The Fat Lady Sings Concert History

The Fat Lady Sings was formed in Dublin in March 1986. Fronted by singer and songwriter Nick Kelly, the initial line-up also comprised Robert Hamilton (drums), Dave Sweeney (guitars) and Finbarr O’Riordan (bass). Unusually for the time, the band decided to relocate to London almost immediately after forming, and based themselves there throughout their subsequent eight year career. Perhaps more unusual still was the fact that they never recorded...

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 23, 1993
The Fat Lady Sings / Schmelzgud Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Aug 21, 1993
Stiff Little Fingers / Firework Party / Milltown Brothers / Wildflower / The Fat Lady Sings / Candystash

Heineken Music Festival 1993

Castle Field Southsea, England, United Kingdom
Aug 19, 1993 –
Aug 22, 1993
Heineken Music Festival
Kirsty MacColl / Tom Robinson / Edwin Starr / Stiff Little Fingers / Alias Ron Kavana / Desmond Dekker / The Tansads / Stinkfish / The Funking Barstewards / TJ and the Jive Giants / The Fat Lady Sings / Milltown Brothers / Candystash / The Firework Party / Flatville Aces / Long Tall Texans Show all bands
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Castle Field Southsea, England, United Kingdom
Jul 30, 1993 –
Aug 01, 1993
Feile 1993
The Cranberries / Iggy Pop / INXS / Barenaked Ladies / Madness / Manic Street Preachers / Squeeze / Spiritualized / Indigo Girls / Chris de Burgh / Inner Circle / Teenage Fanclub / Deacon Blue / Stiff Little Fingers / Utah Saints / Aztec Camera / Levellers / Therapy? / The Shamen / John Mayall / Rollins Band / The Christians / Mary Black / Paul Brady / The Auteurs / The Frank And Walters / Sultans of Ping F.C. / That Petrol Emotion / The Stunning / Senseless Things / A House / An Emotional Fish / Kerbdog / The Fat Lady Sings / Rollerskate Skinny / Scheer / The Four Of Us / Blaggers ITA / the mary janes / Engine Alley / my little funhouse / Pet Lamb / The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow Show all bands
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Thurles, Ireland
Jul 16, 1993 –
Jul 18, 1993
Phoenix Festival 1993
Jamiroquai / Cypress Hill / Faith No More / Pulp / House of Pain / Bad Religion / The Black Crowes / Manic Street Preachers / The Pharcyde / Hole / Buzzcocks / Billy Bragg / Los Lobos / Stereolab / Living Colour / Mercury Rev / Helmet / Sonic Youth / Utah Saints / The Wedding Present / Sloan / Julian Cope / Gil Scott-Heron / Pop Will Eat Itself / Redd Kross / The Young Gods / Trashcan Sinatras / The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy / Yothu Yindi / That Petrol Emotion / Pele / Velocity Girl / The Men They Couldn't Hang / CNN / Björn Again / A House / Consolidated / Sheep on Drugs / Ian McNabb / Martin Stephenson / Fun-Da-Mental / The Fatima Mansions / New Fast Automatic Daffodils / Thousand Yard Stare / The Family Cat / The Pooh Sticks / The God Machine / Eat / Th' Faith Healers / Band of Susans / Compulsion / Ringo / Red Devils / The Fat Lady Sings / Snowboy And The Latin Section / Silverfish / Energy Orchard / Nervous / Bivouac / The Moonflowers / St. Johnny / Fretblanket / Kinky Machine / Jacob's Mouse / Radial Spangle / Molly Half Head / Die Cheerleader / Sidi Bou Said / Mint 400 / Mambo Taxi / Hyperhead / The Hair And Skin Trading Co / Wishplants / Tansads / The New Cranes / Rainer Ptaceck Show all bands
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Phoenix Festival 1993 Long Marston, UK
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Jun 12, 1993
Fleadh 1993
Kirsty MacColl / Bob Dylan / Van Morrison / The Pogues / Runrig / Stiff Little Fingers / Goats Don't Shave / Hothouse Flowers / Mary Black / The Fat Lady Sings / Marxman / The Men They Couldn't Hang / The Frames (IE) / The Big Geraniums / Engine Alley Show all bands
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Finsbury Park London, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 05, 1993
New Order / Engine Alley / Something Happens / The Stunning / The Fat Lady Sings
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The Point Theatre Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
May 04, 1993
The Fat Lady Sings / White Trash The Adelphi / New Adelphi Hull, England, United Kingdom
Mar 18, 1993
The Fat Lady Sings Princess Charlotte Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Mar 02, 1993
The Fat Lady Sings Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
May 24, 1992
Fleadh 1992
Van Morrison / Del Amitri / Edwyn Collins / The Chieftains / Levellers / Les Négresses Vertes / Hue and Cry / Andrew Strong / luka bloom / Sharon Shannon / Frankie Miller / Capercaillie / The Silencers / Kirsty MacColl / The 4 of Us / An Emotional Fish / The Pearlfishers / Boys Of The Lough / Rory Gallagher / The Fat Lady Sings / Stockton's Wing / Martin Stephenson & The Daintees / Kevin McDermott Orchestra / Michael Marra / Freddie White / Carol Laula / The River Detectives / The Humpff Family / Kith And Kin / McCluskey Brothers / Colour Wheel / We Free Kings Show all bands
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Glasgow Green Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aug 24, 1991
James / carter the unstoppable sex machine / The Fall / De La Soul / Blur / Teenage Fanclub / Flowered Up / The Fat Lady Sings / Kingmaker / Mercury Rev / Edwyn Collins / Milltown Brothers / 530 / Power of Dreams / The Real People / The Dylans / T...
James / carter the unstoppable sex machine / The Fall / De La Soul / Blur / Teenage Fanclub / Flowered Up / The Fat Lady Sings / Kingmaker / Mercury Rev / Edwyn Collins / Milltown Brothers / 530 / Power of Dreams / The Real People / The Dylans / Thousand Yard Stare / The Southernaires / The Hollow Men / Burn / Welfare Heroine / Railroad Earth / Ratcat / The Candyskins Show all bands
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Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Aug 23, 1991 –
Aug 25, 1991
Reading Festival 1991
Pop Will Eat Itself / Dinosaur Jr. / Nirvana / Silverfish / Babes in Toyland / Denis Leary / Frank Sidebottom / James / De La Soul / Blur / Teenage Fanclub / Flowered Up / Senseless Things / The Blue Aeroplanes / Tommy Cockles / Iggy Pop / Sonic Youth / Chapterhouse / The Honey Thieves / The Fall / The Fat Lady Sings / Mercury Rev / Kingmaker / The Sisters of Mercy / Ned's Atomic Dustbin / Ned's Atomic Dustbin / The Godfathers / Gang Starr / Nitzer Ebb / kitchens of distinction / Swervedriver / Screaming Target / The Family Cat / Dr Phibes And The House Of Wax Equations / Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine Show all bands
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Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Aug 09, 1991 –
Aug 10, 1991
Hultsfredsfestivalen 1991
Mano Negra / Hedningarna / The Real People / Eric Gadd / Lars Demian / The Almighty / The Nomads / Dave Stewart And The Spiritual Cowboys / Jess / Union Carbide Productions / Sven-Ingvars / Mystery Slang / Transvision Vamp / Straight Up / Di Leva / Toy Dolls / The Wonder Stuff / All / Roddy Frame / Sator / Poverty Stinks / Ultima Thule / Stina Nordenstam / Pale Saints / nine below zero / Pelle Almgren & Wow Liksom / The Fat Lady Sings / Backyard Babies / Whipped Cream / The Lemonheads / Staffan Hellstrand / The Blue Aeroplanes / James / Ride / The Black Crowes / Ocean Colour Scene / Entombed / Thåström / Paulo Mendonça / Iodine Jupiter Show all bands
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Hultsfred Folkets Park Hultsfred, Kalmar, Sweden
Jun 02, 1991
Van Morrison / The Sawdoctors / The Chieftains / The Pogues / That Petrol Emotion / Mary Black / The Fat Lady Sings / Paul Brady / Davy Spillane / Mary Coughlan
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Finsbury Park London, England, United Kingdom
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Jun 28, 1990 –
Jul 01, 1990
Roskilde Festival 1990
The Cure / Bob Dylan / Bryan Adams / Lenny Kravitz / Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Soundgarden / De La Soul / Faith No More / They Might Be Giants / Paul Oakenfold / Melissa Etheridge / The Cramps / Midnight Oil / Little Feat / Ride / The Orb / EMF / Del Amitri / Deacon Blue / The Jeff Healey Band / Salif Keita / D-A-D / BoDeans / A Guy Called Gerald / Thåström / luka bloom / Mekons / Pretty Maids / Urban Dance Squad / Ian McCulloch / Lars H.U.G. / Mojo Nixon / Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub / The Blue Aeroplanes / Green On Red / Gorky Park / 22-Pistepirkko / Omar and the Howlers / The Hummingbirds / Dissidenten / Dance With a Stranger / Galaxie 500 / 24-7 Spyz / Goodbye Mr MacKenzie / Malurt / The Leather Nun / Eat / The Fat Lady Sings / Hotel Hunger / Miss B. Haven / Energy Orchard / Dr. Baker / Her Personal Pain / Psychotic Youth / Les Satellites / Ry Cooder And David Lindley / Vladimir Merta / Boris Williams / Merzy / Sharing Patrol / Mahavok / Ole Kristiansen / Simcess / Ian Mcculloch & the Prodigal Sons / Two Niggers and a Honky / Skanbeat / Terminator Ted / Dagmar Andrtova Vonkova Show all bands
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Roskilde Festival 1990 Roskilde, Zealand, Denmark
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Jun 04, 1990
Hothouse Flowers / The Fat Lady Sings Mayflower Theatre Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Jun 03, 1990
Big Day 1990
Texas / Average White Band / Big Country / Wet Wet Wet / Deacon Blue / Maria McKee / Sheena Easton / Aswad / Nanci Griffith / Hothouse Flowers / Adamski / Les Négresses Vertes / Hue and Cry / Eddi Reader / The Chimes / Associates / The Silencers / Love and Money / Paco Pena / The 4 of Us / Martin Stephenson / Goodbye Mr MacKenzie / John Martyn / The Fat Lady Sings / Kevin McDermott / The River Detectives / Billy Bragg W. Michael Stipe and Natalie Merchant / His Latest Flame Show all bands
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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
May 27, 1990
Hothouse Flowers / The Fat Lady Sings Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
May 24, 1990
Hothouse Flowers / The Fat Lady Sings Apollo Theatre Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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