The Joy Formidable's 2009 Concert History

The Joy Formidable is an indie rock band formed in 2007 in North Wales, United Kingdom, currently located in London, England. The group members are Ritzy Bryan (vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (bass, backing vocals), and Matt Thomas (drums). Their music has been described as "primal epic grunge rock à la The Breeders, Arcade Fire and Yeah Yeah Yeahs".

The Joy Formidable had 75 concerts in 2009 (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 21, 2009
Passion Pit / Max Tundra / The Joy Formidable
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Leadmill Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Oct 18, 2009
Editors / Wintersleep / The Joy Formidable
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Nick Rayns LCR, University of East Anglia (UEA) Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Oct 17, 2009
Editors / The Joy Formidable / Wintersleep

In This Light and on This Evening

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O2 Academy Leeds Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Oct 16, 2009
Editors / Wintersleep / The Joy Formidable
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Manchester Academy Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Oct 12, 2009
Editors / Wintersleep / The Joy Formidable
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The Picture House Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Oct 06, 2009
Kyte / The Joy Formidable Club Quattro Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan
Sep 30, 2009
The Joy Formidable / Twin Atlantic / Little Death
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THE GARAGE London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 19, 2009
Southsea Fest 2009
Band of Skulls / The Joy Formidable / And So I Watch You from Afar / TTNG / Beans on Toast / The Xcerts / Peggy Sue / Tall Ships / Alessi's Ark / Blitz Kids / Brass Knuckles / Brontide / Tubelord / Tellison / Thomas Tantrum / Shapes / Sam Isaac / Black Mamba / Blakfish / Chris T-T / My First Tooth / The Bangers / Official Secrets Act / Doll and the Kicks / The Strange Death of Liberal England / Mammoth Mammoth / The James Cleaver Quintet / Wise Children / Rubicon / Minnaars / Jumping Ships / Instruments / Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six / Katie Malco / The Supernovas / The Tupolev Ghost / Dawn Chorus / Hold Fast / The Ruskins / The Perils / Billy Vincent / Drawings / The Racketeers / Venice Ahoy / Haunted Stereo / Fresh Legs / Animal Magic Tricks / Ok Pilot / Munroe Effect / Lady And The Lost Boys / Joey Nightmare / Andrew Foster / Unknown Soldiers / Anja McCloskey / Melodramas / Rig Up Explosive / Paddy Taylor / Kill Kasper / Emptifish / Final Round... Fight / Part Dinosaur / They That Cried Wolf / The Little Philistines / Instruments (Make Music) / The Ramblings / Paul Dixon / Ono Palindromes / ENL / Dragon Eye Morrison / Livers and Lungs / Le Plat Du Jour / Andrea Kenny & the Cavalry / Aeroplane Attack / Elizans / Ash Node / Abi Lanigan / The Tupelov Ghost / Girls Can't Dance / Adam Saunders Trio Show all bands
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Southsea Fest Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Aug 30, 2009
Reading Festival
Passion Pit / Vampire Weekend / Bloc Party / Frank Turner / Metronomy / The Joy Formidable / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Living End / The xx / Kids In Glass Houses / Noah & The Whale / Radiohead
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Richfield Avenue Reading, England, United Kingdom
Aug 28, 2009 –
Aug 30, 2009
Leeds Festival 2009
Kings Of Leon / Radiohead / Arctic Monkeys / The xx / The Twilight Sad / Fall Out Boy / Vampire Weekend / Lightspeed Champion / Deadmau5 / Passion Pit / Florence and the Machine / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Fightstar / Two Door Cinema Club / The Temper Trap / La Roux / The Prodigy / Rise Against / Marmaduke Duke / 3OH!3 / Bloc Party / Metric / The Rumble Strips / Cold War Kids / Bombay Bicycle Club / Kaiser Chiefs / Crystal Castles / Polar Bear Club / Pendulum / Deftones / Casiokids / Marina and the Diamonds / Noah & The Whale / Metronomy / Friendly Fires / Rival Schools / Spinnerette / Gossip / AFI / Brand New / Chase & Status / Crystal Antlers / Faith No More / King Creosote / The Airborne Toxic Event / White Lies / New Found Glory / The Aggrolites / The Gaslight Anthem / Jack's Mannequin / The Soulsavers / You Me At Six / The Maccabees / Manchester Orchestra / Black Lips / Chuck Ragan / Atreyu / Billy Talent / MSTRKRFT / Them Crooked Vultures / The Horrors / The Joy Formidable / Jamie T / Wave Machines / Glasvegas / The Invisible / Maxïmo Park / Frank Turner / Lostprophets / Municipal Waste / Little Boots / Wavves / The Crystal Method / Male Bonding / The Big Pink / Enter Shikari / Wild Beasts / Dananananaykroyd / Eagles of Death Metal / Alexisonfire / Mystery Jets / Everything Everything / Jack Peñate / Leftöver Crack / Spın̈al Tap / Ian Brown / Chipmunk / The Virgins / Flatliners / TEETH / The View / Anti-Flag / Future of the Left / Delphic / Pulled Apart By Horses / White Denim / Thursday / The Courteeners / Lady Sovereign / Tim Minchin / Vitalic / Telepathe / Streetlight Manifesto / Bouncing Souls / A Wilhelm Scream / Blood Red Shoes / Hockey / Fake Problems / Cursive / Mark Lanegan / Riverboat Gamblers / Set Your Goals / Patrick Wolf / Bear Hands / Titus Andronicus / The Living End / Abe Vigoda / The Rakes / Golden Silvers / Kids In Glass Houses / The Phantom Band / A Place to Bury Strangers / The Soft Pack / Gallows / Micachu & The Shapes / Carl Barât / Wintersleep / Broken Records / 65daysofstatic / The Blackout / Amazing Baby / The Mae Shi / Madina Lake / Middle Class Rut / Vivian Girls / Mad Caddies / The Qemists / Fight Like Apes / Mariachi El Bronx / The Bronx / Lethal Bizzle / Placebo / Snuff / Master Shortie / Kate Tempest / Broadway Calls / Filthy Dukes / Dinosaur Pile Up / Go:Audio / Sonic Boom Six / Goldheart Assembly / Single File / Magistrates / Tubelord / Mixhell / Beth Jeans Houghton / Airship / The Computers / Mumdance / Grammatics / Detroit Social Club / Lovvers / The Hot Rats / Skint & Demoralised / Sweethead / Baddies / The Chapman Family / In Case of Fire / Plugs / Ellen and the Escapades / Manhattan Love Suicides / Bear Driver / The Cuban Brothers / The Pictish Trail / THePETEBOX / Dag för Dag / Middleman / Soft Toy Emergency / Pendulum (DJ Set) / Doc Brown / Screaming Lights / Living Daylights / Frontiers / Neat / The Plight / Kasms / Kinch / A Plastic Rose / Minnaars / Chickenhawk / Jamie Kilstein / Milk White White Teeth / The Ruling Class / L'amour La Morgue / What Makes You Beautiful / Holy State / Kevin Bridges / To the Bones / Come On Gang! / Player Piano / Stuckey & Murray / Sarah Millican / Smash 'n' Grab / Jack Whitehall / Our Fold / Brendon Burns / The Old Romantic Killer Band / Clint Boon / Kutosis / Wonderswan / This Is Spinal Tap / Chase and Status Dj Set / PUNCH & THE APOSTLES / Skull Juice / Tom Stade / Youth Attack / Jon Mcclure / Joey Page / Jessica Delfino / British Intelligence / Horse Guards Parade / Boney Black / Mik Artistik / DJ Od / Sixty Watt Bayonets / Transgressive Records / The Parks Dept. / Dekker / Matthew Hardy / Gary Delaney / Surprise Fire / Mystery Jets DJ set / Junior Simpson / Steve Gribbin / Holly Walsh / The Angel Range / John Berkavitch / Stephen Grant / SCREAMING 66 / Rout & Sgt Rolfy / Markus Birdman / Golder Silvers / Daniel Townes / Matt Read / Rockfeedback / Dan Nightingale / Mark Olver / Dave Twentyman / Martin Bigpig / The Ghost of a Thousand / Bring Me The Horizon / Funeral for a Friend Show all bands
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Bramham Park Wetherby, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Aug 28, 2009
Aug 15, 2009
Summer Sundae Festival
"Summer Sundae Festival" / The Charlatans UK / Saint Etienne / Bombay Bicycle Club / Mr Hudson / Broken Records / The Joy Formidable / Minnaars / Chipmunk / The Airborne Toxic Event / 65daysofstatic / Emmy the Great / Sonic Boom Six / Yellow Moon Band / David Thomas Broughton / YUNIOSHI / Her Name Is Calla / Frank Turner / Future of the Left / James Yuill / The Kabeedies / The Domino State / KAV / Mr. Plow / free control / dumbfound / Hugh Cornwell / The Jim Jones Revue / Golden Animals / Morph / Martin Harley Band / John Smith / Jake Flowers / Woodstock Cafe / Refuge / Ray Peacock / Robin Ince / Duncan Oakley / Marcus Birdman / Steve Day / Andrew Bird / Salena Gooden / Du Blonde / Generation Txt / Joshua Idehen / Francesca Beard Show all bands
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De Montfort Hall Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Aug 14, 2009 –
Aug 16, 2009
Summer Sundae Weekender 2009
Bon Iver / Bombay Bicycle Club / First Aid Kit / The Airborne Toxic Event / Chairlift / Frank Turner / The Joy Formidable / Gold Panda / The Charlatans / Mystery Jets / Wild Beasts / Mr Hudson / The Zutons / múm / Chipmunk / Dan Black / Imelda May / Easy Star All-Stars / Lightning Seeds / Idlewild / 65daysofstatic / The Qemists / James Yuill / St. Etienne / Emmy the Great / Teitur / Maybeshewill / Beardyman / Micachu / Port O'Brien / Future of the Left / Ash Grunwald / Oi Va Voi / Micachu & The Shapes / BLK JKS / The Cheek / John Smith / Broken Records / Jenna G / The Jim Jones Revue / Sonic Boom Six / Woodpigeon / Filthy Dukes / Karima Francis / The Dykeenies / Kid British / Flashguns / Hugh Cornwell / Her Name Is Calla / Jeremy Warmsley / My Latest Novel / Beth Jeans Houghton / Ashley Beedle / David Thomas Broughton / Devon Sproule / legion / Sound of Rum / Skint & Demoralised / Martin Harley / Monotonix / Golden Animals / The Kabeedies / Baddies / Kingsize / woodstock / The Yellow Moon Band / Frontiers / Morph / Refuge / The Domino State / Ou Est Le Swimming Pool / Minnaars / Cantaloop / Horace Andy and Ashley Beedle / Kevin Hewick / These Furrows / The Breakdowns / Mr. Plow / Gren Bartley / Echolocation / The New Beautiful South / Great Imitation / YUNIOSHI / Shortwave Fade / David Wyatt / Jake Flowers / dumbfound / SaltPeter / Abi Moore / Giles Likes Tea / Out Of Karma / Kamila Thompson / free control / You Fellows of All Souls / Becky Syson / The Radio Collective / The Deap People Show all bands
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De Montfort Hall Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Aug 07, 2009 –
Aug 08, 2009
Belladrum Festival 2009
Editors / The Joy Formidable / Toploader / Twin Atlantic / Unicorn Kid / Broken Records / Aberfeldy / Magistrates
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Inverness, UK
Show Duplicate for Aug 07, 2009
Jul 31, 2009 –
Aug 02, 2009
Nozstock 2009
Two Door Cinema Club / Rusko / The Joy Formidable / Buzzcocks / The Boxer Rebellion / London Elektricity / Krafty Kuts / Alessi's Ark / Scratch Perverts / Red Light Company / Baddies / Babyhead / The Anomalies / Bleech / Subsource / Weapons Of Sound / Andy C & Mc Gq / Tribe of Frog Show all bands
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Bromyard, UK
Show Duplicate for Jul 31, 2009
Jul 26, 2009
Truck Festival
"Truck Festival" / Supergrass / Farmer Jason / Chew Lips / And So I Watch You from Afar / Pulled Apart By Horses / Calories / The Candyskins / Dive Dive / The Long Insiders / The Epstein / Jali Fily Cissokho / Alphabet Backwards / The Relationships / YACHT / The Ghost of a Thousand / The Joy Formidable / The Hot Rats / Sky Larkin / The Xcerts / Telegraphs / Talons / Maybeshewill / Minor Coles / Hot Club Of Cowtown / Pete Molinari / Angie Palmer / The Oxygen Ponies / Eliza Gilkyson / KTB / Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou / Thomas Truax / nervous_testpilot / Detachments / We Are Enfant Terrible / Sportsday Megaphone / TTNG / Luke Smith / Little Sister / Neil Halstead / Sam Isaac / Mark Olson / Gary Louris Show all bands
Hill Farm Steventon, United Kingdom
Jul 25, 2009 –
Jul 26, 2009
Truck Festival 2009
The xx / Two Door Cinema Club / Crystal Fighters / The Joy Formidable / Frank Turner / Wild Beasts / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Ash / YACHT / We Were Promised Jetpacks / fanfarlo / Stornoway / A Place To Bury Strangers / Supergrass / Wintersleep / And So I Watch You from Afar / Felix / DJ Food / Chew Lips / Maybeshewill / TTNG / Neil Halstead / Pulled Apart By Horses / Vieux Farka Toure / Errors / Total Science / The Xcerts / Foamo / Broken Records / Sky Larkin / Hjaltalín / Treetop Flyers / Dear Reader / Foundation / Red Light Company / Colour (US) / The Ghost of a Thousand / Tubelord / Pete Molinari / Younghusband / Danny & The Champions Of The World / The Hot Rats / Jeremy Warmsley / Euros Childs / Hot Club Of Cowtown / Sam Isaac / Talons / Detachments / Grammatics / Damo Suzuki / Detroit Social Club / Nedry / Mark Olson & Gary Louris / Little Sister / 6 Day Riot / Alphabet Backwards / The Candyskins / The Epstein / Simon D / Sad Day for Puppets / Lee Mortimer / nervous_testpilot / Heloise & The Savoir Faire / Thomas Truax / The Koolaid Electric Company / Mark Gardener / White Belt Yellow Tag / Aphasia / Sportsday Megaphone / Calories / Ute / Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou / Dreaming Spires / Disasteradio / The Candy Skins / Mike Heron / Data.Select.Party / Cat Martino / Truckers of Husk / Telegraphs / Dial F for Frankenstein / Atlantic/Pacific / Data Select Party / Panama Kings / Their Hearts Were Full of Spring / Tired Irie / KTB / Angie Palmer / House of Brothers / B2B / Ruth Minnikin and Her Bandwagon / Jali Fily Cissokho / The Relationships / Gabriel Minnikin / The Long Insiders / Holton's Opulent Oog / Andrew Ferris / Minor Coles / From Light to Sound / Mr Strangelove / James Norman Show all bands
Hill Farm Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Jul 18, 2009
Pohoda Festival
"Pohoda Festival" / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Travis / Klaxons / Lamb / Swing Society Orchestra / Diego / Alabama 3 (A3) / Hot 8 Brass Band / Emiliana Torrini / Orchestra Baobab / Max Romeo / The Joy Formidable / The She Creatures / Jape / Warren Suicide / Emiliana Torrini / Toky & Loktibrada / The Burning Hell / Kira / hurra torpedo / Ahn Trio / Lay Low / Punk Funk Genius / Isobutane Show all bands
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Letisko Piestany, Slovak Republic
Jul 16, 2009 –
Jul 18, 2009
Pohoda Festival 2009
The Ting Tings / Pendulum / Basement Jaxx / Travis / Razorlight / Patti Smith / The Airborne Toxic Event / The Joy Formidable / Emiliana Torrini / MSTRKRFT / Lamb / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Hadouken! / High Contrast / Kraak & Smaak / Fujiya & Miyagi / Laurent Garnier / Max Romeo / Tunng / Alabama 3 / Buraka Som Sistema / Hot 8 Brass Band / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Orchestra Baobab / The Aggrolites / Ojos de Brujo / Dananananaykroyd / Jape / Oi Va Voi / Diego / Nils Petter Molvaer / Lay Low / The Uniques / Hex / Ebony Bones! / The Advent / N.O.H.A. / The Burning Hell / Kira / Xindl X / The Inspector Cluzo / Vladimir 518 / Troy Von Balthazar / Hungarian State Opera Orchestra / The Royal Choral Society / Para / Warren Suicide / hurra torpedo / Billy Barman / Frederic Galliano / Marta Kubisova / Collegium Musicum / Amo / Slobodná Európa / Huong Thanh / United Flavour / Kvety / Zive Kvety / Death Sentence: Panda! / Noisecut / Andrej Seban / The Swan Bride / The She Creatures / Hudba Z Marsu / Autumnist / Karaoke Tundra / Hrdza / Tata Bojs & Ahn Trio / Karpatske Chrbaty / Youcoco / Dope Aviators / Kosa Z Nosa / Viliam / Karol Miklos / Isobutane / Loktibrada / MCh Band / Space Recorder / Vlasta Tek Show all bands
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Trenčín, Trenčiansky kraj, Slovak Republic
Jul 11, 2009
Wakestock Festival
"Wakestock Festival" / N*E*R*D / Super Furry Animals / Elliot Minor / Sibrydion / Gallops / Ruth Kealy / The Pigeon Detectives / Fightstar / The Joy Formidable / Little Comets / Spinnerette / Chew Lips / Haunts / Chase & Status / Goldie / London Elektricity / James Condon / Aled Mann Show all bands
Cardigan Bay Abersoch, United Kingdom
Jul 10, 2009 –
Jul 12, 2009
Wakestock 2009
Calvin Harris / Moby / Marina / Dizzee Rascal / N.E.R.D / Chase & Status / Mr. Scruff / The Joy Formidable / Chicane / Noisettes / The Pigeon Detectives / Tinchy Stryder / Young Fathers / The Zutons / Just Jack / Super Furry Animals / Little Comets / Goldie / London Elektricity / Fightstar / Chew Lips / Spinnerette / DJ Format / James Zabiela / Tommy Sparks / Elliot Minor / Wally Lopez / Golden Silvers / Play / Kissy Sell Out / Ebony Bones! / Zane Lowe / Red Light Company / Gallops / Kid British / The Cuban Brothers / Jettblack / Norman Jay MBE / The Mission District / Part Time Heroes / Flamboyant Bella / Let's Go to War / Haunts / Yr Ods / Emily Williams / Sibrydion / Brandon Block / Dirty Goods / Lazy Boys / Fran & Josh / Huw Stephens / Aled Mann / Goldierocks / Gutterfunk Djs / Ruth Kealy / James Condon Show all bands
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Wakestock 2009 Abersoch, Wales, United Kingdom

Photos from 2009 View All 2009 Photos

Leeds Festival 2009 on Aug 28, 2009 [185-small]

Leeds Festival 2009
Aug 28 - 30, 2009
 Wetherby, England, United Kingdom
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Southsea Fest 2009 on Sep 19, 2009 [487-small]

Southsea Fest 2009
Sep 19, 2009
 Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
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Reading Festival 2009 on Aug 28, 2009 [558-small]

Reading Festival 2009
Aug 28 - 30, 2009
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Indie
Indie Rock
British
Female Vocalists
UK
Shoegaze
Dream Pop
Noise Pop
Metropopolis
Nu Gaze
Welsh Rock
Welsh Indie
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Latest Setlist (10/01/2023):

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  1. Caught on a Breeze
  2. Sevier
  3. Ostrich
  4. The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade
  5. Whirring
  6. CSTS
  7. Into the Blue
  8. Cradle
  9. Y Garreg Ateb
  10. I Don't Want to See You Like This
  11. Share My Heat
  12. Little Blimp
  13. Left Too Soon

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Concerts Per Year:

2023 16 concerts
2022 43 concerts
2021 12 concerts
2019 50 concerts
2018 41 concerts
2017 21 concerts
2016 126 concerts
2015 17 concerts
2014 10 concerts
2013 130 concerts
2012 62 concerts
2011 128 concerts
2010 91 concerts
2009 75 concerts
2008 11 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has The Joy Formidable had?

The Joy Formidable has had 833 concerts.

What genre is The Joy Formidable?

The Joy Formidable is most often considered to be Indie, Indie Rock, British, Female Vocalists, UK, Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Noise Pop, Metropopolis, Nu Gaze, Welsh Rock, and Welsh Indie.

When was the last The Joy Formidable concert?

The last The Joy Formidable concert was on October 01, 2023 at Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.

What setlist does The Joy Formidable play live?

The songs that The Joy Formidable performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the October 01, 2023 concert at Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom:

  1. Caught on a Breeze
  2. Sevier
  3. Ostrich
  4. The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade
  5. Whirring
  6. CSTS
  7. Into the Blue
  8. Cradle
  9. Y Garreg Ateb
  10. I Don't Want to See You Like This
  11. Share My Heat
  12. Little Blimp
  13. Left Too Soon

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