Giant Sand's 2012 Concert History

Giant Sand, originally The Giant Sandworms, is an American rock band formed in 1985, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA (although Los Angeles, California was its home for many years). Overseen by singer-songwriter-guitarist-pianist Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years -- at times with each album -- though for a long while the drum and bass duties were handled by John Convertino and Joey Burns, who went on to form Calexico. Other members have included guitarist Rainer Ptacek...

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 02, 2012 –
Nov 04, 2012
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012
Run-D.M.C. / A$AP Rocky / Girl Talk / Santigold / Public Image Ltd. / Refused / Turbonegro / X / David Cross / Hannibal Buress / De La Soul / Étienne de Crécy / STRFKR / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / The Head and the Heart / Explosions in the Sky / Fucked Up / Against Me! / Tomahawk / Wavves / Wyatt Cenac / Doug Benson / Bun B / AraabMuzik / Dillon Francis / Rakim / Superchunk / Real Estate / The Black Angels / Lucero / Seaweed / The Sword / Converge / Youth Of Today / Eugene Mirman / Saul Williams / Danny Brown / The Octopus Project / Trust / Tanlines / Minus the Bear / The Promise Ring / Surfer Blood / Deerhoof / Lagwagon / Between The Buried And Me / Napalm Death / Jon Benjamin / Tig Notaro / W. Kamau Bell / Duncan Carson / Orthy / DMC / Kreayshawn / Astronautalis / ScHoolboy Q / El Ten Eleven / Diamond Rings / AD.D+ / Daughn Gibson / Gold Fields / 10 Yr / Feathers / Love Inks / Baauer / American Royalty / Vockah Redu / Paul Banks / Why? / Sharon Van Etten / Omar Rodriguez Lopez / Nouvelle Vague / Diamond Rugs / Dum Dum Girls / Titus Andronicus / Beach Fossils / Brendan Benson / Doldrums / Giant Sand / Fang Island / Foxy Shazam / Deathfix / Cult of Youth / Balmorhea / The Golden Boys / Not In The Face / Hundred Visions / Nomeansno / The Briefs / The Spits / Baroness / Braid / Municipal Waste / Dwarves / Liturgy / Earth / La Dispute / Deafheaven / Kvelertak / burning love / Joyce Manor / The Young / Tia Carrera / Flesh Lights / Residual Kid / Ramin Nazer / Doug Mellard / Chris Cubas / Kevin Seconds / Joe Sib / Macklemore & Ryan Lewis / Icona Pop / Givers / The Jezabels / …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Cursive / Penguin Prison / Helio Sequence / Mr Twin Sister / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Yellow Ostrich / Class Actress / Anamanaguchi / Red Fang / Torche / Nick Waterhouse / Girl In a Coma / Riverboat Gamblers / Korallreven / Disappears / Pallbearer / Cheap Girls / Ume / Peelander-Z / The Black Swans / king tuff / Valient Thorr / Devin / Bob Mould / Nite Jewel / Brutal Truth / Power Trip / Japandroids / Mustard Pimp / Atlas Sound / Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard / Nicky Da B / A Place To Bury Strangers / Off! / Franki Chan / Bleached Show all bands
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Auditorium Shores Austin, Texas, United States
May 10, 2012
Giant Sand Joe's Pub New York, New York, United States
Mar 14, 2012
"SXSW" / My Sweet Canary / Tristen / Foy Vance / M. Ward / Giant Sand

SXSW

Central Presbyterian Church Austin, Texas, United States

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Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012
Nov 2 - 4, 2012
 Austin, Texas, United States
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Giant Sand had?

Giant Sand has had 119 concerts.

What genre is Giant Sand?

Giant Sand is most often considered to be Rock, Indie, Indie Rock, United States, Alternative Rock, Country, Roots Rock, Americana, Alternative Country, Alt-Country, Desert Rock, and Tucson Indie.

When was the last Giant Sand concert?

The last Giant Sand concert was on April 24, 2024 at YES in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: Giant Sand / Ben Woods.

What setlist does Giant Sand play live?

The songs that Giant Sand performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the July 05, 2019 concert at Théâtres Romains de Fourvière in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France:

  1. Barrio
  2. Thin Line Man
  3. A Hard Man To Get To Know
  4. Who Am I
  5. Graveyard
  6. The Chill Outside
  7. Desperate Man
  8. You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
  9. Body of Water

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