An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump Concert History

Named after an 18th Century oil painting, this now defunct all-girl trio (consisting of the enigmatically named C-Bird, D-Bird and X-Bird) from London played lo-fi tribal grunge rock. They were compared with Sonic Youth, The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Ronettes, The Bad Seeds and The Shangri-Las. They released two EPs, These Sins (2008) and Buy A Life (2009).

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An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 23, 2026
An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump The Lexington London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 02, 2018
Big Sexy Noise / Lydia Lunch / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump Moth Club London, England, United Kingdom
Feb 02, 2010
Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump Sneaky Pete's Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Feb 01, 2010
Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump The Captain's Rest Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jan 31, 2010
Idiot Box / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump The Harley Hotel & Bar Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Jan 23, 2010
An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Project:KOMAKINO / Cece Dj Queen of Hoxton London, England, United Kingdom
Dec 10, 2009
An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Veronica Falls / Battant The Victoria, Mile End Mile End, United Kingdom
Dec 03, 2009
V.V. Brown / The Whitest Boy Alive / Rencontres Trans Musicales De Rennes / Vrelo / Abraham Inc. / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Hook / Twins / DJ Oof
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LE LIBERTÉ Rennes, Brittany, France
Oct 24, 2009
SWN Festival
"SWN Festival" / The Leisure Society / Lucky Soul / The Pipettes / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Mitchell Museum / Zissou / Cat Mouse Cat / Chris T-T
Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Oct 22, 2009 –
Oct 24, 2009
SWN Festival 2009
Marina / Gold Panda / Wild Beasts / Los Campesinos! / Slow Club / fanfarlo / Girls / Stornoway / Daedelus / The Twilight Sad / The Pipettes / The Leisure Society / Pulled Apart By Horses / Unicorn Kid / Dananananaykroyd / Allo Darlin' / Jonquil / Johnny Foreigner / Peggy Sue / Three Trapped Tigers / Anchorsong / The Broken Family Band / Tom Brosseau / Sky Larkin / Yndi Halda / Sweet Baboo / Bright Light Bright Light / Lucky Soul / The Longcut / Goldheart Assembly / Drums of Death / Minotaur Shock / Tubelord / Talons / Islet / Race Horses / Gareth Pearson / Vito / Sons of Noel and Adrian / The Young Republic / Al Lewis / Copy Haho / The Victorian English Gentlemens Club / Martin Carr / Munch Munch / Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam / Internet Forever / Gideon Conn / Soft Toy Emergency / T.E.E.D / Mary Anne Hobbs / Gentle Friendly / Catherine A.D. / Gaggle / Our Brother The Native / Denuo / Portasound / Exit International / Threatmantics / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Mitchell Museum / Sparky Deathcap / The Death of her Money / Huw M / Dimbleby & Capper / Not Cool / Wet Dog / Glass Diamond / Supertennis / The Evils / Zwolf / Decimals / Science Bastard / Hail! the Planes / Don't Move / Strange News From Another Star / Zissou / Elephant & Soldier / Them Squirrels / Y Pencadlys / The Zimmermans / Silver Gospel Runners / Fredrick Stanley Star / Cat Mouse Cat / The Irascibles / The Donde Stars / Frederick Stanley Star / Son Capson / Dimbley and Capper / Nos Sadwrn Bach / John Grindell Show all bands
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Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Oct 22, 2009
Oct 06, 2009
The Tamborines / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Blue On Blue Buffalo Bar London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 09, 2009
A Fistful of Fandango 2009
Herman Düne / Factory Floor / Eugene McGuinness / Neils Children / Gaggle / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / V.E.G.A.S. Whores
229 London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 07, 2009
The Raveonettes / Major Lazer / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 05, 2009 –
Sep 06, 2009
Offset Festival 2009
The xx / Bombay Bicycle Club / Metronomy / The Jesus and Mary Chain / The Horrors / Gold Panda / Wild Beasts / The Futureheads / Connan Mockasin / Lower Than Atlantis / Danger / Clinic / The Slits / Good Shoes / Maps / Pulled Apart By Horses / Factory Floor / She Keeps Bees / Future of the Left / Dananananaykroyd / Male Bonding / harry james / A Certain Ratio / Your Demise / Arno / S.C.U.M / Turbowolf / Rolo Tomassi / Kap Bambino / Let's Wrestle / Bo Ningen / Mazes / Friendship / Tim Burgess / Fiction / Devil Sold His Soul / D.A.N. / Spectrals / More Than Life / Cheval Sombre / The Ghost of a Thousand / Tubelord / Teeth of the Sea / Gramme / Kong / Sonic Boom / Dead Swans / Die! Die! Die! / The Eyes of a Traitor / Bearsuit / John & Jehn / Damo Suzuki / Hatcham Social / Detachments / Blakfish / Wild Palms / Cold Pumas / Panico / Discipline / The Chapman Family / Shrag / A Grave With No Name / The Fables / Official Secrets Act / Hook & The Twin / Blackhole / Outcry Collective / Ipso Facto / Rinoa / Magnus Betnér / The Plight / Wetdog / Death In Plains / Sian Alice Group / No Bra / Maths / Throats / Stupids / Math Head / Azriel / Ali Renault / Ulterior / Brownies / Kasms / Dead Kids / Tortuga / Daniel Savio / Analog / Electricity In Our Homes / The Ruling Class / Rrr / What Would Jesus Drive / The Brides / Holy State / run,WALK! / Shaped By Fate / The Tupolev Ghost / Gyratory System / Crocus / Berlin Brides / Disconcerts / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Niyi / Attack! Vipers! / C.R.A / Drum Eyes / ROMANCE (UK) / NewIslands / LR Rockets / Quad Throw Salchow / GhostCat / London Blackmarket / Artefacts for Space Travel / The Rayographs / Tommi / Josh Caffe / The Duloks / Tulipomania / Ye Nuns / Sunderbans / Whole Sick / Magic & Fur / Advert / Brontosaurus Chorus / Goodnight and I Wish* / K-tron / Death Cigarettes / Dogshow / Speak and the Spells / Cementimental / Nullifier / Stranger Son Of WB / Teen Sheikhs / Chapter Sweetheart / Douglas Hart / Casper Clark / Devil Man / Easy Hips / Buster Bennett / Fonteyn / Methodist Centre / Daniel Simonsen / Koogaphone / Kap Bambino Dj / Cooks Dj / The Beat Djs / Private Trousers / Paul B Davis / Douglas Hart / Snitch Djs / Chris Flatline / Cheval Sombre Sonic Boom / The Quietus DJs / Hampus Time Dj / David Freedom / Paul St Paul / John and On / Complexxion / miss something / Bob Slayer / Jake Moore / Lekiddo / God Don't Like It Djs / Clash Magazine Djs / K.Wale / Jim Warboy / Smith Tropical / Milan O / Not Shy / Nuke Em All / This Is Music Dj's / SHE SET / Louis Enchante Show all bands
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London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 20, 2009
FM4 Frequency Festival
"FM4 Frequency Festival" / CJ Ramone / Glasvegas / Jet / The Ting Tings / AFI / Eagles of Death Metal / Kasabian / Peter Fox / illScarlett / Enter Shikari / Selig / Anti-Flag / Volbeat / Rise Against / Pendulum / The Neon Empire / A Place To Bury Strangers / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Asobi Seksu / The Airborne Toxic Event / Satori / Maestro's Memorial / Noctunes / Pirate Radio Station / Sympathy for Nothing / Petsch Moser / Wred / Philipp Straub / 2Many DJs / Proxy (Russia) / Funkberater / Krooked / Body & Soul / High Contrast / Aphrodite / Snitchbros / Carl Barat / Bloc Party / Boys Noize / Dúné / Editors / Elektrik Kezy Mezy / Kreisky / Mando Diao / MIA / Official Secrets Act / The Prodigy / The Sounds / The Subways Show all bands
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Festival Grounds Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Aug 20, 2009 –
Aug 22, 2009
FM4 Frequency Festival 2009
Radiohead / M.I.A. / Bloc Party / The Prodigy / Rise Against / Crystal Castles / The Ting Tings / Pendulum / Editors / AFI / Eric Prydz / Jet / The Airborne Toxic Event / Volbeat / Boys Noize / MSTRKRFT / Glasvegas / Eagles of Death Metal / The Crystal Method / Little Boots / Enter Shikari / The Subways / The Sounds / Grace Jones / Booka Shade / Mando Diao / Anti-Flag / Kele / Asaf Avidan & The Mojos / Milow / High Contrast / Jarvis Cocker / Carl Cox / Asobi Seksu / Heather Nova / Peter Fox / Dune / Middle Class Rut / Ska-P / Culcha Candela / 2manydjs (DJ Set) / Azzido Da Bass / Rival Schools / Port O'Brien / The Soulsavers / Marc Almond / Proxy / PVT / Jello Biafra / The (International) Noise Conspiracy / The Black Box Revelation / Chrome / Polarkreis 18 / Kettcar / illScarlett / Selig / Wallis Bird / Tomte / Thomas D / Farin Urlaub Racing Team / Auletta / DJ Aphrodite / Mono & Nikitaman / Krooked / Baddies / C.J. Ramone / Official Secrets Act / The Lines / Sebastian Sturm / Candid / Kreisky / Andy Rourke / Petsch Moser / Herbstrock / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Philipp Straub / Dn / Pola-Riot / Philip Straub / Elektrik Kezy Mezy / Snitchbros / The Shit Is Coming Home / Dennes Deen / Jello Biafra & Band / Claudio Ricci / Wred / Neon Empire / MC Daxta / Body Movin / Funkberater / Whykriz / A Place to Bury Strangers / Body and Soul / Kasabian Show all bands
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Unknown venue St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria
Show Duplicate for Aug 20, 2009
Jul 26, 2009
The 1-2-3-4 Shoreditch Festival 2009
Crystal Fighters / A Place To Bury Strangers / King Charles / Patrick Wolf / The Rakes / Factory Floor / Juliette Lewis / AutoKratz / The Warlocks / Polly Scattergood / S.C.U.M / Kennedy / O. Children / Krazy Baldhead / Tim Burgess / k / Boy Crisis / Flashguns / Sloppy Seconds / Banjo Or Freakout / Hatcham Social / Wild Palms / Joe And Will Ask / Chrome Hoof / A Grave With No Name / Silhouette / Ipso Facto / Ulterior / Kasms / The Relics / The Ruling Class / Video Nasties / Poppy And The Jezebels / Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Disco Bloodbath / LR Rockets / Project:KOMAKINO / Televised Crimewave / Not Cool / Disastronaut / Sunderbans / Lion Club / Advert / Micron 63 / Lung, Rotter & Seven / Matthew !WowoW! / Cc-sb / Lovely Jonjo / V.E.G.A.S. Whores / Death to the King / Nuke Em All Show all bands
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Shoreditch Park London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 20, 2009
An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / The Men / Fever Fever / Not Cool
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Norwich Arts Centre Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Jun 14, 2009
An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump Circolo degli Artisti Rome, Latium, Italy
Jun 04, 2009
An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Not Cool / Emphatica Start The Bus Bristol, England, United Kingdom
May 27, 2009
An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / Not Cool / Citizens! Night & Day Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 1 concert
2018 1 concert
2010 4 concerts
2009 26 concerts
2008 6 concerts

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