I’m going to see The Black Crowes for the fourth time in March, really looking forward to it but four times isn’t that much really for your favourite band is it? How many times have you seen the same act?

I must have seen The Happy Mondays, The Fall and Billy Bragg (not on the same bill) half a dozen times.

Fun Loving Criminals x 2.
Editors x 3.
Cold War Kids x 2.
Vampire Weekend x 3.

Would love to see Thirteen Senses but fate always conspires against, likewise Glasvegas.

All in all I have seen the Damned about 20 times.

I’m sure I saw Pop Will Eat Itself 5 times back in the day – not fave band, but they used to play in Portsmouth a lot.
Apart from that 3 is the max – Bauhaus, Pixies (pre reunion, natch), Lo-fi Allstars, a few others, 3 times.
Usually get bored with bands after a few years!

I’ve seen Iron Maiden 8 times. The first time was with Blaze Bayley though, so it doesn’t count!

Metallica five times, Fear Factory about five times too.

Ooh, and Testament four times, three of which were in the space of a week (first time at JBs in Dudley, then a couple of days later in Eindhoven, then the day after that at the Dynamo festival). Chuck Billy waved at me, and Steve Di Georgio stood on my glasses.

Ac/dc 5 times( only paid twice)

I’ve seen Blur 7 times, still not sure if I like them or not.

i saw primus 17 times. we followed them round the UK on 2 entire tours ages ago.

seen converge at least 10 times too.

Foo Fighters 3 times, Megadeth 2 times, Opeth 2 times (maybe 3, not sure), Porcupine Tree twice, but that’s about it. I don’t think I’m into any band enough to make special efforts to see them much more than that.

Watching Verve at Blackpool Empress Ballroom on their third comeback was the 11th time I’d seen them live.

Christ, i spent a fair while going to every New Model Army/Red Sky Coven/Justin Sullinan gig i could afford, across Britain and Europe.

Think it must run to over 150 times i reckon.

Iron Maiden over 15 times.

Used to see Echo and the Bunnymen and the Teardrop explodes regularly whilst at Uni.
Bruce Springsteen twice, John Martyn 3 times and some local bands dozens of times but never really made a big effort to “follow” anyone just bought tickets and went

Seen Clutch 10+ times.

God knows how many times I’ve seen Doves. I managed 6 times in a year! I’ve seen the Mondays loads of times too. Though that’s a lot more of a hit and miss affair!

must’ve seen pendulum (not through choice) 30 or 40 times… they’re shit.

Seen loads of bands a lot of times I used to get to 3 gigs a week in my youth.

Rammstein 4 or 5 times.

Seen The Cure 5 or 6 times. Ozrics/gong a fare few!

U2 3 times
Going to see The Union for 3rd time soon
Big Country twice
George Dalaras 3 times

The Shins 3x
Flaming Lips 3x? 4x perhaps
REM twice
Oasis 3x
Pixies twice (post reunion, sounding pretty tight)

You do definitely get different gigs – the Pixies I saw at a festival in Barcelona, and then at Brixton Academy. Different vibe, but both times great.

Seen The Stone Roses 8 times now, will be 9 in the summer. Must have seen Spiritualized more than that though – certainly 10+. Rodrigo y Gabriela 3 times would be the next closest I think.

TS

JLS – 27 times.

James around 7 times soon be 8
echo and the bunnymen(electroficition) 4 soon be 5 🙂

In my teens I saw blur over a dozen times. I was an obsessive fan. I could never be that fanatical about any band now thank goodness.

John Cooper Clark was the support at the International almost every week – always good value.

Here & Now so many times at gigs & free festivals, well over a dozen.
Best live band I’ve seen.

About a dozen Hawkwind gigs, probably only about four or five good ones.

Half Man Half Biscuit about half a dozen times – not a bad gig yet.
The Beta Band about the same. God I miss them.

Big Audio Dynamite four or five times, Manics about the same.

Not really a gig but I saw Slam (DJ’s) at the Arches pretty much every Friday night for a good few years. I think 🙂

TS

Queens of the Stone Age 5 times. Good spread of material and band members too since I first saw them in 99 and they evolve constantly.

Seen the Futureheads at least 10 times when they were local band

Forgot about QOTSA! 4 times for me, top band live except for the Era Vulgaris tour.

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I’ve seen Iron Maiden 8 times. The first time was with Blaze Bayley though, so it doesn’t count!

Mrs Toast. Blaze Bayley and I have a mutual friend – I have been mountain biking with him several times… Admittedly several years ago.

I’ve seen Bob Dylan 48 times now, first time was when I was still at school and my Dad promised me a day off to travel down from Middlesbrough to London in 1989, changed my life that night! Last time was in Glasgow in 2011.

Not sure of the exact numbers now, but I saw Elvis Costello around five times, Elbow six times, the Indigo Girls seven or eight times, Nanci Griffith seven or eight times, and loads of bands and artists two, three or four times, like Paper Aeroplanes, Eddie Reader, Metallica, Curve, Yes, Thin Lizzy, Shawn Colvin, Doves, Metric, Stars, Maria McKee, Arcade Fire…
Forty plus years of gig going gives plenty of opportunity for seeing artists you like multiple times; cash and touring schedules permitting, of course.
Sadly, ticket prices forbid me going to as many gigs as I once did; I wanted to see ZZTop this summer, but £45/ticket, plus fees… 😯
One year, back in the 90’s, I did 39 gigs, quite a few in London. Couldn’t entertain that now.

The Verve – 4 times (OP – once supporting The Black Crowes in 1992!)
U2 – 6 times
The Charlatans – many, many times. Probably significantly over 20
The Black Keys – 6 times
The Beta Band – 3 times
Elbow – 7 times
Ian Brown – 7 times
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – 5 time
Suede – 3 times
Blur – 3 times
Kula Shaker – 8 times
Shed Seven – 3 times
Primal Scream – 7 times

Carter usm ….

A poor three times

Christ, i spent a fair while going to every New Model Army/Red Sky Coven/Justin Sullinan gig i could afford, across Britain and Europe.

Think it must run to over 150 times i reckon.

Probably only about 100 for me…

Next would be Levs – maybe 30? times

Then Poppies/senser/rdf/chumbawamba/bttp etc

I’ve seen Metallica and Slipknot multiple times….seen Jools Holland a few times too. I’m a musician and spend a fair amount of time at gigs-I’ve probably seen 3 or 4 different mates bands 10+ over the years. I think that my wife has seen Rammstein more times than she’s seen me play!!! 😯

Jaylaz FTW! Any duff ones in those 48?

Nick Cave and (sometimes) the Bad Seeds five times

Agree that gigs are pricey nowadays. When I were a lad the cost of gigs was similar or less than albums. This has changed massively now.

I’m a big Dylan fan of course and probably a little clouded in my judgement but I have enjoyed all the Dylan gigs I have been to, they have often been very different performances too. Gigs that standout would be Manchester and Cardiff 2000 and Edinburgh playhouse in 2009 I think. Newcastle Arena shows have been the worst due to the shocking acoustics.

No idea how many times I’ve seen Biffy Clyro. Many many. 3 nights in a row, more than once. From support slots at King Tuts to Wembley stadium, not too shabby 😆