Bhundu Boys's 1989 Concert History

The Bhundu Boys are a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco and pop influences. Their style became known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success.

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 25, 1989 –
Aug 27, 1989
Reading Festival 1989
New Order / My Bloody Valentine / The Pogues / Billy Bragg / Butthole Surfers / Swans / The Sugarcubes / Jesus Jones / The Mission / The House of Love / The Wonder Stuff / New Model Army / Les Négresses Vertes / Pop Will Eat Itself / Loop / Tom Robinson / The Mighty Lemon Drops / John Wesley Harding / Voice of the Beehive / Ted Hawkins / That Petrol Emotion / The Men They Couldn't Hang / Green On Red / Something Happens / Mary Coughlan / Bhundu Boys / Gutter Brothers / Tackhead / Spacemen 3 / sons of the desert / Sally Timms / Crazyhead / Gaye Bykers On Acid / Stephen Fearing / Joolz / The Senators / World Domination Enterprises / Gregson And Collister / King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys / The River Detectives / Head of David / Cropdusters / Hank Wangford / Los Pistoleros / God's Little Monkeys / Andy Pawlak / Edward II & The Red Hot Polkas / The Jack Rubies / Frank Sidebottom / To Hell With Burgundy / Andrew Cunningham / The Dinner Ladies / Shanty Dam / Orchestre Jazira / All Because the Lady Loves / Mccavity's Cat / The Wedding Present Show all bands
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Reading, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Aug 25, 1989
Jun 17, 1989 –
Jun 19, 1989
Glastonbury Festival 1989
Pixies / Van Morrison / Elvis Costello / The Proclaimers / Donovan / Suzanne Vega / Lucinda Williams / The Waterboys / Youssou N'Dour / black uhuru / Womack And Womack / The Wonder Stuff / Hothouse Flowers / Throwing Muses / Fela Kuti / ozric tentacles / All About Eve / Ted Hawkins / Flaco Jimenez / Martin Carthy / Mahotella Queens / Bhundu Boys / Martin Stephenson / David Rudder / The Daintees / Fairground Attraction / Surprize / Ruby Blue / Over the Moon / And all because the lady loves / Gong Maison / Screech Rock / The Late Road Lunatics / Rory McLeod Show all bands
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Glastonbury Festival 1989 Pilton, England, United Kingdom

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Reading Festival 1989 on Aug 25, 1989 [837-small]

Reading Festival 1989
Aug 25 - 27, 1989
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Afropop
African
Africa
Zim Urban Groove

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Bhundu Boys had?

Bhundu Boys has had 16 concerts.

What genre is Bhundu Boys?

Bhundu Boys is most often considered to be World, Afropop, African, Africa, and Zim Urban Groove.

When was the last Bhundu Boys concert?

The last Bhundu Boys concert was on August 29, 1997 at Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington, United States. The bands that performed were: cornershop / Foo Fighters / mark o'connor / jimmy thackery / Beck / MXPX / Cake / Wilco / Sheryl Crow / Tenacious D / Smash Mouth / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Sugar Ray / Blues Traveler / Reel Big Fish / Built to Spill / Los Lobos / Spiritualized / David Byrne / Ben Lee / Joan Osborne / Sonic Youth / Shawn Colvin / Sleater-Kinney / Medeski, Martin & Wood / Galactic / Sneaker Pimps / L7 / Pond / Dick Dale / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Michael Penn / The Neville Brothers / David Cross / Kristin Hersh / Zap Mama / Robyn Hitchcock / Jane Siberry / The Toasters / Jim White / Quasi / James Cotton / Steve Forbert / Dog's Eye View / El Vez / Elliott Smith / Chris Smither / Geggy Tah / King Chango / Margaret Cho / Mary Lou Lord / Art Ensemble Of Chicago / Friends of Dean Martinez / Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women / Shooglenifty / Bhundu Boys / Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys / Goodness / Terrance Simien / Amy Rigby / Let's Go Bowling / Tarnation / Tuatara / Critters Buggin / Sky Cries Mary / Don Walser / Super Deluxe / Peter Buck / Sweet Water / Zuba / Layne Redmond / Cindy Lee Berryhill / Engine 54 / Bill And Bonnie Hearne / Barbara Wilson / The Picketts / Scott McCaughey / James Ellroy / The Compadres / Tom Robbins / Michael Ondaatje / Karen Pernick / Marvin Bell / Jerry Douglas & Russ Barenberg / Robert Pinsky / L.a. Project / Curtis Hanson / John Haines / Barret Martin / Candye Kane & the Swingin' Armadillos / Lisa Buscani / Alurista / Subminute: Radio / Pacific Northwest Ballet / Guillermo Gomez-pena / The Skatalites / Soul Coughing.

What setlist does Bhundu Boys play live?

The songs that Bhundu Boys performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the June 17, 1989 concert at Glastonbury Festival 1989 in Pilton, England, United Kingdom:

  1. Chimbira
  2. Jit Jive
  3. My Foolish Heart
  4. Ndoitasei
  5. Simbimbino
  6. Jekesa (Come On Let's Join Hands)

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