Echo & the Bunnymen's 1998 Concert History

Echo & the Bunnymen is a British Post-punk band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson. There are many stories, probably apocryphal, that the quartet was completed by a drum machine known as "Echo".

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 28, 1998 –
Aug 30, 1998
Reading Festival 1998
Foo Fighters / New Order / The Prodigy / Deftones / Garbage / Mogwai / Echo & the Bunnymen / Travis / Yo La Tengo / Bad Religion / Jurassic 5 / Rancid / The Specials / Robert Plant / Beastie Boys / Toploader / Gomez / Ash / Spiritualized / The Freestylers / Grandaddy / Sleater-Kinney / Super Furry Animals / Supergrass / The Divine Comedy / Monster Magnet / MxPx / Lagwagon / Unwritten Law / The Bluetones / Lee "Scratch" Perry / The Afghan Whigs / Idlewild / Jimmy Page / Shed Seven / Fu Manchu / Soul Coughing / ACE (US) / Clinic / No Use For A Name / Alabama 3 / Mansun / Roni Size / Save Ferris / Asian Dub Foundation / Ó / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / Arab Strap / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Money Mark / Backyard Babies / Regurgitator / Les Rythmes Digitales / Symposium / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Rocket from the Crypt / Gene / The Delgados / Curve / Page And Plant / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Monaco / Bis / H-Blockx / Reprazent / No Fun At All / Hefner / Dance Hall Crashers / Girls Against Boys / Unsane / Pitchshifter / Revenge / Royal Trux / Merz / Cut La Roc / Drugstore / Elliott Smith / The Lodger / CIV / Six by Seven / Gay Dad / Grand Drive / Unbelievable Truth / Audioweb / Seafood / Justin Robertson / Spearmint / Kenickie / Jonathan Fire Eater / Monkey Mafia / Campag Velocet / Ultrasound / Superior / Mover / DJ Touche / Sunhouse / El Nino / Ooberman / Urusei Yatsura / Addict / Headswim / Dust Junkys / Carrie / The Paradise Motel / Regular Fries / Stroke / Laptop / Llama Farmers / Warm Jets / Earl Brutus / Gel / Bill Riley / More Rockers / Manson / Ten Benson / 60 Ft Dolls / Dawn Of The Replicants / Fungus / Scott 4 / Bryan Gee / The Smooths / Huckleberry / Flynn & Flora / Jumping Jack Frost / The Montrose Avenue / The Dandys / The Interpreters / Snug / Deejay Punk Roc / Vyvyan / NT / Afgan Whigs / Formula One / Medal / Electric Sound Of Joy / Flight 16 / The Pecadiloes / Dust Junkies / The Wasp Factory / Asian Dub / One Lady Owner / The Reviver Gene / Uresei Yatsura / Disco Pistol / Ph Family / Bentley Rhythm / Satellite Beach Show all bands
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Reading, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Aug 28, 1998
Jul 17, 1998
Echo & the Bunnymen Phoenix Festival Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Jul 09, 1998 –
Jul 12, 1998
Dour Festival 1998
Faithless / Echo & the Bunnymen / The Jesus and Mary Chain / Amon Tobin / Suicidal Tendencies / Sonic Youth / Autechre / Tortoise / Lee "Scratch" Perry / The Skatalites / Alabama 3 / DJ Cam / Asian Dub Foundation / Agnostic Front / Kid Loco / Madball / Josh Wink / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Rachid Taha / 16 horsepower / Anne Clark / Mad Professor / Trans Am / Snapcase / Pro-Pain / Cut La Roc / System 7 / Fonky Family / Evil Superstars / Bernard Butler / Catherine Wheel / The Aloof / Add N To (x) / Senser / Corduroy / Akasha / Murphy's Law / Dolly / Passi / Raggasonic / Sheer Terror / Unbelievable Truth / Fun-Da-Mental / Stacey Pullen / Pills / Space Monkeys / 25 Ta Life / Chokebore / Osdorp Posse / DAAU - Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung / Starflam / Dead Man Ray / Takkyu Ishino / Trish / Pulkas / Penthouse / Marcel And Son Orchestre / The Dub Factory / Bustaflex / Praga Khan & Lords of Acid / Both Worlds / Zop Hopop / The Infectious Groove / 'thof Van Commerce / Shri & Badmarsh / Rocca & La Cliqua / Macka B & The Robotiks Show all bands
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La Plaine De La Machine à Feu Dour, Wallonia, Belgium
Jun 28, 1998 –
Jun 29, 1998
Robbie Williams / Echo & the Bunnymen / Paul Weller

park pop festival 1998

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Park Pop Festival The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Jun 25, 1998 –
Jun 28, 1998
Roskilde Festival 1998
Bob Dylan / Marilyn Manson / A Tribe Called Quest / The Verve / Black Sabbath / Kylie Minogue / Portishead / Deftones / Rammstein / Iggy Pop / Tool / Garbage / Mogwai / Slayer / Echo & the Bunnymen / Pulp / Tori Amos / Primal Scream / Misfits / The Jesus and Mary Chain / Kraftwerk / The Stranglers / Beastie Boys / In Flames / Steve Earle / Tricky / Eagle-Eye Cherry / Buddy Guy / Dr. John / Ash / Spiritualized / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Mew / The Sisters of Mercy / Meredith Brooks / Great White / Soulfly / Kent / Junkie Xl / Dimmu Borgir / Carl Cox / Green Velvet / Sonic Youth / Nitin Sawhney / Idlewild / Kruder & Dorfmeister / Tortoise / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Laurent Garnier / Turbonegro / Paradise Lost / Coal Chamber / Catatonia / The Skatalites / Alabama 3 / Oscar D'León / Kashmir / Asian Dub Foundation / D-A-D / Lisa Ekdahl / Stereo Total / Moonspell / Atari Teenage Riot / Money Mark / Kristin Hersh / Backyard Babies / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Rocket from the Crypt / Natacha Atlas / Sophie Zelmani / Pizzicato Five / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Nils Petter Molvaer / Weeping Willows / Malk De Koijn / TV-2 / Dub Syndicate / Bernard Butler / Clemens / Boom Boom Satellites / Galaxy / Hanne Boel / Charanga Habanera / Seigmen / Brave Combo / Illdisposed / Kreidler / Nikolaj Nørlund / The New Birth Brass Band / Vieja Trova Santiaguera / Tabou Combo / BAAL / Psyched Up Janis / Lois / Bootleg Beatles / Scan X / Bjørn Svin / Sawt el Atlas / Radish / E.t.a. / Musafir / Steve Stoll / Future 3 / Headrillaz / Sorten Muld / Speaker Bite Me / Impulse / Puddu Varano / Ulan Bator / Keith Secola / Drags / Palace of Pleasure / Sternklang / Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari / Mynta / On Trial / Super Cayor De Dakar / Setona / Sportsguitar / Penniless / Paulito fg y Su Elite / Hypnotix / Aziza-a / BLEEDER / Drum Island / Subgud / Luksus / Smilin' Myron / Ole Theill / Queens Of Shiba Show all bands
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Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Show Duplicates for Jun 25, 1998
May 11, 1998
Echo & the Bunnymen
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Blitz|赤坂ブリッツ Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
Apr 05, 1998
Echo & the Bunnymen / Rialto Olympia Theatre Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Apr 03, 1998
Echo & the Bunnymen / Rialto
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O2 Academy Brixton London, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Apr 03, 1998
Apr 02, 1998
Echo & the Bunnymen / Rialto
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O2 Guildhall Southampton Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Mar 31, 1998
Echo & the Bunnymen / Rialto
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Royal Court Theatre Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

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Echo & the Bunnymen / Rialto / Skyray on Mar 26, 1998 [738-small]

Echo & the Bunnymen / Rialto / Skyray
Mar 26, 1998
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Echo & the Bunnymen / Rialto / Skyray on Mar 26, 1998 [739-small]

Echo & the Bunnymen / Rialto / Skyray
Mar 26, 1998
 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Reading Festival 1998 on Aug 28, 1998 [381-small]

Reading Festival 1998
Aug 28 - 30, 1998
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Echo & the Bunnymen on May 11, 1998 [584-small]

Echo & the Bunnymen
May 11, 1998
 Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
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Roskilde Festival 1998 on Jun 25, 1998 [681-small]

Roskilde Festival 1998
Jun 25 - 28, 1998
 Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Loransea Sep 21, 2022

I have never heard of Echo as the druming machine but I do remember that Pete De Freitas was playing the drum in 1984 and he died soon after (motorbike accident ?)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Echo & the Bunnymen had?

Echo & the Bunnymen has had 1,480 concerts.

What genre is Echo & the Bunnymen?

Echo & the Bunnymen is most often considered to be Rock, Pop, Indie, Punk, Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, Alternative, Post-Punk, New Wave, Art Rock, Dream Pop, New Wave Pop, Permanent Wave, New Romantic, Neo-Psychedelia, UK Post-Punk, Rhythm Game, and Big-Music.

When was the last Echo & the Bunnymen concert?

The last Echo & the Bunnymen concert was on November 15, 2024 at Butlin's Minehead Resort in Minehead, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: Kula Shaker / Reverend & The Makers / Jim Bob / The Real People / Echo & the Bunnymen / Lightning Seeds / The Farm / Milltown Brothers / Embrace / Star Sailor / Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band / Dub Pistols / Goldie Looking Chain / Kingmaker / The Clone Roses / Bez / Fuzzbox / The Herbaliser Band / James Lavelle / Das Koolies / Miles Hunt / The men that couldn’t hang sack / The Wedding Present / Modern English / Steve Lamacq / Utah Saints / Freestylers / Bentley Rhythm Ace.

What setlist does Echo & the Bunnymen play live?

The songs that Echo & the Bunnymen performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the August 08, 2024 concert at Kelvingrove Bandstand in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom:

  1. Going Up
  2. All That Jazz
  3. Flowers
  4. Rescue
  5. Rust
  6. Villiers Terrace
  7. Never Stop
  8. Bring On the Dancing Horses
  9. Show of Strength
  10. Over the Wall
  11. Zimbo
  12. Seven Seas
  13. Nothing Lasts Forever
  14. Heads Will Roll
  15. Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
  16. The Killing Moon
  17. The Cutter
  18. Lips Like Sugar
  19. Ocean Rain

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