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Gigs in 2011

TheGrudge [Edit] [Delete] 28 replies 12:49, 3 January '12

I'm interested to find out who are the big gig goers on this site.

I went to 199 last year.

134 in London
2 in Glasgow
SxSW Festival in Austin, Texas
1 in Amsterdam
8 in Coventry
5 in Brighton
4 in Birmingham
3 in Notingham

Also saw gigs in Bristol, Cambridge, Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Northampton, Leamington

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Couldn't find that last one to get to the double ton?

Not much point me posting really cos I probably only managed just about a tenth of your total, all in Notts or Derby.

So ignore me, I'm bored

andystevio | 3 Jan '12, 13:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
I went to about 60, I think,

plus I went to Primavera, Field Day and ATP:TNBC too.

Not quite as many as 2010 (when I also went to SXSW), but not a bad average.

marckee | 3 Jan '12, 13:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bloody hell, I'm not going thru last year's diary...

...to suss that out. Probably went to circa 100, including Latitude and Bestival. Aside from London, saw gigs in Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Edinburgh and Berlin.

pentargo | 3 Jan '12, 14:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Probably about 60 last year

as I'm slowing down compared to a few years ago. I can't quite manage the three-in-a-rows like I used to.

Silentcommand | 3 Jan '12, 14:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

lustforlife and eoin this'd this
2

hal_krishna | 3 Jan '12, 14:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
probably about 10

199 - thats mental

chris-budget | 3 Jan '12, 14:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
around 15

if festivals count as one gig, not lots of individual gigs...

politelydeclined | 3 Jan '12, 14:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
34, with festivals included as 1.

that'll be well over 100 bands. still, not much compared to 199 gigs. what bands did you like most? what music gives you that much enthusiasm?

furryfan | 3 Jan '12, 14:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Here's the list
  
  1. 04/01/2011 – Teeth Of The Sea @ Madam JoJo’s
  2. 15/01/2011 – Blindness @ Brixton Windmill
  3. 18/01/2011 – Boxer Rebellion @ The Lexington
  4. 19/01/2011 – K-X-P/Eat Lights Become Lights @ The Lexington
  5. 21/01/2011 – Four Dead In Ohio @ The Garage
  6. 30/01/2011 – Little Caesar @ Camden Underworld
  7. 02/02/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ The Boileroom, Guildford
  8. 03/02/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ Heaven
  9. 05/02/2011 – Esben & The With/Spotlight Kid @ Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
  10. 08/02/2011 – The Tamborines @ The Old Blue Last
  11. 09/02/2011 – Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls @ The Boileroom, Guildford
  12. 10/02/2011 – The Pockets @ Ginglik
  13. 12/02/2011 – Dolittle @ The Fighting Cocks, Kingston Upon Thames
  14. 16/02/2011 – Blindness @ The Buffalo Bar
  15. 17/02/2011 – Crystal Head/Bleech @ The Square, Harlow
  16. 18/02/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ Tooting Tram & Social
  17. 22/02/2011 – Dead Confederate @ The Jericho, Oxford
  18. 23/02/2011 – The Black Angels @ Rough Trade East
  19. 23/02/2011 – Josh T Pearson @ The Slaughtered Lamb
  20. 24/02/2011 – The Black Angels @ Heaven
  21. 25/02/2011 – Mogwai/Twilight Sad @ Brixton Academy
  22. 26/02/2011 – Eat Lights Become Lights @ The Drop
  23. 28/02/2011 – The Tamborines @ The Drop
  24. 03/03/2011 – Four Dead In Ohio @ XOYO
  25. 05/03/2011 – The Wonder Stuff @ Cambridge Corn Exchange
  26. 07/03/2011 – Ringo Deathstarr/Spc Eco @ The Luminaire
  27. 10/03/2011 – Boxer Rebellion @ Heaven
  28. 12/03/2011 – Blancmange @ Concorde 2, Brighton
  29. 15/03/2011 – Boxer Rebellion @ Latitude (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  30. 16/03/2011 – A Place To Bury Strangers @ Swan Dive (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  31. 16/03/2011 – Still Corners @ French Legation (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  32. 16/03/2011 – A Place To Bury Strangers/Woodsman @ Cheer Up Charlies (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  33. 16/03/2011 – Josh T Pearson @ Central Presbytarian Church (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  34. 16/03/2011 – Woodsman @ Soho (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  35. 16/03/2011 – Shit & Shine @ Habana Bar (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  36. 17/03/2011 – Bad Girlfriend @ Piano Club 1808 (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  37. 17/03/2011 – Boxer Rebellion @ Antoine’s (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  38. 17/03/2011 – The Black Angels/The Joy Formidable @ Mellow Johnny’s (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  39. 18/03/2011 – The Joy Formidable/Dum Dum Girls @ Waterloo Records (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  40. 18/03/2011 – Elephant Stone @ Cheapo Records (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  41. 18/03/2011 – A Place To Bury Strangers @ Annie’s West (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  42. 19/03/2011 – Twilight Sad @ Homeslice Pizza (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  43. 19/03/2011 – A Place To Bury Strangers @ Rumbler Lounge (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  44. 19/03/2011 – The Black Angels @ Jo’s Place (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  45. 20/03/2011 – Ringo Deathstarr @ Cheer Up Charlies (SxSW, Austin, Texas)
  46. 23/03/2011 – Teeth Of The Sea @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
  47. 24/03/2011 – Warrior Soul @ The Purple Turtle, Camden
  48. 25/03/2011 – The Feral Text/Evi Vine @ The Lexington
  49. 26/03/2011 – Editors @ Royal Albert Hall
  50. 03/04/2011 – Bleech @ Bull & Gate
  51. 03/04/2011 – Kyuss @ The Forum
  52. 05/04/2011 – Crystal Head @ Purple Turtle
  53. 10/04/2011 – Bo Ningen @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
  54. 12/04/2011 – Kings X @ Electric Ballroom
  55. 15/04/2011 – The Tamborines @ The Lexington
  56. 21/04/2011 – Puressence/Exit Calm @ The Ritz, Manchester
  57. 22/04/2011 – Hold Kiss Kill @ The Victoria, Mile End
  58. 23/04/2011 – Bleech @ Nambucca
  59. 26/04/2011 – The Tamborines @ Madam JoJo’s
  60. 27/04/2011 – The Tamborines/Zeroset @ Buffalo Bar
  61. 01/05/2011 – Jesus Deluxe/Toba Caldera @ Inspire, Coventry
  62. 05/05/2011 – Horn & The Hunt @ Bull & Gate
  63. 06/05/2011 – 93millionmilesfromthesun @ The George Tavern
  64. 07/05/2011 – Evi Vine @ Union Chapel
  65. 10/05/2011 – The Joy Formidable/Spotlight Kid @ Koko’s
  66. 11/05/2011 – Josh T Pearson @ Union Chapel
  67. 12/05/2011 – Koolaid Electric Company @ The Lexington
  68. 13/05/2011 – The Fauns @ Hoxton Underbelly
  69. 14/05/2011 – Blindness @ Cowley Club, Brighton
  70. 16/05/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
  71. 17/05/2011 – Guile/The Yams @ The Rainbow, Birmingham
  72. 19/05/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ The Roadmenders, Northampton
  73. 20/05/2011 – The Pockets @ The Albany, Coventry
  74. 21/05/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ Haymakers, Cambridge
  75. 23/05/2011 – Evi Vine @ The Troubador
  76. 24/05/2011 – Blindness @ The Enterprise
  77. 25/05/2011 – The Duke Spirit/The Computers @ King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
  78. 28/05/2011 – Heavy Soul @ Guild Hall, Coventry
  79. 30/05/2011 – Evi Vine/Slow Revolt @ Druid’s Arms, Brighton
  80. 31/05/2011 – Bleech @ The Fighting Cocks, Kingston-Upon-Thames
  81. 02/06/2011 – The Duke Spirit/The Computers @ Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
  82. 03/06/2011 – Four Dead In Ohio @ Camden Barfly
  83. 04/06/2011 – Tenebrous Liar @ Buffalo Bar
  84. 04/06/2011 – Blindness @ Roadtrip
  85. 06/06/2011 – The Winchell Riots/Creatures Of Love @ Old Blue Last
  86. 09/06/2011 – Spotlight Kid @ Buffalo Bar
  87. 09/06/2011 – Sons & Daughters @ The Lexington
  88. 10/06/2011 – Vessels/Teeth Of The Sea @ The Lexington
  89. 11/06/2011 – The Winchell Riots @ Oxford Academy
  90. 13/06/2011 – The Raveonettes @ Islington Academy
  91. 15/06/2011 – Amplifier @ XOYO
  92. 18/06/2011 – Exit Calm @ Club 60, Sheffield
  93. 19/06/2011 – Crystal Head @ Purple Turtle
  94. 24/06/2011 – Blindness @ Buffalo Bar
  95. 25/06/2011 – Cinderella @ Shepherds Bush Empire
  96. 28/06/2011 – Combichrist/Mortiis @ Talking Heads, Southampton
  97. 30/06/2011 – Still Corners @ The Drop
  98. 01/07/2011 – Toba Caldera @ The George Tavern
  99. 02/07/2011 – Hold Kiss Kill @ Notting Hill Arts
  100. 05/07/2011 – Bleech/Monsters Build Mean Robots @ Native Tongue
  101. 07/07/2011 – Austra @ Cargo
  102. 08/07/2011 – Crystal Head/Bleech @ Bull & Gate
  103. 09/07/2011 – Jesus Deluxe @ Ricoh Arena, Coventry
  104. 10/07/2011 – Bo Ningen/Teeth Of The Sea/Koolaid Electric Co/Hold Kiss Kill @ Corsica Studios
  105. 12/07/2011 – The Joy Formidable @ Rough Trade East
  106. 13/07/2011 – Genuflex @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
  107. 14/07/2011 – Two Skies @ Bull & Gate
  108. 16/07/2011 – Hold Kiss Kill/Spotlight Kid/The Palpitations @ Dave Kennedy’s House BBQ
  109. 21/07/2011 – Creatures Of Love @ Dalston Jazz Bar
  110. 23/07/2011 – Suzerain/Guile @ Islington (Bar) Academy
  111. 24/07/2011 – Maximo Park/Gary Numan @ Ben & Jerry’s Festival, Clapham Common
  112. 26/07/2011 – Shit & Shine @ Madam JoJo’s
  113. 27/07/2011 – The Bellrays @ The Borderline
  114. 28/07/2011 – Jesus Deluxe @ The Exchange, Leamington
  115. 31/07/2011 – Moby/Silver Apples @ The Roundhouse
  116. 02/08/2011 – Ringo Deathstarr @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
  117. 03/08/2011 – Blindness @ Camden Barfly
  118. 04/08/2011 – The Music @ Brixton Academy
  119. 05/08/2011 – Epic 45/Spc Eco @ The Wilmington Arms
  120. 06/08/2011 – The Datsuns/Four Dead In Ohio @ The Borderline
  121. 07/08/2011 – Two Skies/Toba Caldera @ Northern Monkey, Leeds
  122. 09/08/2011 – Spotlight Kid/Toba Caldera @ Soul Cellar, Southampton
  123. 11/08/2011 – The Palpitations @ 93feet East
  124. 11/08/2011 – Spotlight Kid @ The Wilmington Arms
  125. 16/08/2011 – Richard Warren/Tenebrous Liar @ The Social
  126. 19/08/2011 – Bleech @ The Garage
  127. 20/08/2011 – Mourning Becomes Electra/The Pockets @ Escape, Coventry
  128. 23/08/2011 – Evi Vine @ Ronnie Scott’s
  129. 24/08/2011 – Rebekah Delgado @ The Wheelbarrow
  130. 30/08/2011 – Bo Ningen @ Shacklewell Arms
  131. 31/08/2011 – Creatures Of Love/Falullah @ Old Queens Head
  132. 01/09/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ Tufnell Park Dome
  133. 05/09/2011 – Health @ The Louisiana, Bristol
  134. 06/09/2011 – The Black Angels @ Academy 3, Manchester
  135. 07/09/2011 – Eat Lights Become Lights @ Electricity Showrooms, Hoxton
  136. 09/09/2011 – The Fauns/Blindness @ Nambucca
  137. 11/09/2011 – The Pockets @ The Flapper, Birmingham
  138. 15/09/2011 – Architects Of Grace @ The Bowery
  139. 16/09/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ Rough Trade East
  140. 16/09/2011 – Hold Kiss Kill @ Buffalo Bar
  141. 19/09/2011 – The Black Angels @ Scala
  142. 20/09/2011 – Guile @ The Bowery
  143. 22/09/2011 – Warrior Soul @ Camden Underworld
  144. 23/09/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ The Paradiso, Amsterdam
  145. 24/09/2011 – Josh T Pearson/Richard Warren/Tenebrous Liar @ The Junction 2, Cambridge
  146. 27/09/2011 – Eat Lights Become Lights @ Cargo
  147. 28/09/2011 – Hold Kiss Kill @ Bull & Gate
  148. 29/09/2011 – Boxer Rebellion @ Shepherds Bush Empire
  149. 30/09/2011 – 93millionmilesfromthesun @ Mama Liz’s Voodoo Lounge, Stamford
  150. 01/10/2011 – Claytown Troupe @ Islington Academy
  151. 01/10/2011 – Blindness @ Roadtrip
  152. 04/10/2011 – Exit Calm @ The Lexington
  153. 07/10/2011 – Four Dead In Ohio @ Boogaloo
  154. 08/10/2011 – Crystal Head @ Nambucca
  155. 10/10/2011 – Still Corners @ Café Oto
  156. 11/10/2011 – Still Corners @ Rough Trade East
  157. 12/10/2011 – The Duke Spirit @ Camden Barfly
  158. 13/10/2011 – Richard Warren/Tenebrous Liar @ Inspire, Coventry
  159. 14/10/2011 – New Model Army @ The Roadmenders, Northampton
  160. 15/10/2011 – Jesus Deluxe @ The Exchange, Leamington
  161. 18/10/2011 – Elephant Stone/Koolaid Electric Company @ The Lexington
  162. 20/10/2011 – Spotlight Kid @ The Hope, Brighton
  163. 21/10/2011 – Spotlight Kid @ Hoxton Underbelly
  164. 22/10/2011 – Spotlight Kid @ The Flapper, Birmingham
  165. 23/10/2011 – 93millionmilesfromthesun @ Academy 3, Birmingham
  166. 24/10/2011 – White Hills @ Corsica Studios
  167. 27/10/2011 – Two Skies @ Roadtrip
  168. 28/10/2011 – Silver Apples @ Coalition, Brighton
  169. 28/10/2011 – Blindness @ Nambucca
  170. 29/10/2011 – Toba Caldera @ The Cricketers, Southampton
  171. 01/11/2011 – Blindness @ The Lexington
  172. 02/11/2011 – The Early Years @ CAMP
  173. 06/11/2011 – Evi Vine @ Notting Hill Arts
  174. 08/11/2011 – KT Tunstall @ Union Chapel
  175. 09/11/2011 – Bleech @ Power’s Bar
  176. 14/11/2011 – Bo Ningen @ The Lexington
  177. 17/11/2011 – Dum Dum Girls/Veronica Falls @ ULU
  178. 21/11/2011 – Twilight Sad @ The Borderline
  179. 23/11/2011 – Pure Reason Revolution @ Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
  180. 24/11/2011 – Monster Magnet @ The Garage, Glasgow
  181. 25/11/2011 – Crystal Head @ Purple Turtle
  182. 26/11/2011 – Josh T Pearson/Richard Warren @ Barbican Hall
  183. 27/11/2011 – The Telescopes/Hold Kiss Kill @ Corsica Studios
  184. 28/11/2011 – Pinkmountaintops @ The Lexington
  185. 30/11/2011 – Pure Reason Revolution @ Heaven
  186. 01/12/2011 – Josh T Pearson @ Rough Trade East
  187. 02/12/2011 – Richard Warren/Jesus Deluxe @ Taylor Johns, Coventry
  188. 03/12/2011 – King Kurt @ Camden Underworld
  189. 06/12/2011 – Kyte @ Buffalo Bar
  190. 07/12/2011 – The Tamborines @ Buffalo Bar
  191. 08/12/2011 – Amplifier @ Colchester Arts
  192. 09/12/2011 – Amplifier @ Islington Academy
  193. 10/12/2011 – Blindness @ 12 Bar
  194. 15/12/2011 – Exit Calm @ Buffalo Bar
  195. 16/12/2011 – The Wonder Stuff @ Shepherds Bush Empire
  196. 17/12/2011 – Dolittle @ The Fighting Cocks, Kingston-Upon-Thames
  197. 28/12/2011 – Teeth Of The Sea @ The Lexington
  198. 30/12/2011 – Mourning Becomes Electra @ Inspire, Coventry
  199. 31/12/2011 – Fabulous Feedback Band @ The Cauliflower, llford
  
  Best gig - Monster Magnet in Glasgow
  
  TheGrudge @furryfan | 4 Jan '12, 10:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Ahhh… you’ve counted the SXSW shows as separate gigs.
    
    marckee @TheGrudge | 4 Jan '12, 10:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Which is kind of fair enough
      
      SXSW is different from something like ATP & not really that different from going to see a band in somewhere like Old Street or Camden & then going off to another gig in the same area after.
      
      Used to average 60+ myself, but probably down to 20 or so now (^This to Silentcommand)
      
      Poprivet @marckee | 4 Jan '12, 12:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I went to...
    
    ...two of the same gigs as you :)
    
    pentargo @TheGrudge | 4 Jan '12, 11:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - soulm8s
      
      hal_krishna @pentargo | 4 Jan '12, 11:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - You could have tried to see a few more good things in all of that.
    
    moff @TheGrudge | 4 Jan '12, 12:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
15

199 averages more than one every other day.

I salute you.

chadders | 3 Jan '12, 15:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
Well done

juicegermer | 3 Jan '12, 16:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

unfamiliar this'd this
200.

Unlucky

thewarn | 3 Jan '12, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- 201
  
  mug_mug_mug @thewarn | 4 Jan '12, 11:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
You must be loaded!

199 gigs, average of a tenner each? Possibly more given the amount in london. Then all the travel, must be getting on for 4 or 5k in total.

Last Fm suggests I went to 14 plus ATP, but they were a good 14. Most I've ever managed in a year is prob about 40, 14 is about average these days, all part of living in a small town in middle of nowhere.

karl | 3 Jan '12, 21:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
Impressive

But did you do anything else last year apart from go to gigs?

I probably averaged one every couple of weeks, plus Primavera and Green Man. Not a particularly busy year.

littlebirds | 3 Jan '12, 22:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- My life pretty much revolves around music.
  
  I do meet up with non gig going friends to catch up from time to time tho'.
  
  TheGrudge @littlebirds | 4 Jan '12, 10:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
I've really slacked

looking at my last fm, I went to 12 gigs and Primavera and Yes Way

I think I read more books last year than went to gigs

malick | 3 Jan '12, 23:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
2 (including reading festival)

i didn't have the time, effort, money, or friends that liked the same music as me, and its horribly inconvenient as i don't live in a city. i already have 6 booked for 2012 though which is better.

aactv | 4 Jan '12, 00:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
I have 104 friends.

wilykit | 4 Jan '12, 11:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- According to Facebook...
  
  ...I also have 104 friends! Man alive, today is all about degrees of separation for me.
  
  pentargo @wilykit | 4 Jan '12, 12:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
Going through last.fm and counting festivals as single events

51 in 2011
134 in 2010

I've really slacked off.

eoin | 4 Jan '12, 12:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Mine have fallen since I became a town councillor, and joined 3 sub-committees

However, counting each day of as a festival as one, and including concerts & WHPs I went to 197. I had a forced period of absence June - Aug while my Dad was ill. Of those 197 about 25 were essentially dance events, but all with live acts.

Locations:

Mostly Manchester & Salford, but also :
Liverpool 5
Sheffield 14
London 6
Coventry 1
Leeds 6

Festivals 25 days

UnrealCity | 4 Jan '12, 17:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
1- Mogwai in Seoul

Mostly because I'm trying to save money, and as I didn't live in London it was always a pain in the arse to get there and back at night. There's a few decent looking gigs coming up here in Seoul though, although Beirut is playing when I'm on holiday in Taiwan :(

Victory_Rose | 5 Jan '12, 03:27 | X | ^ This | Reply