In 2012 sweepingthenation saw 611 performances during 27 concerts with 537 bands at 19 venues in 10 locations.

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 22, 2012
Maybeshewill / Laser Beast / Speaking in Italics / The Juniors
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The Y Theatre Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Dec 07, 2012
The Kabeedies / These Ghosts / Rory McVicar Firebug Bar Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Oct 28, 2012
Bat For Lashes / Sylver Tongue
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O2 Academy Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Oct 20, 2012 –
Oct 21, 2012
SWN Festival 2012
clinigol / Tom Ap Dan / AlunaGeorge / Foxes / Django Django / The Cribs / The Staves / Peace / John Grant / Liars / Dry the River / Palma Violets / Charlotte Church / Gallows / Drenge / Scritti Politti / Toy / Fossil Collective / The Invisible / Earth / Teleman / Deptford Goth / The Blackout / Pedestrian / Kwes. / Lanterns on the Lake / Pulled Apart By Horses / Stealing Sheep / Clock Opera / Errors / SPLASHH / Fear of Men / Arcane Roots / Joanna Gruesome / Micachu & The Shapes / Turbowolf / Bodhi / PINS / Man Without Country / Various Cruelties / Tall Ships / Nebula / Bo Ningen / A.N.I.M.A.L. / Paper Aeroplanes / Falls / Gwenno / The Lovely Eggs / Rozi Plain / The Family Rain / Hexstatic / Mine / Mazes / Evergreen Official / The School / Bright Light Bright Light / Sweet Baboo / The Physics House Band / Astroid Boys / Echo Lake / Swiss Lips / Stubborn Heart / Pale Seas / NO CEREMONY/// / Gallops / Feed the Rhino / Black Moth / Gulp / Glass Pear / Ifan Dafydd / Sam Airey / Two Wounded Birds / Save Your Breath / Rivals / Greta Isaac / Desolated / Faye / Islet / Cold Pumas / Martin Creed / This Many Boyfriends / Laura J Martin / Alone / Hey Sholay / Esther / Mik / Seasfire / Dad Rocks! / My First Tooth / Escapists / Tapestry / The Knox / Al Lewis / Marc O'Reilly / Hawk Eyes / Holy Mountain / Milk Maid / Katell Keineg / Jethro Fox / Golden Fable / Goodtime Boys / Gala Drop / Zervas & Pepper / Among Brothers / Harry Keyworth / The Naturals / Trwbador / Chain of Flowers / Cut Ribbons / Rangda / Rusty Shackle / The Experimental Tropic Blues Band / Pariso / Sion Russell Jones / Casual Sex / Denuo / Swnami / We Are Animal / We're No Heroes / Pol / Night Engine / Brotherhood Of The Lake / Jewellers / Afro Cluster / R.Seiliog / Samoans / Spooky Bizzle / Portasound / Mowbird / Death at Sea / The Vestals / Y Bandana / Verity Susman / Exit International / Sex Hands / Irma Vep / Love Motel / Dirty Goods / Yngve / Prosperina / Hysterical Injury / Quiet Marauder / Lleuwen / Shy and the Fight / Face + Heel / Casi Wyn / Crushing Blows / Effluence / Sen Segur / Beard Of Wolves / Kid Chocolat / Kutosis / Bright Young People / H.u.d. / Out of the Woods / Joyce the Librarian / A Girl Called Ruth / Jake Mattison / The Adelines / Ratatosk / Yr Angen / The Bent Moustache / Manhattan Coast / Sun Drums / Tomos Lewis / Without Maps / The Ash and The Oak / No Thee No Ess / Draw Me Stories / Jemma Roper / Y Pencadlys / The Fire Season / The Dead Beggars / Fist Of The First Man / Survivalists / Y Lladron / Cloud4mations / Eugene Francis Jr / Torches Uk / The Lay Lows / Eilir Pierce / Gareth Potter / Mr Fogg / Virals Show all bands
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Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Oct 16, 2012
This Many Boyfriends / cats:for:peru / Frantic Drift Firebug Bar Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Oct 12, 2012
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Maybeshewill / Codex Leicester The Cookie Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Oct 10, 2012
Johnny Foreigner / Playlounge Firebug Bar Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Oct 04, 2012
Ross Noble De Montfort Hall Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Oct 04, 2012
The Lovely Eggs / The Ranters The Soundhouse Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Sep 29, 2012
Nottingham IndiePop All-Dayer 2012
Fireworks / Standard Fare / Shrag / The Hobbes Fanclub / The Whatevers / The Give It Ups / The Sock Puppets
Chameleon Arts Cafe Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Aug 31, 2012 –
Sep 02, 2012
End of the Road Festival 2012
alt-J / Beach House / Alabama Shakes / Grizzly Bear / First Aid Kit / The Antlers / Deer Tick / Midlake / Grandaddy / John Grant / Anna Calvi / Still Corners / Justin Townes Earle / The Low Anthem / Tindersticks / Hurray for the Riff Raff / Porcelain Raft / Cold Specks / Jonathan Wilson / Toy / Dirty Beaches / I Break Horses / Delicate Steve / Veronica Falls / Dirty Three / Mountain Man (Vermont) / The Strange Boys / Robyn Hitchcock / Lanterns on the Lake / Sleep Party People / The Deep Dark Woods / Robert Ellis / Willis Earl Beal / Lawrence Arabia / 2:54 / THEESatisfaction / Roy Harper / Richard Buckner / Alessi's Ark / Doug Paisley / Hannah Cohen / Eagle and the Worm / Poor Moon / Cashier No. 9 / Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard / Frank Fairfield / Moulettes / Our Broken Garden / Pinkunoizu / Zun Zun Egui / Zachary Cale / Stranded Horse / Driver Drive Faster / Seth Faergolzia / Outfit (UK) / Patti Smith / Patrick Watson / François & The Atlas Mountains / Woods / Van Dyke Parks / Graham Coxon Show all bands
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Larmer Tree Gardens Tollard Royal, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Aug 17, 2012 –
Aug 19, 2012
Summer Sundae Weekender 2012
Bastille / Clean Bandit / Jake Bugg / Katy B / Django Django / Lianne La Havas / Gold Panda / Agnes Obel / Deer Tick / Japandroids / Lucy Rose / Billy Bragg / Ocean Colour Scene / Savages / Death In Vegas / Public Image Ltd / Adam Ant / Datarock / Reverend and the Makers / Ghostpoet / Friends / Patrick Wolf / Sway / Bowerbirds / Willy Mason / Jack Beats / Dan Mangan / Ed Harcourt / The Twilight Sad / Asian Dub Foundation / The Black Seeds / Jonathan Richman / Loney Dear / D.I.D / Maybeshewill / Akala / Clock Opera / Team Me / Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains / Micachu / Speech Debelle / Micachu & The Shapes / Juan Zelada / Eliza Shaddad / Tiny Ruins / The Daydream Club / Stay+ / Molotov Jukebox / Her Name Is Calla / Cashier No. 9 / THePETEBOX / Hey Sholay / Y Niwl / Goodnight Lenin / Grace Petrie / Park Bench Society / Lewis Floyd Henry / Jersey Budd / Kappa Gamma / Buenos Aires / Little Night Terrors / Dark Dark Horse / Uncle Frank / Tim Edey & Brendan Power / Kenworthy / The Magic Tombolinos / Elizabeth Cornish / Nancy Dawkins / Walter Bottle / The Leicester All Ska's Reggae Big Band / Tune-Yards Show all bands
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De Montfort Hall Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Aug 15, 2012
Moscow Youth Cult Firebug Bar Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Aug 04, 2012
Y-Not Festival
"Y-Not Festival" / Pulled Apart By Horses / The Wombats / British Sea Power / Reverend and the Makers / Vintage Trouble / Summer Camp (UK) / The Cast of Cheers / Foe / The Good Natured / Ram's Pocket Radio / Black Fuzz / General Fiasco / Juan Zelada / Bastille / Boat to Row / Jenny O / Crushing Blows / Kagoule / tHE rASH / Dinosaur Pile-Up / The Xcerts / Turbowolf / Hawk Eyes / Tall Ships / Freeze the Atlantic / Trillionaires / The Quangos / Auction for the Promise Club / The Fallow / House of Thieves / Neon Railroad / Ethan Ash Show all bands
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Peak District National Park Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Jul 12, 2012 –
Jul 14, 2012
2000 Trees 2012
George Ezra / Lucy Rose / The Futureheads / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Guillemots / Dry the River / 65daysofstatic / Lower Than Atlantis / This Is The Kit / Gallows / Summer Camp / Marmozets / Maybeshewill / Mark Diamond / D.I.D / Lanterns on the Lake / Hundred Reasons / Pulled Apart By Horses / Future of the Left / Sharks / Stealing Sheep / Turbowolf / Rolo Tomassi / Harbour (CA) / Arcane Roots / S.C.U.M / The Xcerts / Three Trapped Tigers / 2:54 / Tall Ships / Fitz / Sonic Boom Six / Alessi's Ark / The Crooks / Brontide / Fixers / Sam Brookes / Shapes / Tellison / The Social Club / Gallops / The Computers / Brother & Bones / Imperial Leisure / Lewis Floyd Henry / Max Raptor / Ben Marwood / Zico Chain / straight lines / Crazy Arm / Chloe Foy / Bronze Medal / Gaz Brookfield / My First Tooth / Boat to Row / Freeze the Atlantic / Solemn Sun / Bastions / Among Brothers / The James Cleaver Quintet / Spycatcher / The People The Poet / Goodnight Lenin / Lightguides / James Levy / The Cadbury Sisters / Then Thickens / Antlered Man / Gunning for Tamar / run,WALK! / Versechorusverse / Joe Summers / Rosa Valle / Jason Steel / Perkie / Michael K.I.N.G. / Run, Walk / Billy Vincent / I, the Lion / Andy Oliveri / Richard Clarke / Fair & Square / The Spirit of John / The Cape Of Good Hope / Ruth Bewsey / Old Colours / Son of Eagle / Rob Alexander / Aspen Sails / Sam Russo (UK) / Kwat / The Futureheads / Ollie Collard / Horse and Louis / Jackrabbit Parole / Ellie Dussek / Flange Krammer / Danny Sutcliffe / Dan Heaver / Joby Hardwick Show all bands
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Upcote Farm Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Jul 06, 2012 –
Jul 08, 2012
Indietracks 2012
White Town / Summer Camp / The Vaselines / Veronica Falls / Girls Names / Allo Darlin' / Joanna Gruesome / The Monochrome Set / Toys / The School / Standard Fare / The Proper Ornaments / The Spook School / September Girls / Evans the Death / This Many Boyfriends / Tender Trap / Tigercats / Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern / Sea Lions / Go Sailor / Rose Melberg / The June Brides / The Smittens / Liechtenstein / 14 Iced Bears / Gold-Bears / The Just Joans / Jasmine Minks / Minibar / Colour Me Wednesday / Golden Grrrls / The Sunbathers / Stevie Jackson / The Rosie Taylor Project / Orca Team / Young Romance / Cosines / Language of Flowers / The Hobbes Fanclub / Vacaciones / Mikrofisch / The ABC Club / Love Dance / Doggy / Silver Factory / The Birthday Kiss / Electrophönvintage / The 10p Mixes / The Werewandas / Robberie / Velodrome 2000 / Themakingof / Markie Plays Girlpop / Gordon McIntyre Show all bands
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Midland Railway Centre Ripley, England, United Kingdom
Jun 08, 2012 –
Jun 10, 2012
No Direction Home Festival 2012
Django Django / Andrew Bird / Richard Hawley / Slow Club / The Low Anthem / Gruff Rhys / Moon Duo / Cold Specks / Peaking Lights / Veronica Falls / Dirty Three / Lanterns on the Lake / The Unthanks / Diagrams / Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny / Martin Simpson / Spectrals / Martin Carthy / Liz Green / David Thomas Broughton / Laura J Martin / Boat to Row / Hyperpotamus / The Brighouse / Ichi / Rachel Dadd Show all bands
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Welbeck Abbey Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Jun 02, 2012
Long Division Festival 2012
Art Brut / The Vaselines / Herman Düne / Dutch Uncles / Hookworms / Let's Wrestle / Standard Fare / H. Hawkline / Zoey Van Goey / Sam Airey / Fever Dream / My Sad Captains / Kid Canaveral / This Many Boyfriends / Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat / Gentleman's Pistols / Dan Michaelson / IMP / Blacklisters / Fanzine / The Spills / Runaround Kids / Soulmates Never Die / Mi Mye / Treecreeper / Piskie Sits / Stalking Horse / Pip Mountjoy / St. Gregory Orange Show all bands
The Hop Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
May 31, 2012 –
Jun 04, 2012
White Noise Festival 2012
Maybeshewill / Little Night Terrors / Speaking in Italics / We Three and the Death Rattle / Diet Pills / Joel Owen & the Antoine Band / Parliament of Bats / Ramshakle Parade
Firebug Bar Leicester, England, United Kingdom
May 18, 2012
The Primitives / The School / Produkty
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Lock 42 Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Mar 24, 2012
Tender Trap / MJ Hibbett & The Validators / The Sweet Nothings / Anguish Sandwich / August Actually / The Sunbathers / Just Handshakes (We're British) / The Rosie Taylor Project Firebug Bar Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Mar 15, 2012
Stewart Lee De Montfort Hall Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Mar 11, 2012
Wild Beasts / alt-J
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Warwick Arts Centre Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Mar 03, 2012
Johnny Foreigner
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The Victoria Inn Derby, England, United Kingdom
Feb 27, 2012
Tigercats / Red Shoe Diaries / Allo Darlin'
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The Musician Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Feb 26, 2012
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny / Silent Devices / Goodnight Lenin The Musician Pub Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Feb 11, 2012
Chris Mayo / MJ Hibbett / Moon Horse Vs the Mars Men of Jupiter The Criterion Leicester, England, United Kingdom