Concerts thread: Best/Worst/Next/Last one you attended?

Got my tickets for all three nights of the Hold Steady's 2023 Weekender in London in March. Totally worth the 5 a.m. wakeup to catch the presale. The Sunday show will be in a venue that holds like 250 people and it sold out in about three minutes. Learned my lesson from last year and bought that one first. The Friday/Saturday shows are in a much larger venue and tickets are way easier to come by. The Sunday night show this year was insanely good, and I was lucky enough to run into a good Irish fellow who had one to spare. No need for that this time.

 

We enjoyed a concert by DeVotchKa last night in a small local venue. When we got seated we saw at least 15 instruments scattered about on the state, including a sousaphone and a theremin. All of them got a workout.
They're what I'd consider an art rock band; Wikipedia defines them as Gypsy punk. Either way, they had the crowd on its feet last night.
Here they are performing before a bigger audience several years ago.

 

live look @playthrough

 

Off to see the great Robert Cray at the theatre 10 minutes from my place tonight. Been probably 30 years since I last saw him.

 

UPDATE: Show was postponed because Cray was stuck in Buffalo!

 

I have four for the first night at CitiField, will probably get tickets for the second night, too. I've also got four for Springsteen at Belmont Park on 4/13.

The last show I saw was Robert Earl Keen at Irving Plaza. He was great as always, though he was definitely struggling physically. The recent Texas Monthly piece revealed that he woke up that morning with Bell's Palsy.

Full piece here: Bus Fires, Voodoo Candles, and Rodeo Legends: Inside Robert Earl Keen’s Epic Final Tour

 

I bought my daughter tickets for Backseat Lovers in Austin in May. I got online about noon the day they went on sale and landed seventh row seats.

 

Just snagged a ticket for The Hold Steady in D.C. on Feb. 3. Then I'll see them three more times in London in March. I've always dreamed of a unified scene...

 

Old Crow Medicine Show is in town Saturday night and I was pumped to see them for the first time. But the venue is standing only, and I’m not sure that’s the scene for a 47-year-old rheumatoid patient. Still mulling it over.

 

I may have brought this up before, so apologies if so, but since I just bought a ticket, wanted to run it by the thread:

What do you think about going to a concert by yourself? Have you done that? Good experience?

I actually haven't, but likely will now in March. It'll be a smallish club show (maybe 500 people?), band is White Reaper, and I'm in my 40s. Bought a single ticket, and while I usually see shows with a friend or two, this one will probably be on my own. Kinda looking forward to it.

Anyway, thoughts?