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Stats

Collection of live show stats based on the shows and the set lists in our archive.

Raw Totals

  • № shows 1899
  • № songs 18624
  • № unique songs 280
  • № venues 1411
  • № countries 36
  • № cities 544
  • № set lists 1254
  • № unique set openers 84
  • № unique set closers 85
  • № unique encore songs 119
  • Average set list length 14.85

Most Played Cities

  • London 178
  • Belfast 69
  • Dublin 54
  • Manchester 39
  • New York City, NY 38
  • Glasgow 27
  • Leeds 27
  • Bristol 24
  • Birmingham 19
  • Edinburgh 19
  • Sydney 19
  • Tokyo 19
  • San Francisco, CA 17
  • Amsterdam 16
  • Austin, TX 16
  • Berlin 16
  • Melbourne 16
  • Nottingham 16
  • Liverpool 15
  • Los Angeles, CA 15

Most Played Venues

  • Astoria, London 15
  • Little John’s Farm, Reading 10
  • Maida Vale Studios, London 9
  • Ulster Hall, Belfast 9
  • BBC Television Centre, London 8
  • Rock City, Nottingham 8
  • Rough Trade East, London 8
  • Bramham Park, Leeds 7
  • Koko, London 7
  • Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth 7
  • Worthy Farm, Somerset 7
  • BBC Elstree Studios: Studio C, Borehamwood 6
  • BBC Studios, London 6
  • Botanique, Brussels 6
  • Club Quattro, Nagoya 6
  • Concorde 2, Brighton 6
  • Limelight, Belfast 6
  • Naeba Ski Resort, Naeba 6
  • Paradiso, Amsterdam 6
  • Wembley Arena, London 6

Most Played Countries

  • United Kingdom 886
  • United States 353
  • Germany 143
  • Ireland 102
  • Australia 67
  • Japan 62
  • France 36
  • Norway 35
  • Spain 27
  • Netherlands 26
  • Switzerland 20
  • Italy 18
  • Sweden 18
  • Canada 17
  • Belgium 15
  • Austria 14
  • Denmark 10
  • New Zealand 8
  • Portugal 6
  • South Korea 4

Recent Tour Debuts

Songs Played Only Once

Shows by Decade

  • 2000s 730
  • 2010s 476
  • 1990s 417
  • 2020s 276

Shows by Year

  • 1996 148
  • 2001 139
  • 2004 131
  • 2007 127
  • 2002 125
  • 2015 81
  • 1998 78
  • 2010 73
  • 2018 70
  • 2023 68
  • 2025 68
  • 2005 59
  • 1995 57
  • 2016 51
  • 1997 48
  • 2011 47
  • 2009 45
  • 1994 44
  • 2003 42
  • 2012 36
  • 2013 34
  • 2014 34
  • 2024 33
  • 1999 32
  • 2008 30
  • 2019 30
  • 2021 30
  • 2000 29
  • 2026 28
  • 2022 25
  • 2020 24
  • 2017 20
  • 1993 5
  • 1992 3
  • 2006 3
  • 1991 2

Shows by Month

  • November 259
  • August 222
  • October 207
  • December 199
  • June 180
  • July 180
  • March 138
  • September 136
  • May 131
  • February 108
  • April 104
  • January 35

Longest Gap Since Last Performance

Top Guest Performers

  • The Subways 29
  • Graham Coxon 17
  • Charlotte Hatherley 14
  • Tim Wheeler 6
  • Damian O’Neill 5
  • Russell Lissack 5
  • Steve Ludwin 5
  • We Are Scientists 5
  • Démira Jansen 4
  • Nathan Connolly 4
  • Barry Peak 3
  • Chris Cain 3
  • Death by Unga Bunga 3
  • Emmy the Great 3
  • Keith Carne 3
  • Kensuke Kita 3
  • Andy Cairns 2
  • Bono 2
  • Boyd Lowe 2
  • Bronagh Gallagher 2