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Public recordCompiled from 8 credited sources · Updated Sep 18, 2026

Before Stories

Rock band from Aberdeen

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Before Stories photo
Photo: Bandcamp
Shows on record
19
Rooms played
19
Cities
8
Releases
17
Last show
Apr 12, 2025Percy's Cafe Bar

About

Before Stories is a band from Aberdeen, tagged alternative, emo, post-everything by its sources. Shows on record run from 2016 to 2026, across 19 rooms in 8 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

19 on record · Songkick
Upcoming shows
DateVenue
Oct 8, 2026Nice n' Sleazy · GlasgowHeadlinerwith Peter Cat, Marceline
Oct 9, 2026The Rusty Nail · AberdeenSupportwith Peter Cat, Empty Maps, Justboy
Oct 10, 2026Upstairs Inverness · InvernessSupportwith Peter Cat, I Will Take You Hunting

Shows per year

  1. 20161 show
  2. 20174 shows
  3. 20182 shows
  4. 20195 shows
  5. 20231 show
  6. 20241 show
  7. 20252 shows
  8. 20263 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Apr 12, 2025Percy's Cafe Bar · WhitchurchHeadlinerwith On Tick
Apr 11, 2025The Globe · Newcastle Upon TyneHeadlinerwith Failed To Ignite, Conor Michael
Sep 14, 2024The Safari Lounge · EdinburghSupportwith Puppet Midnight
Feb 24, 2023The Blue Lamp · AberdeenSupportwith Empty Maps, The Foot & Leg Clinic
Aug 11, 2019Market Bar · InvernessHeadliner
Aug 10, 2019MR C's · ThursoHeadliner
Aug 9, 2019The Cellar · AberdeenSupportwith Little Love and the Friendly Vibes, casper heyzeus, Myles Manley
Aug 8, 2019The Wee Pub · EdinburghHeadliner
Aug 7, 2019Box Glasgow · GlasgowHeadliner
Nov 28, 2018Bloc+ Glasgow · GlasgowSupportwith L-space, Cornfield Chase
Sep 8, 2018Vulture Lounge · AberdeenSupportwith Kapil Seshasayee, casper heyzeus, Kitchen Cynics
Nov 4, 2017Cellar 35 · AberdeenSupportwith Kapil Seshasayee
Mar 19, 2017Cafe Drummond · AberdeenSupportwith Depeche Choad, The Mamertines, Kapil Seshasayee
Mar 18, 2017The Firefly · DundeeSupportwith Depeche Choad, The Mamertines, Flights
Mar 17, 2017The Tooth and Claw · InvernessSupportwith Depeche Choad, Flights, The Mamertines
Jul 2, 2016Inverness · InvernessSupportwith Depeche Choad

Where they play

19 rooms in 8 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Aberdeen6 shows
  • Inverness4 shows
  • Glasgow3 shows
  • Edinburgh2 shows
  • Dundee1 show

and 3 other cities

Releases

17 releases, 2018–2025

Lineup

No current lineup on record.

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Photos, art and posters

Before Stories — Photo · logo
Photo · logo — Bandcamp
Before Stories — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Before Stories — Main Character Energy - "Chef 2" Reality
Release art · Main Character Energy - "Chef 2" Reality — release
Before Stories — Eulogy
Release art · Eulogy — release
Before Stories — Everything Breaks Down
Release art · Everything Breaks Down — release
Before Stories — Yer Da's a Junior Assistant Shift Manager at Costa
Release art · Yer Da's a Junior Assistant Shift Manager at Costa — release
Before Stories — The Next Reason To Breathe
Release art · The Next Reason To Breathe — release
Before Stories — Born Below The Tide
Release art · Born Below The Tide — release
Before Stories — Drifting Apart Without Drowning
Release art · Drifting Apart Without Drowning — release
Before Stories — Remain
Release art · Remain — release
Before Stories — Nice n' Sleazy, 2026-10-08
Poster · Nice n' Sleazy, 2026-10-08 — Songkick
Before Stories — The Rusty Nail, 2026-10-09
Poster · The Rusty Nail, 2026-10-09 — Songkick
Before Stories — Bloc+ Glasgow, 2018-11-28
Poster · Bloc+ Glasgow, 2018-11-28 — Songkick
Before Stories — Vulture Lounge, 2018-09-08
Poster · Vulture Lounge, 2018-09-08 — Songkick
Before Stories — Cafe Drummond, 2017-03-19
Poster · Cafe Drummond, 2017-03-19 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
Before Stories on BandcampArtist facts
BandcampArtist facts, Releases, Photos
Before Stories on Last.fmArtist facts
Before Stories on DiscogsArtist facts
SongkickShow history, Show posters
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.