MC5 Concert History

MC5 was an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1964 remembered for their anti-establishment lyrics, with their first three albums widely regarded as staples of rock music and their 1969 song "Kick Out the Jams" widely covered. In 2024, MC5 were selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the musical excellence category.

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 14, 2018
MC50 / Wayne Kramer / MC5 / Detroit Cobras
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The Paramount Huntington, New York, United States
Sep 08, 2018
Hopscotch 2018
Nile Rogers and Chic / Liz Phair / Moses Sumney / Eric Bachman / Sneaks / BigBabyGucci / Joyero / Rosali / Phil Cook / Speed Stick / Kid Millions / Israel Nash / Boulevards / Speedy Ortiz / MC5 / Vanity Plates / Mistresses / Zephaniah O'Hora / Palberta / Eric Schrader's Music Box Show all bands
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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Sep 07, 2018
Wayne Kramer / MC5 / Man or Astro-man?

Kick Out the Jams - MC50

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Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Sep 06, 2018 –
Sep 08, 2018
Hopscotch 2018
Miguel / Grizzly Bear / Belle and Sebastian / Real Estate / Thundercat / dvsn / The Revolution (MN) / Moses Sumney / No Age / The Jayhawks / Waxahatchee / Red Fang / Gang Gang Dance / MC5 / Speedy Ortiz / Ought / U.S. Girls / Mipso / Shopping / Wayne Kramer / Circuit Des Yeux / Yonatan Gat / MC50 Show all bands
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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Jul 15, 2008
MC5 Academy 3 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Jun 24, 2008
Primal Scream / MC5 Royal Festival Hall London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 01, 2008 –
Jun 14, 2008
Meltdown Festival 2008
Massive Attack / Primal Scream / The Cool Kids / Grace Jones / Gang Of Four / Tom Tom Club / Stiff Little Fingers / MC5 / Fennesz / PVT / George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic / Johnny Clarke / Gong / Leila / Yellow Magic Orchestra / Skream & Benga / dälek / Mark Stewart and the Maffia Show all bands
London, England, United Kingdom
Dec 09, 2006
Gallows / MC5 / DKT The Corporation Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Dec 08, 2006
MC5 / Gallows Barfly Liverpool Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Dec 07, 2006
MC5 / Gallows The Underworld London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 10, 2005 –
Jun 12, 2005
Download Festival 2005
A / Bullet for My Valentine / Flogging Molly / Dinosaur Jr. / Megadeth / The Used / Billy Idol / Lamb of God / Bowling for Soup / Anthrax / Idiot Pilot / Dkt-mc5 / The Explosion / 3 Inches Of Blood / MC5 / Funeral for a Friend / The Glitterati / Dwarves / The Mad Capsule Markets / Quit Your Dayjob / Engerica / Mudvayne / Mastodon / The Ga Ga's / Johnny Truant / Three Children of Fortune / Send More Paramedics / My Chemical Romance / Paradise Lost / Meshuggah / Apocalyptica / Motörhead / Helmet / Gizmachi / Disaster / Days of Worth / The Mascara Story / Panic Cell / Diamond Nights / Planet Of Women / Papa Roach / Team Sleep / Every Time I Die / City On FIre / FastLane / Ellis / Tokyo Dragons / Don't Quit Your Day Job / Caliban / The Lucky Nine / Open Hand / Raging Speedhorn / Just a Word / The Dresden Dolls / T.A.T / DV8 / Hurricane Party / A Change of Pace / Towers Of London / Trivium / Breed 77 / The Answer / Henry Rollins / No Hope In New Jersey / Johnny Panic / Napalm Death / Acidtone / Slunt / InMe / Fozzy / Colour of Fire / The Bled / Electric Eel Shock / The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster / Hondo Maclean / Underoath / As I Lay Dying / Shadows Fall / Queen Adreena / Still Remains / Wednesday 13 / Crucified Barbara / The Suffrajets / Alter Bridge / Unearth / The Saints / Society 1 / The Hurt Process / JJ72 / Feeder / Garbage / Crashdïet / Biffy Clyro / Nightwish / Killswitch Engage / Slipknot / Lordi / System of a Down / Slayer / Black Sabbath / In Flames / American Head Charge / Reuben / Therapy? / Lacuna Coil / HIM / Chimaira / Velvet Revolver Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Jun 10, 2005
Feb 24, 2005
MC5 / Hulk
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Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Sep 04, 2004 –
Sep 05, 2004
Independent Days Festival 2004
Franz Ferdinand / Yellowcard / The Libertines / New Found Glory / Flogging Molly / Coheed and Cambria / The Darkness / Velvet Revolver / Mark Lanegan / Sonic Youth / MC5 / The Dirtbombs / Vanilla Sky / Melissa Auf der Maur / Mondo Generator / persiana jones / Derozer / Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards / Colour of Fire / Ray Daytona And Googoobombos Show all bands
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Arena Parco Nord Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Aug 27, 2004 –
Aug 29, 2004
Leeds Festival 2004
Thursday / A / Mínus / Pink Grease / Blue States / Client / LCD Soundsystem / Riff Random / Fireapple Red / Radio 4 / DJ Format / 50 Cent / 2manydjs (DJ Set) / Black Strobe / Coheed and Cambria / The Hives / The (International) Noise Conspiracy / Dropkick Murphys / Alexisonfire / The Departure / 22-20s / Boom Boom Satellites / Ty / New York Dolls / The Offspring / Goldie Lookin Chain / Pretty Girls Make Graves / Shystie / Read Yellow / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Blanche / The Futureheads / Fingathing / Do Me Bad Things / $ Rogér $ / Living Things / The Streets / Bloc Party / Kaiser Chiefs / Terra Diablo / Goldfinger / Mohair / Mark Lanegan / Loose Cannons / Yellowcard / T.A.T / Dogs Die In Hot Cars / Devendra Banhart / Mondo Generator / Mclusky / The Distillers / Kasabian / Network / Lostprophets / Auf Der Maur / Super Furry Animals / The Wildhearts / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Green Day / The Darkness / Reel Big Fish / Graham Coxon / The Donnas / Real / Hundred Reasons / Mike Patton / The White Stripes / DJ Krush / Ash / Modest Mouse / Stereolab / The Roots / Morrissey / The Icarus Line / Roxy Saint / MC5 / The Bronx / Franz Ferdinand / The Libertines / Dizzee Rascal / Thrice / The Open (UK) / Abdominal / The Glitterati / Allister / Yourcodenameis:Milo / The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster / The Features / dEUS / The 5.6.7.8's / Le Tigre / Razorlight / Suicide Girls / The Cribs / The Stills / Buck 65 / The Holiday Plan / The Kills / Flogging Molly / Taking Back Sunday / 10,000 Things / My Red Cell / The Fiery Furnaces / Peaches / Sons and Daughters / Supergrass / Mad Action / Sick of It All / Danko Jones / Placebo / The Bouncing Souls / The Subways / The Duke Spirit / Amplifier / The Shins / !!! (Chk Chk Chk) / Infrasound / Autolux / Soulwax / Chromeo / Dkt-mc5 / Madrugada / The Golden Virgins / Har Mar Superstar / Jurassic 5 / Zoot Woman / Mike Patton And Rahzel / The 45's / Funeral for a Friend / Avenged Sevenfold / The Ordinary Boys / Bravecaptain / The Von Bondies / Eastern Lane / Dirty Sanchez / Ivory / The Rasmus / Rahzel / Young Heart Attack / Mr Mojo / Secret Machines / British Sea Power / DJ Nu-Mark / Roots Manuva / TV On the Radio / Agent Blue Show all bands
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Bramham Park Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Aug 27, 2004
Aug 07, 2004 –
Aug 08, 2004
Summer Sonic 2004
Green Day / Avril Lavigne / Nas / The All-American Rejects / Kasabian / Bloc Party / Sum 41 / N.E.R.D. / My Chemical Romance / Hoobastank / The Hives / Razorlight / Jurassic 5 / Fountains of Wayne / Beastie Boys / Peaches / Phantom Planet / Pennywise / The Cribs / The Damned / Mando Diao / Lostprophets / Junior Senior / The Faint / MC5 / Secret Machines / Zebrahead / The Veils / The Bronx / The Ordinary Boys / Ima Robot / Midtown / The Dead 60s / Living Things / The Wildhearts / Amen / Silvertide / Hope of the States / Boom Boom Satellites / Blackmail / Negative / The Mad Capsule Markets / Brides of Destruction / 10-FEET / Lordz of Brooklyn / Borialis / Sketch Show / Dirty Americans / Lee 'scratch' Perry And Mad Professor / TMG / Whyte Seeds / Erskin Show all bands
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Jul 24, 2004 –
Jul 25, 2004
Splendour in the Grass Festival 2004
Katalyst / Xavier Rudd / Pete Murray / MC5 / Dashboard Confessional / Dizzee Rascal / Ash / Ozomatli / Vanlustbader / Grinspoon / Cut Copy / Sonic Animation / Bexta / Jurassic 5 / Slinky / Eskimo Joe / Ground Components / Electric Six / PJ Harvey / 1200 Techniques / Spiderbait / Sneaky Sound System / Rocket Science / Snow Patrol / Infusion / The Tremors / Dj Peril / The Dissociatives / Acre / The Fiery Furnaces / Franz Ferdinand / Hilltop Hoods / Money Mark / The Herd Show all bands
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Belongil Fields Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Jul 23, 2004
MC5 / Young Heart Attack / Dollhouse

MC5/DKT

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The Palace Theatre St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Jul 14, 2004
MC5

DKT/MC5

Spaceland Los Angeles, California, United States
Jul 09, 2004
MC5

Kick out the jams

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Bluebird Theater Denver, Colorado, United States
Jun 15, 2004
MC5 / DKT
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Bowery Ballroom New York, New York, United States

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Download Festival 2005
Jun 10 - 12, 2005
 Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Download Festival 2005
Jun 10 - 12, 2005
 Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Download Festival 2005
Jun 10 - 12, 2005
 Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Download Festival 2005
Jun 10 - 12, 2005
 Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Blind Faith / Delaney & Bonnie / John Mayall / Taste / S.R.C. / MC5 / Shag on Jul 26, 1969 [189-small]

Blind Faith / Delaney & Bonnie / John Mayall / Taste / S.R.C. / MC5 / Shag
Jul 26, 1969
 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Jeff Beck / MC5 on Nov 23, 1968 [353-small]

Jeff Beck / MC5
Nov 23, 1968
 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Jeff Beck / MC5 on Nov 23, 1968 [352-small]

Jeff Beck / MC5
Nov 23, 1968
 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Jeff Beck / MC5 on Nov 23, 1968 [349-small]

Jeff Beck / MC5
Nov 23, 1968
 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Jefferson Airplane / The Rationals / The Apostles / MC5 / The Ourselves on Jun 30, 1967 [986-small]

Jefferson Airplane / The Rationals / The Apostles / MC5 / The Ourselves
Jun 30, 1967
 Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Download Festival 2005 on Jun 10, 2005 [219-small]

Download Festival 2005
Jun 10 - 12, 2005
 Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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MC5 on Jul 9, 2004 [652-small]

MC5
Jul 9, 2004
 Denver, Colorado, United States
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MC5 / The Detroit Cobras / Easy Action on Oct 27, 2018 [758-small]

MC5 / The Detroit Cobras / Easy Action
Oct 27, 2018
 Detroit, Michigan, United States
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