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
Apr 20, 2004
Tortoise / Beans / Ex Models Royale Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Apr 19, 2004
Tortoise Toad's Place New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Apr 18, 2004
Tortoise Higher Ground Winooski, Vermont, United States
Apr 17, 2004
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Club Soda Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Apr 16, 2004
Tortoise Capital Music Hall Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Apr 15, 2004
Tortoise / Four Tet

Tortoise / Fourtet

The Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 14, 2004
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The Majestic Theatre Detroit, Michigan, United States
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
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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 Festival 2003
Indecision / Raq / Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players / Garage a Trois / The Slip / TheNEWDEAL / Vusi Mahlasela / Mark Farina / RJD2 / Z-Trip / Kid Koala / Kaki King / Gavin DeGraw / The Meters / Josh Wink / Josh Kelley / DEAD! / Jerry Joseph And The Jackmormons / Joshua Redman / Louque / Topaz / Buddahead / DJ Spooky / Toots & The Maytals / Hackensaw Boys / moe. / The Polyphonic Spree / Mix Master Mike / James Brown / The Allman Brothers Band / Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Galactic / Tortoise / Yonder Mountain String Band / Jason Mraz / Jack Johnson / The Flaming Lips / The Roots / My Morning Jacket / O.A.R. / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Lucinda Williams / G. Love & Special Sauce / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Ben Kweller / Liz Phair / Emmylou Harris / Drive-By Truckers / Sonic Youth / Nickel Creek / Widespread Panic / The Wailers / Keller Williams / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / Rebirth Brass Band / North Mississippi Allstars / Antibalas / Particle / Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon / Sound Tribe Sector 9 / Warren Haynes / Ekoostik Hookah / Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen / Medeski Martin & Wood Show all bands
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
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Jun 11, 2003
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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

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Jun 26 - 28, 1998
 Pilton, England, United Kingdom
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  2. Monica
  3. In Sarah, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Women and Men
  4. Ten-Day Interval
  5. The Equator
  6. Works and Days
  7. Layered Presence
  8. Gesceap
  9. I Set My Face to the Hillside
  10. Swung From the Gutters
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 66 concerts
2025 12 concerts
2024 5 concerts
2023 10 concerts
2022 5 concerts
2020 3 concerts
2019 6 concerts
2017 33 concerts
2016 118 concerts
2015 2 concerts
2014 11 concerts
2013 13 concerts
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 79 concerts
1997 12 concerts
1996 62 concerts
1995 15 concerts
1994 14 concerts
1993 2 concerts
1992 1 concert
1968 1 concert
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