It was a really good concert year for me even though it was Metallica-less.
The lack of a Metallica show I have rectified for 2023 and 2024 but there were still great shows throughout 2022.
Here are my top 3 shows from the year...
1 - Rage Against the Machine, Raleigh NC
2 - Nine Inch Nails, Raleigh NC
3 - Tool, Manchester TN
Awards
Best Song - Rage Against the Machine's Wake Up, Raleigh NC
Best Song part 2 - Tool's Pushit, Manchester, TN
Biggest Surprise - Bring Me the Horizon, Louisville KY
Best Opener Traditional Show - Wage War, Greensboro NC
Best Opener Festival - Incubus, Louisville KY
Best Returning Band from Hiatus - Mudvayne, Charlotte NC
Biggest Disappointment - Shinedown, Louisville KY
Best Cover - Nine Inch Nails covering David Bowie's Fashion, Raleigh NC
Best Dad Moment (tie) - Father/Son at Rob Zombie concert, Charlotte NC. Father/Daughter Elton John concert dressed up in glasses and boas (she loved every minute of it), Greensboro NC.
Best LAMP Moment - Watching Alice in Chains on stage with the band in Charlotte!!!!!!!!!!! Meeting Gavin Rossdale, Benjamin Burley and Sean Kinney
Weirdest Moment - Running into a masked Gene Simmons in downtown Louisville while he hit on some very young ladies
Weirdest Moment part 2 - Billy Corgan singing and dancing in a kimono
Best food - Island Noodles. 5 times this year, twice at Bonnaroo and three times at Louder than Life If you know, you know.
Best Last Minute Purchase - Jimmy Eat World, Raleigh NC
Nostalgia made it enjoyable - Motely Crue, Charlotte NC
Nostalgia made it enjoyable part 2 - Korn, Greensboro NC
Proudest Show to Attend - Jinger, Greensboro NC
Best Production - Slipknot, Greensboro NC
Best Crowd Atmosphere - Rage Against the Machine, Raleigh NC
Band I have to see again soon - Highly Suspect, Louisville KY
First Time, Now a Fan - Billy Strings, Manchester TN
Total Shows - 17 including Louder than Life and Bonnaroo
Total Bands - about 100, I couldn't count them all
Lined up for 2023...
B-52s, Las Vegas
Sick New World Festival, Las Vegas
Metallica, St Louis
TL-DR What was the best show you saw in 2022?
The lack of a Metallica show I have rectified for 2023 and 2024 but there were still great shows throughout 2022.
Here are my top 3 shows from the year...
1 - Rage Against the Machine, Raleigh NC
2 - Nine Inch Nails, Raleigh NC
3 - Tool, Manchester TN
Awards
Best Song - Rage Against the Machine's Wake Up, Raleigh NC
Best Song part 2 - Tool's Pushit, Manchester, TN
Biggest Surprise - Bring Me the Horizon, Louisville KY
Best Opener Traditional Show - Wage War, Greensboro NC
Best Opener Festival - Incubus, Louisville KY
Best Returning Band from Hiatus - Mudvayne, Charlotte NC
Biggest Disappointment - Shinedown, Louisville KY
Best Cover - Nine Inch Nails covering David Bowie's Fashion, Raleigh NC
Best Dad Moment (tie) - Father/Son at Rob Zombie concert, Charlotte NC. Father/Daughter Elton John concert dressed up in glasses and boas (she loved every minute of it), Greensboro NC.
Best LAMP Moment - Watching Alice in Chains on stage with the band in Charlotte!!!!!!!!!!! Meeting Gavin Rossdale, Benjamin Burley and Sean Kinney
Weirdest Moment - Running into a masked Gene Simmons in downtown Louisville while he hit on some very young ladies
Weirdest Moment part 2 - Billy Corgan singing and dancing in a kimono
Best food - Island Noodles. 5 times this year, twice at Bonnaroo and three times at Louder than Life If you know, you know.
Best Last Minute Purchase - Jimmy Eat World, Raleigh NC
Nostalgia made it enjoyable - Motely Crue, Charlotte NC
Nostalgia made it enjoyable part 2 - Korn, Greensboro NC
Proudest Show to Attend - Jinger, Greensboro NC
Best Production - Slipknot, Greensboro NC
Best Crowd Atmosphere - Rage Against the Machine, Raleigh NC
Band I have to see again soon - Highly Suspect, Louisville KY
First Time, Now a Fan - Billy Strings, Manchester TN
Total Shows - 17 including Louder than Life and Bonnaroo
Total Bands - about 100, I couldn't count them all
Lined up for 2023...
B-52s, Las Vegas
Sick New World Festival, Las Vegas
Metallica, St Louis
TL-DR What was the best show you saw in 2022?
