Concerts Since 1998
9/1 : The Woodlands : Macklemore / IMAGINE DRAGONS
10/1 : The Woodlands : John Harvie / JellyRoll / SHINEDOWN
10/26 : Heights Theater : ALREADY GONE
Buzzfest
10 YEARS - Pretty good, poor sound system
THE HU - Mongolian rock, excellent
BUSH - Good set list, poor delivery
SEETHER - Outstanding, despite bad throat
PAPA ROACH - Outstanding, have matured with age
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10/28 : Smart Financial Center : Ayron Jones / SHINEDOWN
4/4 : Houston Revention : Beth Hart / KENNY-WAYNE SHEPHERD
9/12 : Heights Theater : ALREADY GONE
10/8 : Toyota Center : Gang of Youths / MUMFORD & SONS
Austin City Limits Festival - Friday
Amazons (8.8)
Asleep at the Wheel (4.1)
Houses (8.3)
Oliver Tree (7.4)
Cherry Glazer (8.1)
Palm Springsteen (7.9)
Tyler Childers (3.4)
The Raconteurs (8.6)
Guns & Roses (8.5)
Austin City Limits Festival - Saturday
Ingrid Andress (8.9)
The Aquadolls (7.4) Bayonne (9.1)
Superet (8.8)
Misterwives (9.0)
Pink Sweat$ (8.5)
Judah and the Lion (8.8)
Gary Clark Jnr (9.4)
Austin City Limits Festival - Sunday
Kevin Garrett (8.1)
Julia Jacklin (4.8)
Japanese House (8.6)
Still Woozy (8.3)
Idles (8.7)
TOBi (8.8)
Rebelution (9.5)
Bruce Hornsby (8.5)
Mumford and Sons (10.0)
5/26 : Sugar Land : Into The Ark / TOM JONES
7/24 : Sugar Land : Deborah Bonham / Ann Wilson and Vortex / Jeff Beck / PAUL RODGERS
8/5 : Red Rocks : JOE BONAMASSA
11/3 : Houston : Lauv / SNOW PATROL / ED SHEERAN
11/24 : Houston : Kitten / BLUE OCTOBER
12/11 : San Antonio : New Years Day / In This Moment / HALESTORM
Austin City Limits Festival - Friday
The Coronas (8.6)
Ben Kweller (7.4)
Big Thief (6.2)
Gang of Youths (8.3)
Alvvays (8.4)
Borns (7.4)
Greta Van Fleet (8.5)
Khalid (7.6)
Brockhampton (6.8)
Father John Misty (7.7)
Austin City Limits Festival - Saturday
Dizzy (8.4)
Verite (7.4)
Alice Merton (8.5)
Durand Jones & The Indicators (8.4)
The Wombats (8.8)
The Breeders (7.2)
Highly Suspect (8.1)
Deftones (7.8)
Metallica (10.0)
Austin City Limits Festival - Sunday
Wilderado (8.4)
Neighbor Lady (8.1)
Shame (7.8)
Mt. Joy (8.7)
Arizona (8.3)
Parquet Courts (9.0)
X Ambassadors (8.6)
Houndmouth (8.5)
Phoenix (7.7)
Illenium (7.9)
Arctic Monkeys (7.7)
1/31 : Houston : Harrison Kipner / RICK ASTLEY
5/20 : Houston : July Talk / CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN
8/3 : San Antonio : The Night Game / JOHN MAYER
8/21 : Houston : Hard Working Americans / TEDESCHI-TRUCKS
8/23 : Houston : Jontavius Willis / TAJMO
11/16 : Sugar Land : Wilderado / BUCKINGHAM - MCVIE
11/24 : Houston : Missio / BLUE OCTOBER
Austin City Limits Festival - Friday
The Wild Now (9.1)
Methyl Ethel (7.1)
Missio feat Zeale (8.3)
Mutemath (8.4)
Hamilton Lithauser (8.2)
James Vincent McMorrow (7.5)
Crystal Castles (4.0)
Royal Blood (8.3)
Foster The People (7.3)
Austin City Limits Festival - Saturday
Devon Gilfillian (9.4)
Asgeir (7.1)
Grace Vanderwaal (8.3)
ASAP Ferg (8.1)
Live (8.5)
Ice Cube (8.4)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (10)
Austin City Limits Festival - Sunday
Amy Shark (9.1)
Bibi Bourelly (4.3)
Charlotte Cardin (7.3)
Middle Kids (8.0)
Jamla Woods (8.1)
Raging Fyah (9.2)
Goldfish (8.4)
First Aid Kit (7.4)
The Head and the Heart (8.1)
Portugal The Man (5.7)
The Killers (9.5)
7/2 : Houston : MARK MAY
8/1 : Houston : Whiskey Myers / HALESTORM / SHINEDOWN
9/24 : Houston : Corinne Bailey Rae / ALABAMA SHAKES
11/29 : Houston : John Cleese & Eric Idle
12/2 : Houston : KEB MO
Austin City Limits Festival - Friday
Corbu (Alt) (7)
VHS Collection (7)
Asleep at the Wheel (CW) (5)
Liza Anne (SS) (6)
Frightened Rabbit (Rock) (9)
Ron Gallo (Punk) (5)
The Front Bottoms (Rock) (7.5)
Welshey Arms (Rock) (8)
The Strumbellas (Alt) (8)
Chairlift (6.5)
Blue October (Rock) (9)
Cold War Kids (Alt) (7)
Flying Lotus (Techno) (3)
Flume (Techno) (3)
Radiohead (4)
Austin City Limits Festival - Saturday
Israel Nash (CW) (4)
Jazz Cartier (Rap) (8.5)
Nothing But Thieves (Rock) (9)
Cavemen (Alt) (8.5)
Lewis Del Mar (Alt) (8.5)
Jack Garratt (Alt Pop) (6.5)
Catfish and the Bottlemen (Rock) (9)
The Naked and Famous (Alt) (7.5)
Cage the Elephant (Prock) (6)
Two Door Cinema Club (Pop) (8.5)
Austin City Limits Festival - Sunday
July Talk (Alt) (8)
Luke Winslow-King (Blues) (9)
Wild Belle (Alt) (8)
Chronixx and the Zincfence Redemption (Reggae) (8.5)
Nathaniel Ratliff and the Night Sweats (Rock) (8)
St. Paul and the Broken Bones (Pop) (7.5)
Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds (Jazz Rock) (8.5)
Mumford and Sons (10)
5/28 : Houston : Starset / The Pretty Reckless / HALESTORM
6/13 : Houston : Matt Anderson / BETH HART
11/25 : Houston : JOE BONAMASSA
12/1 : Houston : Phantogram / MUSE
12/3 : Houston : yler Bridges & The Shakedown / BILLY GIBBONS AND THE BFG’S
12/31 : Houston : Kiki’s Sordid Sideshow / Los Skarnales / Def Perception / Blue Heater / Gio Chamba / THE SUFFERS
Austin City Limits Festival - Friday
In The Whale (7)
Talk in Tongues (6)
Leopold and his Fiction (6)
Meg Myers (6)
Son Little (6)
Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas (8)
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors (8)
Leon Bridges (9)
Brand New (5)
Maggie Koerner (7)
Tame Impala (7)
Gary Clark Jr (8)
Foo Fighters (7)
Austin City Limits Festival - Saturday
The Wind and the Wave (8)
Waters (8)
Willam Clark Green (7)
Echosmith (7)
Tyree Morris & The Hearts of Worship (2)
Ryn Weaver (6)
Glass Animals (7)
Houndmouth (8)
Koa (8)
Walk The Moon (8)
Alabama Shakes (7)
Rayland Baxter (8)
Austin City Limits Festival - Sunday
Boom Forest (9)
Lion Babe (8)
Ume (8)
Hunter Sharpe (7)
Amason (6)
Kehlani (8)
Halsey (5)
The Suffers (9)
Kurt Vile and the Violators (6)
Muddy Magnolias (8)
5/6 : Houston : Bruce Springsteen
6/30 : Houston : Eddie Izzard
11/13 : Houston : Tedeschi Trucks / Band Of Heathens
8/11 : Houston : Linkin Park / Thirty Seconds To Mars / AFI
10/2 : Houston : Hendrix Tribute
Austin City Limits Festival - Friday
Penny and Sparrow (7)
Young and Sick (8)
Broods (8)
Saints of Valory (a) (9) / Jones Family Singers (c) (7)
Capital Cities (a) (6) / John Batiste and Stay Human (c) (9)
Bleachers (a) (7) / Lake Street Dive (c) (7)
Churches (a)(7) / Paolo Nutini (c)(7)
Sam Smith (8)
Foster the People (a) (8)
Austin City Limits Festival - Saturday
Empires (7)
Falls (6)
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (9)
Rebolution (a) (7)
Head and the Hand (a)(7) / My Brightest Diamond (c) (1)
(Iggy Azalea) (4)
Lana Del Rey (8)
(Major Lazer) (3)
Eminem (10)
Austin City Limits Festival - Sunday
Emily Wolfe (8)
Haerts (8)
Wood and Wire (7)
(Mo) (a) (8) / (River City Christianettes) (c) (7)
Rueben and the Dark (a) (7) / The Legendary Soul Stirrers (c) (9)
AFI (a) (10) / Nikki Lane (c) (7)
Cults (7)
(Real Estate) (a) (8)
Imelda May (10)
(Phantogram) (a) (8)
The Replacements (8)
(a) - Andy only
(c) - Christine only
() - Heard From a Distance
Mar : Toyota Center : ERIC CLAPTON / The Wallflowers - Very good
Jul : The Woodlands : LYNRYD SKYNRYD / Bad Company - Great combination
Jul : The Woodlands : JOHN MAYER / Phillip Phillips - Off form
Aug : Las Vegas : BUDDY GUY / Quinn Sullivan - Master & apprentice
Sep : Arena Theater : THE RIDES / Beth Hart - Stills poor, KWS and Beth Hart brill
Oct : Zilker Park : Austin City Limits Festival (See Below)
Nov : Bayou Music Center : GOV'T MULE, Vintage Trouble - No cohesion, great support
Nov : Bayou Music Center : JOE BONAMASSA - Acoustic/Electric sets, superb
Dec : Toyota Center : TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA - Pretty Good
Austin City Limits Festival - Friday
Latasha Lee - Good newcomer
Fidlar - Worth a listen
Thao and The Get Down, Stay Down - Poor
Jimmy Eat World - Good
Local Natives - Very good
Arctic Monkeys - Very good
Muse - Outstanding
Austin City Limits Festival - Saturday
Parqez Courts - Fair
Mona - Very good
Deap Vally - Not good
Colin Lake - Very good
Walk The Moon - Very good
Silversun Pickups - Very good
The Joy Formidable - Not my style
The Cure - Too cold, too far away
Austin City Limits Festival - Sunday
Kodaline (warming up) - Sounded good from outside
Kristin Diable - Excellent
Ms Mr - Really good
Noah and the Whale - Fair
Franz Ferdinand - Outstanding
Shinyribs - Had potential, but faded
Phoenix - Fair
Lionel Richie - Very professional
May : Bayou Music Center : CREED - Brill
Jun : Toyota Center : COLDPLAY / Wolf Gang / Robyn - OMG, outstanding
Aug : The Woodlands : LINKIN PARK / Incubus - Once again, a top concert
Oct : Bayou Music Center : IAN ANDERSON - Musically good, poor set list
Nov : Bayou Music Center : STEVE WINWOOD / Bobby Long - Very good, but ...
Dec : Jones Hall : BRYAN ADAMS - Acoustic set, pretty good
Dec : Toyota Center : TRANSIBERIAN ORCHESTRA - Pretty good
The Verizon venue became the Bayou Music Center
Mar : Toyota Center : LINKIN PARK / Paper Tongues - Outstanding, worth the wait
Apr : Reliant Arena : AVALANCHE TOUR (See below)
Sep : The Woodlands : UPROAR FESTIVAL (See below)
Dec : Verizon : JOE BONAMASSA - Brilliant, as usual
Dec : Toyota Center : JAY-Z & KAYNE WEST - Very good
Avalanche Tour
ART OF DYING - Good
HALESTORM - Promising newcomer
SKILLET - Good
THEORY OF A DEADMAN - Very good
STONE SOUR - Good
Uproar Festival
ESCAPE THE FATE - Average
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - Brilliant
SEETHER - Outstanding
THREE DAYS GRACE - Still disappointing
AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Amazing talent
Mar : Toyota Center : MUSE / Silversun Pickups - great sight, sound and value
Mar : Stafford : JOE BONAMASSA - Stunning guitarist
May : The Woodlands :VAN MORRISON - Grumpy old sod, but legendary
Aug : Phil's BBQ : MARK MAY - Local icon
Sep : The Woodlands : JOHN MAYER / Owl City - Awesome, even with a bad back
Sep : The Woodlands : TOM PETTY / ZZ Top - What a combination!
Oct : Verizon : BB KING / Caroline Wonderland - Legend, would have liked more music
Dec : Verizon : SHINEDOWN / Ten Years - Excellent acoustic set
Feb : House of Blues : JONNY LANG / Sharon Little - Amazing, worth the wait
Mar : Reliant Stadium : ZZ TOP - Solid
Apr : Toyota Center : BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Still the boss
Apr : Toyota Center : NICKELBACK / Seether, Saving Abel - Typical NB
Apr : Warehouse : JAMES MORRISON / Diane Birch - Great performance, Andy was ill
Apr : House of Blues : UB40 - Reggae at its best
Jun : Wortham Center : BRYAN ADAMS - Guitar + Piano + Wortham = Wow!
Jun : Toyota Center : ERIC CLAPTON & STEVE WINWOOD - God, with a pretty good sidekick
Jun : The Woodlands : THREE DOORS DOWN / Safety Suit, Parachute - Still good, bassist had a big ego
Aug : Warehouse : DAUGHTRY / David Hodge - Kept playing the same song
Sep : The Woodlands : NICKELBACK / Hinder - Too much BS, not enough songs, walked out
Sep : Verizon : CHICKENFOOT / Davey Knowles & Back Door Slam - Satriani, Hager at their best
Sep : The Woodlands : CREED / Staind - Best of the year, worth the wait!
Sep : House of Blues : JONNY LANG - Amazing talent, amazing band
Oct : The Hideaway : MARK MAY - Why is this guy not famous?
Oct : Katy : LUTHER & THE HEALERS - Disappointing, nothing original
Oct : Reliant Stadium : U2 / Muse - Magnificent
Dec : Warehouse : DAVY KNOWLES & BACK DOOR SLAM / Rob Drabkin - Unassumingly brilliant
Apr : The Woodlands : ROGER WATERS - Same set as Moscow
Jun : Jones Hall : EDDIE IZZZARD - Very funny
Jul : Verizon : JONNY LANG / Dave Barnes - Great performance
Jul : Toyota Center : CRUEFEST (See Below)
Aug : The Woodlands : JOHN MAYER / Colbie Caillat - Very accomplished
Sep : Stafford : JOE BONAMASSA / Second Day Red - Sound system poor
Nov : Toyota Center : COLDPLAY / Jon Hopkins, Sleepercar - Faultless, the best
Nov : Toyota Center : METALLICA / Lamb of God, The Sword - Rocked my socks off
Nov : House of Blues : BB KING / Shaun Pitman - Legend wall, 83 years old - wow!
Nov : House of Blues : SHAUN PITMAN - Good introduction
Dec : Toyota Center : TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA - Spectacular
Cruefest
TRAPT - Very good
SIXX:AM - Excellent
PAPA ROACH - Good
BUCKCHERRY - Pretty good
MOTLEY CRUE - Good
May : Shepherd's Bush, London : JOE BONAMASSA - At his best
Jun : Olympic Stadium, Moscow : LINKIN PARK - Gold medal show
Jun : Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow : GARY MOORE - Still got the skills
Jul : Olympic Stadium, Moscow : GEORGE MICHAEL - Professional effort
Jul : Twickenham, UK : GENESIS - Brilliant
Aug : Verizon : DEEP PURPLE - Pretty good
Oct : Stafford : JOE BONAMASSA / Crosby Loggins - Outstanding, as usual
Mar : Tchaikowsky Concert Hall : HISTORICAL INSTRUMENTS - Interesting
Mar : Tchaikowsky Concert Hall : DANCE FESTIVAL - Too fit for my liking
Apr : Russia Concert Hall : BLACKMORES NIGHT - Poor, aside from Ritchie Blackmore
Jun : Red Square : ROGER WATERS - Unbeatable
Jun : Tchaikowsky Concert Hall : IVANOVS JAZZ SEASON - Very good
Jun : Tchaikowsky Concert Hall : IVANOVS JAZZ SEASON - Very good
Jun : Tchaikowsky Concert Hall : IVANOVS JAZZ SEASON - Very good
Dec : Bolshoi Theatre : NUTCRACKER - Legend wall, Very good
Mar : Reliant Stadium, Houston : LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Still at their best
Mar : Reliant Stadium, Houston : STEVE MILLER BAND - Flew like an eagle
Mar : Verizon, Houston : ELVIS COSTELLO - Minimalistically brilliant
Apr : The Woodlands : BUZZFEST
Jun : Meridian, Houston : THEORY OF A DEADMAN / Submersed, Breaking Point, Faktion - Outstanding
Oct : Olympic Stadium, Moscow : PHIL COLLINS - Atleetchna, no support required
Nov : Conservatory, Moscow : SPIVAKOV (con), FURLANETTO (bass) - not bad for a tenner
Dec : Kremlin Palace, Moscow : JOSE CARREROS (tenor) - Manuel sings opera
Dec : International Music Hall, Moscow : WILSON (con), GULEGHINA (soprano) - Nice pair of lungs
Buzzfest
PAPA ROACH - Pretty good
SUM 41 - Excellent
MUDVAYNE - OK
BREAKING BENJAMIN - Pretty good
THREE DOORS DOWN - Very Good
Feb : Toyota Center : LINKIN PARK / Hoobastank, POD - Excellent all around
Apr : Verizon : DARKNESS - Excellent
Apr : The Woodlands : BUZZFEST
Apr : The Woodlands : DAVID BOWIE / Polyphonic Spree - Bowie impressive
Apr : The Woodlands : THREE DOORS DOWN / Nickelback, Puddle of Mud - Excellent all around
Jul : Toyota Center : PRINCE - Not as good as the first time
Aug : The Woodlands : DAVE MATTHEWS / Graham Colton Band - Technically sound, but boring
Aug : The Woodlands : STING / Annie Lennox - Very good
Sep : Meridian : JOE BONAMASSA Excellent - Must see bluesman
Oct : The Woodlands : NORAH JONES / Amos Lee Norah - Good, her band awful
Oct : Verizon : ALTER BRIDGE / Crossfade, Submersed - Good
Dec : Verizon : CAKE / Lostprophets - Cake crumbled, prophets soared
Dec : Verizon : HOOBASTANK / Three Days Grace, Letterkills - Good
Buzzfest
EVERLAST
LOSTPROPHETS
HOOBASTANK
SEVENDUST
THREE DAYS GRACE
PUDDLE OF MUD
Feb : Verizon : SUM 41 / No Use For A Name - Excellent
Feb : Compaq : SANTANA / Citizen Cope - Average
Feb : Verizon : 3 DOORS DOWN / Theory Of A Deadman - Excellent
Feb : Compaq : ELTON JOHN & BILLY JOEL - Excellent
Mar : Reliant : BON JOVI - Good
Jun : The Woodlands : 3 DOORS DOWN / Our Lady Peace, Seether - OK, good support bands
Jun : The Woodlands : RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS / Snoop Dogg - Poor
Jun : Compaq : EAGLES - Excellent
Jul : Verizon : PETER FRAMPTON / Joe Bonamassa - Support stole the show
Oct : Toyota Center : FLEETWOOD MAC - Excellent
Oct : Verizon : NICKELBACK / Trapt, Three Days Grace - Excellent
Nov : Jones Hall : HARRY CONNICK JR. - Good
Nov : Compaq : ZZ TOP / Los Lobos, Canadian Ragweed - Excellent
Nov : Verizon : CHEVELLE / Campfile Girls, Dredg - OK
Feb : Astrodome : ZZ TOP - Good
Apr : Verizon : PRINCE - Unbelievably good
Jun : The Woodlands : JETHRO TULL / Todd Rundgren - OK
Jul : Downtown : DOOBIE BROTHERS - Average
Aug : The Woodlands : BAD COMPANY / Foreigner - Good
Sep : The Woodlands : CREED / Sevendust - Excellent
Nov : Compaq : TOM PETTY / Jackson Browne - Excellent
Nov : Compaq : JOE COCKER / Tony Joe White - Average
Dec : Verizon : MEAT LOAF - Average
Feb : Astrodome: DESTINY'S CHILD - Poor
Mar : Astrodome: DEF LEPPARD - Excellent
Mar : Astrodome: BARRY MANILOW - If you like that sort of thing
Apr : Toyota Center : U2 / Muse - Excellent
May : Toyota Center : ERIC CLAPTON / Doyle Branhall III - Excellent
Aug : The Woodlands : ARROWFEST (See below)
Arrow Festival
CHEAP TRICK - Poor
NAZARETH - Past it!
TED NUGENT - Average
DEEP PURPLE - Good
LYNRYD SKYRYD - Good
Feb 1999 : Astrodome : SAWYER BROWN - Average
