabie, Fit for an Autopsy) - 12/06 72. Destroy Boys @ Foro La Paz - 12/06 Also, not sure if folks in here likes to collect guitar picks but here are the ones I got this year.
1. David Koechner 2. The Armed 3. Noveltysongs 4. Flycatcher 5. Mudwhale/Manor Gates 6. Foxy Shazam 7. Dad Caps 8. Turnover 9. NAILS/Terror 10. Stoop Fest (AJJ/Bad Bad Hats/Apes of the State/Cheem/etc) 11. The Wonder Years/Kevin Devine 12. Tied Down (Turnstile/Speed/Fiddlehead/Sanguisugabogg/etc) 13. Bloc Party/Blonde Redhead 14. The Killers/Cold War Kids/Motion City Soundtrack/Torres/etc) 15. I Prevail/Beartooth/Killswitch Engage/Parkway Drive 16. Foreigner/Loverboy/Night Ranger 17. AJR/Goth Babe 18. Barenaked Ladies/Sugar Ray/Fastball 19. Third Eye Blind/Tigers Jaw/Low Phase 20. The Struts/Dirty Honey 21. Shane Gillis/Sam Morril/Sam Tallent 22. Simple Plan/3OH!3/Bowling for Soup/Lolo 23. Billy Idol/Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 24. The Story So Far/Neck Deep/Origami Angel/Pain of Truth 25. Riot Fest (Green Day, Blink 182, Weezer, etc) 26. The B-52's/Devo/Lene Lovich 27. Aqua/Lu Kala 28. Letlive/Vanna 29. A Day to Remember/Yellowcard/The Wonder Years 30. John Waters 31. Whitechapel/Bodysnatcher/Angelmaker/Disembodied Tyrant
Attended: Make Them Suffer/Like Moths to Flames/Windwaker/Aviana @ The Underground in Charlotte on 3/7 The Acacia Strain/Bodysnatcher/Ingrown/Tribal Gaze/No Cure @ The Underground in Charlotte on 8/17 Kublai Khan TX/Drain/Gideon/Guilt Trip @ House of Blues in Myrtle Beach on 10/5 Warped Tour in Orlando on 11/15-11/16 Not nearly as many shows as I would’ve liked, but that’s kinda what happens when have to spend 11k+ on car repairs. 2026 should be a lot busier for me. Already have a ticket to see The Wonder Years in Philly.
Spiritbox/Loathe/Dying Wish (Sylvee in Madison) Sleep Theory/Nevertel/Stray View (House of Blues in Chicago) Bad Omens/Spiritbox/We Came As Romans (Summerfest in Milwaukee) Hatebreed/Bleeding Through/Gridiron/Gore (Summer Slaughter in Milwaukee) Ice Nine Kills/Dayseeker/The Funeral Portrait/Kim Dracula (Rust Belt in East Moline) Architects/Erra/Holywatr (Riviera Theater in Chicago) Bleeding Through with a bunch of local openers (The End in Nashville) Evanescence/Poppy/Sleep Theory (Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee) Cartel/Macseal/Hunny (The Rave in Milwaukee) AFI/TRST (The Sylvee in Madison) Dayseeker/The Funeral Portrait/ded (The Rave in Milwaukee) Emo Night cover band show in Madison (The Majestic in Madison) Fit For A King/Make Them Suffer/156 Silence/Spite (Riviera Theater in Chicago) Trivium/Jinjer (The Rave in Milwaukee) Story of the Year/Senses Fail/Armor For Sleep (The Rave in Milwaukee)
I've got a big list this year across a bunch of genres: Counterparts/Pain of Truth/Malevolence/Foreign Hands - 3/21 Heart/Cheap Trick - 3/31 Free Throw/Ben Quad/Harrison Gordon - 4/14 Chase Petra/Small Crush/Sorry Mom - 4/17 Pierce the Veil/Sleeping With Sirens/Daisy Grenade - 5/25 AC/DC/The Pretty Reckless - 5/28 Stray Kids - 6/6 Vans Warped Tour - 6/14, 6/15 Julia Wolf/Worry Club/Ellis - 6/16 Forever Came Calling/Calling All Captains/Rematch/Old Neon - 6/20 Avril Lavigne/Simple Plan/We the Kings - 6/26 Origami Angel/Saturdays at Your Place/Combat - 6/28 Ghost - 7/18 Boundaries/Stick to Your Guns/Gates to Hell/Psycho-Frame - 7/27 Deftones/Phantogram/The Barbarians of California - -9/1 Mico/Vaultboy - 9/11 Knuckle Puck/Set Your Goals/Koyo/Hit the Lights/Millington/Rematch - 9/12 Four Chord Fest Day 1 - 9/13 Twenty One Pilots/Dayglow - 9/28 Logic/Oliver Tree/Super Computer/T Man the Wizard/Hermit - 10/4 STAYC - 10/16 Like Moths to Flames/Kingdom of Giants/Acres/Heavensgate - 10/25 Hot Mulligan/Drug Church/Arm's Length/Anxious - 11/1
3/21 - poppy 4/25 - Spiritbox, loathe, dying wish 4/26 - bullet for my valentine, trivium, August burns red, bleed from within 5/1 - Linkin park, grandson 7/12 - kesha 7/13 - summer of loud festival 7/22 - the warning, speed of light 7/31-8/3 - lollapalooza 7/31 - bleachers lolla aftershow 8/11 - Linkin park, pvris 8/21 - rise against acoustic set 8/28 - oasis, Cage the elephant 8/29 - my chemical romance, Devo 9/1 - System of a Down, avenged sevenfold, polyphia, wisp 9/19-9/21 - riot fest 9/20 - senses fail riot fest late night aftershow 9/26 - turnstile, mannequin pussy, speed, Jane remover 9/27 - papa roach, rise against, underoath 10/3 - Chappell roan, Japanese breakfast 10/9 - from ashes to new 10/10 - Addison Rae 12/2 - story of the year, senses fail, armor for sleep
1/25 - Slowdive 1/28 - Sum 41/PUP/Gob 1/29 - Wunderhorse 2/27 - Counterparts 2/21 - Father John Misty 2/25 - Thrown 2/28 - Inhaler 3/20 - Movements/Citizen 4/23 - Spiritbox/Loathe 4/27 - Turnover/Balance & Composure/TIgers Jaw 5/1 - PUP 5/3 - Silent Planet/Invent Animate 5/4 - Trivium/BFMV/August Burns Red/Bleed From Within 5/7 - Magdalena Bay 5/8 - Deafheaven 5/14 - Superheaven 5/24 - Samia 6/11 - Arm's Length/Charmer 7/13 - PUP 7/14 - PUP 7/17 - PUP/Jeff Rosenstock 7/18 - PUP 7/30 - Bilmuri 8/1 - TV on the Radio 8/8 - Linkin Park 8/14 - Architects 8/15 - The OBGMs 8/22 - MCR 8/23 - NIN 8/24 - Oasis 8/27 - The Dirty Nil/Ben Quad 9/3 - System of a Down/Deftones/Polyphia/Wisp 9/15 - Ethel Cain 9/22 - Cartel 9/27 - Glare 10/3 - Sam Fender 10/30 - Hot Mulligan/Arm's Length/Drug Church/Anxious 11/4 - Thrice 12/4 - Cleopatrick/The OBGMs 12/12 - PUP 12/13 - PUP
Done for the year, just keeping tabs of my 2026 stuff until some one makes a new thread: Monday February 2nd - Seahaven w/ Flycatcher & Spin @ The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA Thursday, April 2nd - Nothing w/ Full Body 2, Cryogeyser, & VMO @ The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA Monday, April 6th - Angel Du$t w/ Death Threat, Outta Pocket, & Jivebomb @ The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2025 gigs I've attended Bullet For My Valentine/Trivium co headline with Orbit Culture opening. Tremonti Godsmack with P.O.D. and Drowning Pool supporting Bryan Adams Linkin Park with Spiritbox and JPEGmafia supporting Wednesday 13 Extreme Bryan Adams (again!!) with Mel C supporting Will Smith Poison The Well Atreyu with Eighteen Visions supporting Disturbed with Megadeth supporting (I was guest listed for it because of one my friends had the hook up after I asked them if they could put me on the guest list because I don't want to financially contribute to Disturbed themselves for the obvious reason and 20 mins later they texted me back saying your guest listed) Turnstile with The Garden and High Vis supporting Volbeat with Bush and Witch Fever supporting Drowning Pool/Spineshank co headline show with hed pe opening Halestorm with Bloodywood supporting Marmozets with Goo supporting Three Days Grace with Badflower supporting
2/28 - The Sun Kings (local Beatles tribute band) 3/15 - Anberlin w/ Spitalfield and Copeland 4/3 - Trivium & Bullet For My Valentine w/ Sylosis and August Burns Red 4/5 - Poison The Well w/ Teenage Wrist, Better Lovers, and Glassjaw 4/5 - Hemorage (local metal band, played out of the back of a U-Haul in front of the venue after the PTW show. it was awesome.) 4/15 - BBMak w/ Jessica Carter Altman 5/31 - Hoobastank & Everclear (San Mateo County Fair) 6/14 - Gym Class Heroes 6/16 & 6/17 - Bayside w/ Smoking Popes 6/20 - Metallica w/ Limp Bizkit (missed Ice Nine Kills after fracturing my knee in the stadium. Long story) 6/22 - Metallica w/ Suicidal Tendencies and Pantera 7/25 - Saosin & Chiodos w/ Games We Play 7/26 & 7/27 - Warped Tour Long Beach 8/6 - Nine Inch Nails w/ Boys Noize 8/9 - Creed w/ Mammoth WVH & Sevendust 8/12 - Simple Plan w/ Lolo, Bowling For Soup, & 3oh!3 8/30 & 8/31 - The Offspring w/ New Found Glory & Jimmy Eat World 9/6 - 98 Degrees 9/15 - Linkin Park w/ JPEGMAFIA 9/27 - Chevelle w/ Dead Poet’s Society and Asking Alexandria 10/2 through 10/5 - Aftershock Festival 10/9 - Cartel w/ Macseal and Hunny 10/23 - The Starting Line w/ Superworld and Finch 11/21 - Jack’s Mannequin w/ Illuminati Hotties