2005 KS SHOW STATS...TRAINSPOTTERS ONLY!!!!
I played 207 shows in 2005 (not counting little acoustic sets in record stores and radio stations---generally I am talking about full length concerts – for some reason, I am counting the Posies full band instore at Easy Street records in Seattle but not the acoustic set Jon & I did at Plato records in Utrecht. I am counting Briskeby’s appearances in November where I joined them onstage as a show even tho my part in it was only one song (of course, there were two of these in one night, and I count them as one…) but most of these shows are straightforward. When I say Posies shows, I mean concerts with all four Posies; I count the acoustic show Jon & I did in Madrid as an ‘other’.
OK—totals for 2005: I played 82 REM shows, 10 solo shows, 112 Posies shows, and 3 ‘other’ shows (the night Jon & I performed with the house band and DJ’d for the Sonic Magazine party in Stockholm in November; the Briskeby night in Oslo in November; and the acoustic show Jon & I did in Madrid last month).
These shows took place in 30 countries on 5 continents…
Country by country breakdown:
Australia: 7 REM, 6 KS (13 total)
Austria: 2 REM
Belgium: 2 REM, 4 Posies (6 total)
Canada: 2 Posies
Croatia: 1 REM
Czech Republic: 1 REM
Denmark: 2 REM, 1 Posies (3 total)
Estonia: 1 REM
Finland: 1 REM, 4 Posies (5 total)
France: 2 REM, 4 Posies (6 total)
Germany: 10 REM, 7 Posies (17 total)
Hong Kong (China): 1 REM
Hungary: 1 REM
Ireland: 3 REM, 4 Posies (7 total)
Italy: 4 REM, 6 Posies (10 total)
Japan: 3 REM
Latvia: 1 REM
Liechtenstein: 1 KS
Netherlands: 2 REM, 3 Posies (5 total)
New Zealand: 2 REM, 2 KS (4 total)
Norway: 3 REM, 5 Posies, 1 other (9 total)
Portugal: 1 REM
Serbia: 1 REM
Slovenia: 1 REM
South Africa: 5 REM, 1 KS (6 total)
Spain: 6 REM, 10 Posies, 1 other (17 total)
Sweden: 2 REM, 3 Posies, 1 other (6 total)
Switzerland: 3 REM, 3 Posies (6 total)
United Kingdom: 14 REM, 13 Posies (27 total)
United States: 43 Posies
Vatican City: none, but I went there!
By continent:
Africa: 6 (5 REM, 1 KS)
Asia: 4 REM
Australasia: 17 (9 REM, 8 KS)
Europe: 135 (64 REM, 67 Posies, 1 KS, 3 other)
North America: 45 Posies
By month:
January: 16 REM
February: 17 REM
March: 14 REM, 1 KS (15 total)
April: 4 REM, 8 KS (12 total)
May: 4 REM, 2 Posies (6 total)
June: 19 REM
July: 8 REM, 10 Posies (18 total)
August: 12 Posies
September: 23 Posies
October: 25 Posies
November: 24 Posies, 2 other (26 total)
December: 1 KS, 16 Posies, 1 other (18 total)
Interesting, eh? You can see that the USA saw by a long shot more shows than any other country, but paled in comparison with how many shows I played in Europe as a whole. It's also surprising considering that Sweden and Finland are among the countries where the music I make is most popular, that I spent more time in Italy than either of the aforementioned. Also interesting that the months where both REM and the Posies had activity were not the busiest months for me.
Love
KS
Paris
