Most expensive show:
Joey Fatone & AJ McLean VIP, non VIP was Shawn Mendes return to performing live
Least (not free) expensive show:
Kris Allen at the Kate was $40
Free shows:
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Hanson @ The View, Wilderado, Hanson @ The Gathering Place, 98 Degrees
# artists seen: 87
# unique artists seen: 18
# shows seen in CT: 21
# of shows out of state: 31
Show farthest away: Jamaica out of the US, Tulsa in the US.
Closest show: Fairfield CT
$$ spent on tickets: $5,528.72
Miles traveled: 26200
Top 5 shows of the year?
1. &Juliet Sing-A-Long with JC Chasez
2. Hanson Underneath Experience Night 2 Minneapolis
3. Hanson Underneath Experience Night 1 Minneapolis
4. Shawn Mendes
5. Joey Fatone & AJ McLean
Total number of shows in 2023? 52
First show of the year? Hanson
First show with actual tickets: Let’s Sing Harry
Last show of the year? Hanson – because Aerosmith got canceled
Most surprising show? &Juliet
Most disappointing? Aerosmith cancellation 🙁 🙁 🙁
Farthest traveled? Back to the Island in Jamaica
States attended shows in? CT, NY, OK, PA, TN, MN, MD, GA
Venue most visited? The Kate & Cain’s are tied
Band seen the most? Hanson
Best new discovery? Walker Burroughs
Bands seen this year that also broke up this year? I don’t think there was any?
Friends made at shows? I wasn’t very social, yet again
Band members met? Hanson, Jeff Timmons, Drew Lachey, Joey Fatone, BBMak, Tartan Terrors, David Cook, Simple Plan, Chris Kirkpatrick, Nick Carter, Kris Allen, JC Chasez
Best souvenir from a show? I got some picks and some setlists
Longest time in line? I really don’t recall waiting all that long for anything, most were seated and not GA
Shows seen from the barricade [front row]– Joey/AJ, Wilderado, BBMak, Tartan Terrors, David Cook, Hanson TN, Nick Carter, Kris Allen, &Juliet
Most shows in one month?
January – 6
February – “1”
March – 4
April – 1
May – 3
June – 3
July – 3
August – 5
September – 3
October – 14
November – 7
December – 2
Most shows in one week? BTTI or something in October.
Biggest crowd? Either Pink or JT at Hershey, I think that was the biggest venue I was at
Any drunk encounters? Oh probably… that elmo coat guy in Times Square perhaps
Missed shows:
I skipped Niall Horan because it was too hot and I was having medical issues, I skipped Jon McLaughlin to go see Hanson, I skipped Stephen Kellogg to go see Hanson, I skipped O-Town because I just wasn’t feeling up to driving to Long Island, I skipped Country 925 due to weather and medical issues and Aerosmith canceled on me 🙁