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: 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...

  Bill: Uli Jon Roth Venue: Iridium , 1650 Broadway, New York, NY Date: Sunday 4/26/26 Door: $75 preferred seating  8:15pm Uli Jon Roth Active: 1968 (Duseldorf, Germany) Latest Release: Tokyo Tapes Revisited Live In Japan (UDO, 2016) Affiliated: Scorpions, Electric Sun Featured: Scorpions Virgin Killer (RCA, 1976) Facebook Instagram Discog s Setlist Wiki AllMusic YouTube Spotify NYC has a double dose of Uli Jon Roth last night and tonight.  Originally I won tickets at Sony Hall but that got canceled and replaced at Les Paul's retirement club.  Uli gets a Monday night just like Les did, although I doubt Paul's backup band with make a cameo for Uli.  Not a joke--they used to! Uli is touring on a book, In Search of the Alpha Law , which is a heavy tomb.  The screen backdrop at Iridium wasn't as sharp as venues Uli was used to so he couldn't read an example.  The other big event was the 50th anniversary of the Scorpions Virgin Killer.  The se...

  Bill: Blues For Greeny Venue: The Cutting Room , 44 E 32 St. , New York, NY Date: Saturday 2/28/26 Door: $25 (had a +1) 9pm Blues For Greeny Affilliated: Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac cover band, Daniel Cervantes (Howlin' Rain, Chest Fever), Dylan Donovan (Sacri Monti), Ryan Grenda, Justin de la Vega (Warish)   Facebook Instagram   Setlist   YouTube   Dylan from Tee Pee band Sacri Monti was in town from San Diego with his Peter Green cover band Blues For Greeny, so I met up with Kenny at his local Tradesman and when subwayed it L to the 6 to 33rd St. to go to the "new" Cutting Room which opened in 2013 after the previous room went down in 2009.  Cutting Room always had low key industry showcase band and revival tours.  This particular Saturday night was dedicated to cover bands.  We got there when Fleetwood Macked were doing their final run of hits to a packed room. Bands like Howlin' Rain and Sacri Monti don't usually play the Cutting Room and thi...

  Bill: Marky Ramone's Holiday Blitzkrieg Venue: Gramercy Theatre , 127 E. 23 St ., New York, NY Date: Friday 12/5/25 Door: $49.50 ($46 advance ticket on stubhub) 9:00pm Marky Ramone 's Holiday Blitzkrieg Active: 1971 (New York, NY) Affiliated: Ramones , Dust , Estus , Marky Ramone & The Intruders Latest Release: Punkin' Out The Classics (Dog Snout, 2024) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify The Ramones second drummer Marky is currently the oldest man standing of da brudders.  He's carried the mantle of a Ramones cover band with some young scrubs.  They do all the songs you know whether Marky was on the album or not.  They throw in a new cover of "New York, New York."  They reach into Joey's covers of "(What A) Wonderful World" and go back to "Blitzkrieg Bop."  What more do you need?  It's all for fun, a little Northeast early December holiday tour hearing some hits, some deep catalog and some...

   Bill: Goblin (Performing Score To Deep Red (1975 dir: Dario Argento) Venue: City Winery , 25 11th Ave ., New York, NY Date: 10/24/25 Door: $100/$80/$65/$55/$45 (had a +1) 8pm Claudio Simonetti's Goblin Active: 1972 (Rome, Italy) Latest Release: The Other Hell (Soundtrack) (Cinevox, 2025 Reissue, 1979) Biggest Release: Suspiria (Cinevox, 1977) First Release/Featured Release: Profoundo Russo (Deep Red) (Cinevox, 1975) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify The split of keyboardist Claudio Simonetti and guitarist Fabio Pignatelli went all the way back to 1978 after the Zombi (Dawn of the Dead) soundtrack.  Claudio Simonetti still tours as Goblin and feature archival material.  This year being the 50th Anniversary of Deep Red, the bands debut Soundtrack, Simonetti is scoring the film live before doing a set of career scoring highlights after (Suspiria, Halloween.  Bass player Cecila Nappo joined in 2018 and she is the...