Saxon Concert History

Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975. As one of the key acts of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), they achieved significant commercial success during the 1980s, including eight UK Top 40 albums, four UK Top 10 albums, and two Top 5 albums. The band also released numerous hit singles on the UK Singles Chart and achieved international success in Europe, South America, Japan, the United States, and Canada. They have sold more than 23 million records worldwide and remain an active touring band.

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Saxon Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026 - 2027) (Page 28)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 06, 2016
"Full Metal Cruise" / Saxon

Full Metal Cruise

Mein Schiff 1 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Sep 05, 2016
"Full Metal Cruise" / Queensrÿche / Saxon

Full Metal Cruise

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Mein Schiff 1 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Sep 04, 2016
"Full Metal Cruise" / Saxon

Full Metal Cruise

Mein Schiff 1 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Sep 03, 2016
"Full Metal Cruise" / Saxon

Full Metal Cruise

Mein Schiff 1 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Aug 18, 2016
"Sabaton Open Air!" / Saxon / Dragonforce / Billion Dollar Babies (Tribute to Alice Cooper)

Sabaton Open Air!

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Lugnet Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
Aug 06, 2016
"Rock The King" / The Poodles / Kissin’ Dynamite / Svbway to Sally / Saxon / Frei.Wild

Rock The King

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Festspielhaus Füssen, Bavaria, Germany
Aug 05, 2016
"Bike And Music Weekend" / Saxon

Bike And Music Weekend

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Eventzentrum Strohofer Geiselwind, Germany
Aug 04, 2016
Saxon

Wacken Open Air

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Wacken Festival Grounds Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Aug 04, 2016 –
Aug 06, 2016
Wacken Open Air 2016
1349 / Alcest / Arch Enemy / Aura Noir / Auðn / Axel Rudi Pell / Barb Wire Dolls / Bembers / Blaas of Glory / Blechblosn / Bliksem / Blind Guardian / Blue Öyster Cult / Bodhaktan / Bon Scott / Borknagar / Budderside / Buffalo Summer / Bullet for My Valentine / Bury Tomorrow / Caliban / Callejon / Calm Hatchery / Clutch / Carrion / Cripper / Crows Crown / Dagoba / Deez Nuts / DevilDriver / Die Krupps / Dio Disciples / Doom Birds / Dritte Wahl / Drone / Dystopia / Eat the Turnbuckle / Einherjer / Ektomorf / Elemental / Eluveitie / Elvenking / Entombed A.D. / Equilibrium / Eric Fish & Friends / Electric Callboy / Fateful Finality / Feuerschwanz / Foreigner / Forgotten North / Freiwächter / Girlschool / Gloryhammer / Hämatom / Hansen & Friends / Henry Rollins / Honky / Horror Dance Squad / Hteththemeth / Ihsahn / Immolation / Insidious Disease / Iron Maiden / Jesus Chrüsler Supercar / John Coffey / Kampfar / King Dude / Knasterbart / Krayenzeit / Lepergod / Lieveil / Loudness / Lynchpin / Mambo Kurt / Marduk / Metal Church / Michael Monroe / Mindtaker / Ministry / Monstagon / Monuments / Myrkur / Nasty / Negative Approach / Orden Ogan / Orphaned Land / Overthrust / Pain Is / Pampatut / Panzerballett / Parkway Drive / Phil Campbell's All Starr Band / Preternatural / Profaner / Pyogenesis / Pyraweed / Red Fang / Red Hot Chilli Pipers / Reliquiae / Ritual Day / Saxon / Sébastien / Sector / Serious Black / Serum 114 / Sinphobia / Skyline / Snowy Shaw / Steel Panther / Steak Number Eight / Sub Dub Micromachine / Sunless Dawn / Svartmalm / Symphony X / Syndemic / Tarja / Testament / The Black Dahlia Murder / The Dead Daisies / The Goddamn Gallows / The Haunted / The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats / The Other / The Raven Age / The Vintage Caravan / Therapy? / Therion / Tidal Dreams / Torfrock / Triptykon / Tsjuder / Tulkas / tuXedoo / Twisted Sister / Unisonic / Vader / Versengold / Victims of Madness / Vimoksha / Vogelfrey / W:O:A Firefighters / watch out stampede / While She Sleeps / Whitesnake / Wirrwahr / Year of the Goat / Zhora / Zombies Ate My Girlfriend / Legacy of Brutality / Beyond The Black / Legion Of The Damned / Asrock / 9MM / Der Weg Einer Freiheit / Dragonforce / Miles To Perdition / Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen Show all bands
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Wacken Festival Grounds Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Jul 24, 2016
Saxon

Rock in Roma

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Ippodromo delle Capannelle Rome, Latium, Italy
Jul 07, 2016
Spiritual Beggars / Entombed A.D. / Annihilator / Saxon / Deadlock / Soilwork

Rockharz

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Flugplatz Ballenstedt, Germany
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Jul 07, 2016 –
Jul 09, 2016
Spiritual Beggars / Entombed A.D. / Annihilator / Saxon / Deadlock / Soilwork

Rock Harz

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Flugplatz Ballenstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Jul 06, 2016 –
Jul 09, 2016
Rockharz Open Air 2016
Saxon / Avantasia / Children Of Bodom / Powerwolf / Svbway to Sally / ASP / Sonata Arctica / Ensiferum / Finntroll / Gamma Ray / Versengold / Tanzwut / Soilwork / Saltatio Mortis / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Knorkator / Hämatom / Gloryhammer / Tankard / Annihilator / J.B.O. / Omnium Gatherum / Heldmaschine / Harpyie / Winterstorm / Lost Society / Satyricon / Kärbholz / Primordial / Coppelius / Axxis / Kissin’ Dynamite / Grand Magus / Deadlock / Hackneyed / The New Roses / Entombed A.D. / Der Weg Einer Freiheit / Nitrogods / Kampfar / Suicidal Angels / Twilight Force / Dust Bolt / And then she came / Spiritual Beggars / Rockdevilz / Enslaved / Onslaught / Asenblut / Mors Principium Est Show all bands
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Flugplatz Ballenstedt Ballenstedt, Germany
Jul 02, 2016
"Stadsfesten" / Saxon / Otto Knows / Miriam Bryant / Sean Banan

Stadsfesten

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Stadsfesten Festival Grounds Skellefteå, Sweden
Jun 25, 2016
Rock Hard Ride Free
"Rock Hard Ride Free" / Saxon / Cochise / Raven / Night Demon / Forsaken / Chainsaw / Rockasta / Divine Weep / Gash / Deathinition
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Goleniowski Industrial Park Goleniów, Poland
Jun 19, 2016
Graspop Metal Meeting 2016
The Amity Affliction / Anthrax / Behemoth / Bury Tomorrow / Crobot / Delain / Iron Maiden / Overkill / Powerwolf / Saxon / Shinedown / Sacred Reich / Sick of It All / SikTh / The Raven Age / The Wild Lies / Tremonti / Thy Art Is Murder / Trivium / Twisted Sister / We Came As Romans / Obscura / Steak Number Eight / Moonsorrow / Oomph! / The Algorithm Show all bands
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Festivalpark Stenehei Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Jun 18, 2016
Graspop Metal Meeting (GMM) Day #3 2016
Black Sabbath / Megadeth / Slayer / Apocalyptica / Saxon / Paradise Lost / Obituary / Moonspell / Primal Fear / Loudness / Carach Angren / Shinedown / Halestorm / Bullet for My Valentine / Amon Amarth / Rival Sons / Bury Tomorrow / Behemoth / Testament / Gojira / Beartooth / Sick of It All / Turnstile / King Diamond / Foreigner / Disturbed / The Amity Affliction / Bad Religion / Atreyu / Trivium / Twisted Sister / Dropkick Murphys / Abbath / Ghost / Nightwish / Volbeat / Killswitch / Skillet / Pennywise / Anti-Flag / Bliksem / Collibus / God Dethroned / Kadavar / Municipal Waste / Satyricon / Secrets of the Moon / Shining (SE) / Skindred / Slaves (US) / TesseracT / The Shrine / Killswitch Engage Show all bands
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Festivalpark Stenehei Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
Jun 17, 2016
Saxon

Alpen Flair

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Area Ex Base NATO Naz-Sciaves, Italy
Jun 17, 2016 –
Jun 19, 2016
Graspop Metal Meeting
Abbath / Amaranthe / Amon Amarth / Anthrax / Anti-Flag / Apocalyptica / Arcturus / Atreyu / August Burns Red / Back To The System [SOAD tribute] / Bad Religion / Bark / Beartooth / Behemoth / Black Sabbath / Bliksem / Bulls On Parade / Bullet for My Valentine / Bloodbound / burning down alaska / Bury Tomorrow / Carach Angren / Collibus / Crobot / Dark Funeral / Deicide / Delain / Devil You Know / Udo Dirkschneider / Disturbed / DJ Carl / Enthroned / Firewind / Fleddy Melculy / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Foreigner / Ghost / God Dethroned / Goe Vur In Den Otto / Gojira / Grand Magnus / Hair Metal Extravaganza / Halestorm / Heaven Shall Burn / In the Woods... / Iron Maiden / Jean Beauvior / Kadaver / Killer / Killswitch Engage / King Diamond / Knives To A Gunfight / La Muerte / Legion Of The Damned / Little Devil Allstars / Loudness / Megadeth / Monster Truck / Monuments / Moonsorrow / Moonspell / Motorblast [Motorhead Tribute] / Municipal Waste / Myrkur / Nightglow / Nightwish / Norma Jean / Obituary / Obscura / Oomph! / Overkill / Paradise Lost / Parris / Pennywise / Powerwolf / Primal Fear / Raven / Reject The Sickness / Rival Sons / Sacred Reich / Satyricon / Saxon / Secrets of the Moon / Shinedown / Shining / Sick of It All / SikTh / Sixx:A.M. / Skillet / Skindred / SOFT PLAY / Slayer / Soilwork / Spoil Engine / Steak Number Eight / System Pilot / TesseracT / Testament / The Algorithm / The Amity Affliction / The Hickey Underworld / The Midnight Ghost Train / The Raven Age / The Shrine / The Wild Lies / The Winery Dogs / Thy Art Is Murder / Tremonti / Trivium / Turnstile / Twisted Sister / Valkyrie / Van Hagar / Virgin Steele / Volbeat / We Came As Romans / Your Highness / Zakk Wylde / Dropkick Murphys / ALAZKA / Slaves (US) / Shining (SE) / Motörblast (Motörhead Tribute) / Grand Magus / Jean Beauvoir / Kadavar Show all bands
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Festivalpark Stenehei Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
Jun 16, 2016 –
Jun 19, 2016
Graspop Metal Meeting 2016
Primal Fear / Udo Dirkschneider / Bark / Knives To A Gunfight / Your Highness / Reject The Sickness / Fleddy Melculy / Killer / Spoil Engine / Monster Truck / The Winery Dogs / Bad Religion / Foreigner / Megadeth / Black Sabbath / Firewind / Soilwork / Heaven Shall Burn / Disturbed / Amon Amarth / King Diamond / Myrkur / Carach Angren / Fleshgod Apocalypse / Arcturus / Moonspell / Dark Funeral / Apocalyptica / Raven / Grand Magus / Virgin Steele / Loudness / Amaranthe / Turnstile / Norma Jean / Atreyu / August Burns Red / Bliksem / Halestorm / Skillet / Testament / Bullet for My Valentine / Slayer / Volbeat / Municipal Waste / Pennywise / Killswitch Engage / Dropkick Murphys / Ghost / Nightwish / Secrets of the Moon / God Dethroned / Shining (SE) / Paradise Lost / Obituary / Satyricon / Gojira / Abbath / The Shrine / Collibus / Jean Beauvoir / Kadavar / TesseracT / Rival Sons / burning down alaska / Skindred / Beartooth / The Hicky Underworld / Anti-Flag / The Raven Age / Sick of It All / Shinedown / Tremonti / Anthrax / Iron Maiden / Delain / Overkill / Saxon / Powerwolf / Trivium / Twisted Sister / SikTh / Enthroned / Moonsorrow / Legion Of The Damned / Steak Number Eight / Sacred Reich / Behemoth / The Midnight Ghost Train / The Algorithm / Crobot / Obscura / Oomph! / La Muerte / The Wild Lies / Thy Art Is Murder / Bury Tomorrow / We Came As Romans / The Amity Affliction / Slaves (US) / H.E.A.T / Bloodbound / Bulls On Parade / Sixx:A.M. / In the Woods... / Monuments (UK) / Goe Vur In Den Otto / Zakk Wylde Show all bands
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Festivalpark Stenehei Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Jun 13, 2016
Saxon / Amon Amarth / Gojira / Halestorm

Metal Hammer Golden Gods

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Eventim Apollo London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 12, 2016
Download 2016 Day 3
Iron Maiden / Nightwish / Disturbed / Shinedown / Halestorm / TheTemperance Movement / Amon Amarth / Monster Truck / Jane's Addiction / Billy Talent / Don Broco / Breaking Benjamin / ONE OK ROCK / Periphery / Delain / Grand Magnus / Whiskey Myers / Buck and Evans / Saxon / Ghost / Gojira / Electric Wizard / Tremonti / Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / Attila / The Dirty Youth / The Raven Age / Wild Lies / Napalm Death / Ho99o9 / Good Tiger / Ashestoangels / Black Foxxes / Kenneths / Muncie Girls / The King Is Blind / Witchsorrow / Vukovi / The Franklins Show all bands
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Castle Donington Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 11, 2016
Download Festival Paris 2016
Twin Atlantic / BABYMETAL / ONE OK ROCK / Mass Hysteria / Saxon / Korn / Biffy Clyro / Amon Amarth / Apocalyptica / The Inspector Cluzo / Shinedown / The Struts / Jane's Addiction
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Hippodrome de Longchamp Paris, Île-de-France, France

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 Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland
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 Maidstone, United Kingdom
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  1. The Prophecy
  2. Hell, Fire and Damnation
  3. Power and the Glory
  4. Dogs of War
  5. And the Bands Played On
  6. Madame Guillotine
  7. Sacrifice
  8. The Eagle Has Landed
  9. Heavy Metal Thunder
  10. Dallas 1 PM
  11. Motorcycle Man
  12. Strong Arm of the Law
  13. Wheels of Steel
  14. Denim and Leather
  15. Crusader
  16. Never Surrender
  17. 747 (Strangers in the Night)
  18. Princess of the Night

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Concerts Per Year:

2027 11 concerts
2026 33 concerts
2025 61 concerts
2024 77 concerts
2023 43 concerts
2022 56 concerts
2021 7 concerts
2020 6 concerts
2019 37 concerts
2018 87 concerts
2017 65 concerts
2016 75 concerts
2015 86 concerts
2014 65 concerts
2013 89 concerts
2012 24 concerts
2011 116 concerts
2010 35 concerts
2009 84 concerts
2008 57 concerts
2007 93 concerts
2006 32 concerts
2005 39 concerts
2004 41 concerts
2003 42 concerts
2002 32 concerts
2001 42 concerts
2000 47 concerts
1999 40 concerts
1998 45 concerts
1997 46 concerts
1996 13 concerts
1995 62 concerts
1994 7 concerts
1993 29 concerts
1992 27 concerts
1991 84 concerts
1990 73 concerts
1989 14 concerts
1988 52 concerts
1987 28 concerts
1986 111 concerts
1985 43 concerts
1984 77 concerts
1983 80 concerts
1982 96 concerts
1981 95 concerts
1980 115 concerts
1979 46 concerts
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Nov 23, 2022

SAXON deliver a full throttle masterclass in metal. Giants! 1979-2022 and still accelerating....magnificent!

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