This page contains the concert statistics for Mike Scott from 1976 - 2019 and also for The
Waterboys from 1984 - 2019.
* The information contained within this web page was provided by Mike Scott from his own personal
archive.
So a big Thank You to Mike for his kindness in sharing his personal records and for allowing these statistics to be published here for
the first time in such a comprehensive and accurate form.
And also a special thank you to Crispin Thomas for his invaluable help and support in the creation of this page.
☄ Mike Scott Complete Concert Statistics 1976 - 2019 ☄
- This chart covers all concerts by Mike Scott with his various bands and solo from his first-ever shows in 1976 to the end of 2019.
- It includes all his
early shows 1976-78, the Another Pretty Face shows 1979-81, and those by Funhouse and The Red And The Black in 1982.
- It includes the complete
Waterboys shows from 1984-90 and 2000 to 2019, plus all Mike's solo shows from 1991 to 1999.
- Also included are the solo readings by Mike for his
'Adventures of a Waterboy' autobiography.
- Of the 34 readings worldwide, 24 were with Steve Wickham and these are included in The Waterboys statistics
for these years.
- The grand total of all shows combined is 1552.
☄ The Waterboys Concert Statistics 1984 - 1990 / 2000 - 2019 ☄
- These Charts cover ALL of The Waterboys Concerts from 1984 to 1990 and from 2000 to 2019.
- The 1000th Waterboys show was on April 4th 2015
at The Byron Bay Blues Festival!
- The year with the largest number of shows (to date) is 2015.
- There were a total of 107 shows on the Modern Blues
Tour, with the first three gigs of the tour in December 2014.
- The grand total of all of The Waterboys concerts from 1984 to the end of 2019 is 1252 shows!
- The Arena one hour radio special in RTE (Irish National Broadcaster) Studios, in front of a small invited audience on 28th October 2017, is included in
the 2017 statistics.
- A private show in Kristiansand, Norway in July 2018 is also included.
- The New Year's Eve 2019 broadcast on Irish TV in front of an invited audience is included in the 2019 statistics.
- * This information will be updated when all of the 2021 shows have occurred. *
☄ Mike Scott Concert Statistics 1991 - 1999 ☄
- This Chart covers the Mike Scott shows from 1991 to 1999.
- The grand total of gigs for these years is 155 shows.
- * Guest
appearances by Mike at other Artists' gigs are not included in these listings.
☄ Eight Present & Past Waterboys Gig Stats: 1984 - 2019 ☄
- This Chart shows the gig statistcs of present and past band members of The Waterboys.
- They are Mike, Steve, Ralph, Brother Paul and Aongus, and past members Anto, Trevor and Richard.
- Ralph played his first concert with the band in the RCH, Glasgow on January 30th 2011.
- Brother Paul played his first gig with Mike and Steve on the Wood Songs Old Time Radio Hour live radio show on March 11th 2013.
- The first full-band show Brother Paul played was in Limerick, Ireland on December 3rd 2014.
- The first appearance by Aongus with The Waterboys was on the live Irish TV programme, The Late Late Show in Dublin on October 2nd
2009.
- The first show Aongus played as a full-time band member was in Oslo, Norway on June 23rd 2017.
- * This information will be updated when all of the 2021 shows have occurred. *