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Christine
- Dec 30, 2019
- 12 min
The Best Concerts of 2019! The Third Annual Tips2LiveBy Concert Awards!
Once again, my 2019 was filled with concerts! Live music is such a big part of my life. This year I saw 60 shows in 5 different states and 9 different countries! When people hear how many concerts I go to, they always ask which show was my favorite. It’s such a hard question! When I first started this blog in 2017, I decided to do a wrap up at the end of the year and give out my concert awards. I did it again in 2018. You can read about last year’s winners here. So now it’s t
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Christine
- Nov 20, 2019
- 7 min
Tool Brings the Fear Inoculum Tour to Philly!
If you are a Tool fan and reading this, let me just get this out there right away. I am not a Tool fan. I don’t dislike them, but I’m not into them either. If I’m being honest, I think all of their songs sound the same. Plus, I can’t understand any of the words Maynard is singing, so I just don’t connect with the music. But when Tool announced they were going on tour in support of their Fear Inoculum album, I knew we would go. First, my husband is a fan of Tool. Second, I kne
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Christine
- Sep 9, 2019
- 7 min
Do We Have Concert Fatigue?
I love going to a concert. For those of you that know me, you know I go to a lot of concerts. I go to more concerts in a year, than some people go to in a lifetime. For me, live music gives me joy. I love the experience of seeing some of my favorite artists in the flesh. I love the feeling of hearing my favorite song by a band live for the first time. I was so excited to see Squeeze last month and hear them play “Black Coffee In Bed” live. It’s one of my favorite songs! But I
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Christine
- Aug 19, 2019
- 5 min
Squeeze Plays Their Songbook!
When I think back to my younger days, there are certain songs that pop into my head. They were classics that I listened to over and over. One of those songs is “Black Coffee In Bed” by Squeeze. I wasn’t a huge Squeeze fan. I mean, they are no Depeche Mode or The Cure. But, they have a handful of songs that I loved. We went to see Sammy Hagar and The Circle at the Parx Casino several months ago. After the show, my husband was checking out the merchandise and I happened to see
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