Symposium's 1998 Concert History

The band formed while still in school in Kensington, London, in 1995. The line up was: Ross Cummins (vocalist), Hagop Tchaparian (guitarist), Joe Birch (drummer), William McGonagle (guitarist), and Wojtek Godzisz (bassist). The band had a selection of up tempo and cheerful, yet mosh pit-friendly songs which, together with their very young average age of eighteen, bought them attention within London and landed a record deal with the Infectious record label. Some writers suggested that they sounded like youthful exuberance.

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 28, 1998
Reef / Symposium / Nojahoda Newport Centre Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Nov 22, 1998
Reef / Symposium / Nojahoda Rock City Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Nov 17, 1998
Reef / Nojahoda / Symposium Cambridge Corn Exchange Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Nov 12, 1998
Reef / Symposium Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nov 11, 1998
Reef / Symposium
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Q Club Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Oct 28, 1998
Stereophonics / Symposium
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Newcastle University Students Union Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Aug 28, 1998 –
Aug 30, 1998
Reading Festival 1998
A / Gay Dad / Stroke / Lee "Scratch" Perry / Satellite Beach / The Lodger / Seafood / Unwritten Law / Jumping Jack Frost / Dust Junkys / Ph Family / Vyvyan / Monkey Mafia / The Paradise Motel / Mover / MxPx / Superior / DJ Touche / Cut La Roc / Hefner / Carrie / Gel / Gene / Urusei Yatsura / Earl Brutus / Spearmint / Manson / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / Backyard Babies / Grand Drive / Girls Against Boys / Toploader / Roni Size / Royal Trux / The Pecadiloes / Justin Robertson / Flynn & Flora / Llama Farmers / 60 Ft Dolls / Super Furry Animals / Bill Riley / Asian Dub / Idlewild / Huckleberry / El Nino / Les Rythmes Digitales / Campag Velocet / Deftones / Fungus / The Interpreters / Save Ferris / Unsane / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Grandaddy / Warm Jets / The Dandys / Jurassic 5 / Alabama 3 / Deejay Punk Roc / One Lady Owner / Dust Junkies / Bis / Lagwagon / Clinic / The Montrose Avenue / The Delgados / The Smooths / Asian Dub Foundation / Yo La Tengo / Sunhouse / Kenickie / Gomez / Mansun / Symposium / Mogwai / Page And Plant / Pitchshifter / Headswim / Soul Coughing / Jimmy Page / Ace / Ash / Robert Plant / Dawn Of The Replicants / Beastie Boys / Arab Strap / Drugstore / Bad Religion / Foo Fighters / Garbage / Fu Manchu / Supergrass / Monster Magnet / Echo & the Bunnymen / The Afghan Whigs / Afgan Whigs / The Prodigy / Unbelievable Truth / Elliott Smith / The Specials / Snug / Six by Seven / Monaco / Regular Fries / Disco Pistol / The Freestylers / Sleater-Kinney / Travis / Flight 16 / Rocket from the Crypt / CIV / Ten Benson / New Order / Formula One / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Ooberman / Scott 4 / Medal / Lo Fidelity Allstars / Money Mark / H-Blockx / Reprazent / More Rockers / The Reviver Gene / Bryan Gee / Spiritualized / Dance Hall Crashers / The Divine Comedy / Rancid / Jonathan Fire Eater / Electric Sound Of Joy / Regurgitator / No Fun At All / The Wasp Factory / Curve / Laptop / o / The Bluetones / Shed Seven / Audioweb / Addict / Merz / Ultrasound / NT / No Use For A Name Show all bands
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Richfield Avenue Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Aug 04, 1998
Vans Warped Tour 1998
Deftones / The Get Up Kids / The Slackers / 22 Jacks / Bad Religion / Godsmack / Amazing Royal Crowns / Unwritten Law / Mad Caddies / Save Ferris / Latex Generation / Royal Crown Revue / Hi-Standard / Hatebreed / Reverand Horton Heat / Kid Rock / Voodoo Glow Skulls / Swingin' Utters / Trading Bryson / CIV / The Specials / Staind / Unsane / Homegrown / The Aquabats / The Atomic Fireballs / Fu Manchu / Hepcat / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / NOFX / No Use For A Name / Rancid / Snapcase / Anthrophobia / H2O / Skavoovie & the Epitones / The Smooths / Symposium / The Vandals / Zebrahead / L.e.s. Stitches / tilt / The Urge / All / MxPx / Incubus / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Pietasters Show all bands
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Jacksonville State Fairgrounds Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Aug 02, 1998
Warped Tour ‘98
All / Anthrophobia / Atomic Fireball / Bad Religion / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / CIV / Deftones / Frodus / Hatebreed / Hepcat / Humble Beginnings / Kid Rock / Latex Generation / L.e.s. Stitches / Mad Caddies / MxPx / 98 Mute / No Use For A Name / NOFX / Ozomatli / Plastic Holiday / Plastique / Punk Rock Karaoke / Rancid / The Reverend Horton Heat / Save Ferris / The Smooths / The Specials / Sprung Monkey / Swingin’ Utters / Symposium / 22 Jacks / Unsane / Unwritten Law / U.S. Bombs / Wade Show all bands
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The Stone Pony Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
Aug 01, 1998
Vans Warped Tour 1998
Bad Religion / NOFX / Rancid / H2O / The Specials / The Vandals / Voodoo Glow Skulls / No Use For A Name / Unwritten Law / Snapcase / Unsane / Hatebreed / Home Grown / The Get Up Kids / Reverend Horton Heat / Deftones / Kid Rock / The Urge / Incubus / MxPx / Zebrahead / Save Ferris / The Aquabats / Mad Caddies / Fu Manchu / Swingin' Utters / U.S. Bombs / All / Sprung Monkey / Cherry Poppin' Daddies / Symposium / The Smooths / 22 Jacks / The Amazing Crowns / The Atomic Fireballs / CIV / Die Toten Hosen / Godsmack / Hepcat / Latex Generation / L.e.s. Stitches / The Pietasters / Royal Crown Revue / Staind / tilt Show all bands
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Randall's Island Park New York, New York, United States
Jul 11, 1998 –
Jul 12, 1998
T In The Park 1998
A Tribe Called Quest / Robbie Williams / Fatboy Slim / The Prodigy / Portishead / Stereophonics / Garbage / Pulp / Travis / Natalie Imbruglia / Beastie Boys / Gomez / Chumbawamba / Ash / Spiritualized / Ian Brown / cornershop / Super Furry Animals / Finley Quaye / Idlewild / Catatonia / Space / Alabama 3 / Asian Dub Foundation / Arab Strap / Plastikman / Symposium / Money Mark / Kristin Hersh / Lo Fidelity Allstars / The Seahorses / The James Taylor Quartet / Bentley Rhythm Ace / The Supernaturals / Bernard Butler / The Aloof / Darren Emerson / Rialto / Unbelievable Truth / Audioweb / The Smiles / Campag Velocet / Ultrasound / Theaudience / Headswim / Carrie / Regular Fries / Warm Jets / 60 Ft Dolls / Scott 4 / Young Offenders / The Montrose Avenue / The Dandys / Annie Christian / Medal / James Show all bands
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Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jun 11, 1998
Symposium / A
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Limelight Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Jun 03, 1998
Symposium / A The Fleece Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Jun 02, 1998
Symposium / A / NINETY
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Pyramids Centre Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
May 29, 1998 –
May 31, 1998
Rock am Ring 1998
Bob Dylan / The Smashing Pumpkins / Moby / The Prodigy / Ozzy Osbourne / Van Halen / Deftones / Rammstein / Stereophonics / Travis / Bad Religion / Savage Garden / Feeder / Chumbawamba / Ash / Our Lady Peace / Grandaddy / Genesis / Bootsy Collins / Anouk / The Notwist / The Bluetones / Guano Apes / BAP / K's Choice / Alabama 3 / Fettes Brot / Therapy? / Sportfreunde Stiller / Enrique Bunbury / Gravediggaz / Money Mark / 16 horsepower / Bentley Rhythm Ace / Symposium / Reprazent / Roger Hodgson / Fury in the Slaughterhouse / Fünf Sterne Deluxe / J.B.O. / Imani Coppola / My Life Story / VIVID / Fischmob / Readymade / Cosmic Baby / Addict / Stroke / 60 Ft Dolls / Vitro / Bif / Soul Flower / Lotte Ohm / Clawfinger Insane Clown Posse Show all bands
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Nürburgring Nürburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
May 26, 1998
Symposium The Zodiac Oxford, England, United Kingdom
May 24, 1998
Symposium / A Uea the Waterfront Norwich, England, United Kingdom
May 21, 1998
Symposium / A / NINETY University of Wolverhampton at Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
May 19, 1998
Symposium / A Lomax 1 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
May 14, 1998
Symposium / A Middlesbrough Arena Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

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T In The Park 1998 on Jul 11, 1998 [540-small]

T In The Park 1998
Jul 11 - 12, 1998
 Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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T In The Park 1998 on Jul 11, 1998 [541-small]

T In The Park 1998
Jul 11 - 12, 1998
 Kinross, 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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Warped Tour ‘98 on Aug 2, 1998 [688-small]

Warped Tour ‘98
Aug 2, 1998
 Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
  Uploaded by Erica Lebow

Symposium / A on Jun 11, 1998 [401-small]

Symposium / A
Jun 11, 1998
 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Paul Clarke

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