The Groove (live)

This page contains a list of all known performances of The Groove.

Analysis and Explanation

The Groove was performed very rarely during the Absolution tour, with the only time period where The Groove was performed very often was at V Festival 2004 until the beginning of the Australian tour. The Groove actually reappeared during a few small performances on the Black Holes and Revelations tour as an instrumental outro to Hysteria and Plug In Baby. These six performances are shorter than normal, but feature generally the same song with the exception of the lack of vocals.

Surprisingly the song reappeared for the Psycho UK Tour/Psycho US Tour, even making one further performance at the 2015 Vieilles Charrues Festival. The band appear to enjoy playing the song, especially given its return to setlists outside of the Psycho UK Tour. It is likely that the song will return at some point later on in the Drones tour, perhaps during the Asian leg of the tour at a Japanese gig, where rare songs are performed more often. Montreux Jazz Festival brought The Groove back for its fifth performance of the tour, where Matt ended the performance by stating "that's a deep cut!". Shortly after this performance Matt responded to a tweet sent to him by a fan professing their love for the song, to which Matt responded that he wasn't aware the song was so popular.

Drones era

2016

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
1	2016-07-02	Auditorium Stravinski (Montreux Jazz Festival)	Montreux, Switzerland	Watch here

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
4	2015-07-16	Vieilles Charrues Festival	Carhaix, France	Watch here
3	2015-05-08	Webster Hall	New York City, NY, USA	Watch here
2	2015-03-23	Brighton Dome	Brighton, England	Watch here
1	2015-03-22	Manchester Academy	Manchester, England	Watch here

Black Holes and Revelations era

2008

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
4	2008-07-30	Vivo Rio	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Watch here
3	2008-07-23	Teatro Gran Rex	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Watch here
2	2008-07-20	Palacio de los Deportes	Bogotá, Colombia	Watch here
1	2008-07-16	Arena Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	Watch here

2007

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
2	2007-11-15	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia
1	2007-11-14	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide, SA, Australia	Watch here

Absolution era

2004

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
6	2004-09-05	Metropolis City Concert Club	Perth, WA, Australia
5	2004-08-28	Domaine National de Saint-Cloud (Rock en Seine)	Saint-Cloud, France
4	2004-08-26	Festivalgelände Wiesen (Two Days a Week)	Wiesen, Austria
3	2004-08-22	Weston Park (V Festival)	Weston under Lizard, UK
2	2004-08-21	Hylands Park (V Festival)	Chelmsford, UK	Watch here
1	2004-04-24	Top Cats	Cincinnati, OH, USA	Watch here

2003

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
7	2003-12-10	Laugardalshöll	Reykjavík, Iceland
6	2003-11-10	Halle Tony Garnier	Lyon, France
5	2003-10-21	Columbiahalle	Berlin, BE, Germany
4	2003-10-19	Große Freiheit	Hamburg, HH, Germany
3	2003-10-12	Nosturi	Helsinki, Finland
2	2003-09-22	Carling Academy	London, UK	Watch here
1	2003-09-18	Maida Vale Studios (BBC Radio 1)	London, UK	Watch here

See also

This is a table of Absolution-era live performances.

Note: white indicates performed at 75-100% of known setlists.

Gainsboro indicates performed at 50-75% of known setlists.

Silver indicates performed at 25-50% of known setlists.

Dark gray indicates performed at 0-25% of known setlists.

Black indicates no known performance that year.

Aqua indicates a performance in the current tour and year for which the final amount of performances is unknown.

All years with unknown setlists (1997-2004) are indicated with small font.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'22	'23	#
Intro	Absolution	0	40	89	21	20	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	22	0	0	0	0	2	269
Apocalypse Please	Absolution	18	40	89	21	24	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	22	0	0	0	0	2	287
Time Is Running Out	Absolution	0	53	131	23	90	101	17	48	94	15	29	91	3	59	81	32	13	61	20	54	1016
Sing for Absolution	Absolution	0	41	76	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	137
Stockholm Syndrome	Absolution	0	49	129	22	90	101	17	34	86	15	17	52	3	28	22	21	10	57	10	10	773
Falling Away With You	Absolution	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interlude	Absolution	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	95	10	16	33	3	54	59	34	9	59	30	57	507
Hysteria	Absolution	17	51	133	23	89	97	17	49	95	12	16	60	3	54	59	34	9	59	30	57	964
Blackout	Absolution	0	45	36	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	103
Butterflies & Hurricanes	Absolution	0	47	126	22	71	89	16	1	7	4	0	6	2	0	5	6	0	0	0	3	405
The Small Print	Absolution	20	27	89	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	156
Fury	Absolution	3	0	11	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	34
Endlessly	Absolution	0	41	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
Thoughts of a Dying Atheist	Absolution	0	46	47	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110
Ruled by Secrecy	Absolution	0	0	73	11	0	6	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
The Groove	Time Is Running Out	0	7	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	24
Eternally Missed	Hysteria	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

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