Public Enemy Concert History

Public Enemy are an American hip hop group formed by Chuck D and Flavor Flav in Long Island, New York, in 1985. The group rose to prominence for their political messages including subjects such as American racism and the American media. Their debut album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show, was released in 1987 to critical acclaim, and their second album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988), was the first hip hop album to top The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll.

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Public Enemy Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 24)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 03, 2009
Public Enemy

80/35 Music Festival

Western Gateway Park Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Jul 03, 2009 –
Jul 04, 2009
80/35 Music Festival 2009
Matisyahu / Public Enemy / G. Love & Special Sauce / Broken Social Scene / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Brother Ali / The Nadas / New Monsoon / House of Large Sizes / Margot and the Nuclear So and So's / William Fitzsimmons / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Maps & Atlases / Occidental Brothers / Modern Skirts / Audrye Sessions / Baby Teeth / Miss Derringer / Floodplane / Girl In a Coma / Paper Route / Wild Sweet Orange / Mr. Baber's Neighbors / Anni Rossi / THE DIG ANGEES / Cleo's Apartment / The Autumn Project / The Josh Davis Band / Beati Paoli / Maximillian Eubank / Hanwell / Buster & the Punks / DJ Diverse / Flatform / Ben Harper / Ben Harper and Relentless7 Show all bands
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Western Gateway Park Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Jun 12, 2009
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Phish / The Decemberists / Galactic / Animal Collective / Lucinda Williams / Crystal Castles / Girl Talk / Vieux Farka Touré / Femi Kuti / St. Vincent / Tift Merritt / Grace Potter / Toubab Krewe / Cotton Jones / King Sunny Adé & His African Beats / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Amadou & Mariam / moe. / Grizzly Bear / TV On the Radio / David Byrne / Triumph The Insult Comic Dog / Kraak & Smaak / Portugal. The Man / Al Green / Paul Oakenfold / Santigold / Ani DiFranco / Pretty Lights / The Belleville Outfit / Gomez / Kaki King / Everest / Beastie Boys / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Justin Townes Earle / The Itals / Public Enemy / Dirty Projectors / Béla Fleck / Toumani Diabaté / Patterson hood & the Screwtopians / Phoenix / Jets Overhead / The Protomen / Ki:Theory / Moonalice / The Features / Ben Sollee Show all bands
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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 12, 2009
Jun 11, 2009 –
Jun 14, 2009
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2009
Cage The Elephant / The Low Anthem / MGMT / Gomez / Grace Potter and The Nocturnals / Jets Overhead / DJ Quickie Mart / Ani DiFranco / High On Fire / Nas / Ted Leo and The Pharmacists / People Under the Stairs / Nine Inch Nails / of Montreal / Alejandro Escovedo / Jessica Lea Mayfield / Erick Baker / Kristen Schaal / Jimmy Fallon / Kaki King / Jedd Hughes / Animal Collective / Toumani Diabat / Christian Finnegan / Sons of Bill / Arj Barker / Valley Lodge / Robyn Hitchcock And The Venus 3 / Tony Rice Unit / Julia Nunes / Dirty Projectors / Roger Alan Wade / Brett Dennen / Kraak & Smaak / Phoenix / Alberta Cross / Janeane Garofalo / MyNameIsJohnMichael / Rory Albanese / Wilco / Todd Barry / Hocky / Dan Dyer / Michael Ian Black / Pretty Lights / Béla Fleck / Lucinda Williams / Vieux Farka Touré / Delta Spirit / Booker T & the Dbts / King Sunny Adé / Jimmy Buffett / Shadows Fall / Michael Showalter / Justin Townes Earle / Bon Iver / Ki:Theory / Allen Toussaint / William Elliott Whitmore / Heartless Bastards / American Princes / Public Enemy / Jerry Hannan / Wailing Souls / Andrew Bird / The Heavy Pets / Murs / Wyatt Cenac / The Hood Internet / Heypenny / Okkervil River / Kurt Braunohler / Ilo and the Coral Reefer Allstars / Mike Farris / Femi Kuti / Cherryholmes / The Decemberists / Coheed and Cambria / Ben Harper / Aaron LaCrate / Tift Merritt / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / Elvis Costello / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Phish / Yeasayer / Nick Kroll / Zee Avi / The Features / Wayne Federman / Triumph The Insult Comic Dog / Santigold / Gypsyphonic Disko / Passion Pit / Fiction Family / Don Hertzfeldt / Nikhil Korula Band / Chairlift / J Boogie / Madi Diaz / David Byrne / Erin McCarley / The Mars Volta / Aziz Ansari / Joe Pug / Patterson Hood / Outernational / Booker T / Katzenjammer / Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue / moe. / Band of Horses / Portugal. The Man / Galactic / Lovell Sisters / Amy Schumer / A.A. Bondy / Ben Sollee / Kuroma / Girl Talk / Midnite / Zac Brown Band / Motion Potion / brakesbrakesbrakes / Paul Oakenfold / Elvis Perkins In Dearland / Toumani Diabaté / Dear and the Headlights / Russian Circles / White Rabbits / The Dillinger Escape Plan / TV On the Radio / Moonalice / The Dirty Guv'nahs / Janelle Monáe / Cotton Jones / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Evan Watson / Hockey / Toubab Krewe / Merle Haggard / Jenny Lewis / Grizzly Bear / Charlie Allen / Everest / Todd Snider / Dirty Sweet / Robyn Hitchcock / Al Green / David Grisman Quintet / The SteelDrivers / Those Darlins / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Giraffes / Robert Earl Keen / Neko Case / Crystal Castles / John Oliver / Beastie Boys / Citizen Cope / Del McCoury Band / Nick Thune / Vertigo / The Knux / Kumail Nanjiani / The Black Lillies / The Protomen / Gov't Mule / Tobacco / St. Vincent / The Belleville Outfit / King Sunny Adé / Jim Lauderdale / Erykah Badu / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band / Booker T. Jones / Raphael Saadiq / The Itals / Pete Holmes / Amadou & Mariam / Turbine / Ben Harper and Relentless7 / The Tangiers Blues Band Show all bands
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 11, 2009
Jun 06, 2009
Roots Picnic 2009
The Black Keys / Kid Cudi / Santigold / The Roots / TV On the Radio / Public Enemy / Asher Roth / Busdriver / Antibalas / King Britt / D.j. Cash Money / Dave P / WrittenHouse / Dozia
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Apr 19, 2009
Public Enemy

Coachella Festival

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Empire Polo Club Indio, California, United States
Apr 17, 2009 –
Apr 19, 2009
Coachella 2009
The Night Marchers / Jupiter / The Kills / The Bloody Beetroots / Zizek / No Age / He Kills / DLX / Imagika / The Brian Jonestown Massacre / The Bug / R/D / Supermayer / Sébastien Tellier / Vivian Girls / Devendra Banhart / Noah and the Whale / The Orb / DJ Marshall Barnes / Steve Aoki / Kether / MartyParty / BLVD / Thenewno2 / Wolfie / Drive-By Truckers / Jesse Wright / Cloud Cult / Nocando / 6Blocc / DJ Gabe Real / Hercules and Love Affair / Junior Boys / Shepard Fairey / Superchunk / Franki Chan / Glass Candy / James Morrison / Bob Mould Band / Paolo Nutini / Ghostland Observatory / LMFAO / Groove Armada / P.O.S / Patton & Rahzel / Peanut Butter Wolf / Kill The Noise / The Horrors / Vibesquad / Random Rab / Michael Franti & Spearhead / X / Fauna / AC Slater / Ras G / David Starfire / Surkin / Felix Cartal / Nalepa / The Crystal Method / Cage The Elephant / Okkervil River / Liars / Marshall Barnes / Themselves / Beats Antique / Daddy Kev / Friendly Fires / Drop The Lime / Rahzel / The Bomb Squad / Nobody / Ianator / The Gaslamp Killer / A Place To Bury Strangers / Electric Touch / Pablo Hassan / Dr. Dog / M.A.N.D.Y / Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti / Douster / Mexican Institute of Sound / Tinariwen / Helios Jive / Paparazzi / Fucked Up / The Presets / Plump DJs / M. Ward / White Lies / K'naan / El G / Braden / Busy P / Buraka Som Sistema / Treasure Fingers / Peter Bjorn and John / The Gaslight Anthem / Patricio / N.A.S.A. / Joss Stone / Blitzen Trapper / Warrior Queen / Gui Boratto / Perry Farrell / Para One / Zane Lowe / Billy Talent / Dub Science / The Knux / Public Enemy / Late of the Pier / Throbbing Gristle / Bajofondo / Étienne de Crécy / People Under the Stairs / Ryan Bingham / Juakali / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Atmosphere / Samiyam / DJ Mehdi / MSTRKRFT / Girl Talk / Gang Gang Dance / Dear and the Headlights / Mike Patton / Clipse / Kode9 / Icatching / Sub Swara / My Bloody Valentine / Jokers of the Scene / LA Riots / Michael Franti / El Gran Silencio / Flying Lotus / The Aggrolites / Jupit3r / Daedelus / Felix da Housecat / Christopher Lawrence / Glasvegas / Mimosa / Craze and Klever / Silversun Pickups / The Chemical Brothers / Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band / Beirut / Crystal Castles / The Ting Tings / The Killers / The Black Keys / The Cure / Lupe Fiasco / M.I.A. / Band of Horses / Franz Ferdinand / Fleet Foxes / Lykke Li / TV On the Radio / Thievery Corporation / Leonard Cohen / Morrissey / The Airborne Toxic Event / Mastodon / We Are Scientists / Paul Weller / Antony & The Johnsons / Calexico / Crookers / Los Campesinos! / Jenny Lewis / The Hold Steady / Courteeners / Conor Oberst / Ida Maria / Molotov / Amanda Palmer / Bob Mould / Turbonegro / Booker T. Jones / Alberta Cross / Switch / Henry Rollins / Booker T / Genghis Tron / TRV$DJAM / The Murder City Devils / Paul McCartney / The Lucent Dossier Experience / Rimski / Roni Size / Reprazent Show all bands
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Empire Polo Club Indio, California, United States
Show Duplicates for Apr 17, 2009
Mar 15, 2009
Public Enemy B.B. King Blues Club & Grill New York, New York, United States
Mar 06, 2009 –
Mar 09, 2009
Langerado Music Festival 2009
Death Cab for Cutie / Modest Mouse / Zac Brown Band / Cold War Kids / Gym Class Heroes / Chromeo / Matisyahu / Thievery Corporation / Broken Social Scene / Dashboard Confessional / Deerhunter / Public Enemy / Slightly Stoopid / K'naan / Ra Ra Riot / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Flogging Molly / Rebelution / The Gaslight Anthem / Tokyo Police Club / MuteMath / Girl Talk / Tricky / Pepper / The Pogues / Against Me! / Black Kids / Café Tacvba / Devotchka / Bad Brains / Murs / Steel Pulse / Umphrey's McGee / The Virgins / The Faint / Ryan Adams and the Cardinals / Ozomatli / Lucero / Tortoise / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Lotus / Holy Fuck / The Budos Band / Cloud Cult / Alberta Cross / The Disco Biscuits / King Khan & The Shrines / The Egg / Parliament-Funkadelic / The Aggrolites / Tortured Soul / Blue King Brown / The Postmarks / Grupo Fantasma / King Khan / Rachel Goodrich / The Heavy Pets / Spam Allstars / Awesome New Republic / Tigercity / SUENALO / Gene Ween Band / Suenalo Sound System / Langerado Music Fesival Show all bands
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Miami, Florida, United States
Jan 04, 2009
Days Like This 2009
Flying Lotus / Atmosphere / Public Enemy / Morcheeba / Fat Freddy's Drop / The Dodos / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / DJ Vadim / Carl Craig / A Guy Called Gerald / Gilles Peterson / Mark Pritchard / Ladi6 / Recloose / Steve Spacek / Katalyst / South Rakkas Crew / Watussi Show all bands
Moore Park Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jan 03, 2009
Public Enemy
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Newcastle Panthers Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Jan 02, 2009
Public Enemy / DJ Vadim / DJ Nu-Mark Esplanade Hotel Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jan 01, 2009
Public Enemy / Jungle Brothers / Resin Dogs Esplanade Hotel Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Dec 31, 2008
Public Enemy Steel Blue Oval Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Dec 29, 2008 –
Dec 31, 2008
Rhythm and Vines Festival 2008
The Kooks / Franz Ferdinand / The Naked and Famous / Santigold / Cut Copy / Public Enemy / A-Trak / Digitalism / Mystery Jets / Ladyhawke / Jamie Lidell / Connan Mockasin / Carl Cox / Exile / P Money / Jade / Late of the Pier / The Black Seeds / Liam Finn / The Datsuns / Electric Wire Hustle / Fort Knox Five / The Ruby Suns / Kora / Adam Freeland / Cut Off Your Hands / State Of Mind / Recloose / Shihad / Aquasky / Concord Dawn / House of Shem / Honey Claws / DJ Mehdi / Anika Moa / South Rakkas Crew / Die! Die! Die! / Magik Johnson / Sampology / Trei / Module / Ria / Ajax / Sean Murray / Blackbird / Fur Patrol / ELM / Lydia Cole / Bang Bang Eche / SJD / Clap Clap Riot / So So Modern / DJ Hat / Emerson Todd / Anna Coddington / Secret Knives / Disasteradio / Motocade / An Emerald City / The Tutts / Over the Atlantic / Antiform / Tim Richards / Batrider / Missing Link / Ben Davis / The Enright House / Soane / BeaT MafiA / olmecha supreme / DJ SUBSTANCE / Anna Macdonald / The Pheonix Foundation / Dylan C / The Coshercot Honeys / Vinyl Slingers...♫ / Lady 6 / Richard Alexander / Antix (AUS) / DJ Lotion / Constituents / Tim Livingston / Alex Bull / DJ Collective / Trash Disco / P Vans / Dean Campbell / ben throp / The Nervous Surgeons / Jonas Te Aho / Ollus / Toby Burrows / Brazil Beat Soundsystem / DJ Audit Show all bands
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Gisborne, New Zealand
Dec 27, 2008
Public Enemy / Snob Scrilla / Dj Izm / PK Crew
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Metro Theatre Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dec 15, 2008
Public Enemy The Max, Melkweg Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Dec 14, 2008
Public Enemy De Oosterpoort Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Dec 13, 2008
Midfield General / Public Enemy Tivoli Oudegracht Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Dec 11, 2008
Public Enemy
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WATT Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Dec 10, 2008
Public Enemy
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Metro Theatre Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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