The Beat's 2008 Concert History

There were two bands named The Beat, both active at the same time in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Both bands mutually decided to use different names while operating different parts of the world:

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The Beat had 11 concerts in 2008

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 29, 2008
The Beat / Rebelation / Playing Away
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Bedford Esquires Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Jun 26, 2008 –
Jun 29, 2008
Glastonbury Festival
Amy Winehouse / Hodmadoddery / Levellers / Lykke Li / Martina Topley Bird / Pete Greenwood / Sparkadia / The Beat / Leonard Cohen / Shakin' Stevens / Goldfrapp / Operator Please / Edwyn Collins / Gilbert O'Sullivan / Brian Jonestown Massacre / Pama International / Joe Ling & The Jing Jang Jong / Sons & Daughters / Vampire Weekend / John Meyer / Santigold / Black Kids / Alphabeat / Massive Attack / Kate Nash / The Subways / The Duke Spirit / Glasvegas / Neil Diamond Show all bands
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Worthy Farm Pilton, England, United Kingdom
Jun 25, 2008 –
Jun 30, 2008
Glastonbury Festival 2008
Kings Of Leon / Mumford & Sons / John Mayer / MGMT / Panic! At the Disco / Jay-Z / The Script / Vampire Weekend / Mark Ronson / Florence + The Machine / Lupe Fiasco / Franz Ferdinand / The National / Band of Horses / Ciara / James Blunt / Massive Attack / Foals / Lykke Li / The Verve / The Wombats / Fatboy Slim / Hot Chip / Santigold / Estelle / Crystal Castles / Metronomy / St. Vincent / Caribou / The Ting Tings / The Raconteurs / The Fratellis / Neil Diamond / Dizzee Rascal / My Morning Jacket / Pendulum / Example / Biffy Clyro / Editors / Elbow / Duffy / Groove Armada / Cut Copy / Goldfrapp / KT Tunstall / The Kills / Manu Chao / Yeasayer / Crowded House / Laura Marling / Kate Nash / The Proclaimers / Friendly Fires / Ben Folds / Gossip / Sinéad O'Connor / The Last Shadow Puppets / Jamie T / Eliza Doolittle / Rusko / Stars / Leonard Cohen / Scouting for Girls / Noah and the Whale / Sub Focus / Frank Turner / Patrick Watson / Black Lips / Unkle / Jimmy Cliff / Amy Macdonald / Hilltop Hoods / We Are Scientists / Buddy Guy / Sam Sparro / Simian Mobile Disco / The Presets / Newton Faulkner / Courteeners / Chris Rea / The Brian Jonestown Massacre / CSS / Spiritualized / Mystery Jets / Billy Bragg / Ladyhawke / Battles / The Cribs / Róisín Murphy / Glasvegas / Joan Baez / Hercules and Love Affair / White Denim / Black Kids / The Subways / Booka Shade / Jamie Lidell / The Freestylers / Will Young / N-Dubz / The Pigeon Detectives / The Feeling / Los Campesinos! / The Hoosiers / The Futureheads / The Zutons / The Hold Steady / Magnetic Man / Fun Lovin' Criminals / Jack Peñate / Seasick Steve / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Alphabeat / Candi Staton / Eddy Grant / The Enemy / Squarepusher / Shakin' Stevens / Joan Armatrading / The Black Ghosts / Sea Power / Martha Wainwright / Edwyn Collins / Blood Red Shoes / Kraak & Smaak / Black Mountain / Vetiver / 360 / Reverend and the Makers / Peter Doherty / Dirty Pretty Things / The Bluetones / The Automatic / Ozomatli / Caspa / The Rocket Summer / The Handsome Family / Audio Bullys / Utah Saints / Holy Fuck / Kosheen / Kid Sister / The Rascals / Midnight Juggernauts / Levellers / Gilbert O'Sullivan / Balkan Beat Box / Way Out West / Ron Sexsmith / Tunng / Alabama 3 / Amy Winehouse / Roni Size / Stanton Warriors / Alex Metric / X-press 2 / One Night Only / The Duke Spirit / Emmy the Great / Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly / Mungo's Hi Fi / The Whip / Dreadzone / Teenagers / Yoav / Toddla T / The King Blues / A Guy Called Gerald / Erol Alkan / Lightspeed Champion / Dengue Fever / The Holloways / Cicada / The Slackers / Beardyman / The Japanese Popstars / nizlopi / The Soulsavers / Hayseed Dixie / Young Knives / Teddy Thompson / Eric Bibb / Sons and Daughters / Natty / Tift Merritt / DJ Format / James Zabiela / Seth Lakeman / Portico / Operator Please / Hazel O'Connor / Caspa & Rusko / Stephen Fretwell / Infadels / The Black Dog / Neon Neon / AutoKratz / Martina Topley Bird / PVT / Magic Wands / Count & Sinden / Eugene McGuinness / Rex the Dog / Tom Baxter / Banco de Gaia / Rodney P / Nick Warren / Derrick May / Lemon / The Pietasters / Carl Barât / The Blockheads / Dynamite MC / Neil Cowley Trio / Golden Silvers / Cerys Matthews / Vandaveer / The Wurzels / Sky Larkin / Cadence Weapon / System 7 / Punks Jump Up / Dr Meaker / Horse Meat Disco / Annie Mac / Cagedbaby / Swimming / Bison / Ebony Bones! / Zion Train / Cap'tain / These United States / Blak Twang / The Paddingtons / The Men They Couldn't Hang / DJ Die / The Undercover Hippy / Anita Blay / Dr Rubberfunk / Magistrates / The Travelling Band / Skream & Benga / Diane Charlemagne / Babel / Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong / Six by Seven / Soul of Man / MC Xander / Toby Tobias / Modern Skirts / The Imagined Village / Beat Torrent / Deekline & Wizard / Dub Colossus / Kid Harpoon / Appleblim / Slyde / Lee Coombs / Royworld / The Urban Voodoo Machine / Shitmat / The Neville Staple Band / Million Dan / Yes Sir Boss / Rachel Unthank & The Winterset / Kathy Diamond / Phantom Limb / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / Dj Dee Kline / Attila the Stockbroker / Atomic Hooligan / 3 Daft Monkeys / 2020 Soundsystem / Samsara / Bass Clef / Revere / Babyhead / Be Your Own Pet / Amsterdam / Blazin' Fiddles / Davide Rossi / Jason Forrest / The Blessing / XX Teens / Beggars / Stackridge / Solomon Burke / Team Waterpolo / John Tams / Ethiopiques / Dawn Kinnard / Juldeh Camara / Crystal Distortion / DJ Clipz / Size 9 / Sheelanagig / Pete Gooding / Rod Thomas / Mirror System / Black Cherry / Alex Paterson / Make Model / Annie Nightingale / Orphan Boy / The Seal Cub Clubbing Club / Evi Vine / Räfven / Sicknote / The Car Is On Fire / Dead Kids / Beber & Tamra / Dogtanion / Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs / Voodoo Trombone Quartet / Seize the Day / Grinny Grandad / Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers / Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt / Los Albertos / Moody Boyz / Myth Of Unity / The Franks / Pronghorn / Eddy Temple Morris / Elle s'appelle / Officer Kicks / The Mirettes / Smash 'n' Grab / Mully / 12 Stone Toddler / Port Erin / Healer Selecta / Whoosh / Married to the Sea / Digs... / The Carrivick Sisters / Dead Silence / Robert Logan / Dan Donnelly / The She Creatures / Mankala / Luke Wright / The Soul Immigrants / Katharine Blake / Dynamo's Rhythm Ace's / Massukos / The Krak / MC Wrec / Plaster of Paris / 28 Costumes / The Lightyears / Trevor Fung / The Mentalists / Almasäla / Bad Science / Realistic Crew / Dr. Alex Patterson / Siyaya / Queens Of Noize / Wichita / The Daisy Riots / Paprika Balkanicus / Audioporn / Mama Shamone / Biggles Wartime Band / Alan Tyler And The Lost Sons Of Littlefield / Nomad Jones / Fos Brothers / Red Route / Johnny Action Finger / Russ Jones / Derek May / i!AMYOU / Holestar / The Don Bradmans / Andrew Motion / Hollis Greene / The Black Bloc / Bone-box / Young Runaways / Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra / Nicky Holloway / Demon Cabbage / Dub Pistols Soundsystem / Digidub / Hattie Hatstar / Nuala And The Alchemy Quartet / The Glitzy Bag Hags / The Boat Band / Miss Behave / East Of Ealing / ilya K / 4Fifteen / Andy Hickie / Keth / Fundamental Skillz / Sean Rowley / Melancholy Moose Society / DJ Ipek / Sian Evans & Simon Kingman / Alec Townsend / DJ Tayo / Dubblehead / The Sex Slaves From Hell / Sense of Sound Choir / The Unstoppable Team / The Rusticles / Brothers Bab / Roland the Bastard / Simon Atkinson and the Ben Marcato Trio / We Dont Play / Red Letter Day (US) / The Swell Season / The Beat / Pama International Show all bands
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Worthy Farm Pilton, England, United Kingdom
May 04, 2008
Academy in the UK
Buzzcocks / The Damned / The Beat / madsin / GBH / UK Subs / [Spunge] / Drongos For Europe / Deadline / NYAAA / The Cute Lepers / Dragster
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O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
May 03, 2008
Mad Sin / The Damned / Buzzcocks / The Rezillos / The Beat / GBH / Spunge / U.K. Subs / Deadline / Drongo's For Europe / Dragster / New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Apr 24, 2008 –
Apr 26, 2008
The Beat Ska Splash 2008 Skegness, England, United Kingdom
Apr 05, 2008
The Beat / The Neville Staple Band / Jerry Dammers / Pauline Black Shepherd's Bush Empire London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 04, 2008
The Beat / Neville Staple O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Mar 29, 2008
The Beat / Neville Staple / the heels

The Beat & Neville Staple

02 academy bristol Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Mar 15, 2008
The Beat / Neville Staple O2 Academy Liverpool Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Mar 08, 2008
The Beat / Neville Staple
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Corporation Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

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The Beat / Rebelation / Playing Away
Nov 29, 2008
 Bedford, England, United Kingdom
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The Beat / Neville Staple on Mar 8, 2008 [291-small]

The Beat / Neville Staple
Mar 8, 2008
 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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Latest Setlist (02/27/2026):

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  1. Rough Rider
  2. Twist & Crawl
  3. Hands Off...She's Mine
  4. I'll Take You There
  5. Tenderness
  6. Best Friend
  7. Can't Get Used to Losing You
  8. The Tears of a Clown
  9. Save It for Later
  10. Never You Done That
  11. Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret
  12. Too Nice to Talk To
  13. Doors of Your Heart
  14. Ranking Full Stop
  15. Mirror in the Bathroom
  16. Jackpot

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2025 14 concerts
2024 27 concerts
2023 52 concerts
2022 41 concerts
2021 8 concerts
2020 13 concerts
2019 1 concert
2018 55 concerts
2017 50 concerts
2016 55 concerts
2015 37 concerts
2014 25 concerts
2013 29 concerts
2012 19 concerts
2011 37 concerts
2010 17 concerts
2009 17 concerts
2008 11 concerts
2007 7 concerts
2006 5 concerts
2005 7 concerts
2004 7 concerts
2003 5 concerts
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1994 1 concert
1990 2 concerts
1987 1 concert
1983 46 concerts
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1981 39 concerts
1980 79 concerts
1979 18 concerts
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