The Joy Formidable Concert History

The Joy Formidable is an indie rock band formed in 2007 in North Wales, United Kingdom, currently located in London, England. The group members are Ritzy Bryan (vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (bass, backing vocals), and Matt Thomas (drums). Their music has been described as "primal epic grunge rock à la The Breeders, Arcade Fire and Yeah Yeah Yeahs".

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The Joy Formidable Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 46)

Date Concert Venue Location
Oct 05, 2010
Chapel Club / The Joy Formidable O2 Academy2 Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Oct 04, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Chapel Club

NME Radar Tour

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Manchester Academy 3 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Oct 02, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Chapel Club / Flats

NME Radar Tour

The Tunnels Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Oct 01, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Chapel Club

NME Radar Tour

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King Tut's Wah Wah Hut Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sep 30, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Chapel Club / Flats
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Rescue Rooms Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Sep 28, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Chapel Club / Flats
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The Waterfront Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Sep 27, 2010
The Joy Formidable
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O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Sep 26, 2010
The Joy Formidable

Underground Festival

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Guildhall Arts Centre Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
Sep 25, 2010 –
Sep 26, 2010
Underground Festival Gloucester 2010
The Joy Formidable / Dry the River / Falcons / Chapel Club / Pulled Apart By Horses / Frank Hamilton / The Xcerts / Egyptian Hip Hop / Man Without Country / Tall Ships / Paper Aeroplanes / The Apples / Viva Brother / Brontide / Klaus / Tangled Hair / Gallops / Talons / Airship / Jose Vanders / Islet / Wild Palms / The Candle Thieves / Wilder / Elephants / Stagecoach / Crowd / Sons And Lovers / Japanese Voyeurs / Little Fish / Hold Your Horse Is / The Naturals / Ute / Matthew P / Throats / Shimmer / Bagheera / Glitches / Shoes and Socks Off / Futures (from London) / run,WALK! / Kid Adrift / Nicholas Stevenson / Blonde Louis / Lunar Youth / Muscle Club / Sun Drums / November & the Criminal Show all bands
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Underground Festival Gloucester 2010 Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
Aug 29, 2010
Reading Festival
"Reading Festival" / blink-182 / Paramore / Klaxons / Weezer / Cypress Hill / Limp Bizkit / You Me At Six / All Time Low / We Are Scientists / Foals / Band of Horses / Kele / The Drums / Wild Beasts / Thrice / The King Blues / Motion City Soundtrack / Miike Snow / Los Campesinos! / Local Natives / Goldheart Assembly / Rusko / Magnetic Man / Sub Focus / Metronomy / Four Tet / Chiddy Bang / Holy Fuck / HEALTH / LIGHTS / The Like / Minus the Bear / One Night Only / The Joy Formidable / The Japanese Popstars / Caribou / Tame Impala / Free Energy / Fool's Gold / General Fiasco / Sound of Guns / Foxy Shazam / Goldhawks / Kassidy / Russell Kane / Rufus Hound Show all bands
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Little John's Farm Reading, England, United Kingdom
Aug 28, 2010
Leeds Festival
"Leeds Festival" / blink-182 / Paramore / Weezer / Cypress Hill / Limp Bizkit / You Me At Six / All Time Low / Klaxons / We Are Scientists / Foals / Band of Horses / Kele / The Drums / Wild Beasts / Thrice / The King Blues / Motion City Soundtrack / Miike Snow / Los Campesinos! / Local Natives / Goldheart Assembly / Roots Manuva / Rusko / Magnetic Man / Sub Focus / Metronomy / Four Tet / Chiddy Bang / Holy Fuck / HEALTH / The Japanese Popstars / LIGHTS / The Like / Minus the Bear / One Night Only / British Sea Power / Caribou / Tame Impala / Free Energy / General Fiasco / Sound of Guns / Foxy Shazam / Goldhawks / Kassidy / Emo Philips / The Joy Formidable Show all bands
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Bramham Park Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Aug 27, 2010 –
Aug 29, 2010
Reading Festival 2010
LaFaro / Harlem / Love Ends Disaster! / Kassius / This Is Hell / Rusko / Wot Gorilla / General Fiasco / Club Smith / Moral Dilemma / Chapel Club / Amys Ghost / Paint It Black / Holy Fuck / The Mighty Stef / Arcs and Trauma / Caribou / Metronomy / Kvelertak / civet / Chiddy Bang / Four Tet / Stagecoach / Magnetic Man / Soul Circus / Shockparade / Freelance Whales / Yuck / The Japanese Popstars / The Skints / Tame Impala / Foxy Shazam / Streetlight Manifesto / Sick of It All / Summer Camp / The Midnight Beast / Gaggle / My Forever / The Invasion Of... / Beardyman / Little Fish / Rats / Gang / Motion Picture Soundtrack / Exit International / The Brilliant Things / Penguin / Peers / endoflevelbaddie / Midi Midis / Blood Or Whiskey / All Time Low / The Cheek / Lady Fortune / CHIEF / Off With Their Heads / LIGHTS / Adam Green / Reaper In Sicily / Kassidy / The Sketches / Sub Focus / RX Bandits / The Joy Formidable / RedTrack / Crime In Stereo / Fool's Gold / Mr Fogg / Wilder / Fight Like Apes / Nerves / Goldheart Assembly / The Crookes / Funeral Party / Blacklisters / One Night Only / Pulled Apart By Horses / blink-182 / Serj Tankian / Queens of the Stone Age / Law / Goldhawks / Darwin Deez / Static Thought / Local Natives / Crazy Arm / Our Fold / New Young Pony Club / Free Energy / Alberta Cross / We're Only Afraid of NYC / Gallops / Rotating Leslie / Runaround Kids / I Blame Coco / Cypress Hill / Mumford & Sons / Paramore / Arcade Fire / Guns N' Roses / Weezer / Phoenix / Modest Mouse / Two Door Cinema Club / Band of Horses / 3OH!3 / Limp Bizkit / Foals / Crystal Castles / Pendulum / Marina and the Diamonds / Yeasayer / Biffy Clyro / Dizzee Rascal / The Drums / Klaxons / The Libertines / Band of Skulls / Bad Religion / The Gaslight Anthem / You Me At Six / Motion City Soundtrack / Warpaint / The Maccabees / NOFX / Billy Talent / We Are Scientists / Gogol Bordello / Alkaline Trio / Lostprophets / Frank Turner / Minus the Bear / The Big Pink / Thrice / Surfer Blood / The Walkmen / Enter Shikari / The Cribs / The Futureheads / Against Me! / Wild Beasts / Los Campesinos! / Mystery Jets / Everything Everything / Girls / Villagers / Roots Manuva / Hadouken! / The Black Angels / Delphic / Kele / Hatebreed / Blood Red Shoes / British Sea Power / The Get Up Kids / HEALTH / Avi Buffalo / Kids In Glass Houses / Young Guns / LCD Soundsystem / Zebrahead / Gallows / Cancer Bats / The King Blues / Strike Anywhere / Atari Teenage Riot / The Sunshine Underground / The Like / Giggs / Trash Talk / Egyptian Hip Hop / Frankie & The Heartstrings / Sound of Guns / Rolo Tomassi / Random Hand / A Day To Remember / Ash Show all bands
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Unknown venue Reading, England, United Kingdom
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Aug 15, 2010
The Joy Formidable Media Club Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 14, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Quasi Mural Amphitheatre Seattle, Washington, United States
Aug 12, 2010
The Joy Formidable
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330 Ritch San Francisco, California, United States
Aug 11, 2010
Arkells / The Joy Formidable / Division Day
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Bootleg Theater Los Angeles, California, United States
Aug 10, 2010
The Joy Formidable / Arkells
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The Wayfarer Costa Mesa, California, United States
Aug 04, 2010
The Joy Formidable Prince Bandroom Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aug 02, 2010
Passion Pit / The Parades / The Joy Formidable
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The Forum Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jul 30, 2010
The Joy Formidable

Splendour in the Grass

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Woodfordia Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Jul 30, 2010 –
Aug 01, 2010
Splendour in the Grass 2010
We Are Scientists / Empire of the Sun / Midlake / K-Os / The Vines / Richard Ashcroft & The United Nations of Sound / The Drums / Fat Freddy's Drop / Tim & Jean / Ernest Ellis & the Panamas / LCD Soundsystem / The Ting Tings / Space Invadas / British India / Band of Skulls / Angus & Julia Stone / Paul Kelly / Delphic / Midnight Juggernauts / Ash / Philadelphia Grand Jury / Last Dinosaurs / Yeasayer / Operator Please / Broken Social Scene / Frightened Rabbit / Passion Pit / Surfer Blood / Goldfrapp / The Temper Trap / The Magic Numbers / The Joy Formidable / Foals / Grizzly Bear / Band of Horses / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Pixies / Wolfmother / Tame Impala / School of Seven Bells / Miike Snow / Jónsi / Scissor Sisters / Violent Soho / Mumford & Sons / The Strokes / Florence + The Machine / Ben Harper and Relentless7 Show all bands
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Woodfordia Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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