Top 15 Shows of 2009

1. Will Oldham at the Orchard Spotlight

2. Electric Masada at Yoshi’s

3. Beyonce at the Oakland Arena

4. Q-Tip at Outside Lands

5. Adam Theis at the Palace of Fine Arts

6. Bettye LaVette at the Independent

7. The Invalids at Spencer-King

8. The-Dream at the Paramount Theater

9. Victims Family at the Phoenix Theater

10. Dirty Projectors at the Independent

11. Thorns of Life at Spencer-King

12. Lady Gaga at the Civic Auditorium

13. Abraham Burton at the Malcolm X Festival

14. Lucinda Williams at Outside Lands

15. Ornette Coleman at Davies Symphony Hall

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