Bradley’s Almanac

Have a most enjoyable New Year’s Eve, everyone. We’re off to New Hampshah, up to Matt n’ Mary’s pad. Given the party that’s about to happen above our apartment, I hope this place is here when we get back. Let’s end 2002 with some wonderful words about the sorely-missed Joe Strummer, as written by one […]

So, instead of spending yesterday studying for this morning’s CCSE certification exam, I went to see the Patriots game with Nick. And I passed the thing anyway. Now, how the hell did I pull that one off?

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  • BOSTON-AREA LIVE SHOW ACTION
    Friday, April 4th
    Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
    Bill Ryder-Jones
    @ the Orpheum
    Friday, April 4th
    The Long Wait
    Spiller
    Speed Teeth
    @ O'Brien's
    Friday, April 4th
    (T_T)b (release show!)
    Really Great
    Puppy Problems
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, April 5th
    Snow Patrol
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, April 6th
    Lady Pills
    Babe Report
    Bus Crush
    @ the Rockwell
    Sunday, April 6th
    The War & Treaty
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, April 8th
    Deftones
    The Mars Volta
    Fleshwater
    @ TD Garden
    Wednesday, April 9th
    John Grant
    Arny Margret
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, April 9th
    The Yardbirds
    @ City Winery Boston
    Wednesday, April 9th
    Kylie Minogue
    @ the Garden
    Thursday, April 10th
    Silver Screams
    The Winter Brave
    Bob Cenci's Orange Guitar
    @ Notch Brewing, Brighton
    Thursday, April 10th
    Clem Snide
    Abe Partridge
    @ Warehouse XI
    Thursday, April 10th
    FACS
    Landowner
    Major Stars
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, April 11th
    Bruce McCulloch
    (Kids In The Hall)
    "Tales of Bravery & Stupidity"
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Friday, April 11th
    Mogwai
    Brainiac
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, April 11th
    Kier Byrnes & the Kettle Burners
    EP release party!
    @ the Plough & Stars
    Friday, April 11th
    Dark Spring Boston Festival
    Day 1
    with Ashes Fallen, Panic Priest,
    Ronnie Stone, Mirrored Hell,
    Ghost Painted Sky, and
    guest DJ Outsider
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Saturday, April 12th
    Dark Spring Boston Festival
    Day 2
    Don't Get Lemon, Clone,
    Lip Smear, Dutch Experts,
    Blood Handome, and
    guest DJ Dragnet
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Saturday, April 12th
    Hot Stove Cool Music
    25th Anniversary Show
    Celebrating 25 Years of
    Music, Baseball & Giving
    ft. Greg Hawkes from The Cars
    w/ Eddie Japan doing Cars songs,
    plus the Hot Stove All-Stars with
    Peter Gammons, Theo Epstein,
    Kay Hanley, Bill Janovitz, Will Dailey,
    and other MLB & Music Legends
    @Paradise Rock Club
    Saturday, April 12th
    Franz Ferdinand
    @ the Orpheum
    Saturday, April 12th
    Justin Lally (album release!)
    Holding Napoleon
    Ivy Boy
    Lunch Mother (aka
    Audrey Ryan & friends)
    @ the Loft, Somerville
    Sunday, April 13th
    EXTC
    (Terry Chambers & friends)
    @ City Winery
    Sunday, April 13th
    Heart
    @ Agganis Arena
    Monday, April 14th
    Everyone Asked About You
    @ the Sinclair
    Tuesday, April 15th
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    St. Vincent
    @ Agganis Arena
    Wednesday, April 16th
    L.S. Dunes
    From Indian Lakes
    Night Sins
    @ the SInclair
    Wednesday, April 16th
    Trash Sun (solo set)
    Donna Revving
    Ethan W
    @ the Silhouette
    Wednesday, April 16th
    Immaterial Possessions
    @ O'Brien's
    Thursday, April 17th
    Dead Boys
    Richard Lloyd Group
    (of Television)
    @ Deep Cuts
    Thursday, April 17th
    Corridor
    Robber Robber
    @ the Rockwell
    Thursday, April 17th
    Jon King (Gang of Four)
    presents his new memoir
    "To Hell with Poverty!" in
    conversation with Jim Sullivan
    7pm @ Harvard Book Store
    Thursday, April 17th
    Mercury Rev
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, April 18th
    Mount Eerie
    Hana Stretton
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, April 18th
    Field Day
    The Grownup Noise
    Arto Vaun
    @ the Square Root
    Friday, April 18th
    Bright Eyes
    Cursive
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday, April 19th
    The Fixx
    Jill Sobule
    @ the Cabot, Beverly
    Saturday, April 19th
    "Wonderful & Strange: A Tribute to
    David Lynch" with Annie Hart
    (Au Revoir Simone, TP: The Return),
    Julee Cruise Director
    (all-femme & nonbinary supergroup channeling the TP soundtrack)
    PLUS a recreated Double R Diner!
    Damn fine pie by Feast & the Fable!
    Killer Bob drag by Celia Smokinbutts!
    A Red Room photo booth!
    A costume contest & much more!
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Saturday, Sunday, & Tuesday
    April 19th, 20th, & 21st
    Ani DiFranco
    @ the Somerville Theatre
    Sunday, April 20th
    Gang of Four
    "The Long Goodbye" farewell tour
    playing "Entertainment!" & more
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Sunday, April 20th
    Jay Aston's
    Gene Loves Jezebel
    Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats)
    Belouis Some
    @ City Winery
    Sunday & Monday
    April 20th & 21st
    Lucy Dacus
    Katie Gavin
    Jamine.4.t.
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, April 22nd
    Ben Kweller
    Ryman
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Tuesday, April 22nd
    Alejandro Escovedo
    @ City Winery
    Tuesday-Friday
    April 22nd-25th
    Session Americana
    4 night residency
    with Eleanor Buckland
    22nd: with guest Rachel Wolff
    23rd: with a Mystery Guest
    24th: with guest Bill Janovitz
    25th: with guests Mattie & Debbie
    Wednesday, April 23rd
    Dweezil Zappa
    @ the Cabot in Beverly
    Wednesday, April 23rd
    Bartees Strange
    Ekko Astral
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, April 23rd
    The Linda Lindas
    Pinkshift
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, April 24th
    Swervedriver
    Frankie Rose
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, April 24th
    The Mary Wallopers
    @ Big Night Live
    Thursday, April 24th
    Christian Death
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday, April 25th
    Sidewalk Driver
    @ Deep Cuts
    Friday & Saturday
    April 25th & 26th
    The Town and the City Festival!
    @ various venues in Lowell
    Saturday, April 26th
    Poison the Well
    Glassjaw
    Better Lovers
    Teenage Wrist
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, April 27th
    Beach Bunny
    Pool Kids
    Jayla Kai
    @ House of Blues
    Sunday, April 27th
    Indigo Girls
    Melissa Etheridge
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, April 30th
    Chameleons
    Twin Tribes
    @ Big Night Live
    Thursday, May 1st
    Deep Sea Diver
    Byland
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Thursday, May 1st
    Red Baraat
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Thursday, May 1st
    Sharon Van Etten
    & the Attachment Theory
    Love Spells
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, May 2nd
    Bob Mould & his band
    J. Robbins & his band
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, May 2nd
    Shoney Lamar
    Lunch Mother
    Mike Sempert
    Husbands
    @ the Loft
    Saturday, May 3th
    Cheekface
    @ The Sinclair
    Saturday, May 3rd
    BADBADNOTGOOD
    Baby Rose
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, May 4th
    Lou Barlow
    Bobby Bare Jr.
    Acoustic Song Swap!
    @ the Rockwell
    Sunday, May 4th
    The Queers
    @ the Middle East Upstairs
    Sunday, May 4th
    Tim Hecker
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Sunday, May 4th
    AC/DC
    @ Gillette Stadium
    Wednesday, May 7th
    Japanese Breakfast
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Wednesday, May 7th
    Sea Wolf (solo)
    @ the Haymarket Lounge
    @ City Winery
    Wednesday, May 7th
    Love
    Johnny Echols
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, May 8th
    Melvins
    Napalm Death
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, May 8th
    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, May 9th
    DEVO
    "50 Years of De-Evolution...Continued!" @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, May 10th
    The Hilken Mancini Band
    (the long-awaited LP release party!)
    with The Cujo (feat. Jen Trynin)
    & Mary Lou Lord
    @ Sonia
    Saturday, May 10th
    William Tyler
    @ Warehouse XI
    Saturday, May 10th
    Advance Base
    Kristin Daelyn
    Puppy Problems
    @ the Cantab Lounge
    Saturday, May 10th
    Mallrat
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Sunday, May 11th
    Worriers
    Mint Green
    @ Deep Cuts
    Sunday, May 11th
    The Queers
    @ the Middle East
    Sunday, May 11th
    Baroness
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, May 12th
    Kendrick Lamar
    SZA
    @ Gillette Stadium
    Tuesday, May 13th
    Mamalarky
    Kennedy Mann
    @ The Rockwell
    Wednesday, May 14th
    Ministry
    My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
    Die Krupps
    @ Roadrunner
    Thursday, May 15th
    Pet Symmetry
    Pony
    Jimmy Montague
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Saturday, May 17th
    Califone
    @ the Rockwell
    Saturday, May 17th
    Sunflower Bean
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, May 17th
    Superheaven
    Glare
    Spy
    Prize Horse
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, May 17th
    Amyl & the Sniffers
    Sheer Mag
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday & Sunday
    May 17th & 18th
    Amy Poehler & Tina Fey
    @ the Wang
    Monday, May 19th
    Joan Shelley
    @ Club Passim
    Monday, May 19th
    Model/Actriz
    AFK
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    May 20th & 21st
    Hamilton Leithauser
    (of the Walkmen)
    & Johanna Samuels
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, May 22nd
    Slide Away Presents:
    Swirlies
    Mark Robinson
    Her New Knife
    Beach-O (film)
    @ the Paradise
    Thursday, May 22nd
    Peter Bjorn and John
    "Writers Block" album tour
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, May 22nd
    Alison Bechdel
    (graphic novelist)
    presents "Spent"
    @ the Brattle
    Saturday, May 24th
    The Wedding Present
    "Bizarro" 35th Anniversary Tour
    with The Tubs
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, Saturday, & Sunday
    May 23rd, 24th, & 25th
    Boston Calling Music Festival
    @ the Harvard Athletic Complex
    Wednesday, May 28th
    Scott Thompson
    (of Kids in the Hall)
    is Buddy Cole
    @ City Winery Boston
    Wednesday, May 28th
    Barry Manilow
    "the last Boston concert"
    @ the Garden
    Thursday, May 29th
    Annie Dirusso
    Squirrel Flower
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, May 30th
    Florist
    Allegra Krieger
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Friday, May 30th
    Orbit
    Eldridge Rodriguez
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, May 30th
    Teddy Swims
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Friday, May 30th
    OK GO
    @ the Royale
    Friday, May 30th
    Tennis
    Billie Marten
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, May 30th
    Bloc Party
    (performing "Silent Alarm" & more)
    with Metric
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, May 31st
    Jet
    Band of Skulls
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, June 1st
    Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
    @ Roadrunner
    Tuesday, June 3rd
    Halsey
    Alvvays
    @ Xfinity Center
    Tuesday, June 3rd
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Nicole Graev Lipson
    & Jennifer Haigh
    and musicians
    Ava Valianti
    & Naseem Khuri
    @ Branch Line
    Wednesday, June 4th
    Young Widows
    Rid of Me
    Kal Marks
    @ Crystal Ballroom
    Thursday, June 5th
    Dean Wareham
    Escape-Ism
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, June 6th
    Aimee Mann
    Jonathan Coulton
    @ the Wilbur
    Friday, June 6th
    Jack's Mannequin
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, June 6th
    Sleigh Bells
    @ the Paradise
    Friday, June 6th
    The Ocean Blue
    playing their self-titled LP
    and their "Cerulean" LP
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Saturday, June 7th
    Dutch Interior
    @ Warehouse XI
    Saturday, June 7th
    Lily Seabird
    Hemlock
    @ the Lilypad
    Saturday, June 7th
    Toby Tantrum
    Sun Urchins
    Yoni Gordon
    Lunch Mother
    @ the Loft, Somerville
    Monday, June 9th
    Billy Corgan and
    the Machines of God
    @ the Paradise
    Tuesday, June 10th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Ben Shattuck
    & Tova Mirvis
    and musicians
    Chris Harford
    & TAS Band Trio
    @ Branch Line
    Tuesday, June 10th
    Heart Attack Man
    The Dirty Nil
    Carpool
    Dear Seattle
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    The Kills
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday
    June 10th, 12th, & 13th
    Paul Simon
    @ the Wang
    Wednesday, June 11th
    Turnover
    "Peripheral Vision" tour
    with Balance & Composure
    & Citizen
    @ the House of Blues
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    June 10th & 11th
    Queens of the Stone Age
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, June 14th
    Shawn Colvin
    Rodney Crowell
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Sunday, June 15th
    Simple Minds
    Soft Cell
    Modern English
    @ Xfinity Center
    Sunday, June 15th
    Karate
    @ The Sinclair
    Tuesday, June 17th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Michael Farris Smith
    & Ernest Thompson
    and musicians
    Michael Farris Smith
    & Samantha Farrell
    @ Branch Line
    Thursday, June 19th
    Blondshell
    Daffo
    @ the Sinclair
    Thursday, June 19th
    This Will Destroy You
    Jesse Beaman
    @ Sonia
    Saturday, Jun 21st
    Hallelujah the Hills
    DECK release show
    with Bongwish and
    Choo Choo La Rouge
    @ Deep Cuts
    Tuesday, June 24th
    EARFULL Series
    Writers reading. Songwriters singing.
    with authors
    Jessica Berger Gross
    & Jessica Shattuck
    and musicians
    Tenzin Chopak
    & The Starlings
    @ Branch Line
    Wednesday, June 25th
    Deerhoof
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Wednesday, June 25th
    BABYMETAL
    Black Veil Brides
    Bloodywood
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, June 26th
    Counting Crows
    The Gaslight Anthem
    @MGM Music Hall
    Friday, June 27th
    Khruangbin
    John Carroll Kirby
    @ Suffolk Downs
    Saturday, June 28th
    Friendship
    2nd Grade
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, June 28th
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Alan Sparhawk
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday, June 28th
    Tree
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Sunday, June 29th
    Preoccupations
    @ the Middle East
    Tuesday, July 1st
    Julie Doiron
    Caged Animals
    @ the Middle East
    Monday, July 7th
    OMD
    @ House of Blues
    Thursday, July 10th
    Wavves
    Beach Goons
    chokecherry
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, July 11th
    Cap'n Jazz
    Coffin Prick
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, July 11th
    Wu-Tang Clan (final tour)
    with Run the Jewels
    @ the Garden
    Tuesday, July 15th
    Weird Al Yankovic
    @ the Wang
    Tuesday, July 15th
    Daryl Hall
    Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze)
    @ Lowell Memorial Auditorium
    Wednesday, July 16th
    Mekons
    Johnny Dowd
    @ City Winery
    Thursday, July 17th
    Cyndi Lauper's
    Farewell Tour
    with Jake Wesley Rogers
    @ Xfinity Center
    Thursday & Friday
    July 17th & 18th
    The Lumineers
    Young the Giant (on the 17th)
    St. Vincent (on the 18th)
    Hippo Campus
    @ Fenway Park
    Friday, July 18th
    Samantha Crain
    @ Warehouse XI
    Friday, July 18th
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Snail Mail
    Easy Action
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday & Saturday
    July 18th & 19th
    PIXIES
    performing "Bossanova"
    & "Trompe Le Monde" (18th)
    and a set of classics (19th)
    with Kurt Vile & the Violators
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, July 19th
    Bad Moves (farewell tour)
    Theo Grizol (of Nana Grizol)
    @ Deep Cuts
    Saturday, July 19th &
    Friday, September 5th
    Men I Trust
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, July 21st
    Ghost
    @ TD Garden
    Saturday, July 26th
    Toto
    Christopher Cross
    Men At Work
    @ Leader Bank Pavilion
    Saturday, July 26th
    Rod Stewart
    Cheap Trick
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Tuesday, July 29th
    Goo Goo Dolls
    Dashboard Confessional
    @ the Pavilion
    Wednesday, July 30th
    The "Happy Together" Tour
    featuring The Turtles,
    Jay & the Americans,
    Little Anthony, Mark Lindsay
    (of Paul Revere & the Raiders),
    The Vogues, & the Cowsills
    @ Lynn Auditorium
    Wednesday, July 30th
    The Offspring
    Jimmy Eat World
    New Found Glory
    @ Xfinity Center
    Friday, August 1st
    LOST 80's LIVE
    with A Flock of Seagulls,
    Big Country, General Public,
    The Vapors, Belouis Some,
    The Icicle Works, China Crisis,
    Josie Cotton, Polecats,
    and more
    @ the Wang

    Friday, August 1st The Church @ the Somerville Theatre
    Saturday, August 2nd
    Pantera
    Amon Amarth
    @ Great Woods
    Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
    August 7th, 8th, & 9th
    Somergloom V festival
    in Somerville
    Tuesday, August 12th
    John Moreland
    Jared Hart
    @ the Sinclair
    Wednesday, August 13th
    Clipping.
    @ The Sinclair
    Friday, August 15th
    The Doobie Brothers
    The Coral Reefer Band
    @ Xfinity Center
    Saturday, August 16th
    The Black Keys
    Gary Clark Jr.
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday, August 16th
    Architects
    Erra
    Holy Water
    @ House of Blues
    Saturday, August 16th
    Toad the Wet Sprocket
    KT Tunstall
    Six Pence None the Richer
    @ the Chevalier Theatre
    Saturday, August 23rd
    Tugboat Annie
    Vic Firecracker
    Forevers
    @ the Burren Back Room
    Tuesday & Wednesday
    August 26th & 27th
    James Taylor
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, August 29th
    Nine Inch Nails
    @ the Garden
    Saturday, August 30th
    Coheed & Cambria
    Taking Back Sunday
    Foxing
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Saturday & Sunday
    September 6th & 7th
    "Seisiún: a two-day Irish
    music & cultural gathering"
    6th: Dropkick Murphys,
    the Hold Steady, Stiff Little Fingers,
    The Scratch, The Rumjacks,
    Holy Locuts, & more
    7th: The Pogues, The Waterboys,
    Cardinals, Just Mustard,
    Lisa O'Neill, Mairead,
    John Francis Flynn, & more
    @ the Stage at Suffolk Downs
    Sunday, September 7th
    The Outlaw Music Festival
    10th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Xfinity Center
    Sunday, September 7th
    Rilo Kiley
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Sunday, September 7th
    My Chemical Romance
    Idles
    @ Fenway Park
    Thursday, September 11th
    Bruce Dickinson
    (Iron Maiden)
    @ the House of Blues
    Friday, September 12th
    Superchunk
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Friday, September 12th
    The Brian's Jonestown Massacre
    @ the Sinclair
    Friday, September 12th
    Ethel Cain
    9million
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 12th
    Supergrass
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Friday, September 12th
    Saturday, September 13th
    Black Moth Super Rainbow
    Ricky Eat Acid
    @ the Sinclair
    Sunday, Sept 14th
    Alabama Shakes
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Monday, September 15th
    PUP
    Jeff Rosenstock
    Ekko Astral
    @ Roadrunner
    Monday, September 15th
    Steve Winwood
    @ The Cabot
    Wednesday, September 17th
    Alison Krauss & Union Station
    Willie Watson
    @ the Pavilion
    Thursday, September 18th
    Garbage
    Starcrawler
    @ Roadrunner
    Sunday, September 21st
    Shonen Knife
    @ Sonia
    Tuesday, September 23rd
    The Minus 5
    The Baseball Project
    @ the Crystal Ballroom
    Tuesday, September 23rd
    Viagra Boys
    @ Roadrunner
    Friday, September 26th
    Stereolab
    The Memorials
    @ the Royale
    Saturday, September 27th
    Car Seat Headrest
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Thursday, October 2nd
    Elbow
    @ Roadrunner
    Saturday & Sunday
    October 4th & 5th
    An Inconceivable Evening
    with Cary Elwes
    & a screening of
    The Princess Bride
    @ the Wilbur
    Monday, October 6th
    Swans
    @ the Paradise
    Wednesday, October 8th
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    'Howl' 20th Anniversary Tour
    with Humanist
    @ House of Blues
    Wednesday, October 8th
    The Murder Capital
    @ Sonia
    Friday, October 10th
    Destroyer
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, October 11th
    Kneecap
    @ the House of Blues
    Sunday, October 12th
    The Miki Berenyi Trio
    (that's Miki from Lush)
    Gina Birch
    The Unreasonables
    @ the Sinclair
    Monday, October 13th
    My Morning Jacket
    @ MGM Music Hall
    Tuesday, October 21st
    Everclear
    Local H
    Sponge
    @ Big Night Live
    Thursday, October 23rd
    Belly
    "King" 30th Anniversary Tour!
    @ the Paradise
    Saturday, October 25th
    Minus The Bear
    @ the House of Blues
    Monday, October 27th
    Autechre
    Mark Broom
    @ Brighton Music Hall
    Wednesday, October 29th
    The Beta Band
    @ the Royale
    Friday & Saturday
    November 7th & 8th
    Steve Martin & Martin Short
    three shows @ the Wang
    Thursday, November 13th
    Janeane Garofalo
    @ the Somerville Armory
    Monday, November 24th
    Patti Smith
    Horses 50th Anniversary Tour
    @ the Orpheum