Tortoise Concert History

Tortoise's almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization. The group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago's fertile music scene, playing in various indie rock and punk groups. Formed in 1990, Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.

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Tortoise Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 32)

Date Concert Venue Location
Mar 27, 2004
Tortoise

All Tomorrow's Parties 2004 #1

Pontins Camber Sands Holiday Park Rye, England, United Kingdom
Mar 26, 2004 –
Mar 28, 2004
All Tomorrow's Parties - ATP 2004
Cat Power / Mogwai / Converge / Tortoise / Prefuse 73 / Turbonegro / Shellac / Dead Meadow / Lightning Bolt / Envy / Mclusky / Boredoms / Trans Am / Acid Mothers Temple / ENTRANCE / Sun City Girls / Lungfish / Isis / Part Chimp / Papa M / Sonic Boom / Growing / a Whisper in the Noise / Supersilent / Bobby Conn / Todd / arcwelder / Uzeda / Phillip Roebuck / Stinking Lizaveta / The Seconds / French Toast / Botnledja / Mike Watt and the Secondmen / Azita / Atombombpocketknife / The Dishes / James Orr Complex / Mike Watt and the Tom and Jerry Show Show all bands
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Pontins Camber Sands Holiday Park Camber, United Kingdom
Mar 24, 2004
Tortoise Babylon Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Nov 28, 2003
Tortoise
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Abbey Pub Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 06, 2003
Tortoise

Hideout Block Party

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The Hideout Chicago, Illinois, United States
Aug 17, 2003
Tortoise

Goose Island Fest

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A. Finkl & Sons Chicago, Illinois, United States
Aug 15, 2003 –
Aug 17, 2003
Guided By Voices / Sonic Youth / Tortoise / Bob Mould / Waco Brothers

Goose Island Festival 2003

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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Aug 01, 2003
Tortoise

AV Festival

Castillo Sohail Fuengirola, Spain
Jul 11, 2003
Tortoise / Mad Professor Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 15, 2003
Coldcut / Tortoise / Lee "Scratch" Perry / The Bees (UK)
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Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 13, 2003
Bonnaroo 2003, Day 1
RJD2 / Jack Johnson / DJ Spooky / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Kid Koala / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra / Yonder Mountain String Band / Lucinda Williams / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / Rebirth Brass Band / Jason Mraz / Joshua Redman / Keller Willams / The Funky Meters / My Morning Jacket / Ben Kweller / Tortoise / Sonic Youth / Sound Tribe Sector 9 / Gavin DeGraw / Ekoostik Hookah / Sticky Fingers / The Soft Parade Show all bands
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Jun 13, 2003 –
Jun 15, 2003
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2003
Mark Farina / The Wailers / Warren Haynes / Ben Kweller / My Morning Jacket / Antibalas / Garage a Trois / Jerry Joseph And The Jackmormons / Kid Koala / Louque / Emmylou Harris / Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon / TheNEWDEAL / DJ Spooky / North Mississippi Allstars / G. Love & Special Sauce / Topaz / Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen / Kaki King / The Polyphonic Spree / Rebirth Brass Band / The Roots / Widespread Panic / Josh Kelley / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Jason Mraz / Sonic Youth / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Yonder Mountain String Band / Lucinda Williams / Jack Johnson / Keller Williams / Drive-By Truckers / Ekoostik Hookah / Z-Trip / Liz Phair / Particle / The Allman Brothers Band / The Flaming Lips / O.A.R. / Mix Master Mike / Michael Franti & Spearhead / James Brown / Galactic / Buddahead / The Dead / Indecision / Hackensaw Boys / Joshua Redman / Toots & The Maytals / moe. / Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players / RJD2 / The Meters / Vusi Mahlasela / Josh Wink / The Slip / Nickel Creek / Tortoise / Gavin DeGraw / Raq / Medeski Martin & Wood / Sound Tribe Sector 9 Show all bands
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 13, 2003
Jun 11, 2003
Tortoise

Meltdown Festival

Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 07, 2003
Tortoise

Field Day Festival

Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Apr 27, 2003
Tortoise

Coachella Festival

Empire Polo Club Indio, California, United States
Apr 26, 2003 –
Apr 27, 2003
Coachella 2003
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Black Eyed Peas / Jack Johnson / Queens of the Stone Age / Blur / Interpol / N.E.R.D / Groove Armada / Talib Kweli / Thievery Corporation / The Hives / The Libertines / Primal Scream / Underworld / RJD2 / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Nightmares On Wax / Beastie Boys / The Rapture / Gomez / The Stooges / Aesop Rock / Badly Drawn Boy / Ladytron / Café Tacvba / Hot Hot Heat / Rooney / G. Love & Special Sauce / Amon Tobin / The Mars Volta / Murs / Dirty Vegas / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Ben Kweller / Fischerspooner / Felix da Housecat / Roger Sanchez / Iggy And The Stooges / Joseph Arthur / The Polyphonic Spree / The Donnas / El-P / Idlewild / Sonic Youth / Tortoise / Deep Dish / Perry Farrell / Eisley / Kinky / The White Stripes / FC Kahuna / Richie Hawtin / Mr. Lif / Timo Maas / 22-20s / Ima Robot / Blue Man Group / The Soundtrack Of Our Lives / Jaylib / Stereo Total / Masters At Work / Peanut Butter Wolf / Mouse on Mars / The Mooney Suzuki / Hernan Cattaneo / Tha Alkaholiks / Christopher Lawrence / Spymob / Particle / South (LON) / Division of Laura Lee / Darren Emerson / The Kinison / DJ Irene / Db_ / Johnny Marr & The Healers / D:Fuse / Whirlwind Heat / S.T.U.N. / C-Minus / Dillinja And Lemon D / Little Louie Vega and Kenny 'dope' Gonzales / Ben Folds Show all bands
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Empire Polo Club Indio, California, United States
Mar 02, 2003
Tortoise
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Bimbo's 365 Club San Francisco, California, United States
Mar 01, 2003
Tortoise
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Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, California, United States
Feb 28, 2003
Tortoise
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Music Box Theatre Los Angeles, California, United States
Feb 27, 2003
Tortoise / The Vells The Showbox Seattle, Washington, United States
Feb 25, 2003 –
Mar 03, 2003
Noise Pop 2003
Cat Power / OK Go / M. Ward / Calexico / The Mountain Goats / Minus the Bear / Rooney / Joanna Newsom / The Donnas / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Tortoise / The Von Bondies / Camper Van Beethoven / Har Mar Superstar / The Blood Brothers / John Vanderslice / The Dirtbombs / Folk Implosion / Crooked Fingers / Film School / Imperial Teen / Smog / Hot Rod Circuit / The Locust / Kelley Stoltz / Trans Am / Tsunami Bomb / Starflyer 59 / Dead Moon / Mia Doi Todd / The Jealous Sound / The Go / Creeper Lagoon / The Velvet Teen / Nicolai Dunger / Erase Errata / No Knife / Onelinedrawing / The Cuts / The Court And Spark / The Librarians / Nik Freitas / Tussle / Hockey Night / Communique / Milemarker / Peggy Honeywell / Hudson Bell / Crime In Choir / Pattern / The Roots Of Orchis / Time Spent Driving / Built Like Alaska / Fast Forward / Citizens Here and Abroad / Stratford 4 / Western / Ill Lit / The Rattlesnakes / Alaska (UK) / Eleventeen / On the Speakers / The Sermon / Truxton / The Rum Diary / The Swords Project / The Kirby Grips / Downway / The Pleased / Firecracker / Replicator / The Junior Panthers / Trackstar / Under A Dying Sun / Madelia / Fojimoto / Fields Of Gaffney / Whysall Lane / Ceramic Isles Show all bands
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San Francisco, California, United States

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Experimental
Electronica
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Noise Rock
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Chicago Indie
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Latest Setlist (07/03/2026):

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  1. Night Gang
  2. Monica
  3. In Sarah, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Women and Men
  4. Layered Presence
  5. I Set My Face to the Hillside
  6. Works and Days
  7. Gesceap
  8. Prepare Your Coffin
  9. Dot/Eyes
  10. Ten-Day Interval
  11. Vexations
  12. The Lithium Stiffs
  13. Crest
  14. The Equator
  15. Swung From the Gutters
  16. Rated OG

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2026 59 concerts
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2023 10 concerts
2022 5 concerts
2020 3 concerts
2019 6 concerts
2017 33 concerts
2016 118 concerts
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2012 35 concerts
2011 16 concerts
2010 55 concerts
2009 64 concerts
2008 16 concerts
2007 31 concerts
2006 10 concerts
2005 43 concerts
2004 76 concerts
2003 19 concerts
2002 12 concerts
2001 81 concerts
2000 3 concerts
1999 13 concerts
1998 78 concerts
1997 12 concerts
1996 62 concerts
1995 14 concerts
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