10May 2019Show 1 of 3
WELL DONE! Awesome double bill last night IDLES / Fontaines DC killed it.
Posted on Instagram · 11 May 2019
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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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
Fontaines D.C.
In Albums of the Year
3 entries2019No. 8Dogrel“Topping many an indie list this year is Fontaines DC debut Dogrel. A bit like the thinking mans Definitely Maybe it’s deserving of the plaudits, for me though its half brilliant, half average. …”2022No. 21Skinty Fia2024No. 5Romance“Band of the year? Possibly. The ambition on this one is huge, they clearly wanted to make a mainstream rock album and did so still maintaining the credibility they'd earned from their earlier stuff. …”
Gigs
oldest first6Sep 2019Show 2 of 3
I think Pottery are my favorite live band this year, it's a shame the sound doesn't come across as well on record. Fontaines DC also great tonight.
Posted on Instagram · 7 Sep 2019
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Fontaines D.C.
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