The Very Best Concert History

Esau Mwamwaya was born in Mzuzu, Malawi in southeast Africa. He grew up in the capital, Lilongwe, where he played drums in various bands such as Masaka Band. He was a good friend of the legendary Evison Matafale and they played together for several years before Matafale was killed in Malawi police custody in 2003.

The Very Best Tours & Concerts (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 16, 2015
The Very Best The Outland Ballroom Springfield, Missouri, United States
Jun 14, 2015
Bonnaroo 2015
Billy Joel / Robert Plant / Caribou / Freddie Gibbs & Madlib / MØ / The Very Best / Abigail Washburn & Béla Fleck / Shabazz Palaces / Hurray for the Riff Raff / Pokey LaFarge
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Jun 12, 2015
"Northside Festival" / The Very Best / Heems

Northside Festival

McCarren Park New York, New York, United States
Jun 11, 2015 –
Jun 14, 2015
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2015
Billy Joel / Mumford & Sons / Deadmau5 / Kendrick Lamar / Florence and the Machine / Robert Plant and the Sensational Spaceshifters / My Morning Jacket / BASSNECTAR / Alabama Shakes / Childish Gambino / Flume / Hozier / D'Angelo and The Vanguard / Slayer / Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals / Belle and Sebastian / Spoon / The War on Drugs / STS9 / Ben Folds with yMusic / Atmosphere / Atomic Bomb! Who Is William Onyeabor? / Tears For Fears / Brandi Carlile / Twenty One Pilots / Flying Lotus / Earth Wind and Fire / Caribou / Gary Clark Jr. / SBTRKT / Kacey Musgraves / Punch Brothers / Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood / Tove Lo / ODESZA / Run the Jewels / Dawes / G-Eazy / Tycho / Trampled by Turtles / Sturgill Simpson / Moon Taxi / AWOLNATION / Sylvan Esso / Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn / Guster / Jamie xx / Against Me! / SOJA / Jerry Douglas Presents Earls of Leicester / Bleachers / Rudimental / Mac DeMarco / The Very Best / Freddie Gibbs & Madlib / Shakey Graves / Shabazz Palaces / Gramatik / M0 / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Jungle / Benjamin Booker / Houndmouth / The Growlers / Glass Animals / SZA / Courtney Barnett / Rhiannon Giddens / Royal Blood / Tanya Tagaq / Woods / Hurray for the Riff Raff / Iceage / Temples / Between The Buried And Me / Rustie / Ryn Weaver / Dopapod / Pokey LaFarge / Priory / Bahamas / Strand of Oaks / Phox / Gregory Alan Isakov / Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath / The Districts / Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear / DMA'S / Catfish and the Bottlemen / Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen / Pallbearer / Songhoy Blues / Dej Loaf / Christopher Denny / Hiss Golden Messenger / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas / Unlocking the Truth / New Breed Brass Band / Rubblebucket / Bear's Den / Raury / Little May / Parlour Tricks / MATOMA / alex funk / Attom / Childish Major / DJ ascension / DJ Logic / DJ Prince Hakim / Dominic Minix / efeld / Eureka the Butcher / Full Service Party / klu / Manatee Commune / Mike Gao / Motion Potion / Quickie Mart / Roger Sellers / shady p / the unsheathed / Tiki Disco / A Thousand Horses / All Them Witches / Basecamp / BC Camplight / Betty Who / Boy Named Banjo / Broncho / Chrome Pony / Clear Plastic Masks / Dark Waves / De Lux / Elle King / Falls / Fruition / Future Unlimited / Gabriel Garzón-Montano / Grey Season / Highly Suspect / hudson k / Imam Baildi / Jesse Terry / Kaleo / Kandace Springs / Kevin Garrett / Knox Hamilton / Mick Jenkins / Mini Mansions / The Mispers / Nothing More / Phoebe Ryan / Smooth Hound Smith / Sol Cat / Son Little / the d0 / The Wind and the Wave / Tor Miller / Twiddle / Wild Adriatic / X Ambassadors / Ximena Sariñana Show all bands
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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 11, 2015
Jun 10, 2015
The Very Best Rock and Roll Hotel Washington, D.C., United States
Jun 09, 2015
The Very Best Underground Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jun 07, 2015
The Very Best The Middle East - Sonia Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 05, 2015 –
Jun 06, 2015
Gentlemen Of The Road Stopover 2015
The Flaming Lips / The Vaccines / The Very Best / Alabama Shakes / Blake Mills / Dawes / Jenny Lewis / PigPen Theatre Co. / The Maccabees / Little May / Mumford & Sons / JEFF the Brotherhood
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Seaside Heights Beach Seaside Heights, New Jersey, United States
Jun 04, 2015
The Very Best Jay Pritzker Pavilion Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 05, 2013
The Very Best / Bombay Bicycle Club / Cosmo Sheldrake

A Different Kind Of Fix

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Islington Assembly Hall London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 14, 2013
The Presets / Antwon / Brooke Candy / Pictureplane / Major Lazer / A-Trak / Flosstradamus / Andrew W.K. / Wavves / Baauer / Dillon Francis / Hundred Waters / Icona Pop / RL Grime / TOKiMONSTA / Riff Raff / BloodPop® / Trash Talk / Ioanna Gika / Ze...
The Presets / Antwon / Brooke Candy / Pictureplane / Major Lazer / A-Trak / Flosstradamus / Andrew W.K. / Wavves / Baauer / Dillon Francis / Hundred Waters / Icona Pop / RL Grime / TOKiMONSTA / Riff Raff / BloodPop® / Trash Talk / Ioanna Gika / Zebra Katz / Ryan Hemsworth / MellowHype / Earl Sweatshirt / Kitten Party / Oliver / Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross / UZ / The Very Best / !!! (Chk Chk Chk) / Why? / Classixx / Mykki Blanco Show all bands
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Emo's Austin Austin, Texas, United States
Dec 06, 2012 –
Dec 08, 2012
Vodafone Mexefest 2012
alt-J / Michael Kiwanuka / Django Django / Little Boots / Efterklang / The 2 Bears / The Very Best / Escort / Light Asylum / Noiserv / Trus'Me / Madrid / Gala Drop / Brass Wires Orchestra / The Soaked Lamb / Os Quais / Petite Noire / Nicotine's Orchestra Show all bands
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Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Sep 08, 2012
The Africa Express 2012
The Temper Trap / Charli XCX / Nicolas Jaar / Damon Albarn / Nneka / Baaba Maal / The Very Best / Toumani Diabaté / Carl Barât / Spoek Mathambo / Manifest / Africa Express / Jack Steadman / Afel Bocoum / Krar Collective / John McClure
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Granary Square London, England, United Kingdom
Aug 28, 2012
The Very Best The Casbah San Diego, California, United States
Aug 27, 2012
The Very Best Echoplex Los Angeles, California, United States
Aug 25, 2012
Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
HAIM / Mumford & Sons / The Very Best / Gogol Bordello / Two Gallants / Grouplove / The Apache Relay
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Monterey County Fair & Event Center Monterey, California, United States
Aug 24, 2012
The Very Best Mezzanine San Francisco, California, United States
Aug 23, 2012
The Very Best Holocene Portland, Oregon, United States
Aug 22, 2012
The Very Best The Crocodile Seattle, Washington, United States
Aug 20, 2012
The Very Best Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado, United States

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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Latitude Festival 2017
Jul 13 - 16, 2017
 Southwold, England, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Electronic
Dance
World
Afropop
African

Latest Setlist (07/31/2015):

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  1. + Winston Marshall & Ben Lovett; live debut
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Concerts Per Year:

2017 3 concerts
2016 7 concerts
2015 19 concerts
2013 2 concerts
2012 18 concerts
2010 44 concerts
2009 19 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has The Very Best had?

The Very Best has had 112 concerts.

What genre is The Very Best?

The Very Best is most often considered to be Electronic, Dance, World, Afropop, and African.

When was the last The Very Best concert?

The last The Very Best concert was on July 16, 2017 at Marlay Park in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. The bands that performed were: Mumford & Sons / Baaba Maal / Leon Bridges / Jack Garratt / Glass Animals / Milky Chance / JP Cooper / Jorja Smith / HVOB / Karen Elson / Lucy Rose / The Very Best / Gill Landry / Áine Cahill / Her / Rex Orange County.

What setlist does The Very Best play live?

The songs that The Very Best performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the July 31, 2015 concert at Unknown venue in Inverness, UK:

  1. + Winston Marshall & Ben Lovett; live debut
  2. {"url"=>"https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/ted-dwane-63deca83.html", "mbid"=>"62c80a8f-9589-436e-b04f-f2cfa539ba97", "name"=>"Ted Dwane", "sortName"=>"Dwane, Ted"}

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