r/Concerts

Hi, everyone! I’m 22 years old, and I wanted to share my concert history after seeing someone else do something similar!

I’ve attended 67 concerts since 2018, although I really started going regularly in 2022. I’ve seen a mix of mainstream and lesser-known artists, with many being smaller or up-and-coming musicians!

How to read my list: Artists are listed in performance order (openers first, headliner last). “Myself” means I went alone, and “met” means I met the artist. Special guests are also included!

My concert history:
1. Jazz Concert – 2018
2. Blackbear – 9/11/22
3. Matoma for The Chainsmokers – 9/15/22
4. Girlhouse for Sabrina Carpenter – 10/6/22
5. Post Malone – 10/13/22
6. Royal & the Serpent for Demi Lovato – 10/19/22
7. Vérité for Fletcher – 10/30/22
8. Ali Gatie – 11/19/22
9. Vincent for MAX – 11/26/22
10. Rosie Darling for Ashley Kutcher (met her) – 2/9/23
11. Isabel LaRosa for Nessa Barrett (myself) – 3/9/23
12. GIRLI (met her) (myself) – 3/10/23
13. Taylor Acorn for Grayscale for The Summer Set (myself) – 4/20/23
14. Geena Fontenella for Blake Rose for Lauren Spencer Smith – 7/25/23
15. UPSAHL for Tove Lo – 9/10/23
16. Charlieonnafriday for Tate McRae – 9/19/23
17. AJA for Leah Kate – 9/19/23
18. HARIZ (met him) for Brooke Alexx for Jake Miller – 9/28/23
19. Braden Bales for Cian Ducrot – 10/10/23
20. Henry Verus for Jessie Murph (myself) – 10/28/23
21. People R Ugly for Taylor Acorn (myself) – 11/14/23
22. Ellie Goulding – 11/16/23
23. Isabel LaRosa for Bea Miller – 12/2/23
24. Tillie for GIRLI – 2/29/24
25. Fells with Danni Cara for NOTD with Georgia Ku and Hastings – 3/2/24
26. Mimi Webb for Benson Boone – 4/10/24
27. World’s First Cinema for Taylor Acorn – 4/18/24
28. Dead Like Disco for Gavn! for Ashley Kutcher (myself) – 5/12/24
29. Emmy Meli for Alexander Stewart – 5/21/24
30. Sydney Rose (met her) for Simone (met her) – 6/19/24 (Originally went for Headliner Rosie Darling, but she had medical situation and didn’t perform)
31. Sophie Cates for Renforshort (myself) – 9/17/24
32. Leah Kate for Jess Glynne (myself) – 10/1/24
33. Daltin Davis for Pony and Paris for Dasha (myself) – 10/8/24
34. Sam Short for Zara Larsson (myself) – 11/6/24
35. NERIAH (met her) for Bea and Her Business (met her) (myself) – 12/9/24
36. Minijoy for Druu for Zack Martino for JVNA for Illenium (myself) – 1/30/25
37. Wuki for Tiësto for Bonnie and Clyde (myself) – 2/6/25
38. Ashley Kutcher for Michael Marcagi – 2/16/25
39. Pete for R3HAB – 2/16/25
40. IZZA for Morgan St. Jean (met her) for NERIAH (met her) – 2/216/25
41. Maryjo for Jessica Baio – 3/5/25
42. Ellise for Bishop Briggs (myself) – 3/25/25
43. Braden Bales for Livingston (myself, saw friend there) – 5/20/25
44. Jake Scott for Niko Moon for Russell Dickerson – 6/5/25
45. James Arthur (Kate Peytavin for one song) – 6/25/25
46. Ella Red for Ellise (myself) – 8/5/25
47. Taylor Bickett for Charlotte Lawrence – 8/7/25
48. Franklin Jonas for All-American Rejects for Jonas Brothers and Marshmello (NJ) – 8/14/25
49. Rachel Bochner for David Archuleta – 10/16/25
50. Jake Miller – 10/18/25
51. John Legend with Faouzia (one song), Lauryn Hill (two songs), The Roots, and Anthony Ramos (one song) – 11/4/25
52. Wilt for Taylor Acorn (myself) – 11/6/25
53. Not a Toy for VOILÀ – 11/9/25
54. Ayleen Valentine for Maggie Lindemann – 3/3/26
55. ADELA for Demi Lovato (Boston) – 4/22/26
56. Claire Brooks for Daya – 4/28/26
57. Zara Larsson (Summer Concert Series) – 5/8/26
58. Mimi Foxx for Ana Sky for Leah Kate (myself) – 6/4/26
59. Buffchick for GIRLI (myself) – 6/11/26
60. Britton for Jessica Baio – 6/14/26
61. DJ for Bebe Rexha (met her) (myself) – 6/15/26
62. Chloe Jane (met her) for Morgan St. Jean (met her) – 6/23/26
63. Jessica Woodlee (met her) for Brooke Alexx (met her) for Maryjo (met her) (myself) – 7/28/26
64. Faouzia – 8/17/26
65. Michael Marcagi for Myles Smith (with Mark Ambor for 1–2 songs) – 8/25/26
66. Out in Front (met them) for Charlotte Sands – 9/13/26
67. Maya Donovan for Olivia O’Brien – 10/6/26

most of you may not recognize them by name but may recognize songs such as River, Rather Be, Burn, Talking Body, Stargazing, Unethical, 10 Things I Hate About You, etccc

I have 2 more shows in october and another 2 in november 🫠

Artists I’ve Seen Multiple Times:

4 times:
Taylor Acorn
3 times:
GIRLI
Leah Kate
Ashley Kutcher
2 times:
Demi Lovato
Isabel LaRosa
Brooke Alexx
Jake Miller
Braden Bales
Zara Larsson
NERIAH
Michael Marcagi
Morgan St. Jean
Maryjo
Jessica Baio
Ellise
Faouzia (including a guest appearance)

Music and concerts are a huge passion of mine, especially discovering smaller artists and watching them grow!

How many of these artists do you recognize or listen to? Have we attended any of the same concerts? I’d also love recommendations based on my list! 🖤

edit: My music taste may differ from yours and that’s okay!!! This list doesn’t determine everything I listen to. Just the concerts I was able to go to. My spotify playlist consists of over 6k songs from rock, pop, country, rap, edm, etc. I’d like to share it with others so lmk if you want to check it out :)

1. Was really excited to find out Rush was on tour again. Looked up tickets and found out a single ticket cost $800. They were also playing an hour outside the closest major city and an hour and a half from where I live. It was too expensive and too much hassle. I felt taken for granted. Didn't go.

2. Wanted to see Muse because I was unable to see them on their last tour, when they played at Oakland Arena which is in a city and only 45 minutes from me. I realized they were playing this year in Mountain View, which is an hour and a half from me, and there is absolutely nothing in Mountain View except the Google HQ and the Shoreline Amphitheater. I decided it wasn't worth the road trip. Shoreline Amphitheater is also a very old venue not really set up for contemporary acts and the last time I went, the sound was terrible for the first two opening acts. It's an outdoor venue and it was cold. I passed.

3. I was excited that Metallica was coming to the Sphere. I'm a member of the fan club and we supposedly had a presale. I thought my presale code would get me a ticket but it did not. I bought a resale ticket on Stubhub for $1,000. I was just informed that although I bought a ticket for Oct. 29, the ticket I am getting is for Oct. 31. I bought a plane ticket and reserved a hotel room. Stubhub was supposed to get back to me in 24 hours with a response but they have not.

None of them care about us. The bands don't care about their fans or they would not let Stubhub and Ticketmaster screw us and they would not charge $800 for a stadium seat when they already have more money anyone could spend in a lifetime. They would also consider that stadiums in the middle of nowhere aren't where people want to travel to. Stubhub and Ticketmaster definitely do not care about us. I don't get it. They aren't selling food or gasoline. Why do they think we will put up with this? I won't. If you treat me like garbage I will no longer pay money for what you are selling.

Not sure if this fits the sub but it’s an opinion that’s been percolating for a min.

I’ve lived in 5 states now (WI, IL, ID, FL, NJ) and I know that my personal best area for living in terms of concert going was far and away the midwest.

I lived in between Milwaukee and Chicago. Any big name is going to stop in Chicago at the least, likely both Milwaukee and Chicago. Any smaller artist, same thing, except they are more likely to go to Milwaukee over Chicago. This is an amazing scenario, as you then get to decide which city is the best to go to, based on transport and price. Concerts were VERY affordable (usually under $100 for a ticket to shows like Panic at the disco, twenty one pilots, death cab for cutie, liam gallagher, etc). I HOPE this is still the case, in terms of affordability. Summerfest? Don’t even get me started on that gem. And if you have a bit more moola than myself, there’s Lolla and all sorts of other festivals.

Out west in Boise, you are not guaranteed whatsoever to get big names, and in fact rarely do. It’s so out of the way that even smaller artists will skip it to streamline their travel routes. I was in Boise in 2023, but the price of a concert was also far more expensive than in the midwest from 2015-2022. This is party because of the generally insane cost of living, I’m sure. Their biggest festival is a joke compared to Lolla, and costs practically the same amount! A bunch of local artists who apply compared to the literal biggest names in music, and they have the audacity to charge the same!

In Orlando, you had the issue of so many FL cities, that there was not a single “destination” city, meaning concerts were very spread out across the state. Not sure about prices as I never actually got to get out to one, thanks to hurricane cancellations (also not a thing in the midwest!)

Finally, NJ/ NYC area is a fucking joke. Have no idea how it was pre crazy inflation, but the cost to go to a concert here is just ridiculous. Just because of the location, concerts are 2-3X as expensive as they will be on the same tour in Chicago or Milwaukee. There is obviously a giant pull for talent here, but goddamn WHO can afford to regularly go to concerts??

The giant variable here is inflation across time, but god I miss living in between two major AFFORDABLE hubs for live events. I’m generalizing out to the whole midwest because many other states there have a hub city or multiple and well populated towns around it.

It makes me feel like WHERE in the country would match the pull to get artists of all sizes, be a guaranteed stop on 99% of any tour, and be guaranteed to be generally affordable, at least compared to other stops on a tour?? I can’t think of another! Thank our central positioning and the fact that we have two cities an hour and change away from each other, with built in artistic communities that have been standing for decades!

Any perspectives or experiences anyone can add are welcome! Just wanted to share some observations / celebrate my hometown for being pretty kickass, in a way that I think a lot of people overlook.

See more bands that you like, or your absolute favorite bands as many times as youd like. Quantity vs quality persay.

Anyone else dealt with this nightmare?

Just a warning to anyone considering purchasing VIP tickets through StubHub. You might want to think twice.

I purchased VIP tickets for It's Iconic: The Tour, featuring Salt-N-Pepa, TLC, and En Vogue. The tickets transferred to Ticketmaster, and everything seemed fine.

Until I got to the venue.

The ticket booth at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory could SEE my VIP tickets in their system but couldn't help me access the VIP experience. They directed me back to StubHub.

We contacted StubHub, but they couldn't resolve the issue in time. So there I was, holding VIP tickets without getting the VIP experience I'd paid for.

And here's the part that genuinely breaks my heart.

Salt-N-Pepa was my VERY FIRST CD. I've loved these women for decades. The possibility of meeting them was something I was ridiculously excited about. ❤️

That opportunity is gone. Forever.

And StubHub's response?

Four days later, I'm still waiting for a resolution. Just an email saying they're looking into it.

What exactly are they going to do? Recreate the concert? Give me another opportunity to potentially meet artists I've loved since childhood?

You can't refund someone's excitement, anticipation, or a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The most frustrating part isn't just that something went wrong. It's that nobody could fix it when it actually mattered.

I'm sharing this because people deserve to know what can happen when they trust a third-party ticket seller with an expensive, meaningful experience.

Has anyone else dealt with StubHub failing to deliver VIP benefits? Did they ever actually make it right?

Because at this point, I'd love to know what accountability looks like when the experience you paid for is already gone.

Hey, I’m going to my first concert and went to buy tickets. The first thing that popped up was event tickets center which I bought a ticket through, but I looked into it and apparently their a third party cite. But seat geek still has seats available. I’m not reselling or whatever with this post but how likely is event center to actually give me my tickets. Should I buy a seat geek spot just to be sure? I’ve never done this before any help is appreciated

I bought tickets for Head Trip but had my wristband package delivered empty, so I contacted AXS regarding this issue to report my wristbands stolen. This was first done via submitting a ticket, which went no where (my email response 3 days later just told me to use live chat support). I then contacted AXS via chat support, which the representative told me my original tickets are voided, and I should have no issues picking new ones up at will call.

Weeks later, I get to will call where they tell me my wristbands had already been scanned. They almost tell me they can’t reissue me new wristbands because of this, but finally gave me my wristbands after I show them my emailed chat log with AXS support.

TLDR: almost got denied my own tickets due to AXS’s mistake, but my support chat log paper trail and nice will call staff saved me.

We flew from Florida for this show on Saturday only to be turned away at the door. Our TickPick Tickets didn’t get us in. After 45 minutes at the box office they said there were duplicate tickets and they scanned in prior to us getting in. We made over 10 calls to TickPick emergency line and the recording said they didn’t have any agents available and to email for immediate response and then would hag up on us. We emailed right there and didn’t get a call back. Only a generic email back that they are sorry for the inconvenience and please tell us more about the situation. We are going on 3 days and TickPick has yet to call. The manager “Twana” has not done a thing that supposedly has our case. We spent thousands on this trip. What a mess!

I have a friend that gets offended when you call a show a concert, and a concert a show. For example we went to see a local bands play music in a garage which she classified as a show, but then saw a larger band (Harrison Gordon on their fall tour 2026) at a music venue with stage lighting, stage performance, a bar, etc. which she also classified as a show. I have never learned or heard of the difference, but would love to be educated! Thank you :)

(To be clear this is not about requesting a ticket or buying or anything, just asking for advice.)

Hey fellow TOP fans. I was super excited about the Ohio show, as I've never had the opportunity to see them live, and it's within driving distance for me, but sadly I didn't manage to get a ticket.

My question is, what is the likelyhood of scoring last minute tickets? I know for some shows you can get cheaper than the super inflated scalping prices if you buy right before the event, because the scalpers are trying to get rid of any left over tickets, so they drop their prices. I have done this once before, though it wasn't a concert, but it was a large event. However, I'm concerned that with the huge popularity of TOP and this concert specifically being very special, it might not be possible to get a last minute ticket, and the worst outcome would be to try and fail and not be able to go at all. I am willing to pay an inflated price up to a certain point, so I could just buy now on ticketmaster and be safe, but if there's a good chance of getting a more realistically priced ticket, that would be great. What are your thoughts/experiences?

TL;DR Is it likely to get a cheaper last minute ticket or should I just be safe and buy at the current inflated prices?

For me I sometimes blindly trust bookers or just listen to a quick snippet. When friends invite me I also almost always say yes because I liked to be surprised haha

But wonder how others approach this 😊

Not much more exciting in life than having a wallet full of concert tickets. Mastodon with deafheaven, and alcest next week, Rush in November, Alice Cooper with criss angel in December, and then A Perfect Circle and then Metallica next June! Super stoked for this awesome run of shows! And the best part is, they didn’t even gouge my wallet too bad! Worth it!

This show was rescheduled from 9/25 and was my first time seeing AC/DC and man, they were amazing! They obviously aren’t the same as they were 30 years ago but they still put on an amazing show and Angus is a criminally underrated guitar player. This was also the loudest show that I’ve been to, but I also wonder if that was to compensate for not always being perfect on time or in rhythm? 10/10 show and I hope this is not the end for them…

New here and love live music. Saw blues travler the other week and getting ready for Modest Mouse. Last big one was my chemical romance. Love metal. Blues... Most all of it. Shows I am grateful to have seen... B. B. King and I got to see Tom Petty.

Greatest regret... Gave up pink Floyd tickets

Biggest festival... Incarceration