Summer concerts: who are you seeing?
 

I went to the Michelle Branch/Dixie Chicks concert last night and am currently all about downloading Dixie Chicks songs on Kazaa. I allllways get that way after a great show! But, last night was fabulous. I was actually impressed with Michelle Branch: she's 19, just put out her second album, writes all of her own music and plays guitar. Plus, she doesn't have a perfectly toned body. I kept thinking, "why isn't she a role model for MORE girls out there? Why Britney Spears?" And of course, the Dixie Chicks just blew the place up. They are great performers, the set was amazing and the playlist was fantastic- all of their best songs (except for You Were Mine) and it was fun that it was in DC. Natalie was like "Washington DC, huh? Hmmmm.... if I'm NOT mistaken, the President of the United States lives here, right?" And she kept mentioning stuff about how they're so hated now. The tour is called "Top Of The World" but after the "incident" they wanted to rename it "The Bottom of the Barrel" tour. :D

I saw Tim McGraw last month in LA and he was incredible. Probably the best concert I've ever been to. I didn't sit down once and Tim was just amazing. And gorgeous, too. Great great show- two and a half hours also! Oh, and Faith made a special surprise appearance on one song! Very cool.

I am seeing Sheryl Crow on Monday and still really want to see the Roc the Mic tour on July 6th: Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Missy Elliot, Snoop Dogg, Fabolous, Sean Paul and Busta Rhymes. I'm seeing Bon Jovi and Goo Goo Dolls on July 27 and American Idols Live on July 28th with my visiting roommate. And I'm flying to Ohio to visit my best friend in early August and we're seeing Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera. I'm excited. :)

So, what concerts are you guys seeing this summer? Have you seen any already? How were they? Who's a great performer and who isn't worth your money? (ie: my mom saw Norah Jones and looooves her, but said the concert was pretty mediocre- you could tell she wasn't used to performing in big venues)

im going to see eve6 in a few weeks for 6 bucks

Jimmy Buffett on July 3rd :)

i am going to see jason mraz on 8/13
o.a.r. and the sprite liquid mix tour on 9/1
o.a.r. @ central park summer stage on 9/13

You and your O.A.R. tix- make me jealous every time!!!!

I saw Better Than Ezra last Friday which I'm still dreaming about....would like to see them again in a few weeks downtown...and I'm sneaking into the Dave show at Alpine.
It's always an adventure w/me.

I don't know about summer concerts but I had my high school graduation at the same place where many concerts are held. ********* c/o 99 rocks!

David Gray 7/25
*hopefully* Lollapolooza 7/13 or 7/16

I'm seeing eminem and 50 cent in a few weeks and reggie and the full effect in august. O.A.R. and 311 are not coming to Detroit this summer:mad:

Lollapalooza August 1st.... it's not every day Jane's Addiction goes back on tour, so ya know I can't pass this up!!!!! I know some of you probably wanna go but can't, so I'll be sure to enjoy it for you http://www.spacespider.net/emo/taunt.gif

I've already gone to see a drum corps show at Cerritos College during the DCI SoCal Tour part 1. July 3rd and 5th is the 2nd SoCal tour which will feature the west coast showing of Phantom Regiment.

I miss drumcorps shows. We used to always go see them over the summer before band camp started. I don't get to go anymore cuz nobody wants to go with me and GMU has no football team (therefore no marching band, either :()

HA HA HA! I remember about 3 or 4 years ago my friend got free tix to see good ole Pat play at pine knob. We were actually gonna go but decided it might not be worth the gas money to drive way out there.

they're playing summerfest next week, go see them :)

My friend and I are driving to Darien Lake on Sunday to see the Roc the Mic concert: 50, Jay-Z, Missy, Fabolous, and Busta Rhymes.

I wanted to see the Justified/Stripped concert but the tickets for the closest concert were $75! :(

BTW: Can anyone PM me on the best way to sneak a camera a concert? Thanks!! ;)

I just went to BFD 2 weeks ago (it was ok) BFD aka Big F***in Day is a concert put on by a station in SF and they have like 17 bands there. I saw the Deftones, and I have been waiting to see them for like 2 years, and the Used were bad ass, not I have ot go to the Warpped Tour when it comes to SF. Also, a few of us are trying to find our way to the DMB concert when they come to the Shoreline in San Jose.

I am going to Red Hot and Boom in Orlando on July 3 to see Stacy Orrico, Lillix, VaughnRay, Stereofuse, and Jessica Simpson. Not all of them are well known more than having one single out, but oh well, free concert!

I'm seeing Tori Amos @ Merriwether Post Pavilion on 8/27. This is my second time seeing her live in the last year. I adore her :) *sigh*

I was going to go see Radiohead, but changed my mind.

If anyone knows if Sade is touring, tell me!

I wish Alanis would tour w/ Tori again.

ok, I can't hide it any longer...


I still like Hootie and the Blowfish. They're coming to Wolftrap and I want to see them really bad. Judge me as you see fit.

I'm going to try to see her in Boston or NYC this summer. I got to see her in November and she is amazing!

This is going to make me sound old but,I am totally going to see Kiss and Aerosmith if I can and I am also going to see Neil Young.I have seen Kiss and Aerosmith so if I can't get tickets,I can live because they are pricey,but I have never seen Neil Young and I am a huge fan.

That's when I saw her, 11/12 at GMU's Partiot Center....

What did you think of her opening act? I don't know if it was the same as yours. I had Howie Day. There was a group of hearing impaired concert-goers who had an interpreter during the show, signing the words. I watched her sign the words to his song, "Ghost", and I literally wept because I loved watching the emotion in the interpretor's face. I actually felt the emotions behind the words more intensely while watching her....

It was beautiful...I got the CD the next day.

Definately free tix here. My parents always get free tickets from the casino since they're big ballers. You go to the casino and there's a bus that takes you to the concert place. Fun thing-- I might be goin with my cuzin who is like 30-something. Woohoo!:rolleyes:

Being from the DC/MD area....
 

OAR went to Wootton High School, our rivals hehe, we used to hear them play at the high school cook out things, they won the battle of the bands...there are a bunch of bands from the Maryland area as a matter of fact. Tori Amos went to Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, OAR went to Wootton, all MoCo'ers like me :) Hootie and the Blowfish is from Bethesda and Good Charlotte's from Waldorf...in terms of concerts, We'll see who else comes around, I'm in Knoxville, Tennessee and so far I've seen Third Eye Blind and Daniel Beddingfield, Jason Mraz and Maroon 5 (they opened for John Mayer on last years tour) and I also went to this awesome country music festival @ Neyland stadium in early June...Kenny Chesney, Deana Carter, Rascall Flatts, Brooks and Dunn and Keith Urban played!! (Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker made guest appearances too!!) Hope everyone has an amazing summer of concerts!!

I'm going to see John Mayer. :)

I saw Maroon5 in Providence, RI two nights ago...definately a good live band

I saw Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup...and some other really crappy pop/rock bands @ Six Flags New England earlier this month....

I'm going to a FREE Guster concert tonight in Providence, RI

I'm going to a FREE Third Eye Blind/Hot Hot Heat Concert on July 3rd @ Station Park in Providence, RI

I'm going to see Metallica, Linkin Park, The Deftones, etc. on July 5th @ Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA

**MOST EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE**
I'm going to the Vans Warped Tour on July 31st at the Brockton Fair Grounds, in Brockton MA!!! SOOO MANY of my favorite bands are playing! (ex. The Dropkick Murphys, Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies, The Used, Bowling for Soup, Simple Plan, AFI, Brand New, Rancid, Taking Back Sunday (see? I knew I had heard the name, damasa!), Vendetta Red, ... among SO MANY OTHERS!)

Next month... Evanescence...and JACK JOHNSON!

2 weekends from now..EVERCLEAR and Joan Jett at Bayfest!!!

Everclear was here for Riverbend and I thought they were just OK, I have seen them live a few times and their show was a lackluster.

OK, the synapses in my brain are NOT firing today...

OAR????

What's that stand for so I can have a biy AH-DOY moment!

THANKS!

Actually it's O.A.R, with the periods and all. Stands for "Of a Revolution" its a band started in 1998 at Ohio State. They're pretty popular with the college crowd.

RedFox... I love when MoCo-ers make it big! There's a contestant on FAME from MoCo and another guy from MoCo is getting his own WB show in January. Pretty cool!

But yes... Tori, O.A.R, Good Charlotte, Hootie and the Blowfish- all fellow Marylanders. Toni Braxton, too. Remember HER? ;)

I saw Norah Jones on Friday, and she was fabulous.

i'm going to the american idol concert next month.

ok, y'all can stop laughing now

I'm doing all of my concert going when I go home to Milwaukee for July 4th weekend (viva summerfest!!!) and here's my marathon lineup:

July 3: O.A.R.
July 4: DJ set by BT
July 5: Blindside
July 6: Good Charlotte/ Hoobastank and Evanescence

And then later this summer I'm going to see Hootie and the Blowfish at Riverfest here in Beloit. (That's a sure sign Hootie's going down in popularity and fame....when they play at BELOIT, a hokey little small town in WI!)

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