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 56)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 26, 2008
"Zwarte Cross Festival" / Saxon / Eric Sardinas / Obituary / Merauder

Zwarte Cross Festival

Zwarte Cross Festival Grounds Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands
Jul 25, 2008
Saxon

Zwarte Cross

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De Schans Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands
Jul 25, 2008 –
Jul 27, 2008
Zwarte Cross 2008
The Presidents of The United States of America / Uriah Heep / Saxon / Dennis / The Answer / Legendary Shack Shakers / Leaf / Normaal / VanVelzen / Moke / Beef / Bökkers / Eric Sardinas / Tuff Lion / The Regulators / Maarten Jansen / Freaky Age / Jaded Sun / Fragment / Thomas Smith / The Heinoos / The Marshalls / All missing pieces / Motorband / Railroad / Plork En De Aannemers / Pitch Blond / The Bloody Honkies / Pam and Terry / Trailer Trash Tremblers / The Hot Studs / Clayborn / Ras Iba / Skip Intro / Action In Dc / Bartel Bartels / Jim Speelmans / Furistic / Ayatollahs / Fishfever / Ronald Smink Show all bands
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De Schans Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands
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Jul 18, 2008
"Rockharz" / Secrets of the Moon / Saxon

Rockharz

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Festival Grounds Osterode, Germany
Jul 14, 2008
Montreux Jazz Festival
Quincy Jones / Franco Ambrosetti / Patti Austin / Petula Clark / Herbie Hancock / Mick Hucknall / Al Jarreau / Chaka Khan / Angélique Kidjo / Nils Landgren / James Moody / James Morrison / Naturally 7 / Nana Mouskouri / Paolo Nutini / Freda Payne / joe sample / Curtis Stigers / Larry Williams / Greg Phillinganes / Paul Jackson Jr. / Nathan East / Tim Robinson / Paulinho Da Costa / Pepe Lienhard / Big Band / Saxon / Billy Cobham / David Delhomme Show all bands
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Stravinski Auditorium Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Jul 12, 2008
"Metal Open Air" (Spain) / Saxon

Metal Open Air (Spain)

Festival Grounds Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Jul 11, 2008 –
Jul 12, 2008
Monsters of Rock / Metalway 2008
Avenged Sevenfold / Iron Maiden / Deep Purple / Slayer / Twisted Sister / Ted Nugent / Thin Lizzy / Saxon / Iced Earth / Avantasia / Rage / Candlemass / Pretty Maids / Rose Tattoo / Baron Rojo / Lauren Harris / Leyenda / Barn Rojo / MISS DICIEMBRE
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Feria De Muestras Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Jul 05, 2008
Wacken Rocks Seaside Festival
"Wacken Rocks Seaside Festival" / Saxon / Motörhead / Machine Head / Torfrock / Drone / Battue / Duff Downer / Samsara / The Mistral
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Festival Grounds Aurich, Germany
Jun 28, 2008
Graspop Metal Meeting 2008
KISS / Avenged Sevenfold / Bring Me The Horizon / Iron Maiden / Def Leppard / Bullet for My Valentine / Judas Priest / Whitesnake / Apocalyptica / In Flames / Ministry / Arch Enemy / Tesla / Black Stone Cherry / Testament / Behemoth / Sabaton / Saxon / Skindred / Alchemist / Iced Earth / Soilwork / Sonata Arctica / Alestorm / Yngwie Malmsteen / Napalm Death / Morbid Angel / At The Gates / Korpiklaani / Nile / 36 Crazyfists / Symphony X / Bleeding Through / Cavalera Conspiracy / Delain / Moonspell / Throwdown / Rotting Christ / Immortal / My Dying Bride / Firewind / Primordial / Rose Tattoo / Die Mannequin / Novembers Doom / Hacride / Lauren Harris / DEDICTED Show all bands
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Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Jun 27, 2008
Iron Maiden / KISS / Apocalyptica / In Flames / Judas Priest / Bullet for My Valentine / Avenged Sevenfold / Whitesnake / Def Leppard / Sonata Arctica / Arch Enemy / Iced Earth / Ministry / Soilwork / Testament / Moonspell / Yngwie Malmsteen / 36 ...
Iron Maiden / KISS / Apocalyptica / In Flames / Judas Priest / Bullet for My Valentine / Avenged Sevenfold / Whitesnake / Def Leppard / Sonata Arctica / Arch Enemy / Iced Earth / Ministry / Soilwork / Testament / Moonspell / Yngwie Malmsteen / 36 Crazyfists / Saxon / Behemoth / Helmet / At The Gates / My Dying Bride / Korpiklaani / Symphony X / Converge / Bleeding Through / Bring Me The Horizon / Nile / Morbid Angel / Comeback Kid / Immortal / Tesla / Deathstars / Skindred / Throwdown / Obituary / Firewind / Madball / Sabaton / Dying Fetus / Rotting Christ / Black Stone Cherry / Delain / Cavalera Conspiracy / Novembers Doom / Primordial / Alestorm / forbidden / Hollenthon / Alchemist / Disfear / Rose Tattoo / Dub Trio / Biomechanical / Valient Thorr / Agent Steel / Hacride / Morning (from Netherlands) / Lauren Harris / After All / Steak Number Eight / Sirocco / The Lucifer Principle / The Seventh / Abstract Rapture / DEDICTED / Action In Dc Show all bands
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Boeretang Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Jun 27, 2008 –
Jun 29, 2008
Graspop Metal Meeting 2008
Judas Priest / Whitesnake / Def Leppard / Ministry / Saxon / Morbid Angel / Testament / Obituary / Yngwie Malmsteen / Nile / Symphony X / Moonspell / Tesla / Behemoth / Deathstars / Black Stone Cherry / The Lucifer Principle / DEDICTED / Damn Your Idols / Firewind / Steak Number Eight / KISS / Cavalera Conspiracy / Iced Earth / Immortal / Sonata Arctica / My Dying Bride / Helmet / forbidden / Korpiklaani / Bring Me The Horizon / Dying Fetus / Hollenthon / 36 Crazy Fists / Angent Steel / Bleeding Through / Throwdown / November's Doom / Sabaton / Hacride / Die Mannequin / Delain / Alestorm / Valient Thorr / Iron Maiden / In Flames / Apocalyptica / Bullet for My Valentine / Opeth / At The Gates / Avenged Sevenfold / Arch Enemy / Madball / Primordial / Soilwork / Rotting Christ / Rose Tattoo / Skindred / Alchemist / Converge / Comeback Kid / Lauren Harris / The Seventh / Witchsmeller Pursuivant / Disfear / Action In Dc / After All / Shai Hulud Show all bands
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Graspop Metal Meeting Dessel, Flanders, Belgium
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Jun 21, 2008
Saxon

Kobetasonik

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Kobetamendi Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Jun 20, 2008 –
Jun 21, 2008
Kobetasonik 2008
KISS / Judas Priest / Slayer / Europe / Apocalyptica / Ministry / Arch Enemy / Tesla / Airbourne / Helloween / Saxon / Blind Guardian / Sonata Arctica / Black Tide / Obituary / Death Angel / Cavalera Conspiracy / Michael Schenker Group / Gamma Ray / Gotthard / Brujeria / Tigertailz / MSG / Dio / Su ta gar / Latzen Show all bands
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Kobetamendi Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Jun 14, 2008
Download Festival (UK)
The Offspring / Incubus / Bullet for My Valentine / Biffy Clyro / Bleeding Through / Alter Bridge / Madina Lake / 36 Crazyfists / HIM / Ash / Pendulum / Chiodos / Testament / Saxon / Alesana
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
Jun 13, 2008 –
Jun 15, 2008
Download Festival 2008
M83 / The Offspring / KISS / Incubus / Disturbed / Rise Against / Jimmy Eat World / A Day To Remember / Seether / Simple Plan / Bullet for My Valentine / Kid Rock / Caribou / Pendulum / Biffy Clyro / Judas Priest / Brand New / Cut Copy / Atmosphere / Yeasayer / Coheed and Cambria / RJD2 / Finger Eleven / The Jesus and Mary Chain / Apocalyptica / The Airborne Toxic Event / HIM / Alter Bridge / In Flames / Flosstradamus / August Burns Red / The Devil Wears Prada / MuteMath / Within Temptation / Chris Cornell / Amon Amarth / Ash / Motörhead / Children Of Bodom / Blitzen Trapper / William Fitzsimmons / Black Stone Cherry / The Subways / Chiodos / Testament / Alesana / Airbourne / Gang Of Four / Lostprophets / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Lethal Bizzle / Ghostland Observatory / Between The Buried And Me / The Black Dahlia Murder / Skindred / From First to Last / Saxon / Mates of State / The Fall of Troy / Datarock / Zebrahead / High On Fire / Ace Frehley / Job for a Cowboy / Kaki King / Kids In Glass Houses / Comeback Kid / Municipal Waste / Tapes 'n Tapes / Black Tide / Jonathan Davis / 36 Crazyfists / Madina Lake / Haze / The Duke Spirit / The Parlor Mob / Louis XIV / Fightstar / Alberta Cross / The Whigs / Cavalera Conspiracy / Kill Hannah / Bleeding Through / Rival Schools / Throwdown / Vedera / Elliot Minor / Firewind / Rolo Tomassi / Rose Tattoo / The Wildhearts / Canterbury / Rise To Remain / Glamour Of The Kill / Annotations of an Autopsy / Brian Posehn / Valient Thorr / Devil Sold His Soul / Go:Audio / Natalie Portman's Shaved Head / De Novo Dahl / Animal Alpha / Exit Ten / The Night Marchers / Voodoo Six / Stone Gods / Brigade / Fighting With Wire / The Sign / Lovvers / The Galvatrons / In Case of Fire / Army of Freshmen / Malefice / Trigger the Bloodshed / Blackhole / Beat Union / Johnny Truant / Slaves to Gravity / Invasion / The Ferocious Few / Mexicolas / Big Linda / Hostile / Haunts / Ted Maul / Twin Method / Verra Cruz / Sons Of Albion / The Last Supper / Cry For Silence / The Nightmarchers / CaiMbo / Army Of Freshman / Brother Ali / Flogging Molly / Pepper Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 08, 2008
Rock Im Park 2008 (Sunday)
Metallica / The Offspring / The Verve / Hot Chip / Söhne Mannheims / Nightwish / In Flames / Chris Cornell / Disturbed / Stereophonics / Kate Nash / Alter Bridge / The Hellacopters / Danko Jones / Jonathan Davis / Against Me! / Paramore / Pete Murray / Gavin DeGraw / Rose Tattoo / Saxon / Bloodlights / Alpha Galates Show all bands
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Zeppelinfeld Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Jun 07, 2008
Saxon

Rock am Ring

Nürburgring Nürburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Jun 06, 2008
Sweden Rock Festival
Def Leppard / Ministry / Whitesnake / Saxon / Negative / Joe Satriani / Tesla / MUCC / Carcass / Hanoi Rocks / The Poodles / Ace Frehley / Team Cans / Shakin’ Street / Fastway / Axewitch / Royal Hunt / Birth Control / Svolk
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Sweden Rock Festival Grounds Solvesborg, Sweden
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Jun 06, 2008 –
Jun 08, 2008
Rock am Ring 2008
Metallica / Paramore / The Offspring / Incubus / Queens of the Stone Age / Disturbed / Jimmy Eat World / The Prodigy / Justice / The Verve / Gavin DeGraw / Hot Chip / Simple Plan / Seether / Bullet for My Valentine / Kid Rock / Stereophonics / The Fratellis / Pendulum / Rage Against The Machine / Kate Nash / Manic Street Preachers / The Streets / Finger Eleven / Coheed and Cambria / Tokyo Police Club / HIM / Silverstein / Alter Bridge / Eagles of Death Metal / In Flames / Nightwish / Filter / Motörhead / Opeth / CSS / Babyshambles / Against Me! / Serj Tankian / Rooney / Róisín Murphy / Booka Shade / The Futureheads / Black Stone Cherry / Lostprophets / Airbourne / Gavin Rossdale / Bedouin Soundclash / The Black Dahlia Murder / Dimmu Borgir / Saxon / The Fall of Troy / Die Toten Hosen / Pete Murray / High On Fire / Saul Williams / Danko Jones / Culcha Candela / Black Tide / Fettes Brot / 36 Crazyfists / Sportfreunde Stiller / The Hellacopters / Jonathan Davis / Kill Hannah / Turisas / Cavalera Conspiracy / Rival Schools / Sonic Syndicate / Oomph! / Steriogram / Madsen / Infadels / Takida / Fair To Midland / Söhne Mannheims / Long Distance Calling / Zox / Rose Tattoo / Fiction Plane / Disco Ensemble / Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong / Animal Alpha / Auletta / In Case of Fire / El*ke / Bloodlights / Alpha Galates / Whisk / Rafael Weber / Frulein Wunder / Glory of Joann / From First to Last / Bad Religion Show all bands
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Nürburgring Nürburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
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Jun 04, 2008 –
Jun 07, 2008
Sweden Rock Festival 2008
45 Degree Woman / Ace Frehley / Airbourne / Ammotrack / Apocalyptica / April Divine / Archer / Astral Doors / At The Gates / Avatar / Axewitch / Birth Control / Black Stone Cherry / Blue Öyster Cult / Boil / Bonafide / Carcass / Coheed and Cambria / Dampungarna / Dare / Def Leppard / Derringer / Disturbed / Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) / Eläkeläiset / Faith / Fastway / Fatal Smile / Five Fifteen / Glyder / Goda Grannar / Gotthard / Graveyard / H.E.A.T / Hanoi Rocks / Happy Pill / Havana Black / Hensley/Lawton & Live Fire / Joe Satriani / Judas Priest / Korpliklaani / Lizzy Borden / Ministry / MUCC / Mustasch / Negative / Omar & The Howlers / Pain of Salvation / Picture / Poison / Primal Fear / Primordial / Ratt / Royal Hunt / Sabaton / Satyricon / Saxon / Shakin’ Street / Sister Sin / Sonic Syndicate / Stormwarrior / Svölk / Sweet Savage / Tesla / Testament / The Blues Band / The Citadell / The Poodles / Avantasia / Triumph / Vivian / Volbeat / Whitesnake Show all bands
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Norje Havsbad Sölvesborg, Blekinge, Sweden
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May 07, 2008
Saxon / Lord
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The Forum Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
May 06, 2008
Saxon
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Billboard The Venue Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
May 05, 2008
Saxon
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The Arena Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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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
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  15. Crusader
  16. Never Surrender
  17. 747 (Strangers in 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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Nov 23, 2022

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

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