Hours and hours of fun with this website
It attempts to show every gig that there has ever been !!
I have tested it out about half a dozen times and it hasn’t let me down yet ranging from Jethro Tull in 1969 to the last Joe Jackson concert I went to which was June 19th 2008 at the Bridgewater Hall.
The app records all the gigs that you have attended into your very own list showing the setlist for each one.
This is a real test for your memory if you don’t keep the ticket stubs.
As an avid maker of lists, here is what I have made so far ( hundreds more to go if I can remember them all ) :
Apr 14, 2019: Art Garfunkel, The Lowry, Salford, England
Jul 8, 2018: Eric Clapton, British Summer Time 2018
Apr 1, 2018: Steven Wilson, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England
Jul 9, 2017: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, British Summer Time 2017
Apr 10, 2016: Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
Dec 10, 2014: Foo Fighters, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa
Jun 19, 2008: Joe Jackson, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England
Jun 13, 1998: Jack Bruce, Stockport Rugby Union Football Club, Stockport, England
Feb 18, 1974: Electric Light Orchestra, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
Mar 28, 1972: Jethro Tull, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
Oct 2, 1969: Jethro Tull, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
Was at that Ton Petty gig too – hard to think it was his last ever show in the UK.
Whereas I was at the Jeff Lynne’s ELO gig.
Well whilst it didn’t show Chilli Willi & the Red Hot Peppers at Hove Town Hall, supported by Kilburn & the High Roads, it told me it was Feb 22 1975 I saw them at Winter Gardens Eastbourne On the Naughty Rhythms tour. Impressed if no set list recorded. I can’t remember either, to be fair.
If you can remember any of the set, the app invites you to fill in any gaps.
If you can remember any of the set you weren’t really there
Anyone spotted the Jack Bruce entry yet ?
Stockport Rugby Club 1998.
Incredible huh ?
I’ve just signed up and can see where today is heading……. It even more fun finding the ones they have got than the ones they haven’t.
Been using it for years, I have an account and all gigs that are in there and I remember going to are recorded, user name “dai62” if you have nothing better to do. 350 gigs of mine are in there, which is incomplete but all I can remember that I have found. Pretty good from 2000 to present day I think for my stuff. Many missing from 80s and 90s and some from 2000s.
It is not infallible though, depends on data that gig goers have put in there and is sometimes incorrect. Have inputted a fair amount of data myself and corrected others or been corrected.
The main thing that annoys me is the album breakdowns of setlist. It is fine if the artists name is the same as the person who made the album. However if you go and see, say, Paul McCartney then every Beatles or Wings song he plays is listed as a “cover”, which is a bit ridiculous. It’s all done automatically from some sort of database, an improvement would be to have solo artists listed along with the bands that they were in so they can match up.
A decent resource nevertheless.
When I get 5 minutes I’m going to try and get a setlist recorded for all the gigs I can remember going to.
Setlistfm is a decent resource yes, but IQ at Rock City in 1985 is sadly not recorded for posterity. What it does show is a setlist for earlier that tour, which I’d say is pretty good for what I can remember. Basically, all of The Wake and Corners last. I was front row, when you could actually get to lean on the actual stage at Rock City. The monitor wedge kept blowing the actual paper set list off the actual speaker. Weird what you remember.
This is really good. Had a wee go this afternoon selecting all the gigs I can remember. But it’s frustrating the ones that are missing – I would add them if i could remember the exact dates and venues. I have seen Bert Jansch a couple of times, but his gig list is very sparse. The Beta Band as well, and the Unthanks. And I can absolutely remember seeing The Divine Comedy in Edinburgh in 2000 or 2001 but neither appear. There are no problems with the big hitters like Macca and Paul Simon!
This makes me wonder if it possible to do a kind of “six degrees of separation” in the Afterword for gigs. I mean, link yourself to another Afterword member by gigs you have been to – how many degrees of separation would there be? And how many Afterword colleagues have zero degrees of separation, ie were at the same gig together?
Great idea, which concert had the most Afterworders in attendance??
I can confirm I was at the Joe Jackson gig at Bridgewater Hall in 2008, same as @johnwalters…
Well I’m willing to be that nobody else round here was at the Southend Odeon on 9/4/61 to see the Are You Sure hitmakers The Allisons…
I recall that there were quite a few of us at the CSNY, The Band at Wembley Stadium September 74.
there was a thing on the old place where we listed 50 gigs and there were at least a couple of people who had been at some of my key ones (Cramps at the Apollo/Glasgow Tech, Fleshtones at Night Moves, etc).
And I know a goodly number will have been at the Lexington for a Wilko Johnson gig (a Word event) – 2010 maybe ?
I signed up for Setlist.fm about 18 months ago, previously I had all concerts attended listed in excel with dates and venues, if you add yourself to a concert Setlist will notify you if anyone else edits the setlist for that concert…..my list looks like this…..
16-Jun-73 Wizzard Free Trade Hall, Manchester
29-Nov-73 Elton John Kings Hall Belle Vue
11-Dec-73 The Faces Free Trade Hall, Manchester
11-Apr-74 Mick Ronson Free Trade Hall, Manchester
17-May-74 Steely Dan The Palace Theatre, Manchester
31-May-74 Lou Reed Free Trade Hall, Manchester
18-Oct-74 Roxy Music Kings Hall Belle Vue
22-Nov-74 Sparks Free Trade Hall, Manchester
24-Nov-74 The Faces Kings Hall Belle Vue
21-Dec-74 Elton John Hammersmith Odeon
16-Jan-75 Doobie Brothers Free Trade Hall, Manchester
24-Feb-75 Curved Air Free Trade Hall, Manchester
08-Mar-75 10cc Free Trade Hall, Manchester
21-Mar-75 Hunter Ronson Band Free Trade Hall, Manchester
02-May-75 Thin Lizzy(supporting BTO) Free Trade Hall, Manchester
12-May-75 Sensational Alex Harvey Band Free Trade Hall, Manchester
23-Jul-75 T.Rex Tiffanys, Gt Yarmouth
12-Sep-75 Paul McCartney & Wings Free Trade Hall, Manchester
11-Oct-75 Temptations Free Trade Hall, Manchester
14-Oct-75 Roxy Music Kings Hall Belle Vue
15-Oct-75 Roxy Music Kings Hall Belle Vue
26-Nov-75 Queen Free Trade Hall, Manchester
17-Jan-76 Electric Light Orchestra Free Trade Hall, Manchester
22-Jan-76 Ronnie Lanes Slim Chance Free Trade Hall, Manchester
16-Feb-76 Cockney Rebel Free Trade Hall, Manchester
24-Feb-76 T.Rex Free Trade Hall, Manchester
13-Mar-76 The Drifters Free Trade Hall, Manchester
24-Apr-76 Gladys Night & the Pips The Palace Theatre, Manchester
02-May-76 Leo Sayer The Palace Theatre, Manchester
10-May-76 Sensational Alex Harvey Band Free Trade Hall, Manchester
29-Oct-76 Thin Lizzy Free Trade Hall, Manchester
28-Nov-76 Rod Stewart Kings Hall Belle Vue
29-Apr-77 Peter Gabriel Apollo, Manchester
08-Jun-77 Ian Hunter Free Trade Hall, Manchester
15-Oct-77 Leo Sayer Apollo, Manchester
17-Jun-78 Bob Dylan Earls Court, London
24-Jun-78 David Bowie Bingley Hall, Stafford
14-Sep-78 Blondie Free Trade Hall, Manchester
13-Nov-78 The Jam Apollo, Manchester
23-Nov-78 The Clash Apollo, Manchester
03-Dec-78 Rod Stewart Kings Hall Belle Vue
07-May-79 Roxy Music Apollo, Manchester
09-Jun-79 The Jam Saddleworth, Oldham
11-Sep-79 XTC Apollo, Manchester
01-Nov-79 Specials/Madness/Selector Apollo, Manchester
20-Nov-79 The Jam Apollo, Manchester
21-Nov-79 The Jam Apollo, Manchester
28-Dec-79 Blondie Free Trade Hall, Manchester
03-Feb-80 The Clash Apollo, Manchester
05-Mar-80 Peter Gabriel Apollo, Manchester
22-Apr-80 Judy Tzuke Apollo, Manchester
03-Jun-80 The Jam King Georges Hall, Blackburn
15-Oct-80 Joe Jackson Apollo, Manchester
31-Oct-80 The Jam Apollo, Manchester
01-Nov-80 The Jam Apollo, Manchester
17-Nov-80 Split Enz Rotters, Manchester
02-Dec-80 Split Enz Top Rank, Sheffield
07-Mar-81 The Who NEC Birmingham
08-Mar-81 Elvis Costello & the Attractions Apollo, Manchester
30-Apr-81 The Undertones Apollo, Manchester
05-Jun-81 Department S Devilles, Manchester
04-Jul-81 Iggy Pop Apollo, Manchester
05-Oct-81 The Clash Apollo, Manchester
08-Nov-81 Psychedelic Furs Rotters, Manchester
07-Jan-82 Elvis Costello & the Attractions Albert Hall, London
25-Mar-82 The Jam Apollo, Manchester
16-Sep-82 Elvis Costello & the Attractions Apollo, Manchester
30-Sep-82 Dexys Midnight Runners Tameside theatre, Ashton-u-Lyne
07-Oct-82 Psychedelic Furs Hacienda, Manchester
30-Mar-83 The Undertones Hacienda, Manchester
01-May-83 Tracey & the Respond Package Tameside theatre, Ashton-u-Lyne
04-May-83 Little steven Hacienda, Manchester
06-Jun-83 David Bowie NEC Birmingham
16-Jun-83 The Fun Boy Three Hacienda, Manchester
22-Jun-83 Curtis Mayfield Hacienda, Manchester
29-Jun-83 A Certain Ratio Hacienda, Manchester
02-Jul-83 David Bowie Milton Keynes Bowl
14-Jul-83 Howard Devoto Hacienda, Manchester
27-Jul-83 The Fall Hacienda, Manchester
13-Mar-84 The Smiths Free Trade Hall, Manchester
03-May-84 Prefab Sprout Hacienda, Manchester
24-May-84 Psychedelic Furs Apollo, Manchester
29-Aug-84 Johnny Thunders Hacienda, Manchester
20-Sep-84 Lloyd Cole Hacienda, Manchester
03-Oct-84 Tom Verlaine Hacienda, Manchester
12-Oct-84 Style Council Apollo, Manchester
13-Oct-84 Aztec Camera Free Trade Hall, Manchester
21-Oct-84 Elvis Costello & the Attractions Apollo, Manchester
05-Dec-84 The Mighty Wah Hacienda, Manchester
31-Mar-85 The Smiths The Palace Theatre, Manchester
16-May-85 The Colour field Hacienda, Manchester
21-Jun-85 Echo & the Bunnymen International, Manchester
05-Jul-85 Green On Red International, Manchester
17-Jul-85 Prefab Sprout International, Manchester
13-Oct-85 Squeeze Apollo, Manchester
26-Feb-86 The Colour field International, Manchester
28-May-86 Joe Jackson Apollo, Manchester
08-Dec-86 Elvis Costello & the Attractions Royal Court, Liverpool
08-Sep-87 Stevie Wonder NEC, Birmingham
12-May-89 Elvis Costello Apollo, Manchester
18-Jan-90 Simply Red G-Mex, Manchester
17-Oct-90 Prefab Sprout Apollo, Manchester
25-Nov-90 Paul Weller Movement Academy, Manchester
03-Aug-91 The Fall Heaton Park
03-Aug-91 Wonder Stuff Heaton Park
04-Nov-91 Crowded House Academy, Manchester
19-Jul-92 Simply Red Lancashire Cricket Club
15-Dec-92 Morrissey Apollo, Manchester
20-Nov-93 Paul Weller Apollo, Manchester
08-Mar-94 Wonder Stuff Apollo, Manchester
31-Oct-94 Suede Free Trade Hall, Manchester
13-Nov-94 Elvis Costello & the Attractions Opera House, Manchester
02-Dec-94 Paul Weller G-Mex, Manchester
28-Jan-95 Joe Jackson Free Trade Hall, Manchester
25-Jul-95 REM McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
11-Oct-95 Marion Hacienda, Manchester
20-Nov-95 Paul Weller Apollo, Manchester
01-Dec-95 Blur G-Mex, Manchester
27-Apr-96 Oasis Maine Rd Manchester
20-Jul-96 Elvis Costello & the Attractions Royal Court, Liverpool
01-Oct-96 The Fall Ritz, Manchester
17-Apr-97 Beautiful South MEN Arena, Manchester
14-Dec-97 Paul Weller Apollo, Manchester
18-Apr-99 Elvis Costello with Steve Nieve Apollo, Manchester
11-Apr-00 Prefab Sprout Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
06-May-00 Paul Weller Apollo, Manchester
02-Oct-00 Teenage Fanclub Academy, Manchester
31-Oct-00 Paul Weller Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
22-Jun-01 Elvis Costello & Roy Nathanson Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
04-Jul-01 Paul Weller Academy, Manchester
19-May-02 Ian Hunter Life café, Manchester
10-Jul-02 David Bowie Lancashire Cricket Club
12-Jul-02 Paul Weller Lancashire Cricket Club
09-Sep-02 Elvis Costello & the Imposters Apollo, Manchester
22-Oct-02 Paul Weller Apollo, Manchester
29-May-03 Bruce Springsteen Lancashire Cricket Club
10-Oct-03 Elvis Costello with Steve Nieve Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
17-Nov-03 David Bowie MEN Arena, Manchester
30-Apr-04 Franz Ferdinand Academy, Manchester
21-May-04 Ian Hunter Bier Keller, Manchester
17-Feb-05 Paul Weller Apollo, Manchester
20-Feb-05 Elvis Costello & the Imposters Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
15-Jun-05 U2 Eithiad Stadium
08-Jul-05 Interpol Apollo, Manchester
02-Oct-05 The Go! Team Academy, Manchester
24-Nov-05 Paul Weller MEN Arena, Manchester
25-Oct-06 Paul Weller Roundhouse, London
28-Nov-06 Paul Weller Apollo, Manchester
22-Dec-06 Morrissey G-Mex, Manchester
30-Mar-07 Paul Weller MEN Arena, Manchester
17-Nov-07 Sex Pistols MEN Arena, Manchester
12-Dec-07 Arctic Monkeys G-Mex, Manchester
08-May-08 Paul Weller Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
17-May-08 Paul Weller Opera House, Bournemouth
06-Jun-08 Lloyd Cole King Georges Hall, Blackburn
19-Jun-08 Joe Jackson Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
08-Jul-08 Interpol Apollo, Manchester
22-Oct-08 Aimee Mann Academy, Manchester
18-Nov-08 Paul Weller MEN Arena, Manchester
17-Feb-09 Magazine Academy, Manchester
27-Apr-09 Elvis Costello & the Brodsky Quartet Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
06-Oct-09 Mott The Hoople Hammersmith Apollo
19-Dec-09 Public Image Ltd Academy, Manchester
21-Mar-10 Suede Ritz, Manchester
27-Apr-10 The Bluetones Moho Live, Manchester
28-Jun-10 Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
29-Sep-10 Grinderman Academy, Manchester
02-Oct-10 Ian Hunter Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
03-Dec-10 Paul Weller MEN Arena, Manchester
25-Mar-11 Elbow MEN Arena, Manchester
24-Sep-11 Echo & the Bunnymen The Palace Theatre, Manchester
06-Dec-11 The Lemonheads Ritz, Manchester
06-Apr-12 Wilco Johnson Sale Arts Centre
12-May-12 Elvis Costello & the Imposters Apollo, Manchester
22-Jun-12 Bruce Springsteen Eithiad Stadium
30-Jun-12 Stone Roses Heaton Park
16-Sep-12 Roddy Frame Ramsbottom Festival
21-Sep-12 Dexys Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
26-Sep-12 Richard Hawley Academy, Manchester
18-Oct-12 Ian Hunter Ritz, Manchester
26-Nov-12 The Fall Fac 251
22-Mar-13 Johnny Marr Ritz, Manchester
12-Jul-13 Elvis Costello& Nick Lowe Hyde Park London
13-Sep-13 I Am Kloot Ramsbottom Festival
14-Sep-13 Richard Hawley Ramsbottom Festival
30-Oct-13 Suede Academy, Manchester
17-Nov-13 Mott The Hoople Apollo, Manchester
03-Dec-13 Roddy Frame Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
26-Apr-14 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
24-May-14 John Cooper Clarke The Palace Theatre, Manchester
25-Jun-14 Cherry Ghost Manchester Cathedral
04-Jul-14 Paul Weller Delamere Forest,
14-Jul-14 Elvis Costello Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
16-Jul-14 Elvis Costello Kew Gardens, London
16-Nov-14 Squeeze Lowry Theatre
16-Mar-15 Paul Weller King Georges Hall, Blackburn
18-May-15 Bryan Ferry The Palace Theatre, Manchester
04-Jul-15 The Charlatans/Super Furry Animals Castlefield Bowl
12-Oct-15 Squeeze Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
22-Oct-15 Ian McCulloch Sale Arts Centre
13-Nov-15 Bill Ryder-Jones Gullivers Oldham Street
13-May-16 Father John Misty Albert Halls Manchester
25-May-16 Bruce Springsteen Eithiad Stadium
11-Jul-16 Elvis Costello & the Imposters Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
07-Sep-16 Teenage Fanclub Gorilla
17-Nov-16 Glenn Tilbrook Lowry Theatre
28-Nov-16 Bill Ryder-Jones Gorilla
19-Mar-17 Elvis Costello Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
21-Mar-17 Elbow Apollo, Manchester
04-Apr-17 Lloyd Cole The Met Bury
08-Apr-17 Paul Weller King Georges Hall, Blackburn
05-Nov-17 Father John Misty Apollo, Manchester
24-Nov-17 Future Islands Apollo, Manchester
28-Nov-17 Divine Comedy Ritz Manchester
18-Mar-18 Glenn Tilbrook The Met Bury
29-Mar-18 Chris Difford The Met Bury
06-Jul-18 Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott Castlefield Bowl
23-Aug-18 Paul Weller The Barbican York
03-Feb-19 Richard Hawley Bury Met
21-Apr-19 Joe Jackson Ritz Manchester
27-Sep-19 Wilco Albert Halls Manchester
05-Nov-19 Dawes Gorilla
02-Feb-20 Richard Hawley Bury Met
07-Mar-20 Bryan Ferry The Palace Theatre, Manchester
09-Mar-20 Elvis Costello Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
That’s a lot of Paul Weller gigs.
Yep, 31 according to Setlist including the Jam & Style Council gigs…
Beats my personal best of 30 (Springsteen). I have 3 Weller inc first ever (20 min) Style Council (semi) live performance.
I feel for you. Such suffering. ;o)
So in your CD collection, are they all filed under P, W, J or S?
Jam under J
Style Council under S
Paul Weller under W
easy peasey
I can only give my attention to one list at a time and am currently cataloguing my vinyl collection ( 1000 +) on Discogs. Gazing at run out tracks through my magnifying glass ( such a sad git ! ).
I’ll try to list out my gigs which will run into hundreds after I’ve completed this.
That was a fab JJ gig by the way.
It was! remember when he came on stage, looked around and said “its a bit up market for us this place” 🙂
I was at that Bunnymen gig in June 85 at the International in Manchester. It was about 300 metres from where I was living at the time.
The Bunnymen did two sets: the first was all cover versions, the second was their own material. Good gig!
I was at the Costello gig at the Royal Court in Liverpool 86, from memory I think they played nearly 3 hrs. Tremendous gig.
True story (unfortunately) that Bunnymen gig in 85 was a warm up for Glastonbury, think it was only advertised a week in advance. Anyway on the day of the concert I picked up a couple of tickets from Piccadilly Records and went home for my tea. About 7.30 I thought Ill just give the venue a call see what time the Bunnymen were due on stage, phone is answered and I hear a familiar noise in the background…what time are the Bunnymen on says I…..err Now!!! Luckily I was only the other side of town so got down to see main set but always regretted seeing the covers set….
Even though I lived almost next door to the International, the Bunnymen started that first set so early that I missed the first number (The Modern Lovers’ “She Cracked”) and came in halfway through the second song (The Velvet Underground’s “There She Goes Again”).
Sound like a great show. Awesome live band, seen them 8 times over a nearly 30 yr period (last time 2009), would have been many more these days.
Setlist.fm is a brilliant resource and I’ve been using it for years. Obviously it’s crowd-sourced like Discogs.com so what’s there relies on someone contributing the data.
I must confess I have used it plan a loo/bar break or whether to skip the encore and get an earlier train home when seeing a more mainstream act in a big venue – as you can usually look up previous tour dates quite soon after they happen.
I have done that too if it is a show I am not too bothered about (e.g. Cher when I went to see Chic)
Afterworders of the world unite and cream over.
In a similar vein I’d recommend having a look at Setify – https://setify.co/
It looks up shows on setlist.fm and turns them into Spotify playlists. I use it a lot for generating an ‘average’ setlist for bands I’m going to see who I’m not too familiar with. It’s like a kind of self selecting greatest hits compilation generator.