Cocteau Twins Concert History

Cocteau Twins was a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997. The group was formed in Grangemouth, Scotland, by Robin Guthrie (guitar, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass), with Elizabeth Fraser (vocals) joining in 1981. In 1983, Heggie was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde, completing the lineup most associated with the band’s career. Cocteau Twins became known for their ethereal, heavily layered sound and Fraser’s distinctive soprano vocal style, often featuring lyrics that avoid conventional language.

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Cocteau Twins Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 18, 1996
Phoenix Festival
David Bowie / The Prodigy / Gene / Placebo / Kenickie / Cocteau Twins / Strangelove / The Young Gods / Pooka / Mice / Cable
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Long Marston Airfield Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
Jul 18, 1996 –
Jul 21, 1996
Phoenix Festival 1996
David Bowie / Sex Pistols / Foo Fighters / 3 Colours Red / Björk / Frank Sidebottom / Honeycrack / The Jazz Passengers featuring Debbie Harry / Manic Street Preachers / Placebo / The Prodigy / Shed Seven / Skunk Anansie / Terrorvision / The Wannadies / The Wildhearts / Baby Chaos / The Cardigans / Catatonia / Echobelly / Kenickie / Moloko / Alanis Morissette / Beck / Bis / The Chemical Brothers / Cocteau Twins / The Flaming Lips / Frank Black / Fun Lovin' Criminals / Heather Nova / Kula Shaker / Leftfield / Longpigs / Lush / Mark Thomas / Massive Attack / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Oysterband / Reef / Scheer / Stereolab / Super Furry Animals / Barenaked Ladies / Coolio / Cypress Hill / Nightmares On Wax / Lamb / G. Love & Special Sauce / Carl Cox / Incognito / The Fall / Jazz Passengers / US3 / Goldie / Jonathan Richman / Debbie Harry / Alabama 3 / Dodgy / Asian Dub Foundation / Sneaker Pimps / LTJ Bukem / Cj Bolland / Symposium / Gene / Red Snapper / James Taylor Quartet / Courtney Pine / Ruby / Marion / Lionrock / Baby Bird / Terry Callier / Drugstore / Corduroy / Wilson / Smith And Mighty / Zion Train / Strangelove: The Depeche Mode Experience / Charlie's Angels / Fabio / Rare / Cable / Raw Stylus / Blameless / Joyrider / 60 Ft. Dolls / Linoleum / Smaller / Pillbox / Andrew Weatherall (DJ Set) / Animals That Swim / Danny Rampling / The Dharmas / Goldblade / Mantaray / Monorail / Send No Flowers / Showgirls Show all bands
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Long Marston Airfield Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
Jul 14, 1996
Cocteau Twins

T in the Park

Strathclyde Country Park Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jul 13, 1996 –
Jul 14, 1996
T In The Park 1996
Radiohead / Foo Fighters / Beck / Chemical Brothers / No Doubt / The Prodigy / Alanis Morissette / Placebo / The Cardigans / Barenaked Ladies / Mazzy Star / Pulp / Manic Street Preachers / Paul Oakenfold / Lamb / Leftfield / Cast / Super Furry Animals / Teenage Fanclub / The Divine Comedy / Kula Shaker / Frank Black / The Bluetones / The Afghan Whigs / Lush / Cocteau Twins / The Wannadies / Goldie / Space / Mansun / Shakespears Sister / Black Grape / LTJ Bukem / The Jesus Lizard / Slam / Mundy / Longpigs / The Saw Doctors / Dubstar / Dave Clarke / Bis / Gorky's Zygotic Mynci / The Supernaturals / Lionrock / Drugstore / The Aloof / Nicolette / Whipping Boy / Definition of sound / Geneva / Earthling / Audioweb / Kmc / Ian McNabb / Rare / Northern Uproar / 4th dimension / Octopus / Cecil / Urusei Yatsura / Ricky Ross / Compulsion / Heavy stereo / fluffy / Honeycrack / 60 Ft Dolls / The Daisies / The Gyres / Nut / Nilon Bombers / dogstar / Crazy Gods Of Endless Noise / Suga Bullit / DJ Harri / Nowaysis Show all bands
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Strathclyde Country Park
Jul 10, 1996
Lollapalooza 1996
Metallica / Wu-Tang Clan / Soundgarden / Crumb / Rancid / Devo / Steve Earle / Melvins / cornershop / Screaming Trees / Soul Coughing / Cocteau Twins / Sponge / The Tea Party / You Am I / Ruby / Girls Against Boys / Ramones / Cows / Satchel / Fireside / Long Fin Killie / Moonshake / Beth Hart Band / Waylon Jennings / Jonny Polonsky / Varnaline / Psychotica / Thirty Ought Six / Chune / Capsize 7 / Lutefisk / Shaolin Monks Show all bands
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Downing Stadium New York, New York, United States
Show Duplicates for Jul 10, 1996
Jun 30, 1996
Lollapalooza 1996
Metallica / 311 / Cheap Trick / Soundgarden / Violent Femmes / Rancid / Devo / Steve Earle / Ben Folds Five / Crumb / Melvins / cornershop / Screaming Trees / Soul Coughing / Cocteau Twins / Sponge / The Tea Party / You Am I / Ruby / Girls Against Boys / Ramones / Cows / Satchel / Fireside / Long Fin Killie / Moonshake / Beth Hart Band / Waylon Jennings / Jonny Polonsky / Varnaline / Psychotica / Thirty Ought Six / The Low And Sweet Orchestra / Chune / Capsize 7 / Lutefisk / Shaolin Monks Show all bands
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Winnebago County Fairgrounds Pecatonica, Illinois, United States
Jun 27, 1996
Lollapalooza 1996
Metallica / Soundgarden / Rancid / Ben Folds Five / Melvins / Screaming Trees / Cocteau Twins / Sponge / Girls Against Boys / Ramones / Ruby / Beth Hart Band / Psychotica
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Longview Lake Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Jun 27, 1996 –
Jun 30, 1996
Roskilde Festival 1996
Alanis Morissette / Bad Religion / Bel Canto / Björk / The Cardigans / Cypress Hill / D-A-D / David Bowie / Deftones / Dizzy Mizz Lizzy / Fear Factory / Fun Lovin' Criminals / Joan Osborne / Kent / Life Of Agony / Massive Attack / Ministry / Moby / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / No Doubt / Paradise Lost / Patti Smith / Placebo / Pretty Maids / Pulp / Rage Against The Machine / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Sepultura / Sex Pistols / Skunk Anansie / Slayer / Type O Negative / Bush / Dave Matthews Band / The Flaming Lips / Mazzy Star / Underworld / Sugar Ray / Nightmares On Wax / The Presidents of The United States of America / Toots & The Maytals / Moloko / Goldfinger / Chumbawamba / Ash / Billy Bragg / Lamb / Leftfield / Super Furry Animals / Frank Black / The Bluetones / Tindersticks / Khaled / Tortoise / Sebadoh / Baaba Maal / Die Fantastischen Vier / Cocteau Twins / Heather Nova / GZA/Genius / Amorphis / Kashmir / Asian Dub Foundation / Black Grape / Grant Lee Buffalo / A Guy Called Gerald / The Jesus Lizard / Dirty Three / Babybird / Front Line Assembly / Lord Finesse / Southern Culture On The Skids / Pop Will Eat Itself / The Last Poets / Banco de Gaia / Cranes / Rockers Hi-Fi / Gorky's Zygotic Mynci / H-Blockx / The Nature / No Fun At All / Dog Eat Dog / Unsane / Sort Sol / El Vez / System 7 / Taraf de Haïdouks / The Walkabouts / Shelter / Caroline Henderson / Ken Ishii / Dub Tractor / Infinite Mass / Test Dept. / Dan Baird & Homemade Sin / Elakelaiset / Total Eclipse / Den Gale Pose / BAAL / Fred Schneider / Psyched Up Janis / China Drum / Hagfish / Liberator / Moondog Jr. / Future 3 / Positive Black Soul / Mental Overdrive / Gary Clail / Hvid Sjokolade / Rockers By Choice / Rinneradio / Audio Active / fluffy / Hotel Hunger / Takfarinas / Greene / Keith Secola / Rhonda Harris / Scarce / God Is My Co-Pilot / Strawberry Slaughterhouse / The Lions Den / Eboman / Grope / Dureforsog / Lucky People Center / Pineforest Crunch / Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio / The Customer$ / Dulfer / Tango Orkestret / Jasper And The Prodigal Suns / Te Ava Piti / BLEEDER / Ruby Fruit Jungle / De Skrigende Halse / Boghandle / Passion Orange / Merzy / Scott Maddox / Funk Flush / Mobyhead / The Mole Session / Cygnet Committee / kinky vibes / Self-transforming Machine Elves / Fire Music / Schweinhund Show all bands
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Roskilde Dyrskueplads Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Show Duplicate for Jun 27, 1996
Jun 25, 1996
Cocteau Twins Modern Rock Live Los Angeles, California, United States
Jun 24, 1996
Cocteau Twins / Spain
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Mayan Theater Los Angeles, California, United States
Jun 23, 1996
Cocteau Twins

Milk & Kisses Tour

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Modern Rock Live Los Angeles, California, United States
Jun 22, 1996
Cocteau Twins / Spain
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The Warfield Theatre San Francisco, California, United States
Jun 20, 1996
Cocteau Twins
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DV8 Seattle, Washington, United States
Jun 18, 1996
Cocteau Twins Ogden Theatre Denver, Colorado, United States
Jun 16, 1996
Cocteau Twins Riviera Theatre Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jun 15, 1996
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Riviera Theatre Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jun 14, 1996
Cocteau Twins The Concert Hall Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 12, 1996
Cocteau Twins
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The Roxy New York, New York, United States
Jun 11, 1996
Cocteau Twins

Milk & Kisses Tour

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WXPN Radio Studios Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jun 10, 1996
Cocteau Twins
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House of Blues Boston Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 09, 1996
Cocteau Twins 9:30 Club Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jun 07, 1996
Cocteau Twins
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The Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Jun 20, 1996
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Phoenix Festival 1996
Jul 18 - 21, 1996
 Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
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Roskilde Festival 1996
Jun 27 - 30, 1996
 Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Cocteau Twins / The Lucy Show
Sep 23, 1985
 New York, New York, United States
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Cocteau Twins on Jan 29, 1985 [073-small]

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Jan 29, 1985
 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Cocteau Twins band autographs, tags: Cocteau Twins - Cocteau Twins on Mar 8, 1994 [188-small]

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Mar 8, 1994
 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Lollapalooza 1996 on Jun 27, 1996 [203-small]

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Jun 27, 1996
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Lollapalooza 1996
Jun 27, 1996
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Cocteau Twins / Dif Juz on Dec 18, 1984 [125-small]

Cocteau Twins / Dif Juz
Dec 18, 1984
 Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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Cocteau Twins on Jan 28, 1983 [847-small]

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Jan 28, 1983
 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Cocteau Twins / Mazzy Star on Nov 18, 1990 [544-small]

Cocteau Twins / Mazzy Star
Nov 18, 1990
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Cocteau Twins / Mazzy Star on Dec 8, 1990 [683-small]

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Dec 8, 1990
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Genres:

Rock
Electronic
Alternative Rock
Alternative
British
Post-Punk
New Wave
UK
Art Rock
Shoegaze
Synthpop
Dream Pop
Art Pop
Gothic Rock
Scottish
Dark Wave
Melancholia
Ambient Techno
Ethereal
Ethereal Wave
Brighton Indie
Scottish Indie
Scottish Shoegaze
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  1. For Phoebe Still a Baby
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  3. Sugar Hiccup
  4. Aikea-Guinea

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Concerts Per Year:

1996 36 concerts
1995 3 concerts
1994 89 concerts
1991 25 concerts
1990 47 concerts
1989 1 concert
1986 22 concerts
1985 28 concerts
1984 34 concerts
1983 75 concerts
1982 15 concerts
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Jun 18, 2021

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