It's been a ridiculous year for me. Managed 50+ gigs and a festival since January (and about 20-25 more last year after things reopened). Been up and down the country countless times and immensely fortunate to have made it overseas for a few shows. Got a couple of dozen planned for 2023, but won't manage the likes of this year again!
January - Wet Leg (Manchester) and The Smile (London)
February - Yard Act (Leeds), Idles (Glasgow), Wolf Alice (Glasgow) and Big Thief (Bristol)
March - Wolf Alice (Manchester)
April - Father John Misty (Leeds), Father John Misty with Britten Sinfonia (London), Jeff Rosenstock (Leeds), The War on Drugs (Leeds), Spoon (Chicago), Prince Daddy & the Hyena w/Macseal (Chicago), Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 20th anniversary (Chicago) and Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets (Sheffield)
May - Pinegrove (Manchester), Viagra Boys (Sheffield), Osees (Manchester), Yard Act (Sheffield), Beach House (Manchester) and Brian Fallon & the Howling Weather (Nottingham)
June - Primavera weekend #1 with sideshows from Wet Leg, Jawbox and Slowdive (Barcelona), Parquet Courts (Manchester), Interpol (London) and Red Hot Chili Peppers (London)
July - LCD Soundsystem (London), Jimmy Eat World (Manchester) and Phoebe Bridgers (Manchester)
August - Chemical Brothers/Field Day (London), Gaslight Anthem (Birmingham), The National/All Points East (London), Nick Cave/All Points East (London) and Bright Eyes (Manchester)
September - Arcade Fire (Birmingham), Fleet Foxes (Manchester), The Weather Station (Leeds), Osees (Seattle) and Gaslight Anthem (Seattle)
October - Alvvays (Leeds), Dinosaur Jr (Manchester), Pavement (Leeds) Pavement (Manchester) and Bob Dylan (London)
November - Ride (London), Fontaines DC (Leeds), Squeeze (Birmingham), Jason Isbell (Manchester), Bono: Stories of Surrender (Manchester) and Stereolab (Leeds)
December - The Cure (Birmingham)