The Rakes Concert History

The Rakes were a four piece indie rock band hailing from London. Releasing their debut album Capture/Release in 2005, The Rakes were the talk of the Reading and Leeds Festival after joining forces with indie elites such as Bloc Party and Maxïmo Park in the NME Tent.

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 24, 2009 –
Jun 28, 2009
Glastonbury Festival 2009
Calvin Harris / Lady Gaga / David Guetta / Black Eyed Peas / Bon Iver / Jason Mraz / The Script / Two Door Cinema Club / Bruce Springsteen / Florence + the Machine / Deadmau5 / Passion Pit / Franz Ferdinand / Lily Allen / Neil Young / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Blur / Fleet Foxes / The Temper Trap / Kasabian / Cold War Kids / Regina Spektor / Bloc Party / The Wombats / Marina / La Roux / The Prodigy / Paolo Nutini / Metric / Bombay Bicycle Club / Peter Bjorn and John / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Metronomy / Animal Collective / N.E.R.D / The Ting Tings / Dizzee Rascal / First Aid Kit / Pendulum / Chase & Status / Brand New / Eric Prydz / Four Tet / Echo & the Bunnymen / Madness / DJ Fresh / Q-Tip / Friendly Fires / The Streets / White Lies / Bat For Lashes / Wiley / Tom Jones / Doves / Jamie T / The Maccabees / Crosby, Stills & Nash / Mr. Scruff / Rusko / The Specials / Klaxons / Noah & The Whale / Jamie Cullum / The Dead Weather / Jon Hopkins / The Gaslight Anthem / Eagles of Death Metal / M. Ward / The Horrors / Maxïmo Park / Peaches / Enter Shikari / Emiliana Torrini / Badly Drawn Boy / Status Quo / Newton Faulkner / Mystery Jets / Jamie Woon / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Ladyhawke / Lamb / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band / Roots Manuva / Noisettes / Glasvegas / Little Boots / Mr Hudson / Crookers / Will Young / The Big Pink / Tinchy Stryder / The Boxer Rebellion / The Futureheads / Hudson Mohawke / Just Jack / Supergrass / Lisa Hannigan / Steel Pulse / The View / Joe Goddard / Jack Peñate / Dirty Vegas / Slow Club / The Magic Numbers / Amadou & Mariam / Gabriella Cilmi / Johnny Flynn / Chipmunk / Stereo MCs / Goldfish / The Virgins / Dan Black / Carl Cox / Crazy P / Sea Power / Imelda May / Easy Star All-Stars / Charlene Soraia / Jarvis Cocker / Tinariwen / Tindersticks / WhoMadeWho / Reverend and the Makers / The Puppini Sisters / Peter Doherty / DJ Khaled / The Low Anthem / Stornoway / Alela Diane / East 17 / Caspa / Pete Tong / Fucked Up / Baaba Maal / Hockey / V.V. Brown / Jamie Jones / Penguin Cafe Orchestra / The Outlaws / Art Brut / Dub FX / Playing for Change / Hybrid / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / The Rakes / Fairport Convention / Tunng / The Soft Pack / Horace Andy / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / Stanton Warriors / Hot 8 Brass Band / The Qemists / Ironik / Alex Metric / Dodgy / The Egg / We Have Band / The Invisible / Rye Rye / Emmy the Great / Amanda Blank / CHIEF / The Whip / Dreadzone / Alberta Cross / The Wonder Stuff / DJ Food / Layo & Bushwacka! / The King Blues / The Rumble Strips / Dub Pistols / Timo Maas / Scott Matthews / Frankmusik / Erol Alkan / Krafty Kuts / One eskimO / Manu Dibango / The Blackout / Beardyman / Chew Lips / Micachu / Slam / The Japanese Popstars / Rokia Traoré / Lack of Afro / Paul Woolford / 2manydjs (DJ Set) / Josh Wink / Teddy Thompson / Tony Christie / Robyn Hitchcock / Ben Taylor / Evil Nine / Spın̈al Tap / Far Too Loud / Ray Davies / Kate Walsh / Goldie Lookin Chain / Commix / The Nextmen / Lonnie Liston Smith / Seth Lakeman / Sohodolls / Gong / DJ Yoda / The Dynamics / Tommy Sparks / Wave Machines / Erik Truffaz / Tom Middleton / Crazy Penis / Beth Rowley / Terry Reid / The Correspondents / James Hunter / Adam Freeland / Banco de Gaia / Micachu & The Shapes / Speech Debelle / General Fiasco / Freeland / Beyond The Wizards Sleeve / Twisted Wheel / Peggy Sue / Zinc / Kap Bambino / Rolf Harris / Cosmonauts / Shitdisco / John Smith / ALTERN 8 / The Blockheads / Golden Silvers / Aquasky / The Broken Family Band / Fight Like Apes / Nathan Ball / Run / Broken Records / Kissy Sell Out / Woo / Eliza Carthy / Dave Seaman / Lúnasa / Nash / Esser / Lay Low / Alessi's Ark / Horse Meat Disco / Dr Meaker / Annie Mac / Linda Lewis / Raffertie / Cagedbaby / Filthy Dukes / Scratch Perverts / Ben Sims / Solas / Danny Howells / Emperor Machine / Ebony Bones! / Sacred Earth / The Shortwave Set / The Mummers / Zion Train / Stephanie McKay / Tristan / Boy Crisis / GoodBooks / Africa Express / The Undercover Hippy / Anita Blay / Peatbog Faeries / Jinx / Bap Kennedy / Hugh Cornwell / MysDiggi / The Kleptones / The Travelling Band / Baby Charles / The Lancashire Hotpots / Lazy Habits / Blue Roses / The Nightingales / Urban Knights / Circlesquare / Skream & Benga / Liz Green / Babel / The Lost Brothers / General Midi / Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong / Mad Dog Mcrea / Sweet Billy Pilgrim / The Hot Rats / Poets / Björn Again / Alyssa Bonagura / Burn the Negative / Beat Torrent / Sharon corr / SK Shlomo / John Otway / Mim Suleiman / Egypt 80 / Napt / Heartbreak / Warsaw Village Band / Rachael Dadd / MiSS B / Vagabond / Shitmat / Mark Olson & Gary Louris / Yes Sir Boss / Baskery / The Memory Band / Joe Driscoll / Iration Steppas / Vent / In Case of Fire / Baddies / Atomic Hooligan / Missill / 3 Daft Monkeys / Simon D / Elephants / Destroyers / The Gentle Good / Lee Mortimer / Hope and Social / Craig Charles / Babyhead / Steve Knightley / Official Secrets Act / Jodie Harsh / Deepgroove / MR B the Gentleman Rhymer / Colorama / Geezer / Pama International / Orkestra Del Sol / Disco of Doom / Infinite Scale / Team Waterpolo / Worm / Transformer / Guilty Pleasures / Morph / Smerins Anti-Social Club / John Fairhurst / The Martin Harley Band / Ichi / Rob da Bank / Theoretical Girl / ANS / Joe Gideon & The Shark / Quiver / Don Letts / Kapela Ze Wsi Warszawa / Speed Caravan / The Glitterati / Mirror System / The Capitol Years / Tayo / Richard Norris / Annie Nightingale / Nairobi / Bishi / Subsource / Chandra / Fists / Mik Artistiks Ego Trip / Formula / Sicknote / The Delegators / The Rockingbirds / Kilfenora Ceili Band / Synapse / Perceptions / Sean Taylor / Joolz / James Monro / Kid Blue / Urusen / Ruth Theodore / Heavy Load / Bays / Katy Carr / The Hand / The Bobby McGee's / Marcina Arnold / Atomic Drop / Astroboy / UnaBombers / Afghan Headspin / City Stereo / Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs / Leeroy Thornhill / Sweet Sweet Lies / Seize the Day / Rodney Branigan / Mal Webb / Bruise / Freefall Collective / Good Books / Yr Ods / Ben & Lex / Yoda / Pronghorn / Billy Nasty / Matthew Jonson / KAYS / Mr. Nice / Ed Chamberlain / Subgiant / Edward II / Spaceships Are Cool / Smash 'n' Grab / Gary Louris & Mark Olson / Swamp Donkey / Slips / Nathan Detroit / Gwibdaith Hen Frân / Outmode / Carnival Collective / Babajack / Pathaan / Deathray Trebuchay / Groove Diggerz / Maxfield / Kangaroo Moon / Snug / Liam Omaonlai / Tarantism / Mankala / The Communicators / Tony Benn / Adj / The Fontanas / Major Major / The Hit-Ups / Drunken Balordi / Ella Chi / Blackberry wood / Tom Real / Loonaloop / Carmina / Razzmattazz / Jamie Burke / Peyoti for President / Cosmic Disco / Heal the Last Stand / the mojo fins / Joe Hart / Sancho Panza / Greco Roman Soundsystem / No Crows / Warlords Of Pez / Pinknruby / The Kingsize Five / Evil Genius / MC Gaff E / merv / Dead Like Harry / Reso & Vent / Firas / Futureboogie / Long Notes / Little Ray / Whimwise / Young Athletes League / Planetman / Victor Menace / Giorgio Gatti / The Roots Union / Step 13 / Wheeler Street / Dogshow / Jim Masters / The Dhol Blasters / Planetman & the Internationalz / Eastroad / Ezra Bang & Hot Machine / Michael Cook / Cora Smyth / Fat 45 / bowjangles / Sugardrum / Deadsilence Syndicate / ADSORB / The Glitzy BagHags / Herne / Cut A Shine / Naked Nick / Bonar / The Mandibles / Kava Kava / Hedluv / Poppy and Friends / Madelaine Hart / Paul Arnold / Johnno Burgess / Cosmicorus / Susie Ro and Ayla / Demon Cabbage / Penfold Gate / DJ Bunjy / Al Cool and the Stranger Wines / Head Gardener / Hattie Hatstar / Peachy Farmer / Ccq / Who's Afear'd / Leo the Amateur / Edoardo Marvaso / The Boat Band / Killa Dilla / Appleblim & Al Tourettes / Janna Goodwille / DJ Chinaman / Wig Smith / Sub-Universe:. / Kate Lissauer / Nerm and D-code / Bourbon Warfare Djs / Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band / Africa Express Sound System / Hockey-smiths / DJ Dhr Robijn / Citystereo / Mark Robson and Friends / Sacred Earth - Music for Inner Peace / Weird Strings / 10 Ton Tongue / Heavenly Jukebox / Brothers Bab / The Rusticles / Sixpenny Wayke / Gringo Ska / Mellow Star / Maura Kincaid / The Cloghoppers / Dubblehead / Sonja Kristina Band / Marshall Hackett / Vladimir Steamboat / Bryony Marie Fry / Alexandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos / Novak 3d Disco / Dangerous Dinky / Clive Craske / Niccie Simpson / Diesel Dave / We Dont Play / Laura Marling / Glenn Tilbrook Show all bands
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Worthy Farm Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Jun 24, 2009
Jun 21, 2009
Southside Festival
"Southside Festival" / Social Distortion / Katy Perry / Portugal. The Man / The Mars Volta / Moby / Faith No More / The Horrors / No Use For A Name / The Wombats / Ska-P / The Rakes / Blood Red Shoes / Duffy / Kraftwerk / Auletta / Aviv Geffen / Frank Turner / Joshua Radin / Lykke Li / Get Well Soon Show all bands
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Take Off Park Neuhausen ob Eck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Jun 19, 2009 –
Jun 21, 2009
Southside Festival 2009
Katy Perry / Kings Of Leon / Florence + the Machine / Pixies / Franz Ferdinand / Moby / Lily Allen / Disturbed / Nine Inch Nails / Portugal. The Man / Fleet Foxes / Lykke Li / Keane / The Wombats / Paolo Nutini / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Ben Harper / The Ting Tings / Silversun Pickups / Editors / Duffy / Brand New / Faith No More / Friendly Fires / Kraftwerk / Joshua Radin / Social Distortion / The Gaslight Anthem / Frank Turner / Eagles of Death Metal / The Horrors / Gogol Bordello / The Dø / Less Than Jake / The Mars Volta / Anti-Flag / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Nneka / The Sounds / Just Jack / Blood Red Shoes / The Living End / Ska-P / Die Ärzte / Datarock / Culcha Candela / Eskimo Joe / Clueso / Fettes Brot / The Rakes / No Use For A Name / Johnossi / The Whip / Bosse / Get Well Soon / Dendemann / Friska Viljor / Lovedrug / Aviv Geffen / Tomte / Auletta / Karamelo Santo / Florence / The Alexandria Quartet / One Fine Day / Luis Und Laserpower / Anthony Zaro / State of Martial Law Show all bands
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Flugplatz Neuhausen ob Eck Neuhausen ob Eck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Show Duplicates for Jun 19, 2009
Jun 11, 2009 –
Jun 14, 2009
Isle of Wight Festival 2009
Calvin Harris / Mumford & Sons / The xx / The Script / Two Door Cinema Club / Pixies / Neil Young / The Prodigy / Paolo Nutini / Stereophonics / The Ting Tings / Pendulum / Simple Minds / Basement Jaxx / The Human League / White Lies / Razorlight / The Maccabees / Pixie Lott / The Zombies / The Horrors / Black Lips / McFly / Maxïmo Park / The Charlatans / Ladyhawke / Noisettes / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / The Freestylers / Bananarama / Will Young / The Pigeon Detectives / Starsailor / Ultravox / The View / Slow Club / Mercury Rev / Killing Joke / Alesha Dixon / Sneaky Sound System / Judy Collins / The Rakes / The Rifles / Beverley Knight / We Have Band / The Rumble Strips / Iglu & Hartly / Cicada / Goldie Lookin Chain / Eddi Reader / S.C.U.M / Golden Silvers / O. Children / The Australian Pink Floyd Show / Esser / Operators / Goldheart Assembly / Magistrates / The Yeah You's / Burn the Negative / Hatcham Social / Exlovers / The Magnets / The Rogues / Sharon corr / Magic Arm / Radioclit / Arno Carstens / Plugs / The Complete Stone Roses / Soft Toy Emergency / Jon Carter / Tayo / Jessie Evans / The Majority / Florence Rawlings / The Brilliant Things / Poppy And The Jezebels / The Arcadian Kicks / Dead Pixels / Mean Poppa Lean / Dance for Burgess / Substatic / Nick Grimshaw / Majortones / Gweido / King Meets Queen / Deborah Hodgson Show all bands
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Seaclose Park Isle Of Wight, England, United Kingdom
May 18, 2009
The Rakes
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Melkweg Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
May 17, 2009
The Rakes / I Heart Hiroshima Vera Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
May 15, 2009
The Rakes La Laiterie Strasbourg, Grand Est, France
May 14, 2009
The Rakes Le Grand Mix Tourcoing, Hauts-de-France, France
May 13, 2009
The Rakes
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Élysée Montmartre Paris, Île-de-France, France
May 12, 2009
The Rakes Le Bikini Toulouse, Occitanie, France
May 10, 2009
The Rakes Backstage Munich, Bavaria, Germany
May 08, 2009
The Rakes
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Posthof Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
May 06, 2009
The Rakes
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Abart Club Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
May 05, 2009
The Rakes Die Röhre Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
May 04, 2009
The Rakes Batschkapp Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
May 03, 2009
The Rakes
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Zakk Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
May 02, 2009
Polsslag 2009
Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Temper Trap / Dizzee Rascal / Chase & Status / A-Trak / Fever Ray / Noisettes / Crookers / Birdy Nam Nam / Booka Shade / Tiga / SebastiAn / Fischerspooner / Mr. Oizo / Delphic / Fake Blood / Peter Doherty / The Juan Maclean / The Von Bondies / The Rakes / Shearwater / De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig / Buck 65 / Housse de Racket / DJ Mehdi / Red Light Company / Stijn / Ed And Kim Show all bands
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Grenslandhallen Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Apr 29, 2009
The Rakes / Official Secrets Act KOKO London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 28, 2009
The Rakes / Sky Larkin / Official Secrets Act
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Rescue Rooms Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Apr 26, 2009
The Rakes / Official Secrets Act The Cluny Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

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Leeds Festival 2009 on Aug 28, 2009 [185-small]

Leeds Festival 2009
Aug 28 - 30, 2009
 Wetherby, England, United Kingdom
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Tracy Chapman / Editors / The Rakes / Amadou & Mariam on Jul 21, 2006 [961-small]

Tracy Chapman / Editors / The Rakes / Amadou & Mariam
Jul 21, 2006
 Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland
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Glastonbury Festival 2005 on Jun 24, 2005 [058-small]

Glastonbury Festival 2005
Jun 24 - 26, 2005
 Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
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The Rakes / The Young Knives on May 12, 2006 [435-small]

The Rakes / The Young Knives
May 12, 2006
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Franz Ferdinand / Editors / The Rakes on Nov 21, 2005 [557-small]

Franz Ferdinand / Editors / The Rakes
Nov 21, 2005
 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Reading Festival 2009 on Aug 28, 2009 [558-small]

Reading Festival 2009
Aug 28 - 30, 2009
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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T In The Park 2005 on Jul 9, 2005 [687-small]

T In The Park 2005
Jul 9 - 10, 2005
 Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Summer Sonic 2005 on Aug 13, 2005 [563-small]

Summer Sonic 2005
Aug 13 - 14, 2005
 Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has The Rakes had?

The Rakes has had 219 concerts.

What genre is The Rakes?

The Rakes is most often considered to be Rock, Indie, Indie Rock, British, Alternative Dance, New Rave, Dance-Punk, British Indie Rock, and UK Americana.

When was the last The Rakes concert?

The last The Rakes concert was on November 04, 2011 at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, California, United States. The bands that performed were: Mike Pinto / Insomnia / Cash the Kidd / Casta Nova / The Rakes / Chicowa / T-Dub & The Internationals.

What setlist does The Rakes play live?

The songs that The Rakes performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the October 16, 2009 concert at De Helling in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands:

  1. Strasbourg
  2. The Light From Your Mac
  3. The Woes of the Working Woman
  4. Retreat
  5. The World Was a Mess but His Hair Was Perfect
  6. Down With Moonlight
  7. 1989
  8. When Tom Cruise Cries
  9. Time to Stop Talking
  10. Chess
  11. Little Superstitions
  12. You're in It
  13. All Too Human
  14. Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)
  15. Binary Love
  16. Wish You Were Here
  17. 22 Grand Job
  18. Open Book
  19. We Danced Together

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