Tortoise Concert History

Tortoise's almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization. The group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago's fertile music scene, playing in various indie rock and punk groups. Formed in 1990, Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.

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Past Tortoise Tours & Concerts (Page 22)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 09, 2009
Tortoise
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Amoeba Music Los Angeles, California, United States
Jul 08, 2009
Tortoise
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KCRW Studios Santa Monica, California, United States
Jun 12, 2009
Synch Festival
"Synch Festival" / Florence + the Machine / Jazzanova / Tortoise / Ebony Bones / Fujiya & Miyagi / Friendly Fires / Evripidis & His Tragedies / Cluster / Night On Earth / Puppetmastaz / Disasteradio / Joe Goddard / Mr Olzo
Technopolis Athens, Attica, Greece
Jun 12, 2009 –
Jun 14, 2009
Synch Festival 2009
Caribou / Friendly Fires / The Pigeon Detectives / Hudson Mohawke / Junior Boys / Squarepusher / Fujiya & Miyagi / Jazzanova / Mulatu Astatke / New Young Pony Club / Tortoise / Aeroplane / The Bug / Teenagers / Fennesz / Shit Robot / Cluster / Mathew Jonson / Merzbow / Puppetmastaz / Ebony Bones! / YOU / Nteibint / The Matthew Herbert Big Band / A Mountain of One / Evripidis And His Tragedies / Disasteradio / Caribou DJ Set / Night On Earth / 3 Chairs / 2l8 / Joe Goddard (DJ Set) / Schaltkreis Wassermann / Egotrya / Family Battle Snake / Mr. Oizo Dj Set / Jazzanova Live feat. Paul Randolph / Tasman / 3 Chairs Feat. Theo Parrish, Marcellus Pittman, Rick Wilhite - Dj Set / Biomass / Mari.Cha / Alex Tsiridis / Florence + the Machine Show all bands
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Athens, Attica, Greece
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May 31, 2009
Tortoise Brookfield Place New York, New York, United States
May 30, 2009
Tortoise
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The Bell House New York, New York, United States
May 29, 2009
Tortoise / Lazlo Hollyfeld
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The Tralf Buffalo, New York, United States
Apr 09, 2009
Tortoise Barbican Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Mar 08, 2009
Tortoise Tabernacle Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mar 07, 2009
Ozomatli / Tortoise
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Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Mar 06, 2009 –
Mar 09, 2009
Langerado Music Festival 2009
Death Cab for Cutie / Modest Mouse / Zac Brown Band / Cold War Kids / Gym Class Heroes / Chromeo / Matisyahu / Thievery Corporation / Broken Social Scene / Dashboard Confessional / Deerhunter / Public Enemy / Slightly Stoopid / K'naan / Ra Ra Riot / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Flogging Molly / Rebelution / The Gaslight Anthem / Tokyo Police Club / MuteMath / Girl Talk / Tricky / Pepper / The Pogues / Against Me! / Black Kids / Café Tacvba / Devotchka / Bad Brains / Murs / Steel Pulse / Umphrey's McGee / The Virgins / The Faint / Ryan Adams and the Cardinals / Ozomatli / Lucero / Tortoise / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Lotus / Holy Fuck / The Budos Band / Cloud Cult / Alberta Cross / The Disco Biscuits / King Khan & The Shrines / The Egg / Parliament-Funkadelic / The Aggrolites / Tortured Soul / Blue King Brown / The Postmarks / Grupo Fantasma / King Khan / Rachel Goodrich / The Heavy Pets / Spam Allstars / Awesome New Republic / Tigercity / SUENALO / Gene Ween Band / Suenalo Sound System / Langerado Music Fesival Show all bands
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Miami, Florida, United States
Feb 05, 2009
Tortoise Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jan 19, 2009
Eleventh Dream Day / Jon Langford & Sally Timms / Icy Demons / David Honeyboy Edwards / Freakwater / Judson Claiborne / Ted Leo / Waco Brothers / Andrew Bird / Tortoise Black Cat Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Sep 27, 2008
Tortoise
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Memorial Union Terrace @ UW Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Sep 19, 2008
Tortoise / Built to Spill / Meat Puppets / Thurston Moore / Bardo Pond / Robin Guthrie

ATP New York 2008

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Kutshers Country Club Monticello, New York, United States
Sep 19, 2008 –
Sep 21, 2008
All Tomorrow's Parties - ATP 2008
Mogwai / Yo La Tengo / Dinosaur Jr. / My Bloody Valentine / Built to Spill / Low / The Brian Jonestown Massacre / Mercury Rev / EPMD / …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Meat Puppets / Thurston Moore / Tortoise / Fuck Buttons / Bob Mould / Les Savy Fav / Wooden Shjips / Shellac / Gemma Hayes / Lightning Bolt / OM / The Drones / Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra / Polvo / Edan / Maria Bamford / Robin Guthrie / Bardo Pond / Eugene Mirman / Harmönia / Spectrum / Lilys / Growing / APSE / Alexander Tucker / Le Volume Courbe / Joe DeRosa / The Wounded Knees Show all bands
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Monticello, New York, United States
Sep 12, 2008
Tortoise / The Ex / Getatchew Mekurya / Kevin Drumm / Rob Mazurek

Festival Jazz à La Villette 2008

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Cité de la Musique Paris, Île-de-France, France
Sep 06, 2008
"Guelph Jazz Festival" / Tortoise

Guelph Jazz Festival

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Various Venues Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Sep 05, 2008
Tortoise
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The Axis Club Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sep 04, 2008
Tortoise Blind Pig Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Sep 03, 2008
Tortoise / Paucity The Intersection / Showroom Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Aug 14, 2008
Tortoise Rockefeller Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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Genres:

Indie
Indie Rock
Experimental
Electronica
Instrumental
Noise Rock
Post-Rock
Vyrzukhisuc-Artiest
Experimental Rock
Math Rock
Krautrock
Slowcore
Noise Pop
Jazz Rock
Chicago Indie
Double Drumming
Warp
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  1. Night Gang
  2. Monica
  3. In Sarah, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Women and Men
  4. Layered Presence
  5. I Set My Face to the Hillside
  6. Works and Days
  7. Gesceap
  8. Prepare Your Coffin
  9. Dot/Eyes
  10. Ten-Day Interval
  11. Vexations
  12. The Lithium Stiffs
  13. Crest
  14. The Equator
  15. Swung From the Gutters
  16. Rated OG

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 57 concerts
2025 12 concerts
2024 5 concerts
2023 10 concerts
2022 5 concerts
2020 3 concerts
2019 6 concerts
2017 33 concerts
2016 118 concerts
2015 2 concerts
2014 11 concerts
2013 13 concerts
2012 35 concerts
2011 16 concerts
2010 55 concerts
2009 64 concerts
2008 16 concerts
2007 31 concerts
2006 10 concerts
2005 43 concerts
2004 76 concerts
2003 19 concerts
2002 12 concerts
2001 81 concerts
2000 3 concerts
1999 13 concerts
1998 78 concerts
1997 12 concerts
1996 62 concerts
1995 14 concerts
1994 14 concerts
1993 2 concerts
1992 1 concert
1968 1 concert
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