Editor’s Note: As of October 2016, the concert list below is no longer being updated.  I have replaced it with a Page about concerts I’ve seen.

This is not, strictly speaking, a post about Europe,  but it ties together.  With the Jazz Festival in town this weekend, I’ve been getting to see a lot of interesting bands, which got me thinking.

I love live music. I love all music, really, but live music is especially fun for me.

Much of my travel to a new city happens because of  a concert.  It starts when a band or artist that I’m interested in seeing announces a show.  If they’re playing within an hour of me, I’ll usually just hop a train to see the show but if they aren’t playing a venue within an hour of me, the concert becomes my next trip.

I saw Frankfurt because Thomas Dolby played there.  I saw Kempten because VNV Nation played there.  I’m going back to Berlin again in October because the Scissor Sisters are coming.  (Edit: It was cancelled.  ::sigh::) I’m thinking about seeing Covenant in Hamburg and Muse in Munich.  You get the idea.   I pass up more concerts than I actually select, despite the fact that I want to see them all.  There just isn’t enough time and money to see them all.

It’s nice to look back at what I’ve seen though, because I’ve seen a LOT of concerts, and sometimes I forget just how actively I’ve followed the music.  What follows is a list of every concert I’ve seen (that I can recall), including some well known comedians.  I’m not including musicals, broadway or otherwise, but that would add another dozen or so names to the list.    An asterisk (*) means I’ve seen them more than once.  I plan to add this post to the navigation bar on the blog and keep it up to date moving forward.

I’ve always thought you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to.  Judging by this list, I either have really good taste or a deep and fulfilling psychosis.

Editor’s Note: As of October 2016, the concert list below is no longer being updated.  I have replaced it with a Page about concerts I’ve seen.