NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: Rush Venue: Madison Square Garden , 4 Pennsylvania Plaza , New York, NY Date: Saturday 8/1/26 Ticket: $218.75 via Stubhub (Sec 203, Row 1, Seat 5) 7:30pm Rush Active: 1968 (Toronto, ON, Canada) Latest Release: Rush 50 (Anthem, 2025), Clockwork Angels (Anthem, 2012) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify It's been a while since I've last seen Rush. 22 years to be exact on the Snakes and Latters cover album tour at Radio City Music Hall .  Before that, I hadn't seen them since back to back '84 ( Grace Under Pressure ) and '85 (P ower Windows ) tours in Worcester.  This tour is the debut of 43 year old German fusion drummer Anika NiIles. It was a fine tribute to Neil Peart, two sets and encore lasting about three hours.  I got the song that never seemed to get played when I truly cared back in the 80's: "Working Man."  They have been alternating feature albums, so this time we got Moving Pictures start to finish at the...

  Bill: Jonny Couch/Status Set/Jewel Thief Venue: Sleepwalk , 251 Bushwick Ave. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Friday 7/24/26 Door: $15 9pm: Jonny Couch Active: 2016 (Jersey City, NJ) Latest Release: Where The Sidewalk Ends (Damaged Sofa, 2026) Bandcamp   Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic YouTube Spotify 8:15pm  Status Set Active: 2018 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Music For Cowards (Status Set, 2020) Bandcamp    Instagram   Spotify Missed: Jewel Thief Jonny Couch had his record release show for When The Sidewalk Ends.  He filled the room to capacity, when I came in from the front bar I snuck into the back wall corner next to the door complete with a spot to rest my glass when I wanted to take a clip.  For whatever reason all my "large Jonny" shots came out blurry today, but you get plenty of that in older posts here.  He is going to the UK for the first time, so like Joudy the other night, I will post those dates at the bottom since...

 Bill: Joudy/DeadTooth/Desert Sharks/Dawglet Venue: TV Eye , 16-47 Weirfield St. , Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: Wednesday 7/22/26 Door: $20 10:30pm Joudy Active: 2022 (New York, NY via Venezuela) Latest Release:  Permanent Maintenance (Trash Casual, 2026) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Setlist   YouTube   Spotify Missed: Dead Tooth / Desert Sharks / Dawglet I finished up work an hour early to catch Kenny's new found friends Joudy (pronounced Howdy).  They have an interesting story having coming from Venezula.  I saw them a couple years ago in the middle of like 12 bands and at the time thought they had a Meat Puppets feel.  They are doing a bit more of a straightforward  commercial grunge approach now.  The crowd for this was bigger and seemed totally different than last time.  This was their record release for Permanant Maitenance on the Trash Casual label.  Their new labelmates Dead Tooth were on right before, bu...

  Bill: Bob Dylan /Lucinda Williams/Jimmie Vaughn and the Tilt A Whirl Band Venue: Forest Hills Stadium , 1 Tennis Pl. , Forest Hills, Queens, NY Date: Tuesday 7/21/26 Ticket: $220 (Sec 201 Row J had freind that had upgrade to Sec 5 Row A with plus 1) 8:00pm  Bob Dylan Active: 1959 (Duluth, MN) Latest Release: Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia, 2020), Through The Open Window (The Bootleg Series, Vol 18 1956-1963) (Columbia, 2025) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki    YouTube 7:10pm Lucinda Williams Active: 1978 (Lake Charles, LA) Latest Release:  World's Gone Wrong (Highway 20, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 6pm  Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt A Whirl Band Active: 1964 (Dallas, TX) Affiliated: The Fabulous Thunderbirds Latest Release: The Fabulous Thunderbirds: The Jimmie Vaughan Years Complete Studio Recordings 1978-1989 (The Last Music Company, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs ...

                                             Bill:  On The Streets Again 4: Mess/Béton Armé/California's Slugger/Restraining Order/Bullshit Detector/The Slads/Incendiary Device/XL Bully/Strongarm and the Bullies Venue: The Meadows , 17 Meadow St. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Sunday 7/19/26 Door: $35 11:40pm Mess Active: 2020 (Guadalajara, Mexico City, Mexico) Latest Release: Somos Mess (Mess, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist    AllMusic YouTube Spotify 10:40pm Béton Armé Active: 2018 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada0 Latest Release: Coup de Foudre (Urban Styles, 2025). Renaissance (La Vida es La Mas, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusi c YouTube Spotify 9:55PM California's Slugger Active: 2022 (Chico, CA) Latest Release: Dead State (Try and Stop Me Records, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusi ...

 Bill: Paul Simon Venue: Forest Hills Stadium , 1 Tennis Pl ., Forest Hills, Queens, NY Date: Thursday 7/9/26 Ticket: $150 (Stubhub, Floor Section 8, Row C Seat 10, bought single last week) 7:20pm Paul Simon Active: 1956 (Queens, NY) Affiliated: Simon & Garfunkel, Tom & Jerry Latest Release: Seven Psalms (Owl, 2023) " Bad Dream " (with Edie Brickell) (Owl, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify I finally got off my duff and got myself to one of Paul Simon's post-retirement shows, having missed the Beacon run last year, the rainy retirement show at Jones Beach and all the Simon & Garfunkel reunion shows of the early aughts.  The last time I saw Paul Simon was when he toured with Dylan all the way back to 1999.  I saw him multiple times that run doing the same set and felt I had enough for a while.  I didn't realize that "while" would be 27 years, but that's how it goes sometimes.  I didn't g...