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.

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GWAR Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026 - 2027) (Page 13)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 31, 2023
Headbangers Boat 2023 (Day 1 of 4)
Lamb Of God / Mastodon / Hatebreed / GWAR / Shadows Fall / Fit For An Autopsy / God Forbid / Testament / Municipal Waste / Lacuna Coil / Gatecreeper / Vio-Lence / Malevolence / Bleed From Within / Dying Wish
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Headbangers Boat 2023 Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
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Oct 31, 2023 –
Nov 04, 2023
Headbangers Boat 2023
Lamb Of God / Mastodon / Hatebreed / GWAR / Shadows Fall / Fit For An Autopsy / God Forbid / Testament / Municipal Waste / Lacuna Coil / Gatecreeper / Vio-Lence / Malevolence / Bleed From Within / Dying Wish
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Headbangers Boat 2023 Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Oct 30, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / X-Cops / Cancer Christ
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The Beacham Orlando, Florida, United States
Oct 29, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / Ex-Cops / Cancer Christ
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Heaven, The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Oct 28, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / X-Cops / Cancer Christ Vinyl Music Hall Pensacola, Florida, United States
Oct 28, 2023 –
Nov 01, 2023
Headbanger's Boat
Bleed From Within / Dying Wish / Fit For An Autopsy / Gatecreeper / God Forbid / GWAR / Hatebreed / Lacuna Coil / Lamb Of God / Malevolence / Mark Morton Acoustic / Mastodon / Municipal Waste / Shadows Fall / Testament / Vio-Lence
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The Norwegian Pearl Miami, Florida, United States
Oct 27, 2023
Fest 21 - Day 1
Negative Approach / Tsunami Bomb / Flatfoot 56 / Shehehe / The Pink Spiders / Lone Wolf / Wolf Face / Rebuilder / The Punk Cellist / The Pietasters / Rodeo Boys / Drosera / Too Many Daves / Madison Bloodbath / Big Sad / Evening Standards / Hunger Anthem / Seagulls / Flagman / Destroy Orbison / Totally Slow / The Enablers / Night Jobs / Tightwire / Less Than Jake / Descendents / The Wonder Years / GWAR / Dikembe / Kerosene Heights / The Losing Score / biitchseat / Arcadia Grey / Suzie True / Bad Dog / Awful Din / Youth League / Broken Record / Hey Thanks! / Fox Teeth / The Real You / Into It. Over It. / Microwave / Crime In Stereo / Audio Karate / Pkew Pkew Pkew / Dollar Signs / Carly Cosgrove / Fat Heaven / Goddamnit / Time Thieves / Burnt Tapes / Sports Reference / Distants / Friendly Fire / Love Kills Joy / Celebration Summer / American Thrills / Bad Planning / Pangolin / Knives / Cold Wrecks / Answering Machine / Virginity / Dial Drive / Red Letter Day / Original Sharks / Articles / Glazed / thrush / Rutterkin / The Miller Lowlifes / Mold! / Zeta / Taking Meds / Errortype:11 / Kali Masi / The Iron Roses / Garrison / Mercy Union / Ways Away / Her Head’s on Fire / Smoking Popes / The Methadones / The Bollweevils / Direct Hit! / No Trigger / Elway / MakeWar / Dead Bars / The Eradicator Show all bands
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Multiple Venues Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Oct 27, 2023 –
Oct 29, 2023
The Fest 21
Eve 6 / Less Than Jake / Descendents / Cloud Nothings / The Wonder Years / Thursday / Lucero / GWAR / Sparta / Microwave / Screaming Females / Into It. Over It. / Mustard Plug / Free Throw / Strike Anywhere / Gorilla Biscuits / All / Prince Daddy & The Hyena / Braid / Samiam / Smoking Popes / I Am the Avalanche / Dillinger Four / The Pink Spiders / Tsunami Bomb / Flatfoot 56 / The Pietasters / Against All Authority / Negative Approach / Capsule / Tim Barry / Dikembe / Direct Hit! / Dowsing / Crime In Stereo / Gel / Laura Jane Grace / Paint It Black / Pool Kids / Pkew Pkew Pkew / No Trigger / Saetia / Elway / Perspective, A Lovely Hand To Hold / We Are The Union / Weakened Friends / The Jukebox Romantics / Dollar Signs / Audio Karate / David Dondero / Fjørt / awakebutstillinbed / Signals Midwest / Jeromes Dream / Zeta / Carly Cosgrove / Vinnie Caruana / Amygdala / Folly / The Bollweevils / MSPAINT / MakeWar / Arcadia Grey / Brendan Kelly / As Friends Rust / Coffee Project / Russ Rankin / Kali Masi / Mikey Erg / Restraining Order / Problems / Chris Gethard / Jer / Gillian Carter / Teen Agers / Goalkeeper / Tiny Stills / Silent Majority / Taking Meds / Winona Fighter / Cold Wrecks / Bong Mountain / Moving Targets / Flagman / Chinese Telephones / worlds greatest dad / Carpool / Whiskey & CO. / Better Love / The Best of the Worst / Amends / Worlds Scariest Police Chases / Tiltwheel / City Mouse / Death of a Nation / Dead Bars / Woolbright / Billy Liar / Telethon / eat defeat / Devon Kay & The Solutions / Sunliner / Rebuilder / Blind Tiger / Quitters / No Man / Lost Love / Distants / Good Friend / Wolf-Face / Tightwire / Wolves&wolves&wolves&wolves / School Drugs / You Vandal / Flying Raccoon Suit / 0 Miles Per Hour / Omnigone / The Losing Score / Debt Neglector / Dial Drive / Fat Heaven / Phantom Bay / Shehehe / Thunderclap / Gutless / Kid You Not / Madison Bloodbath / Boss' Daughter / Youth League / The Traders / Tim Holehouse / Errortype:11 / The Pomps / The Iron Roses / Common Sage / Suck Brick Kid / Oh The Humanity / Heart & Lung / Fox Teeth / Virginity / Hundreds of AU / Padfoot / Too Many Daves / Teens in Trouble / The Dreaded Laramie / 430 Steps / All Away Lou / Garrison / Thirsty Guys / Shitty Neighbors / Danny Attack / Celebration Summer / Bad Planning / The Eradicator (Squash Man) / Bucky Harris / Horsewhip / off day / To Forget / Telethon (WI, USA) / Her Heads On Fire / Tripsun / Rutterkin / Evening Standards / Sports Reference / Clavus / Heavy Lag / Lone Wolf (NL) / Matt Woods (US) / Porch Coffin / Vicious Dreams / GILT (US-FL) / One Fall / Love Kills Joy / Baseborn / The Punk Cellist / Leg Biters / Don't Panic / Articles (Gainesville) / Answering Machine (BK) / Night Witch / confession kids / Sweet Anne Marie / trash the rental / Cursed Birth / Shark Anatomy / Protagonist (US) / Matt Woods And The Natural Disasters / Still Alive (IL) / Devon Kay / Death Pose / Ill Star / knives (us) / Time Thieves US / Pangolin (US) / SHAKERS (FL) / Awful Din (BK) / Suzie True / New Junk City / Blind Adam & The Federal League / Innerlove / Tired Radio / Ogbert the Nerd / Quicksand / Quicksand / Mercy Union / Bad Dog / Charmer / FREE KICK / Hans Gruber and the Die Hards / Joystick! / S.M.N. / Saturdays at Your Place / The Real You / Year of the Fist / biitchseat / Braceface / Jabber / Maxwell Stern / Broken Record / NOT / Millington / Middle Aged Queers / Drowningman / The Methadones Show all bands
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Fest Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Oct 26, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / X-Cops / Cancer Christ
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The Orange Peel Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Oct 25, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / X-Cops / Cancer Christ

Gwar @ The Ritz

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The Ritz Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Oct 24, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / Negative Approach / Cancer Christ
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The National Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Oct 22, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / X-Cops / Cancer Christ Mars Music Hall, Von Braun Center Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Oct 21, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / X-Cops / Cancer Christ

Age of Imbeciles Tour

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Mercury Ballroom Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Oct 20, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / X-Cops / Cancer Christ
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The Blue Note Columbia, Missouri, United States
Oct 19, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / X-Cops / Cancer Christ

Age of Imbeciles Tour

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The Rave/Eagles Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Oct 18, 2023
GWAR / X-Cops / Cancer Christ

Gwar @ Bogart's

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Bogart's Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Oct 17, 2023
GWAR / X-Cops / Cancer Christ The Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oct 16, 2023
GWAR / Cancer Christ / Blood Opera
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The Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oct 15, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / Cancer Christ Rapids Theatre Niagara Falls, New York, United States
Oct 14, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / Cancer Christ
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Reverb Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Oct 13, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / X-Cops / Cancer Christ

Age of Imbeciles

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Palladium Times Square New York, New York, United States
Oct 12, 2023
GWAR / Negative Approach / Cancer Christ
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Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont, United States
Oct 11, 2023
GWAR
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Wally's Hampton, New Hampshire, United States

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Nov 13, 2015
 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Genres:

Punk
Metal
Hardcore Punk
Heavy Metal
Thrash Metal
Alternative Metal
Nu Metal
Groove Metal
Industrial Metal
Thrash
Comic
Old School Thrash
Comedy Rock
Comic Metal
Virginia Punk
Shock Rock
Virginia Metal
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Latest Setlist (08/15/2026):

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  1. Fuck This Place
  2. Crack in the Egg
  3. Have You Seen Me?
  4. Tormentor
  5. I'm in Löve (With a Deåd Dog)
  6. Lot Lizard
  7. El Presidente
  8. Tyrant King
  9. Hail, Genocide!
  10. Gor-Gor
  11. Mother Fucking Liar
  12. Pink Pony Club
  13. Sick of You

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Concerts Per Year:

2027 1 concert
2026 85 concerts
2025 80 concerts
2024 70 concerts
2023 81 concerts
2022 96 concerts
2021 45 concerts
2020 4 concerts
2019 79 concerts
2018 55 concerts
2017 89 concerts
2016 16 concerts
2015 78 concerts
2014 69 concerts
2013 74 concerts
2012 110 concerts
2011 64 concerts
2010 120 concerts
2009 100 concerts
2008 81 concerts
2007 147 concerts
2006 105 concerts
2005 139 concerts
2004 87 concerts
2003 1 concert
2002 103 concerts
2001 2 concerts
2000 34 concerts
1999 100 concerts
1998 18 concerts
1997 108 concerts
1996 79 concerts
1995 51 concerts
1994 133 concerts
1993 6 concerts
1992 96 concerts
1991 62 concerts
1990 84 concerts
1989 68 concerts
1988 31 concerts
1987 8 concerts
1986 4 concerts
1985 1 concert
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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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