Department S Concert History

Department S are a British post-punk band formed in 1980, who took their stage name from the 1960s TV series Department S. They are best known for their debut single, "Is Vic There?".

Department S Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024)

Date Concert Venue Location
Mar 15, 2024
Department S Nell's Jazz & Blues London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 17, 2023
Department S / Chris Pope Hope and Anchor London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 25, 2022
Department S 100 Club London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 19, 2020
The Hot Rods / Department S

THE HOT RODS

Patterns Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Oct 19, 2019
The Chords UK / Department S

The Chords UK

The Loft Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Sep 07, 2018
The Devon Allman Project / Devon Allman Band / The Rezillos / Department S
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Brudenell Social Club Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Aug 18, 2018
W-Fest (Belgium)
"W-Fest" (Belgium) / Front Line Assembly / She Past Away / Marsheaux / Charcoalcity / paul young / ______ / Heaven 17 / Modern English / The Devil & The Universe / Ash Code / Dageist / Nouvelle Vague / Department S / Secret Service / DJ Zebedeus
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W-Fest Grounds Amougies, Belgium
Aug 05, 2017
Rebellion Festival
"Rebellion Festival" / Neville Staple / Angelic Upstarts / U.K. Subs / Anti-Nowhere League / ______ / 999 / Los Fastidios / Hands Off Gretel / Misty In Roots / The Ruts D.C. / Talisman / Steve Ignorant With Paranoid Visions / Citizen Fish / Radical Dance Faction / The Drones / Department S / The Proles / The Crack / Stalag 13 / ANGER FLARES / Spirit Bomb / Fang / Louise Distras / Glen Matlock / Church of Confidence / Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs / Tiger Sex / Informal Society Show all bands
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Winter Gardens Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
Nov 04, 2016
The Vapors / Department S

the vapors / Department S

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PowerHaus (FKA Dingwalls) London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 20, 2015
The Rezillos / Department S
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229 Club - Venue 1 London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 15, 2012
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 2012
David Guetta / Ed Sheeran / Bob Dylan / Jessie J / Florence and the Machine / Bombay Bicycle Club / New Order / Crystal Castles / Example / The Vaccines / Little Dragon / Dizzee Rascal / The Stone Roses / Bat For Lashes / The Maccabees / Katy B / The Horrors / Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds / Little Boots / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Maverick Sabre / Miles Kane / At the Drive-In / SebastiAn / Todd Terje / School of Seven Bells / Lisa Hannigan / Yuksek / Spector / Howler / Agoria / The Crookes / Robyn Hitchcock / Disappears / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Department S / Delorentos / Ham Sandwich / Cooper / Klaus&Kinski / Pony Bravo / Joe Crepusculo / Jero Romero / Secret Society / Thee Brandy Hips / China Rats / Los Tiki Phantoms / Lulacruza / Juanita y los Feos / DJ Dave Clarke / Arp Attack / Ligers / Sons Phonetic Show all bands
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Recinto de Conciertos Benicassim, Valencia, Spain
Jul 14, 2012
FIB Benicassim
"FIB Benicassim" / The Stone Roses / Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds / Crystal Castles / Jessie J / School of Seven Bells / Delorentos / Dizzee Rascal / Maverick Sabre / Buzzcocks / Robyn Hitchcock / Shit Robot / Department S / Damian Schwartz / Fujiya & Miyagi / Matmos / The New Raemon / Hamsandwich / Ligers Show all bands
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Benicassim Festival Grounds Benicassim, Valencia, Spain
Jul 22, 2011 –
Jul 23, 2011
Wickerman 2011
Echo & the Bunnymen / Feeder / Noisettes / The Damned / The Hoosiers / Utah Saints / Matthew and the Atlas / Yasmin / X-press 2 / Riva Starr / Krafty Kuts / Martyn / The Bluebells / Department S / Sound of Guns / [Spunge] / Digital / Meat Katie / King Kurt / Middle Finger Salute / from the jam / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / Ki Creighton / Nelski / Peo de Pitte / Katy Carr / The Stagger Rats / James Ryan / Easy B / Henry Johnson / Fire Exit / MOPP. / The Sundancer / The Dangleberries / RhythmnReel / Mike Hulme / Baby Brave / The Loose Kites / Root System / Earl Grey and the Loose Leaves / Samba Sene and Diwan / Al Hughes / Andi Neate / Diddums / Berry Tweed and the Chasers / Lynass / Modhan / The Chihuahuas / the hang project / Roberto Cassani / Whatever They Say / The Moonzie Allstars / rudy alba / Simon Jackson / Pol Stevenson / Gillian Christie / Tom Metcalfe / The Luke Barlow Band / Qiku / Augustalia / beth fouracre / Some Boy / The Swampstompers / Nicola Black Show all bands
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Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Jul 22, 2011
Jul 15, 2011 –
Jul 17, 2011
Guilfest 2011
999 / Adam Ant / Accident Gallery / According To You / Ade / The After Affect / Aimée / Albany Down / Alex Jann / Alice Gold / Andy Duerden / Angels Gate / Anti-Nowhere League / Anzi Destruction / Apache Chief / Arivmia / Attack! Attack! (UK) / Avenue Dispute / Avondale 45 / Bar 9 / Bare Noize / Below The Fall / Bemis / Benji Boko / Black Canons / Black Iris / Blackwater Outfit / Blimus / The Blow Monkeys / Boldly Goin' Nowhere / The Bram Stokers / Bury These Skies / Caomhe / Cause & Effect / Cerebral Ballzy / Charlie Farley Sunday Four / Claire Nicholson / Chipmunk / Coma 69 / The Computers / Da Vinci Sound / DC Breaks / DC Fontana / Deaf Jams / Death Of Thieves / Deeflux / The Defiled / Department S / Dinosaur Pile-Up / Dirty Revolution / District 6 / DJ Fresh / Doomed from Day One / Drop Out Luke / Echo & the Bunnymen / Elephants / Edei / Erasure / Ethan Ash / The Event / Exit_International / The Farm / Forty45 / Four Short Of A Miracle / Funeral for a Friend / Gallows / Goliath / Go Go Bot / Goodnight Vienna / The Grit / Guilded Youth / Guilford Vox Community Choir / Hannah Dorman / Harry Houseago / Hectors House / Hollywood Assassins / The Hype / Hugh Cornwell / I Know Kung Fu / James Blunt / Jasmine Rodges / Jazz Morley / Jehst / Jeppa / Jimmy Jumps / Joana and the Wolf / Joanna Weston / Joe Lewis / Kamla / Kate Rusby / Kif James / Kill the Weekend / Knowledge For Chickens / The Lambrettas / Lawson / Let Chaos Fall / Levi Roots / The Liabilites / Library Of June / The Little Bleeders / Little Fish / Liz Williams / Lon-D / Look! No Hands! / Lower Than Atlantic / The Lurkers / Macavity's Cat / Maefield Setting / Marner Brown / The Mays / Mel And The Elements / Mick Wilson / Mikey Dubz / Miles Winter Roberts / Miss Andiwarren / Missing Andy / Mocara / Modestep Dj Set / My Passion / Natalie Ross / N-Dubz / NERO / Neville Staple / The New Forbidden / New Town Kings / Nicolette Street / Night Of Treason / Noisettes / Nomis / Nylon Sky / Octopus Metropolis / On Trial Uk / One Dead Ninja / Passenger Smith / Pendulum (DJ Set) / Peter Andre / Pint Shot Riot / Play Dead Sister / The Popes / Precilla Broke / Primate / Prince Charming / Public Image Limited / Pure Reason Revolution / Quarrel / Raising The Hunter / Random Hand / Rattle Snake / Razorlight / Redlight / Redwood / The Retox / Revoker / Rhizhomes / Rich Austin / The Rifles / Rock Choir / Roger Daltrey / Rokhsan / The Roots Brothers / Ross Bennett / The Royal Cartel / Saint Jude / The Sanctions / The Saw Doctors / Second Time Around / The Sex Pistols Experience / Shattered Intent / Shotgun House / The Signal Fires / The Silent Five / Simon Friend / Skindred / The Skints / Skurvi / Skylarks / Sonic Boom Six / Sound of Guns / The Spoilers / The Stanley Blacks / Starboy Nathan / Steve Harley / Steve Rodgers / Stone Foundation / Subsource / Subterra / Summers / Susie Clarke / Tearaways / TENSHEDS / TFO / Token / The Tollhouse Drovers / Tom Upton / The Toniks / Tree.House.Fire! / True Deceivers / Twin Atlantic / Twisted Virtue / Two Fingers Of Firewater / Two Story Smoker / Two Types Of Clothing / UK Subs / The Unbelievable Freeloaders From Mars / Underview / United Stoats Of America / The Validators / Via The Void / Vintage Trouble / Voodoo Rising / Weyward Chile / What Is Life For? / White Pigeon / Witchdoctors / A Wolf Like Me / The Wonderyears / Wretch 32 / The Xcerts / Yasmin / Yesterday's Trash Queens / Ziggy Marley / The Zone Show all bands
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Stoke Park Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Oct 31, 2010
Sinner's Day 2010
Echo & the Bunnymen / The Psychedelic Furs / The Damned / The Orb / Heaven 17 / The Fall / UK Subs / Marc Almond / Nina Hagen / The Kids / Jah Wobble / Department S / The Young Gods / Red Lorry Yellow Lorry / Arbeid Adelt! / Selector / Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg / Poesie Noire Show all bands
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Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Aug 06, 2010
Rebellion Festival 2010 Friday
Cockney Rejects / The Varukers / King Kurt / Demented Are Go / Chelsea / Department S / Hazel O'Connor & The Subterraneans / Kris Ball / Sonic Boom Six
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Blackpool Winter Gardens Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
Aug 05, 2010 –
Aug 08, 2010
REBELLIØN 2010
Bad Religion / Streetlight Manifesto / New York Dolls / Peter Murphy / Stiff Little Fingers / Fucked Up / Strung Out / Agent Orange / Gallows / Agnostic Front / Big D And The Kids Table / Catch 22 / The King Blues / GBH / UK Subs / Subhumans / The Slackers / Dwarves / The Aggrolites / The Vibrators / The Skints / Discharge / Blame / Cro-Mags / Hazel O'Connor / The Rezillos / 999 / Control / The Godfathers / Cockney Rejects / 7Seconds / Perfect / Star Fucking Hipsters / Demented Are Go / Department S / Left Alone / Peter And The Test Tube Babies / Sonic Boom Six / Vice Squad / Jaya The Cat / Penetration / Robin / Citizen Fish / Chelsea / The Lurkers / The Valentines / Slaughter and the Dogs / London / Mike Scott / Bombshell Rocks / Shapes / World/Inferno Friendship Society / The Last Resort / Varukers / Menace / Glitter Band / Random Hand / King Kurt / The Oppressed / Frantic Flintstones / Deadline / Channel 3 / The cynics / Kunt And The Gang / Middle Finger Salute / One Way System / This Is A Standoff / Broken Bones / The Duel / Splodgenessabounds / Vic Ruggiero / civet / Kevin Seconds / Viv Albertine / Blood Or Whiskey / Blitzkrieg / The JB Conspiracy / Abrasive Wheels / Mouthwash / TV Smith / Attila the Stockbroker / Gorgeous / Funeral Dress / Red Alert / The Filaments / Hard Skin / The Rabble / Dan Potthast / Neck / The Grit / Strawberry Blondes / Goldblade / Krawallbruder / Guilty Pleasures / Argy Bargy / The Pigs / Stomper 98 / Dirty Revolution / The Human Project / Stage Bottles / Gimp Fist / The Defects / Stza Crack / The Cravats / Punishment of Luxury / Intro5pect / Subterraneans / Sick on the Bus / The Skunks / Resistance 77 / The Stiffs / Accelerators / Suicide Bid / Klasse Kriminale / The Agitators / Tom Hingley / The Remnants / Static Thought / Dragster / Crashed Out / Captain Hotknives / Ich / Blaggers ITA / Billy Liar / Texas Terri Bomb / Section 5 / Drongos For Europe / Rentokill / Guitar Gangsters / Certified / The Dead Pets / Ed Tudor Pole / Choking Susan / Criminal Class / Dipsomaniacs / Ashers / Evacuate / On Trial / Radio Dead Ones / East End Badoes / Broken Nose / Perkie / Church of Confidence / Anti-Vigilante / Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies / Chris Butler / Geoffrey Oi!cott / Poisoned Electrick Head / Jericho Hill / Bastard Squad / BabyBoom / Girlfixer / Joe Tilston / Monkish / The Septic Psychos / No Thrills / Guns On The Roof / Andrew Cream / Chas / Paul Carter / The Red Eyes (UK) / Instant Agony / Keyside Strike / Some Sort of Threat / Pink Hearse / Charred Hearts / Poundaflesh / Sensa Yuma / Balsall Heathens / The Casual Terrorist / 3CR / Goo Goo Muck / Badtown / Rebel City Radio / Picture Frame Seduction / ZOOPARTY / Potential Victims / Reazione / Danger's Close / Flav Giorgini / Noise Agents / Max Splodge / G.G. Elvis and the T.C.P. Band / Mauri Clash City Rocker / Dun2Def / Nick Cash / Tina Lee / Abba Sensation / Chas & His Band / Arturo Bassick / Ben Childs / Johnny One Lung / Potential Victim / The Multi-coloured Pop Shop / Micky Oliver / Craig Temple / Play Daisy / Jim Sorrow Show all bands
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Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
Jan 29, 1982
Department S Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Aug 16, 1981
The Sound / Au Pairs / The Tapes / Department S

Rotterdam New Pop

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Zuiderpark Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Jun 30, 1981
Department S / Split Enz Top Rank Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

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Guilfest 2011 on Jul 15, 2011 [060-small]

Guilfest 2011
Jul 15 - 17, 2011
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Echo and the Bunnymen, Guilfest 2011 on Jul 15, 2011 [697-small]

Echo and the Bunnymen

Guilfest 2011
Jul 15 - 17, 2011
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Funeral For A Friend, Guilfest 2011 on Jul 15, 2011 [698-small]

Funeral For A Friend

Guilfest 2011
Jul 15 - 17, 2011
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Echo and the Bunnymen, Guilfest 2011 on Jul 15, 2011 [699-small]

Echo and the Bunnymen

Guilfest 2011
Jul 15 - 17, 2011
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Steve Harley, Guilfest 2011 on Jul 15, 2011 [700-small]

Steve Harley

Guilfest 2011
Jul 15 - 17, 2011
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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PiL , Guilfest 2011 on Jul 15, 2011 [703-small]

PiL

Guilfest 2011
Jul 15 - 17, 2011
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Hugh Cornwell, Guilfest 2011 on Jul 15, 2011 [704-small]

Hugh Cornwell

Guilfest 2011
Jul 15 - 17, 2011
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Neville Staple, Guilfest 2011 on Jul 15, 2011 [520-small]

Neville Staple

Guilfest 2011
Jul 15 - 17, 2011
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Punk
British
Post-Punk
New Wave
UK Post-Punk

Latest Setlist (11/04/2016):

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  1. Going Left Right
  2. Is Vic There?

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 1 concert
2023 1 concert
2022 1 concert
2020 1 concert
2019 1 concert
2018 2 concerts
2017 1 concert
2016 1 concert
2015 1 concert
2012 2 concerts
2011 2 concerts
2010 3 concerts
1982 1 concert
1981 3 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Department S had?

Department S has had 21 concerts.

What genre is Department S?

Department S is most often considered to be Punk, British, Post-Punk, New Wave, and UK Post-Punk.

When was the last Department S concert?

The last Department S concert was on March 15, 2024 at Nell's Jazz & Blues in London, England, United Kingdom.

What setlist does Department S play live?

The songs that Department S performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the November 04, 2016 concert at PowerHaus (FKA Dingwalls) in London, England, United Kingdom:

  1. Going Left Right
  2. Is Vic There?

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