Year In Review – 2022
Katie 
While 2022 kicked off not only with an in-person show but shows in another country, there was definitely still some virtual filler in there to make sure I still got my “streak” of 1 show a month. Once May hit and I got over covid, it seemed live shows also hit an uptick. I ended the year with 50 in person concerts and 11 streams and an overall total of 731 in person concerts.
Most expensive show:
Other than Back To The Island which is hard to price out by show, it looks like NKOTB was the most expensive at $126.50 and I saw them twice at that price.
Least (not free) expensive show:
I’ll exclude virtual since they were all for the most part $20 or under… Hanson’s storytellers was $30 and Tartan Terrors were $40.
Free shows:
The Masker Singer Tour, Hanson’s Members only show, Gaelic Storm, Stephen Kellogg and Blues Traveler
# artists seen: 155
# unique artists seen: 25
# shows seen in CT: 17
# of shows out of state: 6 out of the country / 27 out of CT
Show farthest away: I don’t feel like mathing but I’m going to say Vancouver
Closest show: Fairfield CT
$$ spent on tickets: about $3k excluding BTTI and Disney
Miles traveled: 41,862
Top 6 shows of the year? I hate this question so much lol Mandy Moore, Kris Allen/Jon McLaughlin, throw in a couple of Hanson shows here…, Lindsey Stirling, Darren Criss
Total number of shows in 2022? 11 virtual / 50 in person
First show of the year? Hanson
First show with actual tickets: The Masked singer tour
Last show of the year? Stephen Kellogg at FTC
Most surprising show? SK at FTC because he stopped mid show to get sassy with some jerks in the audience
Most disappointing? Boyband Christmas because it got canceled
Farthest traveled? Pacific Northwest
States attended shows in? VT, OK, TN, GA, AL, MA, NH, NY, OH, MN, ND, WA, OR, FL
Venue most visited? The theater in EPCOT followed by Mohegan Sun
Band seen the most? Hanson for sure
Best new discovery? Tartan Terrors
Bands seen this year that also broke up this year? None that I know of
Friends made at shows? I don’t think I made any.
Band members met? Hanson, Natasha Beddingfield, O-Town, Chris Kirkpatrick, Jon McLaughlin, Kris Allen, David Cook
Best souvenir from a show? I ended up with 2 of Isaac’s picks, a few setlists – one including my request included on it
Longest time in line? Probably for one of the Hanson ones but I don’t wait that long
Shows seen from the barricade [front row]– Front row of the balcony a lot… and Tartan Terrors was front row proper.
Most shows in one month?
January – 5
February – (7 virtual)
March – (2 virtual, 3 failed in person attempts)
April – (1 virtual)
May – 2
June – 4
July – 9
August – 8
September – 3
October – 13
November –3
December – 4 (1 virtual)
Most shows in one week? Disney for Hanson was 12 shows in 4 days
Biggest crowd? Big Time Rush? Or maybe the arena – NKOTB, One Republic?
Any drunk encounters? Probably but I’ve blocked them from memory
Missed shows:
Greyson Chance postponed and I couldn’t make the made up date.
John Mayer postponed and I couldn’t make the made up date.
David Archuleta canceled.
90s Con After Party was missed due to weather
Backstreet Boys I sold tickets to see Hanson
Shawn Mendes canceled.
Thursday night, my 50th and last show for the year was Stephen Kellogg’s hometown show at the Fairfield Theater. When the show started, Danny Black came out on stage by himself to play guitar and Stephen ended up walking around the crowd giving hugs and high fives to audience members while singing High Highs, Low Lows. After his second song he said that he had an easel on stage and that each of the songs would fit under one of those topics and the topics would all be drawn out of a hat so we had no idea what show we would end up getting. He also had to let Danny know what they would be playing and said that he might not even know all the songs so we’ll get what we get. The first two songs were “Work” so he crossed that off and then the rest of the set was Parents, Legacy, Kids, Friends, Marriage, Sense of Humor, Health, Time, Heroes, Forgiveness and Integrity. He did two songs for the encore after that, the second one being See You Later, See You Soon with the Kellogg Sisters. (Sophia had also come out to play piano on Sweet Sophia)
