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 42)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 21, 2014
Gwar / Decapitated / American Sharks
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Expo Five Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Oct 19, 2014
Gwar / Decapitated / American Sharks
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Town Ballroom Buffalo, New York, United States
Oct 18, 2014
Life Of Agony / Dying Fetus / Decapitated / Carnifex / Thy Will Be Done / GWAR

Rock and Shock 2014 *saturday only*

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The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Oct 17, 2014
GWAR / Decapitated / American Sharks
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Sherman Theater Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Oct 16, 2014
GWAR

Eternal Tour

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Starland Ballroom Sayreville, New Jersey, United States
Oct 16, 2014 –
Oct 19, 2014
11th Annual Rock and Shock
King Diamond / Jesse and the Ancients / Machine Head / Children Of Bodom / Epica / Battlecross / Discussing the Curse / Jasta / Zire's War / Avatar / Carnivora / My Missing Half / The River / Red Equals Meltdown / Mongrel / The Devil Inside Us / GWAR / Life Of Agony / Unearth / Dying Fetus / Darkest Hour / Decapitated / Carnifex / Origin / Thy Will Be Done / Acaro / American Sharks / Madison Apart / Tomorrow Will Fall / Conforza / Swarm of Eyes / Twiztid / Kung Fu Vampire / Psych Ward Druggies / Neurtic November / Rob-U-Blind / Splitface / Dopemen / Freeze / Fury / Fyzkal / J.E.M.INI and Bloodspits / Lyrical Deathwish / outland camp / Sadistic Anthology / Shane Slaughter Show all bands
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The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Show Duplicate for Oct 16, 2014
Oct 15, 2014
GWAR / Decapitated / American Sharks
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The Norva Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Oct 10, 2014
GWAR

Pop Up Show

The Castle Ybor City, Florida, United States
Sep 20, 2014
Gwar / Against The Grain / Toxic Holocaust / Huntress / Sacred Reich Newport Music Hall Columbus, Ohio, United States
Sep 12, 2014
Riot Fest 2014 (Day 1 of 3)
Stiff Little Fingers / All / NOFX / Jane's Addiction / The Offspring / Mastodon / Failure / Circa Survive / We Came As Romans / Senses Fail / The Hotelier / Red City Radio / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / Rise Against / SOMOS / Pussy Riot / Title Fight / Emarosa / Gogol Bordello / GWAR / From Indian Lakes / Pianos Become The Teeth / Pity Sex / Clutch / Vamos! / Radkey / Plague Vendor / Of Mice & Men / Slayer / Baby Baby / The Murder City Devils Show all bands
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Humboldt Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 12, 2014 –
Sep 14, 2014
Riot Fest 2014
The Hold Steady / Red City Radio / Saosin / GWAR / Me First And The Gimme Gimmes / The Cure / The National / Weezer / The Flaming Lips / The Offspring / Descendents / NOFX / Failure / Circa Survive / Stiff Little Fingers / Cock Sparrer / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / The Get Up Kids / Samiam / Buzzcocks / Tegan and Sara / Naked Raygun / Andrew W.K. / Blue Meanies / New Found Glory / Mineral / All / Jane's Addiction / Rise Against / Of Mice & Men / Senses Fail / Title Fight / Emarosa / Pianos Become The Teeth / SOMOS / Wu-Tang Clan / Taking Back Sunday / The Used / Dashboard Confessional / Say Anything / Citizen / Bring Me The Horizon / Motion City Soundtrack / La Dispute / The Front Bottoms / Silverstein / Modern Baseball / PUP / Tiny Moving Parts / Metric / City and Colour / Dropkick Murphys / Cheap Trick / Slayer / Die Antwoord / The Dandy Warhols / Patti Smith / Mastodon / Social Distortion / We Came As Romans / Tokyo Police Club / Wavves / Paul Weller / Gogol Bordello / Billy Bragg / Clutch / Anti-Flag / Streetlight Manifesto / The Orwells / The Bouncing Souls / Mudhoney / The Afghan Whigs / Lucero / Face To Face / Superchunk / Broncho / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / RX Bandits / The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die / The Unlikely Candidates / From Indian Lakes / Pity Sex / SKATERS / Hot Snakes / The Murder City Devils / 7Seconds / Laura Stevenson / I Am the Avalanche / Lemuria / The Bots / Radkey / Samhain / Plague Vendor / Nostalghia / Restorations / The Picturebooks / Rose's Pawn Shop / The Pizza Underground / Wounds / The Crombies / Ex Friends / Kurt Vile & The Violators / Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas / The American Scene / The Menzingers / Television / Baby Baby / Buffalo Rodeo / Cerebral Ballzy / Chumped / Dads / Daniel Wade / Only Crime / Primus / The Hotelier / The Whigs / Vamos! / Survay Says! / Archie Powell & the Exports / Frnkiero Andthe Cellabration / In the Valley Below / Lucki Eck$ / Marky Ramone / My Gold Mask / Pussy Riot / Show You Suck / Team Spirit Show all bands
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Humboldt Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Aug 16, 2014
GWARBQ 2014
Hatebreed / Body Count / Goatwhore / Revocation / Iron Reagan / The Meatmen / Noisem / Loincloth / Kepone / The Misfits / GWAR
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Hadad's Lake Richmond, Virginia, United States
Aug 15, 2014
GWAR-B-Que 2014
GWAR / Goatwhore / Body Count Feat. Ice T / Iron Reagan / Hatebreed / Misfits / The Meatmen / Kepone / Eat the Turnbuckle
Hadads Lake Richmond, Virginia, United States
Jun 29, 2014
Gwar Iron City Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Jun 08, 2014
Gwar Bourbon Theatre Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Jun 06, 2014
Gwar / Doyle / Cannabis Corpse Expo Five Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Mar 07, 2014
Gwar
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Blitz｜赤坂ブリッツ Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Mar 06, 2014
Gwar
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Big Cat Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan
Mar 03, 2014
Soundwave 2014 Perth
Green Day / Avenged Sevenfold / Alice in Chains / A Day to Remember / The Living End / Richie Sambora / Rob Zombie / Mastodon / Placebo / HIM / AFI / Korn / Alter Bridge / Trivium / Pennywise / Jimmy Eat World / Down / DevilDriver / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Glassjaw / Panic! At the Disco / Eagles of Death Metal / Less Than Jake / Mayday Parade / Asking Alexandria / Biffy Clyro / Newstead / Filter / Rocket from the Crypt / Baroness / Suicide Silence / Clutch / Alkaline Trio / The Ghost Inside / The Porkers / Gojira / Desparecidos / ††† (Crosses) / Zebrahead / Five Finger Death Punch / Satyricon / August Burns Red / Testament / Living Colour / MuteMath / Black Veil Brides / letlive / I Killed The Prom Queen / Motionless In White / Gwar / The Black Dahlia Murder / Mushroomhead / Finch / Authority Zero / Dream on Dreamer / Stiff Little Fingers / Thy Art Is Murder / Graveyard / Pulled Apart By Horses / Nancy Vandal / Bowling for Soup / Trash Talk / Skindred / Dir En Grey / Deez Nuts / The Story So Far / 10 Years / In Hearts Wake / Breathe Carolina / Hardcore Superstar / I Call Fives / Hacktivist / Walking Papers / Our Last Night / Coliseum / Devil You Know / Your Demise / Soil / Heaven's Basement / The BossHoss / Nostalghia / Dark Cell / Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats / The Defiled / Real Friends / Dangerkids / Upon A Burning Body Show all bands
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Arena Joondalup Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
Show Duplicates for Mar 03, 2014
Mar 01, 2014
Soundwave 2014
Mastodon / HIM / Pennywise / Jimmy Eat World / Glassjaw / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Mayday Parade / Sevendust / Crosses (†††) / Less Than Jake / Suicide Silence / The Porkers / Gojira / Black Veil Brides / Zebrahead / Desaparecidos / Satyricon / Upon A Burning Body / Nostalghia / The BossHoss / Soil / Devil You Know / Hacktivist / I Call Fives / Defiler / Breathe Carolina / In Hearts Wake / Deez Nuts / Dir En Grey / Graveyard / Thy Art Is Murder / Stiff Little Fingers / Green Day / Avenged Sevenfold / Stone Temple Pilots / Alice In Chains / Rob Zombie / Megadeth / Placebo / AFI / Korn / Alter Bridge / Trivium / Down / DevilDriver / Newsted / Biffy Clyro / Asking Alexandria / Clutch / Alkaline Trio / Baroness / Five Finger Death Punch / August Burns Red / Testament / Living Colour / Motionless In White / GWAR / The Black Dahlia Murder / Mushroomhead / Finch / Pulled Apart By Horses / Nancy Vandal / Trash Talk / Skindred / Volbeat / Amon Amarth / Terror / Whitechapel / The Story So Far / 10 Years / Ill Niño / Hardcore Superstar / Walking Papers / Coliseum / Your Demise / Our Last Night / Real Friends / Heaven's Basement / Authority Zero / The Living End / TesseracT / Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats / Eagles of Death Metal / A Day To Remember / Dream On, Dreamer / Rocket from the Crypt / Panic! At the Disco / letlive. / MuteMath / Bowling For Soup Show all bands
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Bonython Park Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Show Duplicates for Mar 01, 2014
Feb 28, 2014
Soundwave Festival 2014
Devil You Know / The BossHoss / Rocket from the Crypt / Walking Papers / Crosses (†††) / Skindred / Hactivist / Satyricon / The Story So Far / Stiff Little Fingers / Authority Zero / Trivium / Coliseum / Less Then Jake / Trash Talk / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Graveyard / Our Last Night / Mushroomhead / Motionless In White / Deez Nuts / Testament / Amon Amarth / TesseracT / Filter / I Killed The Prom Queen / Living Colour / In Hearts Wake / MuteMath / The Porkers / Darkc3ll / Gojira / Jimmy Eat World / Mastodon / HIM / Mayday Parade / Breathe Carolina / Asking Alexandria / Down / 10 Years / Nostalgia / Defiler / Alter Bridge / The Dangerkids / Pulled Apart By Horses / Zebrahead / I Call Fives / Nancy Vandal / August Burns Red / Ill Niño / Dream On, Dreamer / Thy Art Is Murder / Terror / Green Day / Korn / Biffy Clyro / Heaven's Basement / Avenged Sevenfold / Alice In Chains / Richie Sambora / The Living End / Rob Zombie / Placebo / AFI / Pennywise / DevilDriver / Glassjaw / Panic! At the Disco / Eagles of Death Metal / Baroness / Clutch / Alkaline Trio / The Ghost Inside / Five Finger Death Punch / Black Veil Brides / GWAR / The Black Dahlia Murder / Finch / Bowling For Soup / Dir En Grey / Volbeat / Your Demise / Soil / Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats / The Defiled / Upon A Burning Body / Suicide Silence / letlive. / A Day To Remember / Real Friends / The Bennies / Ceres / The Story So Far Show all bands
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Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Show Duplicates for Feb 28, 2014
Feb 27, 2014
Satyricon / The Black Dahlia Murder / Amon Amarth / Gwar
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170 Russell Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Hardcore Punk
Heavy Metal
Thrash Metal
Alternative Metal
Nu Metal
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Industrial Metal
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Comic
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Comedy Rock
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Virginia Punk
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  2. Crack in the Egg
  3. Tormentor
  4. Tyrant King
  5. El Presidente
  6. Gor-Gor
  7. Pink Pony Club

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 80 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 69 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 34 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 62 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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