Symposium's 1997 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.

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Symposium had 69 concerts in 1997 (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 24, 1997
Symposium

Lowlands Festival

Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
Aug 23, 1997
Symposium

Pukkelpop

Domein Kiewit Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Aug 23, 1997 –
Aug 25, 1997
Lowlands Festival 1997
Foo Fighters / blink-182 / Blur / Limp Bizkit / Rammstein / The Chemical Brothers / The Cardigans / Eels / Faith No More / Pavement / Mogwai / Bloodhound Gang / Dinosaur Jr. / Fountains of Wayne / Blonde Redhead / Pennywise / Skunk Anansie / KRS-One / The Lemonheads / Tonic / Millencolin / Finley Quaye / Kula Shaker / Veruca Salt / Sneaker Pimps / dEUS / GusGus / Laurent Garnier / Swell / Symposium / Jon Spencer / Agnostic Front / Sick of It All / Rollins Band / Dreadzone / Jeff Mills / 16 Horsepower / the Gourds / Slam / You Am I / Afro Celt Sound System / Life Of Agony / Aphrodite / Talvin Singh / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Motorpsycho / Karma to Burn / Bis / Royal Crown Revue / Rowwen Hèze / Dance Hall Crashers / Down By Law / Zita Swoon / Reprazent / Johan / GERD / Claw Boys Claw / Alien / Heideroosjes / Hoover / Darren Emerson / Flipside / Silver Sun / Radar / Paladins / Krang / Ryker's / De Kift / Fuck / Michel De Hey / I Against I / Mickey Finn / Backfire! / Desperados / The Orphanage / Quazar / Headrillaz / Bandulu / Carlton / Supersub / Summercamp / Manbreak / Linoleum / Simmer / Andrew Dorff / Pigmeat / Junkster / Yatsura / Jabber Wocky / Carlijn / Grooverider & Mc Cleveland Watkiss / S.I.T.P. / Eboman Show all bands
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Lowlands Festival 1997 Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
Aug 22, 1997
Symposium

Reading Festival

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Little John's Farm Reading, England, United Kingdom
Aug 22, 1997 –
Aug 24, 1997
Reading Festival 1997
Metallica / blink-182 / Marilyn Manson / The Verve / Limp Bizkit / Cake / Stereophonics / Bush / Eels / The Cardigans / Mogwai / Travis / Manic Street Preachers / Fountains of Wayne / James / Dinosaur Jr. / Feeder / Suede / Pennywise / The Lemonheads / Tonic / Cast / Stereolab / Descendents / cornershop / Embrace / The Beta Band / Sleater-Kinney / Super Furry Animals / Millencolin / Death In Vegas / The Orb / Broadcast / L7 / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Luna / The Wannadies / Republica / Apollo 440 / Catatonia / Space / Sick of It All / The Boo Radleys / Asian Dub Foundation / Terrorvision / You Am I / Symposium / 16 horsepower / Slug / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Bis / Gorky's Zygotic Mynci / One Inch Punch / Royal Crown Revue / Dog Eat Dog / Down By Law / Dance Hall Crashers / Royal Trux / JACK / Hurricane / Puressence / Hurricane #1 / 3 Colours Red / Tiger / Rialto / Dweeb / My Life Story / Silver Sun / Audioweb / Strangelove: The Depeche Mode Experience / Arnold / Descendents / Kenickie / J Church / CUBE / Lower / Ultrasound / Garageland / Goldblade / Theaudience / Main$tream / Radish / Dust Junkys / Livingstone / Carrie / Speedway / Bennet / Subcircus / Warm Jets / Earl Brutus / Mulu / Penthouse / Adventures in Stereo / Midget / Posh / Scarfo / Edward Ball / Sussed / Proper (UK) / The Dandys / Snug / Formula One / Toaster / Goldblade / silverjet / Period Pains / Simon Warner / Hybrids / The Pecadiloes / Girlfrendo / Spy 51 / Nightnurse / Rude Club / Disco Pistol / Jonathan Fire*Eater / A Show all bands
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Little John's Farm Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Aug 17, 1997
Symposium

V Festival

Temple Newsam Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Aug 16, 1997
V97
The Divine Comedy / Symposium / Embrace / The Supernaturals / Mansun / Finlay Quaye / Blur / Ash
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Hylands Park Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
Aug 16, 1997 –
Aug 17, 1997
V Festival 1997
Teenage Fanclub / Daft Punk / Feeder / Dreadzone / Pavement / The Prodigy / Blur / Kula Shaker / Echobelly / Embrace / The Supernaturals / Beck / Stereophonics / Dodgy / The Bluetones / Mansun / Reef / GusGus / Chemical Brothers / veruca salt / Death In Vegas / Jimi Tenor / Carl Cox / Driven / The Divine Comedy / Alabama 3 / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Longpigs / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Gene / Sneaker Pimps / Apollo 440 / Symposium / Finley Quaye / Monaco / Addict / Radish / Lionrock / Flick / Silver Sun / Geneva / Echo & the Bunnymen / Ash / Linoleum / Placebo / Fluke / Propellerheads / Olive / AC Acoustics / No Way Sis / Hurricane #1 / Foo Fighters Show all bands
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Temple Newsam Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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Aug 13, 1997
Symposium
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La Belle Angèle Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aug 10, 1997
Radio 1 Roadshow
Mark Owen / Chicane / Symposium / Stereophonics / Bennett / Monorail / Leo Sayer
Mayflower Park Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Aug 06, 1997
Blur / Kula Shaker / Dodgy / Reef / Pavement / The Supernaturals / Linoleum / Addict / Flick / Ash / Mansun / The Divine Comedy / Monaco / Symposium / Silver Sun / Embrace / AC Acoustics / Radish Hylands Park Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
Jul 12, 1997
Symposium

T in the Park

Balado Airfield Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jul 12, 1997 –
Jul 13, 1997
T In The Park 1997
Daft Punk / Placebo / Stereophonics / Bush / Mogwai / Travis / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Paul Weller / Nightmares On Wax / The Charlatans / Texas / Ocean Colour Scene / Neneh Cherry / Beth Orton / Fun Lovin' Criminals / Death In Vegas / The Divine Comedy / Kula Shaker / Carl Cox / Green Velvet / Reef / Laurent Garnier / Olive / Republica / Apollo 440 / Shed Seven / Catatonia / Mansun / Dodgy / Sneaker Pimps / Dreadzone / Arab Strap / GUN / Echobelly / The Seahorses / Longpigs / Gene / The Delgados / Symposium / DJ Sneak / Monaco / Gorky's Zygotic Mynci / Andrew Weatherall / Jimi Tenor / The Supernaturals / Hurricane #1 / James Lavelle / Tiger / Björn Again / Geneva / Speedy / Kenickie / Arnold / DJ Deep / Superstar / Kingsize / Urusei Yatsura / Subcircus / Jon Carter / Bennet / AC Acoustics / Bandulu / Rachel Stamp / Grass Show / Global Communications / Snug / Toaster / Hardbody / Cake Like / Slam Live Show all bands
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Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jul 06, 1997
Metropolis Festival 1997
Bonobo / ani difranco / Lagwagon / Jungle Brothers / Mansun / Dreadzone / Nicotine / Symposium / Laika / Celtic / Supersub / Nuff Said / 7 Zuma 7 / Crivits / Spicy Box / Tdlc
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Zuiderpark Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Jun 29, 1997
Symposium

Glastonbury Festival

Worthy Farm Pilton, England, United Kingdom
Jun 27, 1997 –
Jun 29, 1997
Glastonbury Festival 1997
Radiohead / The Smashing Pumpkins / Beck / Daft Punk / Van Morrison / Massive Attack / Sting / The Chemical Brothers / The Prodigy / Sheryl Crow / Placebo / Stereophonics / Aphex Twin / Echo & The Bunnymen / Live / Travis / Primal Scream / Pavement / Nightmares On Wax / Steve Winwood / Phish / Ben Folds Five / David Byrne / Ash / Billy Bragg / Stereolab / Lamb / Ocean Colour Scene / Cast / Ian Brown / Supergrass / G. Love & Special Sauce / Neneh Cherry / Beth Orton / Embrace / Super Furry Animals / Death In Vegas / The Orb / Finley Quaye / Squarepusher / Kula Shaker / Nick Lowe / The Bluetones / Reef / Nitin Sawhney / Youssou N'Dour / Levellers / Republica / The Wannadies / Catatonia / Sneaker Pimps / Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / Mansun / Dodgy / The Blue Nile / Symposium / Nanci Griffith / Perfume / Terrorvision / Longpigs / Echobelly / Ray Davies / Dubstar / The Seahorses / Alpha / Gorky's Zygotic Mynci / Jimi Tenor / The Supernaturals / Show of Hands / 3 Colours Red / My Life Story / Geneva / Silver Sun / John Otway / Eater / Dub War / Audioweb / Fun-Da-Mental / Jonathan Fire*Eater / Donal Lunny / Attila the Stockbroker / Noel Fielding / Kenickie / Waterson:Carthy / Headrillaz / 60 Ft. Dolls / Scarfo / Murray Lachlan Young / The Dharmas / Ed Ball / Joolz / Speedy J / Bandulu / the shire horses Show all bands
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Worthy Farm Pilton, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Jun 27, 1997
Jun 11, 1997
Symposium Irish Centre Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Jun 10, 1997
Symposium / You Am I
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Lomax 1 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Jun 08, 1997
Symposium
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Limelight Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Jun 07, 1997
Symposium Whelans Dublin Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Jun 05, 1997
Symposium The Waterfront Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Jun 04, 1997
Symposium Electric Ballroom Camden London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 03, 1997
Symposium / You Am I / A
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Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Jun 02, 1997
Symposium Rock City Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

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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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Reading Festival 1997 on Aug 22, 1997 [122-small]

Reading Festival 1997
Aug 22 - 24, 1997
 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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Glastonbury Festival 1997 on Jun 27, 1997 [135-small]

Glastonbury Festival 1997
Jun 27 - 29, 1997
 Pilton, 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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V Festival 1997 on Aug 16, 1997 [949-small]

V Festival 1997
Aug 16 - 17, 1997
 Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
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Reading Festival 1997 on Aug 22, 1997 [586-small]

Reading Festival 1997
Aug 22 - 24, 1997
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Essential Music Festival - Indie Day on May 25, 1997 [464-small]

Essential Music Festival - Indie Day
May 25, 1997
 Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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