The Year in Concerts

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Taken from sirnyn99 and katienyc

2008: The Year in Concerts

January:

Jan 15, 2008: Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour- The Cab, We The Kings, Metro Station, Cobra Starship- School of Rock, South Hackensack, NJ

Jan 18, 2008: Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour- The Cab, We The Kings, Metro Station, Cobra Starship- Highline Ballroom, NY, NY

Jan 19, 2008: Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour- The Cab, We The Kings, Metro Station, Cobra Starship- Trackside Teen Center, Wilton, CT

Jan 20, 2008 matinée: Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour- The Cab, We The Kings, Metro Station, Cobra Starship- Middle East Downstairs, Boston, MA

Jan 20, 2008 evening: Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour- The Cab, We The Kings, Metro Station, Cobra Starship- Middle East Downstairs, Boston, MA

February:

Feb 14, 2008: Mute Math, Alanis Morissette, Matchbox Twenty- Madison Square Garden, NY, NY

Feb 23, 2008: Panic at the Disco Walmart Taping, Irving Plaza, NY, NY

March:

Mar 8, 2008 matinée: Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour- The Cab, We The Kings, Cobra Starship- Crazy Donkey, Long Island

Mar 8, 2008 evening: Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour- The Cab, We The Kings, Cobra Starship- Crazy Donkey, Long Island

April:

Apr 4, 2008: Mike Doughty, Highline Ballroom, NY, NY

Apr 14, 2008: This is Ivy League, Knitting Factory, NY, NY

May:

May 2, 2008: Slope Day- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Hot Hot Heat, Gym Class Heroes- The Slope, Ithaca, NY

May 6, 2008: My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Drive By- The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA

May 7, 2008: Panic At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet- Roseland Ballroom, NY, NY

May 8, 2008: Panic At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet- Roseland Ballroom, NY, NY

May 9, 2008: My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Drive By - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

May 10, 2008: Panic At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet - Chevrolet Amphitheater - Wallingford, CT

May 22, 2008: Matthew Good Band, Halifax, NS, CANADA

June:

June 10, 2008: Death Cab for Cutie- McCarren Park Pool, Brooklyn, NY

June 24, 2008: Team Goldie- AK, NY, NY

June 27, 2008: Camp Jump and Yell- Uncle Monsterface, Math the Band, Harry and the Potters- Bowery Ballroom, NY, NY

July:

Jul 8, 2008: Dance Across the Country Tour- The Morning Light, Steel Train, The Cab, The Hush Sound- Highline Ballroom, NY, NY

August:

Aug 9, 2008: Robots and Racecars- Somewhere in PA

August 15, 2008: Empires, Mark Rose- Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ

Aug 23, 2008: Dance Across the Country Tour- The Morning Light, Steel Train, The Cab, The Hush Sound- Webster Theater, Hartford, CT

September:

Sept 5, 2008: Gym Class Heroes- NY, NY

October:

Oct 11, 2008: SassyBack Tour- Sing it Loud, Hit the Lights, Forever the Sickest Kids, Cobra Starship- Nokia Theater NY, NY

Oct 28, 2008: Rock Band Live Tour- The Cab, The Plain White Ts, Dashboard Confessional, Panic at the Disco- Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, CT

Oct 31, 2008: Rock Band Live Tour- The Cab, The Plain White Ts, Dashboard Confessional, Panic at the Disco- Patriot Center, Washington, DC

November:

Nov 2, 2008: Rock Band Live Tour- The Cab, The Plain White Ts, Dashboard Confessional, Panic at the Disco- Prudential Center, Newark, NJ

Nov 18, 2008: The All-American Rejects, The City Lives, Jetlag Gemini - Irving Plaza, New York, NY

Nov 19, 2008: Carolina Liar, We the Kings, The Academy Is...- Roseland Ballroom, NY, NY

Nov 26, 2008: Forgive Durden, Dear and the Headlights, Steel Train- Bowery Ballroom, NY, NY

Nov 29, 2008: SassyBack Tour- Sing it Loud, Hit the Lights, Forever the Sickest Kids, Cobra Starship- Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA

December:

Dec 5, 2008: The All-American Rejects - Grand Ballroom, New York, NY (Walmart Taping)

Dec 16, 2008: Tyga, Fall Out Boy- Nokia Theatre, New York, NY

Shows attended: 36 (assuming I counted right)
Bands seen: 44 (assuming I counted right)
Bands seen the most: The Cab (12), Cobra (9), WTK (8), Panic (7), Hush Sound & Metro Station (5)
Biggest Show: Either show at MSG (My Chemical Romance or Matchbox Twenty)
Smallest Show: Robots and Racecars or Team Goldie, If you don't count either of those as real shows (and I'm not sure I do), then Empires at Maxwell's
Band(s) you never want to see again: The Plain White Ts, Hit the Lights, Sing it Loud, FTSK
Band(s) you didn't really know going in and came out loving: Steel Train, also, the RRRGLT gave everyone Stockholm Syndrome so Metro Station and WTK
Favorite Tour: The Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour

Ten Favorite Performances Moments as Captured by Youtube Video

1/18/2008- WTK and Metro Acoustic NOT MY VIDEO :(

1/20/2008- Cobra- Guilty Pleasure

5/2/2008- GCH- Peace Sign

5/10/2008- Panic- The Bracelet Song

6/27/2008- Uncle Monsterface- Like a Prayer

8/15/2008- Empires- All Night Long

8/23/2008- The Hush Sound- We Believe in Barack Obama

10/11/2008- Cobra Starship- Pleasure Ryland

10/31/2008- Panic- It's Almost Halloween

12/16/2008- FOB- Yule Shoot Your Eye Out

If it weren't for my obsessive youtubing (and other people's year-in-reviews), I wouldn't remember the dates or venues of most of these.