Animals (live)

?%	MuseWiki ULD has #/90 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances.

This page contains a list of all known performances of Animals.

Analysis and Explanation

Animals is a song performed somewhat often by the band since its introduction on The 2nd Law Tour. Animals was one of the most performed songs during 2012, appearing at most gigs throughout the year. It was routinely performed until March 2013 when Animals was usually performed at every other night. The Unsustainable Tour brought Animals back into a permanent setlist position, though this would not last long as it was only played eight times following the end of The Unsustainable Tour. Animals was one of the very few songs from The 2nd Law to be performed in 2014.

For the Drones Tour, Animals reappeared for ten performances throughout 2015 before being dropped for the rest of the tour. Its setlist position was taken over by Supremacy in the summer of 2015 which only shortened Animals' lifespan on the Drones Tour. Though not one of the most played songs from The 2nd Law by a large margin, Animals is still appreciated very much by the fans, often being declared one of the album's best songs. It is likely that Animals will make rare appearances from time to time in future tours.

Drones era

2015

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
10	2015-09-19	MasterCard Center	Beijing, China	Watch here
9	2015-07-05	Rock-A-Field	Roeser, Luxembourg	Watch here
8	2015-06-21	Tuborg Greenfest Russia	St. Petersburg, Russia	Watch here
7	2015-06-05	Rock in Vienna Festival	Vienna, Austria	Watch here
6	2015-05-30	Rock im Revier Festival	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Watch here
5	2015-05-29	Rockavaria Festival	Munich, Germany	Watch here
4	2015-05-15	The Mayan	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
3	2015-05-08	Webster Hall	New York City, NY, USA	Watch here
2	2015-03-16	Barrowlands	Glasgow, Scotland	Watch here
1	2015-03-15	Ulster Hall	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Watch here

The 2nd Law era

2014

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
2	2014-04-19	Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Weekend 2)	Indio, CA, USA	Watch here
1	2014-04-12	Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Weekend 1)	Indio, CA, USA	Watch here

2013

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
49	2013-12-10	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, QL, Australia	Watch here
48	2013-12-06	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne, VI, Australia	Watch here
47	2013-11-30	Perth Arena	Perth, WA, Australia	Watch here
46	2013-10-22	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
45	2013-10-19	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City, Mexico	Watch here
44	2013-09-17	Pepsi Center	Denver, CO, USA	Watch here
42/43	2013-09-09	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Watch here*
41	2013-07-27	Olympiastadion	Helsinki, Finland	Watch here
40	2013-07-24	Telenor Arena	Oslo, Norway	Watch here
39	2013-07-19	Brann Stadion	Bergen, Norway	Watch here
38	2013-07-14	Waldbühne Berlin	Berlin, BE, Germany	Watch here
37	2013-07-12	Freilichtbühne Loreley	Sankt Goarshausen, RP, Germany	Watch here
36	2013-07-06	Stadio Olimpico	Rome, RM, Italy	Watch here
35	2013-06-29	Stadio Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch here
34	2013-06-28	Stadio Olimpico	Turin, TO, Italy	Watch here
33	2013-06-26	Stade Charles-Ehrmann	Nice, France	Watch here
32	2013-06-22	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
31	2013-06-21	Stade de France	Paris, France	Watch here
30	2013-06-18	Werchter Festival Site	Werchter, Belgium	Watch here
29	2013-06-15	Stade de Suisse	Bern, BE, Switzerland	Watch here
28	2013-06-10	Estádio do Dragão	Porto, Portugal	Watch here
27	2013-06-07	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	Barcelona, Spain	Watch here
26	2013-06-04	Amsterdam ArenA	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands	Watch here
25	2013-06-01	Etihad Stadium	Manchester, UK	Watch here
24	2013-05-26	Emirates Stadium	London, UK	Watch here
23	2013-05-25	Emirates Stadium	London, UK	Watch here
22	2013-05-22	Ricoh Arena	Coventry, UK	Watch here
21	2013-04-26	Colisée Pepsi	Ville de Québec, QC, Canada	Watch here
20	2013-04-13	Mohegan Sun Arena	Montville, CT, USA	Watch here
19	2013-04-10	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, ON, Canada	Watch here
18	2013-03-10	Bank of Oklahoma Center	Tulsa, OK, USA	Watch here
17	2013-03-07	Target Center	Minneapolis, MN, USA	Watch here
16	2013-03-04	United Center	Chicago, IL, USA	Watch here
15	2013-02-28	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland, OH, USA	Watch here
14	2013-02-25	Amway Center	Orlando, FL, USA	Watch here
13	2013-02-23	Tampa Bay Times Forum	Tampa, FL, USA	Watch here
12	2013-02-22	BB&T Center	Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA	Watch here
11	2013-02-18	Shepherds Bush Empire (War Child Brits Show)	London, UK	Watch here
10	2013-02-08	GRAMMY Museum (KROQ's Private GRAMMY Pre-Party)	Los Angeles, CA, USA
9	2013-02-06	Rogers Arena	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Watch here
8	2013-02-04	Scotiabank Saddledome	Calgary, AB, Canada	Watch here
7	2013-02-03	Rexall Place	Edmonton, AB, Canada	Watch here
6	2013-02-01	KeyArena	Seattle, WA, USA	Watch here
5	2013-01-28	Oracle Arena	Oakland, CA, USA	Watch here
4	2013-01-23	Staples Center	Los Angeles, CA, USA	Watch here
3	2013-01-21	Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, CA, USA	Watch here
2	2013-01-12	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	Watch here?
1	2013-01-11	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	Watch here?

• Animals was also played on the soundcheck private concert, but it's missing

2012

#	Date	Venue	Location	Link
29	2012-12-19	Zénith de Strasbourg	Strasbourg, France	Watch here
28	2012-12-18	Sportpaleis Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium	Watch here
27	2012-12-17	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands	Watch here
26	2012-12-15	O2 World	Hamburg, HH, Germany	Watch here
25	2012-12-13	Arēna Rīga	Rīga, Latvia	Watch here
24	2012-12-11	Saku Suurhall Arena	Tallinn, Estonia	Watch here
23	2012-12-10	Hartwall Areena	Helsinki, ES, Finland	Watch here
22	2012-11-23	Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland	Watch here
21	2012-11-22	O2 Arena	Prague, Czech Republic	Watch here
20	2012-11-20	Papp László Budapest Sportaréna	Budapest, BU, Hungary	Watch here
19	2012-11-19	Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna, Austria	Watch here
18	2012-11-17	ADRIATIC Arena	Pesaro, PU, Italy	Watch here
17	2012-11-16	Unipol Arena	Casalecchio di Reno, BO, Italy	Watch here
16	2012-11-14	St. Jakobshalle	Münchenstein, BS, Switzerland	Watch here
15	2012-11-12	Olympiahalle	Munich, BY, Germany	Watch here
14	2012-11-03	The O2	Dublin, Ireland	Watch here
13	2012-11-01	Manchester Arena	Manchester, UK	Watch here
12	2012-10-31	BBC Radio Theatre (Radio 2 in Concert)	London, UK	Listen here
11	2012-10-30	LG Arena	Birmingham, UK	Watch here
10	2012-10-27	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch here
9	2012-10-26	O2 Arena	London, UK	Watch here
8	2012-10-24	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Glasgow, UK	Watch here
7	2012-10-22	Zénith Nantes Métropole	Nantes, France	Watch here
6	2012-10-20	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Watch here
5	2012-10-18	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Paris, France	Watch here
4	2012-10-16	Park&Suites Arena	Montpellier, France	Watch here
3	2012-10-02	Olympia	Paris, France	Watch here
2	2012-09-30	The Roundhouse (iTunes Festival)	London, UK	Watch here
1	2012-09-20	E-Werk	Cologne, NW, Germany	Watch here

See also

This is a table of The 2nd Law-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.

Last updated: April 15, 2022.

Song Title	Release	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	#
Supremacy	The 2nd Law	30	90	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	133
Madness	The 2nd Law	38	93	3	41	80	32	11	61	18	56	433
Panic Station	The 2nd Law	32	91	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	125
Prelude	The 2nd Law	0	0	0	14	65	3	0	58	31	56	228
Survival	The 2nd Law	29	88	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	118
Follow Me	The 2nd Law	33	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	124
Animals	The 2nd Law	29	49	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	90
Explorers	The 2nd Law	26	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
Big Freeze	The 2nd Law	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Save Me	The 2nd Law	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Liquid State	The 2nd Law	20	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	101
Unsustainable	The 2nd Law	25	85	3	12	0	0	10	60	0	0	195
Isolated System	The 2nd Law	25	87	3	13	79	33	9	0	0	52	301

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