NYC Show Obsessive

  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), (with the Band) The 1974 Live Recordings (Columbia/Legacy, 2024) 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 Setlist AllMus...

                                             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...