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So I was at the Stone Pony... COMIMG SOON - Tons of stories from tons of concerts from a Jersey music nerd who's seen (almost) every band live.

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Happy 35th Wedding Anniversary to Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa. To celebrate, here's video of Patti joining Bruce on stage for a duet of "Tougher Than The Rest" at Sea Hear Now in Asbury Park, NJ (Sept. 15, 2024)...

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It was Patti's first public performance since she revealed she was diagnosed with early-stage multiple myeloma, and was a beautiful, tender moment that made an already incredibly special hometown show for the Boss even more moving.

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I can't believe June 8 marks 22 years since My Chemical Romance released "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge." Almost as hard to believe I got to see MCR play "I'm Not OK" and "Helena" during a hometown show at MetLife Stadium last year (East Rutherford, NJ - Aug. 9. 2025)...

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Sure, seeing the band play "The Black Parade" in its entirety was one of the big draws of the tour, but seeing them play songs that made these NJ darlings into a global rock sensation in front of 50,000+ fans was incredible.

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But then the more they played, the more you remembered how many fn hits that band actually has.

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22 years since The Killers released "Hot Fuss", and "Mr. Brightside" STILL causes a commotion the second someone turns it on. Which is why I was especially shocked when Brandon Flowers and co opened their headlining set at Sea Hear Now in 2023 with that song...

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I had no doubt Sheryl Crow would sound great live. But I forgot how many classics she had before seeing her play Sea Hear Now back in 2023. While hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Soak Up The Sun" + "Everyday Is A Winding Road" were the perfect soundtrack on the Asbury Park Beach...

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So to hear Crow sing that song (which she intro'd by sharing how "cool" it made her in the eyes of her kids) at that very moment was hysterical, and a fun but beautiful reminder of the incredible role music plays in every aspect of live - even in silly moments with your kids.

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Fun Fact - as the ticket stub in the clip shows, this show was supposed to occur on Valentines Day (how romantic), but got delayed after Tom Araya needed back surgery.

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Kerry King and Tom Araya celebrate birthdays this week. So #FBF to the last time I saw Slayer perform live with Jeff Hanneman. Slayer brought their co-headlining tour with Megadeth (the American Carnage Tour) to the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass, on Aug. 14, 2010...

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And making this show even cooler was the fact that Slayer played 'Seasons in the Abyss' in its entirety. Little did anyone know that a few months later, Hanneman would take a leave from the band after he contracted necrotizing fasciitis from a spider bite on his arm...

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I've seen Metallica live 9 times, but while celebrating the 30th anniversary of 'Load', I realized something... I have only seen the band play a song off that album once! I looked back at set lists of every Metallica show I've been to (thanks internet!)...

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What albums from your favorite band do can you not recall ever seeing them play live? Reply below + stay tuned for more things to come from this space (including stories from concerts like this... and about the time I got to meet Metallica... but that's for another time 😉)!