Optical Concert & Tour History (Updated for 2026)

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Date	Concert	Venue	Location
Jun 01, 2013	Ed Rush / Optical / Black Sun Empire	Concorde 2	Brighton, England, United Kingdom
May 19, 2013	Optical	U Street Music Hall	Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Apr 06, 2013	BTK / Maztek / Aeph / Memtrix / Optical / Tech Itch / Cern / D.o.s.e / CRHOMA / Cold Fusion / Adi-J / Loxy / Ink / Stapleton / AD / Fokus / Keye / BlackEye / J.o.k	Cable	London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 23, 2012	"The Motion Notion Music Festival" / Savoy / The Crystal Method / Dirtyphonics / Optical The Motion Notion Music Festival	Bent River Ranch	Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada
May 11, 2012	Andy C / Optical 10 Years of Major League DnB	The Max, Melkweg	Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Mar 17, 2012	Tiesto / Chase & Status / Ed Rush / Optical / Freddy Legend Mega Electronic Fest	Hiram Bithorn Stadium	San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Mar 03, 2012

Optical

Mezz

Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

Apr 08, 2011

Bad Taste / Toddla T / High Rankin / Culture Shock / Blokhe4d B2b Aeph / Gridlok / Optical / 2Shy

Fabric

London, England, United Kingdom

Feb 13, 2010

Optical / Vegas / 2Shy

Le Cargo

Caen, France

Feb 05, 2010

Optical

TivoliVredenburg

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Aug 20, 2009 –
Aug 22, 2009

Pukkelpop 2009

A Place To Bury Strangers / Ed And Kim / Dead Confederate / Waxdolls / Tomàn / The Sedan Vault / The Bug / Team William / Zombie Nation / The Big Pink / Brookes Brothers / Moderat / Crookers / Vitalic / Krakow / Nitebytes / Ellen Allien / Alberta Cross / The Subs / Soap&Skin / Rave our souls / White Circle Crime Club / Spoil Engine / Don Rimini / Magnus / Sukilove / Modeselektor / Blood Red Shoes / Birdy Nam Nam / Dr. Lektroluv / Paul Kalkbrenner / Andrew Bird / The Bloody Beetroots / Klaxons / Count & Sinden / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / The Invisible / Drive Like Maria / Golden Silvers / Grooverider / Devotchka / Daan / Dananananaykroyd / Alter Ego / Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / HEALTH / LA Riots / Congorock / Brodinski / Fake Blood / Eric Prydz / Benga / Crystal Antlers / The Jesus Lizard / Andy C / Phoenix / The Maccabees / Martin Solveig / Hudson Mohawke / Rolo Tomassi / The Whitest Boy Alive / Dave Clarke / Peaches / Sub Focus / Yuksek / The Hickey Underworld / Squarepusher / Das Pop / The Twang / Snow Patrol / Amanda Blank / Opeth / Ghinzu / This City / Hank III and Assjack / HairGlow / Tōmn / Mish Mash Soundsystem / The Ghost of a Thousand / Face To Face / Optical / Sound of Stereo / Kap Bambino / The Customs / Creature With the Atom Brain / Freaky Age / Diablo Blvd. / Merdan Taplak / Fennesz / The Bony King of Nowhere / Yuko / Tommy Sparks / Tocadisco / Hanne Hukkelberg / His Majesty Andre / Yo Majesty / Ed Rush / Expatriate / Nid And Sancy / Madensuyu / Micachu & The Shapes / Vetiver / Hayseed Dixie / Absynthe Minded / Simian Mobile Disco / The Beautiful Taste / Brakes / Gang Gang Dance / Boy Crisis / Black Lips / The Gay Blades / Future of the Left / Bill Callahan / Vampire Weekend / Magnetic Man / The Chapman Family / James Yuill / My Bloody Valentine / Jon Hopkins / Le Corps Mince De Françoise / Telepathe / Murdock / Bring Me The Horizon / The Juan Maclean / Delphic / Baddies / Zero 7 / Kissy Sell Out / Booka Shade / Buraka Som Sistema / Fight Like Apes / Rusko / And So I Watch You from Afar / Life Of Agony / Placebo / The Soft Pack / Skream / Port O'Brien / The Temper Trap / The Galacticos / Busy P / MSTRKRFT / Jack Peñate / The Black Angels / Aeroplane / Steve Aoki / The Living End / Noisia / Asher Roth / The Black Box Revelation / Little Boots / Arctic Monkeys / Bon Iver / 50 Cent / Passion Pit / Florence + The Machine / The Offspring / La Roux / Metric / Grizzly Bear / Beirut / Wilco / The Ting Tings / Bombay Bicycle Club / Paolo Nutini / Deftones / Dizzee Rascal / N.E.R.D / Faith No More / Deerhunter / New Found Glory / Razorlight / The Airborne Toxic Event / Dinosaur Jr. / Kraftwerk / Them Crooked Vultures / Maxïmo Park / Glasvegas / Fever Ray / Ladyhawke / Eagles of Death Metal / Enter Shikari / Anti-Flag / The Get Up Kids / Patrick Wolf / dEUS / Tortoise / Zebrahead / The Rifles / Mad Caddies / Hank Williams III / The Blackout / Air Traffic / Howling Bells / Rival Schools / Cavalera Conspiracy / Ebony Bones! / Shadow Dancer / Puppetmastaz / Vegas / Stijn Show all bands

Setlists

Domein Kiewit

Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium

Aug 20, 2009 – Aug 22, 2009	Pukkelpop 2009 Arctic Monkeys / Bon Iver / 50 Cent / Vampire Weekend / Snow Patrol / Phoenix / Florence + The Machine / The Offspring / Passion Pit / Bring Me The Horizon / Steve Aoki / Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / The Temper Trap / Grizzly Bear / La Roux / Deftones / Paolo Nutini / Metric / Wilco / Placebo / Bombay Bicycle Club / Beirut / N.E.R.D / Martin Solveig / The Ting Tings / Dizzee Rascal / Andrew Bird / Faith No More / Eric Prydz / Zero 7 / Deerhunter / New Found Glory / Razorlight / The Maccabees / Kraftwerk / Asher Roth / Rusko / Dinosaur Jr. / Klaxons / The Airborne Toxic Event / Sub Focus / My Bloody Valentine / Jon Hopkins / Moderat / Eagles of Death Metal / Paul Kalkbrenner / The Whitest Boy Alive / Black Lips / Opeth / Fever Ray / Maxïmo Park / Them Crooked Vultures / Peaches / The Bloody Beetroots / Enter Shikari / Simian Mobile Disco / MSTRKRFT / Ladyhawke / The Black Angels / Birdy Nam Nam / Glasvegas / Little Boots / Crookers / Skream / Booka Shade / The Big Pink / Anti-Flag / Noisia / Hudson Mohawke / Devotchka / Vitalic / Magnetic Man / Modeselektor / HEALTH / Jack Peñate / Squarepusher / Zombie Nation / Bill Callahan / Blood Red Shoes / Delphic / Vetiver / The Get Up Kids / Yuksek / The Living End / Fake Blood / Benga / A Place To Bury Strangers / dEUS / Tortoise / The Juan Maclean / Face To Face / Zebrahead / Aeroplane / Patrick Wolf / Hank Williams III / Mad Caddies / Gang Gang Dance / The Rifles / Ellen Allien / Andy C / Brodinski / The Soft Pack / The Bug / Buraka Som Sistema / The Invisible / James Yuill / And So I Watch You from Afar / The Twang / Amanda Blank / Busy P / Soap&Skin / Alberta Cross / Brookes Brothers / Air Traffic / Congorock / Fennesz / The Jesus Lizard / Cavalera Conspiracy / The Blackout / Rival Schools / Howling Bells / Hayseed Dixie / The Subs / Port O'Brien / Alter Ego / Absynthe Minded / Life Of Agony / Future of the Left / Crystal Antlers / Tocadisco / Black Box Revelation / Tommy Sparks / Dananananaykroyd / Ghinzu / Count & Sinden / Dave Clarke / Micachu & The Shapes / Das Pop / Rolo Tomassi / Telepathe / Kap Bambino / Daan / Magnus / Dead Confederate / LA Riots / Golden Silvers / Hanne Hukkelberg / Brakes / Fight Like Apes / Sound of Stereo / Kissy Sell Out / Don Rimini / The Gay Blades / Puppetmastaz / Ed Rush / His Majesty Andre / Ebony Bones! / Grooverider / Vegas / Yo Majesty / Murdock / LCMDF / Optical / Boy Crisis / Shadow Dancer / The Ghost of a Thousand / The Bony King of Nowhere / The Customs / Expatriate / The Hickey Underworld / Dr. Lektroluv / Drive Like Maria / Diablo Blvd / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / Yuko / The Chapman Family / Baddies / Creature With the Atom Brain / Freaky Age / Team William / Madensuyu / Merdan Taplak / Stijn / Nid And Sancy / Waxdolls / Spoil Engine / Tomàn / Sukilove / Krakow / The Galacticos / This City / Hank III and Assjack / The Sedan Vault / White Circle Crime Club / Nitebytes / HairGlow / Rave our souls / Ed And Kim / Tōmn / The Beautiful Taste / Mish Mash Soundsystem Show all bands Setlists	Domein Kiewit	Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Aug 20, 2009 – Aug 22, 2009	Pukkelpop 2009 Arctic Monkeys / Bon Iver / 50 Cent / Vampire Weekend / Snow Patrol / Phoenix / The Offspring / Florence + the Machine / Passion Pit / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Steve Aoki / Bring Me The Horizon / The Temper Trap / Grizzly Bear / La Roux / Paolo Nutini / Metric / Wilco / Placebo / Bombay Bicycle Club / Beirut / Deftones / The Ting Tings / N.E.R.D. / Martin Solveig / Dizzee Rascal / Andrew Bird / Faith No More / Eric Prydz / Deerhunter / Zero 7 / New Found Glory / Razorlight / The Maccabees / Asher Roth / Rusko / Klaxons / Kraftwerk / Dinosaur Jr. / The Airborne Toxic Event / Sub Focus / Jon Hopkins / Moderat / The Whitest Boy Alive / My Bloody Valentine / Eagles of Death Metal / Black Lips / Paul Kalkbrenner / Fever Ray / Maxïmo Park / Opeth / Them Crooked Vultures / Peaches / The Bloody Beetroots / Simian Mobile Disco / Enter Shikari / MSTRKRFT / Ladyhawke / Birdy Nam Nam / Glasvegas / The Black Angels / Little Boots / Crookers / Skream / The Big Pink / Booka Shade / Anti-Flag / Noisia / Hudson Mohawke / Devotchka / Magnetic Man / Modeselektor / Vitalic / Jack Peñate / HEALTH / Squarepusher / Zombie Nation / Blood Red Shoes / Delphic / Vetiver / Bill Callahan / The Get Up Kids / Yuksek / The Living End / Fake Blood / Benga / The Juan Maclean / dEUS / A Place To Bury Strangers / Tortoise / Aeroplane / Face To Face / Patrick Wolf / Zebrahead / Gang Gang Dance / Mad Caddies / Hank Williams III / The Rifles / Andy C / Ellen Allien / Brodinski / The Soft Pack / The Bug / James Yuill / Buraka Som Sistema / Amanda Blank / The Invisible / And So I Watch You from Afar / The Twang / Busy P / Alberta Cross / Brookes Brothers / Soap&Skin / Air Traffic / Congorock / The Blackout / Cavalera Conspiracy / The Jesus Lizard / Fennesz / Rival Schools / Howling Bells / Hayseed Dixie / The Subs / Port O'Brien / Alter Ego / Absynthe Minded / Life Of Agony / Future of the Left / Crystal Antlers / Tocadisco / Tommy Sparks / Black Box Revelation / Dananananaykroyd / Count & Sinden / Ghinzu / Dave Clarke / Das Pop / Micachu & The Shapes / Telepathe / Rolo Tomassi / Magnus / Dead Confederate / Kap Bambino / LA Riots / Daan / Golden Silvers / Hanne Hukkelberg / Brakes / Fight Like Apes / Sound of Stereo / Kissy Sell Out / Don Rimini / The Gay Blades / His Majesty Andre / Puppetmastaz / Ed Rush / Ebony Bones! / Grooverider / Yo Majesty / Vegas / LCMDF / Boy Crisis / Shadow Dancer / Optical / Murdock / The Ghost of a Thousand / The Customs / The Bony King of Nowhere / Expatriate / The Hickey Underworld / Dr. Lektroluv / Drive Like Maria / Diablo Blvd / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / The Chapman Family / Baddies / Creature With the Atom Brain / Yuko / Freaky Age / Team William / Merdan Taplak / Madensuyu / Stijn / Nid And Sancy / Waxdolls / Spoil Engine / Tomàn / Sukilove / Krakow / The Galacticos / This City / Hank III and Assjack / The Sedan Vault / White Circle Crime Club / Nitebytes / HairGlow / Rave our souls / Ed And Kim / Tōmn / The Beautiful Taste / Mish Mash Soundsystem Show all bands Setlists		Kiewit-Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Aug 20, 2009 – Aug 22, 2009	Pukkelpop 2009 Arctic Monkeys / 50 Cent / Bon Iver / Florence + The Machine / The Offspring / Vampire Weekend / Phoenix / Deftones / Bring Me The Horizon / Snow Patrol / Passion Pit / The Temper Trap / Steve Aoki / Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / Paolo Nutini / Placebo / Wilco / Metric / Bombay Bicycle Club / La Roux / Grizzly Bear / Beirut / Dizzee Rascal / Martin Solveig / Andrew Bird / N.E.R.D / Eric Prydz / The Ting Tings / Faith No More / Zero 7 / My Bloody Valentine / Deerhunter / Razorlight / Sub Focus / New Found Glory / Kraftwerk / Moderat / Dinosaur Jr. / Paul Kalkbrenner / The Whitest Boy Alive / Jon Hopkins / The Maccabees / Klaxons / Opeth / Rusko / Asher Roth / Them Crooked Vultures / Eagles of Death Metal / Fever Ray / The Airborne Toxic Event / Enter Shikari / Maxïmo Park / Black Lips / Peaches / Booka Shade / Simian Mobile Disco / The Bloody Beetroots / The Black Angels / HEALTH / Anti-Flag / Ladyhawke / MSTRKRFT / Vitalic / Squarepusher / Glasvegas / Birdy Nam Nam / Skream / Little Boots / Noisia / Modeselektor / Hudson Mohawke / Devotchka / Crookers / Bill Callahan / The Big Pink / Magnetic Man / Jack Peñate / Yuksek / Blood Red Shoes / The Get Up Kids / dEUS / Vetiver / Zombie Nation / Zebrahead / Tortoise / The Living End / A Place To Bury Strangers / Face To Face / Delphic / Hank Williams III / Andy C / Soap&Skin / Benga / The Juan Maclean / Fake Blood / Mad Caddies / Ellen Allien / Patrick Wolf / Aeroplane / The Invisible / Gang Gang Dance / The Rifles / The Bug / And So I Watch You from Afar / Fennesz / The Jesus Lizard / Brodinski / The Twang / Buraka Som Sistema / Brookes Brothers / The Soft Pack / Cavalera Conspiracy / Busy P / Alberta Cross / James Yuill / Amanda Blank / Rival Schools / Absynthe Minded / The Blackout / Air Traffic / Life Of Agony / Hayseed Dixie / Congorock / Howling Bells / The Subs / Rolo Tomassi / Black Box Revelation / Alter Ego / Port O'Brien / Future of the Left / Ghinzu / Crystal Antlers / Daan / Tocadisco / Dave Clarke / Kap Bambino / Tommy Sparks / Micachu & The Shapes / Dananananaykroyd / Magnus / Das Pop / Count & Sinden / Telepathe / Vegas / The Bony King of Nowhere / Murdock / Dead Confederate / Ed Rush / Fight Like Apes / LA Riots / Golden Silvers / Hanne Hukkelberg / Brakes / Puppetmastaz / Sound of Stereo / Kissy Sell Out / Don Rimini / Grooverider / The Gay Blades / His Majesty Andre / Ebony Bones! / Optical / Yo Majesty / The Ghost of a Thousand / LCMDF / Shadow Dancer / Boy Crisis / The Customs / Yuko / The Hickey Underworld / Dr. Lektroluv / Expatriate / Diablo Blvd / Tomàn / Drive Like Maria / Baddies / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / The Chapman Family / Spoil Engine / Madensuyu / Creature With the Atom Brain / Freaky Age / Team William / Stijn / Merdan Taplak / Nid And Sancy / Waxdolls / Sukilove / Krakow / This City / The Galacticos / Hank III and Assjack / The Sedan Vault / White Circle Crime Club / HairGlow / Nitebytes / Rave our souls / Ed And Kim / TÅmn / The Beautiful Taste / Mish Mash Soundsystem Show all bands Setlists	Domein Kiewit	Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium

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Mar 28, 2009

Ultra Music Festival

"Ultra Music Festival" / The Prodigy / Moby / Cut Copy / Deadmau5 / Crystal Castles / The Presets / Hercules and Love Affair / Simian Mobile Disco / Carl Cox / Paul van Dyk / Armin van Buuren / Above & Beyond / Fedde le Grand / Infected Mushroom / ATB / Kaskade / Markus Schulz / Booka Shade / M.A.N.D.Y / Tiefschwarz / Boys Noize / Kraak & Smaak / Erick Morillo / Pete Tong / Elio Riso / Goldie / Andy C / MC Gq / Hybrid / Ed Rush / Optical / Bassbin Twins / Soul of Man / DJ Icey / Evol Intent / Chase & Status / Drumattic Twins / Roni Size / Stanton Warriors / Alina / Francesco Rossi / Nate Campbell / MSTRKRFT / Late of the Pier / Heidi / Sunfocus / Djunya / BT's Laptop Symphony / Baby Anne / The Freestylers / Peoples / Booka Shade / 2020 Soundsystem / BT / LA Riots / The Bloody Beetroots Show all bands

Setlists

Maurice A Ferré Park

Miami, Florida, United States

Mar 25, 2009

Andy C / Demetrios / Optical / Redone / Sub Focus

The Recher

Towson, Maryland, United States

Jan 03, 2009	Optical / Ed Rush / Stone Groove	Pipeline Cafe	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Mar 26, 2008	Andy C & GQ / Ed Rush / Sub Focus / The Red One / Optical	Five	Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Mar 31, 2007	Benny Benassi / Infected Mushroom / Kaskade / Mark Farina / Dieselboy / DJ Sneak / Marcus Intalex / Christopher Lawrence / DJ Dan / Ed Rush / The Enemy / Optical / Deep Voices / COMPANY TRUCK / Tom Slik / John Beaver / Bicolas	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	San Francisco, California, United States
Jul 05, 2001 – Jul 08, 2001	Dour Festival 2001 Phoenix / Snow Patrol / Spoon / Four Tet / Mase / Blonde Redhead / Ladytron / Gojira / The Damned / Mr. Vegas / Chilly Gonzales / Sizzla / The Orb / Orishas / DJ Krush / Aim / Alpha Blondy / Morgan Heritage / Dan the Automator / Afrika Bambaataa / Paul Johnson / Spor / Do Or Die / Adam F / The Dickies / The Gladiators / The Black Heart Procession / The Nextmen / Geoffroy / Disiz La Peste / D.O.A. / Sporto Kantes / Alpha / U.S. Bombs / Visión / My Vitriol / Badmarsh And Shri / Dead Moon / Benjamin Diamond / Rob / Zimpala / Bob Log III / Add N To (x) / Massilia Sound System / Francoiz Breut / Nicole Willis / Optical / Zenzile / Beat Junkies / Marcus Intalex / Bastian / Digital / Misty In Roots / Miles / Attaboy / T-Model Ford / Block 16 / Steve Rachmad / De Mens / Snooze / Arkangel / Fabio / Psychonauts / High Voltage / Panico / Tim Simenon / 100 Demons / Lowgold / Tommy Hools / Uman / Enhancer / Sharko / Cowboys & aliens / Starflam / Bush Chemists / The Married Monk / Fabrice Lig / Tim Hutton / Guem / Mile / Laëtitia Sheriff / Mauro / Afronaught / Troublemaker / My Little Cheap Dictaphone / DJ TIM / Mórpheus / Billy Ze Kick / K2R Riddim / Shutdown / Stampin' Ground / The Little Rabbits / Maximum Penalty / Ex-girl / Appliance / Krewcial / Raoul / Iv My People / Sweek / Natalia M King / Boys From Brazil / Kaly / Pure Science / Pink Satellite / L'Esprit du Clan / Hitch / Angel Crew / MC Supernatural / New Wet Kojak / Olaf Hund / Bloodshot / Awkward Thought / Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali / Reiziger / 2nd Gen / Surge Of Fury / Live Human / Glorybox / Settle the Score / Virago / The Steels / Fred And The Healers / Nj Bloodline / GHB / Marcel And Son Orchestre / Kutmasta Kurt & Motion Man / Fonky Familly / Coem / Miam Monster Miam / Zop Hopop / Studio Pagol / The Flying Dewaele Brothers / Full Court Press / DJ Tomaz / EC8OR / DJ G-force / Negate / Homethrust / Indication / Brekbit / Citizen Pain / The Syncopated Elevators Legacy / Arolde / Rawakari / Tom Barman Dj / Ten Dubians / Mo & Benoelie / Lester Lewitt / Wicona Airbag / Trevor Rockcliffe Dj / Tlp & Dors Show all bands Setlists		Dour, Wallonia, Belgium
May 05, 2001	Optical It's Like A Jungle	Ancienne Belgique	Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Jul 15, 2000	Optical Essential Festival	Stanmer Park	Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Aug 28, 1999	Optical Pukkelpop	Domein Kiewit	Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium

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2020	2 concerts
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