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Brent Porche‘s 25 Favorite Concerts of 2017
2017 was a very busy year for concerts & events and as you know I go to a llllllot of ‘em! This year I went to upwards of 150 concerts/events/shows/etc, most of them in Philly… So I decided to do MY Top 25 shows that I went to this year! And it was hard to even cap it at 25! -BP
1. Prophets of Rage (TLA, 9/10/17)
2. Smith & Myers (The Queen/Wilmington, DE, 12/5/17)
3. Tool (Giant Center/Hershey, 5/25/17)
4. Rise Above Fest (Darlings Waterfront Pavilion/Bangor, ME 7/22-7/23/17)
5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Wells Fargo Center, 12/17/17)
6. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers w/ Peter Wolf (Wells Fargo Center, 7/29/17)
7. MMR*B*Q (BB&T, 5/21/17)
8. Roger Waters (Wells Fargo Center, 8/8/17)
9. In This Moment w/ Avatar & Motionless in White (Electric Factory, 4/18/17)
10. Dorothy (Foundry, 2/24/17)
11. Flaming Lips (Fillmore, 3/4/17)
12. Metallica (Lincoln Financial Field, 5/12/17)
13. Guns N’ Roses (Wells Fargo Center, 10/8/17)
14. My Morning Jacket w/ Gary Clark Jr. (Merriweather Post Pavilion/Columbia, MD, 7/14/17)
15. Rock Allegiance (BB&T, 10/7/17)
16. Royal Blood (Union Transfer, 6/7/17)
17. Anthrax w/ Killswitch Engage (Factory) & Steel Panther (Fillmore) – 4/5/17, same night went to both!
18. Alter Bridge w/nonpoint (Electric Factory, 2/4/17)
19. Jay-Z (Wells Fargo Center, 12/1/17)
20. Kenny Wayne Shepherd (SugarHouse, 11/10/17)
21. Philly Pops Star Wars Spectacular (Kimmel Center, 10/20/17)
22. 311 (Festival Pier, 7/21/17)
23. Incubus (BB&T, 7/20/17)
24. Sevendust (Electric Factory, 6/23/17)
25. Iron Maiden w/ Ghost (Wells Fargo Center, 6/4/17)
[All photos via Brent Porche]
