17May 2010Show 1 of 4
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Broken Social Scene
Heaven · LondonBroken Social Scene were pretty great tonight at Heaven, despite poor sound. (Facebook)
Posted on Instagram · 17 May 2010
A living music journal
Paddy
Paddy
Has Needs
Using email receipts and photos I've managed to find most gigs ive been to since 2007, logged them and aligned them to the photos I took. I've also brought my annual year end music blogs and spotify playlists from each year that I have - 15 years of reviews and tracks - Enjoy!
Shows seen *since 2007389322 gigs, 53 festivals, 14 club nights
Playlist · 20262026 Tracks
Gigs this year: 19
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Annual Reviews: My #1's
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Admit one · 2007 to now
Paddy's Gig Log
Every show I could find a ticket for, from Anathallo at the Borderline in 2008 to whatever's on next week in Brooklyn. Festivals and club nights are logged as events but kept out of the band stats, since nobody remembers exactly who they saw at Gov Ball.
Tap any name for that artist's page: every time I've seen them, photos from Instagram, and where they turn up in my albums of the year.
Shows attended
389
2007–2026
Shows per year
GigsFestivalsClub nights & other
Busiest year: 2025 with 38 shows. 2020 has just one: New Colossus in March, the week everything shut down. Everything else booked that year was cancelled.
Most seen
headline or supportMost visited venues
all event typesMost visited cities
all event typesThe full log
394 of 394 shows| Date | Who | Where | Type |
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Paddy Has Needs · annual blog, 2011–2026
Albums of the Year
Every year-end list from the blog, ranked the way Paddy ranks them: by how much each record actually got played.
Every number one
Regulars
Artists who made the list in three or more years.
Everyone in the log and the lists
Artists
One page per artist, with every gig in date order, photos and clips from Instagram where I posted any, and their appearances in Albums of the Year. Festivals and nights out get a page per event series.
Latest photos
from InstagramA to Z
394 pages3× times seen liveAOTY in Albums of the YearPhotos has Instagram photos
Broken Social Scene
In Albums of the Year
2 entries2010No. 2Forgiveness Rock Record“In the past BSS have frustrated me, I know they have tunes, I've heard them - Anthems for a”2017No. 10Hug of Thunder“Never has the title of an album summed up what it contains so eloquently. In Hug of Thunder BSS follow up the bombastic Forgiveness Rock Record with a much more gentler record. …”
Gigs
oldest first23Jul 2016Show 2 of 4
Support / on the bill
Panorama 2016
Randall's Island Park · New York Bill: Kendrick Lamar, Arcade Fire, FKA Twigs, Sufjan Stevens, Blood Orange, Preservation Hall Jazz BandOne more from Panorama taken during Kendrick's set. Great festival, well organised, awesome acts. Looking forward to next year 😀 #panorama
Posted on Instagram · 24 Jul 2016
Wow! FKA Twigs show is fantastic. Looks like a Broadway production but with better music.
Posted on Instagram · 22 Jul 2016
Sufjan's live shows are a bit different to the album's. Way less songs about death, lot more neon.
Posted on Instagram · 23 Jul 2016
Dev shredding. Loving the new Blood Orange band, still not sold on the new material.
Posted on Instagram · 23 Jul 2016
Big Win shouts at his little band. #arcadefire
Posted on Instagram · 23 Jul 2016
One of my favorite live bands, playing one of my favorite songs :) BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE!
Posted on Instagram · 22 Jul 2016
Ridiculously shitty day, but I'm finally sat in a field drinking a surprisingly good beer watching the fantastic Preservation Hall Jazz Band :)
Posted on Instagram · 22 Jul 2016
8Apr 2018Show 3 of 4
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Broken Social Scene
The Wellmont Theater · Montclair NJWarms my heart that a band 20 years into their career can still get 2000 people into a venue in suburban New Jersey. Hats off Broken Social Scene, awesome! #welmonttheater
Posted on Instagram · 9 Apr 2018
May2019Show 4 of 4
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Broken Social Scene
Webster Hall · New YorkGreat to see Broken social scene again last night, the new stuff sounded great. Not a fan of the "new" Webster Hall though, same problems as before, crap sound, bad sightlines and they seem to have crammed even more people into the tiny space. #websterhall #bss
Posted on Instagram · 17 May 2019