The Orb's 1997 Concert History

The Orb is a British electronic music band known for pioneering the genre of ambient house. The Orb is heavily influenced by dub music, and much of their later output has been in the electronic dub category, more so than ambient house.

The Orb had 25 concerts in 1997

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 22, 1997 –
Aug 24, 1997
Reading Festival 1997
Metallica / blink-182 / Marilyn Manson / The Verve / Limp Bizkit / Cake / Stereophonics / Bush / Eels / The Cardigans / Mogwai / Travis / Manic Street Preachers / Fountains of Wayne / James / Dinosaur Jr. / Feeder / Suede / Pennywise / The Lemonheads / Tonic / Cast / Stereolab / Descendents / cornershop / Embrace / The Beta Band / Sleater-Kinney / Super Furry Animals / Millencolin / Death In Vegas / The Orb / Broadcast / L7 / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Luna / The Wannadies / Republica / Apollo 440 / Catatonia / Space / Sick of It All / The Boo Radleys / Asian Dub Foundation / Terrorvision / You Am I / Symposium / 16 horsepower / Slug / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Bis / Gorky's Zygotic Mynci / One Inch Punch / Royal Crown Revue / Dog Eat Dog / Down By Law / Dance Hall Crashers / Royal Trux / JACK / Hurricane / Puressence / Hurricane #1 / 3 Colours Red / Tiger / Rialto / Dweeb / My Life Story / Silver Sun / Audioweb / Strangelove: The Depeche Mode Experience / Arnold / Descendents / Kenickie / J Church / CUBE / Lower / Ultrasound / Garageland / Goldblade / Theaudience / Main$tream / Radish / Dust Junkys / Livingstone / Carrie / Speedway / Bennet / Subcircus / Warm Jets / Earl Brutus / Mulu / Penthouse / Adventures in Stereo / Midget / Posh / Scarfo / Edward Ball / Sussed / Proper (UK) / The Dandys / Snug / Formula One / Toaster / Gold Blade / silverjet / Period Pains / Simon Warner / Hybrids / The Pecadiloes / Girlfrendo / Spy 51 / Nightnurse / Rude Club / Disco Pistol / Jonathan Fire*Eater / A Show all bands
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Reading, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Aug 22, 1997
Aug 16, 1997
Lollapalooza 1997
Snoop Dogg / Korn / Tool / James / Tricky / The Orb / Julian & Damian Marley
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Lollapalooza 1997 Mountain View, California, United States
Aug 12, 1997
Lollapalooza 1997 North America Tour
Devo / The Prodigy / Tool / Korn / Orbital / The Orb / Snoop Doggy Dogg / Tricky / The Marley Family (James, Julian Marley & Damian Marley) / The Crystal Method / Beck / Porno for Pyros / Inch / Failure / The Sunshine / Warm Coyotes / Eels / Summercamp / Artificial Joy Club / Jeremy Toback / Dr. Octagon / Radish / Old 97's / The Pugs / Lost Boyz / Agnes Gooch / Demolition Doll Rods / Skeleton Key / Molly McGuire / Orbit / Anfo Merc, / Brain Forest / Liquid Sky with Dj iMiX & Dj Reece Show all bands
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The Gorge Amphitheatre George, Washington, United States
Show Duplicates for Aug 12, 1997
Aug 08, 1997
Lollapalooza 1997
Snoop Dogg / Beck / Korn / The Prodigy / Tool / Eels / James / Devo / Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley / Tricky / Orbital / The Orb / Old 97's / Porno for Pyros / Julian Marley / Failure / Inch / Orbit / Radish / Skeleton Key / Artificial Joy Club / Summercamp / Jeremy Toback / Demolition Doll Rods / lost boyz / Molly McGuire / Pugs / Agnes Gooch Show all bands
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Glen Helen Amphitheater Los Angeles, California, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 08, 1997
Jul 29, 1997
Lollapalooza 1997
Orbital / Devo / The Prodigy / The Orb / Tool / Snoop Dogg / Tricky / James / G. Love & Special Sauce / Failure / Beck / Eels / Summercamp / Old 97s / Porno for Pyros / Lost Boyz
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Sandstone Amphitheater Bonner Springs, Kansas, United States
Jul 28, 1997
The Orb
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Avalon Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 27, 1997
The Orb 9:30 Club Washington, D.C., United States
Jul 25, 1997
Lollapalooza 1997
Snoop Dogg / Beck / Tool / Eels / James / Devo / Tricky / Orbital / The Orb / Old 97's / Porno for Pyros / Failure / lost boyz / Orbit / Inch / Radish / Skeleton Key / Artificial Joy Club / Summercamp / Jeremy Toback / Demolition Doll Rods / Julian & Damian Marley / Molly McGuire / Pugs / Agnes Gooch Show all bands
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New World Music Theatre Tinley Park, Illinois, United States
Jul 16, 1997
The Orb First Avenue & 7th St Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Jul 13, 1997
Lollapalooza 1997 - Don’t Get Left Behind
Orbital / Devo / The Prodigy / The Orb / Tool / Snoop Dog / Tricky / Korn / James / Julian & Damian Marley / Failure / Beck / Eels / Summercamp
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The Meadows Music Theater Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Jul 12, 1997
Lollapalooza 1997 Main Stage (Korn included)
Orbital / Devo / The Prodigy / The Orb / Tool / Snoop Dogg / Tricky / Korn / James / Julian Marley and Damian Marley / Failure
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Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre Camden, New Jersey, United States
Jul 01, 1997
Lollapalooza 1997
Tool / Korn / Orbital / The Prodigy / The Orb / Snoop Doggy Dogg / Tricky / James / Julian Marley and Damian Marley / Marley Brothers / G.Love & Special Sauce / Failure / The Sunshine / Warm Coyotes / Beck / Eels / Summercamp / Artificial Joy Club / Jeremy Toback / Dr. Octagon / Radish / Old 97's / Inch / The Pugs / Agnes Gooch / Demolition Doll Rods / Skeleton Key / Molly McGuire / Anfo Merc / Brain Forest / Liquid Sky with Dj iMiX & Dj Reece / lost boyz Show all bands
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GTE Music Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Jun 27, 1997 –
Jun 29, 1997
Glastonbury Festival 1997
Dreadzone / The Herbaliser / Supergrass / Daft Punk / Steve Winwood / Billy Bragg / Travis / Sheryl Crow / Pavement / Live / Massive Attack / Radiohead / The Prodigy / G. Love & Special Sauce / David Byrne / The Orb / Squarepusher / Nick Lowe / 3 Colours Red / Beth Orton / Nightmares On Wax / The Smashing Pumpkins / Republica / Aphex Twin / Van Morrison / Kula Shaker / Echobelly / Levellers / Embrace / The Supernaturals / Stereolab / Lamb / Super Furry Animals / Beck / Stereophonics / Dodgy / The Bluetones / Primal Scream / Ocean Colour Scene / Mansun / Ian Brown / The Seahorses / Reef / Youssou N'Dour / Dub War / Chemical Brothers / Ray Davies / Death In Vegas / Jimi Tenor / Neneh Cherry / Terrorvision / Show of Hands / Sting / Attila the Stockbroker / Nitin Sawhney / The Wannadies / John Otway / Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel / Longpigs / Audioweb / Noel Fielding / Gorky's Zygotic Mynci / Sneaker Pimps / Catatonia / My Life Story / Symposium / Finley Quaye / Perfume / Murray Lachlan Young / Kenickie / Jonathan Fire Eater / 60 Ft Dolls / Scarfo / Dubstar / Fun-Da-Mental / The Blue Nile / Cast / Nanci Griffith / Alpha / Silver Sun / Geneva / Eater / Waterson:Carthy / Donal Lunny / Headrillaz / The Dharmas / Ed Ball / Echo & the Bunnymen / Ash / Ben Folds Five / Placebo / Phish Show all bands
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Worthy Farm Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Jun 27, 1997
Jun 26, 1997 –
Jun 29, 1997
Roskilde Festival 1997
Radiohead / Daft Punk / Beck / The Smashing Pumpkins / The Prodigy / Mötley Crüe / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / 311 / Pet Shop Boys / Aphex Twin / Erasure / Pavement / Primus / Apocalyptica / Ben Folds Five / Phish / Nada Surf / Suede / David Byrne / Goldfinger / ani difranco / John Fogerty / Silverchair / Stereolab / Hooverphonic / cornershop / The Orb / Kula Shaker / Lightning Seeds / Reef / GusGus / Deep Dish / Omc / Supergrass / Jungle Brothers / Republica / K's Choice / The Boo Radleys / Dodgy / Sneaker Pimps / The Hellacopters / Voodoo Glow Skulls / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Israel Vibration / Chuck Prophet / Bo Kaspers Orkester / Entombed / Slam / Juno Reactor / Afro Celt Sound System / Tocotronic / Nekromantix / Zap Mama / 16 horsepower / Red Snapper / The Gathering / The Go-Betweens / Dominique A / Man or Astro-man? / Bob Hund / The Red Army Choir / Jimi Tenor / Pretty Maids / Buckshot LeFonque / CV Jørgensen / New Bomb Turks / Lars H.U.G. / The High Llamas / nil lara / Groove Collective / Jori Hulkkonen / The Advent / Ashley Macisaac / Leningrad Cowboys / Saturnus / Souvenirs / Charlie Hunter Quartet / Hoover / INTENSE / circus / Audioweb / Johnny Madsen / Grip Inc. / Saafi Brothers / Psyched Up Janis / Dicte / Jonathan Fire Eater / Goon / Red Warszawa / Urusei Yatsura / Thumb / Koxbox / Sorten Muld / Ian Dury & The Blockheads / Dirty Beatniks / Yulduz Usmanova / The 3rd And The Mortal / Bandulu / Drori-hansen Furniture / Gartnerlosjen / Ibens / kare / Naid / Konkhra / Droogs / Dureforsog / Sunkings / Unun / Towering Inferno / Kongehuset / Quote Unquote / Afraid To Speak In Public / Passion Orange / Montauk P / John Hiatt and the Nashville Queens / Isaac Hayes & the Movement / Silverbullet Show all bands
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Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Jun 25, 1997
Lollapalooza 1997
Snoop Dogg / Beck / Korn / The Prodigy / Tool / Eels / James / Devo / Tricky / Orbital / The Orb / Old 97's / Porno for Pyros / Failure / Inch / Orbit / Radish / Skeleton Key / Artificial Joy Club / Summercamp / Jeremy Toback / Demolition Doll Rods / lost boyz / Julian & Damian Marley / Molly McGuire / Pugs / Agnes Gooch Show all bands
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Grant Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Show Duplicate for Jun 25, 1997
May 24, 1997
Essential Music Festival
The Future Sound Of London / 808 state / Apollo 440 / Arkana / Attica Blues / Ariel / Banco de Gaia / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Carl Cox / Cj Bolland / Cleveland Watkiss / Cut La Roc / Dave Clarke / Darren Price / David Holmes / Daz Saund / Derrick Carter / Death In Vegas / Derek Dah Large / Dimitri from Paris / Dirty Beatniks / DJ Food / DJ Krust / Dreadzone / Dynamite / Eat Static / Eric Powell / Fabio / Fatboy Slim / Grooverider / Hard Knox / James Lavelle / Jon Carter / Jumpin' Jack Frost / Kemistry And Storm / Kruder & Dorfmeister / Laika / Laurent Garnier / Les Rythmes Digitales / Lewis Taylor / Lionrock / Lo Fidelity All Stars / LTJ Bukem / MC Gq / Mickey Finn / Midfield General / Olive / Peshay / Planetary Assault Systems / Project 23 / Propellerheads / Psychonauts / Randall / Roni Size / Spooky / Spring Heel Jack / Squarepusher / System 7 / Terminalhead / The Advent / The Aloof / The Chemical Brothers / The Herbaliser / The Orb / Wise Guys Show all bands
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Stanmer Park Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for May 24, 1997
May 17, 1997 –
May 19, 1997
Pinkpop Festival 1997
Beck / Osdorp Posse / The Roots / Limp Bizkit / DJ John / Placebo / Nada Surf / Beth Orton / Marilyn Manson / Supergrass / Korn / Descendents / Eels / Counting Crows / The Orb / Cake / Atari Teenage Riot / Bush / dEUS / Republica / Tracy Bonham / Lamb / Morphine / Faithless / Death In Vegas / System 7 / DJ Hype / Johan / dj DAB / Skik / Cooler Than Jesus / DJ L-dopa / Rammstein Show all bands
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Megaland Park (Evenemententerrein Megaland) Landgraaf, Limburg, Netherlands
May 13, 1997
The Orb / Chemical Brothers

The Orb

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The Guvernment Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Show Duplicate for May 13, 1997
May 12, 1997
Chemical Brothers / The Orb House of Blues Boston Boston, Massachusetts, United States
May 04, 1997
Chemical Brothers / The Orb
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Henry J Kaiser Convention Center Oakland, California, United States

Photos from 1997 View All 1997 Photos

Lollapalooza 1997 on Jul 29, 1997 [251-small]

Lollapalooza 1997
Jul 29, 1997
 Bonner Springs, Kansas, United States
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The Orb / Chemical Brothers on May 13, 1997 [112-small]

The Orb / Chemical Brothers
May 13, 1997
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Reading Festival 1997 on Aug 22, 1997 [122-small]

Reading Festival 1997
Aug 22 - 24, 1997
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Pukkelpop '97 (Friday) on Aug 22, 1997 [739-small]

Pukkelpop '97 (Friday)
Aug 22, 1997
 Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
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Lollapalooza 1997 on Aug 12, 1997 [338-small]

Lollapalooza 1997
Aug 12, 1997
 George, Washington, United States
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Lollapalooza 1997 on Aug 12, 1997 [339-small]

Lollapalooza 1997
Aug 12, 1997
 George, Washington, United States
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Glastonbury Festival 1997 on Jun 27, 1997 [135-small]

Glastonbury Festival 1997
Jun 27 - 29, 1997
 Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
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Lollapalooza 1997 North America Tour on Aug 12, 1997 [018-small]

Lollapalooza 1997 North America Tour
Aug 12, 1997
 George, Washington, United States
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Lollapalooza 1997 North America Tour on Aug 12, 1997 [019-small]

Lollapalooza 1997 North America Tour
Aug 12, 1997
 George, Washington, United States
  Uploaded by Jeremy D'ambrosio

Genres:

Electronic
British
UK
Ambient
Electronica
English
Trip Hop
Chillout
J-Rock
IDM
Breakbeat
Intelligent Dance Music
J-Poprock
Chill Out
Ambient Techno
Ambient House
Ambient Dub
Japanese Indie Rock
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Latest Setlist (03/02/2024):

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  1. Blue Room
  2. Earth (Gaia)
  3. Towers of Dub
  4. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld
  5. One of These Days
  6. Little Fluffy Clouds

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 20 concerts
2023 16 concerts
2022 11 concerts
2021 11 concerts
2020 4 concerts
2019 12 concerts
2018 19 concerts
2017 6 concerts
2016 23 concerts
2015 43 concerts
2014 20 concerts
2013 29 concerts
2012 2 concerts
2011 6 concerts
2010 6 concerts
2009 26 concerts
2008 10 concerts
2007 1 concert
2006 10 concerts
2004 1 concert
2002 1 concert
2001 23 concerts
1998 1 concert
1997 25 concerts
1996 3 concerts
1995 10 concerts
1994 2 concerts
1993 7 concerts
1992 7 concerts
1991 5 concerts
1990 1 concert

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has The Orb had?

The Orb has had 361 concerts.

What genre is The Orb?

The Orb is most often considered to be Electronic, British, UK, Ambient, Electronica, English, Trip Hop, Chillout, J-Rock, IDM, Breakbeat, Intelligent Dance Music, J-Poprock, Chill Out, Ambient Techno, Ambient House, Ambient Dub, and Japanese Indie Rock.

When is the next The Orb concert?

The next The Orb concert is on May 09, 2024 at The Live Rooms in Chester, United Kingdom. The bands performing are: Dreadzone / The Orb.

When was the last The Orb concert?

The last The Orb concert was on April 13, 2024 at The Roadmender in Northampton, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: The Orb / Dreadzone.

What setlist does The Orb play live?

The songs that The Orb performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the March 02, 2024 concert at Kanteena in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom:

  1. Blue Room
  2. Earth (Gaia)
  3. Towers of Dub
  4. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld
  5. One of These Days
  6. Little Fluffy Clouds

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