The Handsome Family Concert History

The Handsome Family is an alternative country and americana band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Rennie Sparks (bass, banjo, vocals), along with drummer Mike Werner. The band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes the music. Guest musicians complete the band line-up for recordings and live work.

Jul 14, 2009
The Handsome Family / Daniel Knox Tractor Tavern Seattle, Washington, United States
May 26, 2009
The Handsome Family / Smoke Fairies St David's Hall Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
May 14, 2009 –
May 16, 2009
The Great Escape 2009
Mumford & Sons / The xx / Cage The Elephant / The Temper Trap / Kasabian / Metric / Bombay Bicycle Club / Marina / Peter Bjorn and John / Metronomy / Citizen Cope / Noah & The Whale / Crystal Fighters / The Maccabees / Django Django / Chairlift / Wavves / The Joy Formidable / Black Lips / LIGHTS / Blind Pilot / Fink / Everything Everything / Dan Auerbach / Enter Shikari / CSS / The Charlatans / Villagers / Mystery Jets / Little Boots / William Fitzsimmons / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / The Big Pink / Mr Hudson / White Denim / Ane Brun / The Boxer Rebellion / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Just Jack / Asaf Avidan & The Mojos / Heartless Bastards / Slow Club / fanfarlo / Ben Kweller / Gang Of Four / Wolf Gang / Dan Black / Johnny Flynn / British Sea Power / School of Seven Bells / Little Comets / Connan Mockasin / Girls / Cloud Control / The Low Anthem / Datarock / Cursive / Arkells / V.V. Brown / Idlewild / Titus Andronicus / Beast / Hockey / Patrick Wolf / Bell X1 / Holy Fuck / The Handsome Family / The Veils / Wintersleep / Dan Mangan / Triggerfinger / British India / The Soft Pack / Cocoon / Racoon / The Twilight Sad / We Have Band / James Yuill / Hey Rosetta! / Vivian Girls / We Are the Ocean / Emmy the Great / The Hundred In the Hands / Teenagers / And So I Watch You from Afar / The Invisible / I Blame Coco / Jesca Hoop / The King Blues / The Rumble Strips / Thomas Dybdahl / Moriarty / Frankmusik / Lightspeed Champion / Maps / Soap&Skin / Teitur / The Pipettes / Chew Lips / Liam Finn / Sophie Hunger / TTNG / The Acorn / Neil Halstead / Casiokids / The Leisure Society / Evil Nine / Bashy / Pulled Apart By Horses / Crystal Antlers / Future of the Left / Marnie Stern / Sharks / De Staat / Times New Viking / Futurecop! / Leona Naess / Dananananaykroyd / Juliette Lewis / Naive New Beaters / Evan Dando / Black Box Revelation / Dinosaur Pile-Up / Polly Scattergood / Rainbow Arabia / Speech Debelle / General Fiasco / Telepathe / Manel / Johnny Foreigner / Micachu & The Shapes / Freeland / S.C.U.M / Trailer Trash Tracys / Smoke Fairies / Solid Gold / Gran Ronde / Peggy Sue / Riz MC / Turbowolf / Three Trapped Tigers / Lawrence Arabia / Golden Silvers / Let's Wrestle / Abe Vigoda / Kap Bambino / The Phantom Band / Hanne Hukkelberg / Brakes / Broken Records / Fight Like Apes / Iain Archer / Kissy Sell Out / Sky Larkin / Dan Smith / Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / Esser / Lay Low / DM Stith / Amazing Baby / Yves Klein Blue / The Apples / Engine-EarZ Experiment / Woodpigeon / Hjaltalín / The Mae Shi / The John Steel Singers / I LIKE TRAINS / The Gay Blades / Ohbijou / Zach Hill / Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble / Karkwa / Filthy Dukes / We Are Wolves / Phantom / 80Kidz / Friendship / Mirrors / The Answering Machine / Theodore (UK) / Grasscut / The Bewitched Hands / The Shining / Pure Reason Revolution / Colourmusic / Alan Pownall / Cocknbullkid / The Ghost of a Thousand / Miranda Lee Richards / The Miserable Rich / Post War Years / Flashguns / The Deer Tracks / Kid British / Blue Roses / The Computers / zZz / Thomas Tantrum / Duchess Says / My Latest Novel / Mika Miko / Melissa McClelland / Shapes / Aziz / Beth Jeans Houghton / Banjo Or Freakout / My Tiger My Timing / Ocelot / Fan Death / Die! Die! Die! / I Was A King / Luke Doucet / The New Wine / Bearsuit / Hatcham Social / Dark Horses / Found / Exlovers / My Sad Captains / Mutiny On the Bounty / Grammatics / The Week That Was / The Rogues / Spires / I Heart Hiroshima / Heartbreak / Trip / Race Horses / Blakfish / The Boy Who Trapped the Sun / Harrys Gym / Sweethead / Skint & Demoralised / Medusa / LoveLikeFire / Fever Fever / Your Twenties / Mongrel / The Voluntary Butler Scheme / The Chapman Family / Phantom Limb / Baddies / It Hugs Back / Advaita / Mechanical Bride / A Grave With No Name / Sad Day for Puppets / Mpho / Mike Bones / Official Secrets Act / Yes Giantess / Hot Leg / Tonight Is Goodbye / DE DE MOUSE / Dag för Dag / Gable / Betty and The Werewolves / The Brute Chorus / Slaves to Gravity / Bang Bang Eche / Thomas Truax / SJ Esau / Crave / Ipso Facto / Kurran and the Wolfnotes / Magic Magic / Invasion / Brian Borcherdt / Soft Toy Emergency / Joe Gideon & The Shark / Rebekah Higgs / Calories / The Alexandria Quartet / Hexes / Elle Bandita / Males / Indigo Children / Throats / Gentle Friendly / Cuchillo / Roses Kings Castles / Ou Est Le Swimming Pool / Swarathma / Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy / Perfect People / Absent Elk / Gloria Cycles / Mothlite / Kasms / Catherine A.D. / Rosie & The Goldbug / Ulterior / Adam Heldring / The River Phoenix / Fanzine / Koko Von Napoo / Screaming Tea Party / Gold Teeth / Swanton Bombs / The Locarnos / Hospital Bombers / This City / Planet Earth / Christopher Rees / Jaakko & Jay / Video Nasties / Tucker / Me My Head / The Mark Inside / Hoodlums / Citadels / Telegraphs / Panama Kings / The Last Republic / To the Bones / Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man / Electric City / Come On Gang! / Our Fold / Betty Steeles / Riddim Saunter / Birdengine / Threatmantics / Lyrebirds / Kaputt / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Dirty Stop Out / Tom Allalone & The 78s / TV Off / Mean Poppa Lean / Kids Love Lies / Ruby Jean & the Thoughtful Bees / Giantess / 4 or 5 Magicians / Emily Baker / The Moi non Plus / The She Creatures / Lightsgoblue. / Artefacts for Space Travel / London Blackmarket / Superfuzz / Youves / The Balky Mule / Barringtone / Charlie Ash / Televised Crimewave / Dimbleby & Capper / You Animals / The Shiny Brights / Nathan FLutebox Lee / Ultimate Power Duo / Juliette and the New Romantiques / Lion Club / Kate Rogers Band / Arthur Delaney / The Great Shakes / valerie francis / Joe Rose / Rory McVicar / Hot Silk Pockets / Natccu / Pocket Lips / PUNCH & THE APOSTLES / Luke Doucet & Melissa Mcclelland / ANGEL PIER / Cubrik / The Rouges / Girl In A Thunderbolt / Snish / Bonne Aparte / Lonely Ghosts / Battletorn / Last Mango in Paris / tin can telephone / Charlie Calleja / Little Lost David / Rodney Fisher / Ezra Bang & Hot Machine / Nullifier / Rgbs / Meme Love / Baby Venom / i!AMYOU / DJ Pdex / Astro Firs / Hunting the Minotaur / Geometri / Butcherd Beats / The Electric Flowers / This Tawdry Affair / Cassie & The Cassettes / The Train Chronicles / ROCK i.D. / Northernxposure / Riot Lights Show all bands
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Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for May 14, 2009
Apr 26, 2009
The Handsome Family / Marissa Nadler IOTA Club & Cafe Arlington, Virginia, United States
Apr 25, 2009
The Handsome Family / Marissa Nadler Highline Ballroom New York, New York, United States
Apr 24, 2009
The Handsome Family / Marissa Nadler Lizard Lounge Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Apr 22, 2009
The Handsome Family / Marissa Nadler Black Sheep Inn Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
Apr 21, 2009
The Handsome Family / Marissa Nadler
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El Mocambo Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 19, 2009
The Handsome Family / Marissa Nadler Schubas Tavern Chicago, Illinois, United States
Apr 18, 2009
The Handsome Family / Marissa Nadler Schubas Tavern Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Singer-Songwriter
Country
Americana
Alternative Country
Alt-Country
Gothic Americana
Albuquerque Indie
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2023 6 concerts
2022 11 concerts
2018 12 concerts
2017 21 concerts
2016 26 concerts
2015 25 concerts
2014 28 concerts
2013 29 concerts
2012 16 concerts
2011 16 concerts
2010 15 concerts
2009 30 concerts
2008 12 concerts
2007 12 concerts
2006 25 concerts
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has The Handsome Family had?

The Handsome Family has had 319 concerts.

What genre is The Handsome Family?

The Handsome Family is most often considered to be Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Country, Americana, Alternative Country, Alt-Country, Gothic Americana, Albuquerque Indie, Gothic Country, and Southern Gothic.

When was the last The Handsome Family concert?

The last The Handsome Family concert was on May 22, 2024 at Komedia in Brighton, England, United Kingdom.

What setlist does The Handsome Family play live?

The songs that The Handsome Family performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the May 03, 2024 concert at Liberty Hall Theatre in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland:

  1. Joseph
  2. The Bottomless Hole
  3. So Much Wine
  4. The Loneliness of Magnets
  5. My Sister's Tiny Hands
  6. Weightless Again
  7. Shady Lake
  8. Back in My Day
  9. Far From Any Road
  10. 24-Hour Store
  11. Frogs
  12. Octopus
  13. Two Black Shoes
  14. The Giant Of Illinois
  15. Tin Foil
  16. Arlene
  17. Goodnight

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