these are the concerts i can recall right now ... quantities approximate.

Lee Aaron, A Foot In Cold Water, Age of Electric, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple (2), Attack in Black, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Band of Horses, Barenaked Ladies, Base is Bass (2), Battlefield Band, Be Good Tanyas, Melissa Bel (2), Black Lungs, Blondie, Blind Boys of Alabama, Blue Peter, Blue Rodeo, Marika Bournaki, Boys Brigade, The Box, Michelle Branch, Bran Van 3000 (2), James Brown, The Buzzcocks, Melanie C, Vanessa Carlton, Neko Case, Chalk Circle, City and Colour (2), Kelly Clarkson (2), Bruce Cockburn (2), Leonard Cohen, Coldplay, Shawn Colvin, The Corrs (2), Amy Correia, Elvis Costello, The Cottars, Cowboy Junkies, Debra Cox, Crash Test Dummies, Crash Vegas (2), Sheryl Crow (3), Alex Cuba, The Cure (3), Dakota, Dala, Lisa Dalbello, Karen David, Depeche Mode (2), Colin Devlin, Dido (2), Dixie Chicks, Holly Doane, Melanie Doane (3), Luke Doucet (2), Damhnait Doyle (2), Bob Dylan, Echo & The Bunnymen, Esthero, 54-40 (9), Face to Face, Neil Finn, Fleetwood Mac (2), FM, Peter Gabriel (4), Genesis (3), Nick Gilder, Githead, Gob, Goddo, Gorillaz, Gowan, Emm Gryner (3), Bruce Guthro, Hall and Oates, Julianna Hatfield (3), Sarah Harmer (3), Heart (5), I Mother Earth, Indigo Girls, Interpol, Invisible College, It's Patrick (6), The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jewel (2), Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Billy Joel (2), Elton John (2), Molly Johnson, Jorane (2), Marc Jordan, Sass Jordan (4), JP Chrissie & The Fairground Boys, Lenny Kravitz, Chantal Kreviazuk (10), Mary Jane Lamond (3), Wendy Lands, Jake Langley Trio, Daniel Lanois, Daniel Lanois (Niut Blanche), Lava Hay, Avril Lavigne (2), Gordon Lightfoot (3), Lisa Loeb, Kenny Loggins, Love and Rockets, The Lovemongers, Nathalie MacMaster, Aimee Mann, Dayna Manning (2), Max Webster (2), Tara Maclean (6), Madonna, Raine Maida (2), Amanda Marshall (6), Paul McCartney (3), Sarah Mclachlan (5), Holly McNarland (3), Sue Medley (6), John Cougar Mellencamp, Metric (2), Danny Michel, Bruce Miller, Alanis Morissette (8), Jason Mraz (2), Shawn Mullins, Bob Mould, N.E.R.D., Not By Choice, Sinead O'Connor (2), Oh Susannah, OMD (2), Our Lady Peace, The Payolas, The Pixies, Robert Plant, The Police, Iggy Pop, Pretenders (8), Primitives, Quarterflash, Radiohead, R.E.M., Renaissance (3), The Rolling Stones, Linda Ronstadt (3), Rough Trade, Mikel Rouse, Roxette, Rusty, Rush, Serena Ryder (2), Sadoceanspacebear, Boz Scaggs, Bob Segarini, Ron Sexsmith (2), Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sarah Slean (2), Sleepercar, Sly and Robbie, Shaye (2), The Spoons (4), Bruce Springsteen, Squeeze, The Strawbs, Andy Stochansky, Kim Stockwood (6), Supertramp (2), Swollen Members, Syrinx, Technotronic, Toronto, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Tragically Hip, Translove Airways (2), Transvision Vamp, KT Tunstall, U2 (2), The Undesireables, Rosie Vela, The Watchmen, Roger Waters (Dark Side of the Moon), Roger Waters (The Wall), West End Girls, Weeping Tile (2), The White Stripes, Wide Mouth Mason, Wild Strawberries, Tom Wilson (Junkhouse), Holly Woods (Toronto), Nikki Yanofsky, Neil Young (3), Dan Zanes, Warren Zevon...and others, including many opening acts, not all recalled at this time...and kevin fox who played in more of the canadian bands above than you would believe.

and some of the special ones were...

Pretenders - CNE Colliseum. The original band. Raw, powerful and LOUD.
Elton John - The O'Keefe Centre (at the time). Solo with his piano. All the early hits in their pure form.
Tara Maclean - HMV Bloor Street. In-store performance. Enchanting and charming.
Paul McCartney - Air Canada Centre 2002. Beatles songs you thought you would never hear live.
Alanis Morissette - The Phoenix club. An intimate club warm-up show before a big tour.
Crash Vegas - Lee's Palace and the Horseshoe. When Aurora came out. Mesmerizing.
The Cure - CNE Stadium. During the Disintegration tour. Totally engrossing. The obsession begins.
Julianna Hatfield - Sam The Record Man. An acoustic set. Casual, relaxed, laid back. Also of note, The many Lee's Palace shows.
Peter Gabriel - Air Canada Centre - In the round. On another level.
The Cottars - Hamilton Place - Traditional, modern, innovative.
Chantal Kreviazuk - Massey Hall February 2007. Mature, confident, personal. Highlight - fully acoustic Far Away from the edge of the stage.
Roger Waters - Rogers Centre (Skydome). Dark Side of the Moon right through and almost all of Wish You Were Here made us comfortably numb.
Radiohead - Molson Amphitheatre. Even at a poor venue in the rain and mud it was an epic display.
Daniel Lanois - Massey Hall. Confirming that his own work is on par with those he produces. The black and white video of the live action on a screen behind the band added another dimension to the performance.
Neil Young - Air Canada Center. Old songs, new songs, acoustic, electric, rockin', intimate. A Day In The Life encore with all the strings ripped from his guitar.
U2 - Rogers Centre (Skydome) - 360 Tour. An event. Solid in every way. Sound, video, spectacle. Politics. "The world needs more Canadas." Bono.
Metric - Massey Hall. Fantasies Tour. Great sound, white lights, video cams, Emily in her fringed dress was the focus.
Neil Young - Cenntenial Concert Hall, Winnipeg 2010. Solo, not acoustic! New and old songs. Virtuoso.
Paul McCartney - Air Canada Centre 2010. Three hours of Beatles, Wings and solo classics. Maybe even better than in 2002.
Roger Waters - Rogers Centre 2010. The Wall start to finish. Not only the music but stunning visuals before the wall came down.


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