LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE’S TOP 10 CONCERTS OF 2024

In 2024, we attended 32 concerts not counting those booked through JKB Entertainment Group. Once again, we traveled outside of New England to see some great shows, including Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, to see Saga, Las Vegas, NV, to see Scorpions with Ugly Kid Joe, Patchogue, NY, to see KK’s Priest with L.A. Guns and Burning Witches, Brookyln, NY, to see Beat and Dunellen and Red Bank, NJ, to see Nektar. What was truly remarkable is the number of artists we saw for the first time including Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Beat, David Cross Band, Curved Air, Roger Daltry (solo), Focus, KK’s Priest, Lespecial, Eddie Munoz of The Plimsouls, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Saga, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, Sixpence None The Richer, Soen, Soul Asylum, Thompson Twin’s Thomas Bailey, KT Tunstall, Martin Turner (ex-Wishbone Ash), Tommy Tutone, Ugly Kid Joe, Rick Wakeman (solo), Wheel, and Zombi. So, without further ado, here is Limelight Magazine’s top 10 concerts of 2024, followed by the complete list of shows we’ve seen this year.

Top 10 Concerts of 2024

Beat @ King’s Theatre in Brooklyn, NY (December 8)
Jeff Lynne’s ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) @ TD Garden (September 23)
The Rolling Stones @ Gillette Stadium (May 30)
Saga @ Regent Theatre in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (February 3)
David Cross Band @ Taffeta Music Hall (November 3)
Pineapple Thief @ Somerville Theatre (November 24)
The Doobies Brothers with Steve Winwood @ Xfinity Center (August 12)
Nektar @ The Vogel in Red Bank, NJ (August 28)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive @ Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods (September 19)
KK’s Priest with Accept @ The Strand (September 21)

Complete List of Concerts for 2024

February 3 – Saga @ Regent Theatre in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
March 2 – Draw The Line – A Tribute to Aerosmith @ The Vault Music Hall
March 23 – KK’s Priest with L.A. Guns and Burning Witches @ Patchogue Theatre in Patchogue, NY
April 5 – SESSANTA: Primus, Puscifer, & A Perfect Circle: A 60th Birthday Celebration for Maynard James @ Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods
April 9 – Zombi with Overcalc @ Middle East Upstairs
May 1 – Scorpions with Ugly Kid Joe @ Bakkt Theater in Las Vegas, NV
May 4 – lespecial with Esseks & 5 AM @ The Met
May 8 – Wheel with Aviations @ Brighton Music Hall
May 17 – Neil Young and Crazy Horse with Reverend Billy and the Shop Stopping Choir @ Xfinity Center
May 24 – Berlin @ Grand Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods
May 30 – The Rolling Stones @ Gillette Stadium
June 7 – Nektar @ Dunellen Theatre in Dunellen, NJ
June 23 – Roger Daltrey with KT Tunstall @ Mohegan Sun Arena
July 6 – Asia with Focus, Martin Turner (ex-Wishbone Ash) and Curved Air @ Chevalier Theatre in Medford
July 17 – Totally Tubular Festival featuring Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, Modern English, Men Without Hats, Wang Chung, Bow Wow Wow, Tommy Tutone, and Eddie Munoz of The Plimsouls @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston
August 2 – Metallica with Pantera and Mammoth WVH at Gillette Stadium
August 4 – Metallica with Five Finger Death Punch at Gillette Stadium
August 12 – The Doobies Brothers with Steve Winwood @ Xfinity Center
August 28 – Nektar @ The Vogel in Red Bank, NJ
September 5 – Live and Stone Temple Pilots with Soul Asylum @ Xfinity Center
September 6 – Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper with Ministry and Filter @ Xfinity Center
September 16 – Soen with Earthside @ Palladium Upstairs
September 19 – Bachman-Turner Overdrive @ Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods
September 21 – KK’s Priest with Accept @ The Strand
September 23 – Jeff Lynne’s ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) @ TD Garden
October 5 – Burton Cummings @ Lynn Memorial Auditorium
October 8 – Rick Wakeman @ Narrows Center
November 1 – Sixpence None The Richer with Jack O’Neill @ City Winery Boston
November 3 – David Cross Band with We Broke The Weather @ Taffeta Music Hall
November 24 – Pineapple Thief with Randy McStine @ Somerville Theatre
December 4 – Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin @ The Coolidge Corner Theatre
December 8 – Beat @ King’s Theatre in Brooklyn, NY