Best Of 2003: Live Shows

I went to more shows in 2003 than in any other year in memory. Somehow managed to miss the Pernice Brothers every time they played, unfortunately.

1. DAVID BOWIE/MACY GRAY at Madison Square Garden, December 15
2. JOE JACKSON BAND at Bowery Ballroom, April 13
3. EDWYN COLLINS at Mercury Lounge, September 11
4. MY MORNING JACKET at Bowery Ballroom, September 7
5. THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS at Town Hall, September 16
6. THE ALUMINUM GROUP/THE SEA AND CAKE at Joe's Pub, January 22
7. THE THREE TERRORS at Bowery Ballroom, January 26
8. BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND at Hammerstein Ballroom, August 20
9. GOLDFRAPP/BROOKVILLE at Irving Plaza, September 18
10. BECK at Maxwell's, February 14

11. THE NOAH HAIDU TRIO FEATURING BENNY GOLSON at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, January 31
12. SKANATRA at Maxwell's, June 20
13. THE RAVEONETTES/STELLASTARR* at Bowery Ballroom, September 9
14. THE DONNAS/OK GO/LONGWAVE at Irving Plaza, February 7
15. SAHARA HOTNIGHTS/THE GORE GORE GIRLS at Maxwell's, February 28
16. BLUR at Hammerstein Ballroom, July 17
17. AJ AZZARTO & THE NEW HOBOKEN FOUR at The Goldhawk, November 20
18. THE STROKES/KINGS OF LEON at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, October 30
19. OLLABELLE/BILL MCGARVEY & THE GOOD THIEVES at The Goldhawk, July 22
20. THE NINES/COPPERPOT at Knitting Factory Tap Bar, November 13

21. JOHNNY MARR & THE HEALERS/MELLOWDRONE at Maxwell's, January 15
22. THE GARY BARTZ QUINTET at Village Vanguard, June 17
23. BOWER HILL/THE MERCURY SEED at Under Acme, May 29
24. HOLMES/RENO'S MEN at The Loop Lounge, August 29
25. MISTY ROSES at Rififi, April 11

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