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 40)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 07, 2009 –
Aug 08, 2009
Belladrum Festival 2009
Editors / The Joy Formidable / Toploader / Twin Atlantic / Unicorn Kid / Broken Records / Aberfeldy / Magistrates
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Belladrum Festival 2009 Inverness, UK
Show Duplicate for Aug 07, 2009
Jul 31, 2009 –
Aug 02, 2009
Nozstock 2009
Two Door Cinema Club / Rusko / The Joy Formidable / Buzzcocks / The Boxer Rebellion / London Elektricity / Krafty Kuts / Alessi's Ark / Scratch Perverts / Red Light Company / Baddies / Babyhead / The Anomalies / Bleech / Subsource / Weapons Of Sound / Andy C & Mc Gq / Tribe of Frog Show all bands
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Bromyard, UK
Show Duplicate for Jul 31, 2009
Jul 26, 2009
Truck Festival
"Truck Festival" / Supergrass / Farmer Jason / Chew Lips / And So I Watch You from Afar / Pulled Apart By Horses / Calories / The Candyskins / Dive Dive / The Long Insiders / The Epstein / Jali Fily Cissokho / Alphabet Backwards / The Relationships / YACHT / The Ghost of a Thousand / The Joy Formidable / The Hot Rats / Sky Larkin / The Xcerts / Telegraphs / Talons / Maybeshewill / Minor Coles / Hot Club Of Cowtown / Pete Molinari / Angie Palmer / The Oxygen Ponies / Eliza Gilkyson / KTB / Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou / Thomas Truax / nervous_testpilot / Detachments / We Are Enfant Terrible / Sportsday Megaphone / TTNG / Luke Smith / Little Sister / Neil Halstead / Sam Isaac / Mark Olson / Gary Louris Show all bands
Hill Farm Steventon, United Kingdom
Jul 25, 2009 –
Jul 26, 2009
Truck Festival 2009
The xx / Two Door Cinema Club / Crystal Fighters / The Joy Formidable / Frank Turner / Wild Beasts / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Ash / YACHT / We Were Promised Jetpacks / fanfarlo / Stornoway / A Place To Bury Strangers / Supergrass / Wintersleep / And So I Watch You from Afar / Felix / DJ Food / Chew Lips / Maybeshewill / TTNG / Neil Halstead / Pulled Apart By Horses / Vieux Farka Toure / Errors / Total Science / The Xcerts / Foamo / Broken Records / Sky Larkin / Hjaltalín / Treetop Flyers / Dear Reader / Foundation / Red Light Company / Colour (US) / The Ghost of a Thousand / Tubelord / Pete Molinari / Younghusband / Danny & The Champions Of The World / The Hot Rats / Jeremy Warmsley / Euros Childs / Hot Club Of Cowtown / Sam Isaac / Talons / Detachments / Grammatics / Damo Suzuki / Detroit Social Club / Nedry / Mark Olson & Gary Louris / Little Sister / 6 Day Riot / Alphabet Backwards / The Candyskins / The Epstein / Simon D / Sad Day for Puppets / Lee Mortimer / nervous_testpilot / Heloise & The Savoir Faire / Thomas Truax / The Koolaid Electric Company / Mark Gardener / White Belt Yellow Tag / Aphasia / Sportsday Megaphone / Calories / Ute / Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou / Dreaming Spires / Disasteradio / The Candy Skins / Mike Heron / Data.Select.Party / Cat Martino / Truckers of Husk / Telegraphs / Dial F for Frankenstein / Atlantic/Pacific / Data Select Party / Panama Kings / Their Hearts Were Full of Spring / Tired Irie / KTB / Angie Palmer / House of Brothers / B2B / Ruth Minnikin and Her Bandwagon / Jali Fily Cissokho / The Relationships / Gabriel Minnikin / The Long Insiders / Holton's Opulent Oog / Andrew Ferris / Minor Coles / From Light to Sound / Mr Strangelove / James Norman Show all bands
Hill Farm Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Jul 18, 2009
Pohoda Festival
"Pohoda Festival" / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Travis / Klaxons / Lamb / Swing Society Orchestra / Diego / Alabama 3 (A3) / Hot 8 Brass Band / Emiliana Torrini / Orchestra Baobab / Max Romeo / The Joy Formidable / The She Creatures / Jape / Warren Suicide / Emiliana Torrini / Toky & Loktibrada / The Burning Hell / Kira / hurra torpedo / Ahn Trio / Lay Low / Punk Funk Genius / Isobutane Show all bands
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Letisko Piestany, Slovak Republic
Jul 16, 2009 –
Jul 18, 2009
Pohoda Festival 2009
The Ting Tings / Pendulum / Basement Jaxx / Travis / Razorlight / Patti Smith / The Airborne Toxic Event / The Joy Formidable / Emiliana Torrini / MSTRKRFT / Lamb / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Hadouken! / High Contrast / Kraak & Smaak / Fujiya & Miyagi / Laurent Garnier / Max Romeo / Tunng / Alabama 3 / Buraka Som Sistema / Hot 8 Brass Band / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Orchestra Baobab / The Aggrolites / Ojos de Brujo / Dananananaykroyd / Jape / Oi Va Voi / Diego / Nils Petter Molvaer / Lay Low / The Uniques / Hex / Ebony Bones! / The Advent / N.O.H.A. / The Burning Hell / Kira / Xindl X / The Inspector Cluzo / Vladimir 518 / Troy Von Balthazar / Hungarian State Opera Orchestra / The Royal Choral Society / Para / Warren Suicide / hurra torpedo / Billy Barman / Frederic Galliano / Marta Kubisova / Collegium Musicum / Amo / Slobodná Európa / Huong Thanh / United Flavour / Kvety / Zive Kvety / Death Sentence: Panda! / Noisecut / Andrej Seban / The Swan Bride / The She Creatures / Hudba Z Marsu / Autumnist / Karaoke Tundra / Hrdza / Tata Bojs & Ahn Trio / Karpatske Chrbaty / Youcoco / Dope Aviators / Kosa Z Nosa / Viliam / Karol Miklos / Isobutane / Loktibrada / MCh Band / Space Recorder / Vlasta Tek Show all bands
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Trenčín, Trenčiansky kraj, Slovak Republic
Jul 11, 2009
Wakestock Festival
"Wakestock Festival" / N*E*R*D / Super Furry Animals / Elliot Minor / Sibrydion / Gallops / Ruth Kealy / The Pigeon Detectives / Fightstar / The Joy Formidable / Little Comets / Spinnerette / Chew Lips / Haunts / Chase & Status / Goldie / London Elektricity / James Condon / Aled Mann Show all bands
Cardigan Bay Abersoch, United Kingdom
Jul 10, 2009 –
Jul 12, 2009
Wakestock 2009
Calvin Harris / Moby / Marina / Dizzee Rascal / N.E.R.D / Chase & Status / Mr. Scruff / The Joy Formidable / Chicane / Noisettes / The Pigeon Detectives / Tinchy Stryder / Young Fathers / The Zutons / Just Jack / Super Furry Animals / Little Comets / Goldie / London Elektricity / Fightstar / Chew Lips / Spinnerette / DJ Format / James Zabiela / Tommy Sparks / Elliot Minor / Wally Lopez / Golden Silvers / Play / Kissy Sell Out / Ebony Bones! / Zane Lowe / Red Light Company / Gallops / Kid British / The Cuban Brothers / Jettblack / Norman Jay MBE / The Mission District / Part Time Heroes / Flamboyant Bella / Let's Go to War / Haunts / Yr Ods / Emily Williams / Sibrydion / Brandon Block / Dirty Goods / Lazy Boys / Fran & Josh / Huw Stephens / Aled Mann / Goldierocks / Gutterfunk Djs / Ruth Kealy / James Condon Show all bands
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Wakestock 2009 Abersoch, Wales, United Kingdom
Jul 04, 2009 –
Jul 05, 2009
The Hop Farm Music Festival 2009
Cage The Elephant / Florence + the Machine / Metronomy / The Fratellis / Editors / Echo & the Bunnymen / Doves / Noah & The Whale / Paul Weller / The Joy Formidable / Mystery Jets / Ladyhawke / Ash / The Pigeon Detectives / The View / Super Furry Animals / British Sea Power / Datarock / Étienne de Crécy / 65daysofstatic / Bell X1 / The Rifles / Alex Gopher / The Twilight Sad / The Twang / The Rumble Strips / 2manydjs (DJ Set) / Howling Bells / Roger Daltrey / The Sunshine Underground / Dananananaykroyd / Jape / Johnny Foreigner / Let's Wrestle / Fight Like Apes / Kissy Sell Out / D.I.M / Scratch Perverts / That Petrol Emotion / Burn the Negative / Dr. Lektroluv / Eight Legs / Heartbreak / The Chapman Family / Sergeant / The Good The Bad / RSAG / Rarely Seen Above Ground Show all bands
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Paddock Wood, UK
Jun 11, 2009
The Joy Formidable Patterns Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Jun 10, 2009
The Joy Formidable
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The Joiners Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Jun 08, 2009
The Joy Formidable / Citadels / Kyte
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The Borderline London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 07, 2009
The Joy Formidable / Sunset Cinema Club
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Bar Academy Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Jun 05, 2009
The Joy Formidable / It’s A Buffalo / The Heartbreaks / Pocketknife
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The Ruby Lounge Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Jun 02, 2009
The Joy Formidable / White Belt Yellow Tag / The Birdman Rallies
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Fibbers York, England, United Kingdom
Jun 01, 2009
The Joy Formidable O2 Academy Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
May 31, 2009
The Joy Formidable / Young Rebel Set Barfly Liverpool Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
May 24, 2009
Dot To Dot Festival 2009
Mumford & Sons / The xx / Cage The Elephant / Marina / Friendly Fires / The Joy Formidable / Boys Noize / Ladyhawke / Little Boots / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Grandaddy / Wolf Gang / Dan Black / Girls / Cursive / 65daysofstatic / Titus Andronicus / Beast / Patrick Wolf / A.C. Newman / Crystal Stilts / Wintersleep / The Soft Pack / Brodinski / Vivian Girls / Maps / Teitur / D.I.D / Liam Finn / Shapeshifter / Crystal Antlers / Future of the Left / Sharks / Wave Machines / Naive New Beaters / Dinosaur Pile-Up / Polly Scattergood / Gran Ronde / Abe Vigoda / My Vitriol / Fight Like Apes / Alessi's Ark / The Apples / Hjaltalín / The Gay Blades / Son of Dave / Annie Mac / Colourmusic / Tommy Reilly / Flashguns / Kid British / The Computers / Duchess Says / Fan Death / I Heart Hiroshima / Skint & Demoralised / LoveLikeFire / The Mission District / Baddies / Official Secrets Act / Dag för Dag / Ulterior / Telegraphs / Bicycle Thieves / House of Brothers / Chik Budo / Black Eyes & Neckties / Dusty And The Dreaming Spires / The Temper Trap / Pulled Apart By Horses Show all bands
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Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
May 23, 2009
Stag & Dagger Festival 2009
Cold War Kids / The Joy Formidable / Black Lips / Frightened Rabbit / Everything Everything / White Denim / Cursive / Clark / The Twilight Sad / Chew Lips / Dananananaykroyd / The Aliens / The Phantom Band / The Mae Shi / The Gay Blades / Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / Meursault / Tubelord / Gringo Star / Optimo / Blue Roses / Mika Miko / BMX Bandits / Tim Exile / Stag / Over The Wall / Dolby Anol / Woodenbox With a Fistful of Fivers / Dagger / Findo Gask / Art of Parties / Elvis Suicide / Record Playerz Show all bands
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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
May 22, 2009
Cage The Elephant / The Joy Formidable / fiN KOKO London, England, United Kingdom

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Louder Than Life Festival 2022
Sep 22 - 25, 2022
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Sep 22 - 25, 2022
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Sep 22 - 25, 2022
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Apr 27 - 28, 2013
 Norman, Oklahoma, United States
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Jul 28 - 31, 2016
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jul 28 - 31, 2016
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jul 28 - 31, 2016
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jul 28 - 31, 2016
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jul 28 - 31, 2016
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jul 28 - 31, 2016
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Lollapalooza 2016
Jul 28 - 31, 2016
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Lollapalooza 2016
Jul 28 - 31, 2016
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Lollapalooza 2016
Jul 28 - 31, 2016
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Genres:

Indie
Indie Rock
British
Female Vocalists
UK
Shoegaze
Dream Pop
Noise Pop
Metropopolis
Nu Gaze
Welsh Rock
Welsh Indie
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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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