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Live music in the UK

Birmingham

On record 1958 to 2026 · busiest in the 2010s, 23,842 concerts

Where the music happens

The rooms of Birmingham

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Still to come

Coming up in Birmingham

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What members scored highest

Highest rated nights here

  • Leftfield 100% 2 people · Fri, 09 Oct 2015 · O2 Institute Birmingham
  • Fall Out Boy 100% 2 people · Tue, 06 Oct 2015 · Utilita Arena Birmingham
  • Area 11 100% 2 people · Wed, 08 Jul 2015 · O2 Academy 3 Birmingham
  • Earth, Wind & Fire 100% 2 people · Fri, 12 Mar 1982 · National Exhibition Centre (NEC)
  • Boyz II Men 90% 2 people · Thu, 04 Dec 2014 · O2 Academy Birmingham
  • Swans 90% 2 people · Fri, 16 Oct 1987 · The Mermaid
  • Dixie Chicks 87% 3 people · Fri, 29 Apr 2016 · Utilita Arena Birmingham
  • Bette Midler 87% 3 people · Thu, 09 Jul 2015 · Utilita Arena Birmingham

Only nights with 2 scores or more are ranked here.

In their own words

What people wrote about nights in Birmingham

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  • A guest 20% for Diana Krall · Sat, 04 Oct 2025

    I was eagerly awaiting this concert and booked tickets in Jan 25. Unfortunately the Symphony Hall does not suit a Ronnie Scott’s style trio concert. The show lacked the dynamics and energy you would expect from such a performer and better suited to a fuller sound. I am not sure how much she wanted to be performing here despite saying it was too long since her last visit.
    Disappointing

    1

  • A guest 100% for Roger Hodgson · Thu, 18 May 2017

    Well worth the wait!
    Roger Hodgson is my all time favourite musician from the seventies with Supertramp.. Since leaving, he has combined his master musical skills to doing it all by himself! Old and new songs he has written are timeless and always great to hear..
    I saw him in 2017/ at the symphony hall in Birmingham and what a show he put on!
    Just Brilliant and well worth seeing..
    Hope he is back soon?

    1

  • A guest 60% for Dixie Chicks · Fri, 29 Apr 2016

    Disappointed to start with. Extremely loud, main mike and drums were overpowering. First few tracks couldn't make out the music at all. Heard tracks better when the band all sat down. 50-50. Had no idea who the warm act were, they werent't introduced.

    0

  • A guest 100% for Dixie Chicks · Fri, 29 Apr 2016

    Well - what can I say...... Never in my life has the attendance at a concert had me in tears. I mean - they were just free-flowing down my cheeks - uncontrollably. And hey - I'm not even embarrassed wink emoticon. I would liken it to the kind of experience people have when they believe they have had some kind of awestruck angelic / spiritual awakening - you know, a vision that's just stopped your heart beating and you're moving towards the light..... To my friends who I know will be attending in Glasgow next week..... F*CK ME - like over 2hrs of banger after banger!!!!!!!! Remember to take your AIR Slide / Ukulele / Fiddle / Banjo / Acoustic / Electric - F*CK IT - take it all - you're gonna need them in-between all that toe-tapping, thigh-slapping, rock -chickin AWESOMENESS!!!!! Couple of cheeky new ones in there too - BRILLIANT! Our Girls also gleefully take the piss outta both Trump and Clinton - HILARIOUS!!!
    The Chicks did us proud - it's been worth the wait. We all still knew the songs word for worth - It was BIBLICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    If you don't know who these goddesses are - do yourself a favour - take a trip onto YouTube and see what real talent actually looks and sounds like. No - there's no any dance routines, backing tracks, or backing singers doing the real work - just real honest music!
    And this is all I got - I didn't spent my night taking pictures - I just y'know - LIVED IT!!!!

    0

  • A guest 100% for Dixie Chicks · Fri, 29 Apr 2016

    They were absolutely amazing me and my wife loved it xxx

    1

  • A guest 100% for Within the Ruins · Sat, 05 Dec 2015

    it was a madting

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  • A guest 80% for Status Quo · Sat, 05 Dec 2015

    As always a fantastic performance from Quo. Set list as expected with a few changes in, Burning Bridges in the main set instead of encore with Paper Plane in the encore. It rocked and Quo still know how to put on a good show.

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  • A guest 100% for Duran Duran · Fri, 04 Dec 2015

    Got to be one of the best

    0

Acts that keep coming back

Who plays Birmingham most

1958 to 2026

How Birmingham has played out

Concerts on record in Birmingham, by decade
DecadeConcertsVenues
1950s 1 1
1960s 112 39
1970s 743 53
1980s 1,412 74
1990s 1,533 97
2000s 7,351 226
2010s 23,842 485
2020s 9,607 311