A lot of the same act, but KC wins with Coldplay, Police, and Matchbox 20

KC wins with Matchbox 20….hahhahaa…you made my day!!

Unfair comparison. Sprint Center is the only game in town besides the Verizon Amphitheater in KC. You would have to include here

1) Family Arena
2) Pageant
3) Shafeitz Center
4) Verizon Wireless Ampetheather
5) Fox Theather

We have a lot of venues competing for acts in town. Scottrade is a very large venue that not all acts wish to play in. Some prefer smaller, more intimate venues to bring their fans closer. On the Sprint Center dockett we have seen here or will see some of these acts including Barry Manillow, Carrie Underwood, and Tim McGraw. These are a few off the top of my head.

Don’t call our concert seen poor until you cover all the facts. I don’t see Dave Matthews Band on there, or how about Sammy Hagar? Stupid question.
The other factor is the ridiculous tax St. Louis puts on these acts.

The headline compares the cities’ concert, but this poll really only applies to those two venues. Tom Petty came to STL and Radiohead was at Verizon but not on the list (KC doesn’t have a venue like Verizon Amphitheater). Plus, the Police came through in 2007 to Scottrade.

Where’s Weird Al ? He played in the St. Louis area last year too.

Uhhh……both lineups sucked - hard.

that’s maybe the most retarded poll i’ve ever seen. both lineups were (with a TINY few exceptions) spectacularly awful. and someone crediting a win to matchbox 20? what an idiot.

I think I’m going to have to say KC because they had Janet and Mr. Lips…I mean LL Cool J.

Since Katt Williams wasn’t funny and Bobby Brown made a fool of himself I vote that they be deleted from the list!

How about the Fox and the Pageant. This poll is a joke. What about acts like STEELY DAN????????? One of the best shows of the year in St Louis was Steely Dan and they DID NOT play in KC!

KC has theatres to you morons.

KC had My Morning Jacket, we did not.

Steely Dan!! Hells yeah!!

Althtough, I’m still angry about the fact that Genesis did not come through on their tour last year. Oh well…

You can’t really compare the two due to Riverport being in STL (or whatever it is called now). For a country fan most of the big summer concerts in STL are at the ampitheater instead of in Kiel. KC has bigger names on this list but STL as a whole is a much better concert scene. I live in Columbia and have been very dissapointed with the lack of concerts in Mizzou Areana and a couple years of bringing in big names like Chesney and Paisley.

B-Dub,
I don’t think the good, concert-lovin’ folks of KC would agree that Sprint Center is the only game in town for them, though it is something that has made KC more interesting.
They also have the Midland by AMC, Sandstone, the Uptown, etc., just to name a few.
You may be surprised by the level of talent that played those venues this year.
KCJ

Lets see:

St. louis had Foo Fighters, NIN, Van Halen, and Metallica…

KC had Bon Jovi…twice.

I don’t know, you do the math.

KC by a long shot. We didn’t even get one Bon Jovi concert. They got 2.
We had the Police last year. They weren’t that good. Didn’t Garth Brooks play in KC as well earlier this year?

Stl is better if you like country and bands like journey and what not. KC has better overall talent and indie rock shows. But we did get Radiohead, they did not. We win on that alone.

Dave,
Garth Brooks played KC in 2007, nine shows.
KCJ

KC wins with Bon Jovi 2x’s!

The Bruce Springsteen show alone at the Scott gives St. Louis the edge. Although Bruce and band gave a fine performance the very next night in KC, the St. Louis show was legendary.

The question was: Which arena venue had the hottest concerts in 2008?
Not city. No mention of other theaters. Just which arena venue had a better line-up. Simple question.

N.I.N., Metallica and to Foo Fighters rocked. Just having Metallica beat the whole line-up in K.C. Barry Mannilow? Danicing with the Stars?

Actually KC does several comparable venues to the range you have in St. Louis. We have a second arena (Kemper), two large outdoor amphitheaters (Sandstone and Starlight), the Music Hall (symphony and broadway tours), and the Midland, Folley, and Uptown Theaters for smaller acts

STL, no question. So many great gigs left out from Pageant and Verizon alone. Whether you like them or not Snoop Dog with 311 was huge draw at Verizon, not to mention all the pageant shows that would have had a chance to sell out Scott Trade if they had been there instead. DMB was a huge concert at Busch. If you want to compare cities STL no doubt, however this article is actually only comparing venues.

Kansas City had all of the same concerts (Foo Fighters was at Kemper) except Santana, Radiohead and NIN but we also had Matchbox 20, Bon Jovi (x2), Tom Petty, Tina Turner and Coldplay. And if you count last year we had 8 Garth Brooks concerts. Blew STL out of the water!

HOW DO YOU NOT INCLUDE RADIOHEAD ON THIS LIST??? Likely the biggest band in the world that just changed music distribution by producing their own album…and then giving it away for free? People drove in from far and wide to see that show (we were lucky to have the show in St. Louis at all) and it is not on your list…but Trans-Siberian Orchestra is. You have got to be kidding me.

Plus…no mention of the three nights of Wilco shows blowing off the doors at the Pageant? Why do I read this paper?

My earlier comment:

“Lets see:

St. louis had Foo Fighters, NIN, Van Halen, and Metallica…

KC had Bon Jovi…twice.

I don’t know, you do the math.”

Was meant to be cynical…Having Bon Jovi twice is a friggin HUGE minus!…man you people are thick.

Anyway, I think by the current poll status (61-39% in favor of STL) it is clear who the victor is.

without a doubt St Louis with Jimmy Buffett making the trip here this summer. I hope he makes it an annual stop WITH Maryland Heights allowing tailgating (including cooking cheeseburgers) I know this was not the poll, but I needed to give verizon a plug for having Jimmy

the best show is going to be next sat at the upstairs lounge on grand. Slater Hogan and John Larner from Indy. dance off the turkey peeps..

Whoever compiled this list is a complete moron. Tons of acts were completely left off….and if you were making a comparison of “which city was better”, why would you include acts that played in BOTH cities? Stupid.

To add insult to injury, speaking of other venues, STL had Allison Krauss and Robert Plant- yes, Robert Plant.
November 25th- still this year we (I) will see the Smashing Pumpkins play the Fox - I can’t wait.

Sorry- the 26th of November for S.P.

Metallica played Sprint Center too this year. Not sure why it’s not on the list. AC/DC is also scheduled for Sprint in Dec.

“November 25th- still this year we (I) will see the Smashing Pumpkins play the Fox - I can’t wait.”

KC has TWO pumpkin shows at the newly restored Midland Theatre.

KC also has the open air Power&Light covered Live district next to the arena that hosts concerts. STL has a big dirt lot.

Don’t you think this poll is a little bias. It’s the St. Louis paper with a St. Louis audience asking people in St. Louis to compare which city is better in terms of concert entertainment. Gee I wonder who is going poll higher!!! St. Louis or Kansas City. I bet Kansas City people would say the exact same thing only they are better. What’s the point!

Metallica is terrible. What about POP’s? lol. I saw Lagwagon there and all they did all night was rip on that hoosier dump. Illinois trash

It seems to me that KC had the bigger names. What is up with that? Oh yeah, and Joseph Matchbox 20 puts on a great concert so don’t be hatin!

Good point below on Sprint Center being the only shop in town. If we included some of the other venues STL might get the tops, but you gotta admit bringing in icons like Tina Turner is tough to beat.

It is clear that St. Louis has a much more diverse blend of music which gives that entire city an opportunity to attend a event of their choice at a large venue. But Kansas City has more of the “old reliable” acts that would tend to have a “ready made” audience for them.
It is good that the Scottrade center can take more risks with acts than they can in Kansas City because it means the rest of the St. Louis music venues have a better chance to pull in better acts as well. It builds our reputation and a music loving and attending city.

I agree with B-Dub. We had Jimmy Buffett at Verizon when it was 70 degrees in April, so we win.

hahahahaha. Sprint Center is the only game in town? This is funny.
Kemper Arena
Municipal Auditorium
Starlight Amphitheater
Verizon Wireless at Sandstone
The Midland
The Uptown
The Rivermarket
The Music Hall
Power and Light Live
Madrid
and any number of small indoor or outdoor venues (i.e. Grinders).

”It is clear that St. Louis has a much more diverse blend of music which gives that entire city an opportunity to attend a event of their choice at a large venue. But Kansas City has more of the “old reliable” acts that would tend to have a “ready made” audience for them.”

Ridiculous statement. Arenas draw mainstream acts in all cities. The smaller venues draw more obscure acts, and both KC/STL have a mix of both. Although Lawrence gets more obscure college oriented music than either KC or STL.

Wow….I think those are both pretty awful line-ups.

RADIOHEAD went to St. Louis.

Stl- 1
KC- 0

STL hosted NKOTB…cant beat that!

radiohead was in kc on the last tour but not in stl, so no hoopshot for u.

sigor ros and mars volta in kc this year and not in kc. take that.

radiohead was in kc on the last tour but not in stl, so no hoopshot for u.

sigor ros and mars volta in kc this year and not in stl. take that.

I think Great White had a gig at a place called The Inferno…oh wait a minute…

Yea sorry but KC has been KILLING STL lately with concerts.. So I gotta go with KC. (plus I had to go there to see Janet this year) And I would’ve went to see Tina too (u know it’s bad when she skips the town she grew up and got her start in.)

Was in KC this summer and experienced Latvian throat singing on the loading dock in the back of an art gallery and kangaroo boxing as performance art down the street - on the same night. Score 2 for KC.

The Cure Played Starlight and No STL date. But DMB at Busch trumps all!

This reminds me of this story in the Post-Dispatch (complaining that all the cool concerts were going to Kansas City over St. Louis):

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-blender/the-blender/2008/09/janet-jackson-skips-by-the-lou/

LOL at STL! Now which city has an inferiority complex?

I go to KC most summers for the Reggae Fest. They have reggae on the radio every day too. More diverse range of music there. The first fridays arts district is cool too, nothing like that in stl.

Be real, Saint Louis’ music scene has gone down hill ovet the years. If it weren’t for the Pagent and the Fox, we’d be no better than Omaha or Tulsa. The large venues in Saint Louis are lacking when it coems to variety. Bragging about Miley Cyrus? Give me a break.

As many have pointed out, Kansas City has far more venues than just the Sprint Center. And as another person has pointed out there was no chance in hell that a St Louis crowd was going to admit ANYTHING in Kansas City is better. Having lived in both (grew up in STL…went to school in KC) I can say without bias that this year KC had a better concert lineup, but it doesn’t mean STL won’t next year. It’s chicken little crying that the sky is falling merely because another city got some concerts that STL did not.

This is the dumbest poll ever. I have no desire to go to KC for anything let alone a concert. I can’t imagine why the Post decided to run this poll. If I wanted to see a concert not playing in St Louis, I would go to anywhere but KC…probably Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Memphis, or Nashville. KC is so boring and backward it doesn’t register on most any concert goers maps.

St. Louis had Radiohead. St. Louis wins.

Wow, George shows how ignorant and provincial he is. Kansas City is far from backward and is, in some ways, far ahead of St Louis. Its downtown is ahead of STL’s and its beautification is leaps and bounds ahead of STL’s. I love St Louis and I wish it could be everything it SHOULD be, but…for some reason the leaders of this great city are holding it back while cities that SHOULD be behind it (like KC) are springing ahead leaving STL in the dust.

I moved to KC (Plaza) a several years ago from STL. KC is definitely a more ‘new economy’ city than STL is. Most of the people I know in KC are from all over the country. In STL, it feels very inbred now that I am a visitor. STL has to deal with its self-destructive class structure.

I find KC has many strong things like the arts district, Plaza, P&L, strong theatre scene above and beyond the descent concert tours that is more comparable to a city of 3 million. But it’s the free minded and laid back people that make it worth living here. Is easier to develop meaningful friendships here - very difficult in STL.

Both list are pretty lame, however KC did get to see The Cure and Ray Lamontagne this year. Lets hope 2009 both cities get better bands, outside of the predictable touring shows.