James Yorkston Concert History

James Yorkston (born in 1971 in Kingsbarns, Fife) is a Scottish folk musician. In addition to recordings under his own name, he released a number of albums between 2002 and 2006 as James Yorkston and The Athletes. In 2009 he released an album as James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players.

James Yorkston Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024) (Page 4)

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 17, 2009 –
Apr 19, 2009
Homegame 2009
Marina / Frightened Rabbit / Slow Club / King Creosote / Malcolm Middleton / James Yorkston / Adem / The Phantom Band / The Cheek / Karine Polwart / Withered Hand / Emma Pollock / Rozi Plain / Meursault / Pictish Trail / David Thomas Broughton / Found / Adrian Crowley / Kid Canaveral / Rachael Dadd / De Rosa / The Burns Unit / So Cow / Viking Moses / Frànçois / Jonnie Common / Panda Su / Ichi / eagleowl / Player Piano / The Hand / Rob St John / Strike the Colours / Martin John Henry / boywonder / Golden Ghost / Things in Herds / Viva Stereo / Foxface / Inspector Tapehead / OLO Worms / Peter Greenwood / Emily Scott / Animal Magic Tricks / LOVE.STOP.REPEAT / Candythief / Jake Flowers / H.m.s. Ginafore / Little Ray / Michael Johnston / Gummi Bako / George Thomas / The Red Well / Little Pebble / OnTheFly / DJ Dominic / Ziggy Campbell / Hardsparrow / English Bore / Art Pedro / Wig Smith / John B McKenna / expedition guide / Doug Johnstone / Doogie Paul / Come In Tokyo / Will Hodgkinson Show all bands
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Homegame Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Feb 02, 2009
Saxon / Iced Earth / James Yorkston
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Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Feb 01, 2009
Emiliana Torrini / Lay Low / James Yorkston
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Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Aug 15, 2008 –
Aug 17, 2008
Green Man Festival 2008
Mumford & Sons / The National / Iron & Wine / Caribou / The War on Drugs / Laura Marling / Badly Drawn Boy / Wild Beasts / Spiritualized / Damien Jurado / Los Campesinos! / Drive-By Truckers / Super Furry Animals / The Cave Singers / Black Mountain / Alela Diane / Fuck Buttons / Bowerbirds / Clare Maguire / King Creosote / Emmy the Great / Cate Le Bon / Archie Bronson Outfit / Lightspeed Champion / Wolf People / Barbarossa / Jane Weaver / James Yorkston / Little Wings / Pentangle / Wildbirds & Peacedrums / Lou Rhodes / Prince Rama / Fight Like Apes / Nina Nastasia / Simone White / O'Death / Howlin Rain / Duke Garwood / Pete Molinari / Jennifer Gentle / Beth Jeans Houghton / Babel / Sennen / One Little Plane / School of Language / Devon Sproule / Ben Ottewell / Magik Markers / Pete Greenwood / The Accidental / Mugstar / City Reverb / The Gentle Good / Essie Jain / North Sea Radio Orchestra / Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir / The Yellow Moon Band / 9Bach / Rod Thomas / Cats In Paris / The Owl Service / Swanton Bombs / Mary Hampton / John Stammers / Cath & Phil Tyler / Truckers of Husk / Eugene Mcguiness / Sara Lowes / Paul Marshall / The Peth / Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man / Nic Dawson Kelly / Threatmantics / Heather Jones / Gwyneth Glyn / Radio Luxembourg / David A Jaycock / The Saffron Sect / Pamela Wyn Shannon / Brigyn / Burning Leaves / Orange Blossom Special / The Moon Music Orchestra / George Thomas / cymbient Show all bands
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Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Aug 15, 2008
Aug 10, 2008
Summer Sundae Festival
"Summer Sundae Festival" / Simian Mobile Disco / Reverend and The Makers / Cold War Kids / Jose Gonzalez / Wild Beasts / Rook And The Ravens / Lightspeed Champion / Joan As Police Woman / of Montreal / Efterklang / Jeffrey Lewis / Lykke Li / James Yorkston / Those Dancing Days / Alela Diane / Langhorne Slim / Charlie Jones / The Hot Seats / Kathryn Williams / Neil MacColl / Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir / The Codes / Dawson Smith & The Dissenters / James Maddock / John Budding Band / Greg Gent Band / Andy Whittle / Small Bear / Swaggar / Hamell On Trial / Mitch Benn / Tony Law / Greg Davis / Barry Castagnola / Andi Osho / Philip Jeck / Celestial Road Show all bands
Summer Sundae Festival Grounds Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Dec 20, 2007
James Yorkston

Xmas Gig

The Luminaire London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 31, 2007 –
Sep 02, 2007
Connect Festival 2007
Vector Lovers / Modest Mouse / M.I.A / Regina Spektor / Björk / Hot Chip / Beastie Boys / Bat For Lashes / Trashcan Sinatras / Circlesquare / My Latest Novel / Big Face / Mogwai / Kieran Hebden / Optimo / Primal Scream / Candie Payne / Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) / Fire Engines / Make Model / Steven Lindsay / Four Tet / The Parsonage / Octogen / Aerogramme / The Kazoo Funk Orchestra / CSS / Cosmic Fury / Sleepless Crew / big star / Rilo Kiley / Nouvelle Vague / Aqualung / The Go! Team / The Hold Steady / Super Furry Animals / Seasick Steve / The Polyphonic Spree / The Divine Comedy / Patrick Wolf / Teenage Fanclub / Idlewild / Jarvis Cocker / LCD Soundsystem / Tilly And The Wall / The Twilight Sad / Scott Matthews / Nathan Fake / The Only Ones / Sons and Daughters / Vashti Bunyan / King Creosote / Slam / Stephen Fretwell / The Kissaway Trail / Seth Lakeman / James Yorkston / The Aliens / 1990s / Alex Smoke / Cap'tain / The Jesus and Mary Chain / Echo & the bunnymen Show all bands
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Unknown venue Inveraray, UK
Show Duplicate for Aug 31, 2007
Aug 17, 2007 –
Aug 19, 2007
Green Man Festival 2007
Devendra Banhart / Battles / Joanna Newsom / fanfarlo / Slow Club / Seasick Steve / Johnny Flynn / Vetiver / Bill Callahan / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Alela Diane / My Brightest Diamond / Clinic / Tunng / Gruff Rhys / King Creosote / Emmy the Great / Vashti Bunyan / Dead Meadow / Herman Düne / Pete and The Pirates / Malcolm Middleton / James Yorkston / Six Organs of Admittance / Jill Barber / Findlay Brown / The Aliens / The Broken Family Band / Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation / Richmond Fontaine / John Smith / The Earlies / Diane Cluck / Alasdair Roberts / Pete Molinari / Victoria Williams / Arbouretum / Euros Childs / David Thomas Broughton / John Renbourn / Richard James / Rachel Unthank & The Winterset / Martin Stephenson / Arborea / Lisa Knapp / Gareth Pearson / Monkey Swallows The Universe / The Gentle Good / Pg Six / North Sea Radio Orchestra / John Power / Misty's Big Adventure / The Yellow Moon Band / Voice of the Seven Woods / 9Bach / Connan And The Mockasins / Soft Hearted Scientists / Stephen Duffy and the Lilac Time / Gilbert / Ellis Island Sound / Daimh / Beep Seals / Christopher Rees / Fernhill / Petra Jean Phillipson / Steve Adey / Threatmantics / Starless And Bible Black / MEN-AN-TOL / Indigo Moss / Eugene Francis Jnr & The Juniors / Pamela Wyn Shannon / Charlotte Greig / Arctic Circle / The Moon Music Orchestra / ThistleTown / The Laughing Windows / Directing Hand / Gwildor / The General And Duchess Collins / Wizz And Simeon Jones / Three Stranded Horse / Gethin Pearson / Fridge Show all bands
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Glanusk Estate Powys, UK
Aug 11, 2007
Field Day 2007
Florence + the Machine / Foals / Justice / Metronomy / Caribou / Chromeo / Bat For Lashes / Laura Marling / Four Tet / Boys Noize / Battles / Mystery Jets / fanfarlo / Liars / Matthew Dear / Vetiver / Gruff Rhys / Late of the Pier / Alberta Cross / Archie Bronson Outfit / Electrelane / The Concretes / Erol Alkan / James Yorkston / Adem / The Aliens / Andrew Weatherall / Cajun Dance Party / 1990s / Beyond The Wizards Sleeve / The Fridge / The Earlies / GoodBooks / Pictish Trail / Pull Tiger Tail / Euros Childs / James Yorkston And The Athletes / Kid Harpoon / Absentee / The Strange Death of Liberal England / Baseball Furies / Nadia Ksaiba / The Fence Collective / Skull Juice / Casper C / Patchwork Pirates / Matthew Dear's Big Hands / Miss Odd Kid / Crispin Dior / Jo Jo De Freq / eLPLATE Show all bands
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Victoria Park London, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Aug 11, 2007
Sep 29, 2006
Beth Orton / Bert Jansch / James Yorkston The Spitz London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 15, 2006 –
Sep 17, 2006
End of the Road Festival 2006
Metronomy / Frightened Rabbit / Badly Drawn Boy / Josh Ritter / Richard Hawley / fanfarlo / Guillemots / Ryan Adams and the Cardinals / el perro del mar / I'm From Barcelona / Tilly And The Wall / Ed Harcourt / Emmy the Great / Jolie Holland / The Boy Least Likely To / Holly Golightly / Jim Noir / Kathryn Williams / Dawn Landes / Micah P. Hinson / Barbarossa / The Electric Soft Parade / Pink Mountaintops / James Yorkston / Charlie Parr / Simple Kid / Kelley Stoltz / Findlay Brown / Howe Gelb / Brakes / Gravenhurst / Merz / M. Craft / Christian Kjellvander / Suburban Kids With Biblical Names / Dan Arborise / Darren Hayman / Jeremy Warmsley / My Latest Novel / David Thomas Broughton / Chris T-T / The Memory Band / Ralfe Band / Absentee / Sunny Day Sets Fire / Ladyfuzz / Rose Kemp / Semifinalists / Boy Omega / Paris Motel / Flipron / Superthriller / Things in Herds / Thirty Pounds of Bone / Hemstad / Uncle John And Whitelock / Phil Bailey / Hush The Many / Crosbi / Magic Car / Stuffy And The Fuses / The Bright Space / Hardsparrow / Gethin Pearson and The Scenery / Own Little World / Sea Power / Kemosabe Jr. Show all bands
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Larmer Tree Gardens Sixpenny Handley, UK
Aug 18, 2006 –
Aug 20, 2006
Green Man Festival 2006
José González / Bat For Lashes / M. Ward / Fink / Donovan / Calexico / Martha Wainwright / Tunng / Fionn Regan / Gruff Rhys / King Creosote / Marissa Nadler / Archie Bronson Outfit / Scott Matthews / Juana Molina / Teddy Thompson / Micah P. Hinson / Television Personalities / Malcolm Middleton / Simple Kid / James Yorkston / Adem / The Aliens / Quasi / A Hawk and a Hacksaw / John Smith / Merz / The Shortwave Set / Kieran Hebden / Alasdair Roberts / Dan Arborise / Bert Jansch / Euros Childs / Jack Rose / Tobias Froberg / Adrian Crowley / Silver Jews / Richard James / Chris T-T / The Skygreen Leopards / Sunburned Hand of the Man / Gareth Pearson / The Gentle Good / Viking Moses / Circulus / Misty's Big Adventure / The Yellow Moon Band / Voice of the Seven Woods / 9Bach / Steve Reid / Meic Stevens / Wizz Jones / Phillip Roebuck / Vito / Eighteenth Day of May / Emma Tricca / John Stammers / Aidan Smith / Silky / Brave Captain / Nalle / Onions / Foxface / James Green / Culprit One / The Wooden Spoon / Don's Mobile Barbers / Elaine Palmer / Woodcraft Folk / Nancy Elizabeth Cunliffe / cymbient / Rob Sharples / marc meon / Andrew Hockey / Benjamin Weatherill Show all bands
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Glanusk Estate Powys, UK
Jul 14, 2006 –
Jul 16, 2006
Guilfest
3 Men and Black / 65daysofstatic / Above / Aerial Device / a-ha / Alistair Cowan / Ariel-X / Attica / Big Wednesday / Billy Idol / Billy Irvine / Blimus / Blue Öyster Cult / BOB / Boo Hewerdine / Breed 77 / Bring Me The Horizon / Burnt Ash / 'Chop, Chop: Bear Touch'? / Cosmic Rough Riders / Danni McCormack / Dead! Dead! Dead! / Dead Singer / Dirty Love / Don Mescall / Donovan / East Road / Embrace / Exoterik / Galaktikos / Gary Numan / Glenn Tilbrook / Green On Red / Guillemots / Hayseed Dixie / Hugh Cornwell / InMe / Intervurt / James Yorkston / Kila / Kosheen / KOVAK / Lightning Seeds / Mohair / Morning Runner / Newton Faulkner / Nizlopi / Obscura / Preacher Joe / Richard John Thompson / Saturday Morning Pictures / Shack / Simon Friend / SikTh / Sophie B Hawkins / Sparks / Stereo MCs / Steve Morano / Stylus / Terri Walker / The AG Band / The Architects / The Boy Least Likely To / The Hedrons / The Mutts / Therapy? / The Roosters / The Storys / The Stranglers / The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain / The Waterboys / Tinks / Velvet Razor / Who Will Miss Mary? / Wills And The Willing / Winnebago Deal / Wire Daisies / The Wonder Stuff Show all bands
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Stoke Park Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Jun 18, 2006
Middlesbrough Music Live 2006
Enter Shikari / Mr Hudson / Ocean Colour Scene / Skindred / Zebrahead / The Sunshine Underground / James Yorkston / Morning Runner / Hope of the States / Bromheads Jacket / Vincent Vincent and the Villains / Larrikin Love / The Upper Room / The Hitchers / We Start Fires / Elaine Palmer / Oxfam Glamour Models Show all bands
Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom
Apr 14, 2006
Daniel Johnston / Jason Pierce / Teenage Fanclub / Howe Gelb / Vic Chesnutt / Everett True / James Yorkston
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Barbican Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 19, 2005 –
Aug 21, 2005
Green Man Festival 2005
Joanna Newsom / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Tunng / James Yorkston / Adem / Josephine Foster / The Earlies / Alasdair Roberts / ENTRANCE / Pedro / Bonnie "prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney / The Memory Band / Wizz Jones / Half Cousin / It's Jo And Danny / The Fence Collective Show all bands
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Green Man Festival 2005 Brecon, Wales, United Kingdom
Aug 03, 2005
Sons and Daughters / Adem / James Yorkston / Four Tet 100 Club London, England, United Kingdom
May 21, 2005 –
May 22, 2005
Homefires 2005
Hot Chip / José González / Badly Drawn Boy / The Magic Numbers / Jesca Hoop / Amiina / James Yorkston / Adem / Scout Niblett / Espers / Mugison / Alasdair Roberts / White Magic / Pg Six / Lau Nau
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London, England, United Kingdom
May 09, 2005
Archie Bronson Outfit / Adem / James Yorkston

LES NUITS

Botanique Rotonde Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Apr 02, 2004 –
Apr 04, 2004
All Tomorrow's Parties - ATP 2004
Modest Mouse / The Shins / Cat Power / Explosions in the Sky / Dizzee Rascal / LCD Soundsystem / Cass McCombs / Le Tigre / Deerhoof / The Notwist / Sonic Youth / Tindersticks / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / The Fiery Furnaces / Mission of Burma / ESG / Arab Strap / Har Mar Superstar / Lightning Bolt / James Yorkston / Black Dice / Bardo Pond / Sophia / Nina Nastasia / Vincent Gallo / Enon / Wolf Eyes / OOIOO / Erase Errata / White Magic / Carla Bozulich / Love / Fuck / Jackie-O Motherfucker / Saccharine Trust / Charalambides / Polmo Polpo / Fursaxa / Träd, Gräs och Stenar / Vibracathedral Orchestra / Ella Guru / Double Leopards / Miighty Flashlight / Threnody Ensemble / Hanged Up / Angelblood / Carla Bozulich and Nels Cline / Love W Arthur Lee / Dream Aktion Unit / Polmo Polpohanged Up Show all bands
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Gig On The Green 2002
Aug 24 - 25, 2002
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Folk
Singer-Songwriter
Indie Folk
Melancholia
Chamber Psych
Scotland
Scottish Hush
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Latest Setlist (05/06/2023):

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  1. An Upturned Crab
  2. Pieter Paulo van der Heyden
  3. Mary
  4. The Heavy Lyric Police
  5. Keeping Up with the Grandchildren, Yeah
  6. The Harmony
  7. A Hollow Skeleton Lifts a Heavy Wing
  8. Sam and Jeannie McGregor
  9. Hold Out For Love

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 1 concert
2023 14 concerts
2022 1 concert
2021 5 concerts
2019 7 concerts
2017 2 concerts
2016 5 concerts
2015 1 concert
2014 4 concerts
2013 7 concerts
2012 4 concerts
2011 5 concerts
2010 1 concert
2009 6 concerts
2008 2 concerts
2007 4 concerts
2006 6 concerts
2005 4 concerts
2004 1 concert
2003 1 concert
2002 4 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has James Yorkston had?

James Yorkston has had 85 concerts.

What genre is James Yorkston?

James Yorkston is most often considered to be Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Melancholia, Chamber Psych, Scotland, and Scottish Hush.

When is the next James Yorkston concert?

The next James Yorkston concert is on June 07, 2024 at Low Four Studio in Manchester, England, United Kingdom.

When was the last James Yorkston concert?

The last James Yorkston concert was on December 08, 2023 at Cyprus Avenue in Cork, Munster, Ireland. The bands that performed were: James Yorkston / Nina Persson.

What setlist does James Yorkston play live?

The songs that James Yorkston performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the May 06, 2023 concert at John Dee in Oslo, Oslo, Norway:

  1. An Upturned Crab
  2. Pieter Paulo van der Heyden
  3. Mary
  4. The Heavy Lyric Police
  5. Keeping Up with the Grandchildren, Yeah
  6. The Harmony
  7. A Hollow Skeleton Lifts a Heavy Wing
  8. Sam and Jeannie McGregor
  9. Hold Out For Love

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