Saxon's 2012 Concert History

Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in 1977 in Barnsley. Originally called Son of a Bitch. As leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. They had numerous singles in the UK Singles Chart and chart success all over Europe and Japan, as well as success in the United States. During the 1980s, Saxon established themselves among Europe's most successful metal acts.

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Saxon had 24 concerts in 2012

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 09, 2012
Saxon Eci Cultuurfabriek - Theater Roermond, Netherlands
Dec 08, 2012
Saxon
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Patronaat Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
Dec 07, 2012
Saxon

Metal Christmas Festival

Festhalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Sep 21, 2012
"Hamburg Metal Dayz" / Audrey Horne / Kill Devil Hill / Saxon / Dezperadoz / Djerv

Hamburg Metal Dayz

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Markthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Aug 05, 2012
Dio Disciples / Ministry / Saxon / In Flames / Machine Head

Lokerse Feesten 2012

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Grote Kaai Lokeren, Flanders, Belgium
Aug 04, 2012
Toto / Saxon / Magnum / Pretty Maids
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Stadthalle Sursee Sursee, Lucerne, Switzerland
Aug 03, 2012
Saxon

Bike and Music Weekend

Eventhalle Geiselwind, Germany
Aug 02, 2012
Saxon

Wacken Open Air

Hauptstrasse Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Aug 02, 2012 –
Aug 04, 2012
Wacken Open Air 2012
Agro / Amaranthe / Amon Amarth / Athonite / Aura Noir / Axel Rudi Pell / Betontod / Blaas of Glory / Blechblos’n / Broilers / BugGirl / Channel Zero / Chthonic / Circle II Circle / Cold Snap / Coroner / Corpse Garden / Cradle of Filth / Crimes of Passion / D-A-D / Danko Jones (Spoken Word) / Dark Funeral / Darkest Hour / Dead by April / Decapitated / Delain / Devil's Note / Diablo Swing Orchestra / Dimmu Borgir / Dio Disciples / Disquiet / Djerv / DRI / Ease of Disgust / Edguy / Electric Hellride / Electric Wizard (Kurzfristig abgesagt) / Eisenherz / Endstille / Epsilon / Eschenbach / Exuviated / Faanefjell / Fateful Finality / FDJ / Frantic Amber / Gamma Ray / Gehenna / Ghost Brigade / Gone Postal / Gothic / Graveyard / Hamferd / Hammercult / Hammerfall / Helmut / Henry Rollins (Spoken Word) / Hone your Sense / In Extremo / In Flames / Ingrimm / Inquisitor / Insomnium / Jim Breuer / Kamelot / Kellermensch / Keule / Kobra and the Lotus / Kylesa / Leaves’ Eyes / Leningrad Cowboys / Liquid Meat / Lord Shades / Machine Head / Mambo Kurt / Manimals / Manticora / Massacre / Megaherz / Midnight Priest / MindthreaT / Ministry / Mono Inc. / Moonspell / Napalm Death / Nasum / Oomph! / Opeth / Overkill / Opifex / Panteón Rococó / Paradise Lost / Rain Shatter / RavenBlood / Red Fang / Riotgod / Russkaja / Rust2Dust / Sacred Reich / Santiano / Sanctuary / Saor Patrol / Saxon / Schandmaul / Scorpions / Sepultura mit Les Tambours du Bronx / Shredhead / Sick of It All / Six Feet Under / Skyline / Suffocated / Suicide Silence / Sylosis / Testament / The Black Dahlia Murder / The BossHoss / The Falling / Torfrock / U.D.O. / Unearth / Victims of Madness / Vogelfrey / Volbeat / Volksmetal / Volxrock / W:O:A Firefighters / Warbringer / Warpath / Warrior Soul / Watain / We Butter the Bread with Butter / Weto / Winterfylleth / Winterstorm / Wölli und die Band des Jahres / Yaksa / Zygnema Show all bands
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Wacken Open Air Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Jul 30, 2012
Saxon Veenhoop Festival De Veenhoop, Netherlands
Jul 07, 2012
Saxon

Getaway Rock Festival

Gasklockorna Gävle, Gävleborg, Sweden
Jul 05, 2012 –
Jul 07, 2012
Getaway rock festival 2012
Amon Amarth / Anathema / August Burns Red / Behemoth / Black Stone Cherry / Corroded / Devin Townsend Project / Dying Fetus / Ghost / Gin n' juice / God Is An Astronaut / Graveyard / HolyHell / Killing Joke / Kings Destroy / Kvelertak / Lillasyster / Manowar / Meshuggah / Ministry / Moonspell / Nationalteatern / Nightwish / Obituary / Raised Fist / Raubtier / Red Fang / Rosetta / Saxon / Satyricon / Skindred / Suicidal Tendencies / The Black Dahlia Murder / Triggerfinger / Warbringer / Yngwie Malmsteen Show all bands
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Gasklockorna Gävle, Gävleborg, Sweden
Jun 30, 2012
Saxon

Tuborg Greenfest

Romexpo Bucharest, Bucureşti, Romania
Jun 16, 2012
Saxon

Copenhell

Refshaleøen Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
Jun 10, 2012 –
Jun 12, 2012
Download Festival 2012
Black Spiders / Lamb Of God / August Burns Red / Black Label Society / Kyuss Lives! / Black Sabbath / Soundgarden / Megadeth / Rival Sons / DevilDriver / Metallica / The Prodigy / Slash / Nightwish / Opeth / Biffy Clyro / Tenacious D / Steel Panther / Saxon / Don Broco / Trivium / Little Angels / Terror Vision / Anthrax / NOFX / Billy Talent / Chase And Status / Fozzy / Black Veil Brides / Turbonegro / Skindred / Killswitch Engage / Shinedown / Refused / Dropkick Murphys / Rise Against Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
Jun 09, 2012
Killswitch Engage / Tenacious D / Steel Panther / Corey Taylor / Saxon / Metallica

Download Festival 2012

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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 09, 2012 –
Jun 10, 2012
Download 2012
Metallica / Biffy Clyro / Tenacious D / Anti-Nowhere League / Steel Panther / Trivium / Black Veil Brides / Saxon / As I Lay Dying / Black Sabbath / Soundgarden / Megadeth / Black Label Society / Lamb Of God / Kyuss Lives! / Five Finger Death Punch / DevilDriver Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
Jun 08, 2012
Download Festival 2012
Metallica / The Prodigy / Black Sabbath / Rise Against / Shinedown / Tenacious D / Biffy Clyro / Dropkick Murphys / Megadeth / Soundgarden / Chase & Status / Theory of a Deadman / Killswitch Engage / Europe / Slash / You Me At Six / Black Veil Brides / Lamb of God / NOFX / Billy Talent / August Burns Red / Anthrax / Trivium / Nightwish / Halestorm / Machine Head / Opeth / As I Lay Dying / Black Label Society / Four Year Strong / Fear Factory / La Dispute / DevilDriver / Steel Panther / Refused / Ugly Kid Joe / Emmure / Ghost / Rival Sons / Kids In Glass Houses / Skindred / Travis Mills / Periphery / Saxon / Gallows / Turbonegro / Shadows Fall / We Are the Ocean / Corey Taylor / Lower Than Atlantis / Cancer Bats / Upon A Burning Body / Mallory Knox / While She Sleeps / Terrorvision / Devin Townsend Project / Don Broco / Edguy / Sylosis / The Marmozets / Fozzy / Firewind / Anti-Nowhere League / Quireboys / Heaven's Basement / Rise To Remain / Butcher Babies / Yashin / The Union / Turbowolf / Kyuss Lives! / Little Angels / Reckless Love / Black Spiders / Breed 77 / The Safety Fire / The Defiled / Kopek / With One Last Breath / Fearless Vampire Killers / Feed the Rhino / The Treatment / The Dirty Youth / My Passion / Saint Jude / Kobra and the Lotus / Voodoo Six / Stellar Revival / Broken / Ginger Wildheart / Silent Descent / Lawnmower Deth / The James Cleaver Quintet / Voodoo Johnson / Tyla / Red, White and Blues / Six Hour Sundown / Seven Deadly / Soil Official / Sanguine / The Royal Cartel / No Americana / pitch black / Soil Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 08, 2012 –
Jun 10, 2012
Download Festival 2012
The Prodigy / Chase And Status / Machine Head / Billy Talent / NOFX / Fear Factory / Cancer Bats / Rise To Remain / Slash / Nightwish / Opeth / Little Angels / Europe / Terrorvision / Impaled Existence / Silent Descent / Absolute Power / Hounds / Lawnmower Deth / The Defiled / While She Sleeps / Axewound / Devin Townsend Project / Gallows / The Safety Fire / Voodoo Six / Marmozets / Upon A Burning Body / Dive Bella Dive / Reachback / Dead Hearts / The Jellycats / Broken / Yashin / Breed 77 / Million Dollar Reload / Neon Fly / As I Lay Dying / Saxon / Black Veil Brides / Steel Panther / Tenacious D / Biffy Clyro / Metallica / You Me At Six / Killswitch Engage / Skindred / Kids In Glass Houses / Theory of a Deadman / Four Year Strong / Lower Than Atlantis / Turbonegro / Ginger Wildheart / No Americana / Avosetta / Don Broco / Turbowolf / The Yo-Yos / Anti-Nowhere League / The Treatment / My Passion / Sylosis / Corey Taylor / The Union / The Mission / Cockney Rejects / LostAlone / Mallory Knox / Butcher Babies / Acoda / Never Means Maybe / I Divide / Golden Thanks / 4arm / Freebase / Royal Cartel / Six Hour Sundown / GUN / Soil / Red, White and Blues / The Quireboys / Tyla / Stellar Revival / DevilDriver / Kyuss Lives! / Anthrax / Black Label Society / Lamb Of God / Megadeth / Soundgarden / Black Sabbath / Kobra and the Lotus / Black Spiders / We Are the Ocean / August Burns Red / Rival Sons / Sebastian Bach / Skindred / Ugly Kid Joe / Shinedown / Refused / Dropkick Murphys / Rise Against / Periphery / Ghost / Firewind / Emmure / La Dispute / The James Cleaver Quintet / Shadows Fall / Edguy / Reckless Love / Heaven's Basement / Feed the Rhino / Skarlett Riot / Kamchatka / pitch black / Mechanical Smile / Adelaide / Strangle Kojak / You And What Army / Kopek / With One Last Breath / The Minutes / The Dirty Youth / Hawk Eyes / William Control / Saint Jude / Fearless Vampire Killers / Furyon / Mordecai / Daken / Voodoo Johnson / Sanguine / White Powder Gold / Fozzy / Halestorm / Trivium / Six Hour Sundown / GUN / Soil / Red, White and Blues / The Quireboys / Heaven's Basement / With One Last Breath / Fearless Vampire Killers Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 06, 2012 –
Jun 11, 2012
Download Festival 2012
Slash / Nightwish / Machine Head / Billy Talent / Terrorvision / The Quireboys / Metallica / Tenacious D / Steel Panther / Trivium / Black Veil Brides / Saxon / As I Lay Dying / Black Sabbath / Soundgarden / Megadeth / Lamb Of God / Black Label Society / Anthrax / Reckless Love / DevilDriver Show all bands
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Donington Park Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Jun 06, 2012
May 26, 2012
Judas Priest / Saxon / Kobra and the Lotus

Epitaph

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HMV Hammersmith Apollo London, England, United Kingdom
May 24, 2012
Judas Priest / Saxon / Vanderbuyst
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Rodahal Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
May 23, 2012
Judas Priest / Saxon

Epitaph Tour

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Lotto Arena Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

Videos from 2012 View All 2012 Videos

Download Festival 2012
Jun 10 - 12, 2012
 Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
  Embedded by Daniel Dixon

Photos from 2012 View All 2012 Photos

Download Festival 2012 on Jun 8, 2012 [157-small]

Download Festival 2012
Jun 8 - 10, 2012
 Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Gwyn Williams

Download Festival 2012 on Jun 8, 2012 [158-small]

Download Festival 2012
Jun 8 - 10, 2012
 Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom
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Wacken Open Air 2012 on Aug 2, 2012 [060-small]

Wacken Open Air 2012
Aug 2 - 4, 2012
 Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Genres:

Rock
Metal
Hard Rock
British
Album Oriented Rock (AOR)
Heavy Metal
UK
Glam Metal
Speed Metal
Power Metal
NWOBHM
J-Metal
Japanese Heavy Metal
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Latest Setlist (02/09/2025):

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  1. The Prophecy
  2. Hell, Fire and Damnation
  3. Dogs of War
  4. Backs to the Wall
  5. Madame Guillotine
  6. And the Bands Played On
  7. Dallas 1 PM
  8. Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)
  9. Strong Arm of the Law
  10. 1066
  11. Motorcycle Man
  12. Stand Up and Be Counted
  13. 747 (Strangers in the Night)
  14. Wheels of Steel
  15. Freeway Mad
  16. See the Light Shining
  17. Street Fighting Gang
  18. Suzie Hold On
  19. Machine Gun
  20. Crusader
  21. Heavy Metal Thunder
  22. Denim and Leather
  23. Princess of the Night

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Concerts Per Year:

2025 52 concerts
2024 74 concerts
2023 43 concerts
2022 55 concerts
2021 8 concerts
2020 5 concerts
2019 37 concerts
2018 87 concerts
2017 65 concerts
2016 75 concerts
2015 86 concerts
2014 65 concerts
2013 89 concerts
2012 24 concerts
2011 116 concerts
2010 34 concerts
2009 84 concerts
2008 57 concerts
2007 93 concerts
2006 32 concerts
2005 36 concerts
2004 41 concerts
2003 41 concerts
2002 32 concerts
2001 41 concerts
2000 47 concerts
1999 40 concerts
1998 45 concerts
1997 45 concerts
1996 13 concerts
1995 61 concerts
1994 7 concerts
1993 28 concerts
1992 27 concerts
1991 82 concerts
1990 72 concerts
1989 14 concerts
1988 51 concerts
1987 27 concerts
1986 111 concerts
1985 43 concerts
1984 78 concerts
1983 79 concerts
1982 95 concerts
1981 92 concerts
1980 113 concerts
1979 39 concerts

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Comments & Reviews:

Saxanon Nov 23, 2022

SAXON deliver a full throttle masterclass in metal. Giants! 1979-2022 and still accelerating....magnificent!

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