# Reasons to keep living. What shows are you booked to see? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521 "2011-10-13T12:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/1 "2011-10-13T12:17:43Z")
Well I can’t die for a while yet. I have tickets for - [Way To Blue: The Songs of Nick Darke](http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/way_to_blue.aspx?gclid=CKDwksm646sCFU1S4godh2eUQg) _Fleet Foxes_ and _Beirut_ Who is on your dance card? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/2 "2011-10-13T13:56:16Z")
Not much - we have tickets for the “Farewell Tour” of _Riverdance_ next month, and The Troubies production of _A West Side Christmas Story_ a couple of weeks later, and that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/3 "2011-10-13T14:04:04Z")
I’m good for about another month - I have tickets to see Lucinda Williams in November. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/4 "2011-10-13T14:34:44Z")
Looks like I’m the first to die – Andrew Bird, Saturday a week. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/5 "2011-10-13T14:38:48Z")
Nothing booked for me. I always have trouble finding people who want to see the same bands as me. ☹ > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > _Beirut_ Saw them at Hyde park earlier this year, where they were support for Arcade Fire. They were very good. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/6 "2011-10-13T15:16:52Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Nothing booked for me. I always have trouble finding people who want to see the same bands as me. ☹ If it’s someone I really want to see, I buy the tickets first, figure out a companion later. (This does occasionally fail to work out – I’m taking my brother to Andrew Bird. ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/7 "2011-10-13T15:22:23Z")
I’ve got third-row tickets for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra next month. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/8 "2011-10-13T15:26:41Z")
I need to live forever - Kate Bush still might tour one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/9 "2011-10-13T15:40:21Z")
They Might Be Giants, in late November And then Jonathan Coulton and a bunch of other awesomeness on JoCo Cruise Crazy in February. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/10 "2011-10-13T15:44:55Z")
I had tickets to the Foo Fighters in November. I was so excited to go, I have seen them before and love their live shows. But about two weeks after I bought the tickets, my sister-in-law and mother-in-law asked me if I wanted to go with them to China. The concert is scheduled for the day before I get home. I sold the tickets and made $250, so I can’t complain too much. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/11 "2011-10-13T16:14:45Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I’ve got third-row tickets for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra next month. 🙂 I’m seeing them December 22. I’ve seen them once before a number of years ago, I cannot wait! ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/12 "2011-10-13T17:01:34Z")
_hangs head_ I bought tickets for a friend and I to see Duran Duran at the end of October. She’s a serious fan and I will be mildly entertained but I really like her 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/13 "2011-10-13T17:32:30Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > They Might Be Giants, in late November > > And then Jonathan Coulton and a bunch of other awesomeness on JoCo Cruise Crazy in February. I saw TMBG with Jonathan Coulton last month. There’s really nothing keeping me alive anymore. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/14 "2011-10-13T19:01:31Z")
In December we have tickets to see \*\*Wilco \*\* three times in one week, at progressively smaller venues. First at the Civic Opera House, then at the Riviera, and then at the Vic. There are tickets to a fourth show at an even smaller venue (Metro) going on sale this Saturday and hopefully we can snag a pair of those too. I can shuffle off this mortal coil anytime after that week is over. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/15 "2011-10-13T19:17:00Z")
nothing uh-oh ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/16 "2011-10-13T19:18:58Z")
Fountains of Wayne at Slims this Saturday Roger Daltrey at the San Jose Civic next Friday ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/17 "2011-10-13T19:24:49Z")
Nothing, though I would love to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra…the problem is, the weather. Every show comes to town during the worst weather for driving. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/18 "2011-10-14T02:40:01Z")
None. I was literally counting down the days until Kesha came to Chicago in August, but now that’s come and gone. Now I have to wait for her to schedule her next tour. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/19 "2011-10-14T07:27:56Z")
Leon Russell is coming here on my birthday, small venue. I can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521/20 "2011-10-14T13:36:43Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Leon Russell is coming here on my birthday, small venue. I can’t wait. I saw him open for Dave Mason a few years ago. That was a pretty good show. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-to-keep-living-what-shows-are-you-booked-to-see/599521.md?page=2)