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 8)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 22, 2007
Sonic Youth / Orphan Fairytale
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O2 ABC Glasgow Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Aug 22, 2007
Aug 21, 2007
Sonic Youth
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ABC Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aug 19, 2007
Lowlands Paradise
"Lowlands Paradise" / LCD Soundsystem / Tool / Motorhead / Kings Of Leon / Orishas / Sonic Youth / Dinosaur Jr. / Chatham County Line / Unkle / Enter Shikari / Arcade Fire / Klaxons
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Evenemententerrein Walibi World Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
Aug 18, 2007
Pukkelpop 2007
The Rakes / Patrick Watson / Sparta / Albert Hammond Jr. / Enter Shikari / The Shins / Silverchair / Kings Of Leon / CocoRosie / Lacuna Coil / Sonic Youth / Tool / Nine Inch Nails
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Festivalpark Kiewit Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Show Duplicate for Aug 18, 2007
Aug 17, 2007 –
Aug 19, 2007
Lowlands Festival 2007
Joost van Bellen / Kings Of Leon / Nine Inch Nails / Kasabian / The Killers / Calvin Harris / Arcade Fire / M.I.A. / The Shins / Lily Allen / Jimmy Eat World / Justice / Interpol / Damien Rice / Kaiser Chiefs / Mika / Tool / Pendulum / Editors / Biffy Clyro / Dizzee Rascal / Groove Armada / Basement Jaxx / Brand New / Kate Nash / Devendra Banhart / LCD Soundsystem / Klaxons / Chris Cornell / Dinosaur Jr. / Jamie T / Motörhead / The Whitest Boy Alive / Simian Mobile Disco / Unkle / CSS / Eagles of Death Metal / CocoRosie / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Battles / Enter Shikari / Trentemøller / Apparat / Lacuna Coil / Patrick Watson / The Pigeon Detectives / Jack Peñate / Just Jack / Noisia / The View / Modeselektor / The Enemy / Sonic Youth / Uffie / The Good, The Bad And The Queen / Reverend and The Makers / New Young Pony Club / Patrick Wolf / My Brightest Diamond / Clark / Tinariwen / The Rakes / Laurent Garnier / Typhoon / Turbonegro / Orishas / Mad Caddies / The Rifles / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / Goose / Alpha Blondy / The Answer / The Black Seeds / Air Traffic / Bonde do Rolê / Gabriel Rios / Richie Hawtin / Loney Dear / Hayseed Dixie / Ojos de Brujo / James Holden / Saybia / Audion / Feadz / Shackleton / Dave Clarke / Pop Levi / After Forever / Oi Va Voi / Chatham County Line / Alamo Race Track / Magda / Moke / C-Mon & Kypski / kempi / Heartthrob / Troy Pierce / Heideroosjes / Winne / Marike Jager / Welle: Erdball / Jake / Nosfell / Rotfront / Boemklatsch / The Sheer / Karotte / La Kinky Beat / Darko Esser / Blaxtar / Aux Raus / Hawnay Troof / Aaron Spectre / Acid Junkies / Sandrien / Salah Edin / Little Cow / David Gilmour Girls / Nour / Pronghorn / polder / Kubus & Bangbang / Malkovich / De Lama's / Melomanics / 030303 / NYMPHO - + / Sonic Junior / Bernie's Lounge / i!AMYOU / U Dub / Funeral for a Friend Show all bands
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Evenemententerrein Walibi World Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
Show Duplicates for Aug 17, 2007
Aug 16, 2007 –
Aug 18, 2007
Pukkelpop 2007
Kings Of Leon / Fall Out Boy / Arcade Fire / The Smashing Pumpkins / M.I.A. / The Shins / Nine Inch Nails / Justice / Kaiser Chiefs / Spoon / Iggy Pop / Cobra Starship / Matt and Kim / Tool / Silversun Pickups / Dizzee Rascal / Editors / LCD Soundsystem / Biffy Clyro / Groove Armada / Brand New / Basement Jaxx / The Hives / STRFKR / Devendra Banhart / The Streets / Hellogoodbye / Jamie T / Dinosaur Jr. / Digitalism / Tokyo Police Club / The Whitest Boy Alive / Chris Cornell / Eagles of Death Metal / Unkle / Boys Noize / Architecture In Helsinki / Gogol Bordello / Armand Van Helden / CocoRosie / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Badly Drawn Boy / Trentemøller / Enter Shikari / CSS / MSTRKRFT / Patrick Watson / The Stooges / Battles / Low / The Cribs / Noisettes / Within Temptation / Ash / The Academy Is... / Apparat / Cassius / Skream / Lacuna Coil / Booka Shade / The Pigeon Detectives / The Go! Team / Soulwax / Silverchair / Rilo Kiley / The Sounds / Devotchka / Just Jack / Albert Hammond Jr / Jack Peñate / The View / Tiga / +44 / SebastiAn / Seasick Steve / Funeral for a Friend / Liars / The Enemy / Felix da Housecat / Iggy & the Stooges / Soulfly / Bedouin Soundclash / Zombie Nation / The Black Dahlia Murder / Uffie / …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Dennis Ferrer / Reverend and the Makers / Sonic Youth / Fujiya & Miyagi / New Young Pony Club / Riton / Patrick Wolf / My Brightest Diamond / Voxtrot / Willy Mason / Laurent Garnier / Art Brut / Turbonegro / Beatsteaks / Mad Caddies / The Rakes / I'm From Barcelona / Balkan Beat Box / Goldie / The Rifles / Triggerfinger / Alex Gopher / Two Gallants / Goose / DJ Jazzy Jeff / From Autumn to Ashes / Andy C / Sparta / The Twang / Black Strobe / Bonde do Rolê / The Blackout / The Besnard Lakes / Loney Dear / Tanya Stephens / 2manydjs (DJ Set) / James Holden / Erol Alkan / Dominik Eulberg / Madball / Hayseed Dixie / La Coka Nostra / Lo-Fi-Fnk / Absynthe Minded / Henry Rollins / Peeping Tom / Juliette And The Licks / Ignite / Richard Swift / Black Box Revelation / wovenhand / DJ Marky / Deetron / Ozark Henry / Shameboy / Buscemi / Shitdisco / Pop Levi / Hanne Hukkelberg / Home Video / Sophia / 1990s / Speedy J / The Fridge / Baloji / The Van Jets / Bromheads Jacket / The Glimmers / The End / Matt / The Tellers / Fire / The Draft / Flip Kowlier / 120 Days / Heavy Heavy Low Low / Arbouretum / Peter Pan Speedrock / Mud Flow / The Bony King of Nowhere / Von Sudenfed / Mintzkov / Milanese / APSE / Fixkes / Nosfell / Tussle / Sharko / Dez Mona / Polytechnic / Nid And Sancy / DAAU - Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung / Hollywood Porn Stars / Larsson / Cajuan / Gildas & Masaya / Tomàn / Krakow / Superdiscount 3 / The Jai-alai Savant / Arquettes / El Guapo Stuntteam / Jerboa / White Circle Crime Club / Various Productions / DJ Feadz / Morda / Ed And Kim / Cosy Mozzy / DJ 4t4 / Collabs 3000 / prima donkey / Monica Electronica / soapstarter / Tōmn / Matthew Dear's Big Hands / RYE JEHU / Fear before Show all bands
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Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Show Duplicates for Aug 16, 2007
Aug 15, 2007 –
Aug 17, 2007
La Route Du Rock 2007
The Smashing Pumpkins / The National / Justice / LCD Soundsystem / CSS / Patrick Watson / The Go! Team / Albert Hammond Jr / Sonic Youth / New Young Pony Club / Voxtrot / Art Brut / Anna Ternheim / Electrelane / The Besnard Lakes / Herman Düne / Final Fantasy / Ensemble / Elvis Perkins / wovenhand / 120 Days / Windmill / Turzi / The Gentleman Losers / Lucky Pierre / Robert Gomez / Thee, Stranded Horse / Sbastien Schuller / oliv / Magnetic Friends Show all bands
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Fort de Saint Père Saint-Malo, France
Aug 12, 2007
Paredes de Coura Festival 2007
M.I.A. / Spoon / Crystal Castles / Peter Bjorn and John / Dinosaur Jr. / Architecture In Helsinki / Boys Noize / Simian Mobile Disco / Gogol Bordello / CSS / Babyshambles / Devotchka / Mando Diao / Sonic Youth / New York Dolls / New Young Pony Club / Sparta / Electrelane / The Sunshine Underground / Guns N Bombs / Linda Martini / Blasted Mechanism / The Right Ons / Mão Morta / Jean Nipon / Blows / MUNDO CAO / SLIMMY / Foreign Islands / 6pm / Born a Lion / Sizo / DJ A.I. / F.R.I.C.S. / U-clic / 6 Pm / Low Budget Research Kitchen / Mo Morta / Mundo Co Show all bands
Praia do Tabuão Paredes de Coura, Portugal
Aug 08, 2007
Iggy Pop / Sonic Youth Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, New York, United States
Jul 28, 2007
Sonic Youth / The Slits
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McCarren Park Pool New York, New York, United States
Jul 21, 2007
Sonic Youth / DJ Dntel
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Urban Outfitters Los Angeles, California, United States
Jul 20, 2007
Sonic Youth / Redd Kross

Sonic Youth Perform Daydream Nation

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Greek Theatre Los Angeles, California, United States
Jul 19, 2007
Sonic Youth / Pocahaunted & Robedoor
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Berkeley Community Theatre San Francisco, California, United States
Jul 13, 2007 –
Jul 15, 2007
Pitchfork Music Festival 2007
The Sea And Cake / Iron & Wine / Grizzly Bear / Beach House / Klaxons / Girl Talk / Deerhunter / De La Soul / The New Pornographers / Mastodon / Battles / Jamie Lidell / of Montreal / Junior Boys / Clipse / The Cool Kids / Sonic Youth / Dan Deacon / Menomena / Fujiya & Miyagi / The Field / Voxtrot / GZA/Genius / Stephen Malkmus / The Twilight Sad / Califone / Yoko Ono / Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues / Slint / Brightblack Morning Light / The Ponys / Cadence Weapon / Oxford Collapse / Nomo / Professor Murder / William Parker Quartet / Craig Taborn's Junk Magic / Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound Show all bands
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Union Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Show Duplicates for Jul 13, 2007
Jul 07, 2007
Sonic Youth
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Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica Rome, Latium, Italy
Jul 06, 2007
Sonic Youth / My Cat Is An Alien
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Piazza Castello Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Jul 05, 2007
Sonic Youth
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Spaziale Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Jul 03, 2007
Sonic Youth / Kaiser Chiefs / Elista
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Le Palio Istres, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Jul 01, 2007
Furia Sound Festival
"Furia Sound Festival" / Queens of the Stone Age / Tinariwen / Pop Levi / Peter Von Poehl / Asian Dub Foundation / You Say Party / Sonic Youth / Heavyweight Dub Champion
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Furia Sound Festival Grounds Pontoise, France
Jun 29, 2007 –
Jul 01, 2007
Furia Sound Festival 2007
Queens of the Stone Age / The Roots / K'naan / Billy Talent / Cassius / Archive / Frank Black / Sonic Youth / Tinariwen / Coldcut / The Rakes / Tryo / Groundation / Asian Dub Foundation / Bonde do Rolê / Renaud / Oxmo Puccino / Superbus / Little Barrie / Shy Child / TTC / Shitdisco / Pop Levi / Ours / Peter Von Poehl / The Bellrays / You Say Party We Say Die / Guitar Wolf / Sabo / Pleymo / TT / Joey Starr / No One is Innocent / Fermin Muguruza / You Say Party! / Galaxie / Karpatt / Adrienne Pauly / Loic Lantoine / Heavyweight Dub Champion / Aiwa / Jamait / Deltahead / Fingerless / Loïc Antoine / Griots & Gods / Kill the Vulture Show all bands
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Base de Loisirs de Cergy-Pontoise Cergy Pontoise, France
Show Duplicates for Jun 29, 2007

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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
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Sonic Youth
Aug 22, 2007
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sonic Youth
Aug 21, 2007
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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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
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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
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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
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Sonic Youth / Pere Ubu on Oct 6, 1992 [020-small]

Sonic Youth / Pere Ubu
Oct 6, 1992
 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Pavement / Sonic Youth on Dec 15, 1992 [177-small]

Pavement / Sonic Youth
Dec 15, 1992
 Shepherds Bush, England, United Kingdom
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Pavement / Sonic Youth on Dec 15, 1992 [178-small]

Pavement / Sonic Youth
Dec 15, 1992
 Shepherds Bush, England, United Kingdom
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Pavement / Sonic Youth on Dec 15, 1992 [179-small]

Pavement / Sonic Youth
Dec 15, 1992
 Shepherds Bush, England, United Kingdom
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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
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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
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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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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
No Wave
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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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