Tortoise's 2017 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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Tortoise had 33 concerts in 2017

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 14, 2017
Desert Daze
"Desert Daze" / Iggy Pop / Sleep / John Cale / King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard / Thurston Moore / The Make-Up / Terry Riley / Gyan Riley / Tortoise / The Gories / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Emily Haines / twin peaks / Avey Tare / Sunflower Bean / King Woman / Mr. Elevator And The Brain Hotel / Jjuujjuu / Mint Field / Winter / Camera / Jesika Von Rabbit / Frankie and the Witch Fingers / Pearl Charles Show all bands
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Insititute Of Mentalphysics Joshua Tree, California, United States
Oct 13, 2017 –
Oct 15, 2017
Desert Daze 2017
Panda Bear / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Tortoise / Ty Segall / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Spiritualized / Boris / Holy Wave / Sleep / La Femme / Avey Tare / John Maus / Froth / Death Valley Girls / Ariel Pink / Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith / Jesus Sons / Iggy Pop / Khruangbin / The Creation Factory / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / The Babe Rainbow / Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile / Triptides / Big Search / The Orange Kyte / Dopey's Robe / Allah-Lahs / GOGGS / Twin Peaks Show all bands
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The Institute of Mentalphysics Joshua Tree, California, United States
Oct 12, 2017 –
Oct 15, 2017
Desert Daze 2017
Courtney Barnett / Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel / Aldous Harding / Emel Mathlouthi / Gyan Riley / Jesus Sons / MNDSGN / Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton / Dahga Bloom / Ian Svenonius / Winter / the goggs / ENTRANCE / Death Valley Girls / Frankie & The Witch Fingers / Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith / The Orange Kyte / The Myrrors / Spirituality / Atlas Sound / Make-Up / Desert Daze / Celebration / John Dwyer / Prettiest Eyes / BadBadNotGood / Holy Wave / Big Search / King Woman / Triptides / Fever the Ghost / Pearl Charles / Froth / Jjuujjuu / spaceface / Drinks / Deap Vally / Terry Riley / Thurston Moore Group / Petyr / Imaad Wasif / L.A. Witch / Tortoise / Allah-Las / The Babe Rainbow (aus) / The Budos Band / Twin Peaks / Terry Riley & Gyan Riley / Liars / Camera / La Femme / Mint Field / Li Daiguo / Dopey's Robe / Miranda Lee Richards / Jerry Paper / Earthlings / The Creation Factory / Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile / Iggy Pop / Kurt Vile / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Panda Bear / Eagles of Death Metal / Spiritualized / Ty Segall / Black Moth Super Rainbow / King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard / Thurston Moore / Ariel Pink / John Cale / Cigarettes After Sex / John Maus / Sleep / Hope Sandoval And The Warm Inventions / Khruangbin / Avey Tare / Sunflower Bean / Lee Fields / Weyes Blood / The Gories / Drugdealer / Starcrawler / Boris Show all bands
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The Institute of Mentalphysics Joshua Tree, California, United States
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Oct 11, 2017
Festival Aurora (MX)
"Festival Aurora" (MX) / Bomba Estéreo / Spiritualized / Thurston Moore / Tortoise / Vaya Futuro / Has A Shadow
Pepsi Center WTC Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Show Duplicate for Oct 11, 2017
Sep 30, 2017 –
Oct 01, 2017
Tortoise Fulton Market Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 29, 2017
Cut Copy / Emancipator / Tortoise / Com Truise / Nosaj Thing / Blockhead / The Gaslamp Killer / Bottin / Hot Sugar / Cleopold / NERVE / The Beatings / Square Peg Round Hole / The Royal Noise / Risky Disko / Speakerbot / Wax Future / Face Plant / M...
Cut Copy / Emancipator / Tortoise / Com Truise / Nosaj Thing / Blockhead / The Gaslamp Killer / Bottin / Hot Sugar / Cleopold / NERVE / The Beatings / Square Peg Round Hole / The Royal Noise / Risky Disko / Speakerbot / Wax Future / Face Plant / Malakai / Digital Davy Show all bands
Camp Ramblewood Darlington, Maryland, United States
Jul 22, 2017
Tortoise Constellation Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jul 19, 2017
Tortoise / Gentle Brontosaurus High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin, United States
May 21, 2017
Greenroom Festival
"Greenroom Festival" / Tortoise / Jake Bugg / YOUR SONG IS GOOD / never young beach / Cicada / Nao Yoshioka
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Red Brick Warehouse Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
May 19, 2017
Tortoise Billboard Live Osaka Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan
May 17, 2017
Tortoise
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Billboard Live - Tokyo Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
May 15, 2017
Tortoise
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Billboard Live - Tokyo Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Apr 22, 2017
Tortoise / 1939 Ensemble The Shakedown Bellingham, Washington, United States
Apr 21, 2017
RJD2 / Tortoise / 1939 Ensemble

RJD2 / Tortoise at The Showbox

The Showbox Seattle, Washington, United States
Show Duplicate for Apr 21, 2017
Apr 20, 2017
"Soul'd Out Music Festival" / RJD2 / Tortoise / 1939 Ensemble

Soul'd Out Music Festival

McMenamins Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oregon, United States
Apr 19, 2017
Tortoise
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Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California, United States
Apr 18, 2017
Floating Points / Tortoise / 1939 Ensemble
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The Atrium Santa Cruz, California, United States
Apr 17, 2017
Tortoise The Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, California, United States
Mar 26, 2017
Tortoise

Empty Bottle 25th Anniversary

Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mar 24, 2017
Alvin Curran / The American Contemporary Music Ensemble / Carla Bley Trio / Claire Chase / Colleen / Frederic Rzewski / Frode Haltli / Johann Johannsson / Laetitia Sadier / Lisa Moore / Matmos / Maya Beiser / Meredith Monk / Michael Hurley / Nief-...
Alvin Curran / The American Contemporary Music Ensemble / Carla Bley Trio / Claire Chase / Colleen / Frederic Rzewski / Frode Haltli / Johann Johannsson / Laetitia Sadier / Lisa Moore / Matmos / Maya Beiser / Meredith Monk / Michael Hurley / Nief-Norf / Nils Økland / Richard Teitelbaum / Shane Parish / Stale Storlokken / Arve Henriksen / The Magnetic Fields / Tortoise / Wilco / Wu Fei Show all bands
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Downtown Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

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Mar 15, 2017
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Mar 15, 2017
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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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Latest Setlist (05/27/2026):

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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. Gesceap
  7. Promenade à deux
  8. Glass Museum
  9. Works and Days
  10. Ten-Day Interval
  11. The Equator
  12. Crest
  13. Tin Cans & Twine
  14. Prepare Your Coffin
  15. Dot/Eyes

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 56 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 15 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 12 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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