You Rocked The Show: Best Concert Fan Stories and Interviews of 2011

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    This is why we do this. You. The Fans. We love discovering, celebrating and exploring your concert experiences. And throughout 2011 we had the extreme pleasure of sharing some truly amazing live music moments with you. There was no shortage of emotion in 2011 as we explored why concerts move us so much. [...]

Does Your Wrist Ever Look Like This After A Weekend of Live Music?

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  What do you do with your venue wrist bands? How long do you keep them on after the show? Do you keep them or toss ‘em out? What are your favorite concert wristband mementos? Let us know and we’ll feature your stories in a future episode of Live Fix Radio.

Fugazi Unleashes Live Archives, MacKaye Shares Concert Memories

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Awhile back Frank from Windy City Rock asked me what bands I would like to go back and experience live if I had the chance.  And one of those bands I’d like to add to the list is the mighty Fugazi. That said, I was excited to hear the news earlier this week that the [...]

Another Great Google Plus Hangout Night of Open Mics and Concert Fan Stories

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  Last night we had a great time continuing our Google Plus Experiment by hosting and joining in a Hangout. And I have to say that I’m even more pumped and excited as I was before about using the social network to share concert stories and connect with you, my fellow live music fans. Steven’s [...]

Tweets of the Week: Love and Hate, 9/11 Memories, Chris Brown Dreams, Bieber Crashers, Concert Weirdos

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Love and hate. Pleasure and pain. Doubt and clarity. Those were just some of the profound and entertaining topics I discovered as I compiled our second edition of Tweets of the Week. It’s been fun watching this experiment evolve and it’s turning out to be a facinating exploration into what you love to express at [...]

What Happened During Rap Concert Riot at Tammy Hall in NYC

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    We all know there’s usually two sides to every story. And that appears to be the case with a recent record release party for Pete Rock, Tek & Steele (of Smif N Wessun) who were celebrating the release of their collaborative album, ‘Monumental’ when a riot broke out. Yes, the video above does [...]

100 Bands in 100 Days: Reconnecting With Live Music One Show At A Time

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In our SXSW preview, we told you about an intriguing fan-made movie called 100 Bands in 100 Days. I saw the film while we were in Austin during its world debut and it made me laugh, nearly moved me to tears and inspired me to look at live music in a new way.

Is Ecstasy Killing Concert Fans One Show At Time?

Last year we shared with you several stories about DJ Tiesto concerts. Some of those stories were about great and amazing conversions and others were about unfortunate and tragic stories of concert fans losing their lives at summer music festivals.

Creative Pop Art Inspired by U2, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins Concert Tickets

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Colleen was exploring Etsy.com recently and she discovered some really cool pop art pieces, handmade jewelry, wall art and creative stuff inspired by Depeche Mode, The Cure, U2 and Smashing Pumpkins concert tickets!

The Top 35 Most Addictive Live Music Stories of 2010

When I think of eager concert fans in 2010, I think of the photo above that Colleen took during a climaxing moment at the Wrecking Ball Punk Fest in Chicago. Those fans where some of the most relentless, hungry and addicted live music fans I saw all year long. And when I think of those [...]

Posterous Co-Founder Basks In the Glory Of Weezer “Memories” Concert

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Quick one here. It’s about you again. Concert fans. Weezer concert fans, to be exact.  It came to me via my friend Diane Stein, who posted a link on my Facebook Wall about a Weezer fan, the co-founder of Posterous Sachin Agarwal, loving a show he experienced during the band’s current Memories tour.

The Beautiful Things That Concert Fans Write On Bathroom Walls

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Keep your eyes open. Look around, my friends. The live music experience is teaming with sacred and serendipitous moments lurking around every corner. And you never know what you’re going to stumble upon or find written on the bathroom walls at concert venues. It just might change your life. It did during our trip to [...]

Loyal Slayer Fans Armed With Scalpels At Live Shows?

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It is true that metal fans are often crazier than the band? Are metal fans more prone to behaving badly than other concert fans? Let’s start the weekend off right and see if this is true by looking at how a Slayer fan used a scalpel at a live show.

A Cultural Piss-Understanding: MGMT Takes Live Urine Test During Concert

Watching how fans behave at concerts is one of our favorite things to do here at Live Fix. And when I heard about MGMT getting “piss” thrown on them at a recent show in England, it was time to see what exactly happened and wonder about all those crazy culture cues that artists struggle with.