>>128716225
Phantogram
Chat Pile
Deftones
Violent Femmes
Modest Mouse
Flaming Lips
Unwound
Big Thief
Boris
The Mars Volta
Slightly Stoopid
Silversun Pickups
Built to Spill
LCD Soundsystem
Yo La Tengo
Beach House
Alison’s Halo
Ne Obliviscaris
Magdalena Bay
Stereolab
Autechre
Dua Lipa
Pavement
Ethel Cain
Fontaines D.C.
My Chemical Romance
Meshuggah
Cannibal Corpse
Brand New
Kitty Craft

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>>128716376
Now rate them.
Or at least give the best and worst ones.

>>128716414
Favorites:
>Deftones
>Big Thief
>LCD Soundsystem
>Beach House
>Magdalena Bay
>Ne Obliviscaris
>Chat Pile
I actually saw Chat Pile twice this year, they are one of the best live acts I've seen. Great energy and playing.

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>>128716225
I'll highlight just one. I saw George Clanton. Also saw him two years ago and that show was incredible. Frost Children opened along with Death's Dynamic Shroud. This year it was just him and his wife... He was wasted before the first song in the worst way possible. Started out the set proclaiming he threw up in his own mouth, but kept it down for us. He then proceeded to play deep cuts, as he dubbed it 'The Real Heads Set' and often drug them out to annoying lengths. It was pretty awful considering his show in 2023 was pretty awesome: all the hits with cool visuals to boot. Still like the dude, but he also kept repeating this was the last time we were ever gonna see him, some real doomer shit implying he was ending George Clanton the musical project after this tour.

>>128716376
Chat Pile, Modest Mouse, Mars Volta, Cannibal Corpse, nice.
>>128716461
Nice.
Here's mine, highlights at least. Lots of others.
Teenage Bottlerocket
Authority Zero
Deftones
Deafheaven
GWAR
Turnstile
Amyl and the Sniffers
Reverend Horton Heat
Osees
DEVO
D.I.
Melvins
FLAG
Social D
Angel Du$t
Power Trip
Eyehategod
Dwarves
Cannibal Corpse
Carcass
Underoath
Amity Affliction
Kublai Khan
Initiate
The Garden
The Killers
Beck
Gary Clark Jr
Fall Out Boy
Atmosphere
Midland

>>128716629
>Reverend Horton Heat
Based

>>128716636
They never cease to entertain. Jimbo gang forever

>>128716376
>>128716629
how do you go to so many shows?

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>>128716784
nta but they're including the openers and going to music festivals
>>128716376 is in Seattle where Violent Femmes opened for MCR
>>128716629 went to Ocean's Calling since both Fall Out Boy and DEVO played there

>>128716893
Yeah, some were openers and festival sets. I saw DEVO at Mosswood Meltdown in California and Fall Out Boy at Innings Festival in Arizona

Panda Bear, Oneohtrix Point Never, Los Thuthanaka. All of them were highlights of my 2025, but Los Thuthanaka was one of the best concerts I've ever been to.

Turnover
Balance and Composure
Horse Jumper of Love
Brand New
Whirr
Nothing
Baroness
Tigers Jaw
Speedy Ortiz
Midrift

>>128716893
okay that makes a lot more sense

Steven Page Trio
Electric Six with Baabes
Devo
Electric Six with the Dirty Rotten Vipers and the Lights Out
Little Wings with Footings
Mirah with Footings
Marbin
Ghost
Darsombra with Dyr Faser and Run Don't Walk
Viagra Boys
Stereolab with Memorials
The Leafies you Gave Me with Hot Dirt
Blind Guardian with Ensiferum

>>128717928
Just bought tickets to my first 2026 shows, LSD and the Search for God and Panchinko.

>>128716225
A shit ton, in the last month alone I've seen

Autechre
Swans
Nation of Language
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Model/Actriz
My Bloody Valentine
Ramleh
Dirty Three

can't be bothered listing all the other ones I've been to

maybe seeing Stereolab next week, Underworld, Caribou and Floating Points among others are doing a one day festival thing next week too, fucking need to see Underworld at least once before they both retire

if you're heading to Snapped Ankles tonight say hello to me at merch

Oasis
Sturgill Simpson
Tyler the Creator
Blue Oyster Cult
The Hotelier
Stereolab

Seeing Oklou next week

>>128716376
how and why so many

>>128716784
>>128720359
I enjoy going to concerts and some of those were from the same concert as openers.

Where the fuck do you guys live. I'm so fucked living in rural Europe

>Stereolab
>4 results found
>Oasis
>1 result found
Zamn... anyway
>Mogwai
>Oasis
>Haruomi Hosono
>Oasis

Ghost
Avenged Sevenfold
Gojira
& the openers

Yes, it's only normie metal because in France, if you don't live in Paris, you miss 90% of everything since the only thing "people" are listening here is french rap so good bands only do one show in Paris and ignore the rest of the country or only go to festivals (which are all located in the northern part of France)
France is hell if you actually like music, Germany for example has it a million times better

It was a solid year for shows
Started witv a local show with some cool bands. Music was alright but the people were cool. Not gonna mention the names because its too personal.
After that I saw
Helmet with Slomosa and War on Women. Helmet sounded just like the record even at page's advanced age and the complete lineup change. Slomosa made a new fan out of me I hope to see them headline someday if they ever come back to America, and War on Women was surprisingly good.
Saw Deafheaven with Gatecreeper and Trauma Ray. Gatecreeper was fun and I like their new music.
Marilyn Manson who's in good shape these days, but I didn't think his new album was good enough to play that much of it
Queens of the Stone Age who put on a good show and apparently played some songs they havent played in years including song for the dead which I was hyped for
Powerman 5000 with Ill Nino. The craziest concert I've ever been to, you would not know piwerman 5000 was 20 years past their prime, aside from the crowd of 40 year olds moshing like their lives depended on it
Nine Inch nails and boys noize which was a spectacular show as usual with nin. Definitely the highlight of the year. I was looking forward to it since the announcement
Twenty One Pilots who's current tour isn't as well equipped as their last but was still fun
And most recently Mudvayne with Static-X. I was really there for Static-X who killed it. Mudvayne was good too
>>128716376
>my Chemical Romance
It should have been me
>>128716629
This deafheaven album and tour was mindblowing. They are at their peak right now
>>128718178
My dad of all people saw viagra boys. I should've gone with him
>>128719113
Blue Oyster Cult keeps coming to the small theatre in my town. I think they live nearby, its weird thinking of how huge they used to be. Maybe ill catch them next time

>>128720760
I'm the first poster in the thread. I live about an hour or so from the DFW area and two hours from Austin. Provided that an artist comes to Texas (which most do), it's likely that they'll be in one of those three cities. That's not always the case though, Lamp was only in Houston for their tour this year but I saw them last year in Dallas.

>>128716225
Billy Strings, who were fucking excellent in all regards.
Marc Rebillet, which didn't suit me at all.

>>128720760
>I'm so fucked living in rural Europe
hey guys, look, its varg

>>128716225
beach fossils, lebanon hanover, ariel pink. and a few local bands in rochester new york. going to see snow strippers in toronto

>>128721014
I do actually live in France and agree with >>128720909 french "people" only listen to (c)rap

>>128720928
Columbus? i saw Helmet and QOTSA there and they played Song for the Dead and Suture and Can't Quit Me

>>128716225
Silvio rodriguez

>>128716376
Which one was the cheapest?

2025 is when I discovered this cool Chick punk band from Iowa.

I've seen them 4 times, soon to be 6 all in this year alone. 2nd show they dedicated a song to me. I gave the lead my number last show but she probably won't text me. tried to ask her out for lunch cause she's coming to my home town lol

>>128721495
Alison's Halo was $20 or so.

>>128716225
I was at the cancelled Bonnaroo
the night after it got called off was actually really fun

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>>128720760
How far away is the nearest city for you?
Maybe support some local folk band the old people play in to pass the time.

Cloudrat
Converge
Built to spill
Yo la tengo
Grandaddy

I saw Coheed at Red Rock and they are super washed now. I fucking hate Zach and he is the most untalented bassist in all the music industry.
Their last two albums have been absolute formulaic garbage.
Taking Back Sunday was there. I never listened to them before, but holy shit their music is awful. Why was that band ever popular?

This year I saw...
>The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
>Eyehategod, Wailin Storms, Mindrazer, Scarlet Kings, and Shivan
>System of a Down, KoRn, Polyphia, and Wisp

>>128725340
Oh by the way it was the same KoRn concert where was dumbass got caught jerking off, though I didn't know about until I found out people memeing about it days later, was pretty funny finding out
>>128721495
I saw Silvio with my parents back in 2017, didn't know he was touring again, honestly thought he died

Musical Mirai and a few classical concerts. I'm becoming old.

I went to every single concert this year, have to say, no a single bad one.

>>128720928
I saw QOTSA last year and they did like a 12 minute encore of a song for the dead, it was amazing

>>128716784
Every few weeks I just check bandsintown.com for upcoming shows. I click on bands that sound interesting and if I like the genre tags I check it out

Discover a lot of new bands this way

>>128725899
That's incredible.

>>128716893
>Seattle where Violent Femmes opened for MCR
Holy fuck, it's impossible to suffer as an Unitedstatian.
>>128721509
>2nd show they dedicated a song to me
What do you mean? Did they say "now this one to that lad who is seeing us for the 2nd time"?

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I've only seen one band this year and it was The Hives, and they were 100% worth seeing. Incredible live.

moon panda

>>128730304
i have very distinctive facial hair and there was a funny story from the first time i saw them. After the first 2 songs she starts saying something like "hey everyone, it's Hugh Jackman, show us your metal claw things, yeah".

At this point i don't know if they know it's me, so I shouted something in reference to the funny thing that I teased her about the first time. She hears me and hesitates for a moment, smiles, and says "this one goes out to wolverine".

After the show they said they thought it was me, but they weren't sure until i confirmed it. They did remember my name, too.

>>128716225
way too many to list. some highlights were:

Pisse
Spooky-J x Dis Fig
Witch Club Satan
Runhild Gammelsaeter & Lasse Marhaug
Marie Davidson
Touche Amore
Ditz
Henge
Moin
Fire!
The Bug
Fennesz
Ghost Funk Orchestra
Matana Roberts / Audrey Chen / Axel Dörner
Squid
Elias Rønnenfelt
Sun Kil Moon
Blood Incantation
Kristof Hahn & Michael Gira
HIRS Collective
Chat Pile
Agriculture
Circuit des yeux
Zahn
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Matmos
Poison Ruïn
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker
Kali Malone
Širom
Slikback
Pain of Truth
Thou
Saetia
Osees
Have a Nice Life
Oranssi Pazuzu
Patriarchy
Lord Spikeheart
YHWH Nailgun
Amnesia Scanner
Merzbow
loscil
University
Hayden Pedigo
clipping.
Wormrot
mclusky
Deafheaven
Everything Everything
Swans

top three would probably be Moin, HIRS and Elias but I’m probably forgetting something

>>128730460
>Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
BASED.

Did you win the headbanging contest?

>>128730502
I sadly did not

mbv
sunn 0)))) (maybe last year)
both manchester

>>128716893
>Noah Kahan
>Vampire Weekend
>Good Charlotte
Was Saturday's theme trust fund Jews?

>>128716376
man would have loved to go see Autechre but the tickets were sold out months in advance, which pretty much never happens. also had tickets to see Unwound but they cancelled their European tour argh

>>128720988
Saw Billy *twice* this year. Greatest two nights of music of my life. I still can't believe how good he is. I'd follow him across the country, if I could.

>>128730460
Tell me you live in Berlin without telling me you live in Berlin

>>128732333
Were there Deadheads selling merch and presumably drugs in the parking lot? I wonder if they were roadies or not.

Best shows:

Perfume genius
MJ Lenderman
Teethe supporting Momma
Xiu xiu

>>128733306
Where did you see Lenderman at?

>>128716225
The Jesus Lizard
Field Music
Silverstein/Thursday/The Callous Daoboys
Bear vs Shark
Touche Amore
Mogwai/English Teacher
Bilmuri
Why?
Primal Scream
Preoccupations
Mclusky
The Get Up Kids
Destroyer
Nine Inch Nails
The Hard Quartet
The Fall of Troy
Michael Shannon playing R.E.M covers
Luke Haines and Peter Buck
Refused/Quicksand
Clipse
Hotline TNT
Water From Your Eyes
Million Dead

Also went Outbreak Fest and saw a ton of bands but the top 3 were Have a Nice Life, Foxing and Sunny Day Real Estate

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The Chameleons

ARTMS and QWER

>>128733819
Bruxelles ma belle, in fact I saw all these at botanique apart from momma

>>128732344
yes

>>128734530
I was there at those same Jesus Lizard, Mogwai and Preoccupations shows and if you bought a HANL tee at Outbreak from the guy at merch with the mbv shirt that was me lol

Tim Hecker
Squid
Autechre
DC is a pretty grim place

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Here's a bunch of bands I saw at New Friends Fest back in August.

just Mountain Sprout a couple of times. I'm old now and have young kids. We were gonna go to Hillberry but it would have probably been awful with the kiddos

>>128735291
>Kiddos

Reddit. Now.

>>128735321
I've been using 4chan for 20 years you perfomative little faggot. So sick of you insecure dicksuckers younger than this fucking website.

>>128735321
I guess you must visit that other web site fairly often if you know so much about how that userbase talks to each other.

>>128716225
Witcher 3

>>128735390
Christ that's nightmarish. Why don't you just post a picture of your junk on here man it would be less embarrassing.

>>128735842
I have a very intuitive and beautiful mind.

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Feb:
RP Boo in Dublin
Psy-Trance rave on a boat in Stuttgart

March:
Calibre in Dublin
Jungle/Dubstep night in Sheffield

April:
King Original Soundsystem and Sir Spyro Grime night with Footsie, Mez, Bossman Birdie, Micofcourse MCing in London
Virus Recordings D&B night with Ed Rush, Optical, Black Sun Empire, Prolix, Matrix, BTK, Calyx in London

May:
Sasha & Digweed in Dublin
Mala in Dublin
BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2025 in Liverpool

June:
Rupture LDN with Double O, Mantra, Sonar's Ghost, Stretch, Nookie, Paradox in London

July:
Neighbourhood with Regis, DJ Storm, Doc Scott & Tasha in Birmingham
Black Sabbath's Final Show in Birmingham
Ray Keith in Sheffield

August:
Sandwell District in London
World Dance with Ray Keith, DJ Hype, Uncle Dugs, Congo Natty, Slipmatt, Ellis Dee, Altern 8 in London

October:
No Bounds Festival with Interplanetary Criminal, Silva Bumpa, Silva Snipa in Sheffield

November:
MIRA festival with OPN, Verraco, Nicolas Jaar in Barcelona
Up Ya Archives Warehouse Project with Skream & Benga in Manchester
Jungle Jazz with Takuya Nakamura in Liverpool

December:
Drumsheds DJ Kick's 30th year anniversary with Kode9 & Mala, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Theo Parrish, Actress & Carl Craig, DJ Storm & Tim Reaper in London

Pending:
Jeff Mills in Dublin
D Double E in Dublin

Man I should really chill out a bit next year instead. Best for actual music and soundsystem was Mala in Dublin, best for the overall occasion was probably Black Sabbath. Worst by far was BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend in Liverpool which I only went because all my mates were going.

>>128718178
how was blind guardian? considering going but i don't love somewhere far beyond

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Do you buy merch at concerts?
Is it at the beginning, end, or during the openers.
Picrel was on sale during the concert and people were waiting in line for the entirety of the concert to scalp merch.

Then 100 Gecs made it available online

>>128716225
I haven't been to a concert since 2014

>>128716225
None. I gave up on gigs. I'm tired of other people's music, I can play my own. Why do I want to dedicate all of my time to people that are given a huge amount of attention already? I just don't get it at all anymore.

Phantogram (solid)
Santigold (sounded good 2 me but was constantly ragging on her sound guy the whole show)
Justice (sounded better in the past, venue was prob to blame desu)
Willie Nelson (older than fuck)
LCD Soundsystem (always great)
Mogwai (not really into them but were solid)
Wild Nothing (decent)
Sleigh Bells (solid)
Death From Above 1979 (easily fav show of the year)
Boys Noize (think my tinnitus got tinnitus from the bass)
The Rapture (kinda weak)
Passion Pit (least fav show of the year, seemed like he was trying to work shit out on stage)
John Maus (dude's wild live)
L'imperatrice (new singer was alright)
Stereolab (solid, lol at everyone in here seeing them this tour)
Viagra Boys (second least fav show, but probably alright, not really my thing, crowd was faggoty)
Black Moth Super Rainbow (second fav show)
Clown Core (fine i guess. went in thinking they were a meme, left thinking they were a meme)
Machine Girl (cut out early)
Tame Impala (third fav show of the year, even if new album was wack)
Purity Ring (sounded fine but asked crowd to wear masks in 20fucking25)
Ariel Pink (decent)

Kendrick, and I regret paying for that shit. The opening band was fantastic though

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Wet Leg
Lewis Capaldi
Wunderhorse
Biffy Clyro
Four Tet
Kaiser Chiefs
Weezer
Amyl and the Sniffers
Raye
Geordie Greep (twice, nearly 4 times though)
Rod Stewart
Black Country, New Road (twice)
Snow Patrol
Future Islands
The Prodigy
Twenty One Pilots
Squid
Viagra Boys
Mercury Rev
The Levellers
Spiritualised
Father John Misty
Best for last: Have A Nice Life
genuinely the best gig I've ever been to, got pics with Dan and Tim and got a plectrum from the band. Super nice guys. (pic related)
>tfw Dan held my hand during the 'arrowheads' section of Bloodhail
>never been happier in my entire life

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Destroyer was the only show I went to this year and it was awesome

>>128737505
I thought it was an excellent show, but I do really like the album, so seeing most of the songs live for the first time was really cool. Other than that, they mostly just played stuff from Nightfall. Not the most exciting setlist, but still worth seeing if you like BG.

Ensiferum were also great, but I wish they played a bit longer. Haven't listened to much of their stuff since Jari left but I probably should

>>128740477
>should
Why?

>>128740812
They played stuff from almost every album and I liked it all.

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>>128741000
>checked

>>128716225
Shit let's see if I even remember. In no particular order, by headliner:

Koffin Kats (3x)
The Meteors
Helmet
Weedeater
QOTSA
Truckfighters
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
Boris
The Sword
Teen Mortgage
Cameron Whitcomb (friends show, not my music)
Atomic Bitchwax
Faster Pussycat (2x, went for the openers)
Judas Priest
Uncle Acid
Wyndrider
Whores.
Brant Bjork
Melvins
Baroness
Electric Six
Angel of Mars
Fu Manchu

I probably forgot a few local shows I went to in a whim

Been to 122 concerts this year and still got 3 coming up