alt-J Concert History

Alt-J (sometimes stylised ∆) was formed when Gwil Sainsbury (guitar, bass), Joe Newman (guitar, vocals), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards), and Thom Sonny Green (drums) met at the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK in 2007. The band currently resides in Cambridge.

Date Concert Venue Location
May 31, 2012
alt-J / Paleman Corsica Studios London, England, United Kingdom
May 30, 2012
alt-J Hare and Hounds Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
May 28, 2012
alt-J The Art School Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
May 26, 2012
alt-J / Cave Painting The Harley Hotel & Bar Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
May 25, 2012
alt-J The Stiff Kitten Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
May 24, 2012
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Academy 2 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
May 18, 2012
alt-J / MONEY / NO CEREMONY/// / Stealing Sheep / G R E A T W A V E S / PINS The Quay House Manchester, England, United Kingdom
May 17, 2012 –
May 19, 2012
Liverpool Sound City Festival 2012
alt-J / The Temper Trap / Charli XCX / Jake Bugg / James Vincent McMorrow / Django Django / Professor Green / Johnny Sands / Michael Kiwanuka / Alkaline Trio / Electric Guest / Mystery Jets / White Denim / Peggy Hsu / Slow Club / Dan Croll / Clutter / The Jezabels / Luke Fenlon / Death In Vegas / Niki & The Dove / Peace / Bow & Arrow / Bear In Heaven / Man Get Out / Ghostpoet / Kids In Glass Houses / Ironside / Pond / Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies / Willy Mason / Nokies / Flat Back Four / Tim Hecker / Broken Lungs / Last Dinosaurs / Still Corners / Lower Than Atlantis / The Wedding Present / Waa Wei / Fossil Collective / Oxygen Thieves / Jay Stansfield / Chew Lips / Toy / Dead Cities / Alex Hulme / Don Broco / Sun Drums / Bleached / Hugh Keice / Peter & The Harmonics / Theme Park / Anna-Anna / The Ratty Little Fingers / Mind Mountain / White Arrows / Get Back Colquitt / Jazzhands / Forest Swords / Heartbeat Parade / Ex Easter Island Head / Mont Blanc / Jinja Safari / Manuka / Elmo & the Styx / Yukon Blonde / Chelcee Grimes / Blunt Truth / All We Are / Barbieshop / Jessie Rose / Low Roar / Kazimier Krunk Band / Jeanclaudegoddamn / Clock Opera / Monkey Pilot / Long Finger Bandits / Hey Carrianne / Jonquil / Iktsuarpok / Kasst / Milla and the Geeks / Eugene McGuinness / Miss Stylie / Daniel Kuhle / Artwork & Mc Pokes / Faceless Nation / Oliver Tank / Princess Chelsea / Coma / Willis Earl Beal / D/R/U/G/S / Patterns / The History of Apple Pie / Shields / W.I.M. / Concrete Knives / Fixers / Algiers / PINS / Dave Hause / Lulu James / Gush / Owls / Library Voices / Toys / The Heartbreaks / Melè / I am Dive / Arcane Roots / Post War Years / The Computers / Big Sleep / Bird / The Daydream Club / Ahab / Millions / Sweet Billy Pilgrim / Still Flyin' / The Midnight Youth / Bad Pop / Crash of Rhinos / Be Forest / Dinosaur Bones / Hey Sholay / fiN / Sietta / Kites / Bwani Junction / Emma-louise / Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers / Fitz / Mugstar / The Lake Poets / The Invaders / By the Sea / Jethro Fox / The Folks / Cheap Thrills / Pikachunes / Inland Sea / Golden Fable / Goodnight Lenin / Bleeding Heart Narrative / Flip Grater / Ej / The Kestrels / Farryl Purkiss / Slow Down, Molasses / We Are Animal / Crusades / Towns / Cazadores / Esco Williams / Jackson Firebird / Coffee & Cakes for Funerals / People in the Box / I Dream In Colour / Daytona Lights / People of K / Mammal Club / Death at Sea / Fine Young Firecrackers / Common Tongues / Highfields / Bonfire Nights / Ben Salter / The Bendal Interlude / Ninetails / Like Spinning / The Bowers / Ghost Outfit / The Hideaways / Fabrizio Cammarata / Lilliput / Dead Wolf Club / Catfish and the Bottlemen Show all bands
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Unknown venue Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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May 11, 2012 –
May 12, 2012
WALK THE LINE FESTIVAL 2012
alt-J / Bombay Bicycle Club / Ron Pope / Com Truise / Lower Dens / Willy Moon / DZ Deathrays / Theme Park / Moss / Milagres / Diagrams / Gang Colours / Paul Thomas Saunders / Treetop Flyers / Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny / Cave Painting / Tellison / Cairobi / Liz Green / The Hickey Underworld / Anna Aaron / You Say France & I Whistle / RAMS' pocket radio / Teddiedrum / Swimming and Dallas Simpson the Binaural Gig / Doomtree Show all bands
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Walk the Line Festival The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
May 10, 2012 –
May 12, 2012
The Great Escape 2012
Bastille / alt-J / Disclosure / The Temper Trap / Alabama Shakes / HAIM / Grimes / AlunaGeorge / Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker / Foxes / Madeon / Lianne La Havas / St. Lucia / Django Django / Perfume Genius / Mystery Jets / Nils Frahm / Half Moon Run / Boy / Emma Louise / College / Booka Shade / Com Truise / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Jamie N Commons / Peace / Foy Vance / Tanlines / The Barr Brothers / Dry the River / Shabazz Palaces / Reverend and The Makers / Lapalux / Swim Deep / Friends / Body Language / Last Dinosaurs / Lower Than Atlantis / Willy Mason / Husky / Don Broco / JD McPherson / Porcelain Raft / EMA / Bass Drum of Death / Mallory Knox / Dillon / We Have Band / Fossil Collective / We Are the Ocean / Forest Swords / Toy / Spector / When Saints Go Machine / Max Cooper / Trust / Avalanche City / Chew Lips / Loney Dear / Gaz Coombes / Koreless / A Winged Victory for the Sullen / Theme Park / Eagulls / DZ Deathrays / White Arrows / Yukon Blonde / Princess Chelsea / Howler / Admiral Fallow / I Am Oak / Vondelpark / Kwes. / Jinja Safari / Natty / Dauwd / The Skints / Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains / Oliver Tank / Doldrums / Young Magic / Electric Wire Hustle / Clock Opera / Exitmusic / Errors / Zulu Winter / Jonquil / Fear of Men / Micachu & The Shapes / Milagres / New Look / S.C.U.M / Lulu James / French Films / Rolo Tomassi / NZCA LINES / Tall Ships / Dante / Hooded Fang / Juveniles / Tiny Ruins / PAWS / Six / O. Children / The Darcys / Young Dreams / ME / Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny / Maxxi Soundsystem / Evergreen Official / Paul Thomas Saunders / Treetop Flyers / Mikill Pane / Jam City / Rich Aucoin / Devin / W.I.M. / Solar Bears / Duologue / Cymbals / Fiction / Soft / Retro Stefson / Owlle / The Black Belles / Hannah Cohen / Gold & Youth / Stay+ / 22 / Pale Seas / Winter / The Computers / Weird Dreams / Novika / Big Sleep / Eight and a Half / Mojo Fury / Halls / Black Moth / Novella / Sonic Boom / Mujeres / Gross Magic / Odonis Odonis / Cheveu / Bad Pop / Hey Sholay / Boxes / Violet / Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers / Mesparrow / Visions of Trees / Seasfire / Binary / The British Expeditionary Force / Wet Nuns / Flip Grater / Hawk Eyes / Massmatiks / Revere / Jethro Fox / Pikachunes / Among Brothers / Bos Angeles / The Psychologist / Graphics / Inland Sea / Zebra and Snake / Step-Panther / Grass House / Cut Ribbons / Hans Chew / Shinies / Me And The Bees / Slow Down, Molasses / Gabriel and the Hounds / Fanzine / Films Of Colour / Ben Salter / Big Wave Riders / Antlered Man / Drop Out Venus / Spoek / I Ching / Furguson / Pets With Pets / Bueno Bros / Martha Paton / Face + Heel / Negative Pegasus / Seward / Kinnie the Explorer / My Best Friend / The Killgirls / The Jaguar Shark / Sing Tank / Redhino Show all bands
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Great Escape Festival Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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May 09, 2012
Hundred Waters / Races / alt-J / We Are Serenades Mercury Lounge New York, New York, United States
May 07, 2012
Jesca Hoop / alt-J / Miracle Days Bardot Los Angeles, California, United States
May 05, 2012
Live At Leeds 2012
Adult Jazz / alt-J / Charli XCX / AlunaGeorge / Jake Bugg / Jessie Ware / Ladyhawke / The Subways / Los Campesinos! / Niki & The Dove / Reverend and the Makers / Friends / Augustines / Citizens! / Dan Mangan / Fossil Collective / Toy / Spector / D.I.D / Royal Republic / Howler / Hannah Trigwell / S.C.U.M / Turbowolf / Dot Rotten / Hooded Fang / The History of Apple Pie / Ryan Keen / I LIKE TRAINS / Ren Harvieu / Dancing Years / Novella / Two Wounded Birds / Gross Magic / Random Impulse / Sam Airey / This Many Boyfriends / Broken Hands / Binary / Blacklisters / Anothers Blood / Grass House / China Rats / Fanzine / Just Handshakes / Hunting Bears / Soul Circus / Redwire / Moody Gowns / Runners (UK) / The Maxanines / Cave Birds / Fran Rodgers / Sound of Guns / Rae Morris / Nina Nesbitt / Kyla La Grange / Jamie N Commons / Dog Is Dead / Ghostpoet / Ellen & The Escapades Show all bands
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Leeds, England, United Kingdom
May 02, 2012
alt-J / Liz Lawrence / Amber States St Pancras International Station London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 25, 2012
Zulu Winter / Lisa Hannigan / alt-J
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La Flèche d'Or Paris, Île-de-France, France
Apr 13, 2012
alt-J Africa Centre - Old Location London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 12, 2012
alt-J / The Physics House Band Africa Centre - Old Location London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 17, 2012
Wild Beasts / alt-J
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O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Mar 15, 2012
Wild Beasts / alt-J Princess Pavilion Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
Mar 13, 2012
Wild Beasts / alt-J Colchester Arts Centre Colchester, England, United Kingdom

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has alt-J had?

alt-J has had 940 concerts.

What genre is alt-J?

alt-J is most often considered to be Rock, Indie, Electronic, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative, British, Indie Pop, Blues Rock, Experimental Rock, Modern Rock, Art Rock, Art Pop, Indietronica, Trip Hop, Modern Alternative Rock, Electronic Rock, and Folktronica.

When was the last alt-J concert?

The last alt-J concert was on December 05, 2023 at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon, United States. The bands that performed were: alt-J / meagre martin.

What setlist does alt-J play live?

The songs that alt-J performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the December 05, 2023 concert at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon, United States:

  1. Intro (An Awesome Wave)
  2. ❦ (Ripe & Ruin)
  3. Tessellate
  4. Breezeblocks
  5. ❦ (Guitar)
  6. Something Good
  7. Dissolve Me
  8. Matilda
  9. Ms
  10. Fitzpleasure
  11. ❦ (Piano)
  12. Bloodflood
  13. Taro
  14. Hand-Made
  15. Chicago
  16. Deadcrush
  17. U&ME
  18. The Gospel of John Hurt
  19. Every Other Freckle
  20. In Cold Blood
  21. Hard Drive Gold
  22. Left Hand Free

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