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Stats

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

Raw Totals

  • № shows 1,948
  • № songs 18,739
  • № unique songs 295
  • № venues 1,318
  • № countries 35
  • № cities 485
  • № set lists 1,279
  • № unique set openers 92
  • № unique set closers 95
  • № unique encore songs 120
  • Average set list length 14.65

Most Played Songs

Most Played Cities

  • London 188
  • Belfast 71
  • Dublin 58
  • New York City, NY 47
  • Manchester 39
  • Glasgow 29
  • Leeds 28
  • Bristol 24
  • Tokyo 22
  • Cologne 20
  • Birmingham 19
  • Edinburgh 19
  • Sydney 19
  • Austin, TX 18
  • Amsterdam 17
  • Berlin 16
  • Melbourne 16
  • Nottingham 16
  • San Francisco, CA 16
  • Hamburg 15

Most Played Venues

  • Astoria, London 14
  • Limelight, Belfast 12
  • O2 Forum Kentish Town, London 12
  • Little John’s Farm, Reading 10
  • BBC Television Centre, London 9
  • Maida Vale Studios, London 9
  • Olympia, Dublin 9
  • Ulster Hall, Belfast 9
  • Worthy Farm, Shepton Mallet 9
  • Liquid Room, Tokyo 8
  • Rock City, Nottingham 8
  • Rough Trade East, London 8
  • Bramham Park, Leeds 7
  • Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast 7
  • The Forum, Tunbridge Wells 7
  • Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth 7
  • BBC Elstree Studios: Studio C, Borehamwood 6
  • BBC Studios, London 6
  • Botanique, Brussels 6
  • Club Quattro, Nagoya 6

Most Played Countries

  • United Kingdom 912
  • United States 354
  • Germany 146
  • Ireland 110
  • Australia 67
  • Japan 62
  • France 40
  • Norway 37
  • Spain 28
  • Netherlands 27
  • Switzerland 20
  • Italy 18
  • Sweden 18
  • Belgium 17
  • Canada 17
  • Austria 16
  • Denmark 9
  • New Zealand 8
  • Portugal 6
  • South Korea 4

Recent Tour Debuts

Most Played Set Openers

Most Played Set Closers

Songs Played Only Once

Shows by Decade

  • 2000s 733
  • 2010s 477
  • 1990s 457
  • 2020s 281

Shows by Year

Shows by Month

  • November 262
  • August 227
  • October 211
  • December 203
  • June 194
  • July 184
  • September 142
  • March 140
  • May 132
  • April 110
  • February 108
  • January 35

Longest Gap Since Last Performance

Shows per Tour

  • Free All Angels 167
  • 1977 165
  • Meltdown 101
  • Nu-Clear Sounds 76
  • Trailer 69
  • 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
  • Higher Education 15
  • Area:2 13
  • Lost Domain 12
  • Masters of the Euroverse 12
  • The Singles 1994-2024 7
  • This is Christmas 7
  • Free All Angels (10th anniversary) 6
  • Burned As Witches 3
  • Free All Angels (21st anniversary) 3
  • The Best of Ash 2

Shows by Project

  • Ash 1,883
  • Tim Wheeler 38
  • 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
  • Rick McMurray 1
  • Snow Patrol 1
  • Tim Wheeler and Damian O’Neill 1

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