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 5)

Date Concert Venue Location
Mar 20, 2010
Broderick / The Mau Mau Chaplains / Major Lazer / Best Coast / Frank and Derol / Lady Danville / Still Time / Abe Vigoda / Empire Isis / Mishka / Subrosa Union / Voodoosouljahs / Deadly Dragon Sound / No Age / KIT / Total Abuse / Gun Outfit / Dipl...
Broderick / The Mau Mau Chaplains / Major Lazer / Best Coast / Frank and Derol / Lady Danville / Still Time / Abe Vigoda / Empire Isis / Mishka / Subrosa Union / Voodoosouljahs / Deadly Dragon Sound / No Age / KIT / Total Abuse / Gun Outfit / Diplo / The Very Best / Ninjasonik Show all bands
Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB-MACC) Austin, Texas, United States
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Mar 19, 2010
The Very Best / Fool's Gold / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Violent Soho / Lions Lions / Surfer Blood / We Are Scientists / Born Ruffians / Royal Bangs / Dan Black / Japandroids / Best Coast / Washed Out / Free Energy / Local Natives Fader Fort Austin, Texas, United States
Mar 18, 2010
SXSW
______ / Grandchildren / Moonrats / MEN / Hollywood Holt / Ninjasonik / Shout Out Out Out Out / The Very Best
Beauty Bar Backyard Austin, Texas, United States
Mar 17, 2010 –
Mar 21, 2010
SXSW 2010
Pase Rock / Muse / The Black Keys / The xx / Malente / Steve Poltz / Major Lazer / Native / Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter / Marques Toliver / Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights / Band of Horses / Intelligence / Gym Class Heroes / Fergus & Geronimo / Diplo / Trembling Bells / Miike Snow / Frankie Rose and the Outs / The Mantles / Metric / Local Natives / Parlovr / Woodhands / Forest City Lovers / Tommy Reilly / Guitar Shorty / Spoon / The Spring Standards / A Classic Education / Broken Bells / Waco Brothers / Marina and the Diamonds / Gemma Ray / Estelle / Toro Y Moi / The Drums / Delhi 2 Dublin / The Monarchs / Broken Social Scene / Justin Rutledge / Cheap Trick / Smoosh / Sleigh Bells / DJ Revolution / Radar Brothers / She & Him / Real Estate / Aa / Neon Indian / Deerhunter / Warpaint / Random Axe / The Glitch Mob / Rose Elinor Dougall / StereoHeroes / Francis / YelaWolf / Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. / Macy Gray / C-Mon & Kypski / Kingston / All Out / Frightened Rabbit / Slaraffenland / The Antlers / Motörhead / Sofia Talvik / Hole / Middle Finger Salute / Shout Out Out Out Out / The Uglysuit / The Geeks / Capsula / Grammatics / Acid Girls / We Are Scientists / Bruce Peninsula / Rogue Wave / Bad Pop / Jookabox / Paleo / Sharon Van Etten / Surfer Blood / Pattern Is Movement / Lissie / Everything Everything / Pink Nasty / The Crystal Method / Finale / The Rogues / Holy Ghost / Deer Tick / Julia Marcell / Fighting With Wire / Parlour Steps / Generationals / Carsick Cars / Ty Segall / You Say Party! / Bare Wires / Val Emmich / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Hey Colossus / YACHT / Japandroids / Ruste Juxx / Psalm One / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Best Fwends / Nakia / Billy Bragg / Freelance Whales / Dum Dum Girls / The Boxer Rebellion / White Denim / Adiam Dymott / Drive-By Truckers / Shit and Shine / Chris T-T / Smokey Robinson / The Walkmen / The Megaphonic Thrift / Fanfarlo / The Cool Kids / The View / Visqueen / Wolf Gang / A Shoreline Dream / Delorean / The Deaf / Dan Black / So What / Suzanna Choffel / Creature With the Atom Brain / Small Black / Jackie Oates / Mook / Venice Is Sinking / So Cow / La Dispute / The Chevelles / Twin Atlantic / Marco Polo & Torae / Kidz In Space / Todd / Efterklang / Eternia / Rock (of Heltah Skeltah) / Timber Timbre / Bajo Fondo Tango Club / Johnny Flynn / The Novas / Andrew W.K. / The Hounds Below / Paul Dano / Vander Lee / POP ETC / Halves / Here We Go Magic / Withered / Kria Brekkan / Ivan & Alyosha / Distant Relatives / The Beauties / Past Lives / Bliss N Eso / V.V. Brown / Profetas / My Dad Is Dead / Ferocious Few / Colin MacIntyre / Colin Gilmore / Man Man / Andy Pratt / Rey Fresco / Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! / Surrounded / Carolyn Mark / Soulico / The Ganjas / JJ / The Yellow Dogs / Jukebox the Ghost / WOOT / Mixtapes And Cellmates / P.K.14 / Electric Electric / Kid Sister / Mr Twin Sister / Nailpin / Miniature Tigers / Marty Willson-Piper / Bear In Heaven / Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now! / The Rural Alberta Advantage / TV Torso / Mandi Perkins / Please The Trees / Autumn Owls / Titus Andronicus / Simon Collins / Intimate Stranger / Sondre Lerche / Thunder Power / Team Facelift / Memory Tapes / Debayres / Gerald G / Steps / Videohippos / Holy Fuck / The Dead Sexy Inc. / Goober And The Peas / Avi Buffalo / Zlam Dunk / DJ Evil Dee / YellowFever / The 88 / San Saba County / Fenech-Soler / Serious Sam Barrett / Eisley / Two Star Symphony / Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea / Cut Chemist / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Daniel Francis Doyle / Maps & Atlases / Headdress / Sixteen Deluxe / Moxine / Chris Johnson / The Funeral Pyre / Plastic Crimewave Sound / Art vs Science / Canja Rave / Rebelle / WhoMadeWho / Julian Berntzen / Aly Tadros / Zona Tango / Touché Amoré / Red Mass / The Very Best / Lowood / Superchunk / M. Takara 3 / YaHoWha 13 / Caucus / 1001 Nights Orchestra / Kate Schutt / The River Raid / Class Actress / Contra Coup / The Peelies / The Soft Pack / Unni Løvlid / Balkan Beat Box / John Dear Mowing Club / Mariachi El Bronx / Maurice Kirya / Toolshed / Júlia Says / NiCad / Valerio Rinaldi / Jazz One / Mr Sicc / Miho Wada / Black Tide / Natalia Mallo / Michael Feinberg / DJ Car Stereo Wars / Adam Green / MegaRex / Jakob Dylan & Three Legs / The Danvilles / Samantha Is the Highway Girl / Kartick & Gotam / Maruosa / Daveman / Free Energy / Lab / Cokie the Clown / Moon Duo / maluka / Gong Myoung / One Night Only / Rob Bruce / Black / Dan Kreiger / Dawwes / Gwar / Karnivool / Seabear / 9th Wonder / Robert Francis / Mayer Hawthorne and The County / XV / Plants and Animals / Miss Li / And So I Watch You from Afar / Salem / Rye Rye / B-Real / Tobacco / Dâm-Funk / Good Shoes / The Invisible / Hauschka / Jason Collett / Rosi Golan / Diamond Rings / Nicole Atkins / Chew Lips / Kidz In the Hall / Karen Elson / Harlem / Stephen Jerzak / Dengue Fever / Cotton Jones / Casiokids / Caitlin Rose / Smif-N-Wessun / The Constellations / Suckers / Sean Price / Movits! / Those Darlins / Peter Wolf Crier / Holly Miranda / Law / Brahms / Hey Champ / Robyn Hitchcock / Trespassers William / Audra Mae / Mountain Man / The Pack A.D. / Wave Machines / Paul Dempsey / The Wave Pictures / Le Loup / Princeton / Quantic & His Combo Barbaro / Steel Train / Alpha Rev / Skyzoo / PVT / The Coathangers / The Muffs / Floating Action / Ha Ha Tonka / The Kissaway Trail / PJ Morton / Apostle of Hustle / Japanther / David Dallas / The Moondoggies / Riverboat Gamblers / Scanners / DJ Spooky / Street Sweeper Social Club / The Middle East / I Fight Dragons / The Daylights / Speak / Solid Gold / Stars of Track and Field / Darker My Love / Ólöf Arnalds / Let's Wrestle / Smoke Fairies / The Black Atlantic / Dappled Cities / Jesse Woods / Volovan / Turbo Fruits / Broken Records / Giulia y Los Tellarini / The Jim Jones Revue / Dosh / Banda de Turistas / DM Stith / Darren Hanlon / Break of Reality / Dbs / Mickey Factz / The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger / Broadway Calls / The Pines / Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / Uncle Lucius / Mumiy Troll / Casxio / Buckshot / We Are Wolves / Michael Monroe / Arms / Diplomats Of Solid Sound / Young Prisms / Serena-Maneesh / Nick Catchdubs / The Brunettes / Jackie Chain / Sabrina Starke / Brisa Roché / Broadcast 2000 / Boom Boom Satellites Show all bands
  Setlists
Unknown venue Austin, Texas, United States
Mar 16, 2010
The Very Best Bottom Lounge Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mar 14, 2010
The Very Best Rock and Roll Hotel Washington, D.C., United States
Mar 13, 2010
The Very Best Paparazzi Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Feb 09, 2010
St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
"St. Jerome's Laneway Festival" / Florence + the Machine / Echo & the Bunnymen / Daniel Johnston / Eddy Current Suppression Ring / Mumford & Sons / The xx / N.A.S.A. / Bridezilla / Dappled Cities / Hockey / The Middle East / Seekae / The Very Best / Radioclit / Wild Beasts Show all bands
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Sydney College Of Arts Rozelle, South Australia, Australia
Feb 08, 2010
St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
"St. Jerome's Laneway Festival" / Florence + the Machine / Echo & the Bunnymen / Daniel Johnston / Eddie Current Suppression Ring / Mumford & Sons / The xx / Bridezilla / Dappled Cities / N.A.S.A. / Hockey / Sarah Blasko / The Middle East / The Black Lips / Kid Sam / The Very Best / Whitley / Radioclit Show all bands
Fowler's Live Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Feb 06, 2010
St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
"St. Jerome's Laneway Festival" / The Black Lips / Dappled Cities / Echo & the Bunnymen / Eddie Current Suppression Ring / Florence + the Machine / Hockey / Kid Sam / N.A.S.A. / Sarah Blasko / The Middle East / The Very Best / The xx / Whitley / Mumford & Sons / Radioclit / Wild Beasts / Boys Boys Boys! / Kill Teen Angst / Pond / Voltaire Twins / Tomas Ford Show all bands
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Cultural Centre Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Jan 31, 2010
St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
"St. Jerome's Laneway Festival" / The Black Lips / Dappled Cities / Echo & the Bunnymen / Eddie Current Suppression Ring / Florence + the Machine / Hockey / Kid Sam / N.A.S.A. / Sarah Blasko / The Middle East / The Very Best / The xx / Whitley / Mumford & Sons / Radioclit / Wild Beasts / Daniel Johnston Show all bands
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University Of Sydney Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Jan 30, 2010
St Jerome's Laneway Festival 2010
Mumford & Sons / Florence and the Machine / Black Lips / Frightened Rabbit / Wild Beasts / N.A.S.A. / Midnight Juggernauts / Daniel Johnston / Sarah Blasko / The Very Best / Black Gold / Dirty Three / Oh Mercy / The Middle East / Philadelphia Grand Jury / Dappled Cities / Eddy Current Suppression Ring / The Frowning Clouds / Kid Sam / Florence / Bridezilla / Teeth & Tongue / Panel Of Judges / Mark Barrage Show all bands
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Footscray Community Arts Centre Footscray, Victoria, Australia
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Jan 29, 2010
St. Jerome's Laneway Festival
"St. Jerome's Laneway Festival" / Florence + the Machine / Echo & the Bunnymen / Daniel Johnston / Eddie Current Suppression Ring / Mumford & Sons / The xx / N.A.S.A. / The Black Lips / Dappled Cities / Sarah Blasko / Hockey / The Middle East / Kid Sam / The Very Best / Whitley / Wild Beasts / Philadelphia Grand Jury / Radioclit Show all bands
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Alexandria Street Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Dec 11, 2009
The Very Best Debaser Medis Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Dec 07, 2009
The Very Best Uebel & Gefährlich Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Dec 04, 2009
The Very Best Cargo London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 28, 2009
Le Guess Who
"Le Guess Who" / The Dodos / Wild Beasts / The Very Best / Megafaun / Poirier / MC ZULU / Crystal Fighters
Tivoli Oudegracht Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 27, 2009
The Very Best L'Usine / PTR Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Nov 26, 2009
The Field / The Tragically Hip / The Dodos / William Fitzsimmons / Six Organs of Admittance / Micah P. Hinson / Patrick Watson / A Place To Bury Strangers / B. Fleischmann / Deer Tick / Fucked Up / Bibio / Wavves / Wild Beasts / Evan Dando / Ghisl...
The Field / The Tragically Hip / The Dodos / William Fitzsimmons / Six Organs of Admittance / Micah P. Hinson / Patrick Watson / A Place To Bury Strangers / B. Fleischmann / Deer Tick / Fucked Up / Bibio / Wavves / Wild Beasts / Evan Dando / Ghislain Poirier / Basia Bulat / Jason Molina / Early Day Miners / F.s. Blumm / The Shaky Hands / Lightning Dust / The Very Best / The Cave Singers / Cryptacize / Crystal Fighters / Dorian Concept / Megafaun / Aa / Will Johnson / Alexander Tucker / Huoratron / Audiotransparent / Chris Brokaw / Nice Nice / Staff Benda Bilili / Tweak Bird / Gala Drop / Ryland Bouchard / Birthday Suits / Male Bonding / TV Buddhas / Saint Alvia / Tony Dekker / Thus Owls / Patrick Watson & the Wooden Arms / Moon & Sun Show all bands
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Tivoli Oudegracht Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Nov 03, 2009
The Very Best Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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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
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