Poll: St. Louis concerts vs Kansas City concerts
New Kids on the Block at Scottrade Center Nov. 10; photo by Sarah Conrad
Loading …Scottrade Center 2008 Concerts
Jan. 6, R. Kelly, Keyshia Cole, J. Holiday
Jan. 15, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus
Jan. 31, Chris Brown, Bow Wow, Soulja Boy
Feb. 15, Ladies Night Out with Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men, Johnny Gill
Feb. 16, Kid Rock
Feb. 27, Katt Williams
March 2, 3rd Annual St. Louis Blues Festival with Mel Waiters, Bobby Blue Bland, Latimore
March 5, Michael Buble
March 28, 70s Soul Jam with the Stylistics, the Emotions, the Chi-Lites
April 11, Plies, Rick Ross
April 23, Santana
April 26, Van Halen (rescheduled from earlier date)
April 27, Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo
July 18, American Idols Live
July 20, Foo Fighters
Aug. 20, Nine Inch Nails
Aug. 23, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Sept. 13, How Sweet the Sounds with Donald Lawrence
Sept. 20, the Eagles
Oct. 3, Keith Sweat, Bell Biv Devoe, Dru Hill, (canceled)
Oct. 19, Rock Band Live with Panic at the Disco, Dashboard Confessional, Plain White T’s, the Cab
Nov. 2, Neil Diamond
Nov. 10, New Kids on the Block, Natasha Bedingfield, Lady Gaga
Nov. 11, Celine Dion (moved to Feb. 4)
Nov. 17, Metallica
Nov. 18, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Dec. 7, Cheetah Girls
Kansas City’s Sprint Center 2008 Concerts
Jan. 11, Chris Brown
Jan. 13, “Dancing With the Stars”
Feb. 16, Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson
Feb. 17, Kid Rock
Feb. 25, Matchbox 20
Feb. 27, Jonas Brothers
March 5, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood
March 7, Michael Buble
March 30, Celtic Woman
April 17, Bon Jovi
April 18, Andre Rieu
April 22, Bon Jovi
April 26, Barry Manilow
May 9, Bill Gaither
May 13, the Police
June 17, Tim McGraw
July 22, Tom Petty
Aug. 1, Brad Paisley
Aug. 24, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Aug. 29-30, “American Idols Live”
Oct. 1 and Oct. 8, Tina Turner
Oct. 15, “So You Think You Can Dance Live”
Oct. 24, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J
Oct. 25, Metallica
Nov. 13, Coldplay
Nov. 15, Celine Dion (moved to Jan. 3)
Nov. 18, Celtic Thunder
Nov. 29, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Dec. 9, Cheetah Girls
Dec. 15, Neil Diamond
Check Sunday’s A&E section for a look comparing the two cities’ concert scene, and whether Kansas City is beginning to overshadow St. Louis.
Kevin C. Johnson has covered the St. Louis' music and nightlife scene for the past decade. 
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.