order by date

<div id="artist-related-shows">

    <h2 class="header">upcoming shows:</h2>
        <?php query_posts( array(
            'cat' => 'shows',
            "order" => 'desc',
            'orderby' => 'meta_value',
            'meta_key' => 'show_info_date',
            'artist' => wp_title("",false), //this gets the page name which =(artist name)
            'showposts' => 3
            ) ); ?>

        <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>



        <!-- i don't remember what this next line is...   but it needs to be here for the shows to stay aligned... so... remember to learn about this-->

    <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">

        <div class="show_entry">

                <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
                <h2 class="show_title"><?php echo get ('show_info_date') ?></h2></a>/>

                    <?php the_content ?>
                    <?php echo get ('show_info_artist') ?> @

                    <?php echo get ('show_info_venue') ?>.

                    <?php echo get ('show_info_time') ?>
                    <?php echo get ('show_info_age') ?>


        </div> <!--end show-entry" -->

    </div> <!--end post class thing... ?"-->

    <?php endwhile; ?>

    <?php else : ?>

        <h1>there are currently no shows posted for this artist.</h1>

    <?php endif; ?>
    <?php wp_reset_query(); ?>


</div> <!--end artist-related-shows -->