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 42)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 05, 2012 –
Jul 07, 2012
Getaway rock festival 2012
Amon Amarth / Anathema / August Burns Red / Behemoth / Black Stone Cherry / Corroded / Devin Townsend Project / Dying Fetus / Ghost / Gin n' juice / God Is An Astronaut / Graveyard / HolyHell / Killing Joke / Kings Destroy / Kvelertak / Lillasyster / Manowar / Meshuggah / Ministry / Moonspell / Nationalteatern / Nightwish / Obituary / Raised Fist / Raubtier / Red Fang / Rosetta / Saxon / Satyricon / Skindred / Suicidal Tendencies / The Black Dahlia Murder / Triggerfinger / Warbringer / Yngwie Malmsteen Show all bands
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Gasklockorna Gävle, Gävleborg, Sweden
Jun 30, 2012
Saxon

Tuborg Greenfest

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Romexpo Bucharest, Bucureşti, Romania
Jun 16, 2012
Saxon

Copenhell

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Refshaleøen Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
Jun 10, 2012 –
Jun 12, 2012
Download Festival 2012
Lamb Of God / Kyuss Lives! / Black Sabbath / August Burns Red / Soundgarden / Black Label Society / DevilDriver / Black Spiders / Megadeth / Rival Sons / Metallica / The Prodigy / Slash / Nightwish / Opeth / Biffy Clyro / Tenacious D / Steel Panther / Saxon / Don Broco / Trivium / Little Angels / Terror Vision / Anthrax / NOFX / Billy Talent / Chase & Status / Fozzy / Black Veil Brides / Turbonegro / Skindred / Killswitch Engage / Shinedown / Refused / Dropkick Murphys / Rise Against Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
Jun 09, 2012
Download Festival 2012 - Saturday
Metallica / You Me At Six / Tenacious D / Steel Panther / Black Veil Brides / Saxon / As I Lay Dying / Killswitch Engage / Skindred / Kids In Glass Houses / Theory of a Deadman / Biffy Clyro / Trivium / Four Year Strong / Lower Than Atlantis / Turbonegro / Ginger Wildheart / Halestorm / Fozzy / Page 44 / The Mission / The Union / Halestorm / Corey Taylor (Acoustic) / Sylosis / My Passion / The Treatment / Anti-Nowhere League / GUN / Yo-Yos / Turbowolf / Don Broco / Avosetta / No Americana / Cockney Rejects / Fearless Vampire Killers / LostAlone / Mallory Knox / Butcher Babies / 4arm / Freebase / Royal Cartel / The Dogs D'amour / The Quireboys / Heaven's Basement / Red White & Blues / Soil / Lauren Harris Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 09, 2012 –
Jun 10, 2012
Download 2012
Metallica / Biffy Clyro / Tenacious D / Anti-Nowhere League / Steel Panther / Trivium / Black Veil Brides / Saxon / As I Lay Dying / Black Sabbath / Soundgarden / Megadeth / Black Label Society / Lamb Of God / Kyuss Lives! / Five Finger Death Punch / DevilDriver Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
Jun 08, 2012
Download Festival 2012
Metallica / The Prodigy / Black Sabbath / Rise Against / Shinedown / Tenacious D / Biffy Clyro / Dropkick Murphys / Megadeth / Soundgarden / Chase & Status / Theory of a Deadman / Killswitch Engage / Europe / Slash / You Me At Six / Black Veil Brides / Lamb Of God / NOFX / Billy Talent / August Burns Red / Anthrax / Trivium / Nightwish / Halestorm / Machine Head / Opeth / As I Lay Dying / Black Label Society / Four Year Strong / Fear Factory / La Dispute / DevilDriver / Steel Panther / Refused / Ugly Kid Joe / Emmure / Ghost / Rival Sons / Kids In Glass Houses / Skindred / T. Mills / Periphery / Saxon / Gallows / Turbonegro / Shadows Fall / We Are the Ocean / Corey Taylor / Lower Than Atlantis / Cancer Bats / Upon A Burning Body / Mallory Knox / While She Sleeps / Terrorvision / Devin Townsend Project / Don Broco / Edguy / Sylosis / Marmozets / Fozzy / Firewind / Anti-Nowhere League / The Quireboys / Heaven's Basement / Rise To Remain / Butcher Babies / Yashin / The Union / Turbowolf / Kyuss Lives! / Little Angels / Reckless Love / Black Spiders / Breed 77 / The Safety Fire / The Defiled / Kopek / With One Last Breath / Fearless Vampire Killers / Feed the Rhino / The Treatment / The Dirty Youth / My Passion / Saint Jude / Kobra and the Lotus / Voodoo Six / Stellar Revival / Broken / Ginger Wildheart / Silent Descent / Lawnmower Deth / The James Cleaver Quintet / Voodoo Johnson / Tyla / Red, White and Blues / Six Hour Sundown / Seven Deadly / Soil Official / Sanguine / The Royal Cartel / No Americana / pitch black / Soil Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Jun 08, 2012
Jun 08, 2012 –
Jun 10, 2012
Download Festival 2012
The Prodigy / Chase & Status / Machine Head / Billy Talent / NOFX / Fear Factory / Cancer Bats / Rise To Remain / Slash / Nightwish / Opeth / Little Angels / Europe / Terrorvision / Impaled Existence / Silent Descent / Absolute Power / Hounds / Lawnmower Deth / The Defiled / While She Sleeps / Axewound / Devin Townsend Project / Gallows / The Safety Fire / Voodoo Six / Marmozets / Upon A Burning Body / Dive Bella Dive / Reachback / Dead Hearts / The Jellycats / Broken / Yashin / Breed 77 / Million Dollar Reload / Neon Fly / As I Lay Dying / Saxon / Black Veil Brides / Steel Panther / Tenacious D / Biffy Clyro / Metallica / You Me At Six / Killswitch Engage / Skindred / Kids In Glass Houses / Theory of a Deadman / Four Year Strong / Lower Than Atlantis / Turbonegro / Ginger Wildheart / No Americana / Avosetta / Don Broco / Turbowolf / The Yo-Yos / Anti-Nowhere League / The Treatment / My Passion / Sylosis / Corey Taylor / The Union / The Mission / Cockney Rejects / LostAlone / Mallory Knox / Butcher Babies / Acoda / Never Means Maybe / I Divide / Golden Thanks / 4arm / Freebase / Royal Cartel / Six Hour Sundown / GUN / Soil / Red, White and Blues / The Quireboys / Tyla / Stellar Revival / DevilDriver / Kyuss Lives! / Anthrax / Black Label Society / Lamb Of God / Megadeth / Soundgarden / Black Sabbath / Kobra and the Lotus / Black Spiders / We Are the Ocean / August Burns Red / Rival Sons / Sebastian Bach / Skindred / Ugly Kid Joe / Shinedown / Refused / Dropkick Murphys / Rise Against / Periphery / Ghost / Firewind / Emmure / La Dispute / The James Cleaver Quintet / Shadows Fall / Edguy / Reckless Love / Heaven's Basement / Feed the Rhino / Skarlett Riot / Kamchatka / pitch black / Mechanical Smile / Adelaide / Strangle Kojak / You And What Army / Kopek / With One Last Breath / The Minutes / The Dirty Youth / Hawk Eyes / William Control / Saint Jude / Fearless Vampire Killers / Furyon / Mordecai / Daken / Voodoo Johnson / Sanguine / White Powder Gold / Fozzy / Halestorm / Trivium / Six Hour Sundown / GUN / Soil / Red, White and Blues / The Quireboys / Heaven's Basement / With One Last Breath / Fearless Vampire Killers Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 06, 2012 –
Jun 11, 2012
Download Festival 2012
Slash / Nightwish / Machine Head / Billy Talent / Terrorvision / The Quireboys / Metallica / Tenacious D / Steel Panther / Trivium / Black Veil Brides / Saxon / As I Lay Dying / Black Sabbath / Soundgarden / Megadeth / Lamb Of God / Black Label Society / Anthrax / Reckless Love / DevilDriver Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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May 26, 2012
Judas Priest / Saxon / Kobra and the Lotus

Epitaph

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HMV Hammersmith Apollo London, England, United Kingdom
May 24, 2012
Judas Priest / Saxon / Vanderbuyst
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Rodahal Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
May 23, 2012
Judas Priest / Saxon

Epitaph Tour

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Lotto Arena Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
May 19, 2012
Saxon Stokes Croft Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Apr 28, 2012
Saxon

Rock in den Ruinen

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Phoenixhütte Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Apr 20, 2012 –
Apr 22, 2012
Metal Open Air 2012
Megadeth / Anthrax / Fear Factory / Saxon / Exodus / Blind Guardian / Otep / Symphony X / Obituary / Venom / Annihilator / Sebastian Bach / Gene Simmons / Glenn Hughes / Anvil / Destruction / Orphaned Land / Matanza / U.D.O. / Grave Digger / Stress / Steve Stevens / Duff McKagan / Gilby Clarke / Shaman / Legion Of The Damned / Exciter / Ratos de Porão / Matt Sorum / Dio Disciples / Hangar / Semblant / Almah / Joe Elliott / Andre Matos / Billy Duffy / Ed Roland / Torture Squad / Korzus / Shadowside / Motorocker / Attomica / Mike Inez / Unearthly / Megahertz / Dark Avenger / Drowned / Ácido / Terra Prima / Obskure / Expose Your Hate Show all bands
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São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Feb 09, 2012
Saxon / Graham Oliver / Steve Dawson Korbach Kulturfabrik Korbach, Germany
Dec 20, 2011
Saxon / Hammerfall
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KOKO London, England, United Kingdom
Dec 19, 2011
Saxon / Hammerfall / Crimes Of Passion
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O2 Academy Sheffield Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Dec 18, 2011
Saxon / Hammerfall / Affliction Lost / Majority Vote O2 Academy Sheffield Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Dec 17, 2011
Saxon / Hammerfall
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Mandela Hall Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Dec 16, 2011
Saxon / Hammerfall
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The Picture House Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dec 14, 2011
Saxon / Hammerfall
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O2 Academy Leicester, England, United Kingdom

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Iron Maiden / Saxon / Fastway on Jul 8, 1983 [306-small]

Iron Maiden / Saxon / Fastway
Jul 8, 1983
 San Diego, California, United States
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Jun 3 - 6, 2026
 Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland
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Jul 18, 2026
 Maidstone, United Kingdom
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Jul 18, 2026
 Maidstone, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Rock
Metal
Hard Rock
British
UK
Album Oriented Rock (AOR)
Heavy Metal
Speed Metal
Glam Metal
Power Metal
NWOBHM
J-Metal
New Wave Of British Heavy Metal
Mythology
History
Japanese Heavy Metal
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Latest Setlist (07/17/2026):

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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 47 concerts
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Comments & Reviews:

Nov 23, 2022

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

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