Show us your list! Best Concerts

These were my favorite concerts in Pittsburgh in 2008.

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Now let's see your lists or comments:

 

1. The Swell Season (Byham, Sept. 21)

2. The Foo Fighters (Petersen Events Center, July 26)

3. North American Music Union Festival (Aug. 8-9, SouthSide Works)

4. X (Rex Theatre, May 24)

5. David Byrne (Nov. 7, Carnegie Music Hall)

6. New York Dolls/Avett Brothers (Three Rivers Arts Festival)

7. New Pornographers/Okkervil River (April 12, Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead)

8. The Eagles (Mellon Arena, Nov. 21)

9. The Hold Steady/Drive-By Truckers (Carnegie Music Hall Library of Homestead, Nov. 12)

10. Roger McGuinn (Carnegie Lecture Hall, March 29)

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Posted Dec 31 2008, 11:50 AM by Scott Mervis
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Rusty Spanner wrote re: Show us your list! Best Concerts
on Wed, Dec 31 2008 12:37 PM

I (not a respected member of the Pittsburgh music community) humbly submit the following 2008 list, based on shows I saw:

1.   David Byrne

2.   New Pornographers/Okkervil River

3.   New York Dolls

4.   NAMU Festival

5.   The Police/ Elvis Costello, Burgettstown

6.   Cracker/Donora, South Side

7.   Kathleen Edwards, South Side

8.   Joan Osborne, Millvale

9.   British Sea Power, Millvale

10. Rufus Wainwright, Homestead

Hughshows wrote re: Show us your list! Best Concerts
on Thu, Jan 1 2009 1:35 PM

I could not rank my favorite concerts...here's my mishmash:

hughshowsredux.blogspot.com/.../concert%20moments

pghabs wrote re: Show us your list! Best Concerts
on Fri, Jan 2 2009 5:37 PM

Great Big Sea, September, Byham - very polished, beautiful voices, lots of energy, witty frontman in Alan Doyle...they're all good-looking too.  And who knew there were people from Newfoundland in Pittsburgh?

Old 97s, Diesel, October - Love 'em, love Rhett Miller - great alt-country meets punk pop.  Wish that Diesel didn't allow smoking; I'm not used to it anymore...

Dale Watson, Thunderbird Cafe, April - Dale's a hoot.  Great Texas swing, and what a voice. A good night for tequila at the Thunderbird.

I'll have to think about the rest, if there were any...

samm wrote re: Show us your list! Best Concerts
on Thu, Jan 15 2009 2:49 AM

vivian girls/rickety house garage

witch hats/gooskies

the dolls/arts fest

x/the rex

goodnight loving/gooskis

black keys, gnarls barkley, raconteurs/NAMU