Merzbow Concert History

Merzbow (メルツバウ) is an experimental music project created in Tokyo in 1979 under the direction of musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美). Since 1979, Akita has formed two record labels and has contributed releases to numerous independent record labels. As well as being a prolific artist, he has also written a number of books and has been the editor of several magazines in Japan. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about art, avant-garde music and post-modern culture.

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Merzbow Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 4)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 27, 2010
Merzbow / Nadja / Balázs Pándi / Dethscalator XOYO London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 26, 2010
Xiu Xiu / Ecstatic Sunshine / Merzbow Le Poisson Rouge New York, New York, United States
May 21, 2010
Merzbow / Rekombinacja / Wolf Eyes / jesus is a noise commander / Kombinat / Eyecons / Nothing Firlej Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland
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May 19, 2010
Merzbow / Wolf Eyes / Balázs Pándi Berghain | Panorama Bar | Säule Berlin, Berlin, Germany
May 16, 2010
Merzbow Jpn / Merzbow / Estroboscorpio Kägelbanan Södra Teatern Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Dec 16, 2009
Merzbow / Pandi Blå Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Jun 12, 2009 –
Jun 14, 2009
Synch Festival 2009
Caribou / Friendly Fires / The Pigeon Detectives / Hudson Mohawke / Junior Boys / Squarepusher / Fujiya & Miyagi / Jazzanova / Mulatu Astatke / New Young Pony Club / Tortoise / Aeroplane / The Bug / Teenagers / Fennesz / Shit Robot / Cluster / Mathew Jonson / Merzbow / Puppetmastaz / Ebony Bones! / YOU / Nteibint / The Matthew Herbert Big Band / A Mountain of One / Evripidis And His Tragedies / Disasteradio / Caribou DJ Set / Night On Earth / 3 Chairs / 2l8 / Joe Goddard (DJ Set) / Schaltkreis Wassermann / Egotrya / Family Battle Snake / Mr. Oizo Dj Set / Jazzanova Live feat. Paul Randolph / Tasman / 3 Chairs Feat. Theo Parrish, Marcellus Pittman, Rick Wilhite - Dj Set / Biomass / Mari.Cha / Alex Tsiridis / Florence + the Machine Show all bands
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Athens, Attica, Greece
May 23, 2009
Merzbow Foufounes Électriques Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 21, 2009
Merzbow / Growing / Metz Polish Combatants Hall Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 19, 2009
Merzbow / Charles Cohen Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
May 16, 2009
No Fun Fest
"No Fun Fest" / Merzbow / Blank Dogs / Skullflower / Black Pus / Con-Dom / Emeralds / Peter Rehberg / Marcus Schmickler / Cold Cave / Jazzfinger
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Music Hall of Williamsburg New York, New York, United States
Mar 24, 2009
Merzbow / Napalmed / Birds Build Nests Underground Archa Theatre / Divadlo Archa Prague, Czechia
Nov 11, 2008
Merzbow Stadtgarten Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Jul 11, 2008 –
Jul 13, 2008
Supersonic Festival 2008
Battles / Efterklang / Fucked Up / Fuck Buttons / Wooden Shjips / Earth / Julian Cope / Parts and Labor / Red Sparowes / Errors / Rolo Tomassi / dälek / Merzbow / Harmönia / Oxbow / Oren Ambarchi / Harvey Milk / Max Tundra / DJ Rupture / The Heads / The Oscillation / orthodox / Guapo / Alexander Tucker / Thrones / Black Sun / Magnetophone / DJ Scotch Egg / Pierre Bastien / Noxagt / Asva / The Owl Service / Cutting Pink With Knives / Cath & Phil Tyler / Jah Dan / Justice Yeldham / Gravetemple / PCM / Dokkebi Q / The Heatseekers / Transitional / Einstellung / Maruosa / The Courtesy Group / Ove Naxx / The Beestung Lips / ZX Spectrum Orchestra / Bogulta / Magntophone / Kikuri / Grave Temple / Magnetaphone / Osaka Invasion / Drumize Show all bands
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Supersonic Festival 2008 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Jun 02, 2008
Jackie-O Motherfucker / Jim O'Rourke / Tujiko Noriko / Merzbow / vampillia O-Nest Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Apr 19, 2008
Merzbow / Satori / Sutcliffe Jugend / Sutcliffe Jgend Student Central (ULU) London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 18, 2008
Merzbow / Flower-Corsano Duo / Carlos Giffoni / Totton Glass The Croft Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Nov 08, 2007
Merzbow Lingotto Fiere Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Oct 05, 2007
Merzbow / Sons Of Bronson La 2 de Apolo Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Oct 03, 2007
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La Casa Encendida Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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2026 13 concerts
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2020 1 concert
2019 1 concert
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2014 10 concerts
2013 3 concerts
2012 6 concerts
2011 5 concerts
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2007 8 concerts
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