Not sure if this belongs here, but why the hell not.
 
Just saw the musical The Book of Mormon last week as well. Effin hilarious. Anyone who can tolerate the humor in South Park even a little bit should go see it (and I'm not the biggest South Park fan at all).

Nice!
Going on vacation in September and I'm planning to catch a show!

I will also be attending the whole 3 days of the Riot Fest!
Blink 182, Taking Back Sunday, The Replacements, Bad Religion, The Pixies, etc. etc. should be fun!!!!

Always fun to catch free entertainment!   

How were the acoustics?  I've found that sometimes little thought is given to where they set up in malls/stores and it's really bad, but other times it's been pretty good. 

Last Christmas I couldn't figure out why the small orchestra was crammed into the entrance to our local supermaket instead of just inside where they would have more room.  Turns out that from that location they were naturally amplified throughout the store, and it sounded pretty good!

So... I finally got to cross "see Paul McCartney" off my bucket list over the weekend. One of the most amazing 3 hours of my life. During his ~50 years of performing live, he's obviously honed his craft, as he was a ridiculously charismatic presence on stage. He'd tell cool stories about some of his rock star friends, or the context of the songs he was going to play, and was able to hit all the right notes to keep the crowd hanging on every word. The setlist was great, and the crowd was totally into it. Sing-a-long after sing-a-long after sing-a-long.

Other great acts I saw over the weekend:

Nine Inch Nails -- AWESOME setlist from Trent & co. The visuals of this show he put together were so good as well. The crowd thinned out as most of them went to see Phoenix, so it was mainly true NIN fans in attendance. I was near the front, where a group of folks did an impromptu soul train line that my friends and I joined in on. Mr. Sneis -- go see them when they come to your town.

Vampire Weekend -- They're pretty good live performers, but the thing that puts their shows on another level is the crowd. Their songs are all very catchy and dance-y, so the crowd usually goes bonkers during almost every song. I must've given out 2 dozen high-fives during their set.

CHIC -- Biggest surprise of the weekend for me. They were a fill-in for D'angelo, who canceled due to medical issues. This turned out to be the biggest, rowdiest dance party I've ever been to.

The National -- They had Kronos Quartet come out to do the entire set with them, and then Bob Weir came out to play with them on Terrible Love. The performance was great, but the crowd in my area were chatty and disinterested. It was obvious most of them were there just camping out for Paul McCartney.

Foals -- I'm blown away by how fun they are at every show I've been to (this is my third time seeing them). Their sound and live performance was MADE for stadiums and arenas. Just big and powerful all around.

Grizzly Bear -- Enjoyed their set immensely. Ed Droste had funny stage banter the entire set, from sarcastically thanking someone for bringing a pool noodle, to commenting that Outside Lands "had the bougie-est food stands ever".

Jessie Ware -- I'm not a fan of her music AT ALL, but she was quite an engaging live performer. She had great banter with the crowd the whole time and seemed like a genuine, down-to-earth personality.

damn quest.. i wanna see national and foals live too...missed out on national though already in portland.

Probably going to see Stick Figure and Passafire tonight to get some reggae love

Last weekend, violinist TAM  came down to do a live performance! It was not a paid concert(though in Japan his concerts/lives are pretty damn packed) and the acoustics and micing are terribad but it was great nevertheless. Got the front row center seat so I was positioned away from the sibliant speakers that they used and thoroughly enjoyed my experience!


Here is his youtube channel, he plays a lot of derivative songs from Anime, J-rpgs and games. He is also a pretty awesome guy to talk to!