big special Concert History

A visceral assault on softer dispositions; a collision of skullcrunching guitars, head-wobbling synths and face-belting drums. Couple this with darkly humorous observations of personal mental struggle in a time of social depression and anxiety, and you’ve got... ‘SHITHOUSE’

Date Concert Venue Location
Mar 29, 2025
Upcoming
big special O2 Forum Kentish Town London, England, United Kingdom
Jan 31, 2025
Upcoming
John Grant / big special De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Nov 29, 2024
Upcoming
big special / Radio Free Alice / Sex Mask

big special @ Mary's Underground

Mary's Underground Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Oct 29, 2024
John Grant / big special

The Art Of The Lie Tour

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Epic Studios Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Oct 28, 2024
John Grant / big special

John Grant at Birmingham Town Hall

Town Hall Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Oct 24, 2024
John Grant / big special
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Tramshed Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Oct 21, 2024
John Grant / big special
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Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sep 06, 2024 –
Sep 08, 2024
Misty Fields
Nation of Language / Crack Cloud / Warmduscher / Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs / Compact Disk Dummies / Deeper / La Luz / RVG / The Grogans / Sarah Klang / Wombo / Girl and Girl / NewDad / Library Card / Palehound / Hoorsees / CVC / Tapir! / The 113 (UK) / Meule / Alaska Gold Rush / Adult DVD / Texoprint / Teddy's Hit / enola / Alien Chicks / Mood Bored / Getdown Services / Thames / Vals Alarm / PM Warson / Those Foreign Kids / Meatbodies / Omni / Julianna Riolino / big special / Cairo Jag / Nusantara Beat / Water From Your Eyes / Yard / FIT / BLUAI Show all bands
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Nationaal Park De Groote Peel Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands
Show Duplicate for Sep 06, 2024
Aug 29, 2024 –
Sep 01, 2024
End of the Road Festival 2024
Yo La Tengo / Slowdive / IDLES / Fever Ray / Phosphorescent / Ty Segall / Camera Obscura / Sleater-Kinney / Richard Hawley / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Ichiko Aoba / Baxter Dury / The Lemon Twigs / Gruff Rhys / Cornelius / Nation of Language / Jockstrap / Palehound / CMAT / NewDad / Wine Lips / Mdou Moctar / Lankum / English Teacher / Bill Ryder-Jones / SPRINTS / Odie Leigh / King Hannah / Chanel Beads / Lisa O'Neill / Jess Williamson / Durry / Gurriers / SOMOH / Clarissa Connelly / mui zyu / Julianna Riolino / Me Lost Me / Bonnie / Mary Elizabeth Remington / the itch (UK) / SANAM (Lebanon) / Julia Jacklin / Bonny Doon / Kassi Valazza / Brown Horse / Cat Clyde / Gently Tender / Curtis Harding / Dawn Landes / Girl and Girl / Jalen Ngonda / Gustaf / Lætitia Sadier / Mspaint / Senyawa / Holiday Ghosts / Hello Mary / Sextile / Colossal Squid / Paranoid London / Heartworms / Jellyskin / Mermaid Chunky / Anastasia Coope / Still House Plants / Lip Critic / Sahra Halgan / Slift / Water From Your Eyes / SNõõPER / Mc Yallah / Richard Dawson / RVG / Jeffrey Martin / Flamingods / big special Show all bands
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Larmer Tree Gardens Sixpenny Handley, UK
Show Duplicates for Aug 29, 2024
Aug 24, 2024
Leeds Festival 2024 (Day 4 of 5)
blink-182 / Two Door Cinema Club / kneecap / Bou / The Prodigy / Spiritbox / The Amity Affliction / The K’s / Denzel Curry / Kenya Grace / David Kushner / SOTA / Killowen / Jorja Smith / Simone / Confidence Man / G Flip / Chinchilla / Kid Brunswick / Loveless / Mannequin Pussy / Bad Nerves / Lambrini Girls / Spiritual Cramp / big special / Gerry Cinnamon / Beren Olivia / Ashnikko / Ne-O / Seb Lowe / The Oozes / Neck Deep / Neck Deep / Skrillex Show all bands
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Bramham Park Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Aug 23, 2024 –
Aug 25, 2024
Leeds Festival 2024
Lana Del Rey / blink-182 / Skrillex / 21 Savage / Two Door Cinema Club / Jorja Smith / The Prodigy / The Wombats / Fred again.. / beabadoobee / RAYE / Denzel Curry / Catfish and the Bottlemen / Pendulum / Bleachers / Matt Maltese / David Kushner / Ashnikko / The Japanese House / Reneé Rapp / Fontaines D.C. / The Last Dinner Party / Neck Deep / Dom Dolla / Liam Gallagher / Barry Can't Swim / The Amity Affliction / Sonny Fodera / Kenny Beats / Gerry Cinnamon / Nia Archives / Digga D / Kenya Grace / Destroy Boys / Spiritbox / Paris Paloma / Loathe / Viagra Boys / Bru-C / The Beaches / ThxSoMch / Overmono / Mannequin Pussy / Rachel Chinouriri / G Flip / The Loveless / Confidence Man / Dasha / Mackenzy Mackay / Bou / Wunderhorse / Corella / Bad Nerves / Notion / Skrapz / Crawlers / James Marriott / Dream Wife / Hak Baker / kneecap / Killowen / Chinchilla / The K’s / Zach Templar / Militarie Gun / Bears In Trees / Jesse® / Kingfishr / Yours Truly / Only The Poets / Scratch / Danny Howard / Courting / Kid Brunswick / Spiritual Cramp / SOTA / 4am Kru / big special / Lambrini Girls / Dead Pony / A Little Sound / Thus Love / Arthur Hill / Deijuvhs / Douvelle19 / Soft Launch / Welly / Riri / DJ Jackum / goddard. / Sim0ne / RiryDav / RACHEL CHINOURI Show all bands
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Leeds Festival Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Aug 23, 2024
Aug 21, 2024 –
Aug 25, 2024
Leeds Festival 2024
Lana Del Rey / blink-182 / Skrillex / 21 Savage / Two Door Cinema Club / Jorja Smith / The Prodigy / The Wombats / Fred again.. / beabadoobee / Denzel Curry / RAYE / Catfish and the Bottlemen / Pendulum / Bleachers / Matt Maltese / David Kushner / Ashnikko / The Japanese House / Reneé Rapp / Neck Deep / Fontaines D.C. / The Last Dinner Party / Liam Gallagher / Dom Dolla / Barry Can't Swim / The Amity Affliction / Sonny Fodera / Gerry Cinnamon / Kenny Beats / Digga D / Nia Archives / Kenya Grace / Destroy Boys / Spiritbox / Paris Paloma / Viagra Boys / Bru-C / The Beaches / ThxSoMch / Overmono / Mannequin Pussy / G Flip / Rachel Chinouriri / The Loveless / Confidence Man / Dasha / Mackenzy Mackay / Bou / Corella / Wunderhorse / Bad Nerves / Skrapz / Notion / Crawlers / Dream Wife / James Marriott / Hak Baker / Killowen / Chinchilla / The K’s / kneecap / Bears In Trees / Militarie Gun / Zach Templar / Jesse® / Kingfishr / Yours Truly / Only The Poets / Danny Howard / Courting / Kid Brunswick / Spiritual Cramp / SOTA / 4am Kru / Lambrini Girls / big special / Dead Pony / A Little Sound / Thus Love / Arthur Hill / Deijuvhs / Douvelle19 / Riri / Ellur / Soft Launch / DJ Jackum / goddard. / Sim0ne / The Kites (Leeds) / RACHEL CHINOURI / Welly / South Arcade / The Luka State / Seb Lowe / The Scratch / Bradley Simpson / Felix Ames / Good Neighbours / Jaguar / METTE / Talk Show / Alfie Templeman / Kid Kapichi / Loathe / Notion b2b Oppidan / Oppidan Show all bands
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Bramham Park Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Aug 21, 2024 –
Aug 25, 2024
Reading Festival 2024
blink-182 / Fred again.. / Lana Del Rey / Liam Gallagher / Catfish and the Bottlemen / Gerry Cinnamon / 21 Savage / Two Door Cinema Club / Spiritbox / Neck Deep / The K’s / kneecap / Seb Lowe / RAYE / Fontaines D.C. / Bleachers / The Last Dinner Party / Dead Poet Society / Courting / Zino Vinci / Pendulum / Reneé Rapp / Bru-C / Crawlers / Corella / The Luka State / The Prodigy / Bou / Denzel Curry / Kenya Grace / SOTA / Killowen / Leostaytrill / Sonny Fodera / Barry Can't Swim / Digga D / goddard. / 4am Kru / A Little Sound / DJ Jackum / Efan / Skrillex / Nia Archives / Dom Dolla / Kenny Beats / Danny Howard / Jaguar / METTE / Jorja Smith / David Kushner / Confidence Man / Teddy Swims / Flo / G Flip / Chinchilla / Kid Brunswick / Frozemode / The Wombats / Skrapz / Overmono / The Beaches / Wunderhorse / JESSIE MURPH / Zach Templar / Bears In Trees / New West / swim school / beabadoobee / Ashnikko / Jesse® / James Marriott / Destroy Boys / Good Neighbours / Felix Ames / The Amity Affliction / Mannequin Pussy / Bad Nerves / Lambrini Girls / Spiritual Cramp / The Oozes / big special / Viagra Boys / Loathe / Kid Kapichi / Dream Wife / Militarie Gun / Deijuvhs / Yours Truly / Felix Ames / The Scratch / The Amity Affliction / Thus Love / Dead Pony / ThxSoMch / The Japanese House / Hak Baker / Mannequin Pussy / Rachel Chinouriri / Bad Nerves / Matt Maltese / Only The Poets / Lambrini Girls / Arthur Hill / Spiritual Cramp / Mackenzy Mackay / Kingfishr / The Oozes / Paris Paloma / Bradley Simpson / Talk Show / big special / Loathe / Kid Kapichi / Militarie Gun / Deijuvhs / Yours Truly / The Scratch / Thus Love / ThxSoMch / Hak Baker / Mackenzy Mackay / Kingfishr / Paris Paloma / Bradley Simpson / Talk Show / Douvelle19 / Welly / Soft Launch / South Arcade / Alfie Templeman Show all bands
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Richfield Avenue Reading, England, United Kingdom
Aug 16, 2024
Pukkelpop 2024 - Friday
Inhaler / Fred again.. / Stormzy / Fontaines D.C. / Jorja Smith / Soulwax / Sigma (DJ Set) / Denzel Curry / Sylvie Kreusch / J Hus / Folamour / Hedex / Romy / Blondshell / big special / Lip Critic / Backxwash / Bad Nerves / Slift
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Kiewit-Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Show Duplicate for Aug 16, 2024
Aug 15, 2024 –
Aug 18, 2024
Pukkelpop 2024
Fred again.. / Stormzy / Charlotte De Witte / Sam Smith / Goldband / The Offspring / 'T Hof Van Commerce / Abeja Trax / Ada Oda / AHADADREAM / Aili / Amber Broos / Amenra / Andromedik / Anetha / Artemas / Baby Queen / Backxwash / Bad Nerves / Barry Can't Swim / bavr / Becky Hill / Berre / Bibi Seck / Bizkit Park / Black Box Revelation / Blck Mamba / Blondshell / Bob Uit Zuid / Bolis Pupul / Boys Noize / Brihang / Brutalismus 3000 / Cellini (live) / Chalk / Channel Tres / Coely / Confidence Man / Crackups / Cristian D / Crystal Fighters / Dasha / DC Noises / Dead Poet Society / Debby Friday / Dikke / Dimension / Dizzee Rascal / DJ Shoplifter / DJ St. Paul / Electric Callboy / EMILIJA / English Teacher / Enter Shikari / Eppo Janssen & Friends / Equal Idiots / Faisal / Fat Dog / Flansie / Flavour Drop / Flo Windey ft. Skyve / Flogging Molly / Folamour / Fontaines D.C. / Future Utopia / Glass Beams / Gotu Jim / grandson / Hedex / Hindu Radio DJs / Hot Milk / Hudson Mohawke B2B Nikki Nair / I. JORDAN / ILA / Indira Paganotto / Inhaler / Isaac Roux / J Hus / Jarreau Vandal / Jazz Break / Jeroen Delodder / JESSIE MURPH / Jesus Piece / Jorja Smith / Joy Anonymous / Joyhauser B2B Space 92 / Kettama / Kevin de Vries / KI/KI / Killer Mike / Klaps / Kleine Crack & Slagter / Lander & Adriaan / Lilihell / Lionheart / Lip Critic / Lola Young / Maisie Peters / MALUGI / Mannequin Pussy / Manz / MCR-T / MEAU / Meg10 / Meltheads / Merol / METTE / Milan Evens / Miles Kane / Model/Actriz / Motionless In White / Mount Kimbie / Mspaint / NAFT / Nation of Language / New West / Nieve Ella / Nina Black / Odymel / Olly Ameen / Omdat Het Kan & Average Rob / Otis / Overmono / Patrick Mason / Pegassi / Piaggio Disco Club / Pommelien Thijs / Portland / Primate B2B Captain Bass / Prinsezy / Ramkot / RAYE / Re-Type / Rise Against / Romy / S10 / salute / Sampa The Great / Séa / Sextile / Show Me The Body / Siegfried & Joy / Sigma (DJ Set) / Skrillex / Slift / Snelle / Solomun / Soulwax / Stake / Stanislawa / Stijn Van De Voorde & Thibault Christiaensen / Stikstof / Sugababes / Sylvie Kreusch / The Boiler Boys / The Haunted Youth / The Kills / The Reytons / The Streets / The Vaccines / Thee Sacred Souls / Tola OG / Tom Grennan / UNOS / Violently Happy / Wasia Project / Wisp / Wunderhorse / YĪN YĪN / Yussef Dayes / Zouzibabe / Ão / Froukje / The Atomic Orchestra / Brutus / Alex Agnew / Glints / Warhaus / Selah Sue / Yong Yello / Eefje De Visser / Blackwave / Daan / big special / Hang Youth / Julia Sabeté / Kabin Crew / KAWALA / MARC REBILLET / Rachel Chinouriri / Royal Blood / The Whatevers Show all bands
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Pukkelpop Festivalterrein Kiewit-Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Show Duplicates for Aug 15, 2024
Aug 08, 2024 –
Aug 10, 2024
Haldern Pop Festival 2024
Devendra Banhart / Villagers / Fontaines D.C. / Chilly Gonzales / Blanco White / Puma Blue / Yard Act / The Silhouettes Project / Anna Ternheim / Lola Young / Faber / Moon Hooch / BC Camplight / Mick Flannery / The Mary Wallopers / Berq / Sharktank / Go-Jo / Heisskalt / Fat Dog / Molly Parden / big special / Chalk / Büşra Kayıkçı / UTO / Dave Okumu / Endless Wellness / Picture Parlour / Susan O'Neill / One Sentence. Supervisor / Stargaze / Philipp Johann Thimm / Nichtseattle / Porcelain id / Gringo Mayer / Dog Race / Crème solaire / YARD (IE) / Mary In The Junkyard / Loney Dear Show all bands
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Haldern Pop Festival Rees, Germany
Aug 04, 2024
Placebo / Sivert Høyem / big special / Onur Özdemir
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Küçükçiftlik Park Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Aug 01, 2024
Placebo / big special

Rockwave Nights 2024

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Lycabettus Theatre / Θέατρο του Λυκαβηττού Athens, Attica, Greece
Jul 28, 2024
Latitude Festival
Duran Duran / Nile Rodgers & Chic / Rag N Bone Man / The Darkness / Baby Queen / The Zombies / Lankum / Ash / David Duchovny / Marika Hackman / Been Stellar / English Teacher / big special / The Lottery Winners
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Henham Park Suffolk, United Kingdom

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 Bognor Regis, England, United Kingdom
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 Bognor Regis, England, United Kingdom
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Oct 29, 2024
 Norwich, England, United Kingdom
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Oct 29, 2024
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 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has big special had?

big special has had 73 concerts.

What genre is big special?

big special is most often considered to be Punk, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Blues Rock, Album Oriented Rock (AOR), Post-Punk, Southern Rock, Punk Blues, Crank Wave, Arena Rock, and Post-Brexit New Wave.

When is the next big special concert?

The next big special concert is on November 29, 2024 at Mary's Underground in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The bands performing are: big special / Radio Free Alice / Sex Mask.

When was the last big special concert?

The last big special concert was on October 29, 2024 at Epic Studios in Norwich, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: John Grant / big special.

What setlist does big special play live?

The songs that big special performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the October 24, 2024 concert at Tramshed in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom:

  1. BLACK COUNTRY GOTHIC
  2. I MOCK JOGGERS
  3. SHITHOUSE
  4. THIS HERE AIN'T WATER
  5. BLACK DOG/WHITE HORSE
  6. MONGREL
  7. BUTCHER'S BIN
  8. DUST OFF/START AGAIN
  9. TREES
  10. DiG!

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