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As some of you know, I live in a fairly small town in Pennsylvania that is equidistant from New York City and Philadelphia. I've seen concerts in both cities (Philly is where I saw the 4 Irish lads, of course ), but it sucks that to see decent shows, I usually have to travel.
This is not to say that there are never good concerts close to home; I didn't have to leave my city, for example, to see Fiona Apple, Natalie Merchant, or Barenaked Ladies. But in the past few years, there have been fewer and fewer concerts around here that have piqued my interest (forget about Coldplay, Ryan Adams, Queens of the Stone Age, or other cool groups coming around HERE), and it's expensive to go to the cities to see live music. In addition to tickets (expensive to begin with), you have to factor in the costs of travel, food, sometimes lodging (if you're going with a few people and you can't all crash at someone's apartment). Thus, I can't afford to see more than a couple of shows a year.
Is anyone else living the small-town life and insanely jealous of fellow Interlanders who seem to go to cool concerts every other week?
This is not to say that there are never good concerts close to home; I didn't have to leave my city, for example, to see Fiona Apple, Natalie Merchant, or Barenaked Ladies. But in the past few years, there have been fewer and fewer concerts around here that have piqued my interest (forget about Coldplay, Ryan Adams, Queens of the Stone Age, or other cool groups coming around HERE), and it's expensive to go to the cities to see live music. In addition to tickets (expensive to begin with), you have to factor in the costs of travel, food, sometimes lodging (if you're going with a few people and you can't all crash at someone's apartment). Thus, I can't afford to see more than a couple of shows a year.
Is anyone else living the small-town life and insanely jealous of fellow Interlanders who seem to go to cool concerts every other week?