Count nights, then count stories
A raw gig count is the easy number. The better milestones are firsts: first solo gig, first time abroad, first time you took someone who had never been to a show.
Radar achievements fire on logging habits — venues, artists, streaks — so you notice the 100th gig when it happens instead of three months later.
Artist repeats beat vanity totals
Seeing the same band for the tenth time is a better story than inflating your count with festival walk-throughs you did not watch.
Log honestly. Support-only nights still count if you were in the room. Do not log a bill you skipped.
Cities and rooms
New city pins on the map are underrated. So is “first time at this venue” — especially UK rooms with their own folklore.
Open Radar after the show, tick the gig, and let the milestone land on the profile rather than in a forgotten note.