1. Coldplay (just the once)
    Dropkick Murphys (once)
    The Raconteurs (once)

    list should change by the 29th....

    the who (on the 24th)
    coldplay (on the 29th)

    to the above....dayum!

  2. That wouldn't be anything to do with your Bostonian connections would it?



    For the record, DPM at UEA was one of the best gigs I've ever been to (even though I've not been to that many - tis a level favourite with seeing Runrig play the UEA a few months before )they played The Worker during the encore, I almost died of joy!
  3. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    That wouldn't be anything to do with your Bostonian connections would it?



    For the record, DPM at UEA was one of the best gigs I've ever been to (even though I've not been to that many - tis a level favourite with seeing Runrig play the UEA a few months before )they played The Worker during the encore, I almost died of joy!


    lets just say dropkicks are somewhat uh, local

    their st pattys day shows in boston are amazing.....absolutely wild
  4. Originally posted by stj0691:lets just say dropkicks are somewhat uh, local

    their st pattys day shows in boston are amazing.....absolutely wild

    Lucky bastard...the only thing we have to shout about in my neck of the woods (if memory serves) is that The Darkness were from a town called Lowestoft, about 20+ miles from Norwich! We're thin on the ground for musical achievement...
  5. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Lucky bastard...the only thing we have to shout about in my neck of the woods (if memory serves) is that The Darkness were from a town called Lowestoft, about 20+ miles from Norwich! We're thin on the ground for musical achievement...


    England thin on musical achievement? I seriously doubt that:

    My fav bands: (not incl U2)

    The Who
    The Rolling Stones
    The Beatles
    Led Zeppelin
    David Bowie
    Coldplay

    ehm.....
  6. Originally posted by stj0691:England thin on musical achievement? I seriously doubt that:

    My fav bands: (not incl U2)

    The Who
    The Rolling Stones
    The Beatles
    Led Zeppelin
    David Bowie
    Coldplay

    ehm.....

    I didn't mean England you plum, I meant Norfolk lol, the region in which I live, just as you made reference to Boston/Massachusetts on a bigger scale
  7. Iron Maiden
    Steve Vai
    Joe Satriani
    Eric Johnson
    John Petrucci
    Dream Theater
    Scorpions
    Nightwish
    Shaman
  8. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    I didn't mean England you plum, I meant Norfolk lol, the region in which I live, just as you made reference to Boston/Massachusetts on a bigger scale


    ah....my bad
  9. this is what I can remember right now, I'm certain there's a few more.. but I don't remember.. hehe

    U2 (1)
    Roger Waters (1)
    Coldplay (1)
    Muse (1)
    Sting (2)
    The Wailers (2)
    Collective Soul (1)
    Sheryl Crow (1)
    Jamiroquai (1)
    Soda Stereo (4)
    Dolores O'Riordan (1)
    MANA (3)
    Gustavo Cerati (3)
    Franz Ferdinand (1)
    Shakira (2)
    Oasis (1)
  10. Let's see...


    U2 (lots of times from 1984-present)
    Led Zeppelin (last US show in Oakland, CA 1977... I was 10)
    The Police (this past spring. Great show. Great musicians)
    Elvis Costello (open for the Police. He ROCKS!!!)
    R.E.M. (1-4 shows per tour since 1988)
    Radiohead (3 times)
    Kings of Leon (outside of them opening for U2, saw them headline in 2005 and I'm going to see them tomorrow night [10/15/08 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles])
    Rush (8-9 times)
    Peter Gabriel (2 times)
    The Cure (2 times)
    Daniel Lanois (7-8 times)
    Smashing Pumkins (once)
    Rage Against The Machine (Open for U2)
    Public Enemy (open for U2)
    The Sugarcubes (open for U2)
    Pixies (open for U2)
    Oasis (open for U2 in Oakland)
    Wilco (open for REM)
    Mercury Rev (open for REM)
    Modest Mouse (open for REM)
    The National (open for REM)
    Luscious Jackson (open for REM)
    Mr. Big (open for Rush + saw them w. Winger! Ack)
    Winger (ack! A friend dragged me along)
    Metallica (once)
    PJ Harvey (open for U2)
    Damien Marley (open for U2)
    Lone Justice (open for U2)

    Those are the ones off the top of my head... there are assuredly more.