Here's my tentative schedule so far:

June 24 - OtR - Columbus
June 25 - OtR - Cinti (better? )
June 26 - OtR - Lexington

July 2 - Sting - Jones Beach Theatre (tix $135 each - I do love my wife)

July 6 - Cowboy Junkies & Shawn Colvin - Beacon Theatre NYC
July 9 - Cowboy Junkies - Glenside, PA

August 8 - Lucinda Williams - Northampton, MA
August 10 - Lucinda Williams - Central Park NYC
August 11 - Lucinda Williams - Oyster Bay Arboretum, Long Island
August 12 - Lucinda Williams - Bethlehem PA Musikfest

August 28-29 - Philly Folk Fest
(John Prine, Taj Mahal, Olabelle, Eliza Gilkyson & Natalie MacMaster)

May 7 - Ani Difranco
May 8 - Katie Reider
May 25 - Glen Phillips
May 29 - Prince
May 30 - Dido
June 4 - Mitch Hedberg
June 25 - Over the Rhine
July 16 - Incubus
July 25 - Sting & Annie Lennox
August 30 - Sarah Mclachlan

but that's only the ones I know of now...

I do know that Chroma Key is gonna tour soon... and the Ozric Tentacles are coming back stateside soon...

~fafs

My poor little schedule looks very small compared to the rest of you...I'll have to work up to it.

June 12 OTR

June 18 Ben Folds

August 14-15 Phish

September 24 OTR

(Not enough days off at this job...)

May 8th - Yes
May 20 - Velvet Revolver
June 24-25 - Over The Rhine


After that, who knows...depends on how many free tickets I can get to Freedom Hill Amphitheater this year. They're having the Indigo Girls, Counting Crows, Boston, and the Moody Blues, all of which I will go to if I can get the tickets.

I really wanted to go see Sarah but I can't afford it...and I don't really know anyone who would go with me to that. Some shows are ok to go to alone but that's something I really wish I could share with someone. *sigh*

::plugs ears and sings 'lalalalalalala'::


d.

It's gonna be a long summer listening to that, Deb.

it sooooooooo will be.

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhit

right now it's just the following:
Yes this Saturday
Van Halen in July (I know, it looks like a pattern, but it's not...really)
Skinny Puppy
Lollapalooza in August, as well as..
The Cure / Mogwai / Interpol / The Rapture (Curiosa Festival)
Sarah Mclachlan
maybe Patty Griffin / Emmylou Harris
and I've heard rumours that Indigo Girls are playing Freedom Hill, though I've not confirmed or looked into that.

and if OtR would get their asses up to Michigan more often than just the Christmas tour, i'd love to see them this summer too...(do wish lists count?)

hey brook,

what about zero 7?

Holy crap. I'll be there. If you see someone in an OTR shirt, it will most likely be me, so come say hi.



They are, and there's a good chance I can get some free tickets if you wanna go.

I do wanna go. when is it, and how does one go about obtaining these fabled "free tickets" you speak so freely of?

Well...first you have to promise to say hi to me if you see me on saturday, so I know who you are.

My dad's firm did all the legal crap for freedom hill, and they have some kind of sponsorship deal or something like that...but anyways, the office gets something like 24 tickets in the first couple rows for all the shows, so there's a good chance I can get a few for any of the shows there. I'm going to try to hit up the Indigo Girls, Boston, Counting Crows, and the Moody Blues, if anyone's interested in going with me.

Counting Crows? Moody Blues?

Why is Michigan so far away?!?!?!?!?!?!

Screw that...you should come see Yes with us on saturday and get your mind completely blown.

steve, we will go to counting crows with you.

Hey, you hear that Yes & Dream Theater are together touring this fall?? True true.

Yeah, and probably doing all the huge amphitheaters that they've done for the last couple of summers. *yawn*

If they were in a good venue I think it'd be a cool show, but I'm sure it will be at Pine Knob...a nutoriously bad Yes venue, from what I've read. I think that venue has drunk people that they hire to be drunk and obnoxious at every show, since they seem to be in far greater numbers there than any other venue i've ever seen.

I'll let you guys know about the freedom hill tickets though...i should know soon.

I don't remember all the dates, but these are the shows I either have tickets for or plan on buying:

Blondie
Sarah McLaughlin
Cowboy Junkies
Madonna
Emmylou/Patty/Gillian/David/Buddy and Julie
Prince (for the 2nd time....hear a 3rd show will be on sale soon and I can only hope my wallet allows me to buy tickets!)

I think that's it for now.

Rock On

Tickets for a 3rd Prince show are on sale this Saturday, noon. I think I will have to squeeze $80 for this one, too. The show last week was over the top. If you have the chance, don't miss this tour.

I'ma see 'im in Vegas. Should be groovy...

I love the term "over the top"... it makes me picture Prince fans hanging on to the rafters and being forced over the outer edge of the coliseum seating... and then falling into the parking lot onto Jaguars with fancy alarm systems, all the while the windshield wipers aren't being too effective...

geez... that got depressing really quick. SHAME ON YOU, otrfan!!! You're a sicko.

~fafs

Thus far, my only concert plans for the summer are
Sondre Leche: May 27th
Musicfest NW Sept 10th-12th

I'm sure I'll find some shows in between. I always do.

You need to add Jude to your list... he's coming to your town, AE2000...

http://www.judemusic.com/

I am seeing Josh Groban in St. Louis in July.

: )

What a voice! And such GREAT hair!

not much on my list

1.Dido in Philly
2.Purple Door Music Fest in Lewisberry, PA
(Over the Rhine, Blindside, Saxon Shore, O.C. Supertones, Denison Witmer, +)

Including Spring 2004, I've got the following planned:

Tickets in hand (or at will-call):
May 27 - Toronto - Cowboy Junkies
May 29 - Toronto - Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Mike & Margo Timmins, et al
June 3 - Brussels - Cowboy Junkies
June 4 - Frankfurt - Cowboy Junkies
June 6 - Berlin - Cowboy Junkies
June 7 - Amsterdam - Cowboy Junkies
August 25 - Cleveland - Emmy Lou Harris, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch, et al

Very likely:

July 3 - Hamilton, ON - Cowboy Junkies
July 17 - Cincy - Cowboy Junkies
July 20 - Rochester, MI - Cowboy Junkies & Shawn Colvin
August 26 - Cleveland - Sarah McLachlan

Possible:

June 5 - Berlin - Berlin Philharmoniker
June 24 or 25 - Columbus/Cincy - Over The Rhine

Who knows what else...

damn, i wish i could head over to Europe for shows.

There's so many bands I'd give anything to see who hardly ever or have never toured the U.S. (half of them don't even get their albums released here).

Have fun on your trip.

I wasn't sure where to put this so I picked this thread. I saw it and thought of Dan and Kylie. Not sure where Pleasant Ridge is, but you guys might.

mark your calendar for free Kim T. and Ric

Geez... It's a pain being poor.

I am *considering* seeing Sam Phillips in San Francisco tomorrow night. I would love to go, but it's an ordeal for me to be away from my family tomorrow night... We'll see.

Matt

oh snap!

isn't this her coffee house?

oh man, oh man.

Do it for me, Matt. She felt like skipping St. Louis this year.

I MAY be seeing Alanis Morissette in August with the Barenaked Ladies. I would totally be going to see Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, and Guster except I'll be out of the country.

yeah, it's her coffee house... geez, it'll be packed... we might try to make it...

~fafs

Hey, I'm on Sarah Harmer's website and it shows she's playing the Boulder Theatre next Tuesday, 6/29/04, w/ Bruce Cockburn. She's great and has opened for CJ's I believe...

I don't have a lot of moolah, so I can't get to concerts as often as I'd like... which kills me, because I live about 20 minutes from the heart of San Francisco, and I could probably go to 5 concerts a WEEK that I would really enjoy. Anyway, So far this summer, I've seen Sam Phillips (amazing... a dream for several years...) and last night, The Gipsy Kings. A friend took me, and it was pretty fun... I had never really heard their music, but it turned into basically a huge dance party on the lawn. They are amazingly talented musicians... 11 people in the band. Keys, percussion, drums, bass, vocals, and - get this - SEVEN acoustic guitars.

Now what? I'm probably done for a while.

Matt

Just got back from seeing Sting and Annie Lennox at Jones Beach Theater. We got sprinkled on a bit before the show started, but otherwise a very pleasant evening on the shore with a full moon peeking through the clouds at this overpriced venue (which is now controlled by Clear Channel along with everything else in America). Annie Lennox was totally killer for a skinny white woman, I was pleasantly surprised. Sting's show was quite the Hollywood production: The best band money can buy, two back-up singers who really wailed, synchronized images on three video screens, and even Billy Joel dropping by to play keyboards on Every Breath You Take. Other than the way-too-long version of Roxanne, I thought it was a pretty good show. Nice to see he's still rocking on bass or guitar for most songs instead of becoming just a front man.

Two more to add:
Innocence mission (posibly): August 7th
Cowboy Junkies / Shawn Colvin: August 22nd

I am SO jealous... the innocence mission is one of my favorite bands, and they just don't travel too far away from home... Hope to see them someday! Shawn Colvin, too... What an amazing woman!

Matt

YHeah, well there are rumors that TIM are going to cancel, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up yet.

gotta add Buckethead's Giant Robot @ Bogart's & Ozric Tentacles in Nashville to my summer concert list...

~fafs

going to go see vienna teng & abra moore tomorrow night @ schuba's

Friday, 7/9/2004 - 7:00pm - Web: $15
18 And Over
Modern Troubadours: In The Round featuring
Teitur,
Vienna Teng,
Ben Arthur and
Abra Moore

Counting Crows on Sunday and Ozric Tentacles on Monday. Yay for free stuff!

Let me know how Ozrics are... I'm getting tickets on Sat morning for the July 28th Nashville show...

I love Nashville. I love Ozric Tentacles. What a happy mix.

~fafs

Will do.

Working on a prog website has it's perks.

I can't really get into them on CD, but I think they'd be fun live. Even without the weed.

I'm looking forward to a contact high.

All I can say right now is...VAN F*CKING HALEN baby!!!!!
I've just been rocked... and rocked hard...

Awww man...soooo jealous. I wanted to go see Van Halen so bad. But while they were charging an arm and a leg for tickets, Ticketbastard would accept neither my arm nor my leg, only cash, of which I have very little.

Glad you had fun though. I hope they actually put out a full album of new music sometime...that's what I'd really like to hear.