Top 30 February Concerts

Despite being the shortest month of the year, February manages to pack in a startling number of good concerts. In addition to arena turns from big names like Lady Gaga and Passion Pit, there are also highly anticipated performances coming from indie-rock stalwarts (Yo La Tengo, Ty Segall), retro soul masters (Nick Waterhouse, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Cody Chesnutt) and one country singer who deserves to be playing in much, much larger venues (Jamey Johnson). Here are the month's 30 best shows. --Andy Downing, for RedEye