The Beat's 2012 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:

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 21, 2012
The Beat / The Talks
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Brudenell Social Club Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Dec 20, 2012
The Beat The Ruby Lounge Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Dec 14, 2012
The Beat The Globe Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Nov 21, 2012
The Skeetones / The Beat The Mad Frog Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Nov 16, 2012
Stiff Little Fingers / The Beat Ulster Hall Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Nov 02, 2012
The Beat / The Talks The Duchess York, England, United Kingdom
Sep 12, 2012
Incubate 2012
Mogwai / Yann Tiersen / War / Angel Olsen / Buzzcocks / Nils Frahm / Japandroids / Iceage / The Beat / Busdriver / Moodymann / The Men / Amen Dunes / Nathan Fake / Andy Stott / A Winged Victory for the Sullen / Sleepy Sun / Laibach / The KVB / Fields of the Nephilim / Malcolm Middleton / Silver Apples / Lust for Youth / Reigning Sound / Black Dice / Anthony Rother / Conan / King Midas Sound / Howlin Rain / Nurse With Wound / Chris and Cosey / Matt Elliott / Johannes Heil / Mozes and the Firstborn / Meg Baird / Mark Sultan / The Peep Tempel / Damo Suzuki / RM Hubbert / Frank Fairfield / Desolated / Monolith / Ramesses / Rey Villalobos / Pete Namlook / Slomatics / Ortega / Lower / Cian Nugent / Mi Ami / Black To Comm / Paul Collins Beat / JAE / The Magic Touch / the divorce / Ides of Gemini / Human Don't Be Angry / Stinking Lizaveta / Sex Worker / Luke Roberts / Slow Down, Molasses / Expo 70 / Killed By 9v Batteries / Die Jungen / UV Pop / Hubble / De Høje Hæle / Ben Butler and Mousepad / Digger & The Pussycats / A-Sun Amissa / Darsombra / Ancient Ocean / Starve / Luik / Sabir Mateen / Maria & The Mirrors / Those Foreign Kids / Blood Beach / Diamond Terrifier / TARENTATEC / Earth Control / Kelvin Sholar / Mesta / Simon Reynolds / Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston / Sea Power Show all bands
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Poppodium 013 Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Sep 01, 2012
The Beat Rochdale Feel Good Festival 2012 Rochdale, UK
Aug 09, 2012 –
Aug 12, 2012
The Beat
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Boomtown Fair 2012 Winchester, England, United Kingdom
Aug 04, 2012 –
Aug 05, 2012
Sheftival 2012
Rizzle Kicks / Toots & The Maytals / Noisettes / Lightning Seeds / Lemar / Stooshe / The Beat / The Selecter / Dodgy / The Crookes / Macka B / Marcus Collins / Alvarez Kings / Kanda Bongo Man / Renegade Brass Band / The Bollywood Brass Band / Firesuite / Nat Johnson / Laura Steel / Blood Sport / Jungle Lion / cats:for:peru / Seize The Chair / The Mighty Vipers / Clench / Sarah Mac / Blue Lip Feel / The Payroll Union / Sour Cherry / Early Cartographers / Balkan Bandits / Matt Abbott / Oxo Foxo / Sheffield Samba Band / Truly Apparent / Ryan O'shaugnessy / Robert George Saull / Carmen Ghia and the Hot Rods / Chris Cooper Band Show all bands
Don Valley Stadium Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Aug 01, 2012
Levellers / The Beat / Goldheart Assembly / Lucy Rose
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Hyde Park London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 14, 2012
GuilFest
"GuilFest" / Olly Murs / Tulisa / Jimmy Cliff / Cher Lloyd / Bjorn again / Gary Numan / Nouvelle Vague / Tim Minchin / Bastille / Simon Friend / The Beat / Goldblade / Tyrannosaurus Alan / New Town Kings / Witchdoktors / Skindred / Rolo Tomassi / Feed the Rhino / TRC Sound System / Crowns / Subsource / Andy C / Brookes Brothers / Chris Turner / John Mann Show all bands
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Stoke Park Guildford, United Kingdom
Jul 13, 2012 –
Jul 15, 2012
Guilfest 2012
ABC / According To You / Ade / A Few Days Remain / The After Affect / Agent Smith / Ahab / Aimee / Alex Louise / Alistair Griffin / Alvin Stardust / Andy C / Andy Deurden / Apache Chief / A Room Swept White / Ash / Avenue Dispute / Avondale 45 / Bastille / The Beat / Bemis / Benga / Ben Montague / Beth Hart / Björn Again / Black Iris / Black Spiders / Bokwa / Boo / Brian M / The Brompton Mix / Brookes Brothers / Bryan Ferry / Buzzcocks / Candi Staton / Captain Flatcap / Carthis / Chalk Angels / Chancers / Charley Farley Sunday Four / Cher Lloyd / Chic / Chords UK / City of Ashes / Coma 69 / Corey Sharp / COW / Cremyll Road / The Crosstown Trio / Crowns / Deaf Jams B2B Murkle / Delilah's Eye / Delion / Devil Sold His Soul / Dirty Legion / Dirty Ugly Punk Monkeys / Dismantle / Disorda / District 6 / Diversion Tactics / DJ Miracle / DJ Shep / DJ Tom Lockdown / Dream Overkill / Dr Zygote / Dodgy / Dorian Graze / Dragster / Doomed from Day One / D.Trac3d / Dub Fidelity / Ed Patton / Elliot James / Elvis and Friends / Eptune / Everything But Arms / Every Other Weekend / Exit_International / Fable / The Fail / Fearless Vampire Killers / Feed the Rhino / Fella / The Fortunate / Franklin / Freshold B2B Retrix / Friction / Gary Numan / Gavin Thomas / Ghost Writers / The Glitter Band / Goldblade / The Goldtones / Graham Taylor / Guildford Vox Community Choir / Gutterfly / Habit / Hannah Perrin / Haptic / Harry Houseago / Heaven 17 / Hector's House / Hillsy / The Hutchinson Brothers / Identity / Invaders / It Varies / I Was A Hurricane / Jailbait / Jakob Deist / Jay Info / Jazzy M / Jesus Wears Addidas / Jimmy Cliff / Jimmy Jumps / Joanna Weston / John Spillane / Johnny Luv / Jools Holland / Jordan Lisle / The Kalebs / Kamla / Keith Donnelly / Kevlar B2B Fierce / KFC / Kid Capola / Kids In Glass Houses / Klean Livin Kru / Kreepah & Tone Deaf / Levi Roots / Lillian Todd Jones / Lindsay Jokling / Lisa Kwei Band / Look! No Hands! / Loose Talk Costs Lives / LostAlone / Macavity's Cat / Mandrills / Mary Miss Fairy / Massmatiks / May Contain Nuts / Mayflys / Millions Like Us / Miss Demeanour / Mocara / Moment Too Late / The Morellas / MP5 / Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer / Mr Jim / Mug Shot / Mungo Jerry / Natalie Ross / Nell Brydon / Newtown Kings / Nicolette Street / Nouvelle Vague / Nova Scotia / Nylon Sky / Ocean's Ink / Olly And Sam Bare Jams / Olly Murs / Ovidian / Paper Boats / Passenger Smith / Paul Carella / Paul Gibbard / Peach / Penance / Pint Shot Riot / Polar / The Priscillas / Private Jet / Professor Stretch / Pyramid (England) / Quarrel / Que To Mutiny / Redeye / Red Horizon / Redshift / Redwood / Republica / Return Of Thanks / Rhizomes / Rob Loco / Rock Choir / Rolo Tomassi / Ross Bennett / The Rubberbandits / The Salts / Sarus / Scott Hutchinson / Scud Penguin / Seventh Seeker / The Sex Pistols Experience / Sharks / Shotgun House / The Sian Sanderson Band / Sigma / The Signal Fires / Simon Friend / Quiet Engines / The Ramonas / The Rapids / The Sirens / Skylarks / Skyline / Slider / Skindred / The Skints / The Son / The South / Squeaky Da Riksta / The Stanley Blacks / The Steadyman Band / Steve Appleton / Stone Foundation / Stooshe / The Straits / Street Vibes / Sub Focus / Subscape / The Sundaes / Sundara Karma / Synergy / Take Fat / TC Smythe / Thank You London / Tim Minchin / Tin Palace / Today We Fly / Tommy Ashby / Tomorrow Is Ours / The Tones / Tormead Jazz Band / Track Of Words / TRC / The Trellicks / Trenchtown / The True Deceivers / Tumbleweed / TV Smith / Tyranasaurus Alan / Uke Jam / The Unbelievable Freeloaders From Mars / The Undertones / Underview / United Stoats Of America / Unsung Lilly / Upon the Shore / The Validators / Vanity Draws Blood / Velvet Razor / The Vibe Tribe / Victor P / Voodoo Rising / Wake The Dreamers / Water For Boats / We Are Superheroes / We Struck Lucky / Wayward Chile / White Hot Flames / Will B And The Bikini Black Special / The Witchdokters / Wizard Sleeve / Wizzi / The Wonder Stuff / Wonk Unit / The Wurzels / Yashin / Young Guns / Yearbook / The Zone / Passport to Stockholm / KiZmiT Show all bands
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Stoke Park Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Jul 07, 2012 –
Jul 08, 2012
The Beat The Big Park Amersham, UK
Jun 30, 2012 –
Jul 01, 2012
Beat-Herder 2012
Rudimental / Mr. Scruff / Parov Stelar / Orbital / Death In Vegas / Kraak & Smaak / Fake Blood / Lee "Scratch" Perry / King Charles / Aeroplane / The Beat / The Whip / James Holden / Coda / Discopolis / Black Lace / The Other Tribe / The Lancashire Hotpots / Kitten & the Hip / Slamboree / Ellen and the Escapades / Yes Sir Boss / Smerins Anti-Social Club / Frisky & Mannish / Captain Hotknives / Grinny Grandad / The Banana Sessions / Hunting Bears / Rumour Has It / From the Kites of San Quentin / Crosscut Saw / Dooks / DeLorean Drivers / Biggles Wartime Band / Operator Six / Eddie Earthquake & the Tremors / Emmott & the Folkestra / D R U G S / MC Kwasi / Stans Magic Foot Show all bands
Dockber Farm Preston, England, United Kingdom
Apr 27, 2012
The Beat
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Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre Exeter, England, United Kingdom
Apr 15, 2012
The Beat Luxor Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Apr 01, 2012
The Selecter / The Beat / P45

Ska's Greatest Hits Tour

The Corn Exchange Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
Mar 09, 2012
The Beat East Quay Whitstable, UK

Photos from 2012 View All 2012 Photos


Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [218-small]

Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Buzzcocks, Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [562-small]

Buzzcocks


Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Buzzcocks, Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [563-small]

Buzzcocks


Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Tim Minchin, Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [564-small]

Tim Minchin


Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [565-small]

Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer, Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [566-small]

Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer


Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [571-small]

Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [572-small]

Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Jimmy Cliff, Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [573-small]

Jimmy Cliff


Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Nouvelle Vague, Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [574-small]

Nouvelle Vague


Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Björn Again, Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [575-small]

Björn Again


Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Heaven 17, Guilfest 2012 on Jul 13, 2012 [576-small]

Heaven 17


Guilfest 2012
Jul 13 - 15, 2012
 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Craig Hatfield

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has The Beat had?

The Beat has had 523 concerts.

What genre is The Beat?

The Beat is most often considered to be Rock, Classic Rock, British, Psychedelic Rock, UK, Post-Punk, New Wave, Ska, English, Merseybeat, British Invasion, New Romantic, Pub Rock, Beatlesque, Ska Revival, Mod Revival, Birmingham, 2 Tone, and Two-Tone.

When is the next The Beat concert?

The next The Beat concert is on June 22, 2024 at Dreamland Margate in Margate, United Kingdom. The bands performing are: Julian Marley / Reggae Roast / Steel Pulse / The Beat / The Skints / Trojan Sound System / Aswad / Dawn Penn / General Levy.

When was the last The Beat concert?

The last The Beat concert was on April 06, 2024 at The Great Cedar Showroom in Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States. The bands that performed were: Adam Ant / The Beat.

What setlist does The Beat play live?

The songs that The Beat performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the March 30, 2024 concert at Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth, United Kingdom:

  1. Rough Rider
  2. The Tears of a Clown
  3. Too Nice to Talk To
  4. I'll Take You There
  5. Tenderness
  6. Save It for Later
  7. Can't Get Used to Losing You
  8. Ranking Full Stop
  9. Mirror in the Bathroom
  10. Jackpot

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