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Stats

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

Raw Totals

  • № shows 2,105
  • № songs 19,501
  • № unique songs 315
  • № venues 1,397
  • № countries 36
  • № cities 505
  • № set lists 1,334
  • № unique set openers 96
  • № unique set closers 102
  • № unique encore songs 123
  • Average set list length 14.62

Most Played Songs

Most Played Cities

  • London 219
  • Belfast 77
  • Dublin 60
  • New York City, NY 47
  • Manchester 42
  • Leeds 33
  • Glasgow 32
  • Bristol 29
  • Tokyo 25
  • Cologne 22
  • Birmingham 21
  • Edinburgh 21
  • Sydney 19
  • Amsterdam 18
  • Austin, TX 18
  • Liverpool 18
  • Nottingham 18
  • Portsmouth 18
  • Berlin 17
  • Melbourne 17

Most Played Venues

  • Astoria, London 14
  • Limelight, Belfast 13
  • Little John’s Farm, Reading 12
  • O2 Forum Kentish Town, London 12
  • Worthy Farm, Shepton Mallet 10
  • BBC Television Centre, London 9
  • Bramham Park, Leeds 9
  • Liquid Room, Tokyo 9
  • Maida Vale Studios, London 9
  • Olympia, Dublin 9
  • Ulster Hall, Belfast 9
  • Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth 9
  • Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast 8
  • Rock City, Nottingham 8
  • Rough Trade East, London 8
  • Academy, London 7
  • BBC Studios, London 7
  • Botanique, Brussels 7
  • Koko, London 7
  • Metro Theatre, Sydney 7

Most Played Countries

  • United Kingdom 1,036
  • United States 354
  • Germany 153
  • Ireland 119
  • Australia 72
  • Japan 67
  • France 40
  • Norway 37
  • Netherlands 28
  • Spain 28
  • Switzerland 20
  • Belgium 18
  • Italy 18
  • Sweden 18
  • Austria 17
  • Canada 17
  • New Zealand 10
  • Denmark 9
  • Portugal 6
  • Singapore 4

Recent Tour Debuts

Most Played Set Openers

Most Played Set Closers

Songs Played Only Once

Shows by Decade

  • 2000s 843
  • 2010s 488
  • 1990s 456
  • 2020s 318

Shows by Year

Shows by Month

  • November 271
  • August 237
  • October 234
  • July 211
  • June 210
  • December 207
  • September 173
  • March 147
  • May 140
  • April 126
  • February 114
  • January 35

Longest Gap Since Last Performance

Shows per Tour

  • Free All Angels 177
  • 1977 163
  • Meltdown 101
  • Nu-Clear Sounds 79
  • Trailer 69
  • The Deep Blue 62
  • Twilight of the Innocents 61
  • Teenage Wildlife 45
  • Ad Astra 44
  • Kablammo 43
  • Islands 42
  • Race the Night 41
  • A-Z Series 38
  • 1977 (20th anniversary) 24
  • New Worlds 19
  • Grey Will Fade 15
  • Higher Education 15
  • 1977 (30th anniversary) 13
  • Area:2 13
  • Lost Domain 12
  • Masters of the Euroverse 12
  • Off the Beaten Track 8
  • The Singles 1994-2024 7
  • This is Christmas 7
  • Free All Angels (10th anniversary) 6
  • Tim Wheeler Irish acoustic tour 5
  • Burned As Witches 3
  • Free All Angels (21st anniversary) 3
  • The Best of Ash 2

Shows by Band Member

  • Tim Wheeler 1,322
  • Mark Hamilton 1,242
  • Rick McMurray 1,242
  • Charlotte Hatherley 404
  • Russell Lissack 58
  • DJ Dick Kurtaine 55
  • Emmy the Great 10
  • Euan Hinshelwood 5
  • Matt Tong 5
  • Carl Dalemo 4
  • Chris McComish 4
  • George Pringle 3
  • Mike Hawk McMurray 3
  • Alan Lynn 2
  • Damian O’Neill 1
  • Graham Hopkins 1

Shows by Project

  • Ash 1,922
  • Charlotte Hatherley 103
  • Tim Wheeler 51
  • Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler 11
  • Burned As Witches 4
  • Chris Shooter & The Dreghorn Dads 3
  • Coldplay 2
  • Vietnam 2
  • We Are Scientists 2
  • Ben Kweller 1
  • Rick McMurray 1
  • Snow Patrol 1
  • The Moors 1
  • Tim Wheeler and Damian O’Neill 1

Top Guest Performers

  • The Subways 29
  • Graham Coxon 17
  • Charlotte Hatherley 14
  • Damian O’Neill 6
  • Tim Wheeler 6
  • 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