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The Jayhawks @ Town Hall, New York, NY 10/23/26

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  Bill: The Jayhawks/The Cactus Blossoms Venue: Town Hall , 123 W 43 St., New York, NY Date: Friday 10/23/26 Ticket: Free +1 (last row of balcony but we went to the Orchestra and hijacked aisle seats in an empty row) 9pm The Jayhawks Active: 1984 (Minneapolis, MN) Latest Release: Sanctuary Park (Sham, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: The Cactus Blossoms I've been listening to the Jayhawks nearly as long as they've been around, but somehow never saw them live.  No Time like the present as they were doing a Town Hall gig that my friend/ pilates boss Dana had a photo shoot for the show and invited me along as her plus one.  We had the very last row in the balcony and after she did her shoot noticed there were a bunch of empty orchestra rows, so we got a round in the lobby and grabbed aisle seats in an open row downstairs a few songs in after she was done with her official shooting. With a band like Jayhawks, it...
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K-Holes @ TV Eye, Queens, NY 10/16/26

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 Bill: K-Holes/Genre Is Death/Crush Venue: TV Eye , 16-47 Weirfield St. , Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: Friday 10/16/26 Door: $28 (walked in last half of set) 11pm K-Holes Active: 2010 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Dismania (Hardly Art, 2012) Bandcamp   Instagram Discogs Setlist   AllMusic YouTube Spotify ,   There was a bit of "buzz" on the one-off reunion show for the downtown band K-Holes complete with a $28 door that I somehow avoided by getting there late.  I didn't think I had a chance to see them at all coming out of Irving Plaza at 10:30 but text reports as I made my way on the L train from Union Square to Halsey kept me updated until a few stops away at 11:06 I got the alert "they have started."   So, having never seen K-Holes or heard them, I had no preconceived notions except for a guess that they were some kind of downtown "new" no wave band.  New from 15 years ago, which is still new to me since sometimes it takes 10 or 20 ye...
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Rocket From The Crypt/Man...Or Astro-Man? @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY 10/16/26

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  Bill: Rocket From The Crypt/Man...Or Astro-Man? Venue: Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Pl., New York, NY Date: Friday 10/16/26 Ticket: $25 (via Tickpick) 9pm Rocket From The Crypt Active: 1990 (San Diego, CA) Latest Release: Scream Frankenstein Scream (Swami, 2026) Featured Album: Scream Dracula Scream (Interscope, 1995) Faceboo k Instagram Discogs Setlist Wiki AllMusic YouTube Spotify 8pm Man...Or Astro-Man Active: 1992 (Auburn, AL) Latest Release: R/O/Y/G/B/I/V Recordings Live From The BBC (Chunklet Recordings, 2024), Live At Third Man Records (Third Man, 2017) Bandcamp    Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist Wik i AllMusic YouTube Spotify You know time is gone by when a band you haven't seen in a while has reformed to tour on an album of outtakes from the album you didn't like as much as the previous one.  That prior tour cycle was the last time I saw Rocket From The Crypt, circa 1994 and truth be told that was probably also around the last time I saw Man..Or A...
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AC/DC/Foo Fighters @ Metlife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 10/2/26

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  Bill: AC/DC/Foo Fighters Venue: Metlife Stadium, 1 Metlife Stadium Dr. , East Rutherford, NJ Date: Friday 10/2/26 Ticket: $220 (Seat 4 Row 9 Seat 20 via Ticketmaster with 2 $25 off coupons) 8:30pm AC/DC Active: 1973 (Sydney, Australia)  Latest Release: Power Up (Columbia, 2020) Facebook Instagram Discog s Setlis t AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 7:00pm Foo Fighters Active: 1994  (Seattle, WA) Affiliated: Nirvana, Sunny Day Real Estate, Germs Latest Release: Your Favorite Toy (Roswell/RCA, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discog s Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify It had been a good ten years since I last saw AC/DC, having skipped the tour Brian Johnson had to ultimately sit out due to hearing issues.  I saw the one before at the same MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.  I don't remember whether it was Giants Stadium then, but I was in the bowl of the arena.  This time I got the front section of the floor to the left of the stage behind th...
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Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band @ Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, NY 10/1/26

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  Bill: Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Venue: Forest Hills Stadium , 1 Tennis Pl. , Forest Hills, Queens, NY Date: Thursday 10/1/26 Ticket: $49.27 (Sec 202, got upgrade to Sec 7 Row A) 7pm Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band Active: 1957 (Liverpool, UK) Affiliated: The Beatles, Steve Lukather (Toto), Colin Hay (Men At Work), Warren Ham (Kansas, Toto), Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), Greg Bisonette (David Lee Roth), Buck Johnson (Aerosmith) Latest Release: Long Long Road (UMe, 2026)   Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify I hadn't seen Ringo live since my first time way back in 1989.  That was when he started his format of surrounding himself with other hitmakers to pad out his Beatle and solo hits while he plays drums on other people music.  It's a good concept for Ringo, although I fantasize about seeing him in a club or theatre with him focusing solely on his own material.  Toto's guitarist Steve Lukather has been entre...
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Cate Le Bon @ Knockdown Center, Queens, NY 9/30/26

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   Bill: Cate Le Bon/Lucrecia Dalt/Dagmar Zuniga Venue: Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave. , Maspeth, Queens, NY Date: Wednesday 9/30/26 Ticket: Free (Dice was $38.17 all in) 9pm Cate Le Bon Active: 2007 (Penboyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales) Latest Release: Michaelangelo Dying (Mexican Summer, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify When Cate Le Bon did her Psychic TV cover " Just Drifting ,"  there was a certain air of familiarity with it, but I didn't quite know what it was.  Could this be Leonard Cohen? Bryan Ferry?  Nick Cave?  I was running the contenders through my head and I did not think of Genesis P-Oridge.   Cate Le Bon has been a Mojo darling for some time and what I have heard over the years I liked enough for her to be on my endless bucket list to see.  Well the free Gods of experience bestowed entry to Knockdown although I couldn't get there in time to see the recently David Sylvia...
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Public Image Limited @ Webster Hall, New York, NY 9/28/26

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  Bill: Public Image Limited/Plague Vendor Venue: Webster Hall, 125 E 11 St. , New York, NY Date: Monday 9/28/26 Ticket: $48 (via Ticketmaster last March) 9pm Public Image Limited Active: 1978 (London, UK) Affiliated: John Lydon, Sex Pistols Latest Release: Alive (A Way With Media, 2026), End Of World (PiL Official, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube This was the first time I've seen John Lydon in the flesh since the first Sex Pistols reunion in 1996, so a good 30 years. Much and nothing has happened in that time period.  PiL reconstituted itself in 2009 after some time off and played a couple times in NYC.  I remember other people going.  I may very well have missed it this time, but a friend of mine was buying tickets for this roughly 1,500 venue show last March, so I figured what the hell, I'll have in on it.  It seemed so far away at the time, it was almost as ridiculous as John Lydon himself, but it indeed sold...
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