Concert list

An attempt to list the concerts I’ve visited so far. I used to work at a concert venue, but I’ll exclude the many, many Dutch rappers and metal bands I saw there, plus free performances at festivals and so on. Click the links to see my posts about some of the concerts!

TOTAL: 100 (28/06/2019)
Steven Wilson: 33x
Muse: 9x
Anathema: 6x
Riverside 4x

Gogol Bordello, the Aristocrats, Joe Satriani: 3x
Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Anna Calvi, Opeth: 2x

THE BEST ONE: Steven Wilson @ Antwerp, 2013 + Roger Waters @ Ziggo Dome, 2018
THE BEST ATMOSPHERE: Gogol Bordello @ Amsterdam, 2011
THE WEIRDEST ONE: Sigur Rós @ Amsterdam, 2012
THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE ONE: Rage Against the Machine @ Arnhem, 2010
THE BEST LOCATION: Anathema @ Liverpool, 2015

2007
Serj Tankian (& Flying Cunts of Chaos) @ Melkweg, Amsterdam
support act Fair To Midland

2009
Dragonforce @ Melkweg, Amsterdam
support act Turisas

Muse @ Ahoy, Rotterdam
support act Biffy Clyro

2010
Blood Red Shoes @ de Oosterpoort, Groningen
support act Pulled Apart by Horses

Gogol Bordello @ Paradiso, Amsterdam
support acts Murder By Death, Mariachi El Bronx

Rage Against the Machine @ Gelredome, Arnhem
support acts Jane’s Addiction, Gogol Bordello, Gallows

2011
Gregory Page @ Iduna, Drachten

Anna Calvi @ Doornroosje, Nijmegen

Anna Calvi @ Melkweg, Amsterdam
support act Grey Reverend

Wye Oak @ Vera, Groningen
support act Waters

Toto @ Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam

Roosbeef @ Tivoli, Utrecht
support act Crappy Dog

Chef ‘Special @ Poppodium Romein, Leeuwarden

Dokk’em Open Air (metal festival), Dokkum
(Hammerfall, Vader, Evergrey, Kampfar, Vicious Rumours, Vreid, Alestorm, Evile, Pagan’s Mind, Trigger the Bloodshed, Cirrha Niva, The Lucifer Principle, DGM, Krakow, Dimaeon, Baldr’s Draumar)

2012
Uriah Heep @ Poppodium Romein, Leeuwarden

Nightwish @ Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
support act Battle Beast

Sigur Rós @ Paradiso, Amsterdam

Kyteman @ de Oosterpoort, Groningen

dEUS @ Oosterpoort, Groningen

Muse @ E-Werk, Cologne

Muse @ Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

Steven Wilson @ 013, Tilburg

No-Man @ De Boerderij, Zoetermeer

2013
Steven Wilson @ Melkweg, Amsterdam
Steven Wilson @ Arenbergschouwburg, Antwerp
Steven Wilson @ Collosseum, Essen
Steven Wilson @ Theaterhaus, Stuttgart
Steven Wilson @ Alte Kongresshalle, Munich
Steven Wilson @ Volkshaus, Zürich
(for a little story about all six of these concerts click here)

Muse @ ArenA, Amsterdam

Joe Satriani @ de Oosterpoort, Groningen

Muse @ Stade de France, Paris

System of a Down @ Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

Steven Wilson @ Royal Albert Hall, London
Steven Wilson @ Le Transbordeur, Lyon
Steven Wilson @ Rock School Barbey, Bordeaux
Steven Wilson @ Auditorium Principe Felipe, Madrid
Steven Wilson @ Les Docks, Lausanne

2014 (a sad year for concerts for me)
Blackfield @ Paradiso, Amsterdam

2015
Anathema @ Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool

Steven Wilson @ Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
Steven Wilson @ E-Werk, Cologne
Steven Wilson @ Rockhal, Luxembourg
Steven Wilson @ Tivoli, Utrecht
Steven Wilson @ Alte Kongresshalle, Munich
Steven Wilson @ Ottakringer Brauerei, Vienna
Steven Wilson @ Hybernia Theatre, Prague
Steven Wilson @ Columbiahalle, Berlin
Steven Wilson @ Hedon, Zwolle

Steven Wilson @ Royal Albert Hall, London, 2x
Day 1
Day 2

Anathema @ Tivoli, Utrecht

the Aristocrats @ de Boerderij, Zoetermeer

Florence + the Machine @ Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

the Aristocrats @ La Maroquinerie, Paris

2016
Steven Wilson @ Jahrhunderdhalle, Bochum, 2x
Day 1
Day 2

Steven Wilson @ Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
Steven Wilson @ 013, Tilburg
Steven Wilson @ de Oosterpoort, Groningen

Muse @ Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, 3x
support act Nothing But Thieves

Fish @ Oosterpoort, Groningen (Farewell to Childhood Tour- integral performance of Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood)

Radiohead @ Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, 2x

Unsane + Sofy Major @ Epicerie Moderne, Feyzin (Lyon)

Joe Satriani @ Paradiso, Amsterdam

Be Prog! My Friend festival @ Barcelona, Spain
(Steven Wilson, Opeth, The Pineapple Thief, Magma, Agent Fresco, Between the Buried and Me, The Gentle Storm, Textures, iamthemorning, Obsidian Kingdom, Exxasens)

Sigur Rós @ Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon

Joe Satriani (with Steve Vai) & Dweezil Zappa @ Guitare-en-Scene Festival, Saint-Julien-en-Genèvois

Anathema @ de Boerderij, Zoetermeer
Anathema @ de Effenaar, Eindhoven

The Cure @ Halle Tony Gerland, Lyon

Opeth @ 013, Tilburg

Bullet for my Valentine + Killswitch Engage @ 013, Tilburg

2017

Riverside @ Progresja, Warsaw (2x)

Riverside @ MJC, Rillieux (Lyon)

Anathema @ Doornroosje, Nijmegen

Gogol Bordello @ Doornroosje, Nijmegen

Royal Blood @ Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon

Anathema @ Le Radiant, Caluire (Lyon)

Spinvis @ Paard, Den Haag

2018

Dave Kerzner @ ProgDreams, de Boerderij, Zoetermeer

Steven Wilson @ AFAS Live, Amsterdam

Flight of the Conchords @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow

Steven Wilson @ Royal Albert Hall, London (3x)

Roger Waters @ Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

The Aristocrats @ De Boerderij, Zoetermeer

Eskimo Callboy @ Dynamo, Eindhoven

Eskimo Callboy @ Melkweg, Amsterdam

Riverside @ Tivoli, Utrecht

De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig @ Paard, Den Haag

2019 & Upcoming

The Pineapple Thief @ Boerderij, Zoetermeer

Riverside @ Hedon, Zwolle

King Crimson @ Stadsschouwburg, Nijmegen

Muse @ Goffertpark, Nijmegen

Pink Project @ Zuiderparktheater, Den Haag

2020

The Aristocrats @ Boerderij, Zoetermeer

2021
The Pineapple Thief @ Paradiso, Amsterdam
De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig @ Annabel, Rotterdam

2022 & Upcoming
The Pineapple Thief @ Boerderij, Zoetermeer
Frisian Metal Night @ Neushoorn, Leeuwarden
Tool @ Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon
Rammstein @ Goffertpark, Nijmegen
Rage Against the Machine @ Sportpaleis, Antwerpen 

Porcupine Tree @ Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Porcupine Tree @ Gasometer, Vienna
Porcupine Tree @ Mediolanum Forum, Milan
Porcupine Tree @ Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Porcupine Tree @ Falkoner Salen, Copenhagen
Porcupine Tree @ Zenith, Paris
Porcupine Tree @ Porsche Arena, Stuttgart
Porcupine Tree @ König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen
Porcupine Tree @ Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
Porcupine Tree @ Ovo Arena Wembley, London

WISH LIST FROM WHEN I WAS 12
– Rage Against the Machine  √
– System of a Down √
– Muse √

WISH LIST (revised)
– Porcupine Tree
– Radiohead √
– Rammstein
– Roger Waters √
– David Gilmour
– Nick Cave √
– Marillion/Fish √
– Pulp
– Spinvis √
– King Crimson √
– Eminem
– FrYars
– Opeth √
– Riverside √
– A Liquid Landscape
– The Pineapple Thief √
– The Cure √
– Morrissey
– Flight of the Conchords
– David Bowie ❤ (I can dream, can’t I?)
(edit 11/01/2016 – unfortunately a dream is all it will be now. R.I.P.)

– More of the same I suppose!