I'll wait until I see Bruce Springsteen next week before deciding what my favourite gigs of the year were. However, as an aide moi, I've just gone through my diary to remind myself who I did see live in 2007.
January
The Broken Family Band @ The Tricycle Theatre
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
February
The Decemberists @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
The Hold Steady @ The Borderline
March
Arcade Fire @ Brixton Academy
Malcolm Middleton @ King's College
Andrew Bird @ Bush Hall
Dan Bern @ The Borderline
The Broken Family Band @ Koko
April
Camera Obscura & Au Revoir Simone @ Koko
May
Carrie Rodriguez @ The Luminaire
Wilco @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
June
Ryan Adams @ LSO St Luke's
Andrew Bird @ The Scala
Beirut @ Koko
July
Josh Rouse @ Madam JoJo's
The Hold Steady @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
Grand Drive @ The Luminaire
Cambridge Folk Festival
August
Tom Russell @ The Luminaire
The Hold Steady @ The Electric Ballroom
September
Richard Hawley @ The Roundhouse
Guy Clark @ Bloomsbury Theatre
Rachel Unthank and The Winterset & Devon Sproule @ Spitz
October
Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack @ The Borderline
Old Crow Medicine Show @ King's College
Son Volt @ The Luminaire
Justin Townes Earle @ The Luminaire
Mark Olson @ Dingwalls
Charlie Louvin @ Dingwalls
November
Jim White @ The Borderline
Rilo Kiley @ Shepherd's Bush Empire