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Stats

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

Raw Totals

  • № shows 1,978
  • № songs 18,779
  • № unique songs 295
  • № venues 1,329
  • № countries 36
  • № cities 487
  • № set lists 1,282
  • № 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 189
  • Belfast 73
  • Dublin 59
  • New York City, NY 47
  • Manchester 40
  • Glasgow 30
  • Leeds 29
  • Bristol 24
  • Tokyo 22
  • Cologne 21
  • Birmingham 20
  • Sydney 20
  • Edinburgh 19
  • Austin, TX 18
  • Amsterdam 17
  • Berlin 17
  • Melbourne 17
  • Nottingham 17
  • Newcastle 16
  • San Francisco, CA 16

Most Played Venues

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

Most Played Countries

  • United Kingdom 926
  • United States 354
  • Germany 148
  • Ireland 112
  • Australia 73
  • Japan 62
  • France 40
  • Norway 37
  • Netherlands 29
  • Spain 28
  • Switzerland 20
  • Italy 18
  • Sweden 18
  • Belgium 17
  • Canada 17
  • Austria 16
  • 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 733
  • 2010s 477
  • 1990s 457
  • 2020s 311

Shows by Year

Shows by Month

  • November 266
  • August 226
  • December 216
  • October 211
  • June 194
  • July 186
  • September 152
  • March 140
  • May 133
  • April 111
  • 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
  • 1977 (20th anniversary) 51
  • Teenage Wildlife 45
  • Ad Astra 44
  • Kablammo 43
  • Islands 42
  • Race the Night 41
  • A-Z Series 38
  • 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 1,913
  • 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