The Matches Concert History

Straight out of Oakland, the Matches set the California music scene on fire thanks to twelve explosive, hook-injected songs recorded on the cheap in their basements and living rooms. Coupled with an unstoppable work ethic that included the band's very own "Commotion Promotion" tactics, buzz on the quartet's self-released debut E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals and the live shows that supported it spread like a virus to music enthusiasts up and down the Golden State and, as they toured small venues relentlessly, across the country.

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The Matches Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 22)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 17, 2006
The Matches / Something With Numbers / MC Lars / Whole Wheat Bread The Engine Room Tallahassee, Florida, United States
May 16, 2006
The Matches / Something With Numbers / MC Lars / Whole Wheat Bread Will's Pub Orlando, Florida, United States
May 14, 2006
The Matches / Forgive Durden / MC Lars / Whole Wheat Bread Ray's Downtown Blues West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
May 13, 2006
The Matches / MC Lars / Forgive Durden / Whole Wheat Bread Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida, United States
May 12, 2006
MC Lars / The Matches / Whole Wheat Bread / Forgive Durden

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State Theater
May 11, 2006
The Matches / MC Lars / Forgive Durden / Whole Wheat Bread The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia, United States
May 10, 2006
The Matches / MC Lars / Forgive Durden / Whole Wheat Bread Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
May 09, 2006
The Matches / MC Lars / Whole Wheat Bread Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland, United States
May 08, 2006
The Matches / Whole Wheat Bread / Forgive Durden / MC Lars cafe metropolis Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
May 07, 2006
Flipside Festival 2006
Relient K / Silverstein / Sugarcult / Motion City Soundtrack / Mae / Hidden In Plain View / The Spill Canvas / Cartel / Over It / All Time Low / Amber Pacific / The Matches / split fifty / Transition / Downtown Singapore / Valencia / Tokyo Rose / The Pink Spiders / Just Surrender / The Junior Varsity / House of Heroes / Forgive Durden / driving east / Rookie of the Year / Adam Richman Show all bands
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Bull Run Regional Park Centreville, Virginia, United States
Show Duplicate for May 07, 2006
May 06, 2006 –
May 07, 2006
Bamboozle 2006
mewithoutYou / October Fall / Happy Endings / Keating / Streetlight Manifesto / The Hush Sound / Sunglasses At Knight / The Killing Sequence / Fall Out Boy / The Matches / Armor for Sleep / The All-American Rejects / Veda Skyes / Pistolita / liam and Me / Over It / Forgive Durden / The Spill Canvas / The Inout Inout / Hellogoodbye / Hit the Lights / Relient K / The Pink Spiders / Mae / Jonas Brothers / Inventions / JParis / The Sleeping / Hawthorne Heights / Silverstein / Hidden In Plain View / sybris / Chiodos / MatchMaker / Paramore / The Rocket Summer / Halifax / Driveby / Bayside / This Day and Age / Desole / From First to Last / Lorene Drive / Flashlight Brown / John Ralston / Motion City Soundtrack / Valencia / Thursday / Never The Nines / In Harms Way / Just Surrender / Minus the Bear / House of Heroes / The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / The Number Twelve Looks Like You / .moneen. / A Thorn For Every Heart / AFI / Aiden / Alexisonfire / Circa Survive / Cute Is What We Aim For / Emanuel / Every Time I Die / I Am the Avalanche / MC Lars / Method Man / Panic! At the Disco / Poison the Well / Saves The Day / Say Anything / Senses Fail / Stretch Arm Strong / Strike Anywhere / Taking Back Sunday / The Bled / The Receiving End of Sirens / Thirty Seconds to Mars / Underoath Show all bands
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Meadowlands Sports Complex East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
May 05, 2006
The Matches / Forgive Durden / Whole Wheat Bread / MC Lars School of Rock East South Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
May 04, 2006
The Matches / Whole Wheat Bread / MC Lars / Forgive Durden / Clearview Kills Axis Boston, Massachusetts, United States
May 03, 2006
Say Anything / The Matches / Plain White T's Charleroi VFW Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States
May 02, 2006
The Matches / Clearview Kills / Forgive Durden / MC Lars / Whole Wheat Bread The Agora Cleveland, Ohio, United States
May 01, 2006
The Matches / Clearview Kills / MC Lars / Whole Wheat Bread Alvin's Detroit, Michigan, United States
Apr 30, 2006
The Matches / Whole Wheat Bread / Clearview Kills / MC Lars Temple Club Lansing, Michigan, United States
Apr 29, 2006
The Matches Creepy Crawl St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Apr 28, 2006
The Matches / MC Lars / Whole Wheat Bread / Clearview Kills Beat Kitchen Chicago, Illinois, United States
Apr 27, 2006
The Matches / Clearview Kills / MC Lars / Whole Wheat Bread Miramar Theatre Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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Jul 29, 2007
 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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The Matches / Sonny / Forever the Sickest Kids / All Time Low
Mar 31, 2008
 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Mar 31, 2008
 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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 New York, New York, United States
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 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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  3. Audio Blood
  4. Chain Me Free
  5. Little Maggots
  6. Papercut Skin
  7. What Katie Said
  8. Yankee in a Chip Shop
  9. Clouds Crash
  10. Superman
  11. December is for Cynics
  12. Borderline Creep
  13. The Restless
  14. More Than Local Boys
  15. Wake the Sun
  16. Didi (My Doe, Part 2)
  17. The Jack Slap Cheer
  18. Track 11/Scratched Out
  19. Destination: Nowhere Near
  20. Salty Eyes
  21. Where Is My Mind?
  22. Sick Little Suicide

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2007 141 concerts
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2005 139 concerts
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2002 2 concerts
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