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Van Morrison

Folk & acoustic band · formed 1945

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Shows on record
32
Rooms played
30
Cities
28
Releases
35
Last show
Oct 9, 2026The Vernon Towne Theatre

About

Van Morrison is a band, formed in 1945, tagged blue-eyed soul, blues, chamber folk by its sources. Shows on record run from 1976 to 2027, across 30 rooms in 28 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

32 on record · bandslate-pipeline, Songkick

Upcoming shows

  1. Van Morrison Tribute

    Emerson Center · Vero Beach, FL

    Tribute

  2. Van Morrison with The James Hunter Six

    Forest Hills Stadium · Forest Hills, NY

    With The James Hunter Six

    Multi-band bill

More upcoming dates
DateVenue
Mar 19, 2027The Emerson Center · Vero BeachHeadliner

Shows per year

  1. 19761 show
  2. 19811 show
  3. 19901 show
  4. 19963 shows
  5. 19971 show
  6. 20052 shows
  7. 20071 show
  8. 20152 shows
  9. 20163 shows
  10. 20184 shows
  11. 20191 show
  12. 20223 shows
  13. 20231 show
  14. 20241 show
  15. 20264 shows
  16. 20273 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Oct 9, 2026The Vernon Towne Theatre · VernonHeadliner
Oct 9, 2026Chateau Meichtry Family Vineyard and Winery · Talking RockHeadliner
Oct 9, 2026Forest Hills Stadium · Forest HillsHeadlinerwith Shana Morrison
Feb 21, 2026The Masonic · San FranciscoSupportwith Taj Mahal, George Thorogood, Mike Campbell, +9
Oct 17, 2024Kia Forum · InglewoodSupportwith Trey Anastasio, Ryan Bingham, Mike Campbell, +21
Aug 25, 2023Sandringham Estate · Kings LynnHeadlinerwith Squeeze, Del Amitri, The Old Time Sailors
Sep 10, 2022Forest Hills Stadium · QueensHeadlinerwith Tom Jones
Sep 8, 2022TD Pavilion at Highmark Mann · PhiladelphiaHeadlinerwith Curtis Stigers
May 1, 2022Ameris Bank Amphitheatre · AlpharettaHeadlinerwith Curtis Stigers
Jun 1, 2019Bath Recreation Ground (The Rec) · BathSupportwith Clean Bandit, Mabel, Raleigh Ritchie, +8
Oct 28, 20183Arena · DublinSupportwith Robert Plant, Colin Macleod
Oct 26, 2018The O2 · GreenwichSupportwith Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters, Sensational Space Shifters, Colin Macleod, +1
Sep 8, 2018Hersheypark Stadium · HersheySupportwith Sturgill Simpson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Tedeschi Trucks Band, +1
Sep 7, 2018S&T Bank Music Park · BurgettstownSupportwith Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Sturgill Simpson, +1
Oct 13, 2016Hollywood Bowl · HollywoodHeadlinerwith Tom Jones
Jul 9, 2016Piazza Napoleone · LuccaHeadlinerwith Tom Jones
Apr 23, 2016Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots · New OrleansSupportwith Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Grace Potter, Pearl Jam, +14
Aug 2, 2015Skeppsholmen · StockholmHeadlinerwith Timbuktu, Beth Hart, Anna Ternheim, +4
Jul 29, 2015Stadtpark Hamburg · HamburgSupportwith Joan Baez
Aug 12, 2007Glastonbury Abbey · GlastonburySupportwith Paolo Nutini, Corinne Bailey Rae, Ray Davies
Jul 3, 2005Leeds Castle · MaidstoneHeadlinerwith Alison Moyet
Jan 21, 2005Ancienne Belgique (AB) · BrusselsHeadlinerwith American Music Club
Jun 27, 1997Worthy Farm · PiltonSupportwith Steve Harley, Attila the Stockbroker, John Otway, +69
Jun 21, 1996AO Arena · ManchesterSupportwith Ray Charles
Jun 19, 1996OVO Arena · LondonHeadlinerwith Ray Charles
Jun 15, 1996OVO Arena · LondonHeadlinerwith Ray Charles
Jul 21, 1990Potsdamer Platz · BerlinSupportwith Roger Waters, The Wall, Joni Mitchell, +6
Dec 3, 1981Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium · Santa CruzHeadlinerwith John Lee Hooker
Nov 25, 1976Winterland · San FranciscoSupportwith The Band, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, +10

Where they play

30 rooms in 28 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Forest Hills2 shows
  • London2 shows
  • San Francisco2 shows
  • Vero Beach2 shows
  • Alpharetta1 show

and 23 other cities

Live history

26 shows on record
Shows counted
26
First on record
Nov 1976
Latest on record
Feb 2026

Shows per year

  1. 19761
  2. 19811
  3. 19901
  4. 19963
  5. 19971
  6. 20052
  7. 20071
  8. 20152
  9. 20163
  10. 20184
  11. 20191
  12. 20223
  13. 20231
  14. 20241
  15. 20261

Top rooms

  • OVO Arena, London · 2
  • The Masonic, San Francisco · 1
  • Kia Forum, Inglewood · 1
  • Sandringham Estate, Kings Lynn · 1
  • Forest Hills Stadium, Queens · 1

Top cities

  • San Francisco, CA · 2
  • London · 2
  • Kings Lynn · 1
  • Stockholm · 1
  • Burgettstown, PA · 1

Often on the bill with: Ray Charles, Tom Jones, Colin Macleod, Corinne Bailey Rae, Curtis Stigers, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

35 releases, 1967–2026

  • Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge

    2026

  • Remembering Now

    2025

  • Now Playing

    2024

  • From Dublin Up To Sandy Row

    2024

  • Live At Orangefield: Be Just And Fear Not

    2024

  • New Arrangements And Duets

    2024

  • Beyond Words: Instrumental

    2023

  • Accentuate The Positive

    2023

  • Moving On Skiffle

    2023

  • What's It Gonna Take?

    2022

  • The Healing Game

    1997 · Album

  • Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison

    1996 · Album

  • Days Like This

    1995 · Album

  • Too Long in Exile

    1993 · Album

  • Hymns to the Silence

    1991 · Album

  • Enlightenment

    1990 · Album

  • Avalon Sunset

    1989 · Album

  • Irish Heartbeat

    1988 · Album

  • Poetic Champions Compose

    1987 · Album

  • No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

    1986 · Album

  • A Sense of Wonder

    1984 · Album

  • Inarticulate Speech of the Heart

    1983 · Album

  • Beautiful Vision

    1982 · Album

  • Common One

    1980 · Album

  • Into the Music

    1979 · Album

  • Wavelength

    1978 · Album

  • A Period of Transition

    1977 · Album

  • Veedon Fleece

    1974 · Album

  • Hard Nose the Highway

    1973 · Album

  • Saint Dominic’s Preview

    1972 · Album

  • Tupelo Honey

    1971 · Album

  • His Band and the Street Choir

    1970 · Album

  • Moondance

    1970 · Album

  • Astral Weeks

    1968 · Album

  • Blowin’ Your Mind!

    1967 · Album

Discography

80 releases, 2007–2026
  • 2026Somebody Tried to Sell Me a BridgeAlbum

    Orangefield · EXILE0003CD · Engineer [Assistant Engineer]: Jimmy Mahoney; Engineer [Engineered By]: Ben McAuley; Engineer [Engineered By]: Jim Stern; Mastered By: Tony Cousins

  • 20251990‐02‐19: One Irish Rover, Barbican Centre, LondonLive
  • 2025Ain’t That a TripSingle

    Easy Eye Sound

  • 2025Down to JoySingle

    Exile

  • 2025Remembering NowAlbum

    Exile

  • 2024From Dublin Up To Sandy RowCompilation

    ZIMA Records · ZR 001 · Mastered By: El Genio

  • 2024Live at OrangefieldLive

    Exile · EXILE00002CD

  • 2024Live At Orangefield: Be Just And Fear NotAlbum

    Orangefield · EXILE0002CD · Mixed By, Mastered By: Ben McAuley; Producer [Produced By]: Van Morrison; Recorded By: Enda Walsh

  • 2024New Arrangements and DuetsAlbum

    Exile · 3379374 · Mastered By: Tony Cousins; Mixed By: Ben McAuley

  • 20231974‐03‐14: Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MALive
  • 2023Accentuate the PositiveAlbum

    Exile Productions · 3369603 · Mastered By: Tony Cousins; Mixed By: Ben McAuley; Producer [Produced By]: Van Morrison

  • 2023Beyond Words: InstrumentalCompilation

    Exile · EXILE0001 · Engineer [Engineered], Mixed By: Ben McAuley; Mastered By: Tony Cousins; Producer [Produced By]: Van Morrison

Show 68 more releases
  • 2023Moving on SkiffleAlbum

    Exile · 4819141

  • 2023The Legendary Bang SessionsCompilation

    Charly Records · CHARLY689LP

  • 2022DangerousSingle

    Exile

  • 2022Nervous BreakdownSingle

    Exile

  • 2022PretendingSingle

    Exile

  • 2022What’s It Gonna Take?Album

    Exile · 00602445182299 · Mastered By: Tony Cousins; Mixed By: Ben McAuley; Producer [Produced By]: Van Morrison; Recorded By: Ben McAuley

  • 2021Latest Record Project (Volume 1)Album

    BMG · 538666250 · Engineer [Assistant Engineers]: Josh Tyrrell; Engineer [Assistant Engineers]: Laura Beck; Engineer [Assistant Engineers]: Niall Lewis; Engineer [Assistant Engineers]: Oli Jacobs

  • 2021Latest Record Project, Volume 1Album

    BMG · 538667900

  • 2021The RebelsSingle

    Bushbranch Records · 35492-1 · Engineer [Additional Engineering By]: Alan Douglas; Mastered By: Simon Francis; Mixed By, Percussion: Simon Climie; Producer: Eric Clapton

  • 20201973-11-02: Talk about Pop, RTE Television Studios, Dublin, IrelandLive
  • 2020As I Walked OutSingle

    Exile Music Limited · Exile 002

  • 2020Born to Be FreeSingle

    Exile Music Limited · Exile 001

  • 2020No More LockdownSingle

    Exile Records

  • 2019Astral Weeks (alternative)Compilation

    Warner Bros. Records · R1 585206 · Producer [Produced By]: Lewis Merenstein

  • 2019I Hear You Paint HousesSingle

    Macrobiotic Records

  • 2019Three Chords & the TruthAlbum

    Exile · 0801664 · Mastered By: Jim Stern; Mastered By [Assistant Engineer], Engineer [Assistant Engine: Kenny Evans; Mixed By: Jim Stern; Mixed By [Assistant Engineers], Engineer [Assistant Engineer: Jack Mills

  • 20181971-08-08: The Lion's Share, San Anselmo, CALive
  • 2018Close Enough For Jazz / The Things I Used To DoSingle

    Exile · 19075833237 · Co-producer: Joey DeFrancesco; Mastered By [Assistant Engineer]: Kenny Evans; Mastered By [LP Disc Mastering]: Paul Stubblebine; Producer: Van Morrison

  • 2018In ConcertLive

    Eagle Vision · EVB335739

  • 2018Live in Boston 1968Live

    Sony Music · [none]

  • 2018The Alternative MoondanceCompilation

    Warner Bros. Records · R1 566244 · Engineer [Engineers]: Elliot Scheiner; Engineer [Engineers]: Neil Schwartz; Engineer [Engineers]: Shelly Yakus; Engineer [Engineers]: Steve Friedberg

  • 2018The Prophet SpeaksAlbum

    Exile · 2577071867 · Co-producer: Joey DeFrancesco; Mastered By [Assistant]: Kenny Evans; Mixed By: Jim Stern; Mixed By [Assistant]: Jason Victorine

  • 2018You’re Driving Me CrazyAlbum

    Exile · 19075820032 · Mastered By: Jim Stern

  • 2017Roll With the PunchesAlbum

    Exile · 2557718515 · Mastered By: Dick Beetham; Recorded By, Mixed By: Tristan Powell

  • 2017The Authorized Bang CollectionCompilation

    Exile · 88985424672

  • 2017The Soulcatcher / VersatileCompilation

    V180 · 3514

  • 2017VersatileAlbum

    Exile · 60256705335 · Mastered By: Tim Young; Mixed By, Recorded By: Gerry McLernon; Producer: Van Morrison; Recorded By, Mixed By: Enda Walsh

  • 2016..It's Too Late To Stop Now...Volumes II, III & IVRelease

    Legacy · 513474 · Co-producer: Van Morrison; Engineer: Biff Dawes; Engineer: Bill Broms; Engineer: Bob Harper

  • 2016..It’s Too Late to Stop Now…Volumes II, III, IV & DVDLive

    Legacy · 513474

  • 20162016-09-18: Culodden Estate and Spa, Hollywood, Northern Ireland, UKLive
  • 2016At the BeebAlbum

    Eat a Peach! · EAT 142

  • 2016Keep Me SingingAlbum

    Caroline International · 2557035742 · Mastered By: Tim Young; Producer: Van Morrison; Recorded By [Strings Recorded By]: Brian Masterson

  • 2015Duets (One Hour Radio Special)Release

    [no label] · [none]

  • 2015Duets: Re‐Working the CatalogueAlbum

    Exile · 88875 06844 1 · Mixed By: Bob Rock; Mixed By: Enda Walsh; Mixed By: Haydn Bendall; Recorded By: Enda Walsh

  • 2015Teenage Cancer Trust ConcertAlbum

    Grexit Records · GREX-001

  • 2015The Essential Van MorrisonCompilation

    Legacy · 88875141712

  • 2015The Ultimate Hits - Van Morrison - The BestCompilation

    Laser Media · LM06

  • 2014Live In Austin Texas 2006Release

    Immortal · IMA 105054

  • 2013Choppin' Wood - The Abandoned 2001 AlbumAlbum

    The Godfatherecords · G.R. 836

  • 2013My New World Crystal BallLive

    Rattle Snake · RS 255/56

  • 2013The Bottom Line 78Live

    Concert Vault · CVLP-002 · Mixed By: Steve Rosenthal; Mixed By [Assistant]: Kabir Hermon; Producer: Peter Lockhart

  • 2012Beautiful Vision OuttakesAlbum

    Project Zip · PJZ-420

  • 2012Born to Sing: No Plan BAlbum

    Exile · 509996 23491 2 3

  • 2012Live at the Capitol Theatre Passaic NJ 1979Live

    Immortal · IMA104266

  • 2012Open the Door (To Your Heart)Single

    Exile · 509999 78362 2 3

  • 2012Ultimate Van Morrison CollectionCompilation

    Carter Lane

  • 2011The Van Morrison Christmas AlbumCompilation
  • 2010Live! (live perfomances on CD singles)Compilation
  • 2010The Essential Van MorrisonCompilation

    Purple Pyramid Records

  • 2010Van Morrison Poetry Selected by Paul DurcanRelease

    [no label]

  • 2009Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood BowlLive

    Listen to the Lion Records · 50999 6 93423 2 5 · Engineer [Engineered Live By]: Mick Glossop

  • 2009Beside You / Sweet Thing / Almost Independence DayCompilation

    Warner Bros. Records · NIAMH-11

  • 2009Greatest HitsCompilation

    Sony Music

  • 2009Playlist: The Very Best of Van Morrison (The Bang Years)Compilation

    Epic · 888751530928

  • 2009The ManCompilation
  • 2009This Is Van MorrisonLive

    Vintage Masters · VMCDR-282A/B

  • 2008Astral Weeks / Moondance / His Band and the Street ChoirCompilation

    Rhino · 5144287115

  • 2008At The BBC LSO St. Luke's, London And Later With Jools HollandRelease

    Leon & Lincoln · 653

  • 2008Keep It SimpleAlbum

    Exile · 1763078 · Mastered By: Tim Young; Mastered By [Additional Vinyl Mastering]: Richard Dodd; Recorded By [Assisted], Mixed By [Assisted]: Anna Ralph; Recorded By [Assisted], Mixed By [Assisted]: Declan Gaffney

  • 2008Keep It Simple - Album SamplerRelease

    Exile · SIMPLE2 · Producer: Van Morrison

  • 2008Lover Come BackSingle

    Exile · COMEBACK1

  • 2008Moondance in WinterlandLive

    Vintage Masters · VMCDR 158A/B

  • 2008SoulSingle

    Exile · VMSOUL2

  • 2008That's EntrainmentSingle

    Exile

  • 2008Van MorrisonCompilation

    Weton-Wesgram · R203

  • 2008Van Morrison CollectionCompilation

    Weton‐Wesgram · ORANGE224

  • 2008Van The ManCompilation

    Weton‐Wesgram · WHITE212

  • 2007At the Movies: Soundtrack HitsCompilation

    EMI · 00946 3 84224 2 6

Compiled from MusicBrainz and Discogs. Releases not listed there are not shown.

Lineup

No current lineup on record.

Former

  • Georgie and the Monarchs · tenor saxophone
  • Them · lead vocals
  • The Caledonia Soul Orchestra · alto saxophone

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 49+ plays, 2023-04-13–2026-09-24 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'The Midday Show' (Kevin Sur) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'The Morning Show' (Kevin Sur) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Cherrelle) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Drive Time' (Evie Stokes) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'The Afternoon Show' (Larry Mizell, Jr.) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Van Morrison — Photo
Photo — website
Van Morrison — Photo
Photo — Spotify
Van Morrison — Photo
Photo — website
Van Morrison — Sandringham Estate, 2023-08-25
Poster · Sandringham Estate, 2023-08-25 — Songkick
Van Morrison — 3Arena, 2018-10-28
Poster · 3Arena, 2018-10-28 — Songkick
Van Morrison — The O2, 2018-10-26
Poster · The O2, 2018-10-26 — Songkick
Van Morrison — Hersheypark Stadium, 2018-09-08
Poster · Hersheypark Stadium, 2018-09-08 — Songkick
Van Morrison — S&T Bank Music Park, 2018-09-07
Poster · S&T Bank Music Park, 2018-09-07 — Songkick
Van Morrison — Glastonbury Abbey, 2007-08-12
Poster · Glastonbury Abbey, 2007-08-12 — Songkick

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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.

From Wikipedia

These facts are from the English Wikipedia article Van Morrison. They are shown on their own and are not merged into the record above.

Years active
1958–present
Genres
Blue-eyed soul, Celtic, rock, R&B, folk, blues, jazz, country, gospel, Christian
Labels
Decca, Parrot, Bang, Warner Bros, London, Mercury, Exile, Polydor, Verve, Pointblank, Virgin, Universal

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