Violent Femmes's 2016 Concert History

Violent Femmes is an alternative rock band, formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1980. The band originally consisted of Gordon Gano (vocals, guitar), Brian Ritchie (bass), and Victor DeLorenzo (drums), with Guy Hoffman replacing DeLorenzo following his departure starting in 1993 and up until his return in 2002. The band split in early 2009, their last recording being a cover of the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy", a response to Gnarls Barkley's cover of the Femmes song "Gone Daddy Gone" released the previous year.

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Apr 30, 2016
Escondido / Meghan Trainor / Jason Derulo / Modest Mouse / Yo Gotti / Cypress Hill / Violent Femmes / Jonny Lang / Moon Taxi / Better Than Ezra / Houndmouth / Los Lobos / The Front Bottoms / Ana Popovic / Luther Dickinson / Amasa Hines / Will Tuck...
Escondido / Meghan Trainor / Jason Derulo / Modest Mouse / Yo Gotti / Cypress Hill / Violent Femmes / Jonny Lang / Moon Taxi / Better Than Ezra / Houndmouth / Los Lobos / The Front Bottoms / Ana Popovic / Luther Dickinson / Amasa Hines / Will Tucker / Barenaked Ladies / Lunchmoney Lewis Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Apr 29, 2016 –
May 01, 2016
Beale Street Music Festival 2016
Jason Derulo / Bastille / Weezer / Zedd / Beck / Meghan Trainor / Modest Mouse / Train / Neil Young / Young the Giant / Cold War Kids / Yo Gotti / Paul Simon / Cypress Hill / Barenaked Ladies / Violent Femmes / Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats / Gin Blossoms / The Joy Formidable / Grace Potter / The Front Bottoms / Houndmouth / Los Lobos / Indigo Girls / Better Than Ezra / Trampled by Turtles / Lunchmoney Lewis / Moon Taxi / Julien Baker / The Struts / Coleman Hell / The Arcs / Jonny Lang / The Lone Bellow / Blackberry Smoke / Walter Trout / Ana Popovic / Doyle Bramhall II / Escondido / Bernard Allison / Luther Dickinson / John Németh / Amasa Hines / Will Tucker / Those Pretty Wrongs / Courtney Barrett / Alex Da Ponte / The Band Camino / Beale Street Music Festival Show all bands
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Tom Lee Park Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Apr 29, 2016
Mar 19, 2016
Hoodoo Gurus / Violent Femmes / Sunnyboys / Died Pretty Kings Park Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Mar 18, 2016
Violent Femmes
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Corner Hotel Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Mar 17, 2016
Violent Femmes Corner Hotel Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Mar 16, 2016
Violent Femmes / Xylouris White
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Corner Hotel Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Mar 14, 2016
Hoodoo Gurus / Violent Femmes / Sunnyboys / Died Pretty / Ratcat Josef Chromy Wines Relbia, South Australia, Australia
Mar 13, 2016
Golden Plains Festival
"Golden Plains Festival" / The Blessed Madonna / Eddy Current Suppression Ring / Violent Femmes / Sleater-Kinney / Built to Spill / Seun Kuti / Koi Child / Freddie Gibbs / Songhoy Blues / Sampa The Great / The Necks / HTRK
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Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre Meredith, South Australia, Australia
Show Duplicate for Mar 13, 2016
Mar 12, 2016
Hoodoo Gurus / Violent Femmes / Ratcat / Sunnyboys / Died Pretty
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Rochford Wines Coldstream, Victoria, Australia
Mar 12, 2016 –
Mar 14, 2016
Golden Plains Festival 2016
Built to Spill / Buzzcocks / Violent Femmes / Freddie Gibbs / Sleater-Kinney / Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 / Natalie Prass / John Grant / Royal Headache / The Black Madonna / Gold Class / C.W. Stoneking / HTRK / Eddy Current Suppression Ring / U.S. Girls / Songhoy Blues / The Necks / Koi Child / No Zu / Black Cab / Friendships / Sadar Bahar / Darcy Baylis / Kenji Takimi / TYRANNAMEN Show all bands
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Golden Plains Festival Meredith, Victoria, Australia
Show Duplicates for Mar 12, 2016
Mar 11, 2016
Womadelaide
"Womadelaide" / Violent Femmes / Ripley / Orange Blossom / The Jerry Cans / Hazmat Modine / Debashish Bhattacharya / DakhaBrakha / Cedric Burnside / The Cat Empire / Angelique Kidjo / All Our Exes Live In Texas
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Botanic Park Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Beale Street Music Festival on Apr 29, 2016 [495-small]

Beale Street Music Festival
Apr 29 - May 1, 2016
 Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Radio 104.5 Birthday on Jun 17, 2016 [199-small]

Radio 104.5 Birthday
Jun 17, 2016
 Camden, New Jersey, United States
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Baroness / FIDLAR / Violent Femmes / Big Krit / Nathaniel Ratliff & the Nightsweats on May 21, 2016 [898-small]

Baroness / FIDLAR / Violent Femmes / Big Krit / Nathaniel Ratliff & the Nightsweats
May 21, 2016
 Denver, Colorado, United States
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Radio 104.5 9th Birthday Celebration on Jun 17, 2016 [289-small]

Radio 104.5 9th Birthday Celebration
Jun 17, 2016
 Camden, New Jersey, United States
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Buzz beach ball on Jul 16, 2016 [673-small]

Buzz beach ball
Jul 16 - 17, 2016
 Kansas City, Kansas, United States
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KRBZ's Buzz Beach Ball 2016 on Jul 16, 2016 [679-small]

KRBZ's Buzz Beach Ball 2016
Jul 16 - 17, 2016
 Kansas City, Kansas, United States
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Violent Femmes / Clara Venice on Jul 24, 2016 [849-small]

Violent Femmes / Clara Venice
Jul 24, 2016
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Jim Statsall Aug 29, 2022

In what venue did Violent Femmes play on March 9th 1989 in Iowa City, IA?


Jim Statsall Aug 29, 2022

In what venue did Violent Femmes play on March 9th in Iowa City, IA?

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