808 State Concert History

808 State are an electronic music outfit formed in 1988 in Manchester, England taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of acid house, they were formed by Graham Massey (from ex-Factory Records band Biting Tongues), Martin Price and Gerald Simpson (later to record as A Guy Called Gerald).

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808 State Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 40)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 21, 1991
808 state Deep Ellum Live Dallas, Texas, United States
Sep 20, 1991
808 state Numbers Houston, Texas, United States
Sep 18, 1991
808 state Rock Island Denver, Colorado, United States
Sep 17, 1991
808 state Dv8 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Sep 15, 1991
Björk / 808 State

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Club DV8 San Francisco, California, United States
Sep 14, 1991
808 state / Björk 03 Rave Los Angeles, California, United States
Sep 13, 1991
808 state Compadre Stadium Chandler, Arizona, United States
Sep 12, 1991
808 state

Techno Trip

Unknown venue Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Aug 22, 1991
808 state
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Sa Pedrera San Antonio, Ibiza Mar, Spain
Aug 04, 1991
Cities In The Park
Happy Mondays / Pauline Murray / Electronic / 808 state / De La Soul / A Certain Ratio / Revenge / The Durutti Column / Cath Carroll / The Adventure Babies / The Wendys / Natural Life
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Heaton Park Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Aug 03, 1991 –
Aug 04, 1991
Cities In The Park 1991
De La Soul / Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) / Buzzcocks / Happy Mondays / The Fall / 808 state / Electronic / The Durutti Column / The Wonder Stuff / Cabaret Voltaire / The Soup Dragons / A Certain Ratio / Revenge / Paris Angels / New Fast Automatic Daffodils / Cath Carroll / Amok / Ruthless Rap Assassins / Pauline Murray / The Wendys / Natural Life / Ashley and Jackson / The Adventure Babies Show all bands
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Cities In The Park 1991 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Jun 29, 1991
808 state

Roskilde Festival

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Roskilde Dyrskueplads Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Jun 27, 1991
808 state
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Ruissalo Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland
Jun 27, 1991 –
Jun 29, 1991
Roskilde Festival 1991
Iron Maiden / Paul Simon / Billy Idol / Iggy Pop / Simple Minds / The Allman Brothers Band / Gang Starr / Primus / The Charlatans / Danzig / Ocean Colour Scene / The Sisters of Mercy / Stereo MCs / The Orb / The Rembrandts / Kreator / Marianne Faithfull / Lush / Winger / Yasmin / Jesus Jones / The Wedding Present / 808 state / The Almighty / Debbie Harry / Gianna Nannini / Herbert Grönemeyer / Buffalo Tom / Roachford / The Soup Dragons / Ned's Atomic Dustbin / Willy DeVille / Sort Sol / Poi Dog Pondering / El Vez / CV Jørgensen / Nits / Bass-O-Matic / Talla 2XLC / Love Shop / Poul Krebs / Savage Rose / Artillery / Big Fat Snake / Michael Falch / Femi Kuti and the Positive Force / Northside / Equinox / Di Leva / Wilmer X / The Sandmen / The September When / Peter Belli / Malurt / Thomas Mapfumo And The Blacks Unlimited / Les VRP / Henning Staerk / Albert Collins And The Icebreakers / Chris Bailey / Kaare Norge / Redlands / Little Triggers / Burnin' Red Ivanhoe / Fielfraz / The Dubrovniks / Sjako! / Tom Ball And Kenny Sultan / Elvis Costello & the Rude 5 / Zikaza / Niagara / Poverty Stinks / Boghandle / Union Carbide Productions / Dee-lite & Bootsy Collins / Babylon Fighters / Persons Pack / Ballets Africaine Guinea / Mzwakhe Mbuli & the Equals / Skanbeat / Les Ttes Brules Show all bands
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The Cattle Show Grounds Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Jun 14, 1991
808 state Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
May 26, 1991
808 state Unknown Venue Reykjavik, Iceland
May 19, 1991
808 state Montreux Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
May 16, 1991
808 state Nighttown Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Apr 16, 1991
808 state University Of Limerick Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Apr 13, 1991
808 state / MC Tunes / N-joi O2 Academy Brixton London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 28, 1991
Happy Mondays / 808 state / A Guy Called Gerald
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Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, California, United States

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 Dallas, Texas, United States
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 Corby, England, United Kingdom
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