I was fortunate enough to catch the 1975 on their still at their very best leg last year. Iāve been a big fan of the band following the release of their sophomore album back in 2016. Unfortunately I wasnāt able to see the band before their return back in 2024 as I wasnāt really going to concert or interesting in the concert scene until recently. Overall, the night was wonderful as I got to experience it with bff whoās now also a big fan. The band even played my favourite song of their sophomore album :D
In December 2017 I went to a local festival in my city that was one day only and I saw cage the elephant live and that was one of the best concert experiences Iāve had to this day. I also saw Green Day earlier that year (primarily to watch catfish and the bottlemen open for them) and I was really pleasantly surprised with how great of a show they put on. When I moved to NYC the first concert I saw here was weyes blood, about six months after titanic rising came out, and it was one of the few times Iāve cried at a show. One of my first āpost-Covidā shows was japanese breakfast at brooklyn steel, and that show just felt so whole and I think about it often. I got to see IDLESā sold out Bowery ballroom show earlier this year and that one was just so fun and memorable for me. Love a good mosh pit, love a room full of people who are all there because they love the artist/band just as much as you do. Julia Jacklinās solo acoustic show earlier this year was hauntingly beautiful and it made me a bigger fan of her for sure. Sorry this is 6 concerts but this is technically my top 10% so I think thatās good enough.
I went last year with a couple of friends sort of on a whim and hands down one of the best shows Iāve ever been to. Despite loving pop music I havenāt been to a ton of fully pop concerts and to get to see one in a smaller venue and not a huge stadium was such a treat. The theatrics were up there with seeing The Flaming Lips and Of Montreal.
