Violent Femmes Concert History

Violent Femmes is an American alternative rock band, formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1980. The band originally consisted of Gordon Gano (vocals, guitar), Brian Ritchie (bass), and Victor DeLorenzo (drums), with Guy Hoffman replacing DeLorenzo following his departure starting in 1993 and up until his return in 2002. The band split in early 2009, their last recording being a cover of the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy", a response to Gnarls Barkley's cover of the Femmes song "Gone Daddy Gone" released the previous year.

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Violent Femmes Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 68)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 15, 1992
Violent Femmes Theatre Royal Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Jul 11, 1992
HFStival
The Catherine Wheel / The Charlatans / Manifesto / The Ocean Blue / The Soup Dragons / Graham Parker / They Might Be Giants / Too Much Joy / Violent Femmes / The Wolfgang Press /
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Prince George's Equestrian Center Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States
Jul 03, 1992
Violent Femmes Brixton Academy London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 01, 1992
Violent Femmes
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Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Jun 30, 1992
Violent Femmes Élysée Montmartre Paris, Île-de-France, France
Jun 28, 1992
Kalvøyafestivalen 1992
Bryan Adams / Violent Femmes / Crowded House / extreme / Nirvana / Teenage Fanclub / Bel Canto / Little Village / The Blues Brothers Band / Marius Müller’s Funhouse
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Kalvøya Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Jun 27, 1992
Violent Femmes

Ruisrock Festival

Ruissalo Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland
Jun 27, 1992 –
Jun 28, 1992
Ruisrock 1992
Nirvana / Teenage Fanclub / Poverty Stinks / Violent Femmes / Havana Black / Good Evening Manchester / Eurooppa 3 / Pojat / Electric Blue Peggy Sue & The Revolutionions From Mars / Loputkin Loat / Prestige / Catalepsy / Alex Stone Group / Bryan Adams / Extreme / Jeffrey Gaines / Burning Spear / J. Karjalainen Yhtyeineen / Q. Stone / Kari Peitsamon Skootteri / Koirasoturit / Dreadline / Detroit Show all bands
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Ruissalon Kansanpuisto Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland
Jun 26, 1992
Nirvana / Thin White Rope / extreme / Yothu Yindi / Pearl Jam / Blue Guitars / Violent Femmes
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Roskilde Dyrskueplads Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Jun 25, 1992 –
Jun 28, 1992
Roskilde Festival 1992
Pearl Jam / Blur / Megadeth / Crowded House / Violent Femmes / Faith No More / Primal Scream / James / The Pogues / Extreme / David Byrne / Phish / Texas / Television / Helmet / Teenage Fanclub / Mercury Rev / Alison Moyet / Die Toten Hosen / Nirvana / EMF / Screaming Trees / Boogie Down Productions / Tony Joe White / Entombed / D-A-D / The Wonder Stuff / Lucas / Buffy Sainte-Marie / carter the unstoppable sex machine / Nuclear Assault / The Ragga Twins / Chris Whitley / Yothu Yindi / The Blue Aeroplanes / Shades of Rhythm / Mary Margaret O'Hara / Bel Canto / Just D / Steve Wynn / Johnny Madsen / London Chamber Orchestra / Leningrad Cowboys / Little Village / Sator / Pigalle / Galliano / Senseless Things / Poets / Thin White Rope / Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares / Les Garçons Bouchers / Les Tambours du Bronx / Palle Mikkelborg / Blonde Diamond / Picnic / Nikolaj Steen / Innocent Blood / Tamra Rosanes / Poems for Laila / Miss B. Haven / The Watchman / Al Agami / Invocator / The Overlords / Stillborn / Her Personal Pain / Fielfraz / Cut'n'move / Mindfunk / Shoulders / Blue Guitars / Hearthill / Trains And Boats And Planes / Boghandle / Passion Orange / No Name Requested / Peter Bastian / Janes Rejoice / Einmal Kommt Die Liebe / John Trudell / Spotted Eagle / Ancient Tribe / Keith Secola & the Wild Band of Indians / Lars H.U.G & the Zombies / Mr Thing And The Professional Human Beings / Skanbeat Show all bands
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Roskilde Festival 1992 Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Jun 24, 1992
Violent Femmes Resi Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Jun 23, 1992
Violent Femmes Philipshalle Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Jun 20, 1992
Violent Femmes Waldbühne Northeim, Germany
Jun 19, 1992
Violent Femmes

Stadtpark Open Air

Stadtpark Freilichtbühne Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jun 17, 1992
Violent Femmes Lycabettus Theatre Athens, Attica, Greece
May 03, 1992
Violent Femmes / Fishbone / Blue Öyster Cult / Tribe
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Barton Hall, Cornell University Ithaca, New York, United States
May 02, 1992
Violent Femmes Baird Point University of Buffalo North Campus, Amherst, New York, United States
May 01, 1992
Violent Femmes Wittenberg Fieldhouse Springfield, Ohio, United States
Apr 26, 1992
Violent Femmes
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Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
Apr 25, 1992
Earth Day Concert
Violent Femmes / Steve Miller Band / Fishbone / The Kinks / Midnight Oil / Indigo Girls / Robyn Hitchcock
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Foxboro Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States
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Apr 22, 1992
Violent Femmes / The Smithereens / Mr. Reality Packer Hall, Trenton State College Ewing, New Jersey, United States

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 Cocoa, Florida, United States
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 Cocoa, Florida, United States
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 San Francisco, California, United States
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Jul 5, 1996
 Barrie, Ontario, Canada
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Dec 10, 2026
 Chandler, Arizona, United States
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Violent Femmes on Feb 7, 1984 [114-small]

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Feb 7, 1984
 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Violent Femmes on Sep 11, 1991 [330-small]

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Sep 11, 1991
 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Violent Femmes on Feb 25, 1986 [674-small]

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Feb 25, 1986
 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Aug 17, 2024
 Lafayette, New York, United States
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Aug 17, 2024
 Lafayette, New York, United States
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Latest Setlist (03/07/2026):

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  1. Olinguito
  2. I'm Nothing
  3. In the Dark
  4. Waiting for the Bus
  5. Country Death Song
  6. Kiss Off
  7. Please Do Not Go
  8. Add It Up
  9. Confessions
  10. Prove My Love
  11. Promise
  12. To the Kill
  13. Dance Motherfucker Dance
  14. Good Feeling
  15. Jesus Walking on the Water
  16. Old Mother Reagan
  17. Gimme the Car
  18. Black Girls
  19. I Held Her in My Arms
  20. Blister in the Sun
  21. Gone Daddy Gone
  22. American Music

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 34 concerts
2025 31 concerts
2024 47 concerts
2023 36 concerts
2022 48 concerts
2021 31 concerts
2020 19 concerts
2019 36 concerts
2018 37 concerts
2017 46 concerts
2016 78 concerts
2015 42 concerts
2014 37 concerts
2013 15 concerts
2008 1 concert
2007 59 concerts
2006 90 concerts
2005 80 concerts
2004 39 concerts
2003 33 concerts
2002 31 concerts
2001 12 concerts
2000 42 concerts
1999 62 concerts
1998 69 concerts
1997 51 concerts
1996 48 concerts
1995 45 concerts
1994 59 concerts
1993 43 concerts
1992 91 concerts
1991 76 concerts
1990 30 concerts
1989 57 concerts
1988 4 concerts
1987 1 concert
1986 43 concerts
1985 36 concerts
1984 82 concerts
1983 43 concerts
1982 5 concerts
1981 3 concerts
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Aug 29, 2022

In what venue did Violent Femmes play on March 9th 1989 in Iowa City, IA?

Aug 29, 2022

In what venue did Violent Femmes play on March 9th in Iowa City, IA?

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