2021 promised to be the year that concerts came back.
And they did, in a pretty big way. However, there were random shows that were cancelled or postponed. And then, the year ended with a huge number of shows being cancelled, which had already leaked into 2022.
The terrible irony is that some shows that pushed back their dates from the Spring of 2021 to the Spring of 2022 might get pushed back again because of the omicron variant. I swear if that My Chemical Romance show gets pushed back again, the kids who want to see it will be out of school already.
As for me, I saw a lot of shows in the middle of the year and then kind of burnt out and blew off a bunch of shows. Now with shows getting cancelled again, I’m wondering how much I regret not going to the ones I skipped.
The only real regret I have is missing the Stars/Kevin Devine show at World Cafe Live. I’ve wanted to see Stars for a long time and they don’t tour all that often. This show happened to be on a day that we were hosting a small get together and while I probably could have made it to the show afterwards, it would have been really tight. So I just have to hope that Stars comes back around in 2022 (or 2023).
Artists I saw from August to December 2021:
Some of these shows were amazing. Some were okay. But I’m glad I got to see them all (and some with my kids, too!)
The Districts
Modest Mouse
Mannequin Pussy
Japanese Breakfast
Phish (twice)
Garcia Peoples
HELLA-MEGA TOUR Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer, The Interrupters
Wilco: It’s time
Sleater-Kinney
NNAMDI
Zappa Band
King Crimson
Magic Sword
Avatar
The Haunt
The HU
Squirrel Flower (was originally Tomberlin)
Soccer Mommy
Kestrels
Bob Mould [band]
Trey Anastasio Band
Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill
Kathleen Edwards
Mr Elevator
Osees
Black Mountain
Primus: A Tribute to Kings
Kayleigh Goldsworthy
Frank Turner
Seaton Smith
John Mulaney
PHILLY MUSIC FEST-Highnoon, Control Top, Menzingers
Ali Macofsky
St. Vincent
Gustaf
Idles
Sarah Jaffe
Torres
Bartees Strange
Lucy Dacus
Total Rubbish
Kississippi
Tigers Jaw
Sydney Sprague
Oso Oso
The Front Bottoms
Pinkshift
AngelDu$t
Mannequin Pussy
BLACKSTARKIDS
Christian Leave
Beabadoobie
Channel Tres
Thundercat
Particle Kid
Flaming Lips
Doll Skin
Bad Cop Bad Cop
Antiflag
Miloe
BEACH BUNNY
Avi Avital & Milos
All Good Things
The World Alive
STARSET
Ryley Walker
Dinosaur Jr
Pom Pom Squad
Nada Surf
Patrick McMinn
Alex Silva
Dan Deacon
All hail the yeti! [Suicide Silence had to cancel for COVID]
Jinjer
The Scouts
Sham
The Districts
Cirgue Dreams
Baroness: Your Baronness tour
Los Retros
Chicano Batman
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