The Staple Singers Concert History

The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group from Chicago who signed their first professional contract in 1952. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914–2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (1934–2013), Pervis (1935-2021), Yvonne (1937-2018), and Mavis (b. 1939). They are best-remembered for their 1970s hits "Respect Yourself", "I'll Take You There", "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)", and "Let's Do It Again".

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 10, 2022 –
Nov 13, 2022
Le Guess Who? 2022
The Staple Singers / Injury Reserve / Goat / Zebra Katz / clipping. / Laurel Halo / Bohren & Der Club of Gore / Dry Cleaning / Abdullah Ibrahim / Billy Woods / Mica Levi / Jeff Parker / GNOD / Tone / Moor Mother / KOKOKO! / Oki / Slauson Malone 1 / Lex Amor / Nia Archives / Keiji Haino / Coby Sey / Les Filles de Illighadad / Horse Lords / Supersilent / Rats On Rafts / Derya Yildirim / Dreamcrusher / Mary Ocher / Master Musicians Of Jajouka / Divide And Dissolve / Patric Catani / Keeley Forsyth / Upsammy / Nappy Nina / Nkisi / Jana Rush / Hatis Noit / Exek / Myriam Gendron / Dos Monos / Habibi Funk / Mabe Fratti / Astrid Sonne / Romperayo / Son Rompe Pera / Marina Herlop / Hinako Omori / They Hate Change / Flore Laurentienne / Maria Reis / KUUNATIC / Maral / Coco Maria / Brother May / Muriel Grossmann / Kee Avil / Aho Ssan / Alpha Maid / Liv.e (US) / Lole Montoya / evicshen / Valentin Clastrier / Bohren & Der Club Of Gore (DE) / Liliane Chlela / Speakers Corner / Vik Sohonie / Holy Scum / turner williams jr / Bint7alal / Kaito Winse / Maėva Berthelot / Panda Bear & Sonic Boom / Alabaster dePlume / The Bug / África Negra / Max Cooper / EIGEN RISICO / Smote / The Brother Moves On / Wau Wau Collectif / Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids / Lucrecia Dalt / Cate Le Bon / Bolis Pupul & Charlotte Adigéry / Bar Italia / Personal Trainer (NL) / Zs / Eerie Wanda / Noori & His Dorpa Band / Sarathy Korwar / The Notwist Show all bands
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TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
May 02, 1997 –
May 04, 1997
Beale Street Music Festival 1997
Better Than Ezra / Bob Dylan / ZZ Top / Saliva / Cowboy Mouth / Barenaked Ladies / Blues Traveler / The Wallflowers / Cravin' Melon / Leftover Salmon / Jonny Lang / Los Lobos / Lonnie Brooks / War / Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Shawn Colvin / Boz Scaggs / luther allison / Coco Montoya / Rory Block / Grifters / Blind Mississippi Morris / Free World / Stir / R.L. Burnside / Johnny Copeland / Taj Mahal and Phantom Blues Band / The Staple Singers / Eric Gales Band / Garrison Starr / The Hazies / Jimmy Rogers / Big Daddy Kinsey / The Blue Birds / Pat Boyack And The Prowlers Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Sep 10, 1994
San Diego Street Scene 1994
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Buckwheat Zydeco / Buddy Guy / The Dirty Dozen Brass Band / General Public / George Clinton and the P Funk All Stars / The Brian Setzer Orchestra / All-4-One / Bo Dollis And The Wild Magnolias / Boukman Eksperyans / Bugs Henderson / Chaka Khan / Coco Montoya / Common Sense / Cracker / Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men / Guitar Shorty / Joe Lovano Quartet / Keb’ Mo’ / Mahlathini And The Mahotella Queens / Mar y Sol / Mario Grigorov / Morgan Heritage / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas / Richard Thompson / Rose Royce / Roy Hargrove quintet / Sheryl Crow / Sonny Simmons Quartet / Taj Mahal / Terry Evans / The Blazers / The Gap Band / The Kinsey Report / The Rugburns / The Staple Singers / War / Zap Mama Show all bands
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Gaslamp Quarter San Diego, California, United States
Jul 10, 1992 –
Jul 12, 1992
Brecker Brothers Band / Tuck & Patti / Chick Corea & Friends / Dianne Reeves Group / Van Dungen en Hoogendijk Quintet / Roy Hargrove quintet / Buddy Guy Blues Band / The Wynton Marsalis Septet / Yellowjackets / Courtney Pine Group / Roberta Flack ...
Brecker Brothers Band / Tuck & Patti / Chick Corea & Friends / Dianne Reeves Group / Van Dungen en Hoogendijk Quintet / Roy Hargrove quintet / Buddy Guy Blues Band / The Wynton Marsalis Septet / Yellowjackets / Courtney Pine Group / Roberta Flack / The Staple Singers / The Houdini’s / Count Basie Orchestra / Gerry Mulligan / Cab Calloway / Gladys Knight / Yusef Lateef / Albert King Blues Band / Rachelle Ferrell Show all bands
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World Forum Convention Center The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Aug 31, 1991 –
Sep 02, 1991
Bumbershoot 1991
Crowded House / Chris Isaak / Tony Bennett / Jimmy Cliff / B.B. King / Buddy Guy / Booker T. & The MG's / Indigo Girls / The Posies / The Staple Singers / Burning Spear / Duane Eddy / The Neville Brothers / Dirty Dozen Brass Band / branford marsalis / Charlie Musselwhite / Poncho Sanchez / Lovemongers / texas tornados / Marcia Ball / Allen Ginsberg / Roomful of Blues / Riders In the Sky / Dan Reed Network / Zachary Richard / clarence clemons / Kanda Bongo Man / laura nyro / Tracy Nelson / Shankar / Foday Musa Suso / Mouth Music / Najma / Terrance Simien and the Mallet Playboys / Batacumbele / I.K. Dairo & His Blue Spots / Etta James and the Roots Band / Ernesto Cardenal / Michael Doucet Avec Beausoleil / Carla Thomas & Eddie Floyd / Elayne Boosler / Otis Clay & the Chicago Fire Show all bands
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Seattle Center Seattle, Washington, United States
Aug 10, 1991 –
Aug 11, 1991
Newport Folk Festival 1991
John Hiatt / Judy Collins / Nanci Griffith / Richard Thompson / Shawn Colvin / The Staple Singers / Mary Chapin Carpenter / Luka Bloom / Cliff Eberhardt / Indigo Girls / Randy Newman / Suzanne Vega / John Prine / Kate and Anna McGarrigle / Bill Morrissey / Boozoo Chavis / Paul Geremia Show all bands
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Fort Adams State Park Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 10, 1991
Jul 20, 1973 –
Jul 21, 1973
Rocky Mountain Jazz Festival
Stevie Wonder / Ray Charles and Orchestra / Rahsaan Roland Kirk / Donny Hathaway / Gladys Knight & The Pips / The Staple Singers / Charles Mingus / Freddie Hubbard / B.B. King / Herbie Mann / David Newman
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Mile High Stadium Denver, Colorado, United States
Feb 19, 1971
The Bee Gees / The Staple Singers
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Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica, California, United States
Aug 06, 1970
Concert for Peace
Janis Joplin / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Johnny Winter / Steppenwolf / Pacific Gas & Electric / The James Gang / Richie Havens / Sha-Na-Na / Peter, Paul & Mary / Poco / The Staple Singers
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William A. Shea Municipal Stadium New York, New York, United States
Mar 22, 1970
The Band / The Staple Singers
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The Guthrie Theatre Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Oct 18, 1969
The Rascals / The Staple Singers
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Carnegie Hall New York, New York, United States
Aug 02, 1968 –
Aug 03, 1968
Big Brother And The Holding Company / Janis Joplin / The Staple Singers / Ten Years After
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Fillmore East New York, New York, United States

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The Rascals / The Staple Singers on Oct 18, 1969 [471-small]

The Rascals / The Staple Singers
Oct 18, 1969
 New York, New York, United States
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Big Brother And The Holding Company / Janis Joplin / The Staple Singers / Ten Years After on Aug 2, 1968 [440-small]

Big Brother And The Holding Company / Janis Joplin / The Staple Singers / Ten Years After
Aug 2 - 3, 1968
 New York, New York, United States
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Concert for Peace on Aug 6, 1970 [242-small]

Concert for Peace
Aug 6, 1970
 New York, New York, United States
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Big Brother And The Holding Company / Janis Joplin / The Staple Singers / Ten Years After on Aug 2, 1968 [048-small]

Big Brother And The Holding Company / Janis Joplin / The Staple Singers / Ten Years After
Aug 2 - 3, 1968
 New York, New York, United States
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The Bee Gees / The Staple Singers on Feb 19, 1971 [878-small]

The Bee Gees / The Staple Singers
Feb 19, 1971
 Santa Monica, California, United States
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Newport Folk Festival 1991 on Aug 10, 1991 [739-small]

Newport Folk Festival 1991
Aug 10 - 11, 1991
 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Rocky Mountain Jazz Festival on Jul 20, 1973 [306-small]

Rocky Mountain Jazz Festival
Jul 20 - 21, 1973
 Denver, Colorado, United States
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Rocky Mountain Jazz Festival on Jul 20, 1973 [307-small]

Rocky Mountain Jazz Festival
Jul 20 - 21, 1973
 Denver, Colorado, United States
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Newport Folk Festival 1991 on Aug 10, 1991 [811-small]

Newport Folk Festival 1991
Aug 10 - 11, 1991
 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Big Brother And The Holding Company / Janis Joplin / The Staple Singers / Ten Years After on Aug 2, 1968 [574-small]

Big Brother And The Holding Company / Janis Joplin / The Staple Singers / Ten Years After
Aug 2 - 3, 1968
 New York, New York, United States
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has The Staple Singers had?

The Staple Singers has had 12 concerts.

What genre is The Staple Singers?

The Staple Singers is most often considered to be Jazz, Soul, R&B, Funk, Quiet Storm, Classic Soul, Gospel, Rhythm And Blues, Southern Soul, Memphis Soul, Chicago Soul, and Stax.

When was the last The Staple Singers concert?

The last The Staple Singers concert was on November 10, 2022 at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. The bands that performed were: The Staple Singers / Injury Reserve / Goat / Zebra Katz / clipping. / Laurel Halo / Bohren & Der Club of Gore / Dry Cleaning / Abdullah Ibrahim / Billy Woods / Mica Levi / Jeff Parker / GNOD / Tone / Moor Mother / KOKOKO! / Oki / Slauson Malone 1 / Lex Amor / Nia Archives / Keiji Haino / Coby Sey / Les Filles de Illighadad / Horse Lords / Supersilent / Rats On Rafts / Derya Yildirim / Dreamcrusher / Mary Ocher / Master Musicians Of Jajouka / Divide And Dissolve / Patric Catani / Keeley Forsyth / Upsammy / Nappy Nina / Nkisi / Jana Rush / Hatis Noit / Exek / Myriam Gendron / Dos Monos / Habibi Funk / Mabe Fratti / Astrid Sonne / Romperayo / Son Rompe Pera / Marina Herlop / Hinako Omori / They Hate Change / Flore Laurentienne / Maria Reis / KUUNATIC / Maral / Coco Maria / Brother May / Muriel Grossmann / Kee Avil / Aho Ssan / Alpha Maid / Liv.e (US) / Lole Montoya / evicshen / Valentin Clastrier / Bohren & Der Club Of Gore (DE) / Liliane Chlela / Speakers Corner / Vik Sohonie / Holy Scum / turner williams jr / Bint7alal / Kaito Winse / Maėva Berthelot / Panda Bear & Sonic Boom / Alabaster dePlume / The Bug / África Negra / Max Cooper / EIGEN RISICO / Smote / The Brother Moves On / Wau Wau Collectif / Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids / Lucrecia Dalt / Cate Le Bon / Bolis Pupul & Charlotte Adigéry / Bar Italia / Personal Trainer (NL) / Zs / Eerie Wanda / Noori & His Dorpa Band / Sarathy Korwar / The Notwist.

What setlist does The Staple Singers play live?

The songs that The Staple Singers performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the August 02, 1968 concert at Fillmore East in New York, New York, United States:

  1. Samson and Delilah
  2. It's Gonna Rain
  3. Move Along Train

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