John Cooper Clarke Concert History

John Cooper Clarke (born January 25, 1949) is a performance poet from Salford, Lancashire, England, affectionately known as the Bard of Salford. He is often referred to as a punk poet, having initially achieved recognition in the late 1970s amidst the flourishing punk movement. His recorded output has mainly centred around musical backing The Invisible Girls, featuring Martin Hannett, Pete Shelley, Bill Nelson and Steve Hopkins.

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John Cooper Clarke Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 28)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 20, 2011
Diana Ozon / John Cooper Clarke De Vinger The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
May 19, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Maloe Melo Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
May 18, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Effenaar, Kleine Zaal Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
May 12, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Unknown Venue Brighton, England, United Kingdom
May 12, 2011 –
May 14, 2011
The Great Escape 2011
Ed Sheeran / Foster The People / Bastille / Grouplove / Young the Giant / Sufjan Stevens / The Naked and Famous / Ben Howard / Daughter / Little Dragon / SBTRKT / The Vaccines / DJ Shadow / Warpaint / Cults / Friendly Fires / Katy B / Twin Shadow / The Antlers / The Joy Formidable / Frank Turner / K.Flay / Max Richter / Lucy Rose / Villagers / Holy Ghost / Okkervil River / White Denim / Yuck / The Jezabels / Wolf Gang / Guillemots / Dustin O'Halloran / Cloud Control / Anna Calvi / Kyla La Grange / Dry the River / Ghostpoet / Alela Diane / Matthew and the Atlas / The Secret Sisters / Said the Whale / Gang Gang Dance / Art Brut / Star Slinger / Braids / Suuns / Actress / EMA / The Soft Moon / Mona / Hey Rosetta! / Hauschka / Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows / Tribes / Dark Dark Dark / Young Empires / Anoraak / Seekae / Breton / Kitten / Dutch Uncles / Dent May / DZ Deathrays / Big Deal / Lanterns on the Lake / Factory Floor / John Cooper Clarke / Deep Sea Arcade / The Phoenix Foundation / I Am Oak / The Wave Pictures / TEETH / Bleeding Knees Club / Team Me / Luke Abbott / PVT / Fear of Men / Frankie & The Heartstrings / Marcus Foster / Dels / Holidays / Josh T. Pearson / Rachel Sermanni / The Sound of Arrows / Moddi / Smoke Fairies / Alice Gold / 2:54 / Trophy Wife / Brasstronaut / Fight Like Apes / Winter Gloves / The History of Apple Pie / DM Stith / AnR / Fredrika Stahl / Treefight For Sunlight / Evergreen Official / Viva Brother / P.S. I Love You / Heathers / Fiction / Hobbie Stuart / The Heartbreaks / Echo Lake / LCMDF / Seams / Mondkopf / Cocknbullkid / Gallops / In-Flight Safety / Woodhands / Paris Suit Yourself / Team Ghost / Worship / Die! Die! Die! / Two Wounded Birds / Idiot Glee / Spark / Let's Buy Happiness / Rebeka / Nedry / David J. Roch / Lewis Floyd Henry / General / Visions of Trees / worriedaboutsatan / Dad Rocks! / My First Tooth / Bonjay / Black Lungs / The Victorian English Gentlemens Club / Gable / Becoming Real / Tripwires / Bonfires / Freeze the Atlantic / The Mountains & the Trees / Dan Parsons / Melodica, Melody and Me / Paper Crows / Oh So Quiet / We Are The Physics / Delta Maid / Lucy Swann / Us Baby Bear Bones / Modern Superstitions / Marina Gasolina / Malpas / Jumping Ships / Look, Stranger! / I Dream In Colour / Babe, Terror / NLF3 / Marques / Hot Horizons / Nicholas Stevenson / CAP PAS CAP / Skinny Machines / Cat Matador / Young Empire / Folie Ordinaire / Deadwax / Anoorak / Louis Abbott / Megan Goodwin Show all bands
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Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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Apr 19, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Ashcroft Arts Centre Fareham, United Kingdom
Apr 17, 2011
Robert Wyatt / John Cooper Clarke / Simone Felice / Sweet Baboo / Yoke / H. Hawkline / Laura Dockrill / Stuart Maconie / Fernhill Congregational Church Laugharne, United Kingdom
Apr 16, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Dylan Thomas Boathouse Laugharne, United Kingdom
Apr 14, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Garage Music Venue Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Apr 10, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Rose Theatre Studio London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 09, 2011
John Cooper Clarke De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom
Apr 03, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Exeter Phoenix Exeter, England, United Kingdom
Apr 02, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Princess Pavilion Falmouth, England, United Kingdom
Apr 01, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Cheltenham Town Hall Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Mar 31, 2011
John Cooper Clarke / King King / Alan Nimmo The Railway Inn Winchester, England, United Kingdom
Feb 13, 2011
John Cooper Clarke Sub89 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Feb 12, 2011
John Cooper Clarke The Globe Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Feb 06, 2011
John Cooper Clarke O2 Academy Leicester Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Jan 29, 2011
John Cooper Clarke / The Plimptons the arches Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dec 19, 2010
John Cooper Clarke Scala London, England, United Kingdom
Dec 18, 2010
John Cooper Clarke / Martin Newell / Luke Wright / Ross Sutherland Colchester Arts Centre Colchester, England, United Kingdom

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Post-Punk
New Wave
Spoken Word
Madchester
Poetry
Manchester
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1986 14 concerts
1985 8 concerts
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1983 18 concerts
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1981 46 concerts
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