GWAR Concert History

GWAR is a satirical thrash metal/punk band formed in 1985-1986 by a group of artists and musicians at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. The band is perhaps best known for their elaborate sci-fi/horror film inspired costumes, raunchy lyrics, and graphic stage performances, which can consist of scatology, sadomasochism, necrophilia, pedo-necrophilia, beastio-necrophilia, fire dancing, fake pagan rituals, mock executions/mutilations, and other controversial violent and political themes.

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GWAR Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 14, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath Brooklyn Bowl, The LINQ Promenade Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Nov 13, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath Rockwell, The Complex Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Nov 12, 2026
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GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath Ogden Theatre Denver, Colorado, United States
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Nov 10, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / X-Cops / Mac Sabbath / Midnight AM/FM Dallas, Texas, United States
Nov 09, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath The Hall Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Nov 08, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath / X-Cops Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Nov 07, 2026
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GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath / X-Cops The Ramkat Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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Nov 06, 2026
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GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath / X-Cops House Of Blues North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Nov 05, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath / X-Cops

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The Beacham Orlando, Florida, United States
Nov 04, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath / X-Cops Revolution Live Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Nov 03, 2026
Upcoming
Headbangers Boat
Lamb Of God / Zakk Sabbath / The Dillinger Escape Plan / In Flames / GWAR / The Haunted / D.R.I. / 200 Stab Wounds / X-Cops / Mark Morton
Norwegian Cruise Line - Norwegian Jewel Miami, Florida, United States
Nov 02, 2026
Upcoming
Headbangers Boat
Lamb Of God / Zakk Sabbath / The Dillinger Escape Plan / In Flames / GWAR / The Haunted / D.R.I. / 200 Stab Wounds / X-Cops / Mark Morton
Norwegian Cruise Line - Norwegian Jewel Miami, Florida, United States
Nov 01, 2026
Upcoming
Headbangers Boat
Lamb Of God / Zakk Sabbath / The Dillinger Escape Plan / In Flames / GWAR / The Haunted / D.R.I. / 200 Stab Wounds / X-Cops / Mark Morton
Norwegian Cruise Line - Norwegian Jewel Miami, Florida, United States
Oct 31, 2026
Upcoming
Headbangers Boat
Lamb Of God / Zakk Sabbath / The Dillinger Escape Plan / In Flames / GWAR / The Haunted / D.R.I. / 200 Stab Wounds / X-Cops / Mark Morton
Norwegian Cruise Line - Norwegian Jewel Miami, Florida, United States
Oct 30, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR

Headbangers Boat

Norwegian Jewel Miami, Florida, United States
Oct 30, 2026 –
Nov 03, 2026
Upcoming
Headbangers Boat 2026
Lamb Of God / Zakk Sabbath / The Dillinger Escape Plan / In Flames / GWAR / The Haunted / D.R.I. / 200 Stab Wounds / X-Cops / Mark Morton
Norwegian Cruise Line - Norwegian Jewel Miami, Florida, United States
Oct 29, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath / X-Cops FIVE Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Oct 28, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath / X-Cops Heaven, The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Oct 27, 2026
Upcoming
GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath / X-Cops Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Sep 18, 2026 –
Sep 20, 2026
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Riot Fest 2026
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Douglass Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Sep 17, 2026
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Louder Than Life 2026 (Day 1 of 4)
Iron Maiden / Pantera / Danzig / Megadeth / Rise Against / Alice Cooper / Jimmy Eat World / Sabaton / Hot Mulligan / Anthrax / Skillet / Alkaline Trio / Machine Head / Suicidal Tendencies / Starset / Bowling For Soup / Fit for a King / From Ashes to New / Lit / GWAR / ERRA / Chelsea Grin / After the Burial / Currents / Metal Church / The Acacia Strain / Emmure / Mac Sabbath / The Ataris / The Rasmus / Volumes / Born of Osiris / RED / Adelitas Way / Thousand Below / Chained Saint / Zero 9:36 / Elijah / Holy Wars / Like Moths to Flames / Signs Of The Swarm / Archers / King 810 / The Violent Hour / Dark Divine / Sent By Ravens / Cane Hill / Set For Tomorrow / Make Them Suffer Show all bands
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Highland Festival Grounds, Kentucky Exposition Center Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Sep 17, 2026 –
Sep 20, 2026
Upcoming
Louder Than Life Festival 2026
My Chemical Romance / Iron Maiden / Ice Nine Kills / Jimmy Eat World / Bilmuri / Killswitch Engage / Loathe / Sleep Theory / Get Scared / Sunami / PRESIDENT / Bowling For Soup / Spite / Sabaton / Josey Scott / Chad Gray / Hot Mulligan / Dance Gavin Dance / Volumes / GWAR / Vana / The Pretty Reckless / Megadeth / Alice Cooper / Anthrax / Suicidal Tendencies / Metal Church / The Violent Hour / Pantera / Danzig / Machine Head / Mac Sabbath / Chained Saint / Rise Against / Jimmy Eat World / Alkaline Trio / Lit / The Ataris / Skillet / Starset / From Ashes to New / RED / The Rasmus / Adelitas Way / Zero 9:36 / Fit for a King / Currents / ERRA / Make Them Suffer / Like Moths to Flames / Cane Hill / Chelsea Grin / After the Burial / The Acacia Strain / Emmure / Born of Osiris / Thousand Below / Chained Saint / Elijah / Holy Wars / Signs Of The Swarm / Archers / King 810 / The Violent Hour / Dark Divine / Sent By Ravens / Set For Tomorrow / Pierce the Veil / A Day To Remember / The Used / Coheed and Cambria / Taking Back Sunday / Sleeping With Sirens / Cavalera / The Warning / Badflower / We The Kings / Palaye Royale / L.S. Dunes / Soulfly / Lacey Sturm / The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / Holding Absence / Haywire / Ivri / Scene Queen / Caskets / Rain City Drive / Mushroomhead / Angel Du$t / Jeff Hardy / Wind Walkers / Twitching Tongues / Powerman 5000 / Butcher Babies / Nevertel / Dry Kill Logic / Koyo / Primer 55 / Missing Link / SHOWING TEETH / Earshot / 40 Below Summer / Gates to Hell / Death Valley Dreams / Sublime / BABYMETAL / Papa Roach / Halestorm / Circa Survive / In This Moment / Chiodos / Nothing More / Lindsey Stirling / Tom Morello / Kublai Khan TX / Coal Chamber / P.O.D. / Thursday / Set It Off / Blood For Blood / Orianthi / Boundaries / Agnostic Front / Alien Ant Farm / Bodysnatcher / The Funeral Portrait / Peelingflesh / Hail the Sun / Madball / Scary Kids Scaring Kids / The Barbarians of California / H₂O / Soil / Kami Kehoe / Icon for Hire / Codefendants / Texas Hippie Coalition / Emarosa / Gemini Syndrome / Shaman's Harvest / Fox Lake / Many Eyes / Tantric / TX2 / Diamante / Otherwise / Doobie / Heavy//Hitter / Tool / Gojira / Danny Elfman / The Prodigy / The Mars Volta / Mastodon / Black Label Society / Killswitch Engage / Ministry / Dethklok / Black Veil Brides / Underoath / Alexisonfire / Animals as Leaders / Thrice / The Home Team / Sleep Theory / Atreyu / Filter / Between The Buried And Me / Toadies / Escape the Fate / Jutes / Haste the Day / Holywatr / Locked Shut / I See Stars / The Word Alive / Emery / Maylene and the Sons of Disaster / Arrows in Action / Austin Carlile / The Pretty Wild / End It / Rivers of Nihil / 200 Stab Wounds / 156/Silence / Sace6 / Greyhaven / Aviana / He Is Legend / Vianova / Future Palace / Corpse Pile / Bodybox / Boltcutter / Resolve / Dreamwake / Billy McNicol / Limp Bizkit / Alissa White Gluz Show all bands
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Highland Festival Grounds, Kentucky Exposition Center Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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GWAR / Soulfly / King Parrot
Apr 14, 2026
 Portland, Oregon, United States
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GWAR / Soulfly / King Parrot
Apr 24, 2026
 Houston, Texas, United States
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Mar 21, 2026
 Albany, New York, United States
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GWAR / Midnight / Mac Sabbath on Nov 17, 2026 [146-small]

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Nov 17, 2026
 Tempe, Arizona, United States
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Nov 15, 2025
 Orlando, Florida, United States
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Wacken Open Air 2009 on Jul 30, 2009 [037-small]

Wacken Open Air 2009
Jul 30 - Aug 1, 2009
 Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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FUN FUN FUN FEST 2010 on Nov 6, 2010 [289-small]

FUN FUN FUN FEST 2010
Nov 6 - 7, 2010
 Austin, Texas, United States
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GWAR / Soulfly / King Parrot on Mar 25, 2026 [766-small]

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Mar 25, 2026
 Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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GWAR / Misfits / Hatebreed on Oct 20, 1998 [551-small]

GWAR / Misfits / Hatebreed
Oct 20, 1998
 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Jun 13 - 14, 2026
 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Genres:

Punk
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Hardcore Punk
Heavy Metal
Thrash Metal
Alternative Metal
Nu Metal
Groove Metal
Industrial Metal
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Comic
Old School Thrash
Comedy Rock
Comic Metal
Virginia Punk
Virginia Metal
Shock Rock
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Latest Setlist (04/29/2026):

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  1. Fuck This Place
  2. Crack in the Egg
  3. Eighth Lock
  4. Have You Seen Me?
  5. Tormentor
  6. Hate Love Songs
  7. Lot Lizard
  8. Saddam a Go-Go
  9. I'm in Löve (With a Deåd Dog)
  10. Metal Metal Land
  11. El Presidente
  12. Tyrant King
  13. Hail, Genocide!
  14. Gor-Gor
  15. Mother Fucking Liar
  16. Pink Pony Club
  17. Sick of You

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 77 concerts
2025 80 concerts
2024 70 concerts
2023 81 concerts
2022 96 concerts
2021 45 concerts
2020 4 concerts
2019 79 concerts
2018 55 concerts
2017 89 concerts
2016 16 concerts
2015 78 concerts
2014 68 concerts
2013 74 concerts
2012 110 concerts
2011 64 concerts
2010 120 concerts
2009 100 concerts
2008 81 concerts
2007 147 concerts
2006 105 concerts
2005 139 concerts
2004 87 concerts
2003 1 concert
2002 102 concerts
2001 2 concerts
2000 33 concerts
1999 100 concerts
1998 18 concerts
1997 108 concerts
1996 79 concerts
1995 51 concerts
1994 133 concerts
1993 6 concerts
1992 95 concerts
1991 61 concerts
1990 84 concerts
1989 68 concerts
1988 31 concerts
1987 8 concerts
1986 4 concerts
1985 1 concert
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Aug 06, 2022

Gwar also played The Leisure World @ Bridlington,UK on May 11th 1990 (i was there) (missing from the list)

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