NYC Show Obsessive

 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: Pulp/Hamilton Leithauser Venue: Forest Hills Stadium , 1 Tennis Pl, Forest Hills , Queens, NY Date: 9/11/25 Price: $49+ (won tickets via OhMyRockness) 8:15pm Pulp Active: 1978 (Sheffield, UK) Latest Release: More. (Rough Trade, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 7pm Hamilton Leithauser Active: 1996 (New York via Washington DC) Affiliated: The Walkmen Latest Release: This Side Of The Island (Glassnote, 2025) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Although they did most of their significant albums (for me Different Class & This Is Hardcore, which encompassed almost half this show), Pulp are not yet a "nostalgia band."  They are touring on a new album, More.  Since I hadn't heard the album before the show, I'll have to say the ones I remembered were "Got To Have Love" and the show closer "A Sunset" mostly because it was the announced show closer. Pulp is one of those aut...