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. 
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.