The Groove (live)
| 67% | MuseWiki ULD has 16/24 performances of this song. This is a list of missing performances. |
| Live information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | The Groove | |
| Tours | Drones (5) Black Holes and Revelations (6) Absolution (13) | |
| First performance | 18th September 2003 | |
| Latest performance | 2nd July 2016 | |
| Pro-shots | ||
| Audience footage |
2016:
Montreux (07/02/2016) 2015: New York (05/08/2015) Brighton (03/23/2015) Manchester (03/22/2015) 2008: Rio (07/30/2008) Buenos Aires (07/23/2008) Bogota (07/20/2008) Monterrey (07/16/2008) 2007: Adelaide (11/14/2007) 2004: Chelmsford (08/21/2004) | |
| Audio recordings | 2004: Perth (09/05/2004) St. Cloud (08/24/2004) | |
| # of performances | 24 | |
| Uno Live Database | 67% (missing 8/24 performances) | |
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 [B] |
2015
| # | Date | Venue | Location | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2015-07-16 | Vieilles Charrues Festival | Carhaix, France | Watch here | Blue Orchid riff intro [B] |
| 3 | 2015-05-08 | Webster Hall | New York City, NY, USA | Watch here [B] | |
| 2 | 2015-03-23 | Brighton Dome | Brighton, England | Watch here [B] | |
| 1 | 2015-03-22 | Manchester Academy | Manchester, England | Watch here [B] |
Black Holes and Revelations era
2008
| # | Date | Venue | Location | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2008-07-30 | Vivo Rio | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Watch here [B] |
| 3 | 2008-07-23 | Teatro Gran Rex | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Watch here [B] |
| 2 | 2008-07-20 | Palacio de los Deportes | Bogotá, Colombia | Watch here [B] |
| 1 | 2008-07-16 | Arena Monterrey | Monterrey, Mexico | Watch here [B] |
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 [B] |
Absolution era
2004
| # | Date | Venue | Location | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2004-09-05 | Metropolis City Concert Club | Perth, WA, Australia | Listen here |
| 5 | 2004-08-28 | Domaine National de Saint-Cloud (Rock en Seine) | Saint-Cloud, France | Listen here |
| 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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