GWAR Concert History

GWAR is a satirical thrash metal/punk band formed in 1985-1986 by a group of artists and musicians at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. The band is perhaps best known for their elaborate sci-fi/horror film inspired costumes, raunchy lyrics, and graphic stage performances, which can consist of scatology, sadomasochism, necrophilia, pedo-necrophilia, beastio-necrophilia, fire dancing, fake pagan rituals, mock executions/mutilations, and other controversial violent and political themes.

GWAR Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024 - 2025)

Date Concert Venue Location
May 15, 2025 –
May 18, 2025
Upcoming
Welcome to Rockville 2025 @ Daytona International Speedway
Green Day / Linkin Park / Korn / Three Days Grace / Sublime / Incubus / Alice In Chains / 3 Doors Down / Marilyn Manson / Jimmy Eat World / Shinedown / Pierce the Veil / Good Charlotte / Sleeping With Sirens / Bullet for My Valentine / Rob Zombie / Daughtry / Asking Alexandria / Hollywood Undead / Bush / Taking Back Sunday / Hoobastank / Bowling For Soup / Chevelle / The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / Theory of a Deadman / Escape the Fate / Of Mice & Men / Killswitch Engage / P.O.D. / Motionless In White / Halestorm / New Found Glory / Everclear / Mastodon / I Prevail / Finger Eleven / Trivium / We Came As Romans / Snot / All That Remains / Blue October / Insane Clown Posse / Silverstein / Mudvayne / Bad Omens / The Devil Wears Prada / Underoath / Set It Off / Memphis May Fire / August Burns Red / Filter / Lit / Beartooth / Sevendust / Blessthefall / As I Lay Dying / Saving Abel / Hawthorne Heights / Testament / Arch Enemy / Saosin / Candlebox / Crossfade / Emmure / Chiodos / HEALTH / Attila / The Plot In You / Alesana / Whitechapel / Knocked Loose / Attack Attack! / A Skylit Drive / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Real Friends / From Ashes to New / Dorothy / Fit for a King / Exodus / The Black Dahlia Murder / Caskets / Scary Kids Scaring Kids / Deafheaven / Evans Blue / Converge / Municipal Waste / Dayseeker / Kublai Khan TX / Obituary / After the Burial / Upon A Burning Body / Jinjer / Smile Empty Soul / The Acacia Strain / I Set My Friends On Fire / ERRA / Body Count / GWAR / Chimaira / Bilmuri / Fit For An Autopsy / Silent Planet / All Shall Perish / Nails / Power Trip / Lilac / Bleed From Within / AngelMaker / Brand of Sacrifice / Butcher Babies / Invent Animate / Wind Walkers / Quicksand / Sunami / Sleep Theory / Shadow of Intent / Of Virtue / Full of Hell / Havok / Until I Wake / Nevertel / Dexter and The Moonrocks / Dry kill Logic / Left To Suffer / Incendiary / Nerv / Gatecreeper / Harm's Way / Sanguisugabogg / The Union Underground / It Dies Today / Candy / Adam Gontier / Boundaries / Peelingflesh / 200 Stab Wounds / One Step Closer / The Funeral Portrait / Mugshot / Pain of Truth / ALLT / Gates to Hell / Frozen Soul / Royale Lynn / Return to Dust / Bodybox / Pretty Wild / Dead Heat / Big Ass Truck / Seven Hours After Violet / Chained Saint Show all bands
Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
Show Duplicates for May 15, 2025
May 11, 2025
Upcoming
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival (Day 4 of 4)
Metallica / Alice In Chains / Power Trip / Chevelle / Arch Enemy / Ice Nine Kills / Obituary / Cavalera / Sanguisugabogg / Sunami / GWAR
Historic Crew Stadium Columbus, Ohio, United States
May 08, 2025 –
May 11, 2025
Upcoming
Sonic Temple Festival 2025
Korn / Bad Omens / Three Days Grace / Sevendust / Alien Ant Farm / Orgy / Motionless In White / Poppy / Memphis May Fire / Fit for a King / Boundaries / Caskets / Wind Walkers / Killswitch Engage / Jinjer / As I Lay Dying / All That Remains / Fit For An Autopsy / Bloodywood / Left To Suffer / Ministry / Filter / HEALTH / Seven Hours After Violet / Nitzer Ebb / Uncured / Silly Goose / Metallica / Rob Zombie / Alice Cooper / Testament / Exodus / Overkill / Mastodon / Acid Bath / Suicidal Tendencies / Deafheaven / Converge / 200 Stab Wounds / Dead Heat / Cannibal Corpse / Hatebreed / Municipal Waste / Gatecreeper / Armored Saint / Frozen Soul / Peelingflesh / Whitechapel / All Shall Perish / The Black Dahlia Murder / After the Burial / The Acacia Strain / Upon A Burning Body / AngelMaker / Linkin Park / Incubus / I Prevail / Trivium / Hoobastank / Sick Puppies / Bullet for My Valentine / Jimmy Eat World / Of Mice & Men / Escape the Fate / Set It Off / ERRA / Nevertel / grandson / Crossfade / Citizen Soldier / Trust Company / Framing Hanley / The Funeral Portrait / Return to Dust / Underoath / Silverstein / The Devil Wears Prada / Invent Animate / Silent Planet / Scary Kids Scaring Kids / I Set My Friends On Fire / Metallica / Alice In Chains / Chevelle / Quicksand / Cavalera / Corrosion Of Conformity / Ice Nine Kills / Hollywood Undead / Asking Alexandria / Badflower / From Ashes to New / The Plot In You / Fame On Fire / Arch Enemy / GWAR / Obituary / Nails / Sanguisugabogg / Shadow of Intent / Category 7 / Power Trip / Sunami / Speed / Jesus Piece / Pain of Truth / Candy / Gridiron Show all bands
Historic Crew Stadium Columbus, Ohio, United States
Show Duplicate for May 08, 2025
Nov 20, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser
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Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Nov 19, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser
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The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Nov 17, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser Warehouse Live Houston, Texas, United States
Nov 16, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser Vibes Event Center San Antonio, Texas, United States
Nov 15, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser The Studio at the Factory Dallas, Texas, United States
Nov 13, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser
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The Beacham Orlando, Florida, United States
Nov 11, 2024
GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser The Orange Peel Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Nov 10, 2024
Gwar / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser
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The Ritz Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Nov 09, 2024
GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser

The Stoned Age Tour

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The National Richmond, Virginia, United States
Nov 08, 2024
Gwar / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser

Gwar @ Franklin Music Hall

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Franklin Music Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Nov 06, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser
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Brooklyn Steel New York, New York, United States
Nov 05, 2024
GWAR / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser

The Stoned Age Tour

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Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nov 03, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser Wally's Hampton Beach, NH, US
Nov 02, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser
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Empire Live Albany, New York, United States
Nov 01, 2024
Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser
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Agora Theatre & Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Show Duplicate for Nov 01, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
GWAR / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser

The Stoned Age

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The Rave/Eagles Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Oct 30, 2024
GWAR / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser

The Stoned Age Tour

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Skyway Theatre Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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Mudvayne / Coal Chamber / Gwar / Nonpoint / Butcher Babies
Jul 21, 2023
 Tampa, Florida, United States
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Riot Fest 2018
Sep 14 - 16, 2018
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Riot Fest 2018
Sep 14 - 16, 2018
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Riot Fest 2018
Sep 14 - 16, 2018
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser on Nov 19, 2024 [451-small]

Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser
Nov 19, 2024
 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser on Nov 19, 2024 [450-small]

Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser
Nov 19, 2024
 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser on Nov 9, 2024 [955-small]

GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser
Nov 9, 2024
 Richmond, Virginia, United States
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GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser on Nov 9, 2024 [954-small]

GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser
Nov 9, 2024
 Richmond, Virginia, United States
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GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser on Nov 9, 2024 [947-small]

GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser
Nov 9, 2024
 Richmond, Virginia, United States
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GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser on Nov 9, 2024 [946-small]

GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser
Nov 9, 2024
 Richmond, Virginia, United States
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GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser on Nov 9, 2024 [945-small]

GWAR / Cancer Bats / Squid Pisser
Nov 9, 2024
 Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser on Nov 13, 2024 [385-small]

Gwar / Dark Funeral / Squid Pisser
Nov 13, 2024
 Orlando, Florida, United States
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Genres:

Punk
Metal
Heavy Metal
Alternative Metal
Hardcore Punk
Thrash Metal
Nu Metal
Industrial Metal
Groove Metal
Comic
Old School Thrash
Comic Metal
Comedy Rock
Virginia Punk
Virginia Metal
Shock Rock
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Latest Setlist (11/19/2024):

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  1. El Presidente
  2. Ham on the Bone
  3. Happy Death-Day
  4. Completely Fucked
  5. Mother Fucking Liar
  6. Let Us Slay
  7. Rise Again
  8. Berserker Mode
  9. Bring Back the Bomb
  10. Immortal Corrupter
  11. Maggots
  12. Saddam a Go-Go
  13. Biledriver
  14. Crack in the Egg
  15. America Must Be Destroyed
  16. Sick of You
  17. Fishfuck
  18. Fuck This Place

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Concerts Per Year:

2025 3 concerts
2024 68 concerts
2023 79 concerts
2022 94 concerts
2021 45 concerts
2020 4 concerts
2019 76 concerts
2018 54 concerts
2017 89 concerts
2016 15 concerts
2015 76 concerts
2014 67 concerts
2013 73 concerts
2012 108 concerts
2011 61 concerts
2010 119 concerts
2009 98 concerts
2008 79 concerts
2007 112 concerts
2006 100 concerts
2005 128 concerts
2004 54 concerts
2002 53 concerts
2000 8 concerts
1999 33 concerts
1998 8 concerts
1997 37 concerts
1996 22 concerts
1995 20 concerts
1994 29 concerts
1993 3 concerts
1992 56 concerts
1991 19 concerts
1990 15 concerts
1989 6 concerts
1988 5 concerts
1987 2 concerts
1986 2 concerts

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Steve 8066 Aug 06, 2022

Gwar also played The Leisure World @ Bridlington,UK on May 11th 1990 (i was there) (missing from the list)

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