W♥M Year in Review: 2022 Concerts and Events
With only two weeks to go before we close out 2022… let us take a look back at some of our favorite shows of the year. So many bands came back in 2022, no thanks to the pandemic that ended social gathering in late 2019 and going onto late 2021.
If I had to pick just one show to spotlight, I would have to say it was for Franz Ferdinand at the Fillmore in Minneapolis (20 Aug 2022).
There are a couple of things that made this show special. First of all, FF was playing all their hit songs in one show to promote their greatest hits album Hits to the Head. The band was in top-form, energetically jumping and dancing from start to finish.
Second, the Fillmore (officially named Fillmore Minneapolis to avoid confusion with the historic Fillmore in San Francisco – which I have been to see Juliana Hatfield in June 1995) is a relatively new venue and we love the size and how it looks.
Speaking of which, Hatfield recently appeared with Evan Dando as The Lemonheads headlined First Avenue in December 8: “No shade to the very good bands that came before her, but Juliana Hatfield really knows how to knock the wind out of you. I was lucky to catch her and her band back in 2015 playing all of 1993’s explosive Become What You Are but it’s a different vibe without a noisy band sharing the stage. Hers was a staggering solo performance with just an electric guitar and those airy vocals. Beginning with “Everybody Loves Me But You” from 1992’s Hey Babe, Hatfield delicately flowed through songs from her 30-plus year catalogue. The occasional false start, awkward pause or runny nose could not dampen the sting and ache of her music and words: “Little Pieces,” “I Got No Idols,” a searing “Candy Wrappers” (which my friend requested on Instagram!) and of course “Sister.””
I didn’t attend the Lemonheads show due to my continuing self-imposed Winter Hibernation, but it sounded like a great show (especially with both Juliana and Evan on stage together again).
So far, we’ve documented 191 shows in total (with one final pending show for Landon Conrath coming up on December 30th). To see full list head over to W♥M 2022 Shows.
In hibernation,
GRAND TOTAL: 191 Shows
DECEMBER 2022 (8 Shows)
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• 12/06 Heart to Gold at 7th Street
• 12/06 Soft Moon at Fine Line • 12/07 Lemonheads at Madrid • 12/08 Lemonheads at First Avenue |
• 12/10 Modest Mouse at Palace Theatre
• 12/17 Katy Guillen and The Drive at Bottleneck • 12/21 Classless Act at Lucia • 12/30 Landon Conrath at 7th Street |
NOVEMBER 2022 (7 Shows)
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• 11/12 Let’s Eat Grandma at 7th Street Entry
• 11/18 Plains at First Ave • 11/19 Plains at Knuckleheads (photos) • 11/26 Trampled by Turtles at Armory |
OCTOBER 2022 (22 Shows)
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• 10/04 Laufey at 7th Street
• 10/06 Sigrid at First Avenue • 10/07 Toadies at First Avenue • 10/07 The Head and the Heart at the Armory • 10/09 Broken Social Scene at Palace Theatre • 10/09 One OK Rock at Fillmore • 10/09 Superorganism at Varsity Theater • 10/11 UPSAHL at Fine Line • 10/13 The Ballroom Thieves at Turf Club |
• 10/14 G. Love & Special Sauce at Steve Tilford Benefit
• 10/15 Matt Maeson at the Truman • 10/15 Faouzia at 7th Street • 10/19 St. Lucia at the Truman • 10/19 Spacey Jane at Fine Line • 10/21 Lee Fields at Fine Line • 10/23 Preoccupations at Turf Club • 10/24 Pretty Sick at 7th Street • 10/28 Sammy Rae at First Avenue • 10/28 Flipturn at 7th Street |
SEPTEMBER 2022 (25 Shows)
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• 09/02 IDLES at The Truman, Kansas City
• 09/03 Roger Waters at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City • 09/03 DD & Company at Brookside, Marine on St Croix • 09/05 Modest Mouse at GrindersKC, Kansas City • 09/06 Echo & the Bunnymen • 09/08 Judah and the Lion at Uptown Theater • 09/09 Twenty One Pilots at T-Mobile Center • 09/09 Afghan Whigs at Fine Line • 09/14 The National |
• 09/16 Lucibela at the Cedar Cultural Center
• 09/16 Highly Suspect at First Avenue • 09/17 Alice Glass at Amsterdam Bar • 09/17 Barns Courtney at recordBar, Kansas City • 09/23 Gaslight Anthem at Kansas City • 09/24 Gaslight Anthem at Fillmore • 09/24 Julia Jacklin at Fine Line • 09/24 Ozomatli at KCLive! • 09/25 Bear’s Den at Knuckleheads • 09/25 Tamino at Fine Line • 09/27 The Cult at Uptown Theater |
AUGUST 2022 (22 Shows)
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• 08/01 Local Natives at First Avenue
• 08/01 Sony A7IV at Springbrook Nature Center • 08/05 OneRepublic at Starlight Theater • 08/06 Ian Sweet at 7th St • 08/06 Innovation Festival at Kansas City • 08/07 Belaganas at Fine Line • 08/08 Here and There at Kansas City • 08/09 The Wild Hearts Tour at Surly Brewing • 08/10 Flip Rushmore at 7th St • 08/10 Black Pistol Fire at recordBar • 08/13 The Lumineers at T-Mobile Center |
• 08/13 Fitz and the Tantrums at Palace Theatre
• 08/16 Silversun Pickups at Liberty Hall, Lawrence • 08/18 Peter Hook at First Avenue • 08/19 Hanson at Fillmore • 08/20 Franz Ferdinand at Fillmore • 08/20 Chastity Brown • 08/23 Seratones at recordBar, Kansas City • 08/26 Andy McKee at TPAC, Topeka • 08/29 Telekinetic Yeti at 7th Street Entry • 08/30 iDKHOW at Granada • 08/30 Shame at Fine Line |
JULY 2022 (15 Shows)
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• 07/02 Kenny Chesney at Arrowhead Stadium
• 07/03 City Knights Band at Coon Rapids Festival • 07/08 The Cult at Palace Theatre • 07/11 Japanese Breakfast at First Avenue • 07/14 Country Stampede at Heartland Park |
• 07/16 Country Stampede at the Heartland
• 07/21 Savannah Conley at 7th St Entry • 07/22 Josh Groban at Starlight Theater • 07/23 Molly Hatchet at Sac and Fox Casino • 07/23 Boy Harsher at Fine Line • 07/26 Horsegirl at Fine Line |
JUNE 2022 (20 Shows)
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• 06/02 Pink Mountaintops at Turf Club
• 06/04 Steve Noonan at Edina Art Fair • 06/04 John Waite at Ranchmart Center • 06/07 Prince Rogers Nelson Way – street dedication • 06/09 Mess Esque at 7th St Entry • 06/10 Jordana at 7th St Entry • 06/13 Wet • 06/13 Purity Ring at Granada Theater |
• 06/14 Crawlers at 7th St Entry
• 06/15 La Femme at Turf Club • 06/16 Prateek Kuhad at 7th St Entry • 06/16 Cannons at The Bottleneck • 06/21 Fitz and the Tantrums at GrindersKC • 06/23 Meghan Murphy at The Woman’s Club • 06/24 Billy Howerdel at Fine Line • 06/27 slenderbodies at Fine Line |
MAY 2022 (28 Shows)
APRIL 2022 (20 Shows)
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• 04/02 KC FanCon 56 at Douglas County Fairgrounds
• 04/02 Baroness at The Bottleneck, Lawrence • 04/02 Sasami at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis • 04/02 Fletcher at Fine Line Music Cafe • 04/10 Brian Jonestown Massacre at First Ave • 04/10 Soccer Mommy at Granada Theater, Lawrence • 04/11 Good Morning at 7th St, Minneapolis • 04/13 Alina Maira at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis |
• 04/16 Snail Mail at Liberty Hall, Lawrence
• 04/22 Planet Comicon 2022 • 04/22 Yumi Zouma at Turf Club, St Paul • 04/23 Planet Comicon 2022 • 04/23 Hippo Campus at the Armory, Minneapolis • 04/23 LP at Palace Theatre, St Paul • 04/24 Planet Comicon 2022 • 04/26 Apocalyptica at First Avenue, Minneapolis |
MARCH 2022 (18 Shows)
FEBRUARY 2022 (5 Shows)
JANUARY 2022 (1 Show)
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