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Death from Above 1979 were the Toronto-based duo of Jesse F. Keeler on bass/synths and Sebastien Grainger on vocals/drums. Refusing to employ a lead guitarist, they played loud synth infused dance pun (More...)
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Death from Above 1979 were the Toronto-based duo of Jesse F. Keeler on bass/synths and Sebastien Grainger on vocals/drums. Refusing to employ a lead guitarist, they played loud synth infused dance punk on the drum and bass combination alone. Originally named just "Death From Above", the duo changed their name after a legal dispute with New York City dance-punk label Death From Above (known as DFA Records since the September 11, 2001 attacks). "Death from above" was written on a helicopter in the movie Apocalypse Now, which was copyrighted in 1979. However, Grainger says this is simply a coincidence; 1979 was chosen as it was, amongst other reasons, "the year I was born." Death From Above 1979 had planned on recording the follow up to its debut full-length You're A Woman, I'm A Machine. There were plans to release it in three versions: the traditional bass/drums lineup, a full-band lineup with musicians assembled by Grainger, and a remix album. The albums featuring a full band and remixes were supposedly to be released on the band's official website. In 2005 the video for "Romantic Rights" won a VideoFACT award at the MuchMusic Video Music Awards. On August 4, 2006, the band announced they had decided to split "almost a year ago" due to the strained relationship between the two - claiming they only talked during interviews and just before shows - not to mention the fact that they had achieved all their aims after the record went gold in their native Canada. Keeler was slated to play bass on the Queens of the Stone Age album Era Vulgaris, but later revealed on the Death From Above 1979 message board that he could not due to scheduling conflicts. Keeler is now one half of MSTRKRFT, his new project with producer Al-P. Sebastien Grainger is now in his own side project band Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.Hometown:
Toronto, ON, Canada General Manager:
Adrian Martinez - adrian@undocumentedmanagement.com Booking Agent:
North American Booking: Marty Diamond - Paradigm Agency - mdiamond@paradigmagency.com / International Booking: Cris Hearn - Primary Talent - cris@primary.uk.com / Canadian Booking: Colin Lewis - colinlewis@theagencygroup.com Members:
Jesse Keeler, Sebastien Grainger Website:
www.deathfromabove1979.com
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Past Gigs
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Oct 15
Festival Corona Capital
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico City) – Death From Above 1979 - 2011
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Aug 26
Rock en Seine 2011
Domaine National de Saint-Cloud (Saint-Cloud) – Paul Kalkbrenner, CocoRosie, Jamaica, Archive, Death From Above 1979, Death in Vegas, Herman Dune, The Naked And Famous - 2011
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Aug 26
Leeds Festival 2011
Bramham Park (Leeds) – Crystal Castles, The Naked And Famous, 2 Many DJ's, Death From Above 1979, Enter Shikari, Metronomy, The Midnight Beast, Two Door Cinema Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, Peter Doherty, The Horrors, Everything Everything, Friendly Fires, The Streets, Patrick Wolf, Nero, Sbtrkt, Cold Cave, Crystal Fighters, Mount Kimbie, d/r/u/g/s, Pulp, Spector, Becoming Real - 2011
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Aug 26
Reading Festival 2011
Little John's Farm (Reading) – The Naked And Famous, 2 Many DJ's, Crystal Castles, Death From Above 1979, Enter Shikari, Metronomy, The Midnight Beast, Two Door Cinema Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, Peter Doherty, The Horrors, Everything Everything, Friendly Fires, The Streets, Patrick Wolf, Nero, Sbtrkt, Cold Cave, Crystal Fighters, d/r/u/g/s, Pulp, Spector - 2011
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Aug 17
Paredes de Coura 2011
Praia do Tabuão (Paredes de Coura) – Crystal Castles, Death From Above 1979, Esben and The Witch, Jamaica, Metronomy - 2011
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Aug 13
Summer Sonic 2011
Chiba Marine Stadium & Makuhari Messe (Chiba) – , Mute Math, Two Door Cinema Club, Deerhunter, Death From Above 1979, Tinie Tempah, Yelle, The Ting Tings, The Pop Group, Friendly Fires, Metronomy - 2011
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Aug 05
Lollapalooza 2011
Grant Park (Chicago) – !!!, Crystal Castles, Girl Talk, Lykke Li, Portugal. The Man, Sleigh Bells, Tennis, Skrillex, The Glitch Mob, Chuckie, Deadmau5, Joachim Garraud , 12th Planet, Afrojack, Beats Antique, Busy P, Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Ellie Goulding, Jay Electronica, Maps & Atlases, Modeselektor, Cults, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Feed Me, The Naked And Famous, Reptar, A Perfect Circle - 2011
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Jul 29
Osheaga 2011: Festival Musique et Arts
Parc Jean-Drapeau (Montreal) – Dam-Funk, Bassnectar, Baths, Braids, Bran Van 3000, Crystal Castles, Death From Above 1979, Egyptrixx, El Ten Eleven, Ellie Goulding, GIRL UNIT, Glass Candy, Lights, MSTRKRFT, Jacques Greene, Natalia Kills, Freedom or Death, Dillon Francis, Kid Koala - 2011
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Jul 27
Osheaga 2011: Festival Musique et Arts
Parc Jean-Drapeau (Montreal) – Death From Above 1979 - 2011
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Jul 17
Death from Above 1979
Scène Molson Dry (Quebec) – Death From Above 1979 - 2011
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Jul 07
Camp Bisco 10
Indian Lookout Country Club (Mariaville) – 12th Planet, Bassnectar, Beats Antique, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bluetech, Death From Above 1979, Easy Star All-Stars, Emancipator, Ghostland Observatory, Harvard Bass, Luke Hess, MSTRKRFT, Neon Indian, Nero, Nickodemus, Papadosio, Pretty Lights, RJD2, Sbtrkt, TOKiMONSTA, The Disco Biscuits, The Hood Internet, Tobacco, Treasure Fingers, Yeasayer, Lotus, Holy Ghost!, OPIUO, Das Racist, Savoy, Dillon Francis, Skrillex, Nadastrom, Two Fresh, Rusko, Wolfgang Gartner, Cut Copy, Four Tet, Run DMT - 2011
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Jul 05
Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
LeBreton Flats (Ottawa) – Skrillex, Braids, Death From Above 1979, Diamond Rings, Ganga Giri, Girl Talk, Infected Mushroom, Neon Indian, A Perfect Circle - 2011
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May 27
Sasquatch! Music Festival 2011
Gorge Amphitheatre (Georgia) – Chromeo, Twin Shadow, Cut Copy, Matt and Kim, Neon Indian, Skrillex, , Death From Above 1979, Flying Lotus, !!!, Bassnectar, Beach House, Bonobo, GAYNGS, Gold Panda, MSTRKRFT, Major Lazer, Ratatat, Sleigh Bells, Talkdemonic, The Radio Dept., Washed Out, Yeasayer, Robyn, k-os, Deerhunter, The Drums, Das Racist, White Arrows, The Flaming Lips, The Glitch Mob - 2011
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May 05
Death From Above 1979
HMV Forum (London) – Death From Above 1979, Jamaica - 2011
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May 04
Death From Above 1979
HMV Forum (London) – Death From Above 1979 - 2011
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Apr 28
Donaufestival 2011
Messegelände (Krems an der Donau) – L-VIS 1990, Laurie Anderson, Mount Kimbie, Ben Frost, Death From Above 1979, Diplo, Hudson Mohawke, Nadja, Gold Panda, James Blake, Kap Bambino, Ladytron, The Books, Tim Hecker, Factory Floor, Valgeir Sigurðsson - 2011
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Apr 15
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Empire Polo Grounds (India) – Nosaj Thing, Brodinski, Rusko, Empire of the Sun, Klaxons, Cut Copy, Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Chromeo, Crystal Castles, Delorean, Foals, Four Tet, Groove Armada, HEALTH, Magnetic Man, Neon Indian, , Swedish House Mafia, The Twelves, Tom Tom Club, Toro y Moi, Zola Jesus, Boys Noize, PHANTOGRAM, Steve Angello, Sander Kleinenberg, Jack Beats, Chuckie, Fedde Le Grand, Joachim Garraud , Axwell, Erick Morillo, Skrillex, Kele, !!!, 12th Planet, A-Trak, Afrojack, Andy C, Breakage, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Caspa, Cold Cave, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Duck Sauce, Ellie Goulding, Excision, Francis and the Lights, GAYNGS, Glasser, Goth-Trad, Green Velvet, High Contrast, Jakes, Joy Orbison, Laidback Luke, Leftfield, Lorn, Mala, Menomena, Monarchy, Mount Kimbie, Moving Units, New Pants, Paul van Dyk, Ramadanman, Ras G, Ratatat, Riva Starr, Roska, Rye Rye, Sasha, Sbtrkt, Scissor Sisters, , Shpongle, Sleigh Bells, TOKiMONSTA, Take, The Bloody Beetroots, The Chemical Brothers, The Presets, The Radio Dept., Thunderball, Tinie Tempah, Mary Anne Hobbs, Robyn, Kode9, , Kyle Hall, The Drums, , Tame Impala, Trentemøller, Twin Shadow, Two Door Cinema Club, Yelle, Zed Bias, hurts, Men, Duran Duran, Brandt Brauer Frick, She Wants Revenge, Cults, Wire, Caifanes, Freelance Whales, Terror Danjah - 2011
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Mar 16
SXSW 2011
SXSW (Austin) – Klaxons, Designer Drugs, Miami Horror, Beni, Mustard Pimp, Small Black, A Place To Bury Strangers, Alcoholic Faith Mission, Babe Rainbow, Braids, Clock Opera, Dam Mantle, EBONY BONES!, FM Belfast, High Rankin, Kamp!, Kids of 88, MSTRKRFT, Micachu, Nite Jewel, Spleen United, Starfucker, Steve Mason, Sun Airway, Those Dancing Days, Toro y Moi, Skrillex, Asking Alexandria, Francis and the Lights, HORSE the band, Janka Nabay, Maps & Atlases, Mexican Institute of Sound, Onra, Teen Daze, The Secret Handshake, Felix Cartal, Beats Antique, Chateau Marmont, Egyptrixx, James Blake, Menomena, Monareta, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ReSeT!, PS I Love You, Bombay Bicycle Club, , Beach Fossils, , Harrys gym, DELS, Candy Claws, , Jonquil, Cast Spells, Dawn of Ashes, Benny Benassi, Body Language, A-Trak, Adebisi Shank, Adrian Lux, Alvarez Kings, Analog Rebellion, Anamanaguchi, Art Vs Science, Bad Veins, Banjo Or Freakout, Barcelona, Baths, Belleruche, Bikini, Bird Peterson, Birds & Batteries, Bloodgroup, Brahms, Bran Van 3000, Celldweller, Chromeo, Class Actress, DJ Cam, DVAS, Darkstar, Database, Dinosaur Feathers, Errors, Fare Soldi, Feldberg, Fredrik, French Horn Rebellion, , GAYNGS, Gold Panda, Golden Ages, Gram Rabbit, Grimes, Harvard Bass, Indian Jewelry, Asobi Seksu, Flood Of Red , Dom, , , The Holidays, Bear Hands, Calvin Harris, Acid Washed, Afrojack, Blaqstarr, Bok Bok, Boys Noize, Chiddy Bang, Classixx, Codebreaker, Cubic Zirconia, Daedelus, Darwin Deez, Deadboy, Diamond Rings, Diplo, Dre Skull, Drop the Lime, Enter Shikari, I See Stars, Mason, P.O.S., Psychic TV, The Death Set, The Deer Tracks, The Delta Mirror, The Ready Set, WhoMadeWho, Wolf Gang, brenmar, ARMS, Classified, The Foreign Exchange, Blackbird Blackbird, Leche, An-Ten-Nae, Palmbomen, Shlohmo, Richie Hawtin, Freedom or Death, Oh Land, The Knocks, Nadastrom, Savoir Adore, The Naked And Famous, Two Fresh, Shit Robot, Housemeister, Lynx, Addison Groove, B. BRAVO, Bang! Bang! Eche!, Copacabana Club, Dada Life, Death From Above 1979, Eliot Lipp, Ellie Goulding, Esben and The Witch, Eskmo, Florrie, Flosstradamus, GIRL UNIT, Glasser, Grandchildren, Hacienda, Har Mar Superstar, Her Space Holiday, Home Video, Innerpartysystem, James Yuill, Javelin, Kisses, Kotchy, Kyle Andrews, LOW LIMIT, Le Castle Vania, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Little Dragon, Lucy and The Popsonics, Ludachrist, MEMORYHOUSE, MILLIONYOUNG, Marco Carola, Men Without Hats, Miracle Fortress, Mount Kimbie, My Awesome Mixtape, My Gold Mask, Nedry, New Look, Nickodemus, Ninjasonik, O'Spada, Oberhofer, PHANTOGRAM, Pacific!, Penguin Prison, Pictureplane, Pill, Portugal. The Man, Quadron, RAC, Radical Face, Rainbow Arabia, Reptar, Robbers on High Street, SPL, Sasha, Sbtrkt, Sepalcure, Sex With Strangers, Silje Nes, Small Sins, Solid Gold, Spank Rock, Speculator, Spoek Mathambo, Starkey, Streetlab, Strip Steve, Sunglasses, Sunset, Swimming With Dolphins, T. Mills, TOKiMONSTA, Tahiti 80, Telephoned, Terrible Twos, Thavius Beck, The Glass, The Hood Internet, The Octopus Project, The One AM Radio, The Seedy Seeds, The Submarines, Theophilus London, Torpedo Boyz, Treasure Fingers, Trentemøller, Trouble Andrew, Truckasauras, Twin Shadow, Uh Huh Her, Unicorn Kid, VETO, Virtual Boy, We Are Enfant Terrible, Woolfy, XI, Young Empires, Zorch, poirier, Hooray For Earth, Matt Duke, DJ Yoda, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, J-Live, Strong Arm Steady, Porter Robinson, Midnight Magic, Tamaryn, The Vandelles, 65daysofstatic, And So I Watch You From Afar, Redinho, Woe, Is Me, Magrudergrind, Holly Conlan, This Will Destroy You, tUnE-yArDs, Zedd, NERVO, MNDR, Shuttle, Dapuntobeat, Say Hi, Qua, Misteur Valaire, MatthewDavid, zemaria, Prince Rama, Friendly Fires, Tennis, Das Racist, Hundreds, Dylan Ettinger, NastyNasty, Botany, Who Knew, DVA, GOBBLE GOBBLE, TEARIST, Geographer, Apache Beat, Suuns, Games, DJG, Gary Wilson, Kite, J*Davey, Gallops, Houses, Chad Valley, Vicente Gayo, Jamie Woon, Umberto, Paper Tiger, Panic Ensemble, Anika, All Tiny Creatures, Duran Duran, L'Altra, The Good Natured, Adventure, Beat Connection, White Arrows, Ancient Astronauts, Professor Green, Brandt Brauer Frick, She Wants Revenge, Evan Voytas, Beans, Halves, go chic, Dillon Francis, 12th Planet, Cults, The Swiss, Elis Paprika, She's a Tease, Fallulah, The Rumour Said Fire, Eugene Mirman, KeepAway, Django Django, Run DMT, Social Studies, Mexicans With Guns, A Lull, Neon Hitch, Albert, Gemini Club, Bright Light Bright Light, Toy Selectah, DJ Soul Slinger, Wise Blood - 2011
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Nov 17
Nine Inch Nails
Pengrowth Saddledome (Calgary) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Nov 16
Nine Inch Nails
Rexall Place (Edmonton) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Nov 14
Nine Inch Nails
MTS Centre (Winnipeg) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Nov 11
Live : With_Teeth_2006
Centre Bell (Montreal) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Nov 10
Nine Inch Nails
Air Canada Centre (Toronto) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Nov 08
Nine Inch Nails
TD Banknorth Garden (Boston) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Nov 06
Queens of the Stone Age
Wachovia Arena (Wilkes-Barre) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Nov 05
Nine Inch Nails
Wachovia Spectrum (Philadelphia) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Nov 03
Nine Inch Nails
Madison Square Garden (New York) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Nov 02
Live: With Teeth
Verizon Center (Washington D.C.) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 31
Nine Inch Nails
Sommet Center (Nashville) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 27
Nine Inch Nails
Philips Arena (Atlanta) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 26
Death From Above 1979
The Social (Orlando) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 25
Nine Inch Nails
Amway Arena (Orlando) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 22
Nine Inch Nails
St. Pete Times Forum (Tampa) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 21
Nine Inch Nails
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 19
Nine Inch Nails
Toyota Center (Houston) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 17
Nine Inch Nails
American Airlines Center (Dallas) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 14
Death From Above 1979
Big Fish Pub (Tempe) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 12
Death From Above 1979
The Glass House (Pomona) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Oct 01
Across the Narrows
Keyspan Park (Brooklyn) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Aug 26
Reading Festival 2005
Little John's Farm (Reading) – Caesars, Clor, Death From Above 1979, Lemon Jelly, Performance, The Longcut - 2005
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Aug 24
Foo Fighters
Astoria (London) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Aug 23
Death From Above 1979
Astoria 2 (London) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Aug 19
A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise 2005
Evenemententerrein Walibi World (Biddinghuizen) – Death From Above 1979, Heiko Laux, Jason Forrest, Tom Vek - 2005
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Aug 18
Pukkelpop
Kiewit (Hasselt) – Death From Above 1979, Tom Vek, Vincent Gallo - 2005
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Aug 15
Festival de Paredes de Coura
Praia do Tabuão (Paredes de Coura) – Death From Above 1979, Vincent Gallo - 2005
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Aug 14
Death From Above 1979
Kulturbolaget (Malmo) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Jul 16
Intonation Music Festival
Union Park (Chicago) – Death From Above 1979, Out Hud - 2005
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Jul 09
T in The Park
Balado (Oss) – Death From Above 1979, Death in Vegas, New Order, Silicone Soul, The Longcut, Tom Vek, Two Lone Swordsmen, Envelopes, The Departure - 2005
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Jul 06
Death From Above 1979
Magnet Club (Berlin) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Jul 05
Death From Above 1979
Underground (Cologne) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Jul 04
Death From Above 1979
Paradiso (Amsterdam) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Jul 03
Metropolis
Zuiderpark (Rotterdam) – Death From Above 1979, Kubus, Spektrum - 2005
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Jun 30
Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival (Roskilde) – Death From Above 1979, Junior Senior, Laid Back, Le Tigre, Tom Vek, Two Lone Swordsmen - 2005
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May 27
Death From Above 1979
Koko (London) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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May 26
Death From Above 1979
Scala (London) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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May 25
Death From Above 1979
The Cockpit (Leeds) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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May 25
Popaganda
Stockholms universitet (Stockholm) – Andreas Tilliander, Death From Above 1979, Hans Appelqvist, The Similou, The Tough Alliance - 2005
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May 24
Death From Above 1979
Global (Newcastle Upon Tyne) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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May 23
Death From Above 1979
The Venue (Edinburgh) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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May 22
Death From Above 1979
Academy 3 (Manchester) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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May 20
Death From Above 1979
The Charlotte (Leicester) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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May 19
Death From Above 1979
Fleece (Bristol) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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May 18
Death From Above 1979
Wedgewood Rooms (Portsmouth) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Apr 30
Death From Above 1979
Bowery Ballroom (New York) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Apr 15
Death From Above 1979
Empty Bottle (Chicago) – Controller.Controller, Death From Above 1979 - 2005
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Feb 10
Death From Above 1979
Relentless Garage (London) – Death From Above 1979 - 2005


