Sonic Youth Concert History

Sonic Youth was an influential experimental rock band which formed in New York City, New York, United States in 1981 and are currently on an indefinite hiatus. The last lineup consisted of Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar), Kim Gordon (vocals, bass, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (vocals and guitar), Steve Shelley (drums) and Mark Ibold (bass).

Sonic Youth Tours & Concerts (Page 31)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 26, 1998 –
Jun 28, 1998
Glastonbury Festival 1998
Foo Fighters / Bob Dylan / Moby / Blur / Deftones / Chemical Brothers / Robbie Williams / Fatboy Slim / Matchbox Twenty / Common / Placebo / Portishead / The Roots / Stereophonics / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Ben Harper / Pulp / Faithless / Primal Scream / Tori Amos / Underworld / Tony Bennett / James / Morcheeba / Doves / The Jesus and Mary Chain / Steve Earle / Tricky / Ben Folds Five / Feeder / Squeeze / Gomez / Spiritualized / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Ian Brown / Dr. John / The Freestylers / Taj Mahal / Embrace / cornershop / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Meredith Brooks / Finley Quaye / The Divine Comedy / Lightning Seeds / Autechre / Nick Lowe / Tortoise / Idlewild / Coldcut / Sean Ono Lennon / Sonic Youth / Catatonia / Way Out West / Space / Alabama 3 / Clinic / Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros / Mansun / Richie Hawtin / Asian Dub Foundation / Fluke / St. Etienne / Julian Cope / Dub Pistols / Hothouse Flowers / Adam F / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Jools Holland / Juno Reactor / Babybird / Kristin Hersh / Les Rythmes Digitales / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Mad Professor / Rocket from the Crypt / Red Snapper / ozric tentacles / James Taylor Quartet / Eddi Reader / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Banco de Gaia / Sharon Shannon / Monaco / Gorky's Zygotic Mynci / Rolf Harris / Reprazent / Dynamite MC / The Supernaturals / Shack / Eliza Carthy / DJ Rap / Marion / King Kooba / Mediaeval Baebes / Laika / Bernard Butler / Boom Boom Satellites / Senser / Drugstore / Scratch Perverts / Akasha / Cut La Roc / Terry Callier / Midfield General / Luke Slater / The Aloof / Catherine Wheel / D'influence / Trilok Gurtu / Darren Emerson / Bim Sherman / Rialto / My Life Story / Magoo / Outside / Six by Seven / Salsa Celtica / John Otway / Unbelievable Truth / Freddy Fresh / Audioweb / Starecase / Kenny Ken / Dissidenten / Superstar / Kenickie / Spring Heel Jack / Monkey Mafia / Ultrasound / Finitribe / Sunhouse / Ooberman / Theaudience / Headswim / Dust Junkys / James Hardway / Carrie / Rob Smith / Dissident / Dr. Didg / Purple Penguin / Llama Farmers / Earl Brutus / Warm Jets / More Rockers / Mrs Wood / Dawn Of The Replicants / Kitachi / Young Offenders / Scott 4 / Medicine Drum / Wireless / Billy Nasty / Kid Loops / President Bongo / The Montrose Avenue / Bates Motel / Girl Eats Boy / Environmental Science / Medal / Hiroki Okano / Moorhaven / Sharron Shannon / Conemelt / Krash Slaughta / J-life / John Stapleton / Coade / Amanpondo / Town Band / Family of Free Love Show all bands
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Glastonbury Festival 1998 Pilton, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 25, 1998 –
Jun 28, 1998
Roskilde Festival 1998
Bob Dylan / Marilyn Manson / A Tribe Called Quest / The Verve / Kylie Minogue / Rammstein / Deftones / Black Sabbath / Portishead / Tool / Iggy Pop / Garbage / Slayer / Mogwai / Echo & the Bunnymen / Pulp / Primal Scream / Tori Amos / Misfits / The Jesus and Mary Chain / Kraftwerk / The Stranglers / In Flames / Steve Earle / Tricky / Beastie Boys / Eagle-Eye Cherry / Buddy Guy / Ash / Spiritualized / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Dr. John / The Sisters of Mercy / Mew / Meredith Brooks / Great White / Junkie Xl / Soulfly / Kent / Carl Cox / Green Velvet / Dimmu Borgir / Nitin Sawhney / Kruder & Dorfmeister / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Idlewild / Tortoise / Sonic Youth / Laurent Garnier / Paradise Lost / Turbonegro / Coal Chamber / Oscar D'León / The Skatalites / Catatonia / Alabama 3 / D-A-D / Kashmir / Asian Dub Foundation / Lisa Ekdahl / Moonspell / Stereo Total / Atari Teenage Riot / Money Mark / Kristin Hersh / Backyard Babies / Natacha Atlas / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Rocket from the Crypt / Sophie Zelmani / Pizzicato Five / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Weeping Willows / Nils Petter Molvaer / TV-2 / Malk De Koijn / Dub Syndicate / Galaxy / Boom Boom Satellites / Clemens / Bernard Butler / Hanne Boel / Charanga Habanera / Seigmen / Brave Combo / Illdisposed / Kreidler / Vieja Trova Santiaguera / Nikolaj Nørlund / The Bootleg Beatles / The New Birth Brass Band / Tabou Combo / BAAL / Lois / Psyched Up Janis / Scan X / E.t.a. / Bjørn Svin / Radish / Sawt el Atlas / Steve Stoll / Musafir / Future 3 / Sorten Muld / Headrillaz / Impulse / Speaker Bite Me / Ulan Bator / Puddu Varano / Keith Secola / Drags / Palace of Pleasure / Sternklang / Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari / Mynta / On Trial / Super Cayor De Dakar / Setona / Sportsguitar / Penniless / Paulito fg y Su Elite / Drum Island / Hypnotix / Aziza-a / BLEEDER / Subgud / Luksus / Smilin' Myron / Ole Theill / Queens Of Shiba Show all bands
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Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Jun 24, 1998
Sonic Youth / Sean Ono Lennon
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Vienna Arena / Arena Wien Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Jun 23, 1998
Sonic Youth
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Tonhalle München, Werksviertel Mitte Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Jun 22, 1998
Sonic Youth / Sean Ono Lennon
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Tempodrom Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Jun 20, 1998 –
Jun 21, 1998
Hurricane Festival 1998
Dave Matthews Band / Björk / Matchbox Twenty / Iggy Pop / Garbage / Pulp / Rancid / Beastie Boys / Apocalyptica / Chumbawamba / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Ween / Del Amitri / Widespread Panic / The Notwist / Sonic Youth / Guano Apes / Heather Nova / Asian Dub Foundation / Money Mark / Tocotronic / Oomph! / Tito And Tarantula / Die Sterne / Megaherz / Bell / The Bates / Oysterband / ViViD / Such a Surge / Readymade / Torn / Hazeldine / Pop Tarts / Madonna Hip Hop Massaker / Trieb / Two / Book & Candle Show all bands
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Eichenring Sand Racetrack Scheeßel, Lower Saxony, Germany
Show Duplicate for Jun 20, 1998
Jun 14, 1998
Beastie Boys / Sonic Youth / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Radiohead / Lukin
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RFK Stadium Washington, D.C., United States
Jun 13, 1998 –
Jun 14, 1998
Tibetan Freedom Festival 1998
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Radiohead / Pearl Jam / Dave Matthews Band / Moby / Portishead / A Tribe Called Quest / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Pulp / Beastie Boys / The Wallflowers / Blues Traveler / KRS-One / Spiritualized / R.E.M. / Sonic Youth / Jungle Brothers / Luscious Jackson / Asian Dub Foundation / Money Mark / Sean Lennon / Puressence / . / Mutabaruka / Closer / DJ Andy Smith / Herbie Hancock And The Headhunters / Chaksam-pa / Bokomolech / Live the Band / wyclef jean / cornershop Show all bands
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RFK Stadium Washington, D.C., United States
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Jun 10, 1998
Sonic Youth / NOD / Sean Ono Lennon
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Irving Plaza New York, New York, United States
Jun 09, 1998
Sonic Youth / Solmania / King Loser
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Irving Plaza New York, New York, United States
Jun 08, 1998
Sonic Youth / Milford Graves
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Irving Plaza New York, New York, United States
Jun 06, 1998
Sonic Youth / Tom Verlaine / Sean Ono Lennon
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Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 05, 1998
Sonic Youth / Wharton Tiers / Tom Verlaine
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Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jun 04, 1998
Sonic Youth / Solmania / Pelt
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The Ritz Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Jun 03, 1998
Sonic Youth / Solmania / Pelt
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The Roxy Theater Atlanta, Georgia, United States
May 30, 1998
Sonic Youth / Oval / Jim O'Rourke / Solid Eye
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Wadsworth Theatre, UCLA Los Angeles, California, United States
May 29, 1998
Sonic Youth / Fuck / Urinals
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Wadsworth Theatre, UCLA Los Angeles, California, United States
May 28, 1998
Sonic Youth / Helium / Destroy All Nels Cline
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Wadsworth Theatre, UCLA Los Angeles, California, United States
May 27, 1998
Sonic Youth / Oval / Helium The Fillmore San Francisco, California, United States
May 26, 1998
Sonic Youth / Fuck / Rrope
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The Fillmore San Francisco, California, United States

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Pearl Jam / Sonic Youth
Jul 6, 2006
 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Sonic Youth
Aug 22, 2007
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Added by John Collins

Sonic Youth
Aug 22, 2007
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Added by John Collins

Sonic Youth
Aug 21, 2007
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Added by John Collins

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Live 105 Green Christmas on Dec 15, 1995 [338-small]

Live 105 Green Christmas
Dec 15, 1995
 Berkeley, California, United States
  Uploaded by Peggy Sturman

Lollapalooza 1995 on Jul 10, 1995 [070-small]

Lollapalooza 1995
Jul 10, 1995
 Bonner Springs, Kansas, United States
  Uploaded by Tom K.

Matador at 21 on Oct 1, 2010 [111-small]

Matador at 21
Oct 1 - 3, 2010
 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  Uploaded by Tom K.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Sonic Youth on Mar 3, 1991 [842-small]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Sonic Youth
Mar 3, 1991
 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  Uploaded by Igatti

Sonic Youth / Pere Ubu on Oct 6, 1992 [020-small]

Sonic Youth / Pere Ubu
Oct 6, 1992
 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
  Uploaded by J Phillips

Pavement / Sonic Youth on Dec 15, 1992 [177-small]

Pavement / Sonic Youth
Dec 15, 1992
 Shepherds Bush, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Benny Allen

Pavement / Sonic Youth on Dec 15, 1992 [178-small]

Pavement / Sonic Youth
Dec 15, 1992
 Shepherds Bush, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Benny Allen

Pavement / Sonic Youth on Dec 15, 1992 [179-small]

Pavement / Sonic Youth
Dec 15, 1992
 Shepherds Bush, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Benny Allen

Sonic Youth / Decaer Pinga / Afrirampo on Sep 1, 2004 [383-small]

Sonic Youth / Decaer Pinga / Afrirampo
Sep 1, 2004
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Hurricane Festival 1998 on Jun 20, 1998 [393-small]

Hurricane Festival 1998
Jun 20 - 21, 1998
 Scheeßel, Lower Saxony, Germany
  Uploaded by Torsten S.

Sonic Youth / fIREHOSE / Naomi's Hair on Nov 12, 1986 [104-small]

Sonic Youth / fIREHOSE / Naomi's Hair
Nov 12, 1986
 Gainesville, Florida, United States
  Uploaded by Kennelco

Sonic Youth / fIREHOSE / Naomi's Hair on Nov 12, 1986 [105-small]

Sonic Youth / fIREHOSE / Naomi's Hair
Nov 12, 1986
 Gainesville, Florida, United States
  Uploaded by Kennelco

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Latest Setlist (11/14/2011):

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  2. Brave Men Run (In My Family)
  3. Death Valley '69
  4. Sacred Trickster
  5. Calming the Snake
  6. Mote
  7. 'Cross the Breeze
  8. Schizophrenia
  9. Drunken Butterfly
  10. Starfield Road
  11. Flower
  12. Sugar Kane
  13. Teen Age Riot

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Concerts Per Year:

2019 1 concert
2016 1 concert
2015 1 concert
2012 1 concert
2011 9 concerts
2010 26 concerts
2009 68 concerts
2008 21 concerts
2007 56 concerts
2006 66 concerts
2005 39 concerts
2004 67 concerts
2003 30 concerts
2002 63 concerts
2001 25 concerts
2000 73 concerts
1999 31 concerts
1998 63 concerts
1997 10 concerts
1996 50 concerts
1995 89 concerts
1994 3 concerts
1993 36 concerts
1992 74 concerts
1991 61 concerts
1990 72 concerts
1989 20 concerts
1988 49 concerts
1987 65 concerts
1986 78 concerts
1985 55 concerts
1984 5 concerts
1983 36 concerts
1982 22 concerts
1981 6 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Sonic Youth had?

Sonic Youth has had 1,372 concerts.

What genre is Sonic Youth?

Sonic Youth is most often considered to be Rock, Indie, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative, Experimental, Punk Rock, Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Modern Rock, Art Rock, Noise, Shoegaze, Favoritos, Grunge, Noise Rock, Noise Pop, and No Wave.

When was the last Sonic Youth concert?

The last Sonic Youth concert was on August 17, 2019 at Murmrr Ballroom in New York, New York, United States.

What setlist does Sonic Youth play live?

The songs that Sonic Youth performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the November 14, 2011 concert at Parque Brasil 500 in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil:

  2. Brave Men Run (In My Family)
  3. Death Valley '69
  4. Sacred Trickster
  5. Calming the Snake
  6. Mote
  7. 'Cross the Breeze
  8. Schizophrenia
  9. Drunken Butterfly
  10. Starfield Road
  11. Flower
  12. Sugar Kane
  13. Teen Age Riot

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