Symposium Concert History

The band formed while still in school in Kensington, London, in 1995. The line up was: Ross Cummins (vocalist), Hagop Tchaparian (guitarist), Joe Birch (drummer), William McGonagle (guitarist), and Wojtek Godzisz (bassist). The band had a selection of up tempo and cheerful, yet mosh pit-friendly songs which, together with their very young average age of eighteen, bought them attention within London and landed a record deal with the Infectious record label. Some writers suggested that they sounded like youthful exuberance.

Symposium Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 18, 2023
Symposium / A / Dega Breaks
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Electric Ballroom Camden London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 16, 2023
Symposium
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Manchester Academy Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Nov 17, 2022
Symposium / Saint Agnes / Emergency Radio
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Islington Assembly Hall London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 02, 2016
The Orwells / Symposium Baby's All Right New York, New York, United States
Show Duplicate for Nov 02, 2016
Mar 17, 2016
SWMRS / The Frights / Symposium
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1st Ward / Chop Shop Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mar 09, 2016
The Orwells / Symposium Emporium Arcade Bar - Wicker Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jun 12, 2015
Jacob's Cabin / Symposium / Madame Ruby Metro Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dec 30, 2014
The Orwells / Criminal Hygiene / Symposium
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Lincoln Hall Chicago, Illinois, United States
Aug 28, 1999 –
Aug 30, 1999
Leeds Festival 1999
blink-182 / the Flys / Six by Seven / Sebadoh / DJ Punk-roc / Cornelius / Skinny / Reef / Toploader / Space / Fantastic Plastic Machine / Pavement / Lit / Silverchair / Ice-T / Atari Teenage Riot / Fun Lovin' Criminals / Freddy Fresh / Less Than Jake / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Space Raiders / Nojahoda / Bis / The Auteurs / Cay / The Paradise Motel / Breakbeat Era / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Nashville Pussy / Suicidal Tendencies / Roni Size / Stereolab / Symposium / Ultrasound / Remy Zero / Merz / Smog / Echo & the Bunnymen / Grand Drive / Cinerama / Les Rythmes Digitales / Bentley Rhythm Ace / The Pharcyde / Doves / Apollo 440 / The Skaters (US) / Indian Ropeman / Elastica / Ten Benson / The Dandy Warhols / Sick of It All / The All Seeing I / Kent / Madder Rose / Gene / Add N To (x) / Llama Farmers / Molotov / Hefner / Snuff / Arab Strap / Subcircus / Clinic / The Sugarhill Gang / Fungus / The Donnas / The Pietasters / Bellatrix / My Ruin / Guided By Voices / The Delgados / Coldplay / Red Hot Chili Peppers / The Offspring / Blur / Chemical Brothers / The Flaming Lips / Buckcherry / Feeder / Pennywise / The Charlatans / Beth Orton / The Divine Comedy / Sleater-Kinney / Idlewild / Catatonia / Mansun / Luscious Jackson / Terrorvision / Backyard Babies / Pitchshifter / 3 Colours Red / My Life Story / Fountains of Wayne Show all bands
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Temple Newsam Park Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Aug 28, 1999
Aug 27, 1999 –
Aug 29, 1999
Reading Festival 1999
Arab Strap / The Flaming Lips / Coldplay / Atari Teenage Riot / Guided By Voices / Red Hot Chili Peppers / The Offspring / Pennywise / The Pietasters / Silverchair / Orgy / Suicidal Tendencies / Sick of It All / The Dandy Warhols / The Living End / The Donnas / Feeder / Snuff / Nashville Pussy / Sebadoh / Pavement / Ice-T / The Pharcyde / Fountains of Wayne / Sleater-Kinney / Lit / 3 Colours Red / Roni Size / Pitchshifter / Idlewild / Beth Orton / Remy Zero / Skinny / Fun Lovin' Criminals / Toploader / the Flys / Blur / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Stereolab / Space / Mansun / Doves / Reef / Luscious Jackson / Chemical Brothers / Smog / Madder Rose / Kent / The Charlatans / Less Than Jake / The Sugarhill Gang / The Fall / The Divine Comedy / Backyard Babies / Terrorvision / Buckcherry / Molotov / My Ruin / Clinic / Elastica / The Delgados / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Cay / Les Rythmes Digitales / Bellatrix / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Gene / Hefner / Cornelius / Apollo 440 / Catatonia / Fantastic Plastic Machine / The Auteurs / The All Seeing I / Bis / Merz / Space Raiders / Add N To (x) / Cinerama / Breakbeat Era / Grand Drive / My Life Story / Freddy Fresh / Symposium / Indian Ropeman / Ultrasound / Subcircus / The Paradise Motel / Ten Benson / Fungus / The Skaters (US) / DJ Punk-roc / Nojahoda / Puressence / Kevin Rowland / Donna / Marine Research / Younger Younger 28s / Rosita / Six by Seven / Echo & the Bunnymen / blink-182 Show all bands
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Little John’s Farm Reading, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Aug 27, 1999
Jul 10, 1999
Big Day Out (UK) 1999
Metallica / Marilyn Manson / Ben Harper / Creed / Sepultura / Ministry / Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals / Monster Magnet / Terrorvision / Pitchshifter / Symposium / mercyful fate / Queens of the Stone Age / Placebo
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Unknown venue Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Jul 10, 1999
Mar 12, 1999
Symposium Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Mar 09, 1999
Symposium The Fleece and Firkin Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Nov 22, 1998
Reef / Symposium / Nojahoda Rock City Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Nov 17, 1998
Reef / Nojahoda / Symposium Cambridge Corn Exchange Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Nov 11, 1998
Reef / Symposium
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Q Club Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Oct 28, 1998
Stereophonics / Symposium
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Newcastle University Students Union Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Aug 28, 1998 –
Aug 30, 1998
Reading Festival 1998
Foo Fighters / New Order / The Prodigy / Deftones / Garbage / Mogwai / Echo & the Bunnymen / Travis / Yo La Tengo / Bad Religion / Jurassic 5 / Rancid / The Specials / Robert Plant / Beastie Boys / Toploader / Gomez / Ash / Spiritualized / The Freestylers / Grandaddy / Sleater-Kinney / Super Furry Animals / Supergrass / The Divine Comedy / Monster Magnet / MxPx / Lagwagon / Unwritten Law / The Bluetones / Lee "Scratch" Perry / The Afghan Whigs / Idlewild / Jimmy Page / Shed Seven / Fu Manchu / Soul Coughing / ACE (US) / Clinic / No Use For A Name / Alabama 3 / Mansun / Roni Size / Save Ferris / Asian Dub Foundation / Ó / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / Arab Strap / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Money Mark / Backyard Babies / Regurgitator / Les Rythmes Digitales / Symposium / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Rocket from the Crypt / Gene / The Delgados / Curve / Page And Plant / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Monaco / Bis / H-Blockx / Reprazent / No Fun At All / Hefner / Dance Hall Crashers / Girls Against Boys / Unsane / Pitchshifter / Revenge / Royal Trux / Merz / Cut La Roc / Drugstore / Elliott Smith / The Lodger / CIV / Six by Seven / Gay Dad / Grand Drive / Unbelievable Truth / Audioweb / Seafood / Justin Robertson / Spearmint / Kenickie / Jonathan Fire Eater / Monkey Mafia / Campag Velocet / Ultrasound / Superior / Mover / DJ Touche / Sunhouse / El Nino / Ooberman / Urusei Yatsura / Addict / Headswim / Dust Junkys / Carrie / The Paradise Motel / Regular Fries / Stroke / Laptop / Llama Farmers / Warm Jets / Earl Brutus / Gel / Bill Riley / More Rockers / Manson / Ten Benson / 60 Ft Dolls / Dawn Of The Replicants / Fungus / Scott 4 / Bryan Gee / The Smooths / Huckleberry / Flynn & Flora / Jumping Jack Frost / The Montrose Avenue / The Dandys / The Interpreters / Snug / Deejay Punk Roc / Vyvyan / NT / Afgan Whigs / Formula One / Medal / Electric Sound Of Joy / Flight 16 / The Pecadiloes / Dust Junkies / The Wasp Factory / Asian Dub / One Lady Owner / The Reviver Gene / Uresei Yatsura / Disco Pistol / Ph Family / Bentley Rhythm / Satellite Beach Show all bands
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Reading, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Aug 28, 1998
Aug 04, 1998
Vans Warped Tour 1998
Deftones / The Get Up Kids / The Slackers / 22 Jacks / Bad Religion / Godsmack / Amazing Royal Crowns / Unwritten Law / Mad Caddies / Save Ferris / Latex Generation / Royal Crown Revue / Hi-Standard / Hatebreed / Reverand Horton Heat / Kid Rock / Voodoo Glow Skulls / Swingin' Utters / Trading Bryson / CIV / The Specials / Staind / Unsane / Homegrown / The Aquabats / The Atomic Fireballs / Fu Manchu / Hepcat / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / NOFX / No Use For A Name / Rancid / Snapcase / Anthrophobia / H2O / Skavoovie & the Epitones / The Smooths / Symposium / The Vandals / Zebrahead / L.e.s. Stitches / tilt / The Urge / All / MxPx / Incubus / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Pietasters Show all bands
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Jacksonville State Fairgrounds Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Aug 02, 1998
Warped Tour ‘98
All / Anthrophobia / Atomic Fireball / Bad Religion / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / CIV / Deftones / Frodus / Hatebreed / Hepcat / Humble Beginnings / Kid Rock / Latex Generation / L.e.s. Stitches / Mad Caddies / MxPx / 98 Mute / No Use For A Name / NOFX / Ozomatli / Plastic Holiday / Plastique / Punk Rock Karaoke / Rancid / The Reverend Horton Heat / Save Ferris / The Smooths / The Specials / Sprung Monkey / Swingin’ Utters / Symposium / 22 Jacks / Unsane / Unwritten Law / U.S. Bombs / Wade Show all bands
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The Stone Pony Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States

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V Festival 1997 on Aug 16, 1997 [217-small]

V Festival 1997
Aug 16 - 17, 1997
 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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T In The Park 1998 on Jul 11, 1998 [540-small]

T In The Park 1998
Jul 11 - 12, 1998
 Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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T In The Park 1998 on Jul 11, 1998 [541-small]

T In The Park 1998
Jul 11 - 12, 1998
 Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Reading Festival 1997 on Aug 22, 1997 [122-small]

Reading Festival 1997
Aug 22 - 24, 1997
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Reading Festival 1998 on Aug 28, 1998 [381-small]

Reading Festival 1998
Aug 28 - 30, 1998
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Symposium on Jun 8, 1997 [288-small]

Symposium
Jun 8, 1997
 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Symposium / A on Jun 11, 1998 [401-small]

Symposium / A
Jun 11, 1998
 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Reading Festival 1996 on Aug 23, 1996 [043-small]

Reading Festival 1996
Aug 23 - 25, 1996
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Glastonbury Festival 1997 on Jun 27, 1997 [135-small]

Glastonbury Festival 1997
Jun 27 - 29, 1997
 Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
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No Doubt / The Vandals / Symposium on Sep 25, 1997 [558-small]

No Doubt / The Vandals / Symposium
Sep 25, 1997
 London, England, United Kingdom
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3 Colours Red / Symposium on Dec 7, 1996 [890-small]

3 Colours Red / Symposium
Dec 7, 1996
 Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
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Phoenix Festival 1996 on Jul 18, 1996 [886-small]

Phoenix Festival 1996
Jul 18 - 21, 1996
 Long Marston, UK
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Genres:

Rock
Indie
Indie Rock
British
Indie Garage Rock
Chicago Indie
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Latest Setlist (11/18/2023):

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  1. Drink The Sunshine
  2. One Day at a Time
  3. Fairweather Friend
  4. Puddles
  5. Bury You
  6. Disappear
  7. Blue
  8. Bleach
  9. The Answer to Why I Hate You
  10. Fear of Flying
  11. Xanthein
  12. The End
  13. Killing Position
  14. Fizzy
  15. I Like To
  16. Farewell to Twilight
  17. A Hard Day's Night

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Concerts Per Year:

2023 2 concerts
2022 1 concert
2016 3 concerts
2015 1 concert
2014 1 concert
1999 5 concerts
1998 13 concerts
1997 30 concerts
1996 3 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Symposium had?

Symposium has had 59 concerts.

What genre is Symposium?

Symposium is most often considered to be Rock, Indie, Indie Rock, British, Indie Garage Rock, and Chicago Indie.

When was the last Symposium concert?

The last Symposium concert was on November 18, 2023 at Electric Ballroom Camden in London, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: Symposium / A / Dega Breaks.

What setlist does Symposium play live?

The songs that Symposium performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the November 18, 2023 concert at Electric Ballroom Camden in London, England, United Kingdom:

  1. Drink The Sunshine
  2. One Day at a Time
  3. Fairweather Friend
  4. Puddles
  5. Bury You
  6. Disappear
  7. Blue
  8. Bleach
  9. The Answer to Why I Hate You
  10. Fear of Flying
  11. Xanthein
  12. The End
  13. Killing Position
  14. Fizzy
  15. I Like To
  16. Farewell to Twilight
  17. A Hard Day's Night

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