20 Best Gigs of 2017

For our final post of the year, we look back on our favorite aspect of music -- the live experience. We traveled around this year to see some amazing acts and had a blast doing it. 

See Our List for the 10 Best Albums of 2017

Take at look at our picks for the 20 best concerts of the year. 

1) U2 @ Metlife Stadium

2) Run the Jewels @ Terminal 5

3) Thundercat @ Irving Plaza

4) Flaming Lips @ Terminal 5

5) Afghan Whigs @ The Apollo Theater

6) Arcade Fire @ Madison Square Garden

7) Kendrick Lamar @ Prudential Center

8) Power Trip @ the Marlin Room of Webster Hall

9) Metallica @ Metlife Stadium

10) Tuelo @ Rockwood Music Hall

11) Liam Gallagher @ Terminal 5

12) Beach Slang @ Gramercey Theater 

13) Sun O))) @ Knockdown Center

14) Beatnuts @ Beauty Bar Las Vegas

15) Cock Sparrer / Judge @ Warsaw

16) Queens of the Stone Age / Royal Blood @ Madison Square Garden

17) Interpol @ Forest Hills Stadium

18) Thursday @ McCarren Park

19) Bash & Pop @ Mercury Lounge

20) Gogol Bordello @ Neauhouse