Being There City Guide - May 2007 by The Being There Staff
Austin - Boston - Chicago - Los Angeles - Montreal - Nashville - New Orleans - New York - San Francisco - Seattle - Toronto - Vancouver
Austin, Texas
May 1 Drive-By Truckers @ Antones (also May 2); Toots & The Maytals @ La Zona Rosa
May 2 Kristin Hersh @ Cactus Cafι
May 3 Damian Jr. Gong Marley, KNaan and Stephen Marley @ Antones
May 4 Son Volt @ Stubbs Bar-B-Q
May 8 Ryan Shaw @ Stubbs Bar-B-Q
May 9 Damien Rice @ Bass Concert Hall; Modest Mouse @ The Backyard
May 10 Dan Bern @ Cactus Cafι; Joe Ely @ The Glenn
May 11 George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic @ Stubbs Bar-B-Q
May 12 Joseph Arthur, The Lonely Astronauts and Stars of Track & Field @ The Parish Room; Micah P. Hinson @ Emos Austin
May 13 Bright Eyes @ Bass Concert Hall
May 15 Ben Gibbard @ Emos Austin
May 18 Mavis Staples @ Paramount Theatre
May 19 The Damnwells @ The Parish Room
May 26 Laura Veirs @ The Mohawk; Morrissey @ The Backyard
May 28 Sol-illaquists of Sound @ Emos Austin
Boston, Massachusets
May 2 Michael Penn @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge
May 3 The Knitters @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge
May 4 Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ Avalon; Peter Bjorn and John @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge
May 5 Brandi Carlile @ Avalon
May 6 Joshua Redman @ Berklee Performance Center
May 7 Amy Winehouse @ Avalon
May 8 Grant Lee Phillips @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge; ALO @ Axis
May 9 Damian Jr. Gong Marley, KNaan and Stephen Marley @ Avalon; Ben Folds @ Symphony Hall
May 10 Arcade Fire @ Orpheum Theatre
May 11 LCD Soundsystem @ Axis
May 13 Arctic Monkeys and Be Your Own Pet @ Avalon
May 15 Elvis Costello @ Avalon
May 16 Andrew Bird @ Berklee Performance Center
May 17 Matt Mays & El Torpedo @ Paradise Lounge
May 19 tapes n tapes @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge
May 24 Bright Eyes & Gillian Welch @ Citi Performing Arts Center
May 29 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Avalon; Steely Dan @ Bank of American Pavilion (also May 30)
Chicago, Illinois
May 1 Adrian Belew @ Martyrs; Southern Culture On The Skids @ Schubas Tavern
May 3 Grant Lee Phillips @ Lakeshore Theater; Amy Winehouse @ Schubas Tavern
May 4 Ben Gibbard @ Metro/Smart Bar; Air @ Riviera Theatre
May 6 LCD Soundsystem @ Metro/Smart Bar
May 8 Arctic Monkeys & Be Your Own Pet @ Riviera Theatre; Peter Bjorn and John @ Empty Bottle; Norah Jones & M. Ward @ Chicago Theatre; Laura Veirs @ Schubas Tavern
May 9 Elvis Costello @ House of Blues; Michael Penn @ Schubas Tavern
May 11 Sol-illaquists of Sound @ Abbey Pub; Brandi Carlile @ Schubas Tavern (also May 12- 13)
May 12 tapes n tapes @ Abbey Pub; Bjork @ Auditorium Theatre
May 13 - Regina Spektor @ Riviera Theatre
May 14 Damien Rice @ Civic Opera House; Bebel Gilberto @ Black Orchid Showroom (also May 15)
May 15 Morrissey @ Auditorium Theatre
Richard Lloyd @ Schubas Tavern
May 17 The Duhks @ Schubas Tavern
May 18 Arcade Fire @ Chicago Theatre
Los Angeles, California
May 1 Tim Finn @ Largo (also May 2)
May 2 Chris Cornell @ The Avalon
May 3 Linda Ronstadt @ Bovard Auditorium; Circle Jerks @ Explx
May 5 Rosanne Cash @ Walt Disney Concert Hall; The Ditty Bops @ Music Box at Fonda (also May 14 @ City Hall)
May 6 Bright Eyes & Gillian Welch @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
May 8 Glen Phillips @ Largo (also May 22); Black Rebel Motorcycle Club & The Fratellis @ The Wiltern
May 9 Kristin Hersh @ El Rey Theatre
May 10 Bebel Gilberto @ El Rey Theatre (also May 11)
May 13 Modest Mouse @ Greek Theatre
May 15 Lily Allen @ The Wiltern
May 17 Ben Gibbard @ Royce Hall Auditorium
May 18 Harry Connick Jr. @ Greek Theatre; The Knitters @ Getty Center; Aimee Mann @ Largo
May 19 Stevie Nicks & Chris Isaak @ Greek Theatre (also May 20); Grant Lee Phillips @ Largo
May 22 Sol-illaquists of Sound @ Knitting Factory
May 24 DeVotchKa @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
May 25 Michael Penn @ Largo
May 30 Arcade Fire @ Greek Theatre
Montreal, Quebec
May 3 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ La Sala Rosa
May 4 Joel Plaskett & Peter Elkas @ Cabaret Du Musee
May 5 Peter Bjorn and John @ Theatre National
May 6 Air @ Metropolis
May 9 LCD Soundsystem @ Spectrum De Montreal
May 11 Westbound Train @ Les Foufounes Electriques; Luke Doucet @ Mile End Cultural Centre
May 12 Arcade Fire @ Arena Maurice Richard (also May 13); Arctic Monkeys & Be Your Own Pet @ Olympia de Montreal; Norah Jones & M. Ward @ St. Denis Theatre
May 14 Laura Veirs @ La Sala Rosa
May 15 tapes n tapes @ Le National Music Hall
May 18 B.B. King @ St. Denis Theatre
May 20 Damien Rice @ Olympia de Montreal
May 28 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ La Tulipe
Nashville, Tennessee
May 1 Patty Griffin @ Ryman Auditorium (also May 2)
May 4 Bob Newhart @ Ryman Auditorium
May 5 Asylum Street Spankers @ 3rd & Lindsley
May 7 Polyphonic Spree @ City Hall; John Legend @ Ryman Auditorium
May 8 Cowboy Junkies & Teddy Thompson @ The Blecourt Theatre
May 12 Son Volt @ Riverfront Park
May 13 Ben Gibbard @ City Hall
May 14 Matt Mays & El Torpedo @ The Basement
May 16 Sloan & Small Sins @ Exit/In
May 19 Bright Eyes & Gillian Welch @ Ryman Auditorium; Joseph Arthur, The Lonely Astronauts and Stars of Track & Field @ Exit/In; Dolly Parton, Patty Loveless and Porter Wagoner @ Grand Ole OPry House
May 22 Laura Veirs @ The Basement
May 23 The Damnwells @ Mercy Lounge
May 27 Leon Russell @ The Belcourt Theatre; Tim Finn @ 3rd & Lindsley
May 31 Chris Cornell @ City Hall
New Orleans, Louisiana
May 2 Ponderosa Stomp @ House of Blues (feat. Augie Meyers, Dale Hawkins, Dan Penn, Dave Bartholomew, Little Jimmy Scott, Roky Erickson, Roy Head, and many more (visit www.ponderosastomp.com for details)
May 4-6 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival feat. Counting Crows, Steely Dan, Allen Toussaint, Joss Stone, Taj Mahal, and many others (visit www.nojazzfest.com for details)
May 8 Son Volt @ Parish at House of Blues; Modest Mouse @ House of Blues
May 14 Joseph Arthur, The Lonely Astronauts and Stars of Track & Field @ One Eyed Jacks
May 18 James McMurtry @ One Eyed Jacks
May 24 Laura Veirs @ Parish At House of Blues
May 31 Sol-illaquists of Sound @ House of Blues
New York, New York
May 1 Jesse Harris @ Living Room (also May 8, 15, 22, 29); Peter Bjorn and John @ Webster Hall (also May 2)
May 2 Chatham County Line & The Knitters @ Blender Theatre at Gramercy; Arlo Guthrie @ Damrosch Park; Sol-illaquists of Sound @ Knitting Factory; Bjork @ Radio City Music Hall (also May 5 @ United Palace, May 8 @ Apollo Theater)
May 5 Antibalas @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza; Bjork @ United Palace; Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ Webster Hall
May 7 Arcade Fire @ United Palace (also May 8-9); Meshell Ndegeocello @ HighLine Ballroom
May 8 Amy Winehouse @ HighLine Ballroom (also May 9); Ben Gibbard @ Town Hall
May 9 Grant Lee Phillips @ Blender Theatre at Gramercy; Matt Mays & El Torpedo @ Mercury Lounge
May 10 ALO @ Bowery Ballroom; The Magic Numbers @ Living Room; Air @ Theater at Madison Square Garden
May 11 The Polyphonic Spree @ Manhattan Center; Asylum Street Spankers @ Joes Pub; The Gourds @ Bowery Ballroom; Melody Gardot @ Living Room; Damian Jr. Gong Marley, KNaan and Stephen Marley @ Nokia Theatre Times Square
May 12 Richie Havens @ B.B. Kings Blues Club; Tim Finn @ Joes Pub
May 14 Mavis Staples & Ry Cooder @ Apollo Theater (also May 15); Stephen Stills @ The Concert Hall at N.Y.S.E.C.
May 15 Arctic Monkeys & Be Your Own Pet @ Hammerstein Ballroom
May 16 Elvis Costello @ Nokia Theatre Times Square; Laura Veirs @ Blender Theatre at Gramercy; Southern Culture On The Skids @ Mercury Lounge
May 17 Laurie Anderson @ HighLine Ballroom (also May 18); Andrew Bird @ Webster Hall
May 18 tapes n tapes @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza; Ollabelle @ Joes Pub
May 19 Richard Lloyd @ Knitting Factory; Laurie Anderson, Ricky Gervais and Secret Machines @ Theatre at Madison Square Garden
May 21 Steely Dan @ Beacon Theatre (also May 22); Damien Rice @ Radio City Music Hall
May 22 Bebel Gilberto @ Blender Theatre at Gramercy (also May 23)
May 23 Joseph Arthur, The Lonely Astronauts and Stars of Track & Field @ Bowery Ballroom
May 25 - Bright Eyes & Gillian Welch @ Town Hall (also May 26, 28-31)
May 26 Mos Def @ HighLine Ballroom
May 28 The Broken West & The National @ Bowery Ballroom
May 30 - Roger Waters @ Madison Square Garden Arena
May 31 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Webster Hall; The Damnwells @ Blender Theatre at Gramercy
San Francisco, California
May 1 Andrew Bird @ The Fillmore; Arctic Monkeys & Be Your Own Pet @ Warfield Theatre
May 2 Pinetop Perkins @ Biscuits & Blues; tapes n tapes @ Great American Music Hall; Travis @ The Fillmore
May 3 Elvis Costello @ Warfield Theatre; Old 97s @ The Fillmore
May 4 Brad Mehldau @ Herbst Theatre
May 5 ALO @ The Fillmore
May 6 Joseph Arthur , The Lonely Astronauts and Stars of Track & Field @ Bottom of the Hill
May 7 Bebel Gilberto @ Bimbos 365 Club; Drive-By Truckers @ Great American Music Hall (also May 8)
May 9 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club & The Fratellis @ The Fillmore
May 11 Allen Toussaint & Henry Butler @ Herbst Theatre; The Blasters @ Red Devil Lounge
May 12 Booker T. Jones @ Blue Bear Live; Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Ozomatli @ Pier 30/32; Steven Wright @ Warfield Theatre
May 13 Kristin Hersh @ Great American Music Hall; The Damnwells @ Bottom of the Hill
May 15 Dinosaur Jr. @ Slims (also May 16); Peter Bjorn and John @ Bimbos 365 Club (also May 16); Joss Stone & Ryan Shaw @ Warfield Theatre
May 16 - Meat Puppets @ The Independent; Jill Sobule @ Cafι Du Nord
May 17 The Be Good Tanyas @ Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
May 18 Ben Gibbard @ The Fillmore
May 19 Prince @ Orpheum Theatre; The Watson Twins @ The Independent; The Knitters @ Great American Music Hall
May 20 Cracker @ Footstock
May 21 Sol-illaquists Of Sound @ Bottom Of The Hill
May 26 Marianne Faithfull @ The Fillmore
Seattle, Washington
May 1 Bright Eyes @ Paramount Theatre
May 2 Joseph Arthur, The Lonely Astronauts and Stars of Track & Field @ Neumos
May 3 Arctic Monkeys & Be Your Own Pet @ The Showbox
May 4 The Decemberists @ Paramount Theatre
May 5 tapes n tapes @ Neumos; Andrew Bird @ The Showbox
May 6 Morrissey @ Paramount Theatre
May 10 Branford Marsalis @ Dimitrious Jazz Alley (also May 11-13); Nickel Creek @ Marion Oliver McCaw Hall; The Damnwells @ The Triple Door
May 13 Peter Bjorn and John @ Neumos; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club & The Fratellis @ The Showbox
May 16 Jackie Greene @ Neumos; Kristin Hersh @ Tractor Tavern
May 18 Dinosaur Jr. @ The Showbox
May 19 Meat Puppets @ Crocodile Cafι; Fishbone @ Studio Seven
May 20 Ben Gibbard @ The Showbox (also May 21); Charlie Musselwhite @ The Triple Door
May 24 Joss Stone & Ryan Shaw @ Paramount Theatre
May 26 John Legend @ Paramount Theatre
Toronto, Ontario
May 2 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ The Mod Club Theatre
May 4 Ron Sexsmith @ Massey Hall; The Brown Hornets CD Release Party @ Horseshoe Tavern
May 5 Air @ Kool Haus; Sonny Rollins @ Massey Hall; The Meligrove Band @ The Mod Club Theatre
May 6 Pete Bjorn and John @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 7 Brandi Carlile @ Horseshoe Tavern
May 8 LCD Soundsystem @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 9 Eleni Mandell @ The Mod Club Theatre
May 11 Norah Jones & M. Ward @ Massey Hall; Arctic Monkeys & Be Your Own Pet @ Kool Haus; B.B. King @ Roy Thompson Hall
May 12 Amy Winehouse @ The Mod Club Theatre (also May 13); Laura Veirs @ El Mocambo
May 15 Arcade Fire @ Massey Hall (also May 16); Damian Jr. Gong Marley, KNaan and Stephen Marley @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 16 tapes n tapes @ Lees Palace
May 18 Damien Rice @ Massey Hall
May 22 Bo Diddley @ Phoenix Concert Theatre; Bright Eyes & Gillian Welch @ Massey Hall
May 24 Luke Doucet @ Hughs Room
May 25 Joel Plaskett & Peter Elkas @ Opera House (also May 26); Joseph Arthur, The Lonely Astronauts and Stars of Track & Field @ The Mod Club Theatre; Feist @ Massey Hall (also May 26)
May 26 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Kool Haus
Vancouver, British Columbia
May 1 Jarvis Cocker @ House of Blues; John Mayer & Kathleen Edwards @ P.N.E. Pacific Coliseum\
May 3 Joseph Arthur, The Lonely Astronauts, Stars of Track & Field @ The Plaza Club
May 4 Arctic Monkeys and Be Your Own Pet @ Commodore Ballroom
May 6 tapes n tapes, Ladyhawk and Harlem Shakes @ Plaza Club
May 12 Peter Bjorn and John @ Commodore Ballroom; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club & The Fratellis @ Richards On Richards
May 16 Feist @ Orpheum
May 18 Joel Plaskett & Peter Elkas @ Commodore Ballroom
May 21- Joss Stone & Ryan Shaw @ Commodore Ballroom
May 23 Bjork @ Deer Lake Park; Dinosaur Jr. @ Commodore Ballroom
May 28 The Police @ General Motors Place (also May 30) |  |
