Little Axe Concert History

Little Axe is American musician Skip McDonald (born Bernard Alexander in Dayton, Ohio, on 1 September 1949. After being part of the house band for Sugarhill Records, McDonald assumed the moniker "Little Axe" and began moving from hip hop to a form of blues that drew from an array of musical influences, including dub, R&B, gospel, and jazz.

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 07, 2020
Horace Andy / African Head Charge / Pinch / Tackhead / Little Axe

at O2 Forum Kentish Town

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O2 Forum Kentish Town London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 10, 2016
Black Swamp Arts Festival
"Black Swamp Arts Festival" / Rhythm Future Quartet / The Sheepdogs / FLOR DE TOLOACHE / Little Axe / Downtown County Band / Pokey LaFarge / Croy and the Boys
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Downtown Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio, United States
Dec 16, 2015
The Strypes / Will Heard / Hidden Charms / Bernard Fowler / Mick Taylor / Brady Blade / John Carlberg / Matt Clifford / Little Axe / Glen Matlock / Jeremy Stacey
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Scala London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 05, 2013 –
Sep 08, 2013
Bestival 2013
Elton John / Bastille / Disclosure / M.I.A. / Clean Bandit / Franz Ferdinand / The 1975 / James Blake / The Flaming Lips / Rudimental / Wu-Tang Clan / The Roots / Bombay Bicycle Club / London Grammar / Belle and Sebastian / Tom Odell / Jessie Ware / DJ Fresh / Sinéad O'Connor / Crystal Fighters / Chic / The Knife / Jon Hopkins / Lissie / Parquet Courts / Caravan Palace / Hudson Mohawke / Jagwar Ma / Savages / Peace / The Walkmen / Angel Haze / Maribou State / Lewis Watson / Squarepusher / Rustie / The Polyphonic Spree / Swim Deep / Valerie June / Johnny Marr / While She Sleeps / Musical Youth / Hot Natured / Max Romeo / Drenge / Is Tropical / Jamie Jones / The Strypes / Jaws / The Wonder Stuff / Matthew E. White / To Kill A King / Merchandise / John Cooper Clarke / East India Youth / Chloe Howl / Barbarossa / The Champs / Bodhi / Duke Special / The Correspondents / Devilman / Courtney Pine / The Slow Show / Evian Christ / Sexy Sushi / Mikill Pane / Sarah Close / Roska / True Tiger / Dexys / Molotov Jukebox / Greg Wilson / Little Axe / Tom Williams / The Cuban Brothers / Myles Sanko / Moulettes / Reeps One / By the Rivers / Troumaca / Bobby Tank / Tankus the Henge / Isaiah Dreads / Signals. / CC Smugglers / Filthy Boy / Golden Fable / London Afrobeat Collective / Le Carousel / Lewis Mokler / New City Kings / Story Books / Micky Finn / Seán McGowan / Tantz / Lloyd Yates / Wheelchair Sports Camp / Tythe / Woodpecker Wooliams / Ben Hoo / Jerome Hill / Fleetwood Bac / The Keepsakes / Mojo Filter / Benoit Viellefon / Howard Marks / Cable Street Collective / Ouse Valley Singles Club / Parlour Flames / The Goat Roper Rodeo Band / Airtist / A.J. Holmes and The Hackney Empire / Electric Jalaba / The Congo Faith Healers / Charley Macaulay / Jaipur Kawa Brass Band / Velvet Stream / J-Cats / Muha / Pete Callard / Mr. Tom / Rabbit Foot / Lokandes / Kawa Circus / Martin Newnham / Cherishport / Rev Milo Speedwagon / Chris Tofu / Heavenly Jukebox / The Dudes (DJs) / Olli Dutton / Warm DJs / Modeste Hughes / Dog Is Dead / Fat Boy Slim / Jaguar Skills / Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion / DJ Yoda / Ghostpoet / Bicep / Nina Nesbitt Show all bands
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Robin Hill Country Park Downend, Isle of Wight, UK
Show Duplicate for Sep 05, 2013
Jul 25, 2013 –
Jul 28, 2013
Secret Garden Party 2013
Bastille / MØ / Regina Spektor / London Grammar / John Newman / Faithless / JP Cooper / Wolf Alice / Django Django / Lissie / Nick Mulvey / Wilkinson / Temples / Modestep / Soulwax / The Staves / Jamie N Commons / Dan Croll / Embrace / Shout Out Louds / Roo Panes / Hadouken! / Jamie Lawson / Lee Fields & The Expressions / Public Service Broadcasting / Luke Sital-Singh / Willy Mason / Goldie / Ayah Marar / Dodge & Fuski / The Prototypes / The Strypes / Josh Butler / Leo Stannard / Monarchy / The Wytches / Loadstar / Evil Nine / He's My Brother She's My Sister / Janet Devlin / Eliza and The Bear / Deep Sea Arcade / Big Youth / Childhood / The Correspondents / Phildel / Findlay / Lovestarrs / Emily Burns / Joel Baker / Foamo / Mamas Gun / A.N.I.M.A.L. / Robyn Sherwell / Ben Caplan / Son of Dave / The Other Tribe / The Family Rain / Treetop Flyers / MistaJam / Farao / Dismantle / Phil Kieran / Elite Force / Keston Cobblers Club / Zane Lowe / Little Axe / Annie Eve / The Bombay Royale / Serafina Steer / Losers / Ava Leigh / Winston Francis / The Willows / Backbeat Soundsystem / Bobby Tank / Ethan Ash / Chainska Brassika / Illaman / London Afrobeat Collective / Das Kapital / Pixel Fist / Formidable Vegetable / Le Carousel / Sam Bradley / More Like Trees / Danni Nicholls / Subsource / Ruth Theodore / Z-Star / The Mariner's Children / Perhaps Contraption / Victoria & Jacob / Mojo Filter / They Say Jump / Solko / Dog Chocolate / Ladykillers / Rory Lyons / Lonesound / Eyes & No Eyes / Opera Chaotique / Joe Innes & The Cavalcade / House Of Hats / Parlour Flames / Rodigan / Dan Clews / The Caulfield Beats / The Magnus Puto / John Kennedy / Steve Hooker / Dog Legs / Babilondon / Aloosh / David Icke / Kit Rice / Folie Ordinaire / Natalie Ross / Dpplgngrs / Black Bombers / Jacksun Fear / Goldierocks / Eureka Stockade / John Blood & the Highlys / Toni Jarvis / Audio Razor / Jardares Por Fuera / Clark & Carter / Eddy Tm / Liz Lawerence / Phil Clifton / Sister Bliss / James Lavelle Show all bands
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Huntingdon Mill Hill Field Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Jul 25, 2013
Sep 15, 2011
Mr. Big / Jellybaby / Rubbermensch / Jelly Baby / Little Axe / Dave Arcari / Raw Kings
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O2 ABC Glasgow Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jul 22, 2011 –
Jul 24, 2011
Secret Garden Party 2011
Blondie / Peter Bjorn and John / BASSNECTAR / Flux Pavilion / Matt and Kim / Bag Raiders / Benjamin Francis Leftwich / bones / Martha Reeves And The Vandellas / Mystery Jets / Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Leftfield / Doctor P / YACHT / The Staves / The Boxer Rebellion / Mylo / Slow Club / The Pierces / Ghostpoet / Kyla La Grange / Guillemots / The Secret Sisters / Asa / Delta Heavy / Gypsy and the Cat / Stateless / King Charles / TC / The Shoes / Yasmin / Alabama 3 / Germ / I Am Kloot / Alex Metric / The Whip / Brookes Brothers / Tribes / The Phenomenal Handclap Band / Chew Lips / The Japanese Popstars / Liam Finn / Alpines / Cosmo Jarvis / C.W. Stoneking / DC Breaks / Bare Noize / Kill it Kid / Beans on Toast / Allie Moss / The Correspondents / Adam Freeland / Marcus Foster / David Rodigan / Life in Film / Smoke Fairies / The Sound of Arrows / Skinny Lister / Mamas Gun / Paper Aeroplanes / Broken Records / MistaJam / Punks Jump Up / Hot Club de Paris / Little Axe / Jennie Abrahamson / Featurecast / Lazy Habits / The Bees (UK) / The Secret Garden Party / Matta / Losers / Sparrow and the Workshop / Benji Boko / Birdeatsbaby / Ethan Ash / Dansette Junior / Jake Morley / Joe Driscoll / Lail Arad / Brassroots / Middleman / London Afrobeat Collective / John Fairhurst / Sarah Williams White / Boy Mandeville / Gentle Mystics / Boxettes / GLASS (OFFICIAL) / Darcy / Miraculous Mule / Heavyfeet / The Urchins / Hoodlum / Tomb Crew / Perhaps Contraption / Kashii / Earl Okin / Nathan Watson / Last Man Standing / Lucy Kitt / Mojo Filter / Sub Focus Dj Set / Pölen / Flying White Dots / Rory Lyons / Baconhead / asteroids / Gareth Brooks / Joana and the Wolf / Foreign Office / The Avatars / The Caulfield Beats / Troubadour Rose / Fear of Theydon / The Shoestrung / Amongst the Pigeons / Firas / MidiMidis / Size Nine / Mums Old Vinyl / DJ Django / Emma Divine / Tinashé (UK) / Daniel Jeanrenaud / Nero Dj Set / Dub Pistols Dj Set / Tom Maddicott / Sun of Souls / Susan Cadogan & Dawn Penn / Ronnie Joice / Cook & Finn / Krisstofer Ragnstam & the Harbour Heads / Eddy Temple Morris / Loose Cannons / Smooth Sailing / Andy C / Tithe / Dave The Hair (Dreadzone Soundsystem) / Hagop The Hungryman Show all bands
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Huntingdon Mill Hill Field Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Jul 22, 2011
Jul 09, 2011 –
Jul 10, 2011
Rhythms Of The World 2011
The Subways / Young Fathers / The Selecter / C.W. Stoneking / Oi Va Voi / Astronauts / Ska Cubano / Echo Lake / Little Axe / Kanda Bongo Man / Pandora's Box / Safari / Moulettes / The Monsters / Jim Moray / Standards / CC Smugglers / Megson / My First Tooth / The Raghu Dixit Project / Scaramouche / Stackridge / Martell / Chris Burton / Lizzy Pattinson / Luke Leighfield / RedTrack / Sean Taylor / Ruth Theodore / Doug / Stax / Aghast / Calan / The Zipheads / JOANovARC / Gold Dust / Moishe's Bagel / Blonde Louis / Randolph Matthews / Killing Fields of Ontario / Tom Copson / Paul Liddell / Hekz / gaijin / The Jj's / The Bleach Boys / Stow / Stuart O'Connor / Indi and the Vegas / Tonight We're Electric / The Jolenes / Alice Amelia / Kadialy Kouyate / Pete Woodroffe / Scum of Toytown / The Electric Modern / Agent M / The Shabby Tinkerz / Oka Vanga / The Metatrons / Blackkat / Silent Smiles / Tatcho Drom / My Pet Junkie / Los Ladrones De Amor / Gun Crime / Laura Victoria / Lu Cozma / Alex Hel / Andrea Wilde / Camus and the Cat / The Nimblewits / Terry McCann / Monaco Bears / The London Uyghur Ensemble / Vanilla Nightmare / Pete the Temp / Gemma Aguilar / Luton Youth Jazz Orchestra / Sandra Grant / Cruel Folk / The Recovery Club / The Blues Agents / Little Favours / Smige / Sam Lee and the Gillie Boys / Stereo Breakout / Sarah Power / Adrian Gibson / Joy T. Chance / Marcus G Hurley / Alex Millar / Amy Leeder / John Falconer / Floor 9 / Chris Ripple / Kev Hayley / Dangerous Dinky / Erbalist Show all bands
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Hitchin, England, United Kingdom
Mar 27, 2011
Little Axe / The Baker Brothers

Little Axe / The Baker Brothers at Ronnie Scott's

Ronnie Scott's London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 23, 2010 –
Jul 25, 2010
Womad 2010
Nouvelle Vague / Imelda May / Salif Keita / Afro Celt Sound System / Mayra Andrade / Dan Sultan / Novalima / Calypso Rose / LaBrassBanda / Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / Tanya Tagaq / Staff Benda Bilili / Hanggai / Ska Cubano / La-33 / Dobet Gnahoré / Little Axe / The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain / DJ Kentaro / Bibi Tanga & The Selenites / Kanda Bongo Man / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou / Jazzsteppa / Toumast / Don Letts / Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara / Syriana / Kâmkârs / The Drummers Of Burundi / Rango / Lepisto & Lehti / Anxo Lorenzo / Alim Qasimov Ensemble / Steven Sogo / Horace Andy & Dub Asante / The Bays & Heritage Orchestra / Rolf Harris and His Band / Poirier Feat. Face T / Sentimento Gypsy Paganini Show all bands
Malmesbury, UK
Jul 16, 2010
Larmer Tree Festival
"Larmer Tree Festival" / Toots & The Maytals / Oysterband / Shooglenifty / Kill it Kid / Swarathma / Little Axe / The Urban Voodoo Machine / Ellen and the Escapades / DJ Derek / The Penny Black Remedy / Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo / Sweet Baboo / Dr. Butler's Hatstand Medicine Band / Samsara / The Mandibles / Tankus the Henge / 4Square / Will Pound & Dan Walsh Show all bands
Larmer Tree Gardens Salisbury, United Kingdom
Jul 24, 2008 –
Jul 27, 2008
Womad 2008
Chic / Squeeze / Mavis Staples / Little Feat / Finley Quaye / Eddy Grant / Martha Wainwright / Lee "Scratch" Perry / TC / Orchestra Baobab / Toumani Diabaté / Billy Cobham / Dengue Fever / Rachid Taha / Mundy / Ernest Ranglin / Kora / DJ Marky / Seun Kuti / Damien Dempsey / Sharon Shannon / Jah Wobble / Transglobal Underground / Cara Dillon / Reprazent / Monobloco / Simone White / Babylon Circus / Show of Hands / Justin Adams / Adrian Sherwood / Little Axe / Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba / Terakaft / Devon Sproule / Mista Savona / Egypt 80 / Hamid Baroudi / Bella Hardy / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / Sa Ding Ding / Asere / Juldeh Camara / Son de la Frontera / Mor Karbasi / Speed Caravan / Joe Taylor / David D'or / Monica Vasconcelos / Andrew Cronshaw / Lo Cor De La Plana / Nathan Lee / DJ Chamber / The Bedouin Jerry Can Band / Rumberos De Cuba / Altaikai / Gocoo / Atongo Zimba / Tashi Lhunpo Monks / Madosini / Siyaya / Sarah Savoy & the Francadians / Fribo / Asif Ali Khan / Paprika Balkanicus / Munadjat Yulchieva / Mamani Keita and Nicolas Repac / Svetlana Spajic / Womad / Greg Sheehan / Johnny Kalsi / Kenge Kenge Orutu Systems / Zuzana Novak / Lisa Kenny / Charlie Gillett / Nansady Keita / Modou Diouf / Lo Cr De La Plana / Guy Watson / DJ Dubious / Children of the Khmer Show all bands
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Charlton Park Malmesbury, UK
Jul 24, 2005
Robert Plant / Little Axe
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Greek Theatre, Griffith Park Los Angeles, California, United States
Jul 23, 2005
Robert Plant / Little Axe
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Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara, California, United States
Jul 19, 2005
Robert Plant / Little Axe
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Paramount Theatre Oakland, California, United States
Jul 15, 2005
Robert Plant / Little Axe
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Arizona Federal Theatre Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Jul 10, 2005
Robert Plant / Little Axe
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Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Jun 26, 2003 –
Jun 29, 2003
Roskilde Festival 2003
Fjernsyn Fjernsyn / Marcus Intalex & Dj Lee / Coldplay / Deathdisco / xzibit / Metallica / Urlaub in Polen / Blur / Massive Attack / Sigur Rós / Interpol / Björk / Iron Maiden / The Kills / The Cardigans / Stone Sour / Doves / The Streets / De La Soul / Yo La Tengo / Madcon / Gogol Bordello / The Raveonettes / Chicane / Aesop Rock / The Sounds / Los Lobos / Mew / Dirty Vegas / Daniel Bedingfield / Electric Six / Lemon Jelly / The Polyphonic Spree / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Melvins / The Thrills / El-P / Daniel Johnston / The String Cheese Incident / GusGus / Brendan Benson / Turbonegro / Little Brother / Junkie Xl / FC Kahuna / Kashmir / Asian Dub Foundation / Dave Gahan / Suicide / Fu Manchu / Outlandish / Murderdolls / Tomahawk / Dzihan And Kamien / The Hellacopters / Sander Kleinenberg / Kaizers Orchestra / Salif Keita / Immortal / Skank / The Datsuns / The Black Heart Procession / Ojos de Brujo / Beth Gibbons And Rustin Man / The Blue Van / The Delgados / Erol Alkan / Chicks On Speed / Metro Area / Tony Allen / Carlinhos Brown / Hawksley Workman / Figurines / Moneybrother / Junior Kelly / Malk De Koijn / Jaguar Wright / Youngblood Brass Band / Hernan Cattaneo / Material / Mikael Simpson / Bill Laswell / Xploding Plastix / Filur / Frost* / The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster / Console / Lars H.U.G. / Little Axe / Christian Kjellvander / The Youngsters / Cosmos / Loose Cannons / Ma / Gate / Mike Ladd / Baby Woodrose / Massacre / Darren Emerson / Moi Caprice / Raging Speedhorn / Afel Bocoum / Electric Eel Shock / Slovo / Artificial Funk / Karamelo Santo / Cato Salsa Experience / Advance Patrol / Jony Iliev & Band / Kimmo Pohjonen / Lise Westzynthius / Frederic Galliano / Gte / FUSHITSUSHA / Kitty Wu / Super Rail Band / Salvatore / DJ Dolores & Orchestra Santa Massa / Equicez / Fifty Foot Combo / Moder Jords Massiva / Frederic Galliano And The African Divas / Ikscheltaschel / Sack Trick / Racing Ape / Saan Supa Crew / Magnified Eye / Jony Iliev / Limf / The Magic Bullet Theory / Love Julie / Gentlemen & the Far East Band / Queens of the Stone Age Show all bands
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Unknown venue Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
Jun 09, 2002
Little Axe / Adrian Sherwood Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Aug 25, 1995 –
Aug 27, 1995
Reading Festival 1995
Green Day / Foo Fighters / Beck / The Smashing Pumpkins / Neil Young / Björk / Soundgarden / The Cardigans / Blind Melon / Pavement / Hole / Paul Weller / Tricky / Pennywise / Ash / Skunk Anansie / Silverchair / Stereolab / Super Furry Animals / Cast / Teenage Fanclub / Guided By Voices / Monster Magnet / Mudhoney / The Bluetones / Reef / dEUS / Shed Seven / Heather Nova / Space / The Boo Radleys / Buffalo Tom / Juliana Hatfield / Throwing Muses / Echobelly / Longpigs / Gene / Babes in Toyland / Flinch / Snuff / Moist / Whale / Marion / The Mike Flowers Pops / Drugstore / Corduroy / Puressence / Menswear / Little Axe / Flying Saucer Attack / My Life Story / Paw / Coast / White Zombie / Dub War / Speedy / Powder / Cable / Vent / Delicatessen / These Animal Men / The Geraldine Fibbers / China Drum / James Hall / Electrafixion / Lick / Heavy stereo / Prolapse / Speedway / Livingstone / Small / AC Acoustics / Joyrider / pusherman / 60 Ft Dolls / The Weekenders / Spare Snare / States of Panic / Scarfo / Pillbox / Star 69 / Animals That Swim / Elcka / Understand / Pullover / Hooker / Thurman / Bullyrag / Kaliphz / Solar Race / Nyack / Nilon Bombers / Boutique / Hardbody / Thomas Ribeiro / Crazy Gods Of Endless Noise / Electrafiction / Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine Show all bands
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Little John's Farm Reading, England, United Kingdom

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Secret Garden Party 2013 on Jul 25, 2013 [135-small]

Secret Garden Party 2013
Jul 25 - 28, 2013
 Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom
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Horace Andy / African Head Charge / Pinch / Tackhead / Little Axe on Nov 7, 2020 [571-small]

Horace Andy / African Head Charge / Pinch / Tackhead / Little Axe
Nov 7, 2020
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Reading Festival 1995 on Aug 25, 1995 [453-small]

Reading Festival 1995
Aug 25 - 27, 1995
 Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Bestival 2013 on Sep 5, 2013 [466-small]

Bestival 2013
Sep 5 - 8, 2013
 Downend, Isle of Wight, UK
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