Below you will find the top 10 of 2009 ranked shows on this site based on a true Bayesian estimate. Only performances with 8 or more votes are considered.

Ranking	Rating	Band/Artist	Votes
1	8.28	My Bloody Valentine (2009)	10
2	7.92	The Bloody Beetroots (2009)	5
3	7.87	Paul McCartney (2009)	7
4	7.83	Ghostland Observatory (2009)	4
5	7.83	Leonard Cohen (2009)	4
6	7.7	Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2009)	9
7	7.64	The Orb (2009)	3
8	7.55	Los Campesinos! (2009)	3
9	7.42	Band of Horses (2009)	4
10	7.42	Public Enemy (2009)	4

The formula for deciding these rankings is as follows:

Weighted Rating (WR) = [(V * R) + (M * C)] ÷ (V + M)

V = Number of votes for particular performance
R = Average rating for particular performance
M = Minimum number of votes required to be listed in top 25 (currently 8)
C = Mean vote across whole site (currently 7)

Overall Top 25

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