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. 
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.