The Magic Band Concert History

The Magic Band is a reformed version of Captain Beefheart's erstwhile backing band, led by "Drumbo" John French, Beefheart's drummer and musical factotum for the bulk of his recording career. It was convened at the urging of longtime Beefheart fan Matt Groening to play at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival he curated in 2003.

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The Magic Band Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Nov 12, 2017
The Magic Band
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Rescue Rooms Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Nov 11, 2017
The Magic Band
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Band on the Wall Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Nov 10, 2017
The Magic Band
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Music Room Liverpool Philharmonic Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Nov 07, 2017
The Magic Band / John “ Drumbo “ French

Final Tour

The Cluny Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
May 20, 2016
The Great Escape Festival
"The Great Escape Festival" / Trevor Sensor / Lewis Del Mar / Black Honey / Fatoumata Diawara / Blick Bassy / Leyya / Sego / SWMRS / Dilly Dally / Mothers / Cakes Da Killa / Bishop Briggs / Kevin Garrett / The Bulletproof Bomb / Isaiah Dreads / Eska / Nadia Reid / Anthonie Tonnon / Pleasure Beach / Finn. / Owen Rabbit / Barns Courtney / ANNA OF THE NORTH / It It Anita / Conner Youngblood / Bayonne / Diet Cig / Larkin Poe / Man of Moon / Izzy Bizu / Go March / Little Hours / Clean Cut Kid / Band of Skulls / Holy Esque / Alise Joste / Samm Henshaw / Lady Leshurr / The Hearing / Yes We Mystic / Mmoths / Keir / Ry X / The Invisible / Rejjie Snow / Ten Fe / Songhoy Blues / Declan McKenna / Hyphen Hyphen / Fai Baba / The Rubens / Northeast Party House / Vladimir / Eagulls / Nimmo / Formation / Fakear / Jelani Blackman / Iglooghost / Telegram / Anchoress / Throwing Shade / Max Graef / Frisco / Boo Seeka / Porches / Frankie Cosmos / Julia Jacklin / Beaty Heart / Blossoms / Yndi Halda / Brodka / Dan Owen / Have You Ever Seen The Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS / Kxp / Saint Sister / Otherkin / Wyvern Lingo / Aldous Harding / Pink Oculus / Tim Vantol / Me And My Drummer / Amber Arcades / Tiny Ruins / Hamish Kilgour / Rusangano Family / Skinny Living / James TW / Johnny Foreigner / Bad Sounds / Gallery Circus / Desert Planes / Dream Wife / Baba Naga / REWS / Keep Breathing / The Parrots / The Magic Band / The Vulgarians / When Airy met Fairy / Broadbay / Crows Show all bands
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Various Venues Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Nov 20, 2015
The Magic Band
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Under The Bridge (at Chelsea Football Club) London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 11, 2015
The Magic Band Brudenell Social Club Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Nov 10, 2015
The Magic Band
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The Greystones Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Apr 02, 2015
Wolf Alice / The Magic Band / Bloody Knees Trinity Centre Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Jun 08, 2014
Polyphonic Spree / The Magic Band / The Crazy World of Arthur Brown / Pram / Destroyers / Scott Matthews

The Lunar Festival

Umberslade Estate Tanworth In Arden, United Kingdom
Jun 07, 2014
The Magic Band
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The Garage London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 06, 2014 –
Jun 08, 2014
Lunar Festival 2014
Lunar Festival 2014 / British Sea Power / Tim Burgess / Toy / Temples / Donovan / The Polyphonic Spree / Crazy World of Arthur Brown / The Magic Band / Scott Matthews / Michael Chapman / John Renbourn
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Umberslade Estate, Tanworth in Arden Tamworth in Arden Warwickshire
May 30, 2014
The Magic Band Eric's Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
May 27, 2014
The Magic Band Brudenell Social Club Leeds, England, United Kingdom
May 23, 2014
The Magic Band The Platform, Engine Shed Lincoln, England, United Kingdom
Apr 20, 2014
Bluesfest (Byron Bay, AUS)
"Bluesfest" (Byron Bay, AUS) / Erykah Badu / Passenger / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Iron & Wine / Morcheeba / War / Gov't Mule / Bitty With Sly And Robbie Taxi Gang / Nahko and Medicine for the People / Jimmie Vaughan / Booker T. Jones / Kasey Chambers / James Cotton / Chali 2na / CW Stoneking / KT Tunstall / The Devon Allman Band / Ozomatli / The Beards / Robben Ford / The Cambodian Space Project / Matthew Curry / Valerie June / The Magic Band / Candye Kane / Nikki Hill / saidah baba talibah / Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience / "RocKwiz" Show all bands
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Byron Events Farm Tyagarah, New South Wales, Australia
Apr 17, 2014 –
Apr 21, 2014
Byron Bay Bluesfest 2014
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Dave Matthews Band / Iron & Wine / Passenger / Erykah Badu / KT Tunstall / Jake Bugg / Doobie Brothers / Joss Stone / Devendra Banhart / Morcheeba / KC and the Sunshine Band / John Butler Trio / Gary Clark Jr. / Grace Potter / India.Arie / Jeff Beck / War / Buddy Guy / Boz Scaggs / The Wailers / Aaron Neville / Gov't Mule / Ozomatli / Jason Isbell / Allen Stone / Michael Franti / Beth Hart / Gregg Allman / Booker T. Jones / Valerie June / North Mississippi Allstars / Kate Miller-Heidke / Kasey Chambers / Chali 2na / Sly And Robbie / Eric Bibb / Nahko and Medicine for the People / Seth Lakeman / Walter Trout / The Beards / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Charlie Musselwhite / C.W. Stoneking / The Soul Rebels / Trixie Whitley / Joanne Shaw Taylor / Steve Earle and the Dukes / Garland Jeffreys / Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes / The Black Sorrows / Larry Graham & Graham Central Station / Chain / Candye Kane / Paladins / Devon Allman / Matthew Curry / The Magic Band / The Cambodian Space Project / Backsliders / Rockwiz / Nikki Hill / Eugene 'hideaway' Bridges / Claude Hay / James Cotton Blues Band / Public Opinion Afro Orchestra / saidah baba talibah / Daniel Champagne / Hat Fitz and Cara / Ray Beadle / The Grandmothers of Invention / Jimmie Vaughn / Genevieve Chadwick / Laura Chavez / The Mojo Webb Band / Terrence Simien & The Zydeco Experience / Glenn Cardier and the Slideshow / The Music Maker Foundation / Marshall Okell & the Pride / Dyson, Stringer & Cloher / Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 / Suzanne vega Show all bands
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Unknown venue Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Show Duplicates for Apr 17, 2014
Apr 11, 2014
Grandmothers of Invention / The Magic Band
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Corner Hotel Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Apr 06, 2014
The Magic Band
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Troubadour West Hollywood, California, United States
Apr 01, 2014
Joan Baez / The Magic Band
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Teatro Metropolitan Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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All Tomorrow's Parties - ATP 2003 on Nov 8, 2003 [803-small]

All Tomorrow's Parties - ATP 2003
Nov 8 - 9, 2003
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Grandmothers of Invention / The Magic Band on Apr 11, 2014 [765-small]

Grandmothers of Invention / The Magic Band
Apr 11, 2014
 Richmond, Victoria, Australia
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Latest Setlist (11/12/2017):

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  1. Floppy Boot Stomp
  2. Low Yo Yo Stuff
  3. 25th Century Quaker
  4. Hot Head
  5. Diddy Wah Diddy
  6. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
  7. Orange Claw Hammer
  8. When It Blows Its Stacks
  9. Dropout Boogie
  10. Abba Zaba
  11. Autumn's Child
  12. Hobo Chang Ba
  13. Circumstances
  14. Drum Solo
  15. On Tomorrow
  16. Hair Pie Bake I
  17. Alice in Blunderland
  18. Suction Prints
  19. Bat Chain Puller
  20. My Human Gets Me Blues
  21. Click Clack
  22. The Little Red Rooster
  23. Electricity
  24. Owed t'Alex
  25. Moonlight on Vermont
  26. Big Eyed Beans From Venus
  27. Glider

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Concerts Per Year:

2017 4 concerts
2016 1 concert
2015 4 concerts
2014 11 concerts
2013 3 concerts
2012 4 concerts
2011 3 concerts
2009 1 concert
2005 2 concerts
2004 4 concerts
2003 3 concerts

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