The Concert Thread
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The Dissident
Ancient Mariner
2025 is shaping up nicely!
Already Happened:
Myles Kennedy;
Upcoming:
Heart;
Loverboy;
Bachman Turner Overdrive;
AC/DC;
Queensryche;
Creed;
Neil Young
May add Geoff Tate as he is doing Mindcrime in full in November but thats a ways away
Myles was amazing, gave me a reason to really look into his last solo album again following my initial listens, and it reminded me of some of his excellent other solo work from Year of the Tiger and Ides of March
Already Happened:
Myles Kennedy;
Upcoming:
Heart;
Loverboy;
Bachman Turner Overdrive;
AC/DC;
Queensryche;
Creed;
Neil Young
May add Geoff Tate as he is doing Mindcrime in full in November but thats a ways away
Myles was amazing, gave me a reason to really look into his last solo album again following my initial listens, and it reminded me of some of his excellent other solo work from Year of the Tiger and Ides of March
Spambot
Meme Lord
In a positive turn of events, Opeth did anounce an autumn European tour and I did bought a ticket. Also, decided to give myself and wife a little treat and end up buying tickets for Morrissey. Oh, and I finally bought Blind Guardian ticket so the year looks like this now:
27.05. Iron Maiden - Budapest (HUN)
28.05. Iron Maiden - Budapest (HUN)
01.06. Iron Maiden - Bratislava (SK) - I still need ticket for this one, if anybody has any or knows somebody who does - PM me!! (tickethub, gigsberg and similar are not an option)
19.07. Morrissey - Šibenik (CRO)
27.07. Gojira - Zagreb (CRO)
23.08. Blind Guardian - Zagreb (CRO)
07.10. Opeth - Zagreb (CRO)
06.12. Clutch - Zagreb (CRO)
EDIT: As I posted this I got the message that Satch and Vai announced a gig near me, although doubt I'll go.
27.05. Iron Maiden - Budapest (HUN)
28.05. Iron Maiden - Budapest (HUN)
01.06. Iron Maiden - Bratislava (SK) - I still need ticket for this one, if anybody has any or knows somebody who does - PM me!! (tickethub, gigsberg and similar are not an option)
19.07. Morrissey - Šibenik (CRO)
27.07. Gojira - Zagreb (CRO)
23.08. Blind Guardian - Zagreb (CRO)
07.10. Opeth - Zagreb (CRO)
06.12. Clutch - Zagreb (CRO)
EDIT: As I posted this I got the message that Satch and Vai announced a gig near me, although doubt I'll go.
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Went to see The Darkness (supported by Ash) last week. Highly entertaining show, with the band playing 7 new songs off Dreams on Toast, their new album that will be released later this month. The album is not even released and Walking Through Fire and I Hate Myself are already instant classics!
www.setlist.fm
Next show will be Manic Street Preachers in Bristol next month.
The Darkness Setlist at G Live, Guildford
Get the The Darkness Setlist of the concert at G Live, Guildford, England on March 11, 2025 from the Dreams on Toast Tour and other The Darkness Setlists for free on setlist.fm!
www.setlist.fm
Next show will be Manic Street Preachers in Bristol next month.
I usually only get to see one band in autumn/winter time, and this year I've been thinking about Arch Enemy/Eluveitie/Amorphis. I'd like to see Eluveitie and Amorphis again but not bothered about Arch Enemy yet again. Plus its at the O2 Apollo in Manchester, which is possibly my least favourite venue. Then Katatonia announced a show in Manchester. Their last one wasn't so good, though.
Then Aephanemer announced a Manchester date at a tiny venue in December. Seeing as I was very impressed by them at another small venue in 2023, I'd ended up getting tickets for that one.
I'm still considering Blaze's afternoon show in Bradford. I can get there and back in the same day easily.
Then Aephanemer announced a Manchester date at a tiny venue in December. Seeing as I was very impressed by them at another small venue in 2023, I'd ended up getting tickets for that one.
I'm still considering Blaze's afternoon show in Bradford. I can get there and back in the same day easily.
Maturin
Sköldpadda
I saw him when he was doing Rage for Order and Empire in full during a single show after the pandemic... I don't know if you're a longtime fan, or anything, but it was really good. I recommend going!
Saw Kent in Stockholm this weekend. Reunion show, big thing - 6 concerts at 3Arena (40,000 capacity). Swedish language alternative rock, crazy popular (for some reason)... I don't know, I tagged along and the perpetual drowsy feel of their music doesn't gel with me (fans might call it "hypnotic"). Good light show, otherwise not my thing.
wesrelaxed
Prowler
I'll be seeing them in Swansea in May. Third go round for them.
Followed by:
Panic Shack - May - Newport Corn Exchange (6th or 8th time depending on how you classify 'seen')
Shonen Knife - June - Cardiff Fuel (4th time)
The Anchoress - June - Cardiff Tramshed (2nd time)
Iron something or other - June - Manchester Co Op Live (9th time)
Neil Young - July - London Hyde Park (2nd time)
Nova Twins - October - Bristol SWX (2nd time)
Gwenno - November - Cardiff New Theatre (6th time)
If it wasn't for seeing Half Man or Half Biscuit back in February then this would be the first year that I hadn't seen a (headline) band for the first time since 1995.
terrell39
Ancient Mariner
3-28: Geoff Tate - performed Operation Mindcrime and not only did he and his band sound great but the venue was packed and sang every word! Was cool seeing Patricia as Sister Mary again!
4-8: Wheel - 1st time seeing this prog metal/rock band from Europe and will definitely see them again!
4-14: AC/DC - Well worth a 4-5 hour drive! 1 of the most high energy shows I ever saw! Both Brian, Angus, and the audience were great! Far better production than I expected as well. Great seeing Riff Raff live! Openers Pretty Reckless were good.
4-17: Bullet For My Valentine & Trivium- great double bill! Bullet played entire debut lp Poison & Trivium played all of 2nd lp Ascendency (20th anniversary of both); great performances by both and place was pretty full!
4-19: Obituary- 2nd year in a row to drive 4 hours to Dallas to see them headline and well worth the drive! Sounded great and played more than half 2nd lp Cause of Death for 35th anniversary!
4-8: Wheel - 1st time seeing this prog metal/rock band from Europe and will definitely see them again!
4-14: AC/DC - Well worth a 4-5 hour drive! 1 of the most high energy shows I ever saw! Both Brian, Angus, and the audience were great! Far better production than I expected as well. Great seeing Riff Raff live! Openers Pretty Reckless were good.
4-17: Bullet For My Valentine & Trivium- great double bill! Bullet played entire debut lp Poison & Trivium played all of 2nd lp Ascendency (20th anniversary of both); great performances by both and place was pretty full!
4-19: Obituary- 2nd year in a row to drive 4 hours to Dallas to see them headline and well worth the drive! Sounded great and played more than half 2nd lp Cause of Death for 35th anniversary!
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
2 days left to see the Manics live again. It will be my 6th time!
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
Have fun! I hope they´ll play ME.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Have fun! I hope they´ll play ME.
They will and I will think about you the moment one of the best songs from the 90s (What a riff! What a song!) gets played.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
The Manics were superb in Bristol last Saturday. 1 hour and 44 minutes gig in a nice intimate venue (capacity of approximately 2200), with a setlist covering most of their discography, including 5 new songs, some oldies rarely played (Sleepflower, Motown Junk), timeless classics (I will never get tired of seeing A Design for Life, Motorcycle Emptiness and If You Tolerate This Your Children Will be Next live), and a segment as a 3 piece playing songs with lyrics by missing band member Richey Edwards (She Is Suffering and Peeled Apples). The acoustic solo set by James Dean Bradfield showed that he is not only a guitar god, but an outstanding singer: we got a snippet of From Despair to Where, followed by Ready for Drowning (sung partially in Welsh), Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky and The Everlasting, with the rest of the band re-joining the moment James was going to play his solo.
I cannot wait to see what they have prepared for 2026, which according to their touring agent would be pretty big.
I cannot wait to see what they have prepared for 2026, which according to their touring agent would be pretty big.
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
After last week's great gig by the Manic Street Preachers, the next one in my diary is of a completely different flavour: Imagine Dragons.
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Went to Foreigner last night. It was a really cool show. A coworker told me about it 2 months ago and I was interested, then she said, "They're performing with the original singer!" "you son of a bitch, I'm in!" Lou Gramm is one of the reasons I love early Foreigner, not to mention the parade of bangers they put out in the late 70s through the 80s and they played them all. There were a couple of things I wasn't entirely ok with, but it didn't sour the experience at all.
The first was that Lou Gramm WASN'T with the band. My coworker did a quick search and indeed they billed the show: Foreigner with Lou Gramm. Then it went on to say that on SELECT dates Lou would join the band during the Latin America tour and they would also rotate between Luis Maldonado and some other guy. We got Luis, who, in a thick white accent told the crowd in Spanish that his mother is from Guadalajara and proceeded to do a bilingual rendition of I Want to Know What Love Is.
The second was that during my favorite song, Urgent, they did not have a sax player, instead they played the saxophone parts with a keytar and well... Not the same, but still good.
We did get a nice surprise though. at the end of the show Luis says, "We have another mic stand here, some of you already know, Guadalajara, please put your hands together and give a warm welcome to.... The original Foreigner.... Mister. Lou. Gramm! Crowd goes nuts! and like 5 seconds later this unfrozen, 5,000 year old mummy comes shuffling out from backstage. 40 days later he makes it to the microphone, thanks the crowd and sings the last 3 or 4 songs with the band. Dude has ZERO voice left, but it was still touching to see him on stage.
Earlier today my coworker sent me an article detailing how apparently he had a benign brain tumor growing since birth. Started giving him serious issues when he was 47. Doctors told him there was nothing to do, but that same day he was watching the news and he saw a piece on how in the U.S they were doing these successful brain tumor operations, called the doctor the next day and off he went to get the surgery. Not saying it is THE reason, but definitely a major reason why he's so frail.
Instead of doing the whole show of leaving the stage and then coming back for the encore, Gramm addressed the crowd, thank us for being here, that they had been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and that they'd be back next year for the 50th anniversary tour. All in all a great show. That being said, I spent May Day laying down ALL day lol. Sucks going to concerts after work in your 40s lol.
The first was that Lou Gramm WASN'T with the band. My coworker did a quick search and indeed they billed the show: Foreigner with Lou Gramm. Then it went on to say that on SELECT dates Lou would join the band during the Latin America tour and they would also rotate between Luis Maldonado and some other guy. We got Luis, who, in a thick white accent told the crowd in Spanish that his mother is from Guadalajara and proceeded to do a bilingual rendition of I Want to Know What Love Is.
The second was that during my favorite song, Urgent, they did not have a sax player, instead they played the saxophone parts with a keytar and well... Not the same, but still good.
We did get a nice surprise though. at the end of the show Luis says, "We have another mic stand here, some of you already know, Guadalajara, please put your hands together and give a warm welcome to.... The original Foreigner.... Mister. Lou. Gramm! Crowd goes nuts! and like 5 seconds later this unfrozen, 5,000 year old mummy comes shuffling out from backstage. 40 days later he makes it to the microphone, thanks the crowd and sings the last 3 or 4 songs with the band. Dude has ZERO voice left, but it was still touching to see him on stage.
Earlier today my coworker sent me an article detailing how apparently he had a benign brain tumor growing since birth. Started giving him serious issues when he was 47. Doctors told him there was nothing to do, but that same day he was watching the news and he saw a piece on how in the U.S they were doing these successful brain tumor operations, called the doctor the next day and off he went to get the surgery. Not saying it is THE reason, but definitely a major reason why he's so frail.
Instead of doing the whole show of leaving the stage and then coming back for the encore, Gramm addressed the crowd, thank us for being here, that they had been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and that they'd be back next year for the 50th anniversary tour. All in all a great show. That being said, I spent May Day laying down ALL day lol. Sucks going to concerts after work in your 40s lol.
Just got tickets for Paradise Lost playing in Bradford in December. It's a mini festival celebrating alternative music in the city and also features New Model Army who my partner is a big fan of, and Terrorvision, who are also from the area. £35 tickets which is a bargain imo
