The Sonics's 2008 Concert History

The Sonics are a garage rock band formed 1960 in Tacoma, Washington, United States, the band's original members were Gerry Roslie (vocals, piano, organ), Larry Parypa (guitar), Andy Parypa (bass), Rob Lind (saxophone) and Bob Bennett (drums). The band's loud, powerful sound is often considered to be extremely influential on the later psychedelic and punk genres.

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 31, 2008
The Sonics Paramount Theatre Seattle, Washington, United States
Sep 05, 2008
Azkena Rock Festival
"Azkena Rock Festival" / Ray Davies / The Sonics / Blind Melon / Hanoi Rocks / Danko Jones / Blue Cheer / The Quireboys / Viaje a 800 / Sorkun / Animal Alpha
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Azkena Rock Festival Grounds Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Sep 04, 2008 –
Sep 06, 2008
Azkena Rock Festival 2008
Blind Melon / Dinosaur Jr. / Los Lobos / The Lemonheads / The Jayhawks / John Cale / The Sonics / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Danko Jones / Radio Moscow / Orange Goblin / Hayseed Dixie / The BossHoss / Ray Davies / Blue Cheer / The Gutter Twins / Hanoi Rocks / Quireboys / Sex Pistols / Marky Ramone / Baby Woodrose / Yawning Man / Animal Alpha / Loaded / Lagartija Nick / Truly / Sex Museum / Viaje a 800 / Sorkun / The Royal Cream / Las Culebras Show all bands
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Recinto Mendizabala Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Aug 09, 2008
Oya Festival
"Oya Festival" / Bigbang (Norway) / Bryn Christopher / Lama / Lars Horntveth / Dark Meat / Johan Harstad / Silje Nes / The Night Marchers / Yeasayer / Ingrid Olava / Koppen / Janelle Monáe / Master Piece Of Cake / Pirate Love / Einar Stray / No Age / Buraka Som Sistema / The Sonics / Isis / Hanny / El Cuero / Cut Copy / Raga Rockers / Sunn O))) / Coltsfoot / The Urges / Ronni Rabalder / White Williams / Fitts For Fight / Claude VonStroke / David E. Sugar / Mental Overdrive Show all bands
Middelalderparken Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Aug 08, 2008
Way Out West Festival
"Way Out West Festival" / The Dodos / Franz Ferdinand / Dengue Fever / Sigur Rós / Okkervil River / Yeasayer / Broder Daniel / Buraka Som Sistema / Grinderman / Iron & Wine / Jose Gonzalez / Lightspeed Champion / Mando Diao / The National / Sonic Youth / The Sonics Show all bands
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Slottskogen Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Aug 07, 2008 –
Aug 09, 2008
Way Out West Festival 2008
Franz Ferdinand / The National / Neil Young / Iron & Wine / Fleet Foxes / Sigur Rós / Lykke Li / The Flaming Lips / José González / Kelis / N.E.R.D. / Yeasayer / Four Tet / Lil' Kim / Buzzcocks / Okkervil River / Caesars / The Dodos / Booka Shade / Mando Diao / fanfarlo / HEALTH / No Age / Grinderman / Sonic Youth / A Place To Bury Strangers / Kid Sister / Håkan Hellström / The Sonics / Holy Fuck / Joan As Police Woman / Louis XIV / The Bug / Buraka Som Sistema / Petter / Lightspeed Champion / Dengue Fever / Familjen / The Gutter Twins / Wildbirds & Peacedrums / Looptroop Rockers / Sahara Hotnights / Frida Hyvönen / Scott Matthew / Adam Tensta / The Mae Shi / Andreas Kleerup / Dust / Christian Kjellvander / DaPuntoBeat / Division of Laura Lee / Ingrid Olava / The Night Marchers / Silje Nes / Silverbullit / Dark Meat / I ARE DROID / Ikons / Chords / faca / Kool DJ Dust / A.Human / All Out Dubstep / The High Hats / Kenge Kenge / Henry Fiat's Open Sore / Broder Daniel / Park hotell / les Big Bird / Hederos/Hellberg / Kristofer Åström & Rainaways / Kool Dj Show all bands
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Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Aug 06, 2008 –
Aug 09, 2008
Øyafestivalen 2008
Diplo / The National / Iron & Wine / Fleet Foxes / Lykke Li / Sigur Rós / José González / Janelle Monáe / Metronomy / N.E.R.D. / Cut Copy / Mogwai / Yeasayer / A-Trak / Bigbang / My Bloody Valentine / The Whitest Boy Alive / Girl Talk / Boys Noize / Fat Freddy's Drop / The Presets / Ane Brun / Okkervil River / Clipse / The Dodos / Booka Shade / Jamie Lidell / Drive-By Truckers / Los Campesinos! / HEALTH / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Ida Maria / The Sword / The Notwist / Grinderman / No Age / Håkan Hellström / Dirty Pretty Things / Claude VonStroke / El Guincho / A Place To Bury Strangers / Lindstrøm / The Sonics / The Field / Sonic Youth / Holy Fuck / Mayhem / Kid Sister / Turbonegro / Buraka Som Sistema / Sunn O))) / Kaizers Orchestra / Lightspeed Champion / Dengue Fever / The Ocean / Casiokids / The Wave Pictures / Moddi / Telepathe / The Death Set / LA Riots / Konono n°1 / Grand Archives / The Mae Shi / Les Petits Pilous / Howl / Raga Rockers / Stella Mwangi / Keep of Kalessin / The Shining / Diskjokke / Strip Steve / Ingrid Olava / Isis / Coliseum / Animal Alpha / White Williams / Saviours / Thom Hell / Nisennenmondai / The Night Marchers / Pilooski / Lukestar / Rockettothesky / We / Subsonic / Grand Island / Luca C / Supersilent / Lama / Årabrot / Best Fwends / Silje Nes / Lars Horntveth / Jerry Bouthier / Elephant9 / The Urges / El Cuero / THE DiSCiPLiNES / Tommy Tokyo / Rumble in Rhodos / Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy / Dark Meat / Yoyoyo Acapulco / Noxagt / Gerilja / Haust / Pirate Love / Ingeborg Selnes / Sun O / Truls and the Trees / Sigh And Explode / Kung Fu Girls / Kenge Kenge / Original Silence / Master Piece Of Cake / Philippe Lalanne / Fitts For Fight / Tvang / go ahead drink drink / rampant dogs / Electric Lane / diskJokke Band / Tore Jazztobakk / iconoclastic / Roger Grsberg & the Anti-music Bonanza Show all bands
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Øyafestivalen 2008 Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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May 29, 2008 –
May 31, 2008
Primavera Sound Festival 2008
MGMT / Bon Iver / Vampire Weekend / Portishead / Cat Power / Animal Collective / Caribou / Explosions in the Sky / De La Soul / Deerhunter / Public Enemy / Rufus Wainwright / Kavinsky / Dinosaur Jr. / Devo / Dirty Projectors / Simian Mobile Disco / The Cribs / Apparat / Okkervil River / Clipse / The Go! Team / Atlas Sound / fanfarlo / HEALTH / British Sea Power / The Notwist / No Age / Why? / Bill Callahan / Man Man / Nick Lowe / Tindersticks / Menomena / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / El Guincho / The Swell Season / A Place To Bury Strangers / The Sonics / Voxtrot / Sebadoh / My Brightest Diamond / Holy Fuck / Fuck Buttons / Bob Mould / Midnight Juggernauts / Boris / Mount Eerie / The Felice Brothers / The Clientele / Bishop Allen / 808 state / Les Savy Fav / Ellen Allien / Russian Red / Shellac / Autolux / Dr. Octagon / Mission of Burma / The Rumble Strips / Buffalo Tom / Lightspeed Champion / Para One / Holly Golightly / OM / Port O'Brien / The Mary Onettes / The Lions / Surkin / Pissed Jeans / The Wave Pictures / Times New Viking / Throbbing Gristle / Tiefschwarz / Alan Braxe / Digital Mystikz / Young Marble Giants / Manel / Robert Hood / Scout Niblett / Six Organs of Admittance / Polvo / Kelley Stoltz / Edan / Model 500 / DJ Assault / DJ Funk / DM Stith / Messer Chups / Kinski / Enon / Malente / Matt Elliott / Prinzhorn Dance School / Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs / Shipping News / White Williams / David Thomas Broughton / Eric's Trip / The Devastations / Manos de Topo / Supermayer / Silver Jews / Thomas Brinkmann / Tachenko / Andy Votel / The Right Ons / Träd, Gräs och Stenar / Mi And L'au / MV & EE / Voice of the Seven Woods / Awesome Color / Extraperlo / SJ Esau / The Strange Death of Liberal England / la estrella de david / Tarantula / Graham / Madee / Bob Mould Band / Unchained / Guillamino / Apparat Band / Mary Weiss / Torpedo / It's Not Not / Scarlet's Well / Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt / fasenuova / El Hijo / Clint / El Chico Con La Espina En El Costado / The Marzipan Man / Vortice / DJ Supermarkt / Moho / Mv & Ee With the Golden Road / Morente And Lagartija Nick / Les Aus / Dj Shir Khan / Le Petit Ramon / Gentle Music Men / Subterranean Kids / april fool's day / Grande-Marlaska / Darren Hayman & Jack Hayter / Le pianc / The Missing Leech / Juan B / Abrevadero / Bélmez / La Orquesta Del Caballo Ganador / DjCoCo / Ary Weiss of the Shangri-las / Edan & MC Dagha / Tarntula / DJ De Mierda / Twin Kranes / Bèstia Ferida Show all bands
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Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Mar 21, 2008
The Sonics / The Jaybirds / The Good Time Charlies
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The Forum London, England, United Kingdom

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Azkena Rock 2008 on Sep 4, 2008 [370-small]

Azkena Rock 2008
Sep 4 - 6, 2008
 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has The Sonics had?

The Sonics has had 126 concerts.

What genre is The Sonics?

The Sonics is most often considered to be Rock, Punk, Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Garage, Classic Garage Rock, Punk Blues, Protopunk, Freakbeat, and Proto-Punk.

When is the next The Sonics concert?

The next The Sonics concert is on April 12, 2024 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California, United States. The bands performing are: The Sonics / Night Beats / The McCharmlys.

When was the last The Sonics concert?

The last The Sonics concert was on October 17, 2023 at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, England, United Kingdom.

What setlist does The Sonics play live?

The songs that The Sonics performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the February 04, 2018 concert at Lido in Berlin, Berlin, Germany:

  1. Cinderella
  2. Shot Down
  3. C'mon Everybody
  4. Sugaree
  5. Have Love, Will Travel
  6. Be a Woman
  7. Get in the Car
  8. You've Got Your Head on Backwards
  9. Lucille
  10. Louie Louie
  11. Boss Hoss
  12. I'm Going Home
  13. Money (That's What I Want)
  14. Keep A-Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)
  15. He's Waitin'
  16. Dirty Robber
  17. Psycho
  18. I Don't Need No Doctor
  19. Strychnine
  20. The Witch

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