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 3)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 07, 2012 –
Jun 10, 2012
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2012
Needtobreathe / Flying Lotus / Reptar / MonstrO / GZA/Genius / Mac Miller / Bethesda / Feist / The Soul Rebels / Art vs Science / Electric Guest / Major Lazer / Ludacris / Dumpstaphunk / Black Lips / Body Language / The Word / SOJA / K.Flay / Marina Orchestra / Tune-Yards / Quickie Mart / Here We Go Magic / Oberhofer / Pelican / James Wallace and the Naked Light / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Delta Spirit / Mimosa / Robert Ellis / Penguin Prison / Stooges Brass Band / Spectrum Road / Yelawolf / Emily Elbert / The Dirty Guv'nahs / Foster The People / Darondo / ALO / Trampled by Turtles / Cherub / SBTRKT / Matt Sucich / Black Star / The Kooks / The Antlers / Chip Greene / Sarah Jarosz / Big Gigantic / North Mississippi Allstars / Ben Allison / Orgone / Radiohead / Big Freedia / The War on Drugs / Michael Kiwanuka / Mariachi El Bronx / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Kendrick Lamar / Skrillex / Bon Iver / Fun. / Two Door Cinema Club / The Shins / The Beach Boys / Childish Gambino / The Temper Trap / Grouplove / Young the Giant / Alabama Shakes / Ben Howard / Santigold / The Roots / Phantogram / City and Colour / The Avett Brothers / Alice Cooper / Fitz and the Tantrums / The Civil Wars / Little Dragon / St. Vincent / Charles Bradley / Mogwai / Laura Marling / Danny Brown / Flogging Molly / The Joy Formidable / Ben Folds Five / Gary Clark Jr. / Phish / Dispatch / Blind Pilot / Battles / Dawes / JR JR / White Denim / Punch Brothers / Bad Brains / Umphrey's McGee / Fruit Bats / The Devil Makes Three / Kathleen Edwards / EMA / Moon Taxi / Das Racist / The Lonely Forest / Questlove / Afrocubism Show all bands
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
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May 18, 2012
Nelsonville Music Festival 2012
Dawes / Dark Dark Dark / Mucca Pazza / Old Hundred / Time & Temperature / Hayes Carll / Lee "Scratch" Perry / Andrew Bird / Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaries / M. Ward / Mount Moriah / Shovels & Rope / Jorma Kaukonen / Bad Brains / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Iron & Wine / Horse Feathers / Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside Show all bands
Nelsonville Music Festival Nelsonville, Ohio, United States
May 18, 2012 –
May 20, 2012
Nelsonville Music Festival 2012
Iron & Wine / Andrew Bird / M. Ward / Dawes / Bad Brains / Charles Bradley / Horse Feathers / Hayes Carll / Lee "Scratch" Perry / Shovels & Rope / Dark Dark Dark / Sallie Ford / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Mount Moriah / Jorma Kaukonen / Mucca Pazza / Old Hundred / Time & Temperature Show all bands
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Hocking College Nelsonville, Ohio, United States
Apr 21, 2012
Chuck Brown / Bad Brains
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The Howard Theatre Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Apr 20, 2012
Lionize / GZA/Genius / Bad Brains The Howard Theatre Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Apr 19, 2012
Bad Brains / GZA

Bad Brains - Into the Future Tour

Trocadero Theatre Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Apr 18, 2012
GZA/Genius / Bad Brains Music Hall of Williamsburg New York, New York, United States
Apr 17, 2012
Bad Brains / H₂O / Scream Irving Plaza New York, New York, United States
Apr 16, 2012
Bad Brains / H₂O
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Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sep 24, 2011
Bad Brains The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Sep 23, 2011
Bad Brains Music Farm Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Sep 22, 2011
Bad Brains
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The Club at Firestone Orlando, Florida, United States
Sep 21, 2011
Bad Brains
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Revolution Live Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Sep 20, 2011
Bad Brains The Floridian Social Club St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Aug 04, 2011
Bad Brains Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jun 24, 2011
Azkena Rock Festival
Atom Rhumba / Bad Brains / Clutch / Primus / Queens of the Stone Age / Reverend Horton Heat / This Drama
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Azkena Rock Festival Grounds Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Jun 23, 2011 –
Jun 25, 2011
Azkena Rock Festival 2011
Band of Horses / Queens of the Stone Age / Ozzy Osbourne / Bright Eyes / The Avett Brothers / Rob Zombie / Eels / Cheap Trick / The Cult / Primus / Danzig / Clutch / Bad Brains / Rival Sons / Reverend Horton Heat / Gregg Allman / Blue Rodeo / Brian Setzer / Black Country Communion / New Bomb Turks / Kyuss Lives! / Arizona Baby / Atom Rhumba / Whybirds / Bizardunak / The Riff Truckers / Julian Thome / Jukebox Racket Show all bands
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Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Jun 20, 2011
Bad Brains Carroponte Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
Jun 18, 2011
Bad Brains

Hellfest

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Val de Moine Sport Complex Clisson, Pays de la Loire, France
Jun 17, 2011 –
Jun 19, 2011
Hellfest 2011
Disturbed / Ozzy Osbourne / Scorpions / Rob Zombie / Judas Priest / The Cult / Apocalyptica / In Flames / Architects / Alter Bridge / Opeth / Black Label Society / Suicide Silence / Meshuggah / Clutch / Bad Brains / Mr. Big / Melvins / UFO / Cradle of Filth / Kreator / Electric Wizard / Monster Magnet / The Black Dahlia Murder / Municipal Waste / Converge / Corrosion Of Conformity / Hammerfall / Anathema / Iggy & the Stooges / Morbid Angel / Red Fang / Hawkwind / Korpiklaani / Comeback Kid / The Exploited / Sodom / Maximum the Hormone / Terror / D.R.I. / Eyehategod / Therion / Vader / Turisas / Cavalera Conspiracy / Bolt Thrower / Dwarves / The Haunted / Kylesa / Pain of Salvation / Street Dogs / Belphegor / Destruction / Skeletonwitch / Deez Nuts / Doro / Gorguts / Firewind / Karma to Burn / Times of Grace / Masters of Reality / Orphaned Land / Klone / Exhumed / 1349 / Arkona / Your Demise / My SLeeping Karma / The Young Gods / Malevolent Creation / U.S. Bombs / Unleashed / grave / Atheist / Krisiun / Angel Witch / Grand Magus / Church of Misery / Shai Hulud / Nasty / Tsjuder / Goatsnake / Triptykon / Whiplash / Dagoba / Valient Thorr / Hangman's Chair / Duff McKagan's Loaded / Buzzov•en / Dodheimsgard / Audrey Horne / Crucified Barbara / In Solitude / Kyuss Lives! / Morgoth / Ancestors / Skyforger / Hail of Bullets / Svart Crown / Knut / Raw Power / The Gates Of Slumber / Morne / Mekong Delta / Black Rain / Anal Cunt / Total Fucking Destruction / Kruger / Sup / Lyzanxia / Arma Gathas / The Answer / Iggy Pop / Thin Lizzy / Ghost / Down / Possessed / Primordial / Mayhem Show all bands
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Hellfest 2011 Clisson, Pays de la Loire, France
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Jun 16, 2011
West Coast Riot 2011
All Time Low / Sum 41 / The Gaslight Anthem / Gogol Bordello / Bad Brains / Kvelertak / Dwarves / Twopointeight / Hårda Tider
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Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Show Duplicate for Jun 16, 2011

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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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Bad Brains
Oct 14, 2007
 Schaarbeek, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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Foo Fighters / Royal Blood / Bad Brains on Jul 16, 2015 [239-small]

Foo Fighters / Royal Blood / Bad Brains
Jul 16, 2015
 New York, New York, United States
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Bad Brains on May 22, 1987 [579-small]

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

Bad Brains / The Adolescents / Lost Cause / SCAB
Oct 19, 1986
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Bad Brains on Sep 26, 2007 [165-small]

Bad Brains
Sep 26, 2007
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Bad Brains on Sep 26, 2007 [146-small]

Bad Brains
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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Bad Brains on Aug 24, 1989 [499-small]

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Aug 24, 1989
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Genres:

Punk
Alternative Rock
Hardcore
Hardcore Punk
Punk Rock
Reggae
Skate Punk
Ska Punk
Proto-Punk
Nyhc
Dc Hardcore
Black Punk
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 1 concert
2025 1 concert
2024 2 concerts
2022 2 concerts
2018 1 concert
2017 6 concerts
2016 2 concerts
2015 3 concerts
2014 2 concerts
2013 10 concerts
2012 18 concerts
2011 16 concerts
2010 16 concerts
2009 27 concerts
2008 16 concerts
2007 19 concerts
2006 5 concerts
2003 7 concerts
2002 1 concert
2001 6 concerts
2000 1 concert
1999 3 concerts
1998 1 concert
1995 44 concerts
1994 28 concerts
1993 119 concerts
1992 6 concerts
1991 36 concerts
1990 4 concerts
1989 87 concerts
1988 10 concerts
1987 49 concerts
1986 37 concerts
1985 18 concerts
1984 2 concerts
1983 30 concerts
1982 83 concerts
1981 36 concerts
1980 22 concerts
1979 16 concerts
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