A good weekend and a list of concerts

This weekend was just the kind of weekend I needed. There was Disney in the rain (what? We wore raincoats!) Christmas decorations out the yin yang and snow machines, an evening cut short by pee (seriously, dude, enough), and carbs galore at Cracker Barrel. There was a morning of cleaning my house from head to toe and then retreating to my room to paint my fingernails and my toenails and watch This Means War and basically ignore everyone for a bit. There was really good red wine and the last of the Fizzing Wizzbees and a very abrupt bedtime when I all of a sudden couldn’t keep my eyes open.

So I was thinking about what to blog about, and Stephanie wrote about her concert love of Matchbox 20 which made me think of all the bands I have seen in concert. And so for your Monday morning enjoyment, here’s a list:

New Kids on the Block (once as a young one and once a few years ago)

Debbie Gibson

They Might Be Giants (17 times. Yes, I know. Once was the kids show and I brought the kids. Once was two weeks after Spencer was born, and I got a babysitter. Once was driving to Asheville NC after a hurricane)

OK GO (twice)

Frank Black (he really needed the Pixies, sucked on his own)

Billy Joel

Black Crowes

Grateful Dead (April 1995, last concert held in Tampa Stadium before it was torn down, and 4 months before Jerry Garcia died)

James Taylor (three times)

Alanis Morissette

Tori Amos

Collective Soul

Cranberries

Sum 41

MxPx (twice, once when they were still Magnified Plaid)

No Need for a Name

Taking Back Sunday

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Barenaked Ladies

Flogging Molly

Garbage

Plain White Tees (three times)

Rockapella (four times? Possibly five)

Lacuna Coil (twice)

Muse

Tom Petty

(edited)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

I think this is a full list, but there were probably a few more. I left out bands that were at music festivals that I went to but I didn’t pay any attention to, but I included a few that were at festivals that I went specifically to see or watched their entire set.

Who have you seen?