• Purple Apple (12/19)
  
• Joseph Arthur (11/27)
  
• The Horse’s Ha (11/27)
  
• Depeche Mode (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  
• Of Montreal (2nd x) (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  
• Fleet Foxes (2nd x) (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  
• Ben Folds (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  
• Bon Iver (4th x) (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  
• White Lies (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  
• The Knux (Lollapalooza) (8/8)
  
• Empty Orchestra!!! (7/8)
  
• Metric (6/14)
  
• Telekinesis (6/7)
  
• Prairie Cartel (2nd x)(2/13)
  
• Griffin House (3rd x)(2/8)
  

• The Sea and the Cake (12/31)
  
• The Chandeliers (opener) (12/31)
  
• My Morning Jacket (12/27)
  
• Fujiya & Myagi (2nd x)(10/25)
  
• Catie Curtis (10/4)
  
• Ruthie Foster (opener) (10/4)
  
• Liam Finn (& Eliza Jane) (10/2)
  
• The Veils (opener) (10/2)
  
• Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit (9/20)
  
• Laura Marling (9/20)
  
• Mumford and Sons (9/20)
  
• We/Or/Me (9/20)
  
• Band of Horses (Monolith)(9/14)
  
• The Kills (2nd x)(Monolith)(9/14)
  
• The Avett Brothers (Monolith)(9/14)
  
• Vampire Weekend (Monolith)(9/13)
  
• The Fratellis (2nd x)(Monolith)(9/13)
  
• Cut Copy (Monolith)(9/13)
  
• Sam Phillips (9/6)
  
• Great Lake Swimmers (8/22)
  
• She & Him (8/5)
  
• The Raconteurs (lollapalooza) (3rd x) (8/1)
  
• Cat Power (lollapalooza) (2nd x) (8/1)
  
• Black Keys (lollapalooza) (8/1)
  
• The Kills (lollapalooza) (8/1)
  
• Rogue Wave (lollapalooza) (3rd x) (8/1)
  
• Earlimart (7/26)
  
• The Office (surprise openers billed as “Peter & the Rabbits”) (7/26)
  
• Spoon (Pitchfork) (2nd x) (7/20)
  
• Bon Iver (Pitchfork) (3rd x) (7/20)
  
• Occidental Brothers Dance Band International (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• Ghostface Killah & Raekwon (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• The Apples in Stereo (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• Boris (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• The Dirty Projectors (Pitchfork) (7/20)
  
• Jarvis Cocker (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• The Hold Steady (Pitchfork) (4th? 5th? x) (7/19)
  
• Dizzee Rascal (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• Fleet Foxes (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• Caribou (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• A Hawk and a Hacksaw (Pitchfork) (7/19)
  
• Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (Ravinia) (4th x) (7/11)
  
• Feist (Ravinia) (7/10)
  
• Mike Doughty (Taste of Randolph) (4th x) (6/20)
  
• Robert Plant / Alison Krauss (Ravinia) (6/18)
  
• Peter Mulvey (Old Town art fair) (4th x) (6/14)
  
• Nada Surf (Ribfest) (6/8)
  
• Sea Wolf (6/5)
  
• The Long Blondes (5/24)
  
• Crowded House (5/10)
  
• Rogue Wave (2nd x) (4/19)
  
• Girlyman (4/13)
  
• Meg Hutchinson (opener) (4/13)
  
• Bon Iver (2nd x)(4/10)
  
• The Raveonettes (3/18)
  
• Matt Nathanson (!!!) (3/17)
  
• Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip (3/12)
  
• Carrie Newcomer (3/9)
  
• The Spares (opener) (3/9)
  
• Peter Mulvey (3rd x) (3/8)
  
• Doug Hoekstra (opener) (3/8)
  
• Griffin House (2nd x) (3/1)
  
• Sons of William (opener) (3/1)
  
• Kin (opener) (3/1)
  
• James Blunt (2/22)
  
• Sara Bareilles (opener) (2/22)
  
• Jason Isbell (2/8)
  
• Joe Henry (2/2)
  
• Chris Connelly (opener) (2/2)
  
• Bon Iver (1/18)
  

• Ultra Sonic Edukators (opener) – 1/19
  
• Prairie Cartel – 1/19
  
• Clive Barnes – 1/21
  
• Peter Mulvey (2nd x) – 1/21
  
• The Essex Green (opener) – 2/3
  
• Camera Obscura – 2/3
  
• Ben Kweller (2nd x) – 3/1
  
• Gomez – 3/1
  
• Mini Bar (opener) – 3/3
  
• Aqualung (2nd x) – 3/3
  
• Pete Yorn – 3/3
  
• Crooked Still (opener) – 3/10
  
• Karan Casey – 3/10
  
• Lupe Fiasco (opener) – 3/17
  
• The Roots – 3/17
  
• Hilary Hahn & Chicago Symphony Orchestra – 3/29
  
• Neko Case – 3/30
  
• Charlie Parr (opener) – 4/13
  
• Lonely, Dear (opener) – 4/13
  
• Low – 4/13
  
• Kyle Andrews (opener) – 4/14
  
• Josh Rouse (2nd x) – 4/14
  
• What Made Milwaukee Famous (opener) – 4/17
  
• Aqueduct (opener) – 4/17
  
• Youth Group – 4/17
  
• Salif Keita – 4/18
  
• My Brightest Diamond (2nd x, not by choice) (opener) – 4/19
  
• The Decemberists – 4/19
  
• My Brightest Diamond (3rd x) (opener) – 5/15
  
• Morrissey – 5/15
  
• Electrelane (opener) – 5/19
  
• Arcade Fire (2nd x) – 5/19
  
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – 5/24
  
• Dinosaur Jr. – 5/31
  
• band whose name I can’t remember with my friend Paul’s friend Jeff playing the fiddle – (maybe Mike Mangione?) 6/5
  
• The Reds and Blues (opener) – 6/9
  
• The Maccabees – 6/9
  
• The Noisettes – 6/9
  
• OK Go (opener) (3rd x) – 6/14
  
• The Fray – 6/14
  
• Manu Chao – 6/17
  
• The Pinks (FINALLY!!!) – 6/21
  
• The Teeth (opener) – 6/27
  
• Bishop Allen – 6/27
  
• K.D. Lang (opener) – 6/30
  
• Lyle Lovett (3rd x) – 6/30
  
• The Twilight Sad (pitchfork) – 7/14
  
• Califone (pitchfork) – 7/14
  
• Fujiya & Miyagi (pitchfork) – 7/14
  
• Battles (pitchfork) – 7/14
  
• Clipse (pitchfork) – 7/14
  
• Cat Power (pitchfork) – 7/14
  
• Deerhunter (pitchfork) – 7/15
  
• Menomena (pitchfork) – 7/15
  
• The Ponys (pitchfork) – 7/15
  
• Junior Boys (pitchfork) – 7/15
  
• The Sea and the Cake (pitchfork) – 7/15
  
• Of Montreal (pitchfork) – 7/15
  
• The New Pornographers (2nd time)(pitchfork) – 7/15
  
• De La Soul (pitchfork) – 7/15
  
• Travis – 7/21
  
• The Fratellis (lollapalooza) – 8/3
  
• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists (lollapalooza) – 8/3
  
• The Polyphonic Spree (lollapalooza) – 8/3
  
• The Rapture (lollapalooza) – 8/3
  
• G. Love & Special Sauce (lollapalooza) – 8/3
  
• LCD Soundsystem (lollapalooza) – 8/3
  
• Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals (lollapalooza) – 8/3
  
• Rhymefest (lollapalooza) – 8/4
  
• The Roots (2nd x)(lollapalooza) – 8/4
  
• Regina Spektor (lollapalooza) – 8/4
  
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs (lollapalooza) – 8/4
  
• Lupe Fiasco (2nd x)(lollapalooza) – 8/5
  
• Blue October (lollapalooza) – 8/5
  
• Kings of Leon (lollapalooza) – 8/5
  
• !!! (lollapalooza) – 8/5
  
• My Morning Jacket (lollapalooza) – 8/5
  
• Pearl Jam (lollapalooza) – 8/5
  
• Piers Faccini (opener) – 9/6
  
• Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals (2nd x) – 9/6
  
• Midlake – 9/12
  
• Joss Stone (opener) – 9/20
  
• Common (2nd x) – 9/20
  
• St. Vincent (opener) – 9/22
  
• The National – 9/22
  
• Utah Carol (opener) – 10/7
  
• Christine Kane – 10/7
  
• Redwalls (opener) – 10/17
  
• Rooney (opener) – 10/17
  
• The Polyphonic Spree (2nd x) – 10/17
  
• Rogue Wave – 10/24
  
• Small Potatoes (opener) – 10/28
  
• Tom Paxton – 10/28
  
• Stars – 11/2
  
• The Changes (opener) – 11/16
  
• Athlete – 11/16
  
• Mamadou Diabate – 11/17
  
• Tinariwen – 11/17
  
• Griffin House (opener) – 11/24
  
• Over the Rhine (2nd x) – 11/24
  

Note that some of this goes back as far as high school (Bryan Adams, Corey Hart) and college (Rolling Stones, U2, UB40) and my very early years in New York (Cocteau Twins, David & David). I’m sure there are some things missing/some concerts I have just completely forgotten about, (as I found several I had forgotten about just digging through old ticket stubs, and I only have those going back so far) and that will drive me crazy to the end of my days.
Ambulance LTD – x2
Aqualung
Arcade Fire
Augustana
Badly Drawn Boy
Barenaked Ladies – x4
Barry Manilow
BB King
Beastie Boys
Beck
Ben Kweller
Beth Orton
Bicycles
Blue Merle
Blur
Bob Dylan
Bob Mould
Bob Schneider
Bodeans
Boy Least Likely To
Broken Social Scene
Bryan Adams
Canasta
Chris Smither
Chuck Berry
Citizen Cope
Clearly and the Mainstream
Cocteau Twins
Common
Corey Hart
Corinne Bailey Rae
Counting Crows
Damien Rice – x2
David & David (Baerwald “Welcome to the Boomtown”)
David Gray
Death Cab for Cutie – x2
Dogstar
Drive by Truckers
Duran Duran
Editors
Eels
Eliza Carthy
Elliott Smith
Elvis Costello
Erin McKeown
Etta James – x2
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Figdish/Caviar – x7 or 8
Fiona Apple (never again.)
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
Gnarls Barkley – x2
Hold Steady – x3
Hot Hot Heat
Imogen Heap
Indigo Girls – x7
In Living Color (opened for the Stones. Ugh.)
James Taylor
Jason Mraz
Jenny Lewis (with the Watson Twins)
Jewel
Joan Baez
John Lee Hooker
John Mayer
John Mellencamp
Josh Rouse
Kaiser Chiefs – x2
Kaki King
Kanye West
Kasey Chambers
Katie Reider
Katie Todd
Killers
Kim Taylor
KT Tunstall
Lady Sovereign
Liz Phair – x4
Louis XIV
Local H
Lyle Lovett – x2
M2M
Maceo Parker
Macy Gray
Madonna
Maroon 5
Mary J. Blige
Matchbox Twenty
Matt the Electrician
Matthew Sweet
Mike Doughty – x3
Modest Mouse
My Beautiful Diamond
Neil Finn
New Pornographers
Norah Jones
Oasis
OK Go – x2
Over the Rhine
Peter Mulvey
Pixies
Poi Dog Pondering
Psychedelic Furs
Queens of the Stone Age
Rachael Yamagata – x2
Rachel Ries
The Raconteurs – x2
Radiohead
Ray LaMontagne
Red Hot Chili Peppers
REM
Rhett Miller
Robbers on High Street
The Roches
Rolling Stones
Ryan Adams – x2
Scissor Sisters
Secret Machines
Semisonic
Shane Nicholson
Shawn Mullins
Sheryl Crow
Shins – x2
Smoking Popes
Snow Patrol
Sondra Lerche
Spank 1000 (100?)
Spiritualized
Spoon
Strays Don’t Sleep
Sufjan Stevens – x2
Tear(s) for Fear(s) (post departure of other member)
Three Five Human
Tom Jones
U2
UB40
Underworld
Veruca Salt
Weezer
Multi-Artist Fests
Newport Jazz Festival 1991
BB King’s Blues Festival 2002
Field Day Festival 2003
Lollapalooza 2005
Lollapalooza 2006
Some of the acts heard/seen at these Fests may be missing from above list due to lack of my serious lack of long-term memory. For example, according to press reports, My Morning Jacket and Bright Eyes both played the Field Day Fest. I have no memory of their performances, although I know I saw every performance that day. Oh well…