Friendly Fires's 2008 Concert History

Friendly Fires are an indie band formed in 2006 in St Albans, United Kingdom. They consist of Ed MacFarlane (vocals), Edd Gibson (guitar) and Jack Savidge (drums). The band released their self-titled debut album on 1 September 2008. It contains the singles "Paris", "Jump in the Pool", and "Skeleton Boy". The band's second album, "Pala", was released on 16 May 2011. According to the Pala Songfacts, the title Pala is a reference to the doomed utopia of English writer Aldous Huxley's novel Island.

Date Concert Venue Location
May 10, 2008
Crystal Castles / Friendly Fires / White Lies / Team Waterpolo the arches Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
May 08, 2008
Crystal Castles / Friendly Fires / Team Waterpolo / White Lies
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O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
May 06, 2008
Crystal Castles / Friendly Fires / Team Waterpolo / White Lies Rescue Rooms Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
May 05, 2008
Crystal Castles / Friendly Fires / Team Waterpolo / White Lies Concorde 2 Brighton, England, United Kingdom
May 04, 2008
Crystal Castles / White Lies / Friendly Fires / Team Waterpolo The Waterfront Norwich, England, United Kingdom
May 03, 2008
Crystal Castles / Friendly Fires / Team Waterpolo / White Lies
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Thekla Bristol, England, United Kingdom
May 02, 2008
Crystal Castles / Friendly Fires / Team Waterpolo / White Lies O2 Academy Oxford Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Apr 28, 2008
Hot Chip / Friendly Fires / Free Blood Mayan Theater Los Angeles, California, United States
Apr 25, 2008 –
Apr 26, 2008
London Calling Festival 2008
Cage The Elephant / The Ting Tings / Friendly Fires / Mystery Jets / Blood Red Shoes / Rascals / Late of the Pier / One Night Only / Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly / Pete and The Pirates / Johnny Foreigner / Let's Wrestle / Broken Records / The Metros / Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong / Get Shakes / Baltic Fleet / Ipso Facto / Make Model / Dead Kids / Video Nasties / Exile Parade / i!AMYOU / Florence + the Machine Show all bands
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Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Apr 17, 2008
Friendly Fires / Foals / The Pistolas / Fujiya & Miyagi 22 Ouest Bourges, France
Mar 31, 2008 –
Apr 06, 2008
Snowbombing 2008
Calvin Harris / Friendly Fires / Madness / MSTRKRFT / The Freestylers / The Pigeon Detectives / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Dirty Pretty Things / Krafty Kuts / Plump DJs / DJ Yoda / Filthy Dukes / Annie Mac
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Jan 26, 2008
Hot Club de Paris / Friendly Fires / Bombay Bicycle Club / Emmy the Great / The Mae Shi / Royworld / The Metros / Thomas Tantrum / Gideon Conn / One More Grain / Let's Wrestle Camden Assembly London, England, United Kingdom
Jan 10, 2008 –
Jan 12, 2008
Eurosonic 2008
Calvin Harris / Lykke Li / Little Dragon / Robyn / The Ting Tings / Friendly Fires / Volbeat / The Heavy / The Bloody Beetroots / Alexi Murdoch / Yelle / Ladyhawke / The Dø / Nneka / The Hoosiers / Hooverphonic / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Soko / Alphabeat / Milow / Mapei / Ida Maria / Blood Red Shoes / Reverend and The Makers / WhoMadeWho / I'm From Barcelona / Racoon / Goose / The Whip / Miss Li / Kitty, Daisy & Lewis / AaRON / The Blackout / Lightspeed Champion / Cult of Luna / Turisas / Pete and The Pirates / Sophie Hunger / Para One / Delain / The Dead 60s / Noir / Those Dancing Days / Surkin / Familjen / Adept / Mustasch / Miss Platnum / Friska Viljor / Slagsmålsklubben / Thomas Azier / The Kissaway Trail / Wildbirds & Peacedrums / Pete Philly & Perquisite / Modena City Ramblers / Polarkreis 18 / Hanne Hukkelberg / Sunshine / Kissy Sell Out / Cathy Davey / Sonny J / Styles / Alamo Race Track / Mugison / Baloji / Moonbabies / Sarah Bettens / Detektivbyrån / Republic Of Loose / Unkle Bob / The Shortwave Set / The Dykeenies / The Shining / Bobmo / The Metros / Clara Luzia / Krypteria / Zdob și Zdub / Op:l Bastards / More Than a Thousand / The Hunger / Envelopes / Von Hertzen Brothers / Palladium / Neverstore / Promise and the Monster / Clueless / Stone Gods / Elvira Nikolaisen / Grand Island / Kal / Superfamily / Burst / Irene / Chrome Hoof / Taxi Taxi! / Dez Mona / As In Rebekkamaria / Halves / Jakobinarina / Aloan / Grand / Elektrons / The Gypsies / The Pistolas / Ripchord / A Silent Express / Erlend Ropstad / Leonard De Leonard / Andi Almqvist / Florian Horwath / Kingfisher Sky / Fusedmarc / Eternal Tango / Pioneers of Love / Little Cow / Ранетки / Krakow / Saint Pauli / A.Human / Boozed / We Are Balboa / Si Schroeder / LAXULA / Stalingrad Cowgirls / Cappello A Cilindro / Florian Wolff / Sixtyniners / Shishani / Swelter / Thee J. Johanz / Jean Parlette / Boys In a Band / June in December / ERLING / Bram Dehont / De Kraan / De Straaljagers / Sick Sinus / Music for the defect / Dans le Rock / rolodex / The Tommycats / Gheestenland / Believeisadoubt / Mass of Critics / Theux / Sir Scotsman of Spain Show all bands
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Binnenstad Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

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Oct 18, 2008
 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Oct 18, 2008
 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Oct 18, 2008
 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Oct 18, 2008
 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Friendly Fires had?

Friendly Fires has had 475 concerts.

What genre is Friendly Fires?

Friendly Fires is most often considered to be Indie, Electronic, Indietronica, Alternative Dance, New Rave, Dance-Punk, Nu Disco, Dance-Rock, Neo-Synthpop, and Electrofox.

When is the next Friendly Fires concert?

The next Friendly Fires concert is on July 07, 2024 at Crystal Palace Park in London, England, United Kingdom. The bands performing are: Bloc Party / The Hives / Friendly Fires / The Mysterines / Connie Constance.

When was the last Friendly Fires concert?

The last Friendly Fires concert was on December 01, 2023 at Brighton Dome in Brighton, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: Friendly Fires / Porij.

What setlist does Friendly Fires play live?

The songs that Friendly Fires performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the December 01, 2023 concert at Brighton Dome in Brighton, England, United Kingdom:

  1. Jump in the Pool
  2. In the Hospital
  3. Paris
  4. White Diamonds
  5. Strobe
  6. On Board
  7. Lovesick
  8. Skeleton Boy
  9. Photobooth
  10. Ex Lover
  11. Love Like Waves
  12. Heaven Let Me In
  13. Hurting
  14. Silhouettes
  15. Hawaiian Air
  16. Kiss of Life

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