The Thing Concert History

The Thing is a Norwegian/Swedish jazz band, consisting of Mats Gustafsson (saxophones), Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten (double bass), and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums).

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 28, 2013 –
Dec 01, 2013
Le Guess Who? 2013
Yo La Tengo / Ólafur Arnalds / Neko Case / Ty Segall / The Black Angels / Destroyer / Damien Jurado / The Dodos / Mark Lanegan / Connan Mockasin / Oddisee / Oneohtrix Point Never / Thao & The Get Down Stay Down / Glasser / Hanni El Khatib / Crystal Stilts / Wooden Shjips / Braids / Fat White Family / Forest Swords / Metz / White Fence / Night Beats / Jacuzzi Boys / Laurel Halo / Califone / The Wytches / Emily Wells / No Joy / The Holydrug Couple / Hailu Mergia / Superhumanoids / Holly Herndon / James Pants / The Hidden Cameras / Moonface / Scout Niblett / Wampire / Edan / Linda Perhacs / Disappears / Douglas Dare / Föllakzoid / Daughn Gibson / TRAAMS / Vessel / Pharmakon / Alex Smoke / Duke Garwood / Matt Elliott / The Meridian Brothers / Cheap Time / zZz / Terakaft / Esmerine / Perera Elsewhere / Lonnie Holley / Will Samson / The Pharmacy / Visionist / Al Lover / Vex Ruffin / The Thing / Stellar OM Source / J.C. Satàn / Brokeback / Lower / MV & EE / Theo Verney / Piano Interrupted / Ed Askew Band / Le Guess Who / Jibóia / Roel / Jonathan Toubin / Wouter van Veldhoven / Total Heels / Mammane Sani / Daily Fire / Jij Band / Jacuzy Sunset / La Musique Electronique Du Niger Show all bands
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Le Guess Who? Festival Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 20, 2013
The Thing Blue Tomato Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Dec 03, 2010
The Thing / Splatter ABClub, Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Aug 02, 2009
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Fest.
"Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Fest." / Teedy Boutte / Enrico Pieranunzi / Courtney Pine / Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers / Ryan Kisor / Edith Budge / Dick Hyman / Chris Hopkins / Bernd Lhotsky / The Thing
Edinburgh Int'l Jazz & Blues Festival Grounds Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aug 01, 2009
Field Day 2009
Mumford & Sons / The xx / The Temper Trap / Santigold / First Aid Kit / Mogwai / Four Tet / Rusko / The Horrors / Jon Hopkins / Gold Panda / Wild Beasts / Mystery Jets / Little Boots / The Big Pink / Skream / fanfarlo / Delphic / Fake Blood / Aeroplane / King Charles / Daniel Avery / The Invisible / Final Fantasy / Erol Alkan / Toumani Diabaté / Fennesz / Juana Molina / Audion / Errors / Malcolm Middleton / James Yorkston / Micachu & The Shapes / S.C.U.M / Woodpigeon / Drums of Death / Plugs / The Thing / Wet Paint / worriedaboutsatan / Allez Allez / Sian Alice Group / T.E.E.D / JD Twitch / Gaggle / The Wild Geese / Drowned in Sound / Greco-Roman Soundsystem / Skull Juice / The Devil Made Me Do It / work it / Casper C / Aeroplane Djs / Crispin Dior / Eat Your Own Ears Djs / No Pain in Pop DJs Show all bands
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Victoria Park London London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 24, 2008 –
Jul 27, 2008
Secret Garden Party 2008
Mumford & Sons / Florence and the Machine / Cage The Elephant / Lykke Li / Ratatat / Metronomy / Zero 7 / Noah & The Whale / Morcheeba / Glasvegas / Ólafur Arnalds / Grace Jones / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Shout Out Louds / Anya Marina / Alphabeat / Fenech-Soler / The Shoes / Late of the Pier / The Whip / Alex Metric / The Little Ones / Baxter Dury / St. Etienne / Bonde do Rolê / Sons and Daughters / Operator Please / Wave Machines / Micachu / AutoKratz / Lucas / Infadels / Adam Freeland / Gentleman's Dub Club / Ali B / Fryars / Beans on Toast / The Correspondents / Z / Kissy Sell Out / Lowline / Esser / Punks Jump Up / The Shortwave Set / Lacrosse / Jay Jay Pistolet / Post War Years / Charlotte Hatherley / Thomas Tantrum / Julian Velard / Lazy Habits / Streetlife DJs / Primary 1 / Gabby Young / Pete Greenwood / Jeremy Warmsley / Losers / The Loose Salute / Sister / Brendan Campbell / Atomic Hooligan / The Thing / Izo FitzRoy / Alexander Wolfe / The Alps / The All New Adventures of Us / Absentee / The Brute Chorus / Denis Jones / Sunny Day Sets Fire / Eclectic Method / Envy & Other Sins / Kristoffer Ragnstam / Jimmy / Semifinalists / Thom Stone / Orphan Boy / Back to Basics / Shuffle / Evi Vine / Cass Lowe / Beep Seals / Elle s'appelle / Officer Kicks / Eddy Temple Morris / Sam Beer / Flying White Dots / Jonny Taylor / Innercity Pirates / Tallulah Rendall / The Winchell Riots / Feeling Gloomy / Human Beings / Bicycle Thieves / The Wallbirds / Big Hand / Hush the Many (Heed the Few) / We Used To Make Things / Eugene Francis Jnr & The Juniors / Mark Jones / Park Bench Poet / Sketchy / Rough Edge Quartet / Mozzy Green / Bad Science / L-Mo / MeMeMe / JUXTA / Paprika Balkanicus / Hush The Many / Ilana Lorraine / GIPSYDELICA / No Fakin' Djs / Lazenby / Rachel Taylor-beales / Ratty Rat Rat / Gadsens / Head Gardener / Grumm / The Glitzy Bag Hags / The Mordekkers / 2 Many Wedding Djs / Kinkane / Deep Mamboo / The Hoosers / Heavenly Jukebox / Brothers Bab / Man Make Music DJs / Chantel & the Bucovina Orchestra / Ciara Haider / Ben Bridgewater Show all bands
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Huntingdon Mill Hill Field Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Mar 09, 2007 –
Mar 10, 2007
Perspectives 2007
The Ex / The Thing / Joe Lally / The Skull Defekts / Evan Parker / Moha! / Marilyn Crispell / Huntsville / Lasse Marhaug / Yamantaka Eye / David Stackenäs / Michael Zerang / Strountes / Sekvens
Culturen Eskilstuna, Södermanland, Sweden
Jun 29, 2006 –
Jul 02, 2006
Roskilde Festival 2006
Kanye West / Arctic Monkeys / Guns N' Roses / Bob Dylan / The Strokes / Death Cab for Cutie / Phoenix / Franz Ferdinand / Sigur Rós / Justice / Diplo / Kaiser Chiefs / Placebo / Bullet for My Valentine / Deftones / Animal Collective / Tool / Pendulum / Wolfmother / Editors / The Raconteurs / Matisyahu / Scissor Sisters / Tech N9ne / Morrissey / Rufus Wainwright / Primal Scream / Four Tet / The Streets / Volbeat / A-Trak / Steve Angello / Roger Waters / Trivium / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Sebastian Ingrosso / Gogol Bordello / HIM / Immortal Technique / Opeth / Happy Mondays / Birdy Nam Nam / Jenny Lewis / Fat Freddy's Drop / Shout Out Louds / George Clinton / Soulwax / Pharoahe Monch / Tiga / Josh Rouse / Koop / Lady Sovereign / Martha Wainwright / Lagwagon / WHY? / Coldcut / dEUS / Étienne de Crécy / Seeed / Spank Rock / WhoMadeWho / Mad Caddies / Alex Gopher / Balkan Beat Box / Two Gallants / Kashmir / Front 242 / Ricardo Villalobos / 2manydjs (DJ Set) / Wir sind Helden / Kaizers Orchestra / Anoushka Shankar / L.O.C. / Marcelo D2 / The Watson Twins / George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic / Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins / Infadels / Jenny Wilson / Thåström / Veto / DJ Sneak / Bellowhead / Evergrey / Figurines / Ed Motta / Magtens Korridorer / Hyper / Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso / Spleen United / Amplifier / Dälek / Sergent Garcia / Serena-Maneesh / Ms. John Soda / Looptroop / Disco Ensemble / The Ex / Under Byen / Zdob și Zdub / Hatesphere / Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra / The Five Corners Quintet / Alva Noto And Ryuichi Sakamoto / Orange Blossom / Silver Jews / Burst / Tied And Tickled Trio / RØNIN / Kudu / Rumpistol / The Thing / Ba Cissoko / JR Ewing / Sterling / Jens Unmack / Steve Reid / DK7 / Cabruera / Pato / My Midnight Creeps / Annie Nightingale / Free Hole Negro / Nazarenes / 200 / Melk / Mercadonegro / Track 72 / Babar Luck / Ruben Ramos And The Mexican Revolution / Barra Head / KILLL / Natasja / Pellarin And Lenler / Bola 8 / Jens Umack / Cabrura / DJ Grazzhoppa's Dj Big Band / Rasmus Mbius / Planet Pendulum Show all bands
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Unknown venue Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Apr 26, 2006
Four Tet / Steve Reid / Silver Jews / The Thing Scala London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 11, 2004 –
Aug 14, 2004
Øya Festival 2004
Franz Ferdinand / Silver / Midnight Choir / Satyricon / Euroboys / Kings of Convenience / Wolf Parade / TV On the Radio / The Subs / Ane Brun / Madrugada / The Carburetors / Thulsa Doom / Hot Hot Heat / Cast / Silence The Foe / Death from Above 1979 / Bigbang / Robert Post / Ricochets / Moneybrother / Annie / Sissy Wish / The Shining / Black Debbath / Bobby Conn / Lukas Kasha / Stonegard / Delillos / MARY ME YOUNG / Velvet Revolver / The Streets / Serena-Maneesh / Datarock / Savoy / Magnet / Paperboys / The Polyphonic Spree / Julian Berntzen / The Thing / Gluecifer / Sonic Youth / Animal Alpha / Cloroform / Roots Manuva / Johndoe / The Magic Numbers / Philip / Air / Sons and Daughters / We / Thomas Dybdahl / Dinosaur Jr. / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Marthe Valle / Turbonegro / The Lemonheads / Hot Snakes / Saul Williams / The Unicorns / Mínus Show all bands
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Middelalderparken Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Nov 06, 1980
Buzzcocks / The Thing
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The Glasgow Apollo Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has The Thing had?

The Thing has had 71 concerts.

What genre is The Thing?

The Thing is most often considered to be Jazz, Avant-Garde, Free Jazz, Saxophone, Jazz And Blues, and Nashville Indie.

When is the next The Thing concert?

The next The Thing concert is on May 24, 2024 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The bands performing are: Ed Sheeran / Leon Bridges / Reneé Rapp / Young the Giant / Luke Hemmings / Tyler Childers / The Killers / Hozier / Megan Thee Stallion / The Revivalists / Lovejoy / JESSIE MURPH / David Kushner / Cannons / Beach Weather / Ric Wilson / Madi Diaz / Maris / Divine Sweater / Kieran Rhodes / Kei / JVK / Justin Clancy / The Wolff Sisters / Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB / Khrungabin / Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls / d4vd / Red Clay Strays / Tanner Usrey / Bad Rabbits / The Castellows / Motherfolk / Senseless Optimism / ToriTori / Ward Hayden & The Outliers / Paper Lady / Cakeswagg / Highwater Haulers / Chappell Roan / Blondshell / Royel Otis / The Heavy Heavy / Christone "Kingfish" Ingram / Francis of Delirium / stefan thev / The Thing / fleshwater / Zola Simone / Billy Dean Thomas / Tysk Tysk Task.

When was the last The Thing concert?

The last The Thing concert was on April 13, 2024 at Buffalo Iron Works in Buffalo, New York, United States.

What setlist does The Thing play live?

The songs that The Thing performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the June 19, 2016 concert at La Sala Rossa in Montréal, Québec, Canada:

  1. Make Me Smile
  2. So Much to Say, So Much to Give
  3. Anxiety's Moment
  4. West Virginia Fantasies
  5. Colour My World
  6. To Be Free
  7. Now More Than Ever

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