Rationale Concert & Tour History (Updated for 2026)

Date

Concert

Venue

Location

Jun 09, 2016

Northside Festival

"Northside Festival" / Childbirth / The Numerators / Fake Palms / Bueno / Twist / THICK / Yonatan Gat / Crown Larks / Grooms / Zula / Halfsour / Pure Bathing Culture / Eagulls / Morgan O'Kane / Margo Valiante / Questlove / Acid Dad / Sweet Crude / The Goodbye Party / Revel in Dimes / The Rusty Guns / Malky / Zs / Rationale / Battle Trance / The Skulx / Of Clocks and Clouds / Fable Cry / Good English / The Courtesy Tier / Land of Talk / Wolf Parade / The Yin Yangs / No Ice / The regrets / Cheena / Institute / Haram / The Prettiots / Chaos Chaos / Long Beard / Dalek / Tombs / Couch Slut / Yellow Eyes / Aye Nako / Sharkmuffin / The Drellas / TinVulva / Surf Rock Is Dead / Rann / Mobile Steam Unit / Dayliner / Sir Jarlsberg / Best Behavior Show all bands

Setlists

Various Venues

New York, New York, United States

Jun 08, 2016

Rationale

Mercury Lounge

New York, New York, United States

Jun 07, 2016

Rationale

Setlists

Schubas Tavern

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Jun 05, 2016

Rationale

Rickshaw Stop

San Francisco, California, United States

Jun 02, 2016

Rationale

Bootleg Theater

Los Angeles, California, United States

May 19, 2016

Rationale

Great Escape

The Arch

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

May 19, 2016 –
May 21, 2016

The Great Escape 2016

The Temper Trap / Michael Kiwanuka / H.E.R. / Rag'n'Bone Man / Band of Skulls / Tom Misch / The Joy Formidable / Cigarettes After Sex / William Singe / Mystery Jets / Ry X / ANNA OF THE NORTH / Declan McKenna / Khruangbin / Mabel / Blossoms / Alec Benjamin / Lewis Del Mar / Jain / BANNERS / AJ Tracey / Kevin Garrett / Lady Leshurr / Chastity Belt / DAGNY / Rationale / Methyl Ethel / Bleached / Avelino / Fatoumata Diawara / D Double E / JONES / Frisco / The Invisible / Diet Cig / Transviolet / Julia Jacklin / Teleman / Boo Seeka / Chappo / Will Joseph Cook / Samm Henshaw / Jacob Collier / Let's Eat Grandma / Isaac Gracie / Conner Youngblood / The Big Moon / Northeast Party House / Spring King / Klyne / RØMANS / VANT / Mmoths / Songhoy Blues / Søren Juul / Pumarosa / Fenne Lily / Nadia Rose / Larkin Poe / Ten Fé / Kiko Bun / Alice Phoebe Lou / salute / Slum Sociable / Postiljonen / Bry / Iglooghost / Anna Meredith / Dilly Dally / Dan Owen / Beach Baby / Causes / INHEAVEN / GIRLI / Nadia Reid / Anteros / Formation / Mumdance / Rozi Plain / Royce Wood Junior / Otherkin / Alice Jemima / Tigercub / Babe / Youth Club / Trudy and The Romance / Pixx / Cash+David / Indoor Pets / Beaty Heart / Alina Orlova / Willie J Healey / Coves / Jodie Abacus / The Age Of L.U.N.A / Nimmo / Kloë / George Taylor / Elf Kid / James Gruntz / Saint Sister / Lea Porcelain / Banfi / Rukhsana Merrise / Muncie Girls / Essaie Pas / Meilyr Jones / Ariana and The Rose / K-X-P / Max Pope / As Lions / Little Hours / Jammz / Matthew Logan Vasquez / Callum Beattie / Holy Esque / The Prettiots / SHVPES / Tim Vantol / MOSSY / Foxtrott / Makeness / dePresno / POSTAAL / Dorsal Fins / Mirror Signal / Lusts / miamigo / Joseph J. Jones / Girl Friend / Strange Bones / Island Club / Catholic Action / Fai Baba / uniiqu3 / The Great Escape / Drones Club / Owen Rabbit / Stephanie Rainey / Tuff Love / Man & The Echo / Chastity / Bo Rocha / Sorry Boys / Dolores Haze / Starling / Greywind / Xylaroo / Ruth Koleva / Black Peaches / Thomas Cohen / Sudakistan / Ouzo Bazooka / GLASS (OFFICIAL) / VYNCE / Nadine Carina / Grumble Bee / Logan Sama / Pink Oculus / Georgie / DRELLER / Jack Watts / Wesley Gonzalez / Isle / siska / Anthonie Tonnon / Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? / James Canty / ELLE EXXE / Junk Son / Egyptian Blue / Hardwicke Circus / Mai Kino / Yorkston Thorne Khan / Dead! (UK) / OhBoy! / JR Green / VITAMIN (UK) / Cameron A G / St. Lucia (USA) / Tusks (UK) / Type Two Error / Cherie And Renno / Elifantree / Kate Jackson and the Wrong Moves / neverlnd / Mourning Birds / Actor (UK) / Natur3 / Dead! as part of Hey Hey Hey! / Shura / Oh Wonder / Few Bits / Jerry Williams / Saint Sister / LCMDF / Alise Joste / Olivia Sebastianelli / Anne-Marie / Fenne Lily / Smerz / Ary / The Big Moon / MUNA / WØLFFE / EERA / JONES / City Calm Down / Vallis Alps / Mura Masa Show all bands

Setlists

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

May 19, 2016 –
May 21, 2016

The Great Escape 2016

Cigarettes After Sex / H.E.R. / The Temper Trap / Khruangbin / Alec Benjamin / Michael Kiwanuka / Tom Misch / Declan McKenna / Rag'n'Bone Man / Mabel / Ry X / AJ Tracey / Alice Phoebe Lou / BANNERS / Blossoms / Band of Skulls / Jain / Julia Jacklin / William Singe / ANNA OF THE NORTH / Jacob Collier / The Joy Formidable / Mystery Jets / Lewis Del Mar / Samm Henshaw / Fatoumata Diawara / DAGNY / salute / Chastity Belt / Methyl Ethel / Lady Leshurr / Avelino / Kevin Garrett / GIRLI / Rationale / The Big Moon / Boo Seeka / Larkin Poe / Teleman / Bleached / Fenne Lily / Will Joseph Cook / D Double E / The Invisible / JONES / Transviolet / Let's Eat Grandma / Frisco / Klyne / Northeast Party House / Isaac Gracie / Diet Cig / Iglooghost / Ten Fé / Songhoy Blues / Willie J Healey / Trudy and The Romance / Tigercub / Kiko Bun / VANT / Conner Youngblood / Chappo / Spring King / Pumarosa / Rozi Plain / RØMANS / Slum Sociable / Nadia Rose / Anna Meredith / Nadia Reid / Mmoths / Dilly Dally / Søren Juul / Dan Owen / Bry / Postiljonen / Causes / Anteros / Saint Sister / Callum Beattie / Greywind / Egyptian Blue / Lea Porcelain / Alina Orlova / Pixx / Otherkin / Beach Baby / George Taylor / Royce Wood Junior / Essaie Pas / Alice Jemima / INHEAVEN / Cash+David / Indoor Pets / Max Pope / Babe / Nimmo / Mumdance / SHVPES / Youth Club / Formation / Muncie Girls / dePresno / Jodie Abacus / James Gruntz / The Age Of L.U.N.A / Beaty Heart / Banfi / Strange Bones / uniiqu3 / Tim Vantol / Matthew Logan Vasquez / Coves / Chastity / Elf Kid / Ariana and The Rose / Kloë / As Lions / Fai Baba / Sorry Boys / Rukhsana Merrise / Stephanie Rainey / Jammz / Dorsal Fins / MOSSY / Foxtrott / Little Hours / Ouzo Bazooka / The Prettiots / Makeness / K-X-P / Meilyr Jones / Holy Esque / POSTAAL / Man & The Echo / The Great Escape / Joseph J. Jones / Catholic Action / Mirror Signal / Island Club / Lusts / miamigo / Drones Club / Girl Friend / Starling / Xylaroo / Ruth Koleva / Owen Rabbit / Wesley Gonzalez / Tuff Love / Dolores Haze / Hardwicke Circus / Black Peaches / Sudakistan / Bo Rocha / Georgie / Pink Oculus / Grumble Bee / Thomas Cohen / Anthonie Tonnon / VYNCE / siska / Nadine Carina / Logan Sama / GLASS (OFFICIAL) / DRELLER / Jack Watts / ELLE EXXE / Isle / Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? / Mai Kino / Junk Son / James Canty / JR Green / Yorkston Thorne Khan / Type Two Error / OhBoy! / Dead! (UK) / Cherie And Renno / Tusks (UK) / VITAMIN (UK) / Cameron A G / St. Lucia (USA) / Elifantree / neverlnd / Kate Jackson and the Wrong Moves / Mourning Birds / Actor (UK) / Natur3 / Dead! as part of Hey Hey Hey! Show all bands

Setlists

The Great Escape 2016

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Show Duplicate for May 19, 2016

May 10, 2016	Rationale	Scala	London, England, United Kingdom
May 05, 2016	Rationale / Kelvin Jones / Jack Tyson Charles	The Woods	London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 07, 2016	Rationale / BETSY / HUNTAR	Village Underground	London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 05, 2016	Rationale / BETSY Setlists	King Tut's Wah Wah Hut	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Apr 04, 2016	Rationale / BETSY	The Deaf Institute	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Mar 31, 2016	Rationale / BETSY	Bodega Social	Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Mar 30, 2016	Rationale / BETSY	The Prince Albert	Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Jan 14, 2016	EuroSonic Noorderslag Festival "EuroSonic Noorderslag Festival" / Kenton Slash Demon / Makebelieve / Kin / Kira / Applescal / Weval / filous / Kasbo / Duroc / Lea Porcelain / Alice On The Roof / Ninos Du Brasil / LISS / James Gruntz / Svper / Rationale / Nuria Graham / Smerz / OKAY KAYA / Alex Vargas / Svavar Knutur / C Duncan / BeGun / The Young Folk / Stormzy / Branko / Broken Back / Jonathan / Yung / VANT / Go!Zilla / Ivan & the Parazol / Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS / Black Honey / Be Forest / The Big Moon / Charlotte OC / Promise and the Monster / Johanan / The Common Linnets / AURORA / DeWolff / Steve'n'Seagulls / Seinabo Sey / The Deaf (NL) / Oscar and the Wolf / Dubioza kolektiv / Jain / Kovacs / Typhoon / Lost Frequencies / Rat Boy / HVOB / Otherkin / HONNE / Illuminine / Elias / Da Chick / And The Golden Choir / Mydy Rabycad Show all bands Setlists	Various venues	Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Nov 10, 2015	Rationale	Melkweg	Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Oct 31, 2015	Bernhoft / Rationale	Robert-Schumann-Saal	Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Oct 29, 2015	Rationale	The Courtyard Theatre	London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 08, 2012	Meadowhall Light Switch-On The Wanted / Lawson / Lucy Spraggan / Misha B / ReConnected / Joseph Whelan / Chelsea Bearder / Rationale / Vanquish / Forbidden Juice	Sheffield	Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

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2026	1 concert
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2022	2 concerts
2019	1 concert
2017	49 concerts
2016	60 concerts
2015	3 concerts
2012	1 concert

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