The Encore

At some point, someone asks: "How many concerts have you been to?" The question sounds simple — until you try to actually answer it. Do openers count? What about festivals? The show you left early? Everyone has a number in their head. Almost nobody has actually done the math. Here's why concert counting is harder than it should be, and what your number actually tells you.

Every December, concert people get the same itch: post your year in shows. And every December, most of those posts disappear into the void — Notes app screenshots, 47-slide carousels nobody finishes, Twitter threads that stall after post 4. The problem isn't effort. It's that most recaps are organized around completeness instead of interest. Here's what actually works.