Explosions in the Sky's 2008 Concert History

Explosions In The Sky is an American instrumental post-rock band, which formed in Austin, Texas in 1999. Munaf Rayani, Mark Smith, and Michael James had just moved to Austin from Midland, Texas, and drummer Chris Hrasky had just moved to Austin from Rockford, Illinois.

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Explosions in the Sky had 64 concerts in 2008

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 02, 2008
Lollapalooza 2008 (Day 2 of 3)
Toadies / Devotchka / Explosions in the Sky / Wilco / The Gutter Twins / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / MGMT / Perry Farrell and Friends / The Ting Tings / Dr. Dog / Lupe Fiasco / Rage Against The Machine / Battles / Dierks Bentley / DJ Bald Eagle / Margot & The Nuclear So and So's / Okkervil River / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Steel Train / Innerpartysystem / Jamie Lidell / Broken Social Scene / De Novo Dahl / Mason Jennings / Krista / The Postelles / Serena Ryder / Uffie / The Dream Jam Band / Tiny Masters of Today / The Terrible Twos / Homemade Jamz' Blues Band / Witchcraft / Ferras / Foals / Booka Shade / Brand New / Dani Deahl / Devlin And Darko / Dash Mihok / DJ Am / The Jimmies / Spank Rock Show all bands
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Grant Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Aug 01, 2008 –
Aug 03, 2008
Lollapalooza 2008
Rage Against The Machine / The National / Gogol Bordello / Manchester Orchestra / The Raconteurs / The Blakes / Devotchka / Flogging Molly / Radiohead / Black Lips / Okkervil River / Nine Inch Nails / Broken Social Scene / Love And Rockets / Bang Camaro / Innerpartysystem / Cat Power / Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves / Toadies / White Lies / The Gutter Twins / Electric Touch / Louis XIV / The Whigs / Wilco / Dierks Bentley / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Steel Train / Dr. Dog / MGMT / Battles / The Jimmies / Spank Rock / Jamie Lidell / The Ting Tings / De Novo Dahl / Explosions in the Sky / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Mason Jennings / Krista / The Postelles / Serena Ryder / DJ Bald Eagle / Uffie / The Dream Jam Band / Tiny Masters of Today / Witchcraft / Ferras / Foals / Booka Shade / Brand New / Lupe Fiasco / Dani Deahl / Devlin And Darko / Dash Mihok / DJ Am / Yeasayer / Kanye West / Ye / Girl Talk / The Black Keys / Iron & Wine / Black Kids / The Kills / Mark Ronson / Bloc Party / Grizzly Bear / Gnarls Barkley / Chromeo / Duffy / K'naan / John Butler Trio / Flosstradamus / Blues Traveler / Rogue Wave / Newton Faulkner / CSS / G. Love & Special Sauce / The Go! Team / The Cool Kids / Amadou & Mariam / The Enemy / Mates of State / Brazilian Girls / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Holy Fuck / Tally Hall / Kid Sister / Saul Williams / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / Jeff Tweedy / Butch Walker / The Parlor Mob / The Octopus Project / Magic Wands / Office / Ha Ha Tonka / What Made Milwaukee Famous / James Curd / Cadence Weapon / Wild Sweet Orange / Your Vegas / Willy Joy / FreeSol / Smalltown Djs / Sofia Talvik / Glamour / Zebo / DJ Mel / Franki Chan / Peter Distefano / Paul Green School Of Rock Allstars / Suzy Brack and the New Jack Lords / E-six & Roan / Slash / Perry Farrell / The Melismatics / Million Dollar Mano / Homemade Jamz' Blues Band / The Terrible Twos / Nicole Atkins & The Sea / Margot & The Nuclear So and So's Show all bands
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Grant Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
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May 31, 2008
Explosions in the Sky

Avantfest

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Aktoviy Zal Moscow, Russian Federation
May 30, 2008
Explosions in the Sky Austin, Texas, United States
May 29, 2008
Explosions in the Sky

Primavera Sound '08

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ATP Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
May 29, 2008 –
May 31, 2008
Primavera Sound Festival 2008
MGMT / Bon Iver / Portishead / Vampire Weekend / Cat Power / Animal Collective / Caribou / Explosions in the Sky / De La Soul / Deerhunter / Public Enemy / Rufus Wainwright / Kavinsky / Dinosaur Jr. / Devo / Dirty Projectors / Simian Mobile Disco / The Cribs / Apparat / Okkervil River / Clipse / The Go! Team / Atlas Sound / fanfarlo / HEALTH / British Sea Power / The Notwist / No Age / Why? / Bill Callahan / Man Man / Nick Lowe / Tindersticks / Menomena / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / El Guincho / The Swell Season / A Place To Bury Strangers / The Sonics / Voxtrot / Sebadoh / My Brightest Diamond / Holy Fuck / Fuck Buttons / Bob Mould / Midnight Juggernauts / Boris / Mount Eerie / The Felice Brothers / The Clientele / Bishop Allen / 808 state / Les Savy Fav / Ellen Allien / Russian Red / Shellac / Autolux / Dr. Octagon / Mission of Burma / The Rumble Strips / Buffalo Tom / Lightspeed Champion / Para One / Holly Golightly / OM / Port O'Brien / The Mary Onettes / The Lions / Surkin / Pissed Jeans / The Wave Pictures / Times New Viking / Throbbing Gristle / Tiefschwarz / Alan Braxe / Digital Mystikz / Young Marble Giants / Manel / Robert Hood / Scout Niblett / Six Organs of Admittance / Polvo / Kelley Stoltz / Edan / Model 500 / DJ Assault / DJ Funk / DM Stith / Messer Chups / Kinski / Enon / Malente / Matt Elliott / Prinzhorn Dance School / Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs / Shipping News / White Williams / David Thomas Broughton / Eric's Trip / The Devastations / Manos de Topo / Supermayer / Silver Jews / Thomas Brinkmann / Tachenko / Andy Votel / The Right Ons / Träd, Gräs och Stenar / Mi And L'au / MV & EE / Voice of the Seven Woods / Awesome Color / Extraperlo / SJ Esau / The Strange Death of Liberal England / la estrella de david / Tarantula / Graham / Madee / Bob Mould Band / Unchained / Guillamino / Apparat Band / Mary Weiss / Torpedo / It's Not Not / Scarlet's Well / Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt / fasenuova / El Hijo / Clint / El Chico Con La Espina En El Costado / The Marzipan Man / Vortice / DJ Supermarkt / Moho / Mv & Ee With the Golden Road / Morente And Lagartija Nick / Les Aus / Dj Shir Khan / Le Petit Ramon / Gentle Music Men / Subterranean Kids / april fool's day / Grande-Marlaska / Darren Hayman & Jack Hayter / Le pianc / The Missing Leech / Juan B / Abrevadero / Bélmez / La Orquesta Del Caballo Ganador / DjCoCo / Ary Weiss of the Shangri-las / Edan & MC Dagha / Tarntula / DJ De Mierda / Twin Kranes / Bèstia Ferida Show all bands
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Parc del Fòrum Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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May 28, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium Le Romandie Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
May 27, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium Abart Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
May 26, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium Estragon Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
May 25, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium
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Flex Vienna, Vienna, Austria
May 23, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium Feierwerk Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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May 22, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium
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Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
May 21, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium
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Kulturkirche Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
May 20, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium
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Élysée Montmartre Paris, Île-de-France, France
May 16, 2008
Explosions in the Sky

All Tomorrow's Parties 2008 #2

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Butlins Minehead Resort Minehead, England, United Kingdom
May 16, 2008 –
May 18, 2008
All Tomorrow's Parties - ATP 2008
The Paper Chase / Explosions in the Sky / The Octopus Project / Drift / Iron & Wine / Beach House / A Hawk and a Hacksaw / Eluvium / Saul Williams / Constantines / The Pale Gallery / Battles / Liars / Envy / Atlas Sound / World's End Girlfriend / Tony Teardrop / Dinosaur Jr. / Lazarus / Lichens / Splashy / Four Tet / Ghostface Killah / Animal Collective / Jens Lekman / The Field / Papier Tigre / Ola Podrida / Polvo / Broken Social Scene / …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Okkervil River / Phosphorescent / Sunset Rubdown / Western Keys / Silver Jews / De La Soul / Raekwon / The National / Adem / Mono / Stars of the Lid Show all bands
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Butlins Minehead, England, United Kingdom
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May 14, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium
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Vera Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
May 12, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Phosphorescent / Eluvium Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
May 11, 2008
"Les Nuits Botanique" / Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium / Dirty Projectors

Les Nuits Botanique

Cirque Royal Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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May 10, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium

All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone - Tour

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Uebel & Gefährlich Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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May 09, 2008
Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium Lido Berlin, Berlin, Germany
May 07, 2008
Explosions in the Sky
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VEGA Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

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Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium
May 21, 2008
 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Lollapalooza 2008 (Day 2 of 3)
Aug 2, 2008
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Lollapalooza 2008 on Aug 1, 2008 [813-small]

Lollapalooza 2008
Aug 1 - 3, 2008
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Eluvium / Explosions in the Sky
Jan 27, 2008
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium on May 10, 2008 [685-small]

Explosions in the Sky / Eluvium
May 10, 2008
 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Lollapalooza 2008 on Aug 1, 2008 [731-small]

Lollapalooza 2008
Aug 1 - 3, 2008
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Lollapalooza 2008 on Aug 1, 2008 [734-small]

Lollapalooza 2008
Aug 1 - 3, 2008
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Lollapalooza 2008
Aug 1 - 3, 2008
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Mark Lanegan performs with his band The Gutter Twins

Lollapalooza 2008
Aug 1 - 3, 2008
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Explosions in the Sky on May 29, 2008 [469-small]

Explosions in the Sky
May 29, 2008
 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Explosions in the Sky / Lichens on Mar 24, 2008 [276-small]

Explosions in the Sky / Lichens
Mar 24, 2008
 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Mar 24, 2008
 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Mar 24, 2008
 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Genres:

United States
Experimental
Ambient
Instrumental
Post-Rock
Melancholia
Texas
Compositional Ambient
Instrumental Post-Rock
American Post-Rock
Cinematic Post-Rock
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Latest Setlist (02/02/2026):

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  1. First Breath After Coma
  2. Catastrophe and the Cure
  3. Yasmin the Light
  4. Greet Death
  5. Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean
  6. Magic Hours
  7. Your Hand in Mine
  8. The Fight
  9. The Only Moment We Were Alone

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 4 concerts
2025 18 concerts
2024 56 concerts
2023 39 concerts
2020 13 concerts
2019 30 concerts
2018 6 concerts
2017 63 concerts
2016 100 concerts
2015 12 concerts
2014 10 concerts
2013 41 concerts
2012 54 concerts
2011 92 concerts
2010 7 concerts
2009 26 concerts
2008 64 concerts
2007 93 concerts
2006 9 concerts
2005 24 concerts
2004 71 concerts
2003 41 concerts
2002 48 concerts
2001 29 concerts
2000 8 concerts
1999 1 concert
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