NYC Show Obsessive

  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...

  Bill: Roger Daltrey/Leslie Mendelson Venue: Town Hall, 123 W 43 St. , New York, NY Date: Sunday 9/27/26 Ticket: $66 (Balcony Row F Seat 22 via Stubhub a few days prior) 9pm Roger Daltrey Active: 1959 (London, UK) Affiliated: The Who Latest Release: The Who's Tommy Orchestral (Polydor, 2019) Facebook Instagram Discog s Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Leslie Mendelson Active: 2004 (New York, NY) Latest Release: After The Party (The Royal Potato Family, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic   YouTube Spotify Roger Daltrey plays a bit to his own piper.  I hadn't seen him solo before and he took a 9-piece band into the 1,500 capacity Town Hall in midtown to back him for what he called "A Great Night Out."  Well, it was, his voice sounded great.  There seemed to be some issue half a year ago that has been resolved and Zack Starkey is back in rehearsal for the Who so "the fire still burns" for Roger, although he leaves ...

Bill: The Charlatans UK/Frankie Rose Venue: Brooklyn Steel, 319 Frost St. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 9/26/26 Door: $47.50 9pm The Charlatans UK Active: 1988 (West Midlands, UK) Latest Release: We Are Love (BMG, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: Frankie Rose Long running UK band The Charlatans came back to Brooklyn Steel.  This was the third time I've seen them, each one because my friend Kenny from Boston was in town.  We even hang out in the same spot outside the doors on the right side of the stage.  Kenny would have blown this show off if the CBGB's Festival he came down for hadn't been canceled due to the Nor'easter, but what the hell why not keep a modern tradition. The thing that sets the Charlatans apart is the Hammond Organ.  They aren't a greatest hits band and do a healthy amount from their new album We Are Love.  Founding bass player Martin Blunt is the longest standing member and vocal...

  Bill: Iron Maiden/Megadeth/Anthrax Venue: Sports Illustrated Stadium , 600 Cape May S t., Harrison, NJ Date: Sunday 9/6/26 Ticket: $137 (Pit with 2 $25 off Live Nation Coupons on Ticketmaster) 8:50pm Iron Maiden Active: 1975 (London, UK) Latest Release: Senjutsu (Parlophone/BMG, 2021)  Bandcamp   Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube   Spotify 7:05 Megadeth Active: 1983 (Los Angeles, CA) Latest Release: Megadeth (BLKIIBLK, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 6:10pm Anthrax Active: 1981 (Queens, NY) Latest Release: Cursum Perficio (Nuclear Blast/Megaforce, out 9/18/26), XL (MCMLXXXI-MMXXI) (Not on Label, 2022) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify I have to say this Iron Maiden experience was different than the Iron Maiden experience I had at Barclays Center a couple years ago.  First off, this was a greatest hits tour with a near perfect main setlist...

  Bill: Samara Joy & Christian McBride/Mei Semones & Friends Venue: Central Park Summerstage , E 68 St. at 5th Ave. , New York, NY Date: Wednesday 9/2/26 Door: Free 8:30pm Samara Joy & Christian McBride Active: Joy: 2019 (Bronx, NY), McBride: 1989 (Montclair, NJ via Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: Joy: Portrait (Verve, 2024), McBride: Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue, 2025), Trilogy 3 (with Chick Corea & Brian Blade) (Universal, 2025) Joy: Bandcamp Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify McBride: Bandcamp Facebook  Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 7:30pm Mei Semones & Friends Active: 2022 (Brooklyn, NY via Ann Arbor, MI) Latest Release: Animaru (Bayonet, 2025) Featured Release: Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto- Getz/Gilberto (Verve, 1964) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlis t AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Verve Records 70th anniversary focused on the ...