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The best concert photos of the year

From Kendrick Lamar to Madonna to Aerosmith, all the best concert photos of 2015 from the Oregonian staff. Pictured: Lamar headlines the final day of the Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on May 25, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters, with frontman Dave Grohl wearing a boot after a recent leg break, rock the Moda Center on Sept. 14, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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F!

Rock icons Rush bring their R40 tour to the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon on July 21, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Madonna

I like this photograph because her joy appears authentic; she really seems to be enjoying a moment with her fans. Also, Madonna plays guitar. Who knew. Madonna performed October 17, 2015, at the Moda Center in Portland -- her first Portland concert appearance since 1985. Beth Nakamura/Staff

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Aerosmith

Aerosmith brings its Blue Army Tour to Amphitheater Northwest in Ridgefield, Washington on July 28, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Alialujah Choir

Alialujah Choir performs at Revolution Hall on Feb. 12, 2015, the Southeast Portland venue's opening night. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Metric

Metric opens for Imagine Dragons at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon on June 3, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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The Decemberists

The Decemberists perform at the Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on May 23, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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D'Angelo

R&B star D'Angelo and the Vanguard perform at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland on Aug. 9, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake takes the stage at the Moda Center, November 20, 2014. Timberlake's show is called the 20/20 Experience World Tour. Kristyna Wentz-Graff/The Oregonian

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Shania Twain

Country icon Shania Twain performs in Portland -- for the first time in over a decade -- at the Moda Center on Sept. 13, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Waterfront Blues Festival

A man enjoys the music at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival on July 4, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Indie band Unknown Mortal Orchestra rehearsing for its spring tour in frontman Ruban Nielson's Southeast Portland basement. The rock act's third album, "Multi-Love," finds the group taking a soulful turn. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio headlines the Main Stage during the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho on March 29, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Lizzo

Hip-hop artist Lizzo performs at the Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on May 25, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Kurt Elling

Kurt Elling and the Art Abrams Swing Machine Big Band perform at the Newmark Theatre during the Portland Jazz Festival on Feb. 20, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Tame Impala

Tame Impala performs on the main stage during the Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on May 25, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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The Rush crowd

Rush fans cheer at the R40 tour at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon on July 21, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Turquoise Jeep

Hip-hop act Turquoise Jeep performs at Crazy Horse at the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho on March 25, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Foster the People

Foster the People headlines MusicfestNW in Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Aug. 21, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood perform at the Moda Center on April 12, 2015. Bruce Ely / Staff

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Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis performs on the main stage at the Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on May 24, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint performs at the Waterfront Blues Festival, July 3, 2015, in Portland. Thomas Boyd/Staff

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Tweedy

Tweedy, including father-son team Jeff and Spencer, performs at the Crystal Ballroom on March 14, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy performs at the Waterfront Blues Festival, July 5, 2015, in Portland. Thomas Boyd/Staff

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Sleater-Kinney

A favorite because, well, because Sleater-Kinney. And because both women have various and highly developed identities that manifest in different and striking ways. For me, as a female, they're role models. They sort of light the way. Sleater-Kinney played their first Portland show in 9 years at the Crystal Ballroom, May 5, 2015. Beth Nakamura/Staff

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Leon Bridges

Soul musician Leon Bridges and his band perform at the Pickathon Festival in Happy Valley, Oregon on Aug. 2, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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St. Vincent

St. Vincent performs on the main stage at the Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on May 24, 2015.

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Galactic with Macy Gray

Galactic with Macy Gray performs at the Waterfront Blues Festival, July 3, 2015, in Portland. Thomas Boyd/Staff

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Future Islands

Future Islands perform on the main stage at the Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on May 25, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Angel Olsen

Angel Olsen performs despite in incoming storm that threatened to derail the show, on day one of the 2015 Sasquatch Music Festival. (Jamie Hale/The Oregonian)

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Divers

Portland rock band Divers plays at Crazy Horse during the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho on March 25, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Neil Young and the Promise of the Real

Neil Young and Promise of the Real appear at the Chiles Center during their Rebel Content Tour, Oct.7, 2015. Mike Zacchino/Staff

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Liz Vice

Portland singer Liz Vice performs at the Pickathon Festival in Happy Valley, Oregon, on July 31, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Meghan Trainor

Meghan Trainor performs at Wonder Ballroom on her "That Bass" tour on Feb. 13, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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MusicfestNW

Modest Mouse headlines MusicfestNW at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Flaming Lips

Flaming Lips perform for a "Portlandia" scene at the Pickathon Festival at Pendarvis Farm on July 30, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson performs at the Chinook Winds Casino on Jan. 31, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Built to Spill

Built to Spill headlines the Main Stage during the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho on March 27, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Danny Brown

Danny Brown performs at MusicfestNW at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Mumford & Sons

Mumford and Sons headline the second of two days at their Gentlemen of the Road music festival in Walla Walla. (Jamie Hale/The Oregonian)

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Gentlemen of the Road

Mumford and Sons headline the second of two days at their Gentlemen of the Road music festival in Walla Walla. (Jamie Hale/The Oregonian)

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Kamasi Washington

Kamasi Washington performs at Pickathon on July 31, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Sama Dams

Sama Dams perform at Neurolux during the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho on March 27, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Redman

Veteran hip-hop star Redman performs at the Portland DOPE Cup at Refuge on Oct. 4, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Sleater-Kinney

Sleater-Kinney closes the first night of the Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on May 22, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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The Replacements

The Replacements, touring for the first time in decades, headline the Crystal Ballroom on April 10, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Courtney Barnett

Courtney Barnett performs on the main stage at the Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre May 25, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)

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Con Brio

Con Brio performs an exuberant set at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival on July 4, 2015. (David Greenwald/The Oregonian)