# Seen any good concerts lately?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 26, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-good-concerts-lately/497712 "2009-05-26T17:58:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-good-concerts-lately/497712/21 "2009-05-28T01:32:24Z")

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> [@Dinsdale](#):
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> Not much on the horizon until I take the kiddies to see Joan Jett a month from now.

Argh! Next to seeing Alice Cooper (six times so far) Joan Jett is the act I most need to catch up to! I’ve never seen her live but my son, bless him, did hold up his phone for four songs when he went so I was kinda “there”.

Oh and of course Alice was my latest concert back in September. I went to both the shows, out at the Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver. The shows were awesome! Alice trotted out the noose again. I managed to grab the rail for both shows and even got a fair bit of eye contact.

Oh, and I finally met the man at a CD signing! I can now die happy…

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**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-good-concerts-lately/497712/22 "2009-05-28T05:53:32Z")

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About a month ago, Sat^Gal and I went to see a BC band called [Marianas Trench](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHteRX2Bfwg), who are up and coming and pretty popular around here at least…  
I love that they do alot of really cool harmonies, which you don’t often see with alot of modern bands. Really high-energy, and a bunch of really talented guys.  
Carly Rae Jepsen (Canadian Idol contestant) and Shiloh (15, sounds a bit like Miley Cirus, but with talent and more edge) opened for them, and tix were only $10.

S^G

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**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-good-concerts-lately/497712/23 "2009-05-28T13:13:08Z")

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Saw one of Richard Thompson’s 1000 Years of Popular Music concerts- really, really good. And funny.

so many people I like are getting so old…

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**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-any-good-concerts-lately/497712/24 "2009-05-28T13:48:36Z")

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> [@Push\_You\_Down](#):
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> Saw the Decemberists last week on their Hazards of Love tour. I honestly hadn’t warmed to the album at all when the concert rolled around. Now after hearing them do it live… I’m in love.

I’m seeing them in a couple of weeks at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland. The new album is fantastic (maybe their best ever, and I’ve been a fan of theirs since the beginning), so I’m very much looking forward to hearing it live. I only wish they were playing a better venue, like the 9:30 Club or Constitution Hall.

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