The Handsome Family's 2009 Concert History

The Handsome Family is an alternative country and americana band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, and currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and Rennie Sparks (bass, banjo, vocals), along with drummer Mike Werner. The band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes the music. Guest musicians complete the band line-up for recordings and live work.

The Handsome Family had 30 concerts in 2009

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 18, 2009
"Roots On The Rails" (Los Angeles) / Stan Ridgway / The Handsome Family / Jill Sobule

Roots On The Rails (Los Angeles)

Mystery Train Los Angeles, California, United States
Nov 17, 2009
"Roots On The Rails" (Los Angeles) / Stan Ridgway / The Handsome Family / Jill Sobule

Roots On The Rails (Los Angeles)

Mystery Train Los Angeles, California, United States
Nov 16, 2009
"Roots On The Rails" (Los Angeles) / Stan Ridgway / The Handsome Family / Jill Sobule

Roots On The Rails (Los Angeles)

Mystery Train Los Angeles, California, United States
Nov 15, 2009
"Roots On The Rails" (Los Angeles) / Stan Ridgway / The Handsome Family / Jill Sobule

Roots On The Rails (Los Angeles)

Mystery Train Los Angeles, California, United States
Nov 14, 2009
"Roots On The Rails" (Los Angeles) / Stan Ridgway / The Handsome Family / Jill Sobule

Roots On The Rails (Los Angeles)

Mystery Train Los Angeles, California, United States
Oct 27, 2009
The Handsome Family Kägelbanan / Södra Teatern Stockholm
Oct 03, 2009
Take Root Festival 2009
The Tallest Man On Earth / Emiliana Torrini / Seasick Steve / The Handsome Family / Peter Broderick / The Band of Heathens / William Elliott Whitmore / Israel Nash / Willie Nile / The Whispertown 2000 / Danny Schmidt / Kinky Friedman / Ana Egge / Jesse Dee / Dayna Kurtz / James McMurtry & The Heartless Bastards / Nels Andrews Show all bands
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De Oosterpoort Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Jul 29, 2009
The Handsome Family / Daniel Knox Club Congress Tucson, Arizona, United States
Jul 27, 2009
The Handsome Family / Daniel Knox The Casbah San Diego, California, United States
Jul 26, 2009
The Handsome Family / Daniel Knox McCabe's Guitar Shop Santa Monica, California, United States
Jul 25, 2009
The Handsome Family / Daniel Knox The Satellite Los Angeles, California, United States
Jul 24, 2009
The Handsome Family / Daniel Knox The Crepe Place Santa Cruz, California, United States
Jul 23, 2009
The Handsome Family / Daniel Knox Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, California, United States
Jul 21, 2009
The Handsome Family Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon, United States
Jul 19, 2009
"Dawson City Music Festival" / The Handsome Family / Katie Moore

Dawson City Music Festival

Downtown Dawson City Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Jul 18, 2009
"Dawson City Music Festival" / The Handsome Family / Katie Moore

Dawson City Music Festival

Downtown Dawson City Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Jul 15, 2009
The Handsome Family Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 14, 2009
The Handsome Family / Daniel Knox Tractor Tavern Seattle, Washington, United States
May 26, 2009
The Handsome Family / Smoke Fairies St David's Hall Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
May 14, 2009 –
May 16, 2009
The Great Escape 2009
Mumford & Sons / The xx / Cage The Elephant / The Temper Trap / Kasabian / Marina / Metric / Bombay Bicycle Club / Metronomy / Peter Bjorn and John / Citizen Cope / The Maccabees / Crystal Fighters / Noah & The Whale / Django Django / Wavves / LIGHTS / Fink / Chairlift / Everything Everything / Black Lips / Blind Pilot / Dan Auerbach / The Joy Formidable / Villagers / Enter Shikari / The Charlatans / CSS / Mystery Jets / Ane Brun / William Fitzsimmons / Little Boots / White Denim / Mr Hudson / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / The Big Pink / The Boxer Rebellion / Asaf Avidan & The Mojos / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Just Jack / Connan Mockasin / Heartless Bastards / Gang Of Four / Johnny Flynn / Slow Club / Ben Kweller / fanfarlo / Wolf Gang / Dan Black / Sea Power / Little Comets / School of Seven Bells / Cloud Control / Arkells / Cursive / Girls / Datarock / Beast / The Low Anthem / Idlewild / The Handsome Family / Titus Andronicus / Holy Fuck / Bell X1 / Hockey / Patrick Wolf / V.V. Brown / Racoon / Cocoon / The Veils / Wintersleep / Dan Mangan / Triggerfinger / British India / The Twilight Sad / Moriarty / The Soft Pack / Vivian Girls / The Invisible / Hey Rosetta! / And So I Watch You from Afar / We Have Band / Jesca Hoop / James Yuill / We Are the Ocean / Soap&Skin / Emmy the Great / Sophie Hunger / Thomas Dybdahl / Teenagers / The Hundred In the Hands / The King Blues / The Rumble Strips / I Blame Coco / TTNG / Frankmusik / Lightspeed Champion / Teitur / Maps / De Staat / The Pipettes / Chew Lips / Dinosaur Pile-Up / Neil Halstead / Liam Finn / The Acorn / The Leisure Society / Bashy / Casiokids / Evil Nine / Pulled Apart By Horses / Manel / Future of the Left / Naive New Beaters / Sharks / Futurecop! / Crystal Antlers / Marnie Stern / Juliette Lewis / Black Box Revelation / Times New Viking / Leona Naess / Evan Dando / Dananananaykroyd / Turbowolf / Polly Scattergood / Micachu & The Shapes / Speech Debelle / General Fiasco / S.C.U.M / Rainbow Arabia / Telepathe / Johnny Foreigner / Freeland / Riz MC / Smoke Fairies / Kap Bambino / Three Trapped Tigers / Trailer Trash Tracys / Peggy Sue / Lawrence Arabia / Solid Gold / Gran Ronde / Golden Silvers / Zach Hill / Dan Smith / Let's Wrestle / Hanne Hukkelberg / The Phantom Band / Abe Vigoda / The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble / Brakes / Fight Like Apes / Friendship / Iain Archer / Broken Records / Kissy Sell Out / Hjaltalín / The Apples / Sky Larkin / I LIKE TRAINS / Lay Low / Esser / Yves Klein Blue / Karkwa / Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / DM Stith / Mirrors / Amazing Baby / Engine-EarZ Experiment / The Mae Shi / Woodpigeon / The John Steel Singers / Ohbijou / The Gay Blades / Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / Phantom / We Are Wolves / Pure Reason Revolution / Filthy Dukes / 80Kidz / The Answering Machine / Grasscut / The Bewitched Hands / Theodore (UK) / The New Wine / The Shining / Miranda Lee Richards / Colourmusic / The Ghost of a Thousand / Alan Pownall / Shapes / Anita Blay / zZz / The Miserable Rich / Medusa / Post War Years / Kid British / The Deer Tracks / Flashguns / The Computers / Blue Roses / Duchess Says / Mika Miko / Thomas Tantrum / Aziz / Melissa McClelland / My Latest Novel / Beth Jeans Houghton / Die! Die! Die! / Ocelot / Banjo Or Freakout / I Was A King / My Tiger My Timing / Trip / Fan Death / Mutiny On the Bounty / Luke Doucet / Dark Horses / Found / Spires / Bearsuit / The Rogues / Hatcham Social / My Sad Captains / Exlovers / The Week That Was / Grammatics / I Heart Hiroshima / Heartbreak / Advaita / Fever Fever / Skint & Demoralised / Blakfish / Race Horses / Sweethead / The Boy Who Trapped the Sun / Harrys Gym / Your Twenties / LoveLikeFire / Mongrel / Phantom Limb / The Voluntary Butler Scheme / Baddies / The Chapman Family / Mechanical Bride / It Hugs Back / DE DE MOUSE / A Grave With No Name / Sad Day for Puppets / Mpho / Mike Bones / Official Secrets Act / Hot Leg / Yes Giantess / Tonight Is Goodbye / Gable / Thomas Truax / Dag för Dag / Crave / Betty and The Werewolves / Slaves to Gravity / The Brute Chorus / SJ Esau / Bang Bang Eche / Invasion / Ipso Facto / Magic Magic / Kurran and the Wolfnotes / Brian Borcherdt / Joe Gideon & The Shark / Swarathma / Soft Toy Emergency / Rebekah Higgs / Hexes / Calories / Males / Elle Bandita / Indigo Children / The Alexandria Quartet / Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy / Cuchillo / Throats / Gentle Friendly / Roses Kings Castles / Ou Est Le Swimming Pool / Ulterior / Gloria Cycles / Absent Elk / Mothlite / Catherine A.D. / Perfect People / Kaputt / Rosie & The Goldbug / Fanzine / Kasms / The River Phoenix / Adam Heldring / Screaming Tea Party / Koko Von Napoo / Gold Teeth / Swanton Bombs / The Locarnos / Tucker / Video Nasties / This City / Hospital Bombers / Planet Earth / Jaakko & Jay / Our Fold / Christopher Rees / The Mark Inside / Me My Head / Hoodlums / Citadels / Telegraphs / The Last Republic / Electric City / Betty Steeles / Panama Kings / To the Bones / Dirty Stop Out / Birdengine / Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man / Riddim Saunter / Threatmantics / Come On Gang! / Lyrebirds / An Experiment On a Bird In the Air Pump / TV Off / Tom Allalone & The 78s / Mean Poppa Lean / Giantess / Superfuzz / Ruby Jean & the Thoughtful Bees / Emily Baker / Kids Love Lies / 4 or 5 Magicians / Lightsgoblue. / The Moi non Plus / The She Creatures / Barringtone / Artefacts for Space Travel / London Blackmarket / Youves / Dimbleby & Capper / Nathan FLutebox Lee / The Balky Mule / Charlie Ash / Televised Crimewave / You Animals / The Shiny Brights / Ultimate Power Duo / Juliette and the New Romantiques / The Great Shakes / Lion Club / valerie francis / Kate Rogers Band / Rory McVicar / Joe Rose / Arthur Delaney / Pocket Lips / Hot Silk Pockets / Natccu / PUNCH & THE APOSTLES / Luke Doucet & Melissa Mcclelland / The Rouges / Cubrik / ANGEL PIER / Battletorn / Last Mango in Paris / Lonely Ghosts / Bonne Aparte / Snish / Girl In A Thunderbolt / Ezra Bang & Hot Machine / tin can telephone / Rodney Fisher / Charlie Calleja / Rgbs / i!AMYOU / Little Lost David / Meme Love / Nullifier / Baby Venom / Astro Firs / DJ Pdex / Geometri / Hunting the Minotaur / Butcherd Beats / The Electric Flowers / This Tawdry Affair / Cassie & The Cassettes / The Train Chronicles / ROCK i.D. / Northernxposure / Riot Lights Show all bands
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The Great Escape 2009 Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for May 14, 2009

Genres:

Folk
Singer-Songwriter
Country
Americana
Alternative Country
Alt-Country
Gothic Americana
Albuquerque Indie
Gothic Country
Southern Gothic
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Latest Setlist (10/13/2023):

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  1. The Bottomless Hole
  2. So Much Wine
  3. The Loneliness of Magnets
  4. The King of Everything
  5. My Sister's Tiny Hands
  6. Joseph
  7. Arlene
  8. Far From Any Road
  9. Frogs
  10. Shady Lake
  11. Weightless Again
  12. Don't Be Scared
  13. Two Black Shoes
  14. Back in My Day
  15. The Giant Of Illinois
  16. Good Night

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 7 concerts
2023 6 concerts
2022 11 concerts
2018 11 concerts
2017 21 concerts
2016 26 concerts
2015 25 concerts
2014 28 concerts
2013 29 concerts
2012 16 concerts
2011 16 concerts
2010 15 concerts
2009 30 concerts
2008 12 concerts
2007 11 concerts
2006 25 concerts
2005 5 concerts
2004 7 concerts
2003 3 concerts
2002 2 concerts
2001 3 concerts
2000 3 concerts
1999 1 concert
1998 1 concert
1996 1 concert
1995 1 concert

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has The Handsome Family had?

The Handsome Family has had 316 concerts.

What genre is The Handsome Family?

The Handsome Family is most often considered to be Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Country, Americana, Alternative Country, Alt-Country, Gothic Americana, Albuquerque Indie, Gothic Country, and Southern Gothic.

When is the next The Handsome Family concert?

The next The Handsome Family concert is on May 03, 2024 at Liberty Hall Theatre in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

When was the last The Handsome Family concert?

The last The Handsome Family concert was on October 13, 2023 at Public Records in New York, New York, United States.

What setlist does The Handsome Family play live?

The songs that The Handsome Family performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the October 13, 2023 concert at Public Records in New York, New York, United States:

  1. The Bottomless Hole
  2. So Much Wine
  3. The Loneliness of Magnets
  4. The King of Everything
  5. My Sister's Tiny Hands
  6. Joseph
  7. Arlene
  8. Far From Any Road
  9. Frogs
  10. Shady Lake
  11. Weightless Again
  12. Don't Be Scared
  13. Two Black Shoes
  14. Back in My Day
  15. The Giant Of Illinois
  16. Good Night

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