Public record

Have a Nice Life

Rock | Middletown, CT | since 2000

ambient
dark ambient
drone
experimental
experimental rock
gothic rock
post-punk
post-rock

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 11 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2004

On record since

Releases

Show history

2026 · 12

Sep 5, 2026The Grand· Salt Lake Cityheadliner
Sep 4, 2026Gothic Theatre· Englewoodheadliner
Jul 16, 2026The Observatory· Santa Anaheadliner
Jul 15, 2026Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub· Sacramentoheadliner
Jul 14, 2026Great American Music Hall· San Franciscoheadliner
Jul 12, 2026Showbox· Seattleheadliner
Jul 11, 2026The Pearl· Vancouverheadliner
Jul 10, 2026Wonder Ballroom· Portlandheadliner
Jul 8, 2026Radio East· Austinheadliner
Jul 7, 2026Downstairs· Houstonheadliner
Jul 5, 2026AM/FM· Dallasheadliner
Jun 27, 2026Paradise Rock Club· Bostonheadliner

2025 · 15

Sep 19, 2025District Music Hall· Norwalkheadliner
Sep 6, 2025Warsaw· Brooklynheadliner
Aug 4, 2025Astra· Berlinheadliner
Aug 2, 2025Dolina Trzech Stawów· Katowiceheadliner
Jul 31, 2025Mátra Kemping Sástó· Mátrafüredheadliner
Jun 21, 2025Val de Moine· Clissonheadliner
Jun 19, 2025The Marble Factory· Bristolheadliner
Jun 17, 2025Saint Luke's· Glasgowheadliner
Jun 16, 2025Button Factory· Dublinheadliner
Jun 15, 2025Button Factory· Dublinheadliner
Jun 14, 2025Bowlers Exhibition Centre· Manchesterheadliner
Jun 13, 2025Victoria Park· Londonheadliner
May 31, 2025Trinity-St. Paul's United Church· Torontoheadliner
May 23, 2025The Drake· Amherstheadliner
May 22, 2025The Drake· Amherstheadliner

2024 · 9

Sep 8, 2024Space Ballroom· Hamdenheadliner
Sep 1, 2024Showbox· Seattleheadliner
Aug 31, 2024The Regency Ballroom· San Franciscoheadliner
Aug 30, 2024The Vermont Hollywood· Los Angelesheadliner
Jul 21, 2024Paradise Rock Club· Bostonheadliner
Jul 20, 2024Union Transfer· Philadelphiaheadliner
Jul 19, 2024The Howard Theatre· Washingtonheadliner
Apr 27, 2024Las Vegas Festival Grounds· Las Vegasheadliner
Apr 12, 2024Deep Cuts· Medfordheadliner

2023 · 9

Aug 26, 2023Lee's Palace· Torontoheadliner
Aug 24, 2023House of Blues· Chicagoheadliner
Jun 21, 2023The Fonda Theatre· Los Angelesheadliner
Jun 20, 2023Great American Music Hall· San Franciscoheadliner
Jun 16, 2023Mohawk· Austinheadliner
Apr 28, 2023The Sinclair· Cambridgeheadliner
Apr 21, 2023013 Next· Tilburgheadliner
Apr 15, 2023Bowery Ballroom· New Yorkheadliner
Apr 14, 2023Bowery Ballroom· New Yorkheadliner

2019 · 10

Aug 30, 2019Great Scott· Bostonheadliner
Aug 18, 2019House of Blues· Las Vegasheadliner
Jul 15, 2019Hi-Dive· Denverheadliner
Jul 14, 2019Bossanova Ballroom· Portlandheadliner
Jul 13, 2019DNA Lounge· San Franciscoheadliner
Jul 12, 2019Catch One· Los Angelesheadliner
Apr 14, 2019Poppodium 013· Tilburgheadliner
Apr 13, 2019Koepelhal· Tilburgheadliner
Mar 16, 2019Brooklyn Bazaar· Brooklynheadliner
Mar 15, 2019Market Hotel· Brooklynheadliner

2017 · 4

Sep 23, 2017Brooklyn Night Bazaar· Brooklynheadliner
Sep 8, 2017Capitol Theater· Olympiaheadliner
Sep 2, 2017PhilaMOCA· Philadelphiaheadliner
Jun 24, 2017Upstairs· Cambridgeheadliner

2010 · 1

Apr 29, 2010Webster Hall· New Yorkheadliner

Photos, art and posters

Logo — TheAudioDB

Have a Nice Life — When I Go Deaf — Release art · When I Go Deaf — release

Have a Nice Life — Voids (2023 Remaster) — Release art · Voids (2023 Remaster) — release

Have a Nice Life — Time of Land (2021 Remaster) — Release art · Time of Land (2021 Remaster) — release

Have a Nice Life — Sea of Worry — Release art · Sea of Worry — release

Have a Nice Life — Deathconsciousness — Release art · Deathconsciousness — release

Have a Nice Life — The Unnatural World — Release art · The Unnatural World — release

Lineup

Dan Barrett
Tim Macuga

Releases

When I Go Deaf
Apr 24, 2024 · album · 1 track
BA
Basic
2024 · single
WI
When I Go Deaf
2024 · single
BA
Basic
2024
WI
When I Go Deaf
2024
Voids (2023 Remaster)
Jan 27, 2023 · album · 11 tracks
S(
Sisyphus (Demo)
2023 · single
Time of Land (2021 Remaster)
May 7, 2021 · album · 4 tracks
Sea of Worry
Nov 8, 2019 · album · 7 tracks
SO
Sea of Worry
2019 · album
SO
Sea Of Worry
2019
Deathconsciousness
Jun 22, 2016 · album · 13 tracks
The Unnatural World
Jan 27, 2014 · album · 8 tracks
AD
Anno Domini: Collected Demos 2006–2014
2014 · compilation
TU
The Unnatural World
2014 · album
VI
Voids II
2014 · compilation
TU
The Unnatural World
2014
LA
Live at The Stone NYC
2010 · album
TO
Time of Land
2010 · ep
LA
Live At The Stone NYC / Glastonburykids
2010
TO
Time Of Land
2010
VO
Voids
2010
VO
Voids
2009 · compilation
DE
Deathconsciousness
2008 · album
DE
Deathconsciousness
2008
PO
Powers Of Ten
2006
D0
Demos 06
2006
HA
Have a Nice Life vs. You
2002 · ep

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 3 plays, 2010-03-18–2022-07-01 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Atticus) — KEXP

Artist background

Have a Nice Life formed in 2000 — MusicBrainz
Have a Nice Life is based in Middletown — MusicBrainz
Dan Barrett: member — MusicBrainz
Tim Macuga: member — MusicBrainz
Have a Nice Life has 12 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2002–2024 — MusicBrainz
HAVE A NICE LIFE is based in Middletown, Connecticut — HAVE A NICE LIFE on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: When I Go Deaf (2024-04-24) — Bandcamp
Have a Nice Life is from Middletown, Connecticut , U.S. — Wikipedia
Have a Nice Life has 2 members: Dan Barrett, Tim Macuga — Wikipedia
Have a Nice Life plays Post-punk [ 1 ] — Wikipedia
Have a Nice Life plays experimental rock — Wikipedia
Have a Nice Life plays shoegaze — Wikipedia
Have a Nice Life plays post-rock [ 2 ] — Wikipedia
Have a Nice Life plays gothic rock — Wikipedia
Have a Nice Life has 1123608 listeners on Last.fm — Have a Nice Life on Last.fm
Have a Nice Life has played at AM/FM, Astra, Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Button Factory, Deep Cuts — Have a Nice Life on Setlist.fm
Have a Nice Life primarily plays original songs — Have a Nice Life setlist history
Have A Nice Life has released 10 recordings between 2006 and 2024 — Have A Nice Life on Discogs
Have a Nice Life has 196 followers on Genius — Have a Nice Life on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Rock band — Have a Nice Life — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_a_Nice_Life — Have a Nice Life on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 346 — Have a Nice Life — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/03yzbd9 — Have a Nice Life — KG entity
Formed 2000 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: Middletown (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: punk rock — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_a_Nice_Life — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Great American Music Hall · San Francisco	2
Showbox · Seattle	2
Paradise Rock Club · Boston	2
Button Factory · Dublin	2
The Drake · Amherst	2
House of Blues · Chicago	2
Bowery Ballroom · New York	2
The Grand · Salt Lake City	1

By year: 2004 1 · 2010 3 · 2017 4 · 2019 10 · 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 15 · 2026 12

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-20
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, setlist.fm, TheAudioDB, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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