The Beat Concert History

There were two bands named The Beat, both active at the same time in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Both bands mutually decided to use different names while operating different parts of the world:

Date Concert Venue Location
Mar 08, 2008
The Beat / Neville Staple
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Corporation Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Oct 11, 2007
The Beat Melkweg Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Aug 09, 2007 –
Aug 12, 2007
The Beat Blackpool Winter Gardens Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
Jul 13, 2007 –
Jul 15, 2007
Guilfest 2007
3am / 8 Fold / 100 mile house / Asono / Bard / Bastilla / Beat Union / Big Wednesday / Bensem / Billy Irvine / Blimus / Captain / Charlotte Hatherley / Cherry Ghost / Chippie Tucker / 'Chop, Chop: Bear Touch'? / Cobaya / Concrete Gods / Contrabanned / Damien Dempsey / D'arcy / DoRp / Dry Riser / Dy-Star / Dub Pistols feat. Terry Hall / Duke Special / East Road / Enjoy Destroy / Exit Ten / Exoterik / Eskimobrit / Essay For The Ordinary / Feel Free Mind / Flipmonroe / Flyin Ike / Fortune Drive / Frisky Bison Presents / Funky Dory / Ghosts / Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra / G.U. Medicine / Hell Is for Heroes / Hips Like Cinderella / Howling Bells / Introduce Your Icon / Ist / Jimmy Cliff / Joker In The Pack / Kal Els Cape / Kate Walsh / Kenelis / Kill The Baddies / KOVAK / Kraken / Kyshera / L Perry / Laura Colegate / Lights. Action! / Look See Proof / Madness / Meuthana / Mirno / Moon Unit / Morcheeba / My Federation / Mesa Verde / My Vitriol / Myst / Nana's Revenge / Natasha Storm / Nick Waugh / Newton Faulkner / Nigel Clark / Orange Lights / Orange Goblin / Orange Street / Polyorchid / Program / Pull Tiger Tail / Q Tone / Ra Ra Riot / Rage DC / Redwood / Renegades / Rhizomes / Reuben / Richard Thompson / Rock Choir / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Rory McLeod / Ross Copperman / Ry Byron & the Gentlemen / Sandi Thom / Satellite State / SeeWeeD / Sennah / Sequoia / Sikhona / Simon Friend / SixNationState / Skaville UK / Sophie Henderson / Spotlight Cannibal / Squeeze / Staff Brett / Stephen Fretwell / Steve Morano / Strange Fashion / Straight Jacket / Sunny Sweeney / Supergrass / Symchoon / Tamerlane / Templar / Th' Great Outdoors / The Anydays / The Beat / The Command / The Debris / The Dykeenies / The Falling Idols / The Fins / The Four Last Things / The Franks / The Hold Steady / The Icicle Works / The Idle Melinfoi / The Infidels / The Le Brocks / The King Blues / The Magic Numbers / The New York Fund / The New 1920 / The Ordinary Boys / The Rebs / The Redlands Palomino Company / The Retox / The Reveals / The Riotous Brothers / The Saw Doctors / The Venus Guns / The Vice / The Wot Nots / Thirteen Senses / Tom Fun Orchestra / Toots & The Maytals / Unkle Bob / Uriah Heep / Videosprint / Where's Billy / White Sunday / Whitelime / Whitewash / Your Code Name Is: Milo / Zico Chain Show all bands
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Stoke Park Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Apr 14, 2007
The Beat O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London, England, United Kingdom
Jan 31, 2007
The Beat O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Nov 10, 2006
The Beat Club Academy Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Sep 01, 2006 –
Sep 03, 2006
Badfest 2006
Bad Manners / Sham 69 / The Gift / Foxy's Ruts / UK Subs / The Beat / Neville Staple / The Selecter / The Animals / The Affair / Vice Squad / Itchy Tits
Twinwood Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Mar 24, 2006
The Beat
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The Tunnels Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jan 12, 2006
The Beat / The Uplifters The Witchwood Ashton-under-lyne, UK
Oct 01, 2005
The Beat The Mill Preston, England, United Kingdom
Sep 15, 2005
Hard-Fi / The Beat / Roll Deep / Sonic Boom Six / JERRY DAMMERS [DJ SET / The Neville Staple Band / DJ Scratchy (The Clash) Scala London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 27, 2005
Get Loaded
Happy Mondays / The Farm / The Complete Stone Roses / Danny Rampling / Sander Kleinenberg / James Zabiela / The Selecter / The Beat / Neville Staple / Keb Darge / Colin Curtis
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Braehead Arena Renfrew, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jul 29, 2005 –
Jul 31, 2005
Badfest 2005
Bad Manners / The Blockheads / The Beat / Tenpole Tudor / The Meteors / Spear of Destiny / The 5.6.7.8's / Chas 'n' Dave / Musical Youth / Mark Lamarr
Twinwood Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Jul 23, 2005
Mylo / Groove Armada / The Beat

Lovebox 2005

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Victoria Park London, England, United Kingdom
May 18, 2005
The Neville Staple Band / The Beat Chicago's Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Dec 04, 2004
Bad Manners / The Beat / The Supatones Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
Aug 06, 2004
Bad Manners / The Beat / Too Hot Town Hall Torquay, England, United Kingdom
Jul 17, 2004
Wasted 2004 - Day 3 of 4
Texas Terri Bomb / The Briefs / Shark Soup / New York Rel-X / Deadline / Turbo AC's / The Filaments / Goldblade / Street Dogs / 999 / Argy Bargy / Vice Squad / Anti-Nowhere League / Section 5 / King Kurt / Demented Are Go / Peter & The Test Tube Babies / The Beat / Discipline / The Adicts / Matt Reynolds / Riot squad Show all bands
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Morecambe - Dome/Market Arena/Platform/Carleton Morecambe, England, United Kingdom
Jul 15, 2004 –
Jul 18, 2004
The Beat Wasted 2004 Morecambe, UK

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 London, England, United Kingdom
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 Ware, Hertfordshire
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 Ware, Hertfordshire
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The Beat / Copasetics
Aug 29, 2010
 Crayke, UK
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Nov 11 - 13, 2022
 Minehead, England, United Kingdom
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Post-Punk
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2023 51 concerts
2022 37 concerts
2021 8 concerts
2020 13 concerts
2019 2 concerts
2018 55 concerts
2017 48 concerts
2016 53 concerts
2015 35 concerts
2014 24 concerts
2013 29 concerts
2012 19 concerts
2011 37 concerts
2010 18 concerts
2009 16 concerts
2008 9 concerts
2007 5 concerts
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2003 3 concerts
1983 5 concerts
1982 7 concerts
1981 6 concerts
1980 15 concerts
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has The Beat had?

The Beat has had 522 concerts.

What genre is The Beat?

The Beat is most often considered to be Rock, Classic Rock, British, Psychedelic Rock, UK, Post-Punk, New Wave, Ska, English, Merseybeat, British Invasion, New Romantic, Pub Rock, Beatlesque, Ska Revival, Mod Revival, Birmingham, 2 Tone, and Two-Tone.

When is the next The Beat concert?

The next The Beat concert is on June 22, 2024 at Dreamland Margate in Margate, United Kingdom. The bands performing are: Julian Marley / Reggae Roast / Steel Pulse / The Beat / The Skints / Trojan Sound System / Aswad / Dawn Penn / General Levy.

When was the last The Beat concert?

The last The Beat concert was on April 06, 2024 at The Great Cedar Showroom in Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States. The bands that performed were: Adam Ant / The Beat.

What setlist does The Beat play live?

The songs that The Beat performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the March 30, 2024 concert at Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth, United Kingdom:

  1. Rough Rider
  2. The Tears of a Clown
  3. Too Nice to Talk To
  4. I'll Take You There
  5. Tenderness
  6. Save It for Later
  7. Can't Get Used to Losing You
  8. Ranking Full Stop
  9. Mirror in the Bathroom
  10. Jackpot

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