Burning Spear Concert History

Winston Rodney (born March 1, 1945), also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Like many famous Jamaican reggae artists, Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 11, 2009
Winnipeg Folk Festival
"Winnipeg Folk Festival" / Okkervil River / Burning Spear / Bellowhead / Serena Ryder / Chatham County Line / Vance Gilbert / Danny Barnes / Watermelon Slim / The Deep Dark Woods / Great Lake Swimmers / Campbell Brothers / Hayes Carll / Joe Pug / Mark Berube & The Patriotic Few / DJ Logic / Mirah / Pacifika / Dala / Enoch Kent / Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas / Bell Orchestre / Oumou Sangare / Patrick Watson Show all bands
Birds Hill Park Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jul 09, 2009
"Festival International De Jazz De Montreal" / Burning Spear / Toots & The Maytals

Festival International De Jazz De Montreal

Métropolis Montréal, Québec, Canada
Jul 08, 2009
Burning Spear Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 07, 2009 –
Jul 18, 2009
Ottawa Bluesfest 2009
The Black Keys / Ludacris / M83 / Lynyrd Skynyrd / KISS / The National / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Ice Cube / Iron & Wine / Busta Rhymes / Gym Class Heroes / Paolo Nutini / Stone Temple Pilots / Metric / Cake / Estelle / Ben Harper / Matisyahu / Mother Mother / Styx / Elvis Costello / LĪVE / of Montreal / Jackson Browne / K'naan / The Zombies / The Heavy / Patrick Watson / The Dead Weather / Silverstein / Steve Earle / Joe Cocker / Girl Talk / Jeff Beck / Neko Case / Toots & The Maytals / Xavier Rudd / Okkervil River / Our Lady Peace / Josh Ritter / Deer Tick / k.d. lang / Ani DiFranco / The Dodos / Drive-By Truckers / Japandroids / The Church / The Yardbirds / Punch Brothers / Devotchka / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Los Lonely Boys / Rachael Yamagata / Great Lake Swimmers / Martha Wainwright / Loreena McKennitt / Jennifer Warnes / Black Mountain / Arkells / The Alan Parsons Project / Hayes Carll / Beast / The Low Anthem / Serena Ryder / Burning Spear / Loudon Wainwright III / The Brian Setzer Orchestra / Holy Fuck / Arlo Guthrie / Shiloh / Mirah / Israel & New Breed / The Stills / Cotton Jones / Handsome Furs / Blue Rodeo / Dna / Dave Mason / Land of Talk / Mishka / Hey Rosetta! / Leif Vollebekk / Oumou Sangare / Joe Pug / Les Claypool / Jesse Cook / The King Khan & BBQ Show / The New Mastersounds / Femi Kuti / Sam Roberts Band / Relentless7 / Otis Taylor / Clem Snide / Jill Barber / John Vanderslice / Hollerado / Del McCoury Band / Van Der Graaf Generator / Magneto / Jon and Roy / Curumin / Eric Lindell / The Deep Dark Woods / Buckwheat Zydeco / Chris Smither / Ryan Shaw / Bellowhead / NewWorldSon / Rocco Deluca and the Burden / Jenn Grant / Ornette Coleman / Alex Cuba / Chatham County Line / Shemekia Copeland / Joe Louis Walker / King Sunny Adé / Matt Andersen / Blue King Brown / The Duhks / Thunderheist / Carlos Varela / Die Mannequin / Sergent Garcia / Philip Sayce / David Lindley / Moth / Sweetfire / Library Voices / Steve Poltz / Roomful of Blues / That 1 Guy / Socalled / Papa San / the road hammers / DJ Logic / Amelia Curran / Oka / Pacifika / Mick Taylor / Bell Orchestre / Divine Brown / Woodhands / Alasdair Fraser / Hubert Sumlin / Henry Butler / Gentleman Reg / Skydiggers / Steven Page / Colin Linden / Moreland & Arbuckle / Femi Kuti and the Positive Force / Shout Out Out Out Out / Spam Allstars / Amos The Transparent / Larry McCray / Louisiana Red / Cassie Taylor / Lee Harvey Osmond / Danny Barnes / Jeff Lang / Spencer Davis / Sugar Blue / Sunparlour Players / Doyle Bramhall / The Soul Of John Black / The Balconies / Watermelon Slim / Papa Mali / Alan Parsons Live Project / Eden Brent / Kobo Town / MonkeyJunk / Homemade Jamz Blues Band / Ridley Bent / Anchors / Larry Garner / Flash Lightnin / Vance Gilbert / Saffire / Campbell Brothers / C.R. Avery / Paul Reddick / Valery Gore / Kyrie Kristmanson / Derek Miller / Tara Holloway / Riley Baugus / The Hundreds and Thousands / Zac Harmon / Vishtèn / Gunsmoke / Digging Roots / John Campbelljohn / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Daddy Mack Blues Band / Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm / Abrams Brothers / Jessica Tyler / Alana Levandoski / Mary Flower / Don Amero / Drew Nelson / Mark Berube and The Patriotic Few / Hoodlum / T. Nile / Brock Zeman / Andrew Vincent / Big Dave Mclean / Amanda Rheaume / Sista Monica / YaHoWha 13 / David Maxwell / Silver Creek / Ernie Hawkins / Treasa Levasseur / The Kerplunks! / The Sedatives / The Ebony Hillbillies / Prescott / Lukas Ligeti / Giant Hand / United Steelworkers of Montreal / LoudLove / Voices Of Praise / Rick Fines / Tom House / Poorfolk / Tannis Slimmon / Lindsay Ferguson / Freddie Roulette / Oumou Sangar / Steve Marriner / jon creeden / Frankie Whyte & the Dead Idols / Enoch Kent / The Roll Models / Tyler Kealey / Dust Poets / Tympanic / Joël Fafard / Ana Miura / Flecton Big Sky / The Human Statues / Dala (Canada) / Good2go / Pacific Curls / Pappy Johns Band / City of a Hundred Spires / Meredith Luce / Friendly Rich And The Lollipop People / Brothers Chaffey / JACKPINE / Reggie Young & Gospel Park / Mr. Mark / Craig Horton / Marie-Josée Houle / Anders Drerup / Politique / John Allaire / Concession 23 / Kingdom Shore / T.j. Wheeler / The Allrights / Disguises / Watters Brothers / Diunna Greenleaf Blue Mercy / Eppiphane / The Rebel Year / Brock Stonefish / Linda Tillery and the Culture Heritage Choir / Lucas Haneman / Shane Simpson / Dominique Reynolds / Marc Charron / The Drew Nelson Band / Elage / Funktagon / Becky Abbott / Ken Workman & the Union / Lonesome Paul Show all bands
  Setlists
Ottawa Bluesfest 2009 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Show Duplicate for Jul 07, 2009
Sep 27, 2008
Burning Spear Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sep 20, 2008
Burning Spear Club Roxbury Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Sep 19, 2008
Burning Spear / Dubskin Gothic Theatre Englewood, Colorado, United States
Sep 18, 2008
Burning Spear / Dubskin Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado, United States
Sep 17, 2008
Burning Spear Belly Up Aspen Aspen, Colorado, United States
Sep 06, 2008
Burning Spear / ______ The Recher Towson, Maryland, United States
Aug 31, 2008
Burning Spear

Burning Spear @ Irving Plaza

Irving Plaza New York, New York, United States
Aug 10, 2008
Reggae Sundance Festival
"Reggae Sundance Festival" / Tarrus Riley / Jimmy Riley / Duane Stephenson / I-Octane / DEAN FRASER / Twinkle Brothers / Queen Ifrica / Morgan Heritage / Burning Spear
E3 strand Eersel, North Brabant, Netherlands
Aug 09, 2008
Burning Spear Reggae Festival Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
Jul 19, 2008
Burning Spear Center Town Stage Casablanca, Morocco
Apr 25, 2008
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
"New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" / Buckwheat Zydeco / Sheryl Crow / Burning Spear / Ozomatli / Tab Benoit / Chali 2na / Lizz Wright / Anders Osborne / Big Sam's Funky Nation / Leo Nocentelli / Bernie Worrell / Doug Wimbish / Will Calhoun / Doyle Bramhall / Ellis Marsalis / Christianaires / Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers / Barbara Lynn / Teresa Andersson / Banu Gibson & The New Orleans Hot Jazz / the iguanas / New Orleans Night Crawlers / Bruce Daigrepont / Zydepunks / Vivaz / Zion Trinity / Otra / Kim Carson / Original Dixieland Jazz Band / Leah Chase / Kumbuka Drum & Dance Collective / Rosalie "Lady Tambourine" Washington / Jesse McBride & The Next Generation / Bonsoir Catin / Bamboula 2000 / Paky Saavedra's Bandido / Jamil Sharif's Jazz Professors / Voices of Distinction / Creole Wild West / Semolian Warriors / Joe Hall / Rufus "Rip" Wimberly & The Dreamers / Andrew Hall's Society Brass Band / Real Untouchables Brass Band / June Gardner / Val & Love Alive Dimensions of Faith / Hazel & The Delta Ramblers / Smitty Dee's Brass Band / Robert Plant and Alison Krauss / Gregg Martinez / Theresa Andersson / Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience Show all bands
  Setlists
Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 24, 2008 –
Apr 27, 2008
22e Festival International de Louisiane
March Fourth Marching Band / The New Orleans Bingo! Show / Burning Spear / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Dumpstaphunk / The Duhks / Babylon Circus / Habib Koité / Yerba Buena / Wind Rhythms
Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Aug 12, 2007
"KCRW'S World Festival" / Anne Litt / Wailing Souls / Burning Spear / Sly & Robbie

KCRW'S World Festival

Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, California, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 12, 2007
Aug 10, 2007 –
Aug 12, 2007
Sante Fe Muzik Festival 2007
Wu-Tang Clan / Public Enemy / Everclear / Blue October / War / Blues Traveler / George Clinton / Burning Spear / RBD / Evol Intent / Rabbit in the Moon / Vicious Vic
  Setlists
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Jun 17, 2007
Festival Mundial
"Festival Mundial" / Drum Se / Chili Con Fusion / Orquesta Con Clave / Les Freres Guisse / ______ / Kwani Experience / Lobi Traoré / Amsterdam Klezmer Band / Zuco 103 / Raiz Di Polon / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / Plan Aura Rap / La Symphonie De La Kora / Mapacha Africa / Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra / ElBicho / Konga Vibes / La Shica / ______ / Krosfyah / Simphiwe Dana / ______ / Joep Pelt / Leoni Jansen / Nomades Et Skaetera / Burning Spear / Fernando Fierro / Yes-R Show all bands
Leijpark Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Jan 07, 2007
Jam Cruise
"Jam Cruise" / DJ LeSpam / The Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Steve Kimock / John Morgan Kimock / Oteil Burbridge / Umphrey's McGee / Jeff Austin / DJ Logic / Railroad Earth / The Greyboy Allstars / George Porter Jr. / Liam Hanrahan / JJ Grey & Mofro / Yonrico Scott Band / Burning Spear / Hot Buttered Rum / Robert Walter / Perpetual Groove / Deep Banana Blackout / DJ Afro / Disco Biscuits / Jerry Joseph / Tea Leaf Green / Martin Fierro / Patterson Hood / ALO / Greg Anton / Luther Dickinson and The Wandering / Scrapomatic / Melvin Seals / Stanton Moore / Los Amigos Invisibles / Donna Jean Godchaux / Galactic / Eric Krasno / The New Mastersounds / Will Bernard / The Derek Trucks Band Show all bands
Jam Cruise Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

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 Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
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 St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
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 St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
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Burning Spear / Farimage on Feb 10, 1981 [508-small]

Burning Spear / Farimage
Feb 10, 1981
 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Burning Spear on Sep 16, 1998 [603-small]

Burning Spear
Sep 16, 1998
 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Burning Spear on Jun 7, 2024 [970-small]

Burning Spear
Jun 7, 2024
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Burning Spear on Jun 7, 2024 [971-small]

Burning Spear
Jun 7, 2024
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Burning Spear on Jun 7, 2024 [972-small]

Burning Spear
Jun 7, 2024
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Burning Spear on Jun 7, 2024 [973-small]

Burning Spear
Jun 7, 2024
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Burning Spear on Jun 7, 2024 [974-small]

Burning Spear
Jun 7, 2024
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Burning Spear on Jun 7, 2024 [975-small]

Burning Spear
Jun 7, 2024
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Burning Spear on Jun 7, 2024 [976-small]

Burning Spear
Jun 7, 2024
 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Live album recorded at this concert, Burning Spear / Aswad / Steel Pulse on Oct 26, 1977 [743-small]

Live album recorded at this concert


Burning Spear / Aswad / Steel Pulse
Oct 26, 1977
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Reggae Rise Up Florida on Mar 14, 2024 [280-small]

Reggae Rise Up Florida
Mar 14 - 17, 2024
 St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
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Burning Spear / Kid Hops on Jul 27, 2022 [619-small]

Burning Spear / Kid Hops
Jul 27, 2022
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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