Yea, mine aren't even that expensive and honestly I forget that I'm wearing them! sometimes my ears will itch and I'll have to take them out to scratch, but they are otherwise quite comfy.

Around 2008, I saw Sonic Youth play all of "Daydream Nation" at the McCarron Park pool in Brooklyn. I think that it was the anniversary of its initial release. Good fun, and The Slits opened up. I had never seen The Slits before, so a good night overall.

I’m pretty sure Pink Floyd also did The Wall in its entirety.

That sounds insane!

I get hyper focused on sub genres. Last year very into phonk, this year really into jungle.

I’ve only, by my own motor, put on Queens of the Stone Age for the last 12 months…

Not the original artists, but there is a group called Sargent Peppercorn's Lonely Hearts Club Band that comes together once a year in Columbus, Ohio and plays every Beatles album in a 13-hour marathon, usually along with a solo album from one of the Beatles members and a few tracks by the others.

They have the blessing of Paul and Ringo, both of whom have recorded introductions for the show.

I have tickets to see They Might Be Giants doing Flood plus a second set of greatest hits.

I caught Peter Murphy and David J touring for the anniversary of In the Flat Field. They did every song except Crowds, which Peter Murphy had not played live since the album was released. They had an opening act chosen specifically to play that song. Eventually later in the tour he would come out and sing it.

I'm like that, and it might not be a majority way to listen, but it's not uncommon at all either.

Importantly, I think you get A LOT out of your music/artist that way.
(Disclaimer: Different strokes for different folks and all that. . . )

I have several friends who buy/download entire discographies (sometimes even of swaths of a genre), and they simply don't get around to listening to a lot of it, they often miss out on actually appreciating an *album*, and they simply don't get as "into" a band as listener's like you and I. Which is fine, but it truly is experiencing and imo appreciating the music less.
With all my favorite bands, I know virtually every song on every album. And I do like LOTS of bands, so I really don't feel limited at all. But the best part is the love, appreciating, and connection you make with a band (or person) that you truly know. In many ways I feel like it's similar to having 100 friends versus having 5 really good, close friends. I think we all know which type of person truly knows and appreciates their friends more. . .

I saw Umphrey’s McGee play Anchor Drops a few years back

Coheed and Cambria does this every five years or so with tours they call "Neverender." They're getting ready to do one this spring/summer for their album "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV Volume II: No World For Tomorrow"

You make a fair point!

I'm so fucking jealous man. The holy bible is one of my straight up favorite albums and one of my biggest inspirations, music-wise

That was the thing, I got into the Manics around 98/99 when they were heading more into mellow chart territory. They never played stuff like that, so seeing the Holy Bible in full was like a dream come true. It was in the grounds of Cardiff Castle too.

Between the Buried and Me doing Colors. That was a fantastic show.

Every Coheed and Cambria Neverender show.

The black album was played in its entirety for the 30th anniversary live.

Not Metallica but Dream Theater https://youtu.be/DoEhnpl8SQY

This thread is wild. Well done for listening to music I guess.

I don’t remember if Metallica did any of their albums live.

I’ve heard Springsteen play Born in the USA and Pearl Jam play 10 both nose to toes as I like to call it. It’s always an exciting moment when you realize this is what the artists is doing.

Going into the Springsteen show I was aware an album would be played but not which one and the PJ playing of Ten was a total surprise.

I saw Pink Floyd in 77. They played all of Animals and Wish You Were Here.

Or a phonograph cylinder.

Dream Theater did Images & words,Scenes from a memory & Astonishing live.They also did whole cover albums Dark Side of the moon, Master of puppets, Number of the beast & Made in Japan.

I'd sell my soul to see 4st 7lb live

True, I do however feel that saying things like ‘check out my vinyl’ is what lead to the dark path of folks calling em ‘vinyls’ tho