Misty In Roots Concert History

Roots reggae band formed 1975 in Southall, London, as a backing group to the singer Nicky Thomas. By 1978 Misty In Roots had their own orthodox roots sound with rastafarian lyrics, and started touring as a solo group. They were also a major force in the Rock Against Racism movement. Their first album Live at the Counter Eurovision 79 was recorded live in Belgium. Known songs are 'Ghetto Of The City', 'Mankind', 'Judas Iskariot', 'Follow Fashion', 'Poor And Needy'. 'Dance Hall Babylon', 'Own Them Control Them'. 'Festa'.

Misty In Roots Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 06, 2024
Misty In Roots Electric Ballroom Camden London, England, United Kingdom
Oct 02, 2022
Misty In Roots Band on the Wall Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Aug 06, 2022
Reggae Geel 2022 Saturday
Alexx-A-Game / D'Yani / Marcus Gad & Tribe / Lila Ike / Misty In Roots / Morgan Heritage / Third World / Kranium / Agent Sasco (Assassin) / Beres Hammond / BLACKBOARD JUNGLE / Youth and Truth Soundsystem / Gladdy Wax / Unlisted Fanatic / Horace Andy & Adrian Sherwood / Young Warrior / Dylan / Flying Plantane / Camel's Drop / East End Rock / Zhayne & East End Rock / The Chosen Few / Winston Francis / African Head Charge & Adrian Sherwood / Omar Perry & East End Rock Show all bands
Reggae Geel Malosewaver Geel
Aug 04, 2022 –
Aug 07, 2022
Rebellion Punk Music Festival 2022
999 / Acidez / The Adolescents / Altered Images / Alternative / Anti-Flag / The Antipoet / Arch Rivals / Asfixia Social / The Avengers / Backstreet Abortions / Bad Ass / The Bar Stool Preachers / Batallion Zoska / Beans on Toast / Benefits / Billy Bragg / Bishops Green / Blockheads / Blyth Power / Bob Vylan / The Bolokos / Booze & Glory / The Bouncing Souls / The Boys / Bridge City Sinners / Broken Cuffs / Buzzcocks / Chameleons / Chaotic Dischord / Chelsea / Cherry & Peesh / The Chisel / Chron Gen / Circle Jerks / Cock Sparrer / Cockney Rejects / Conflict / Corrupted Youth / Country Moans / Crashed Out / Crimetime / Cro-Mags / Crown Court / Culture Shock / The Cundeez / Danbert Nobacon / Dead 77 / Dedo Podre / Dee Skusting & The Rodents / DeeCracks / Death Trails / The Defects / Demob / The DeRellas / Desperate Measures / The Dickies / Dirtbox Disco / Discharge / DOA / Dog Rotten / Doyle / Dragster / Dreadzone / Drongos For Europe / The Drowns / Emily Flea / The Exploited / Ferocious Dog / Filhos de Inácio / Fire Exit / Fluffy Machine / From The Jam / Funeral Dress / Gareth James / Gary Numan / GBH / GENN / Gimpfist / The Godfathers / Gogoponies / The Gonads / Grade 2 / Grandmas House / Grant Sharkey / He Who Cannot Be Named / Headsticks / Healthy Junkies / Heavy Lungs / Hellcity / Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs / Hollie Cook / Honey Bane / Hung Like Hanratty / I, Doris / IDestroy / Infa Riot / Janus Stark / Jess Silk / Jilted John / JOHN / Karl Philips & The Rejects / Kicked in The Teeth / Knife Club / Knock Off / The Last Resort / Last Tree Squad / The Lee Harveys / Levellers / Los Fastidios / The Lovely Eggs / M.D.C. / M.D.M. / Maid of Ace / Mau Maus / Mauri Clash / The Meffs / Menace / Mick Rossi's Gun St / Miffy Englefield / Migrana Social / Millie Manders and The Shutup / Millions of Dead Cowboys / Miss Fragile / Misty In Roots / Moscow Death Brigade / Motorheadache / Newtown Neurotics / Nick Cash / The Outcasts / Paranoid Visions / Patriot / Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies / Peter & The Test Tube Babies / Peter Hook & The Light / Petrol Bastard / Pirates of the Pubs / Pizzatramp / Plizzken / pop will eat itself / Popes Of Chillitown / The Primitives / The Professionals / Radical Dance Faction / The Ramonas / Redlightz / Resistance 77 / The Restarts / The Rezillos / Riskee & The Ridicule / Roundeye / Rumkicks / RUST / Ruts DC / Sally Pepper / The Samples / Sex Gang Children / Sham 69 / The skids / Slackrr / Slaughter Bite Back / Slice of Life / Smiley and The Underclass / Spear of Destiny / Special Duties / Spectrum 4 / Splodgenessabounds / Spunge / Spunk Volcano And The Eruptions / Squeeze / Steve Drewett / Steve Ignorant / Stiff Little Fingers / The Stranglers / The Stupids / Sub Existencia / Subalternos / Subhumans / Suede Razors / Surgery Without Research / Sveltanas / T-Bitch / The Take / Takers & Users / Tiger Sex / Tim Holehouse / Tom Robinson Band / Tom Tom and the Knuckleheads / Toyah / Turtles Jr / UK Subs / Ultra Sect / The Undertones / the vapors / Vomit / Vulpynes / The Warriors / The Wildhearts / Wonk Unit / Young Offenders / Yer Mum / Zero Tolerance Show all bands
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Blackpool Winter Gardens Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
May 26, 2022 –
May 29, 2022
Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering 2022
The Flaming Lips / Placebo / The Hives / Patti Smith / Little Comets / Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / The Mission / Fat White Family / Shame / The Selecter / Jaws / Dreadzone / Dub Pistols / The Skints / Yonaka / Peter Hook & The Light / Porridge Radio / Pierce Brothers / Wilko Johnson / Eat Static / System 7 / Working Men's Club / Nova Twins / Zion Train / Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls / Misty In Roots / JOHN / Baka Beyond / Billy Nomates / Do Nothing / Ferocious Dog / Lauran Hibberd / Bob Vylan / The Neville Staple Band / 3 Daft Monkeys / Astralasia / Gaz Brookfield / Craig Charles / Walt Disco / October Drift / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / The Spyres / Liines / Afflecks Palace / The Lagan / Andrew Cushin / The Kubricks / Katy Hurt / Subgiant / Blackballed / Tarantism / Jess Silk / Concrete Rose / Echo Machine / Pleasure Centre / The True Deceivers / Celtarabia / The Cottons / The Horse Puppets / Ed Tangent / Analogue Blood / The Vapors / Dubioza Kolektiv / The Bar Steward Sons Of Val Doonican / The Now / Dreadzone / The Popes Of Chillitown / Michael Dog / Templehead / Zubzub / Ozric Tentacles (Electronic) / Silas & Saski / The Neville Staple Band / Brian Stone / Attila the Stockbroker / The Sporadics / Blyth Power / The Fossilheads / The Lehmanns Brothers / The Dressing Gown Mob / Emily Capell / China Shop Bull / Tasha Killer Pussies / Theo Mizú & Banda Show all bands
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Catton Hall Walton-on-Trent, UK
Show Duplicates for May 26, 2022
Aug 19, 2019
Rototom Sunsplash
"Rototom Sunsplash" / The Selecter / Jo Mersa Marley / Reemah / Misty In Roots / Gentleman's Dub Club / Anthony B / Linval Thompson
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Rototom Sunsplash Festival Grounds Benicassim, Valencia, Spain
Jul 13, 2019
Mark Chadwick / Misty In Roots / Spooky Mens Chorale / Saving Grace / Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds

Rhythmtree Festival 2019 Saturday

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Three Gates Farm Shalfleet, Isle of Wight
Jun 16, 2019
Misty In Roots Band on the Wall Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Jul 26, 2018
Jimmy Cliff / The Viceroys / Anthony B / Misty In Roots / Julian Marley / Alpha Blondy Parc Arthur Rimbaud Bagnols Sur Ceze, France
Jul 22, 2018
Billy Bragg / Misty In Roots / Crazy Arm / Ian Prowse / Husky Tones / Brewer's Daughter

Tolpuddle Martyr's Festival 2018

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Tolpuddle Festival Site Tolpuddle, Dorset, UK
Aug 05, 2017
Rebellion Festival
"Rebellion Festival" / Neville Staple / Angelic Upstarts / U.K. Subs / Anti-Nowhere League / ______ / 999 / Los Fastidios / Hands Off Gretel / Misty In Roots / The Ruts D.C. / Talisman / Steve Ignorant With Paranoid Visions / Citizen Fish / Radical Dance Faction / The Drones / Department S / The Proles / The Crack / Stalag 13 / ANGER FLARES / Spirit Bomb / Fang / Louise Distras / Glen Matlock / Church of Confidence / Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs / Tiger Sex / Informal Society Show all bands
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Winter Gardens Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
Nov 26, 2016
Misty In Roots / Over Atlantic Thousand Island London, England, United Kingdom
Feb 13, 2016
6 Music Festival
"6 Music Festival" / Saul Williams / London Suede / Daughter / Róisín Murphy / Field Music / Steve Mason / C Duncan / Underworld / Ezra Furman / White Denim / Misty In Roots / Roni Size / Dennis Bovell & Dub Band / Blanck Mass / Gwenno / Rat Boy / Bob Mould / Mystery Jets / Hinds / The Allergies / Craig Charles / Julio Bashmore / Tricky Show all bands
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Various Venues Bristol, England, United Kingdom
May 22, 2015 –
May 24, 2015
Bearded Theory Festival 2015
Buzzcocks / Sea Power / The Beat / The Mission / Mad Professor / Banco de Gaia / Cara Dillon / Skinny Lister / Jaya The Cat / Pigbag / Itch / Misty In Roots / The Neville Staple Band / The JB Conspiracy / New Town Kings / Gaz Brookfield / Inner Terrestrials / Dizraeli and the Small Gods / Tree House Fire / The Talks / Louise Distras / Back To The Planet / Radical Dance Faction / The Leylines / Captain Hotknives / Abdoujaparov / The Robotiks / Pronghorn / Demob / Babajack / Tarantism / AOS3 / Muddy Summers & the Dirty Field Whores / The Defekters / John Player Specials / Efa Supertramp / Jack Ratts / Skewwhiff / KilnAboy / Three Minute Heist / Ned Dylan / Penny Orchids / Stuart Turner and the Flat Earth Society / Ash Victim / Who Killed The Bear? / Muff Said / P.A.I.N (UK) / Bill Smarme / Jerzy Street Band / Joe Zeffa Show all bands
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Catton Hall Walton-on-Trent, UK
Aug 24, 2013
"Rototom Sunsplash" / Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley / Misty In Roots / Gondwana / Wayne Marshall

Rototom Sunsplash

Rototom Sunsplash Festival Grounds Benicassim, Valencia, Spain
Sep 30, 2011
Misty In Roots The New Picket Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Sep 03, 2010 –
Sep 05, 2010
Off the Tracks Festival 2010
New Groove Formation / Misty In Roots / No Right Turn / Ade Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds / Kissmet / The Quireboys / Chris Corney / The Misers / Wille and the Bandits
Off the Tracks Festival 2010 Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
Jul 16, 2007
The Ruts and Rollins / Misty In Roots / The Damned / TV Smith / Tom Robinson

Paul Fox Benefit

Islington Academy Islington, England, United Kingdom
Feb 25, 2006
Ragga Muffins Festival
"Ragga Muffins Festival" / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Matisyahu / The Wailers / Misty In Roots / Dezarie / Gentleman / Gregory Isaacs
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 12, 2005
New Order / Super Furry Animals / Venetian Snares / Misty In Roots / Jawbone / Laura Cantrell / The Fall
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Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Oct 12, 2005

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Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978
Jul 20 - 25, 1978
 Near Bury, England, United Kingdom
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Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978
Jul 20 - 25, 1978
 Near Bury, England, United Kingdom
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Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978
Jul 20 - 25, 1978
 Near Bury, England, United Kingdom
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Jul 20 - 25, 1978
 Near Bury, England, United Kingdom
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Poster, Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978 on Jul 20, 1978 [401-small]

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Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978
Jul 20 - 25, 1978
 Near Bury, England, United Kingdom
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Festival Set Plan. For "MEKON", read "The Manchester Mekon"., Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978 on Jul 20, 1978 [400-small]

Festival Set Plan. For "MEKON", read "The Manchester Mekon".

Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978
Jul 20 - 25, 1978
 Near Bury, England, United Kingdom
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Glastonbury Festival 1985 on Jun 21, 1985 [424-small]

Glastonbury Festival 1985
Jun 21 - 23, 1985
 Pilton, England, United Kingdom
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Glastonbury Festival 1985 on Jun 21, 1985 [286-small]

Glastonbury Festival 1985
Jun 21 - 23, 1985
 Pilton, England, United Kingdom
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Misty In Roots / Afrikan Star on Apr 4, 1981 [248-small]

Misty In Roots / Afrikan Star
Apr 4, 1981
 Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
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Glastonbury Festival 1985 on Jun 21, 1985 [679-small]

Glastonbury Festival 1985
Jun 21 - 23, 1985
 Pilton, England, United Kingdom
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Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering 2022 on May 26, 2022 [422-small]

Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering 2022
May 26 - 29, 2022
 Walton-on-Trent, UK
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Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering 2022 on May 26, 2022 [421-small]

Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering 2022
May 26 - 29, 2022
 Walton-on-Trent, UK
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Genres:

Reggae
Dub
Roots Reggae
Roots
UK Reggae
John Peel
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Latest Setlist (07/22/2018):

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  1. No Love
  2. Babylon's Falling
  3. Ghetto of the City
  4. See Them-a-come

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 1 concert
2022 4 concerts
2019 3 concerts
2018 2 concerts
2017 1 concert
2016 2 concerts
2015 1 concert
2013 1 concert
2011 1 concert
2010 1 concert
2007 1 concert
2006 1 concert
2005 2 concerts
2004 1 concert
2002 1 concert
2001 3 concerts
1994 2 concerts
1991 1 concert
1989 1 concert
1987 1 concert
1985 1 concert
1984 1 concert
1982 2 concerts
1981 2 concerts
1979 1 concert
1978 2 concerts

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