If you didn’t see Kendrick Lamar in 2013, you have no one to blame but yourself, unless you were in a coma, in which case, still no excuse. The good kid was in every mad city this year, playing 171 shows in 365 days, including seemingly EVERY music festival. According to Songkick, that makes him the second hardest working musician in 2013, behind only Local Natives, who covered 119,605 miles over 188 shows. Here’s the full top-10.
1. Local Natives – 188 shows played and 119,605 miles traveled
2. Kendrick Lamar – 171 shows played and 142,656 miles traveled
3. Alt-J – 164 shows played and 158,538 miles traveled
4. Imagine Dragons – 157 shows played and 128,021 miles traveled
5. Foals – 155 shows played and 135,110 miles traveled
6. Papa Roach – 147 shows played and 65,406 miles traveled
7. One Direction – 145 shows played and 64,473 miles traveled
8. Willie Nelson – 143 shows played and 45,942 miles traveled
9. Two Door Cinema Club – 142 shows played and 128,621 mils traveled
10. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – 138 shows played and 123,827 miles traveled
“CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES. THIS IS MY LAST…time warning you to keep it down” — Papa Roach’s bus driver.
(via Getty Image, via Songkick)
