Thursday, January 25, 2024

Live Entertainment Update;

I feel like I need to update my list :-)


It's getting pretty long! I hope it gets even longer when I'm retired!

1971 - Bobby Sherman @ Clowes Hall - my very first concert 
1972 - Liberace @ Starlight theater. I was 13, he was awesome :-)
3/19/1972 - Sonny and Cher @ The Coliseum/state fairgrounds
5/18/1972 - Sammy Davis Jr @ the Convention Center
1974 - Andy Williams w/foster Brooks @ Starlight. Andy Williams was dud
1974 - Paul Anka @ Starlight. He was so delightful!
06/1974 - The Guess Who @ The Coliseum. My 1st concert w/out a grownup!
8/3/1974 - Blue Oyster Cult @ the Convention Center/Indpls.
10/30/1974 - Odysseus w/Yul Brenner @ The Kennedy Center
10/31/1974 - J. Geils, Golden Earring, Johnny Winter @ the Coliseum
3/10/1975 - Yes, Doobie Brothers @ Market Square Arena/Indpls
12/5/1975 - Black Sabbath @ the Convention Center. I don't remember 1 lick of this concert
1975 - Edgar Winter w/Peter Frampton @ the Coliseum
1/25/1975 - Led Zeppelin @ Market Square Arena. I paid a scalper $20 for this ticket!!
1975 - Mac Davis @ the Coliseum
1975 - Doug Henning @ Clowes Hall/Butler University
10/31/1975 - Hall and Oats w/Shawn Phillips @ the Convention Center
7/21/1976 - Elton John @ MSA
2/17/1976 - Cat Stevens @ MSA
7/27/1976 - Jethro Tull @ Market Square Arena. I don't even like Jethro Tull, but it was a date
1/20/1976 - Bachman Turner Override @ MSA
4/23 & 24/1976 - Neil Diamond @MSA. SO gooood!
11/22/1976 - The Eagles @ MSA
8/30/1976 - Yes w/Kansas @ MSA
7/4/1977 - Aerosmith w/REO Speedwagon 
4/21/1978 - Aerosmith w/REO Speedwagon
7/7/1979 - The Bee Gees @ Dodger Stadium. How lucky was I ?!?!?!
4/15/1980 - The Pretenders @ UCSB
1/26/1982 - Joan Armatrading @ the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara
10/19/1985 - Kenny Loggins @ Irvine Amphitheater
1986 - Kenny Rogers w/Sayer Brown and Lee Greenwood @ Los Angeles Forum
1986? - Smothers Brothers in Las Vegas
1987 - Alabama @ LA Forum
08/1995 - Brooks and Dunn w/Lonestar @ the State Fair Indy
8/3/1997 - Alan Jackson @ the State Fair Indy
12/1998 - Jesus Christ Superstar w/Ted Neeley @ The Murat Theater Indy. My dream!
07/2000 - Alan Jackson @ Verizon Indy. I went to this by myself.
08/2001 - Brooks and Dunn Neon Circus w/Toby Keith, Keith Urban, Montgomery Gentry and  Cledus T Judd @ Verizon
2004? - Neal McCoy @ 8 Second Saloon. What a ham he is!
10/1/2005 - Brooks and Dunn w/Big $ Rich @ Verizon Amphitheater
2005 - Lord Of the Dance @ The Murat Theater
9/15/2006 - Foreigner, Styx and David Lee Roth @ the State Fair Indy
3/14/07 - Harry Connick Jr. @ The Murat Theater
6/2/2007 - Brook and Dunn w/Alan Jackson and Jake Owen @ Chicago. Best show!
11/14/2007 - Garth Brooks in Kansas City
03/2008 - Menopause the Musical @ The Cabaret Theater 
10/2/2008 - Robin Williams @ Purdue University
01/2009 - Harry Connick Jr. @ The Murat Theater
7/20/2009 - Brooks and Dunn w/Rodney Atkins and James Otto @ Verizon
08/2009 - Brad Paisley w/Dierks Bently @ Verizon
11/22/09 - Chicago the Musical @ Clowes Hall Front row! w/Angela :-)
10/2/2010 - Guitar Masters - Eric Johnson, Andy McKee and Peppino D'Agostino @ Clowes Hall
9/2/2010 - Brooks and Dunn's last concert @ Bridgestone Arena in Nashville TN
2011 - Marvin Hamlish @ The Palladium in Carmel IN. This was part of the American Songbook series.
2011 - Debby Boone @ The Palladium in Carmel IN. This was part of the American Songbook series
3/2/2011 - Lord Of the Dance @ Clowes Hall. This show is so fantastic, I would see it every time it came here!! 
6/4/2011 - Glen Campbell @ The Palladium in Carmel IN
9/16/2011 - Earl Scruggs @ The Palladium in Carmel IN 
2011 - River Dance @ Clowes Hall. I enjoyed this but Lord of Dance is a 100 x better
2012 - Michael Feinstein @ The Palladium. This was part of the American Songbook series
1/13/2012 - Sam Bush (bluegrass) @ The Palladium
03/2012 - Lee Ritenour @ The Murat
4/15/2012 - Bill Cosby @ The Palladium w/mom.
9/26/2012 - Earth Wind and Fire @ The Murat. This was the first concert my fella has ever been to where the audience never sat down, from start to finish. It was amazing!
10/3/2012 -  Ricky Skaggs @ The Palladium. He's a great story teller
01/2013 - The Jersey Boys @ The Murat w/mom
4/16/2013 - All For the Hall; Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Montgomery Gentry, Trace Adkins, Hank  
Williams Jr., Willie Nelson, Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Rosanne Cash, 
Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, Kris Kristofferson, Jesse Colter, Brantley Gilbert
5/10/2013 - Brad Paisley w/Brantly Gilbert @ Verizon
11/2013 - Wicked @ The Murat
1/26/2014 - Rock of Ages @ The Murat This was SO much better than the movie! 
3/4/2014 - All For the Hall; Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Brantley Gilbert, Brett Eldredge, Carrie 
Underwood, David Nail, Deanna Carter, Kacey Musgraves, Kip Moore, Lee Ann Womack, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Reba, Ronnie Milsap, Darius Rucker @ Nashville
2/6/2014 - Cats @ Beef and Boards w/mom
6/28/2014 - Journey, Steve Miller, Tower of Power @ Verizon
10/15/2014 - Jay Leno @ Clowes Hall
11/2014 - Menopause the Musical @ The Murat w/a big group of women in tow. Fun, fun night
01/2015 - The Illusionists @ The Murat w/mom and my guy
5/1/2015 - Vince Gill @ The Palladium
4/9/2016 - Garth Brooks @ KFC Center in Louisville
12/2016 - Trans Siberian Orchestra @ the Fieldhouse
4/28/2017 - The Time Jumpers w/Vince Gill @ The Palladium
8/31/2017 - Alan Jackson in Vincennes
10/7/2017 - Garth Brooks @ The Fieldhouse 
10/8/2017 - Garth Brooks @ The Fieldhouse
12/2017 - Rudolph, the Musical @ Clowes Hall man was that dorky! :-)
12/2017 - Trans Siberian Orchestra @ the Fieldhouse
4/13/2018 - Robin Trower @ The Egyptian Room at the Murat
5/18/2018 - Dennis Miller @ The Palladium
9/26/2018 - The Lion King @ The Murat. Hands down the best stage production ever. It was 
so visually stunning that I teared up!
10/20/2018 - Garth Brooks @ Notre Dame, the first ever concert there. It rained, hailed and      snowed. It was cold. It was outdoor. Whoa! It was epic!!!
12/2018 - Trans Siberian Orchestra @ the Fieldhouse
3/8/2019 - The King and I @ Clowes Hall, w/Mom. It was a nice local production :-)
10/2019 - Earth Wind & Fire Legacy Reunion @ The Palladium...SUCKED! I don't think we 
even stayed to the end. Just awful. I mean, if you're going to do cover songs of EWF, you don't have to be great like them but you better at least be good.
11/21/2019 - We Will Rock You @ The Murat. Also SUCKED!! Ok, so the music was alright 
 but the story was so lame, OMG!! I can't believe we sat through the whole thing.
12/18/2019 - Hamilton @ The Murat. Wow!
1/20/2022 - Jesus Christ Superstar @ Clowes Hall. I love this musical so much. It's my favorite. Unfortunately, the performers in this production were pretty lackluster.
10/8/2022 - Sawyer Brown @ Brown County Music Center; SO much fun!
10/19/2022 - Anastasia @ the Murat
10/23/2022 - Joe Satriani @ Brown County Music Center
11/16/2022 - Aladdin @ Clowes Hall; My fella's 1st musical play! He didn't hate it :-)
12/11/2022 - Trans Siberian Orchestra @ the Fieldhouse
2/22/23 - Hairspray @ the Murat/Old National
3/15/23 - Les Miserable @ Clowe's Hall
4/26/23 - Hamilton @ The Murat With Chuck's Daughter, in the front row! Amazing!!!
6/7/23 - Ain't Too Proud @ Clowes Hall
6/24/23 - Jeff Foxworthy @ Clowes Hall
9/9/23 - Jim Gaffigan @ the Allen County Coliseum in Fort Wayne
10/6/23 - Brian Regan @ The Paramount Theatre in Anderson IN
11/26/23 - Frozen @ The Murat; This production was just meh.
12/9/23 - Cirque Dreams Holidaze @ The Murat w/my mom :-) It was very fun
12/22/23 - Straight No Chaser @ The Murat
1/24/24 - To Kill A Mockingbird @ Clowes Hall; This was our 2st non-musical!
2/25/24 - Lord Of The Dance @ Clowes Hall
2/28/24 - Mama Mia @ clowes Hall
4/3/24 - Hades Town @ Clowes Hall
5/1/24 - Tina @ the Murat

I've seen all the best comedians. I'd still like to see Seinfeld though.
I've seen all the best plays too, thanks to Chuck's daughter!
And some other great stuff too!

1 comment:

garyives106@gmail said...

What if a Ticket Master computer glitch wrote you a check for a full refund of all concerts you have attended. With interest.