The Joy Formidable Concert History

The Joy Formidable is an indie rock band formed in 2007 in North Wales, United Kingdom, currently located in London, England. The group members are Ritzy Bryan (vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (bass, backing vocals), and Matt Thomas (drums). Their music has been described as "primal epic grunge rock à la The Breeders, Arcade Fire and Yeah Yeah Yeahs".

The Joy Formidable Tours & Concerts (Page 36)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 24, 2010 –
Jun 27, 2010
Glastonbury Festival
The Magic Numbers / Vampire Weekend / Dizzee Rascal / Two Door Cinema Club / Muse / The Joy Formidable / We Are Scientists / The Temper Trap / Scissor Sisters / Norah Jones / Shakira / Gorillaz / Chapel Club / Paloma Faith / Beth Jeans Houghton / The Courteeners / Egyptian Hip Hop / Howls / Kele Okereke Show all bands
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Worthy Farm Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
Jun 23, 2010 –
Jun 27, 2010
Glastonbury Festival 2010
The Bees / Aloe Blacc / The National / Above & Beyond / The Saw Doctors / Coheed and Cambria / Frightened Rabbit / Vampire Weekend / Dizzee Rascal / Chipmunk / Ellie Goulding / Tinie Tempah / Marina and the Diamonds / Florence and the Machine / Example / Stevie Wonder / Crystal Castles / Two Door Cinema Club / Frank Turner / Muse / Phoenix / The Hold Steady / Dan Mangan / Jack Johnson / Snoop Dogg / Brother Ali / Imogen Heap / Keane / The Drums / LCD Soundsystem / Beach House / MGMT / The Avett Brothers / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Broken Social Scene / The Joy Formidable / Mariachi El Bronx / Here We Go Magic / Local Natives / Grizzly Bear / We Are Scientists / Dirty Projectors / The Black Keys / Mountain Man / The Dead Weather / Editors / Devendra Banhart / Fiction Plane / Plan B / The xx / Bombay Bicycle Club / The Temper Trap / Chiddy Bang / Billy Bragg / Tegan and Sara / Dreadzone / Villagers / Foals / Beans on Toast / Holy Fuck / Slash / Lou Reed / Midlake / Dâm-Funk / Pet Shop Boys / Django Django / Mos Def / Empire of the Sun / Hot Chip / Laura Marling / Simian Mobile Disco / Boys Noize / Avi Buffalo / Hudson Mohawke / The Middle East / Mystery Jets / Kate Nash / Radiohead / Jamie T / Crystal Fighters / Biffy Clyro / Judy Collins / Jesca Hoop / Scissor Sisters / Toots & The Maytals / Newton Faulkner / Richard Thompson / Willie Nelson / Band of Skulls / Rodrigo y Gabriela / fanfarlo / The Orb / Orbital / Nick Lowe / CHIEF / Blood Red Shoes / Roll Deep / The King Blues / Bonobo / Alex Metric / Rusko / Lissie / Imelda May / Broken Bells / Seasick Steve / Joshua Radin / Dry the River / Norah Jones / Sander Kleinenberg / Os Mutantes / Julian Casablancas / Shakira / The Cribs / Paul Heaton / La Roux / I Blame Coco / Everything Everything / Gomez / Kelis / The Strange Boys / Zane Lowe / Four Tet / Bo Ningen / Levellers / Turin Brakes / O. Children / These New Puritans / Dubfire / Chase & Status / Professor Green / The Big Pink / Nneka / Heatwave / Toddla T / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / Ska Cubano / Horse Meat Disco / Femi Kuti / Skream / Jackson Browne / Gang Of Four / New Model Army / Gorillaz / Rolf Harris / Reef / Fionn Regan / Cate Le Bon / Faithless / Dub Pistols / Chapel Club / Loudon Wainwright III / Ray Davies / David Lindley / Stornoway / Paloma Faith / Pulled Apart By Horses / P Money / Chew Lips / Naive New Beaters / Nouvelle Vague / We Have Band / Fatboy Slim / Aeroplane / Beak> / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / Portico / Field Music / Frankie & The Heartstrings / Roska / Beth Jeans Houghton / Let's Buy Happiness / Lanterns on the Lake / The Courteeners / Jaguar Skills / D.I.D / Delphic / Giggs / Goldheart Assembly / The Cheek / Goldhawks / Filthy Dukes / Tubelord / Detroit Social Club / Ellen and the Escapades / Jamie Jones / Chali 2na / Beardyman / Fake Blood / Tayo / Rob da Bank / Hannah Holland / Blonde / Magnetic Man / Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly / Good Shoes / Archie Bronson Outfit / Christy Moore / Christophe / Mumford & Sons / Foreign Beggars / Subb-An / George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic / NERO / De Staat / Julie Feeney / Jack Beats / South Central / Tiffany Page / Tinchy Stryder / The Unthanks / N-Dubz / High Contrast / Lightning Seeds / Seth Lakeman / Groove Armada / Shaun Ryder / Thom Yorke / Lou Rhodes / London Community Gospel Choir / L-VIS 1990 / The Stranglers / Candi Staton / Tunng / Alabama 3 / Stanton Warriors / Teddy Thompson / Banco de Gaia / Nick Warren / System 7 / The Wurzels / The Travelling Band / Attila the Stockbroker / 3 Daft Monkeys / The Undercover Hippy / Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs / Biggles Wartime Band / Corinne Bailey Rae / DJ Craze / Falling Up / Boy 8-Bit / Dave Seaman / Dr. John / Lady Leshurr / Al Stewart / Tony Allen / Virus Syndicate / I Am Kloot / The Matthew Herbert Big Band / Staff Benda Bilili / Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba / Yeovil Town Band / Hybrid / Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / Baghdaddies / Adam F / MistaJam / Man Without Country / Flipron / The Neville Staple Band / Mik Artistiks Ego Trip / Parker / Jakwob / Riva Starr / Emalkay / Breakage / Untold / The Beat / The Correspondents / The Phenomenal Handclap Band / Snap! / Roger Sanchez / Yasmin / Crazy P / Cherry Ghost / The Leisure Society / Donae'o / Steve Mason / Breakestra / Sophie Hunger / Quantic & His Combo Barbaro / Bashy / Thea Gilmore / Transglobal Underground / Peggy Sue / Elite Force / Gorrilaz / Broadcast 2000 / Jon Allen / Meursault / The Blues Band / Howls / A1 Bassline / MAY68 / The Woodentops / Ratpack / Dark Horses / PBR Streetgang / Funkineven / Blasted Mechanism / Mark E Smith / MR B the Gentleman Rhymer / Cory Chisel / The Martin Harley Band / Federals / Bootleg Beatles / Patch William / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / Steve Knightley / Nick Harper / Alan Price Set / Dizraeli and the Small Gods / Adam Shelton / Earl Brutus / Robinson / Slambovian Circus of Dreams / Kirsty Almeida / Killaflaw / Shortstuff / Megan Henwood / Back to Basics / Wedge / The Pre New / Celt Islam / Tom Williams / Ben & Lex / Out Like A Lion / Kid Adrift / D.M.E / Hyperdub / Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds / NewIslands / Lettie / Inner City Unit / Yr Ods / McIntosh Ross / Operation / Joel Rafael Band / Napoleon In Rags / The John E Vistic Experience / The Theory of 6 Degrees / The Vagaband / Jerry Dammers' Spatial A.K.A Orchestra / Mcclean / Seven Summits / Central Spillz / Dub Boy / Futureboogie / Louis Eliot & The Embers / Mix Hell / End Of Level Baddie / Bunny Come / Mayhew / Julian Tulk Band / Fellow Stranger / Hot D'Jour / Redskin / 6ixtoys / New Forbidden / Lewis Garland & The Kett Rebellion / El Diablo's Social Club / Johnno / Da Mighty Elementz / Hot Feat / Matt Tolfrey & Geddes / Fisherman's Friend / Two in a Boat / Danny and the Champs / Steel Harmony / Zambula / Troy Ellis & the Longshots / Ms. Darks / Prof Nohair & the Wig Lifters / Redlight & Mc Dread / Kele Okereke / Gabby Young / Ash / The Flaming Lips / Tune-Yards / The Magic Numbers Show all bands
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Worthy Farm Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
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May 28, 2010
The Joy Formidable
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The Academy 2 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
May 13, 2010 –
May 15, 2010
The Great Escape 2010
Ellie Goulding / Marina / Groove Armada / Broken Social Scene / Chase & Status / Sleigh Bells / Real Estate / Best Coast / Warpaint / Band of Skulls / Crystal Fighters / Hurts / The Joy Formidable / Gold Panda / Everything Everything / Lissie / Surfer Blood / Wild Beasts / The Cribs / The Big Pink / Japandroids / Darwin Deez / The Futureheads / Active Child / Yuck / cornershop / Slow Club / Timber Timbre / The Walkmen / White Rabbits / Birds of Tokyo / Delphic / Blood Red Shoes / Alice Russell / Reverend and The Makers / Stornoway / Young Guns / Violent Soho / Sarah Blasko / Cold Cave / Avi Buffalo / Art vs Science / Class Actress / Summer Camp / Tunng / James Yuill / The Fiery Furnaces / Ed Harcourt / Bluejuice / These New Puritans / Basia Bulat / Pony Pony Run Run / I Blame Coco / Jesca Hoop / Jason Collett / Chew Lips / Eli 'Paperboy' Reed / The Phenomenal Handclap Band / Hungry Kids of Hungary / Zeus / The Leisure Society / Jamaica / Chapel Club / CHIEF / Nadine Shah / The Sunshine Underground / Katzenjammer / Pulled Apart By Horses / The Crookes / Bettie Serveert / Marina (USA) / The Ruby Suns / Clock Opera / Esben and the Witch / Oh Mercy / Infadels / Frankie & The Heartstrings / Moss / Egyptian Hip Hop / The Dutchess and the Duke / Chateau Marmont / Harper Simon / Peggy Sue / Rolo Tomassi / Philadelphia Grand Jury / Dead Confederate / Valentina / Dappled Cities / Lauren Pritchard / Bo Ningen / Sky Larkin / The Cheek / Kamp! / Alessi's Ark / Polar Bear / Coming Soon / Sound of Guns / John Smith / Erland & The Carnival / Ganglians / The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster / White Rose Movement / Kassidy / Mirrors / Fortune / Marques Toliver / Blackchords / The Bewitched Hands / Lucky Soul / Trembling Bells / Codeine Velvet Club / Rose Elinor Dougall / Daisy Dares You / Fan Death / Mujeres / MAY68 / John & Jehn / Gabby Young / Che / Detroit Social Club / Let's Buy Happiness / The Boy Who Trapped the Sun / Wild Palms / You Say Party! / North Atlantic Oscillation / Dansette Junior / Lone Wolf / The Chapman Family / Jackie Oates / Pearl and the Puppets / Goldhawks / Stricken City / Kid Bombardos / Wilder / Sons of Noel and Adrian / Final Flash / Manna / Teenagersintokyo / La Shark / Hook & The Twin / Bridezilla / Deville / White Belt Yellow Tag / GLASS (OFFICIAL) / Neat / Ou Est Le Swimming Pool / The Dirty Disco / Let's Go to War / YUK / I Dream In Colour / Jaakko & Jay / Joensuu 1685 / Citadels / Emerald City / Othello Woolf / Melodica / Simon Says No! / Felix Fables / Lunar Youth / John Wort Hannam / Gordie Tentrees / Polly Mackey & The Pleasure Principle / Rachelle Van Zanten / Violet Violet / Ultimate Power Duo / Deadlight / Linda Harrison / This Is Seb Clarke / Cubrik / Sumudu / Larissa Mckay / Samuel Chase / Chicken Hawk / Dangerous Heresy / Arcady Bliss / 123 (US) / Islets / Hayley Willis / Simon Trottier Show all bands
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Brighton, England, United Kingdom
May 08, 2010
The Joy Formidable Jillian's Albany, New York, United States
May 07, 2010
The Joy Formidable
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Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
May 06, 2010
The Joy Formidable Brighton Music Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
May 05, 2010
The Joy Formidable The Green Room Montréal, Québec, Canada
May 04, 2010
The Joy Formidable The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 02, 2010
Bamboozle 2010
Minus the Bear / MGMT / Girl Talk / Piebald / Matt and Kim / Say Anything / Motion City Soundtrack / Moving Mountains / Good Old War / The Joy Formidable / Polar Bear Club / Twin Atlantic / Steel Train / All The Day Holiday / The Summer Set / MuteMath / Weezer / Kevin Devine and The Goddamn Band / Fun. Show all bands
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Meadowlands Sports Complex East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Show Duplicate for May 02, 2010
May 01, 2010
The Joy Formidable / The Dig
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Mercury Lounge New York, New York, United States
Apr 30, 2010
"Truck Festival" / Gary Louris / The Joy Formidable / Wintersleep

Truck Festival

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Full Moon Resort Big Indian, New York, United States
Apr 21, 2010
Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit / The Joy Formidable Fleche D'Or Paris, Île-de-France, France
Apr 03, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Baddies King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Apr 01, 2010
The Joy Formidable
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Central Station Wrexham, United Kingdom
Mar 31, 2010
The Joy Formidable

The Joy Formidable at O2 Academy Newcastle

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NX Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Mar 30, 2010
The Joy Formidable
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O2 Academy Sheffield Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Mar 29, 2010
The Joy Formidable
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Soundhaus Northampton, United Kingdom
Mar 27, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Baddies Barfly Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Mar 26, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Dreadzone Start The Bus Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Louder Than Life Festival 2022
Sep 22 - 25, 2022
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Louder Than Life Festival 2022
Sep 22 - 25, 2022
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Louder Than Life Festival 2022
Sep 22 - 25, 2022
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Louder Than Life Festival 2022
Sep 22 - 25, 2022
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Louder Than Life Festival 2022
Sep 22 - 25, 2022
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Norman Music Fest
Apr 27 - 28, 2013
 Norman, Oklahoma, United States
  Added by Skanzo

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Bumbershoot Festival on Sep 2, 2013 [944-small]

Bumbershoot Festival
Sep 2, 2013
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Riot Fest (Chicago) on Sep 12, 2015 [825-small]

Riot Fest (Chicago)
Sep 12, 2015
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Riot Fest (Chicago)
Sep 12, 2015
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Riot Fest (Chicago)
Sep 12, 2015
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Riot Fest (Chicago)
Sep 12, 2015
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Riot Fest (Chicago)
Sep 12, 2015
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Riot Fest (Chicago)
Sep 12, 2015
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Riot Fest (Chicago)
Sep 12, 2015
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Riot Fest (Chicago)
Sep 12, 2015
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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The Joy Formidable on Mar 29, 2011 [850-small]

The Joy Formidable
Mar 29, 2011
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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The Joy Formidable / The Black Keys on Jul 8, 2013 [920-small]

The Joy Formidable / The Black Keys
Jul 8, 2013
 Buffalo, New York, United States
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Foo Fighters / Joan Jett / Social Distortion / The Joy Formidable on Nov 13, 2011 [951-small]

Foo Fighters / Joan Jett / Social Distortion / The Joy Formidable
Nov 13, 2011
 New York, New York, United States
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Genres:

Indie
Indie Rock
British
Female Vocalists
UK
Shoegaze
Dream Pop
Noise Pop
Metropopolis
Nu Gaze
Welsh Rock
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Latest Setlist (10/01/2023):

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  1. Caught on a Breeze
  2. Sevier
  3. Ostrich
  4. The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade
  5. Whirring
  6. CSTS
  7. Into the Blue
  8. Cradle
  9. Y Garreg Ateb
  10. I Don't Want to See You Like This
  11. Share My Heat
  12. Little Blimp
  13. Left Too Soon

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Concerts Per Year:

2023 16 concerts
2022 43 concerts
2021 12 concerts
2019 50 concerts
2018 41 concerts
2017 21 concerts
2016 126 concerts
2015 17 concerts
2014 10 concerts
2013 130 concerts
2012 62 concerts
2011 128 concerts
2010 91 concerts
2009 75 concerts
2008 11 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has The Joy Formidable had?

The Joy Formidable has had 833 concerts.

What genre is The Joy Formidable?

The Joy Formidable is most often considered to be Indie, Indie Rock, British, Female Vocalists, UK, Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Noise Pop, Metropopolis, Nu Gaze, Welsh Rock, and Welsh Indie.

When was the last The Joy Formidable concert?

The last The Joy Formidable concert was on October 01, 2023 at Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.

What setlist does The Joy Formidable play live?

The songs that The Joy Formidable performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the October 01, 2023 concert at Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom:

  1. Caught on a Breeze
  2. Sevier
  3. Ostrich
  4. The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade
  5. Whirring
  6. CSTS
  7. Into the Blue
  8. Cradle
  9. Y Garreg Ateb
  10. I Don't Want to See You Like This
  11. Share My Heat
  12. Little Blimp
  13. Left Too Soon

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