Absentee has had 16 concerts.

Absentee is most often considered to be Indie, Alternative, and British.

The last Absentee concert was on September 12, 2008 at Larmer Tree Gardens in Tollard Royal, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. The bands that performed were: Mumford & Sons / Bon Iver / Laura Marling / Noah & The Whale / Calexico / The Mountain Goats / Low / Conor Oberst / Sun Kil Moon / Kimya Dawson / Richard Hawley / Mercury Rev / British Sea Power / Tindersticks / Bowerbirds / Shearwater / Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin / Two Gallants / Akron/Family / Cate Le Bon / El Guincho / Seabear / FM Belfast / Dead Meadow / Mark Kozelek / Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band / Dirty Three / Pete and The Pirates / The Acorn / Constantines / Jeffrey Lewis / Robyn Hitchcock / Micah P. Hinson / The Wave Pictures / Friska Viljor / American Music Club / Wildbirds & Peacedrums / Miracle Fortress / Kelley Stoltz / Smoke Fairies / Let's Wrestle / A Hawk and a Hacksaw / Peter And The Wolf / Brakes / Darren Hanlon / Woodpigeon / Pyramids / Zombie Zombie / The Chap / Karima Francis / Bob Log III / Clare & The Reasons / Pictish Trail / The Miserable Rich / Charlotte Hatherley / Darren Hayman / Liz Green / Sennen / Billy Childish / Kurt Wagner / Jeremy Warmsley / The Congregation / One Little Plane / David Thomas Broughton / Devon Sproule / Steven Adams / Adrian Crowley / The Accidental / Baby Dee / Hey Negrita / Jason Molina / Essie Jain / The Gentle Good / Alessi / Sons of Noel and Adrian / The Young Republic / Denis Jones / Absentee / Arrows of Love / John Fairhurst / Over The Wall / Cats In Paris / Screaming Tea Party / Christopher Rees / Affection / a.P.A.t.T. / Birdengine / Threatmantics / Robyn G Shiels / Angelo Spencer / By The Fireside / Hush the Many (Heed the Few) / House of Brothers / Thingumajigsaw / Gossamer Albatross / Hush The Many / Telegrams / Lonely Ghosts / Cut A Shine / The Folk Orchestra / Freakflag / Revenge of Shinobi / Bianca Bohl / Electric Tape Recorder / The Sylvias.