The Roots Concert History

The Roots, also known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Square Roots and The Foundation, is an influential, Grammy winning hip hop group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation. Inspired by the "hip-hop band" concept pioneered by Stetsasonic, the Roots themselves have garnered critical acclaim and influenced later hip-hop and R&B acts.

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The Roots Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 92)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 29, 1995 –
Jul 02, 1995
Roskilde Festival 1995
The Cure / Weezer / Bob Dylan / Blur / Van Halen / The Chemical Brothers / The Prodigy / Sheryl Crow / The Roots / The Cardigans / PJ Harvey / Ben Harper / Elvis Costello / The Black Crowes / NOFX / Belly / Michael Franti & Spearhead / War / Tricky / Suede / Testament / George Thorogood & The Destroyers / Soul Asylum / G. Love & Special Sauce / Morphine / Neneh Cherry / Millencolin / Aaron Neville / Urge Overkill / Veruca Salt / Silverchair / Incognito / Napalm Death / Ice-T / dEUS / R.E.M. / Shed Seven / Goldie / Craig Mack / Body Count / Soul Coughing / Bunny Wailer / Dick Dale / The Selecter / D-A-D / Sick of It All / Fluke / Gravediggaz / Biohazard / Dreadzone / Debbie Harry / The Saw Doctors / Gene / Echobelly / Tiamat / Slash's Snakepit / Gil Scott-Heron / Cathedral / Jimmy Page & Robert Plant / Shihad / Pretty Maids / Freak Power / Lisa Germano / Boredoms / Dizzy Mizz Lizzy / Capercaillie / Freedy Johnston / The Young Gods / Shinehead / downset. / Whale / Eat Static / Mikael Wiehe / Freak Kitchen / Kenny Larkin / Love Shop / Renegade Soundwave / The Mutton Birds / jason and the scorchers / Seigmen / The Aloof / Jeff Buckley / Sigurd Barrett / Johnny Madsen / Di Leva / Velvet Crush / Psyched Up Janis / Shootyz Groove / Little Annie / Fun-Da-Mental / These Animal Men / Les Tambours du Bronx / Koxbox / Armageddon Dildos / Katell Keineg / Marxman / The Brandos / Caspar Brötzmann Massaker / Konkhra / Inside the Whale / Hotel Hunger / Highlights / Shane MacGowan & The Popes / Sanne / Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia / Cords / The Source Experience / Strawberry Slaughterhouse / Annie Anxiety / Weld / Velvet Belly / Prophets Of Da City / Bagg / Savage Affair / Sume / Spacehead / Urban Turban / Centuras / Denyse Plummer / Urd / Massive Attack Sound System / Grant McLennan / Les Hommes Qui Wear Espandrillos / Odd Gallery / High Lights / Schwarzwald Library / Scott Maddox / Bob Kerr Show all bands
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Roskilde Festival 1995 Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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May 29, 1995
Beastie Boys / The Roots / Bad Brains

Quadraphonic Tour

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Kitsap County Fairgrounds & Events Center Bremerton, Washington, United States
Show Duplicate for May 29, 1995
May 27, 1995
The Roots / Filibuster / Atomic Dogma Cattle Club Sacramento, California, United States
May 19, 1995
The Roots Patriot Center Fairfax, Virginia, United States
May 13, 1995
Beastie Boys / The Roots / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
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Patriot Center, George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia, United States
May 12, 1995
Beastie Boys / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / The Roots
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Worcester Centrum Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
May 11, 1995
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / The Roots / Beastie Boys
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Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale, New York, United States
May 10, 1995
The Beastie Boys / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / The Roots
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Civic Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
May 08, 1995
Blues Explosion / Beastie Boys / The Roots

The Beastie Boys

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Omni Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Show Duplicate for May 08, 1995
May 07, 1995
The Roots

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
May 06, 1995
The Roots The Summit Houston, Texas, United States
May 05, 1995
Beastie Boys / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / The Roots Fair Park Coliseum Dallas, Texas, United States
May 04, 1995
The Roots Fair Park Coliseum Dallas, Texas, United States
May 03, 1995
Beastie Boys / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / The Roots
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Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri, United States
May 01, 1995
The Roots Denver Coliseum Denver, Colorado, United States
Apr 30, 1995
Beastie Boys / The Roots / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Beastie Boys

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The Great Saltair Magna, Utah, United States
Apr 28, 1995
The Roots Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara, California, United States
Apr 25, 1995
The Roots Richard's on Richards Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Apr 24, 1995
The Roots
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RKCNDY Seattle, Washington, United States
Apr 23, 1995
Sonic Youth / The Roots / the samples / George Clinton
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University Of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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 Napa, California, United States
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Rock im Park 2004 on Jun 4, 2004 [066-small]

Rock im Park 2004
Jun 4 - 6, 2004
 Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
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Rock am Ring 2004
Jun 4 - 6, 2004
 Nürburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
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 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Apr 30, 2005
 Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Genres:

Hip Hop
Rap
Soul
Southern Hip Hop
East Coast Hip Hop
Hardcore Hip Hop
Alternative Hip Hop
Gangster Rap
Jazz Rap
Conscious Hip Hop
Political Hip Hop
Philly Rap
Alternative Rap
UK Reggae
Dub Poetry
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 22 concerts
2025 45 concerts
2024 44 concerts
2023 51 concerts
2022 29 concerts
2021 14 concerts
2020 9 concerts
2019 39 concerts
2018 39 concerts
2017 45 concerts
2016 46 concerts
2015 42 concerts
2014 40 concerts
2013 40 concerts
2012 59 concerts
2011 48 concerts
2010 71 concerts
2009 93 concerts
2008 153 concerts
2007 137 concerts
2006 85 concerts
2005 80 concerts
2004 93 concerts
2003 126 concerts
2002 55 concerts
2001 40 concerts
2000 45 concerts
1999 91 concerts
1998 17 concerts
1997 70 concerts
1996 28 concerts
1995 44 concerts
1994 6 concerts
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