Formation Concert History

South London-born electronic/dance group Formation drew early comparisons to LCD Soundsystem, despite forming some years after the big indie/electronic boom that LCD epitomized. Formation formed in 2013, at a time when the combination of soul, indie, and electronic music was more prevalent; in fact, their sound owed as much to bands from the previous generation -- such as LCD Soundsystem and Friendly Fires -- as it did to the U.K. house scene in the early 2010s and their indie/soul contemporaries...

Read More

Formation Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 4)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 27, 2016
Dot To Dot Festival 2016
The Temper Trap / Mystery Jets / Sundara Karma / Barns Courtney / The Hunna / Lewis Del Mar / Little Green Cars / Augustines / Rat Boy / Lauren Aquilina / Diet Cig / Isaac Gracie / Will Joseph Cook / Northeast Party House / Blaenavon / Chappo / The Sherlocks / Spring King / Pumarosa / Mt. Wolf / Ardyn / Raphaella / Babeheaven / Pixx / LISS / Estrons / Ekkah / The Jacques / Formation / Nimmo / Stephen Kellogg / Dancing Years / Trevor Sensor / Girl Friend / New Carnival / Into The Ark / New Desert Blues / Stevie Parker / Sarah Walk / Georgie / DRELLER / Bleeding Heart Pigeons / Crosa Rosa / Hunck / Cape Club Show all bands
  Photos   Setlists
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for May 27, 2016
May 27, 2016 –
May 30, 2016
Lost Village Festival 2016
KiNK / Fatboy Slim / Jack Garratt / Bondax / Ben Pearce / John Talabot / Tom Misch / The Magician / DJ Koze / Crazy P / Joy Orbison / SG Lewis / Âme / Maribou State / Loyle Carner / Eats Everything / Bicep / Huxley / Ben Klock / Mano Le Tough / Roman Flugel / Midland / Henrik Schwarz / Robag Wruhme / The Amazons / Leon Vynehall / VANT / Doorly / Tom Trago / Catz 'n' Dogz / Clean Cut Kid / Fatima Yamaha / Brolin / Jackmaster / Artwork / youandewan / Special Request / Formation / Elder Island / Ten Fé / Maxxi Soundsystem / Ben UFO / Mind Against / LISS / Heidi / Greg Wilson / Seramic / Horse Meat Disco / Cash+David / Love Ssega / Après / PBR Streetgang / Walker & Royce / The Age Of L.U.N.A / Palms Trax / Norman Jay MBE / POSTAAL / Gerd Janson / Jasper James / The Showhawk Duo / Craig Charles / Theo Kottis / Mella Dee / Dan Ghenacia / Enzo Siragusa / Dan Shake / Jeremy Underground / Italojohnson / Hugo Massien / VITAMIN (UK) / Floating Points (DJ Set) / Applebum / Donnie Propa / Craig Duranti / Zeke Afrika Show all bands
  Setlists
Oakhill Farm Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Show Duplicate for May 27, 2016
May 21, 2016
Formation Lennon's Southampton, England, United Kingdom
May 20, 2016
The Great Escape Festival
"The Great Escape Festival" / Trevor Sensor / Lewis Del Mar / Black Honey / Fatoumata Diawara / Blick Bassy / Leyya / Sego / SWMRS / Dilly Dally / Mothers / Cakes Da Killa / Bishop Briggs / Kevin Garrett / The Bulletproof Bomb / Isaiah Dreads / Eska / Nadia Reid / Anthonie Tonnon / Pleasure Beach / Finn. / Owen Rabbit / Barns Courtney / ANNA OF THE NORTH / It It Anita / Conner Youngblood / Bayonne / Diet Cig / Larkin Poe / Man of Moon / Izzy Bizu / Go March / Little Hours / Clean Cut Kid / Band of Skulls / Holy Esque / Alise Joste / Samm Henshaw / Lady Leshurr / The Hearing / Yes We Mystic / Mmoths / Keir / Ry X / The Invisible / Rejjie Snow / Ten Fe / Songhoy Blues / Declan McKenna / Hyphen Hyphen / Fai Baba / The Rubens / Northeast Party House / Vladimir / Eagulls / Nimmo / Formation / Fakear / Jelani Blackman / Iglooghost / Telegram / Anchoress / Throwing Shade / Max Graef / Frisco / Boo Seeka / Porches / Frankie Cosmos / Julia Jacklin / Beaty Heart / Blossoms / Yndi Halda / Brodka / Dan Owen / Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS / Kxp / Saint Sister / Otherkin / Wyvern Lingo / Aldous Harding / Pink Oculus / Tim Vantol / Me And My Drummer / Amber Arcades / Tiny Ruins / Hamish Kilgour / Rusangano Family / Skinny Living / James TW / Johnny Foreigner / Bad Sounds / Gallery Circus / Desert Planes / Dream Wife / Baba Naga / REWS / Keep Breathing / The Parrots / The Magic Band / The Vulgarians / When Airy met Fairy / Broadbay / Crows Show all bands
  Setlists
Various Venues Brighton, England, United Kingdom
May 19, 2016 –
May 21, 2016
The Great Escape 2016
The Temper Trap / Michael Kiwanuka / H.E.R. / Rag'n'Bone Man / Band of Skulls / Tom Misch / The Joy Formidable / Cigarettes After Sex / William Singe / Mystery Jets / Ry X / ANNA OF THE NORTH / Declan McKenna / Khruangbin / Mabel / Blossoms / Alec Benjamin / Lewis Del Mar / Jain / BANNERS / AJ Tracey / Kevin Garrett / Lady Leshurr / Chastity Belt / DAGNY / Rationale / Methyl Ethel / Bleached / Avelino / Fatoumata Diawara / D Double E / JONES / Frisco / The Invisible / Diet Cig / Transviolet / Julia Jacklin / Teleman / Boo Seeka / Chappo / Will Joseph Cook / Samm Henshaw / Jacob Collier / Let's Eat Grandma / Isaac Gracie / Conner Youngblood / The Big Moon / Northeast Party House / Spring King / Klyne / RØMANS / VANT / Mmoths / Songhoy Blues / Søren Juul / Pumarosa / Fenne Lily / Nadia Rose / Larkin Poe / Ten Fé / Kiko Bun / Alice Phoebe Lou / salute / Slum Sociable / Postiljonen / Bry / Iglooghost / Anna Meredith / Dilly Dally / Dan Owen / Beach Baby / Causes / INHEAVEN / GIRLI / Nadia Reid / Anteros / Formation / Mumdance / Rozi Plain / Royce Wood Junior / Otherkin / Alice Jemima / Tigercub / Babe / Youth Club / Trudy and The Romance / Pixx / Cash+David / Indoor Pets / Beaty Heart / Alina Orlova / Willie J Healey / Coves / Jodie Abacus / The Age Of L.U.N.A / Nimmo / Kloë / George Taylor / Elf Kid / James Gruntz / Saint Sister / Lea Porcelain / Banfi / Rukhsana Merrise / Muncie Girls / Essaie Pas / Meilyr Jones / Ariana and The Rose / K-X-P / Max Pope / As Lions / Little Hours / Jammz / Matthew Logan Vasquez / Callum Beattie / Holy Esque / The Prettiots / SHVPES / Tim Vantol / MOSSY / Foxtrott / Makeness / dePresno / POSTAAL / Dorsal Fins / Mirror Signal / Lusts / miamigo / Joseph J. Jones / Girl Friend / Strange Bones / Island Club / Catholic Action / Fai Baba / uniiqu3 / The Great Escape / Drones Club / Owen Rabbit / Stephanie Rainey / Tuff Love / Man & The Echo / Chastity / Bo Rocha / Sorry Boys / Dolores Haze / Starling / Greywind / Xylaroo / Ruth Koleva / Black Peaches / Thomas Cohen / Sudakistan / Ouzo Bazooka / GLASS (OFFICIAL) / VYNCE / Nadine Carina / Grumble Bee / Logan Sama / Pink Oculus / Georgie / DRELLER / Jack Watts / Wesley Gonzalez / Isle / siska / Anthonie Tonnon / Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? / James Canty / ELLE EXXE / Junk Son / Egyptian Blue / Hardwicke Circus / Mai Kino / Yorkston Thorne Khan / Dead! (UK) / OhBoy! / JR Green / VITAMIN (UK) / Cameron A G / St. Lucia (USA) / Tusks (UK) / Type Two Error / Cherie And Renno / Elifantree / Kate Jackson and the Wrong Moves / neverlnd / Mourning Birds / Actor (UK) / Natur3 / Dead! as part of Hey Hey Hey! / Shura / Oh Wonder / Few Bits / Jerry Williams / Saint Sister / LCMDF / Alise Joste / Olivia Sebastianelli / Anne-Marie / Fenne Lily / Smerz / Ary / The Big Moon / MUNA / WØLFFE / EERA / JONES / City Calm Down / Vallis Alps / Mura Masa Show all bands
  Setlists
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for May 19, 2016
May 01, 2016
Stag & Dagger Festival 2016
Band of Skulls / We Are Scientists / Slow Club / Deaf Havana / The Duke Spirit / The Dirty Nil / Milk Teeth / Fews / Emma Pollock / Formation / Francis Lung / The Lapelles / Stanley Odd / The Van T's / Kenneths / Smash Williams / Demob Happy / Fews / We Were Promised Jetpacks Show all bands
  Setlists
Stag & Dagger Festival 2016 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for May 01, 2016
Apr 30, 2016
Live At Leeds 2016
Jess Glynne / Mabel / Declan McKenna / Band of Skulls / Loyle Carner / James TW / Benjamin Francis Leftwich / We Are Scientists / Blossoms / Mystery Jets / Dan Caplen / Barns Courtney / Sundara Karma / Izzy Bizu / Los Campesinos! / The Boxer Rebellion / DMA'S / Slow Club / Blood Red Shoes / Ghostpoet / Samm Henshaw / Rhys Lewis / Rat Boy / JONES / Tiggs Da Author / The Duke Spirit / Isaac Gracie / The Sherlocks / Blaenavon / Pumarosa / Clean Cut Kid / Babeheaven / Raphaella / Cape Cub / Willie J Healey / The Jacques / Anteros / Caro / Seramic / Beach Baby / Treetop Flyers / Milk Teeth / Estrons / INHEAVEN / Fews / George Taylor / Formation / Kagoule / Jodie Abacus / Hidden Charms / Beaty Heart / Cattle & Cane / Kloë / Zuzu / Mullally / Strange Bones / Haus / Meilyr Jones / Holy Esque / Asylums / George Cosby / Joseph J. Jones / Flawes / Catholic Action / miamigo / Kassassin Street / Girl Friend / Into The Ark / Plaitum / Xylaroo / John Joseph Brill / Starling / Tom Prior / Tusk / Autobahn / Natalie McCool / Hannah Lou Clark / Georgie / Sonia Stein / Galaxians / Slutface / Forever Cult / Chiara Hunter / The Indigo Project / Kleine Schweine / VITAMIN (UK) / Colour of Spring / Cameron A G / Fighting Caravans / Where Fires Are / Carnabells / FRONTEERS (UK) / Fletcher Jackson / Dear Friends / Harry Orme / Trash (UK) / Benjami / White (UK) Show all bands
  Setlists
Live At Leeds 2016 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Dec 19, 2015
Boxed In / Formation / D/R/U/G/S / Komati / Ten Fé / Attaque KOKO London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 29, 2015
Mutations
"Mutations" / Blanck Mass / Kagoule / Ought / Vision Fortune / Dan Friel / Naytronix / OM / Jane Weaver / Lightning Bolt / Metz / Formation / Tourist / John Talabot / Leon Vynehall
  Setlists
Various Venues Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Nov 27, 2015
Formation / Babeheaven Soup Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Nov 26, 2015
Formation Corsica Studios London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 25, 2015
Formation / Babeheaven The Louisiana Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Nov 17, 2015
"Festival Les Inrocks Philips" / Son Lux / Ghost Culture / Formation

Festival Les Inrocks Philips

Le Bikini Toulouse, Occitanie, France
Nov 15, 2015
"Festival Les Inrocks Philips" / Son Lux / Ghost Culture / Formation

Festival Les Inrocks Philips

  Setlists
Stereolux Nantes, France
Nov 13, 2015
"Festival Les Inrocks Philips" / Son Lux / Ghost Culture / Låpsley / Formation

Festival Les Inrocks Philips

Le Grand Mix Tourcoing, Hauts-de-France, France
Nov 12, 2015 –
Nov 17, 2015
Formation Le Bikini Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Occitanie, France
Nov 07, 2015
Metropolis Festival (Ireland)
"Metropolis Festival" (Ireland) / The Roots / Hot Chip / Vic Mensa / le galaxie / Cloud Castle Lake / Flight Facilities / Todd Terje & the Olsens / Tiga / Matthew Herbert / White collar boy / Vince Staples / Dorian Concept / Formation
  Setlists
RDS Simmonscourt Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Nov 07, 2015 –
Nov 08, 2015
Metropolis Festival
Chic / Mark Ronson / Jamie xx / Giorgio Moroder / Kaytranada / Jeff Mills / Tiga / Kerri Chandler / Dorian Concept / Matthew Herbert / Maribou State / Nosaj Thing / Kormac’s Big Band / Cloud Castle Lake / Hot Chip / Flight Facilities / Vic Mensa / le galaxie / Vince Staples / Omar Souleyman / Formation / Booka Brass Band / Four Tet / Floating Points / Benji B / Trinity Orchestra Show all bands
  Setlists
RDS Main Hall Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Nov 05, 2015
Iceland Airwaves
"Iceland Airwaves" / Hinds / Emilie & Ogden / Fufanu / Pandora / Father John Misty / Mercury Rev / Low Roar / Borko / The Pop Group / Ghostigital / Lucy Rose / Sykur / Operators / LA Priest / Kippi Kaninus / Formation / Meat Wave / Mitski / BRNS / My Bubba / Agent Fresco / Mirel Wagner Show all bands
  Setlists
Various Venues Akureyri, Iceland
Oct 31, 2015
London Calling
"London Calling" / Lower Dens / Kurt Vile / Waxahatchee / White / Formation / Bully / Dornik / Howard / Låpsley / Chastity Belt
  Setlists
Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Oct 30, 2015 –
Oct 31, 2015
London Calling Festival 2015
Kurt Vile / Spiritualized / Circa Waves / Lower Dens / Chastity Belt / Swim Deep / Holy Holy / The Big Moon / Bully / Marlon Williams / Pumarosa / Dornik / Mike Krol / Howard / The Jacques / INHEAVEN / Formation / Plastic Mermaids / London Calling / WHITE (the band) / Gilla Band Show all bands
  Setlists
Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Sep 13, 2015
"Bestival" / Róisín Murphy / Formation / Coco and the Butterfields

Bestival

  Setlists
Robin Hill Country Park Isle Of Wight, England, United Kingdom

Latest Photos View All Photos

tags: Superglu - Latitude Festival 2017 on Jul 13, 2017 [156-small]

Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by daddsy

Request to Use
tags: Rad Pitt - Latitude Festival 2017 on Jul 13, 2017 [155-small]

Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by daddsy

Request to Use
Bestival 2015 on Sep 10, 2015 [246-small]

Bestival 2015
Sep 10 - 13, 2015
 Arreton, UK
  Uploaded by Andy Bainbridge

Request to Use
Dot To Dot Festival 2016 on May 27, 2016 [263-small]

Dot To Dot Festival 2016
May 27, 2016
 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by bladeaok

Request to Use
Latitude Festival 2017 on Jul 13, 2017 [119-small]

Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by SKDOTCOM

Request to Use
Latitude Festival 2017 on Jul 13, 2017 [118-small]

Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by SKDOTCOM

Request to Use

Genres:

Indie
Hardcore
British
Hardcore Punk
Power Pop
Electropop
Groove
Show more genres

Latest Setlist (05/12/2017):

Play YouTube Playlist
  1. Drugs
  2. Hangin
  3. Control
  4. Back Then
  5. Powerful People
  6. Pleasure
  7. Waves
  8. Blood Red Hand
  9. A Friend
  10. Ring

View Concert

Concerts Per Year:

2026 1 concert
2025 1 concert
2024 5 concerts
2023 3 concerts
2019 1 concert
2017 22 concerts
2016 33 concerts
2015 41 concerts
2010 2 concerts
See more attendees:

Comments & Reviews:

As Seen On:

The concert database for fans, by fans.

app store google play

Resources

Legal

Company