Bad Brains Concert History

Bad Brains is a punk rock band formed in Washington, D.C., USA in 1977. The band is regarded as one of the pioneers of hardcore punk, though band members have objected to the term to describe their music. They are also an adept reggae band, while later recordings featured elements of other genres like funk, heavy metal, hip-hop and soul. Bad Brains are followers of the Rastafari movement.

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Bad Brains Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 13, 2013 –
Sep 15, 2013
Riot Fest 2013
Fall Out Boy / blink-182 / Pixies / Blondie / All Time Low / Pierce the Veil / Yellowcard / Taking Back Sunday / Violent Femmes / Brand New / AFI / Public Enemy / Joan Jett & The Blackhearts / Bad Religion / Atmosphere / Best Coast / Rancid / Dinosaur Jr. / The Devil Wears Prada / Stars / Memphis May Fire / Danzig / Suicidal Tendencies / Pennywise / The Replacements / Say Anything / Against Me! / Guided By Voices / Bad Brains / Hatebreed / Toots & The Maytals / The Wonder Years / Surfer Blood / Sublime With Rome / Twin Peaks / Bayside / Attack Attack! / Devotchka / Andrew W.K. / The Interrupters / X / Saves The Day / Touché Amoré / GWAR / Glassjaw / Bob Mould / The Dear Hunter / The Selecter / T.S.O.L. / Saul Williams / Bad Books / Maps & Atlases / The Dismemberment Plan / Screeching Weasel / The Flatliners / Dessa / Mission of Burma / Quicksand / The Lawrence Arms / Chuck Ragan / Pet Symmetry / Off With Their Heads / Kitten / Rocket from the Crypt / Reggie and the Full Effect / Smoking Popes / Radkey / Peter Hook & The Light / Masked Intruder / The Lillingtons / Flatfoot 56 / New Beat Fund / Direct Hit! / Peter Hook / Empires / Deal's Gone Bad / Nativ / Hostage Calm / Mephiskapheles / FLAG / Peelander-Z / White Mystery / The Broadways / Environmental Encroachment / Slaves of Venus Show all bands
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Humboldt Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jun 14, 2013 –
Jun 15, 2013
Amnesia Rockfest 2013
The Offspring / Marilyn Manson / Deftones / Alice Cooper / Dropkick Murphys / Killswitch Engage / Lamb of God / Rancid / Travis Barker / Social Distortion / Anthrax / Pennywise / Less Than Jake / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Miss May I / Bad Brains / Millencolin / Emmure / The Miracles / Lagwagon / Transplants / The Menzingers / Fucked Up / Mad Caddies / The Acacia Strain / Comeback Kid / Adolescents / Agnostic Front / Sick of It All / H2O / The Flatliners / screeching weasel / Polar Bear Club / Biohazard / For the Fallen Dreams / Kataklysm / Madball / The Lawrence Arms / Subhumans / Stray from the Path / Discharge / Cro-Mags / Cryptopsy / 7Seconds / trapped under ice / Your Demise / Obey The Brave / Shai Hulud / Lionheart / Death Before Dishonor / FLAG / Mononc' Serge / Grimskunk / Slaves On Dope / Beheading of a King / All Day / Obliterate / Groovy Aardvark / Rosewood / Capitaine Revolte / The Insurrection / Defined / Men O Steel / Inside Riot (CA) / Arseniq33 / Ghoulunatics / Death Lullaby / Reason Prevails / Behind the Revolver / Brutal Chérie / Gloria Victis / New Renaissance / Roller Starter / The Vulgar Deli / Standing On Oblivion / Perfect Murder / Far From Reality / Wrong Advice / Pandora's Wake / Politess / We the Jury / Vicious Teeth / Matt Smashers / Skip the Foreplay / Skip the Foreplay / Rise Against Show all bands
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Montebello Marina Montebello, Quebec, Canada
Jun 13, 2013
Bad Brains The Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 07, 2013 –
Jun 09, 2013
Ink-N-Iron Festival 2013
The Offspring / NOFX / The Stranglers / Dead Kennedys / The Growlers / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Sublime With Rome / Bad Brains / Iggy & the Stooges / Wanda Jackson / The White Buffalo / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / The Selecter / Tijuana Panthers / He's My Brother She's My Sister / Dwarves / The Stone Foxes / Rocket from the Crypt / Sharks / The Dirtbombs / Girl In a Coma / JC Brooks Band / Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / Wayne Hancock / The Fleshtones / Plague Vendor / Long Tall Texans / Generators / The Matadors / Prima Donna / Silver Shine / Well Hung Heart / The Fiends / The Gods Of Macho / Kim Lenz and her Jaguars / Kaleigh Baker / Hopeless Jack & The Handsome Devil / Barnyard Stompers / Rumble King / The Woolly Bandits / Miss Lonely Hearts / D.on Darox & the Melody Joy Bakers / Johnny Hootrock / The Reverend Red / The California Lions / Three Times Bad / The CRASH CADILLACS / los hell gamblers / Bop Kings / DJ Satoki / The Sharks Show all bands
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The Queen Mary Los Angeles, California, United States
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May 18, 2013
Bad Brains

Ruhrpott Rodeo

Flugplatz Schwarze Heide Hünxe, Germany
May 18, 2013 –
May 19, 2013
Ruhrpott Rodeo Festival 2013
Bad Brains / Black Flag / Argy Bargy / Die Kassierer / Bonsai Kitten / Boskops / Cockney Rejects / Das Pack / Dritte Wahl / Eisenpimmel / El Fisch / Kein Hass Da / Knochenfabrik / Kotzreiz / Mad Caddies / Mad Sin / Monsters Of Liedermaching / Nothington / Ska-P / Sondaschule / Sonic Boom Six / Strung Out / The Adicts / The Baboon Show / The Generators / The Queers / The Skatoons / Tim Vantol / UK Subs / Zaunpfahl / Zwackelmann Show all bands
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Schwarze Heide Hünxe, Germany
May 01, 2013
MyFest
Final Prayer / Ohrbooten / KMPFSPRT / Walter Schreifels / Born From Pain / Samiam / Radio Dead Ones / Baretta Love / Coldburn / Bad Brains / Unavoidable
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Coretex Open Air Bühne Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Apr 08, 2013
Bad Brains
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Groove Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina
Apr 07, 2013
Bad Brains

Lollapalooza Chile

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Parque O'Higgins Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
Apr 06, 2013 –
Apr 07, 2013
Lollapalooza 2013
The Black Keys / Foster The People / Major Lazer / Pearl Jam / Of Monsters and Men / Two Door Cinema Club / Nas / Deadmau5 / Passion Pit / Franz Ferdinand / Queens of the Stone Age / The Temper Trap / Foals / Steve Aoki / Keane / Alabama Shakes / Hot Chip / Kaiser Chiefs / Kaskade / Crystal Castles / Toro Y Moi / Porter Robinson / A Perfect Circle / The Hives / Gary Clark Jr. / Zeds Dead / Feed Me / Puscifer / Bad Brains / Carla Morrison / Russian Red / Marcelo D2 / Dread Mar I / Tomahawk / DJ Marky / Gepe / Los Tres / Manuel Garcia / PONCHO / Chancho En Piedra / De Saloon / Agents / NESSEX / Protistas / Banda Conmoción / Daniel Klauser / Kali Mutsa / Intimate Stranger / Perrosky / Mecanico / Zonora Point / Keko Yoma / Treboles / Red Oblivion / Resina Lala / Pascuala y Fauna Show all bands
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Parque O'Higgins Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
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Apr 05, 2013
Bad Brains
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Via Marquês São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Dec 08, 2012
Bad Brains 924 Gilman Street Berkeley, California, United States
Dec 01, 2012
Bad Brains / H₂O / H2O / Year of the Dragon
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The Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, California, United States
Nov 30, 2012
Bad Brains Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, California, United States
Nov 29, 2012
Bad Brains The Observatory Santa Ana, California, United States
Oct 14, 2012
Bad Brains Century 20 El Con Tucson, Arizona, United States
Sep 22, 2012
Jimmy Cliff / The Parlotones / Motopony / The Silos / Mike Doughty / Walker Hayes / Paper Diamond / Anders Osborne / Kermit Ruffins / Bad Brains / The Joy Formidable / Diplo / Foo Fighters / Band of Horses / Antoine Knight
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Casino Beach Pensacola Beach, Florida, United States
Sep 21, 2012 –
Sep 23, 2012
Deluna Fest 2012
Pioneers O Pioneers / Trampled by Turtles / The Parlotones / Bonerama / 12th Planet / Paloma / Astronautalis / High On Fire / Rebirth Brass Band / Band of Skulls / The Silos / Blackberry Smoke / AC Slater / Walter Salas-Humara / Walker Hayes / D.L.P. / Lights Resolve / Fitz and the Tantrums / DJ Jazzy Jeff / Motopony / Guided By Voices / Hip Kitty / Bad Brains / Superchunk / Mishka / Dumpstaphunk / The Corin Tucker Band / Redd Kross / Florence + The Machine / Joan Jett & The Blackhearts / Tin Men / The Joy Formidable / Brassaholics / Twothirtyeight / The Legendary JC's / Kermit Ruffins / Mike Doughty / Antoine Knight / Foo Fighters / Charmaine Neville / Anders Osborne / Zac Brown Band / City and Colour / Paper Diamond / Eric Lindell / Honey Island Swamp Band / The Canvas Waiting / Fishbone / Band of Horses / Dwight Yoakam / Ben Sollee / The Wood Brothers / Washboard Chaz / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Kitt Lough / Off! / The Gaslight Anthem / Chris Thomas King / Jimmy Cliff / Gills / Pearl Jam / Diplo / The Wallflowers / Bob Mould / Ben Folds Five / The Villains Show all bands
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Pensacola Beach Pensacola, Florida, United States
Jul 28, 2012
Bad Brains Bluebird Theater Denver, Colorado, United States
Jun 10, 2012
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2012
Kendrick Lamar / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Radiohead / Childish Gambino / Skrillex / Major Lazer / Foster The People / Bon Iver / Ludacris / The Kooks / Two Door Cinema Club / Fun. / The Beach Boys / The Shins / Mac Miller / Grouplove / The Temper Trap / Young the Giant / Ben Howard / Alabama Shakes / Feist / Phantogram / Fitz and the Tantrums / The Roots / Santigold / Little Dragon / Alice Cooper / The Avett Brothers / City and Colour / St. Vincent / SBTRKT / The Civil Wars / Michael Kiwanuka / Flying Lotus / The War on Drugs / Danny Brown / Mogwai / Kurt Vile / Gary Clark Jr. / Yelawolf / Laura Marling / Needtobreathe / K.Flay / Flogging Molly / Electric Guest / Phish / Dispatch / The Antlers / Black Lips / Ben Folds Five / Tune-Yards / Big Gigantic / Dawes / Blind Pilot / The Joy Formidable / Cherub / SOJA / Battles / Delta Spirit / Trampled by Turtles / JR JR / White Denim / Fruit Bats / Bad Brains / Moon Taxi / Black Star / Punch Brothers / Umphrey's McGee / The Devil Makes Three / Penguin Prison / Here We Go Magic / Sarah Jarosz / Charles Bradley / Body Language / Oberhofer / Darondo / Reptar / Kathleen Edwards / Art vs Science / Pelican / Big Freedia / North Mississippi Allstars / Mariachi El Bronx / Mimosa / EMA / GZA/Genius / ALO / Das Racist / Orgone / The Soul Rebels / Robert Ellis / The Lonely Forest / Questlove / Dumpstaphunk / The Dirty Guv'nahs / Afrocubism / The Word / Emily Elbert / Matt Sucich / Ben Allison / Stooges Brass Band / MonstrO / Bethesda / Quickie Mart / James Wallace and the Naked Light / Spectrum Road / Chip Greene / Marina Orchestra / Katie Herzig / Trixie Whitley / Colin Hay / Chappo / The Silent Comedy / Sara Watkins / Puscifer / LP / Jukebox the Ghost / We Are Augustines / Black Box Revelation / Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds / Red Baraat / By Lightning / Kenny Rogers Show all bands
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 10, 2012
Jun 10, 2012 –
Jun 13, 2012
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2012
The War on Drugs / Darondo / Needtobreathe / Yelawolf / Trampled by Turtles / Fitz and the Tantrums / The Avett Brothers / Ben Allison / GZA/Genius / Cherub / Black Lips / The Soul Rebels / Reptar / Little Dragon / SBTRKT / White Denim / Robert Ellis / Spectrum Road / Das Racist / EMA / Penguin Prison / Orgone / Matt Sucich / Kathleen Edwards / Big Gigantic / Quickie Mart / Here We Go Magic / Marina Orchestra / Santigold / Alabama Shakes / SOJA / ALO / The Temper Trap / Ben Howard / Big Freedia / Delta Spirit / Dawes / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Blind Pilot / Michael Kiwanuka / Kendrick Lamar / Oberhofer / Foster The People / The Roots / Fun. / The Antlers / Ben Folds Five / Bon Iver / Two Door Cinema Club / Young the Giant / City and Colour / Grouplove / Childish Gambino / Gary Clark Jr. / Laura Marling / The Beach Boys / The Civil Wars / Phish / The Joy Formidable / The Kooks / The Shins / Fruit Bats / Mogwai / Battles / Radiohead / Alice Cooper / Tune-Yards / Pelican / St. Vincent / The Devil Makes Three / The Word / Sarah Jarosz / Electric Guest / Punch Brothers / Mariachi El Bronx / Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires / Skrillex / Flying Lotus / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Body Language / Moon Taxi / Ludacris / Black Star / Danny Brown / Stooges Brass Band / Bethesda / Major Lazer / James Wallace and the Naked Light / Dumpstaphunk / Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. / Chip Greene / K.Flay / Mimosa / The Dirty Guv'nahs / Feist / Bad Brains / Emily Elbert / MonstrO / Umphrey's McGee / Phantogram / Flogging Molly / Mac Miller / North Mississippi Allstars / The Lonely Forest / Art vs Science / Dispatch / Afrocubism / Questlove / Gary Clark Jr. Show all bands
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Jun 09, 2012
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Alice Cooper / Mogwai / The Roots / Santigold / The Temper Trap / Charles Bradley / Skrillex / Dispatch / Childish Gambino / Punch Brothers / Blind Pilot / The Devil Makes Three / GZA/Genius / SBTRKT / Battles / Das Racist / Darondo / Unchained - The Mighty Van Halen Trib. Band / Danzig / Puscifer / Flogging Molly / Bad Brains / Pelican / The Pedrito Martinez Group / Spectrum Road / Red Baraat / LA 33 / Khaira Arby / Debo Band / Janka Nabay and The Bubu Gang / Steven Wright / James Wallace & The Naked Light / Jukebox the Ghost / Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds / Bhi Bhiman / Art vs. Science / Augustines / Stooges Brass Band / Robert Ellis / Chuck Mead / TAUK / LP / Cosmic Suckerpunch / The Main Squeeze / Gary Clark Jr. / North Mississippi Allstars / Oberhofer / Trampled by Turtles / Hey Rosetta! / Dawes / Trixie Whitley / Casey Driessen / Matt Sucich / Marina Orchestra / Rhys Darby / Reggie Watts / Marc Maron / Judah Friedlander / Amy Schumer / Garfunkel and Oates / Mike O'Connell / Wyllys / Penguin Prison / Body Language / Brenton Duvall / Alabama Shakes Show all bands
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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 09, 2012
Jun 09, 2012 –
Jun 12, 2012
Bonnaroo 2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Phish / The Beach Boys / Foster the People / Skrillex / Rodrigo y Gabriela / The Roots / Alice Cooper / Superjam / Danzig / Ludacris / Flogging Molly / Santigold / The Temper Trap / Two Door Cinema Club / Fitz and the Tantrums / Flying Lotus / Fun. / Bad Brains / Yelawolf / Das Racist / Gary Clark Jr. / K Flay / Moon Taxi / Major Lazer Show all bands
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States

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Bad Brains
Dec 24, 1982
 New York, New York, United States
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Bad Brains
Dec 27, 1986
 New York, New York, United States
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Reading Festival
Aug 27, 1993
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Oct 14, 2007
 Schaarbeek, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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Foo Fighters / Royal Blood / Bad Brains on Jul 16, 2015 [239-small]

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Jul 16, 2015
 New York, New York, United States
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Bad Brains on May 22, 1987 [579-small]

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May 22, 1987
 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Bad Brains / The Adolescents / Lost Cause / SCAB on Oct 19, 1986 [656-small]

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Oct 19, 1986
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Sep 26, 2007
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Sep 26, 2007
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Lollapalooza 2013 on Apr 6, 2013 [797-small]

Lollapalooza 2013
Apr 6 - 7, 2013
 Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
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Fun Fun Fun Fest 2008 on Nov 8, 2008 [210-small]

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2008
Nov 8 - 9, 2008
 Austin, Texas, United States
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Aug 24, 1989
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