Live Through This: rock nyc Top Concert Picks For The Week Of June 17th, 2019
one of these people are not having a good time
The two biggest stars of the year, Billie Eilish, the teenage neo-pop teenage, and Ariana Grande, the 20 something game changer, sex in the age of texter, are performing in town. Ariana is at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Billie is at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday. The last time I saw Ariana I didn’t like her (and the time before that and the time before that) BUT she didn’t have Sweetener then. I’ve never seen Billie and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Conclusion? Any serious student of modern pop must see both.
Monday – Keb Mo – Sony Hall – The singer-songwriter world music confessional
Tuesday < Wednesday – ARIZONA – Irving Plaza
Tuesday – Nickelodeon’s JoJo Siwa D.R.E.A.M. The Tour – Beacon Theatre
Tuesday, Wednesday – Toots And The Maytals – Brooklyn Bowl – Toots still in business…
Tuesday – Soundgarden – Brooklyn Steel – “An Immersive concert even” -better be damn well immersive
Wednesday – Jason Isbell and Father John Misty – BRIC – Let’s hope it doesn’t rain
Wednesday – Ari Lennox – Bowery Ballroom – r&b chanteuse with a pretty good new album…
Wednesday – Dido – Terminal 5 – She didn’t make it all the way back but she has her moments
Thursday – X Ambassadors – Webster Hall
Thursday – Lauren Daigle – Radio City Music Hall – Christian bore
Thursday – Drive-By Truckers – Brooklyn Bowl – Weren’t they the greatest band in the world for half an hour or so?
Thursday – Saturday – Regina Spektor – Lunt-Fontanne – The woman who fell to earth, once among the greats, now among the also rans, on Broadway.
Friday – Holy Ghost! – Bowery Ballroom – They released a coupla singles this year, and haven’t missed a beat.
Friday – Titus Andronicus – Rough Trade – Let’s hope the new one does Bob Mould proud
Saturday – The Lumineers – Forest Hills Stadium – If it is a nice day, and if the prices have fallen, why not?
Saturday – Kristin Hersh – Mercury Lounge
Saturday – Diana Ross – Radio City Music Hall – A diva’s diva
Saturday, Sunday – Steve Gadd – Iridium
Sunday – Dead & Company – Citi Field – Giving hippies a bad name for over 50 years.
Sunday – Jackson Browne – Bowery Ballroom – Superb when I saw him here last year…
