John Cooper Clarke's 2008 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.

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 15, 2008
John Cooper Clarke City Varieties Music Hall Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Oct 12, 2008
The Fall / John Cooper Clarke / Milophobia
  Setlists
The Queen's Hall Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aug 22, 2008 –
Aug 24, 2008
Leeds Festival 2008
The Killers / Metallica / MGMT / Cage The Elephant / Vampire Weekend / Florence + the Machine / Bring Me The Horizon / Queens of the Stone Age / Avenged Sevenfold / All Time Low / Foals / Plain White T's / Bloc Party / The Wombats / Justice / Rage Against The Machine / Bullet for My Valentine / Bombay Bicycle Club / Santigold / Crystal Castles / Dizzee Rascal / Tenacious D / The Fratellis / The Raconteurs / The Ting Tings / Taking Back Sunday / Pendulum / Biffy Clyro / Dropkick Murphys / Editors / Chromeo / The Kills / Yeasayer / You Me At Six / White Lies / Friendly Fires / Manic Street Preachers / The Last Shadow Puppets / Wiley / Flogging Molly / Digitalism / The Gaslight Anthem / Frank Turner / Thrice / The Joy Formidable / Alkaline Trio / We Are Scientists / Feeder / Pennywise / Goldfinger / Simian Mobile Disco / Serj Tankian / Less Than Jake / Mindless Self Indulgence / CSS / Babyshambles / Mystery Jets / Wild Beasts / The Cribs / Glasvegas / Alexisonfire / White Denim / Black Kids / The Subways / Anti-Flag / The Pigeon Detectives / Los Campesinos! / Attack Attack! / Jack Peñate / Seasick Steve / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / The Enemy / Lethal Bizzle / Hadouken! / MxPx / Sea Power / Ida Maria / Blood Red Shoes / The Dresden Dolls / The Automatic / Dirty Pretty Things / Set Your Goals / Fucked Up / Holy Fuck / Tiger Army / The Rascals / The Shoes / Gallows / Kids In Glass Houses / Adam Green / Late of the Pier / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / Black Tide / Stephen Lynch / One Night Only / Cancer Bats / The Audition / The Duke Spirit / Emmy the Great / Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly / Louis XIV / H2O / These New Puritans / The Whip / Teenagers / The King Blues / Jeffrey Lewis / Lightspeed Champion / The Blackout / Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band / Pete and The Pirates / John Cooper Clarke / Dinosaur Pile-Up / Young Knives / Natty / Pulled Apart By Horses / Henry Rollins / Future of the Left / Beans on Toast / Elliot Minor / The Unseen / The Briggs / General Fiasco / Johnny Foreigner / The Death Set / Loved Ones / Twisted Wheel / Robots In Disguise / Fight Like Apes / Broken Records / Cajun Dance Party / Esser / Hot Club de Paris / Red Light Company / The Metros / Ian Moore / Random Hand / Jeremy Warmsley / Flashguns / Thomas Tantrum / Dinosaur / Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong / The Hungry Ghosts / Skeletons / Grammatics / Fighting With Wire / Lovvers / Matt Reed / That Fucking Tank / In Case of Fire / Be Your Own Pet / Teenagersintokyo / Youthmovies / XX Teens / Underground Railroad / Blackhole / Tripwires / Sergeant / Pens / Ipso Facto / Eureka Machines / Milton Jones / Wintermute / Fangs / The New York Fund / Hexes / So So Modern / Black Acid / Make Model / Collapsing Cities / Humour / These Monsters / The Maybes / George Pringle / Our Fold / Leeds Festival Chorus / Smash 'n' Grab / The Bacchae / The Situationists / Phill Jupitus / Brendon Burns / Adam Hills / I Concur / Sean Walsh / The Wallbirds / Robin Ince / Love Ends Disaster! / Out From Animals / Al Pitcher / Jason Rouse / Hifi Handgrenades / Chris Hicks / Fox Cubs / Fran Rodgers / Darlings Of The Splitscreen / razmataz lorry excitement / Reading / Kid Id / Pete Johansson / Adam Bloom / Loqui / Dockers MC / Andi Osho / Tiger Shadow / Steve Gribbin / Excentral Tempest / The Last People on Earth / Solus Locus / Christian Reilly / Tim Clare / Byron Vincent / Sleeveface / Jarred Christmas / Rob Rouse / The Cherry Cobb Cartel / Pile Up! / Trevor Lock / Ross Sutherland / Arnab Chanda / Steve Weiner / Dougie Dunlop / The Ff'ers / Barry Castagnola / Fur Tv / Daniel Townes / The Music / Jubilee Show all bands
  Setlists
Leeds Festival 2008 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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Spoken Word
Madchester
Poetry
Slam Poetry
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has John Cooper Clarke had?

John Cooper Clarke has had 291 concerts.

What genre is John Cooper Clarke?

John Cooper Clarke is most often considered to be Punk, Post-Punk, New Wave, Spoken Word, Madchester, Poetry, Slam Poetry, and Poet.

When is the next John Cooper Clarke concert?

The next John Cooper Clarke concert is on May 14, 2024 at 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

When was the last John Cooper Clarke concert?

The last John Cooper Clarke concert was on April 04, 2024 at O2 Academy Leeds in Leeds, England, United Kingdom.

What setlist does John Cooper Clarke play live?

The songs that John Cooper Clarke performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the September 06, 2023 concert at Lee's Palace in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:

  1. Hire Car
  2. Get Back on Drugs You Fat Fuck
  3. The Luckiest Guy Alive
  4. Bedblocker Blues
  5. Home, Honey I'm High
  6. Lydia, Girl With an Itch
  7. Necrophilia
  8. Beasley Street
  9. Beasley Boulevard
  10. I've Fallen in Love With My Wife
  11. Evidently Chickentown
  12. Twat
  13. I Wanna Be Yours

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