The Very Best's 2009 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 had 19 concerts in 2009

Date Concert Venue Location
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
Nov 02, 2009
The Very Best DC9 Nightclub Washington, D.C., United States
Nov 01, 2009
The Very Best Great Scott Allston, Massachusetts, United States
Oct 24, 2009
Kid Sister / The Very Best / Flosstradamus Echoplex Los Angeles, California, United States
Oct 21, 2009
CMJ Music Marathon
"CMJ Music Marathon" / The Very Best / NOW Ensemble / Julia Wolfe / Darcy James Argue's Secret Society / Grandchildren / Ninjasonik / Violens
Le Poisson Rouge New York, New York, United States
Oct 20, 2009 –
Oct 24, 2009
CMJ Music Marathon 2009
Mumford & Sons / Pitbull / The xx / The Temper Trap / Zac Brown Band / Portugal. The Man / Local Natives / Toro Y Moi / First Aid Kit / Chiddy Bang / Warpaint / Laura Marling / Dada Life / The Antlers / Saint Motel / Patrick Watson / Generationals / Deer Tick / Japandroids / Vertical Horizon / Darwin Deez / Sister Hazel / Dum Dum Girls / Atlas Sound / Slow Club / Timber Timbre / múm / Bear Hands / Twin Atlantic / Every Avenue / School of Seven Bells / Broadcast / J Dash / Jeffree Star / The Foreign Exchange / Hockey / Body Language / Wallpaper / Midnight Juggernauts / The Budos Band / Saul Williams / The Very Best / Cymbals Eat Guitars / The White Tie Affair / Anamanaguchi / Danger / Diane Birch / JEFF the Brotherhood / Choir of Young Believers / Alex Gopher / The Trashmen / Free Energy / Lia Ices / Fool's Gold / Rubblebucket / Savoir Adore / The Spinto Band / U-God / PAPA / Harlem / Lost In The Trees / Das Racist / Javelin / Owen / Break Science / French Horn Rebellion / Pete and The Pirates / The Dig / Zeus / Teenage Bottlerocket / Screaming Females / Dent May / Suckers / The Pack A.D. / Ambulance LTD / Eoto / Crystal Antlers / Eyehategod / Toby Lightman / Helado Negro / Pissed Jeans / Goatwhore / Hollerado / Pig Destroyer / The High Strung / Natural Child / Princeton / Vega / Male Bonding / Tommie Sunshine / Floating Action / ZaZa / Headlights / U.S. Royalty / The Postelles / Speech Debelle / Telepathe / Superdrag / Malajube / Takka Takka / JBM / DJ Z-Trip / Sean Bones / Trouble Andrew / Obits / The Depreciation Guild / Golden Silvers / Jupiter One / Let's Wrestle / LA Riots / April Smith and the Great Picture Show / Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds / Immaculate Machine / Sonya Kitchell / Ian Axel / Man Like Me / Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad / Rain Machine / Home Video / Holiday Shores / Aloha / Cobra Skulls / Adam Tensta / Rumspringa / The So So Glos / Wild Light / Joey Cape / Ninjasonik / Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson / Dolorean / So Many Wizards / Casino Versus Japan / We Are Wolves / Leslie Mendelson / Black Taxi / Margaret Cho / Alec Ounsworth / Bonerama / Clare & The Reasons / Sin Fang Bous / Amy Kuney / zZz / Hollis Brown / Pela / Gentleman Reg / Ian Thomas / Care Bears on Fire / A Classic Education / Ravens & Chimes / The Shaky Hands / The Minutes / Amber Rubarth / Acrylics / We Are Enfant Terrible / Modern Skirts / Sofia Talvik / Terry Poison / The Happy Hollows / The Fumes / Hesta Prynn / Hecuba / Tall Tall Trees / Montag / Still Flyin' / Shout Out Out Out Out / Beat Radio / Richard Julian / The Uglysuit / Paleo / Eldar / The Two Man Gentlemen Band / Bad Pop / Farmer Dave Scher / Still Life Still / Maika Makovski / Surrender / Rob Roy / Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt / Val Emmich / LoveLikeFire / Christopher Denny / The Bloodsugars / Souljah / Golden Boots / Superhuman Happiness / Home and Garden / Wild Yaks / An Albatross / We Are the World / Drink Up Buttercup / The Sea / Kaiser Cartel / Zs / La Strada / The Megaphonic Thrift / Blacklist / Tim Williams / James Maddock / Kosha Dillz / Calypso / Corridor / Title Tracks / Excepter / Codebreaker / Golden Triangle / Awesome New Republic / Polyamorous Affair / Pill Wonder / UUVVWWZ / Yes Giantess / Sugar & Gold / Inlets / Space Capone / Via Tania / Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez / Drug Rug / Unnatural Helpers / Cale Parks / Ear Pwr / Wheel / Red Wire Black Wire / New Villager / Mutlu / Heavy Cream / The Stationary Set / French Miami / Hank & Cupcakes / Kria Brekkan / Rings / Tickley Feather / Dinowalrus / The Wiyos / Pepi Ginsberg / THE DiSCiPLiNES / Sissy Wish / Oh My God / Greg Davis / K-Holes / The Black Watch / Process / Felix Cartel / Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! / Chris Kasper / Prayer / Dark Meat / Viking / The Moore Brothers / super extra bonus party / Dan Torres / James Husband / Sxip Shirey / Paparazzi / Dick Prall / Alexandra Hope / The Nervous Wreckords / Neanderthals / Chris Barron / Denney and the Jets / Heath Brandon / Describe / Darshan / The Fieros / Silver Starling / Jeff Taylor / The Jaguar Club / The Flying Machines / Dark Room Notes / Hospital Bombers / NLX / Nate Campany / Higgins / The Selmanaires / Fervor / Ivana XL / Pete and J / Signer / Mon Khmer / Stalkers / Las Rubias del Norte / Octagon / Y-Love / True Womanhood / Diwon / Frat Dad / Laura Warshauer / Josh Mease / Blood Warrior / Naked Hearts / The Hi-Risers / Dred Scott Trio / Shayna Zaid / Ethan Lipton / A Million Years / We Should Be Dead / We Are Country Mice / Adventure (US) / Pocketknife / The Star Department / Twi the Humble Feather / The Bowery Riots / Miz Metro / Modern Science / Julius C / The Moi non Plus / Heavy Weather / Right On Dynamite / Furcast / Jump Into the Gospel / Strong Intention / HotChaCha / The Mr. Move / Lavalier / Clinton Curtis / Lisa Bianco / Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars / Fra Fra Sound / Subplots / Higher Giant / Eprhyme / Adam & Dave's Bloodline / Janel and Anthony / Jess King / Fionn Ó Lochlainn / Unsacred Hearts / Electro Morocco / Only Thieves / Ricky Rude / adam matta / EchoEcho / music without borders / Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley / F.U.C.T. / The Dang-It Bobbys / Daniel Pujol / Mystery Of Two / Marie Stella / Gigi Fouquet / Binary Sunrise / Squaaks / Renminbi / Great Republic of Rough and Ready / Underwater People / Social Hero / Flexions / Grammar Debate! / Taylor Barton / DJ Jonathan Toubin / Drawlings / Zuri Star / Mother of Three / Claymation Velociraptor / Jonny Hirsch / Guyora Kats / Black Steel Rose / Nathan Corsi Band / Hey Champ Dj Show all bands
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CMJ Music Marathon New York, New York, United States
Aug 15, 2009
Oya Festival
"Oya Festival" / The Big Pink / Erol Alkan / Beirut / Bob Hund / Crystal Castles / Röyksopp / Amanda Blank / The Very Best / Radioclit / The Soft Pack / Farmers Market / The Ghost of a Thousand / DJ Bjorn Torske / The Cocktail Slippers / Cola Freaks / Devlin And Darko / Dirty Projectors / Harry's Gym / Heartbreak / Idjut Boys / Jessica Lea Mayfield / Karin Park / POP ETC / Norma Sass / Noora Noor / Nils Bech / The New Wine / Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy / Tellusalie / Frida Hyvonen / Arabrot / Slow Club / Senit / The Phantoms / Jesse Rose / Shir Khan / Master Piece Of Cake / Sigh & Explode Show all bands
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Middelalderparken Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Aug 11, 2009
Øya Festival 2009
Arctic Monkeys / Bon Iver / Vampire Weekend / Florence and the Machine / Wale / Band of Horses / Lily Allen / Rise Against / Beach House / Grizzly Bear / Wilco / Beirut / Crystal Castles / Röyksopp / Andrew Bird / First Aid Kit / Duke Dumont / Madness / Doves / Asher Roth / Dirty Projectors / Chairlift / Fever Ray / Blitzen Trapper / Ladyhawke / Glasvegas / The Big Pink / Skream / Todd Terje / Jenny Lewis / Junior Boys / Hudson Mohawke / Mew / Magnetic Man / Slow Club / POP ETC / Vetiver / Datarock / Benga / Fake Blood / Jessica Lea Mayfield / Âme / Gang Gang Dance / The Very Best / Grum / The Soft Pack / Wooden Shjips / Zomby / The Bronx / Kvelertak / Adolescents / Amanda Blank / Johnossi / Satyricon / Donkeyboy / Municipal Waste / Enslaved / Kylesa / Erol Alkan / Jaga Jazzist / Ulver / Dixon / Crystal Antlers / Marit Larsen / Thåström / Gabriel Ananda / Jenny Wilson / Slagsmålsklubben / Prins Thomas / Riverboat Gamblers / Karin Park / Jesse Rose / Bob Hund / Moddi / Karl Blau / Mowgli / Hello Saferide / L-VIS 1990 / Hellsongs / Bjørn Torske / Suburban Kids With Biblical Names / The Ghost of a Thousand / My Little Pony / John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen / Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 / Blood Command / Kråkesølv / The Oscillation / Aura Noir / Mungolian Jetset / I Was A King / K-X-P / The New Wine / Spiro / Boat Club / Noora Noor / Heartbreak / Fjorden Baby! / Harrys Gym / Monotonix / Death By Unga Bunga / Atomic / the telephones / Idjut Boys / Black Debbath / Syndrome / The Megaphonic Thrift / Blackbelt Andersen / Radioclit / Baddies / The Little Hands of Asphalt / Årabrot / Jens Carelius / The Cocktail Slippers / The Low Frequency In Stereo / Of Norway / Masshysteri / Jay Reatard / Einar Stray / Ungdomskulen / Pony the Pirate / The Lionheart Brothers / Farmers Market / Daniel Mehlhart / Joe Gideon & The Shark / Maribel / Torgny / Magnus International / Melkeveien / Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy / Norma Sass / Magnus Moriarty / Valentourettes / Bitch Boys / Use Me / Monzano / Shïr Khan / Ytre Rymden Dansskola / Simon Says No! / Kringkastingsorkesteret / Tellusalie / Esau Mwamwaya / Captain Credible / Ronny Pøbel / Cola Freaks / The Revellions / Le Corbeau / Huntsville / Sprutbass / Christian Sol / Snöras / Vinny Villbass / Sergeant Petter / BeatBully / Shahrokh Dini / Sigh And Explode / Smoke Mohawk / Get Dancy / The Goo Men / Olle Abstract / Devlin & Darko / Munn Til Munn Metoden / Yacht Rock / Lecter / Krazy Fiesta / Mudman / Det Är Jag Som Är Döden / Miss Harmonica / Accidents Never Happen / The Firefly Effect / Masselys / Sgt. Petter / Blue Basement / Master Piece Of Cake / DJ Android / Kitchie Kitchie Ki-me-o / Tvang / Frode Fivel / Balkan Beat Party / gha / Kre And The Cavemen / Tore Jazztobakk / Olanskii / Tnes / Sarahs Postcard Show all bands
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Jul 19, 2009
The Flaming Lips / Dianogah / Killer Whales / Women / Japandroids / Vivian Girls / Mew / The Very Best / The Mae Shi / Blitzen Trapper / Pharoahe Monch / The Thermals / The Walkmen / M83 / Grizzly Bear / Michael Columbia / Frightened Rabbit / Head...
The Flaming Lips / Dianogah / Killer Whales / Women / Japandroids / Vivian Girls / Mew / The Very Best / The Mae Shi / Blitzen Trapper / Pharoahe Monch / The Thermals / The Walkmen / M83 / Grizzly Bear / Michael Columbia / Frightened Rabbit / Headlights Show all bands
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Bottom Lounge Chicago, Illinois, United States
Show Duplicate for Jul 19, 2009
Jul 18, 2009
The Very Best / Que Bajo Le Poisson Rouge New York, New York, United States
Jul 17, 2009 –
Jul 19, 2009
Pitchfork Music Festival 2009
M83 / The National / Grizzly Bear / The Flaming Lips / Beirut / Matt and Kim / Yeasayer / Yo La Tengo / The Antlers / Wavves / Black Lips / Frightened Rabbit / Blitzen Trapper / Built to Spill / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Japandroids / Mew / Pharoahe Monch / The Walkmen / The Thermals / Tortoise / Fucked Up / Lindstrøm / Bowerbirds / Cymbals Eat Guitars / The Very Best / Vivian Girls / Plants and Animals / DOOM / Final Fantasy / The Jesus Lizard / Women / The Dutchess and the Duke / Disappears / The Mae Shi / Ponytail / DJ Rupture / Dianogah / Killer Whales / Michael Columbia Show all bands
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Unknown venue Chicago, Illinois, United States
Show Duplicates for Jul 17, 2009
Jul 16, 2009
The Very Best Echoplex Los Angeles, California, United States
Jul 02, 2009 –
Jul 05, 2009
Roskilde Festival 2009
Coldplay / Kanye West / Lil Wayne / Major Lazer / Slipknot / Deadmau5 / Lily Allen / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Nine Inch Nails / Fleet Foxes / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds / St. Vincent / Röyksopp / First Aid Kit / Elbow / Pet Shop Boys / Faith No More / Volbeat / Madness / Friendly Fires / White Lies / Social Distortion / The Gaslight Anthem / Eagles of Death Metal / ______ / The Whitest Boy Alive / M. Ward / Fever Ray / ______ / Gogol Bordello / Trentemøller / Frightened Rabbit / Lucinda Williams / Grace Jones / Amon Amarth / Glasvegas / Little Boots / Bomba Estéreo / The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / The Dodos / The Mars Volta / Mew / Amadou & Mariam / Deerhoof / Down / Ida Maria / Mono / Peter Doherty / …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Håkan Hellström / The Field / N.A.S.A. / Deichkind / Fucked Up / Gang Gang Dance / The Very Best / I'm From Barcelona / Kvelertak / Peter Broderick / The Bronx / The Soft Pack / Neurosis / Groundation / Satyricon / Hot 8 Brass Band / ______ / Marissa Nadler / Chocquibtown / Cancer Bats / Hauschka / Tony Allen / ______ / Oasis / Rokia Traoré / 2manydjs (DJ Set) / U-Roy / La Coka Nostra / Katzenjammer / José Padilla / Wolves In the Throne Room / Get Well Soon / Marnie Stern / Tom Middleton / Shugo Tokumaru / Jenny Wilson / Novalima / Chris Coco / Ulf Lundell / Micachu & The Shapes / Cut Off Your Hands / Oh No Ono / Tim Christensen / Kassav' / Lulu Rouge / LaBrassBanda / Malk De Koijn / Black Dice / I Got You On Tape / Adam Tensta / Mikael Simpson / Hjaltalín / Issa Bagayogo / Analogik / Peter Sommer / Ginger Ninja / 2562 / Klovner I Kamp / The Chap / Soil & Pimp Sessions / Vinnie Who / Hanggai / Skambankt / Socalled / Imam Baildi / Balstyrko / Pablo Moses / Lucy Love / Zu / Giana Factory / Isis / Den Sorte Skole / jooks / Magnifico / Steinski / Mungolian Jetset / Pharfar / Kellermensch / Mike Sheridan / Dub Colossus / Cody / Darkane / Pede B. / Paavoharju / Yoga Fire / Harrys Gym / Kasai Allstars / Rumpistol / LA 33 / Nancy Elizabeth / The Megaphonic Thrift / Baddies / Orka / Alamaailman Vasarat / Dawn of Demise / The Deadly Gentlemen / Pete Gooding / ______ / ______ / Ass / Men Among Animals / Scamp / Thulebasen / Tako Lako / Negash Ali / Mike Salta / Gangbe Brass Band / Dragontears / The Telstar Sound Drone / Cola Freaks / Huntsville / 20 Belows / puzzleweasel / Badenpederstruck / Vektormusik / Voks / Jon Hassell & Maarifa Street / Lamburg Tony / Waldchengarten / Shastriya Syndicate / Trio Campanella / Morten Riis / Pablo Moses & U-roy / Vectral / Zizek Club Show all bands
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Roskilde Dyrskueplads Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Show Duplicate for Jul 02, 2009

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
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