A year ago, our lives ground to a halt as Covid-19 spread across the U.S. Everything but essential businesses shut down, schools closed, and the music world stopped in its tracks. Tour announcements became tour cancellations, festivals were called off, and those of us who attended several live shows per week found ourselves on our couches, grieving not only the fallout of the pandemic but the loss of one of our greatest comforts: music.
to perform in a city where several of my closest friends who loved the band as much as I lived. The club was packed, and the Truckers were, as they tend to be, ear-damage loud. The veteran Athens band never uses a setlist, and like so many of their shows, this one started off intentionally slow, with a mix of more contemplative, recent tunes.
The fact that all systems were not normal was apparent as soon as I went to the men’s room and saw the way people were standing apart from each other and diligently washing their hands in 20-second intervals. Before the lights went down, I noticed pockets of empty seats around the arena. Although the show was sold out, some people clearly decided not to risk their health to hear “Whipping Post” again.
Before moving to Hackensack, New Jersey, in 2019, I used to go to DIY venues multiple times per week, even if I didn’t know who was playing. The better to discover my new favorite band. Once hitting the suburbs — and my mid-thirties — I became a bit less inclined to stay out ’til 2 a.m. on a Tuesday and thus a bit pickier about which shows to attend. You try braving Port Authority during the early morning hours.
The other day I tweeted that, at this point, I would be content to go to a DIY show with four openers and drink bottom-shelf whiskey from a dentist’s rinse cup — and I wasn’t joking. Whenever this is all over, I vow to be a lot less picky about where I spend my late nights. ’s Simulacrum: The Sultan Room, Brooklyn, New York, February 21st, 2020
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celinedion in Memphis!!
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Radkey at Cobra Lounge in Chicago. Great goddamn show to end on...
WeyesBlood Corner Hotel, Melbourne.
Iron Maiden Tacoma
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Careful, you'll get Van Morrison all riled up again.
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Iron Maiden in Buffalo, NY
Wilco in Winnipeg on March 11, 2020.
Petey Pablo at Sturgis 2020.
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ROLLING STONES-Seattle
Céline Dion legend 👑
Tool/Killing Joke second show Toronto November/2019.
MyMichaelaAnne at TheLoveSongBar ❤️
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Joe Bonamassa, Cleveland 3/6/2020 JBONAMASSA
Miranda Lambert at Bridgestone arena in Nashville at the end of Jan. Thank goodness I went!!!
Bob Seger's Roll Me Away Tour in Columbia Missouri October 3rd 2019 it was a belated birthday gift for my husband.
IAmKRSOne in Cincinnati!...
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CHIRPRadio I saw Poppy An old dude at the hotdog stand coughed in my face. Had covid for a month.
.vampireweekend at The Fox Theatre ATL
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Bob Seger's Farewell Tour (ironic, I know) at the Scotiabank Centre, Toronto.
wishboneash_com TheTripleDoor it was a perfect show on March 13. If that’s the last show I ever see I’ll be happy!
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