Forest Swords Concert History

Forest Swords is one producer, Matthew Barnes, from the Wirral, Liverpool, UK. A unique blend of jagged hip-hop and R&B beats, looping guitar lines and manipulated samples, his evocative and emotional music reflects the sprawling Wirral landscape of river, coastland and woodland with all the haunting melodies of nearby city Liverpool’s enviable pop history.

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Forest Swords Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 7)

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 26, 2017
Anna Meredith / Forest Swords / Kadhja Bonet / Gaika / Stuart Braithwaite / Mary Anne Hobbs Saint Luke's Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Apr 08, 2017
Nidia Minaj / Cakes Da Killa / Roger Robinson / Forest Swords

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AB Club Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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Mar 31, 2017
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PAARD Kleine Zaal The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Mar 31, 2017 –
Apr 02, 2017
Rewire 2017
Daniel Lanois / Peter Zinovieff & Lucy Railton / S.T. Cordell / SUMS: Kangding Ray & Barry Burns / Horse Lords / Oliver Coates / Pete Harden & Ensemble Klang / Daniel Wohl + Slagwerk Den Haag + Matangi Quartet / Jace Clayton: Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner / Waclaw Zimpel / Swans / Croatian Amor / Slowdive / Arca / Forest Swords / Blanck Mass / Pharmakon / Jeff Mills & Tony Allen / This Is Not This Heat / Jameszoo Show all bands
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Various Locations The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Mar 26, 2017
"6 Music Festival" / Anna Meredith / _____ / Forest Swords / Kadhja Bonet

6 Music Festival

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Saint Luke's Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mar 24, 2017 –
Mar 26, 2017
BBC Radio 6 Music Festival 2017
Depeche Mode / The Shins / Bonobo / Belle and Sebastian / Father John Misty / Goldfrapp / Future Islands / Warpaint / Thundercat / The Jesus and Mary Chain / Simian Mobile Disco / Loyle Carner / Car Seat Headrest / Whitney / Temples / Hercules & Love Affair / Grandaddy / Ride / Dusky / Edwyn Collins / Sparks / Lindstrøm / Sleaford Mods / Julia Jacklin / Cate Le Bon / The Wedding Present / Forest Swords / King Creosote / The Lemon Twigs / Sinkane / Jesca Hoop / Kadhja Bonet / Honeyblood / Dutch Uncles / Songhoy Blues / The Pastels / Anna Meredith / HALEY (MN) / Girl Ray / Baloji / Gaika / Emma Pollock / James Lavelle / Optimo / Sacred Paws / Holly Macve / Nightwave / Happy Meals / Kobi Onyame / Ransom FA / Yorkston Thorne Khan / Murray Lachlan Young / Nan Kolè / Limmy / Stuart Braithwaite / Rebecca Vasmant / Duds (UK) / Jungle (DJ Set) / scott gibson / K4CIE / Mwx / Kevin P Gilday / Junglehussy / Femme Fresh / Cat Hepburn Show all bands
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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Feb 17, 2017
Sonar (Reykjavik)
"Sonar" (Reykjavik) / Sleigh Bells / Oddisee / Samaris / GusGus / Moderat / Forest Swords / Sin Fang / Helena Hauff / John Grvy
Harpa Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre Reykjavik, Iceland
Feb 16, 2017 –
Feb 18, 2017
Sónar Reykjavík 2017
Fatboy Slim / De La Soul / Moderat / Forest Swords / FM Belfast / Ben Klock / Tommy Genesis / Sin Fang / Samaris / Helena Hauff / B.Traits / Aron Can / Emmsjé Gauti / Glowie / Kött Grá Pje / sxsxsx / Øfjord (DK)
Eldborg Hall, Harpa Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
Jan 28, 2017
Forest Swords

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Pont-Rouge Halle Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland
Jan 27, 2017 –
Feb 19, 2017
Moderat / Lisa Hannigan / Deerhoof / Forest Swords / Alex Cameron

Antigel Festival 2017

Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Dec 03, 2016
Forest Swords

Winter Plissken Festival

Piraeus 117 Academy Athens, Attica, Greece
Nov 03, 2016
"Club To Club Festival" / Tim Hecker / Forest Swords

Club To Club Festival

Various Venues Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Oct 29, 2016
Forest Swords / Cosmo Sheldrake / Drones Club Museum of London London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 22, 2016
Forest Swords Unsound Festival Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland
Oct 16, 2016 –
Oct 23, 2016
Forest Swords Unsound Festival Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland
Jul 11, 2015
Forest Swords Liège, Belgium
Jul 09, 2015 –
Jul 12, 2015
Les Ardentes 2015
Kendrick Lamar / Coeur de Pirate / Rae Sremmurd / The Dø / August Alsina / Flatbush Zombies / La Smala / Freddie Gibbs / Denzel Curry / Logic / Stuff / Atomic Spliff / Hesytap Squad / Paul Kalkbrenner / dEUS / A$AP Rocky / Oscar and the Wolf / De La Soul / La Roux / Claptone / Hercules and Love Affair / Bonobo / Bakermat / The Avener / Temples / Joke / Mount Kimbie (DJ Set) / Lost Frequencies / Lapalux / Baxter Dury / Hanni El Khatib / BRNS / FùGù Mango / Alaska Gold Rush / Binkbeats / Nick Mulvey / Tom McRae / Criolo / Feu! Chatterton / Paon / Nicki Minaj / Iggy Pop / NERO / Paul Weller / The Hives / Charlie Winston / Benjamin Clementine / RL Grime / Flux Pavillion / The Charlatans / James Vincent McMorrow / Gaz Coombes / Clark / The Experimental Tropic Blues Band / Forest Swords / Slow Magic / Great Mountain Fire / Roscoe / Ben Khan / Icicle / Paula Temple / Woods / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Elvis Black Stars / Grandgeorge / D'Angelo / Fauve / Metronomy / Tinie Tempah / Balthazar / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Erlend Øye / Alice On The Roof / Sleaford Mods / Ratking / Bigflo & Oli / Mountain Bike / L'Or Du Commun Show all bands
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Parc Astrid de Coronmeuse Liège, Belgium
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Jun 25, 2015
Forest Swords / Mogwai / Sacred Paws
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Roundhouse London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 21, 2015
Mogwai / The Vaselines / Sacred Paws / Forest Swords
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Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jun 14, 2015
Witxes / Forest Swords / Floex / Ah! Kosmos Radialsystem V Berlin, Berlin, Germany
May 15, 2015
Forest Swords New York (NYC) New York, New York, United States

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Genres:

Electronic
Experimental
Ambient
Electronica
Instrumental
Psychedelic
Art Pop
Dub
IDM
Wonky
Post-Industrial
Deconstructed Club
Hauntology
UK Experimental Electronic
Ritual
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 16 concerts
2025 6 concerts
2024 21 concerts
2023 16 concerts
2019 6 concerts
2018 4 concerts
2017 60 concerts
2016 5 concerts
2015 9 concerts
2014 73 concerts
2013 19 concerts
2012 22 concerts
2011 2 concerts
2009 2 concerts
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