The Residents live shows

The Residents in Cube-E, 1989

Although they only performed in public four times between 1972 and 1981, The Residents' live shows and tours have since become widely recognised as one of the most successful facets of their art, beginning with their first major international tour production, The Mole Show, which premiered in 1982.

Despite the group having maintained a somewhat ambivalent relationship with live performance throughout their career (having decided on more than one occasion that they would retire from touring altogether), The Residents have continued to create elaborate, conceptual touring productions which have consistently received critical acclaim (if not always commercial success).

This page lists the noted live appearances and tours of The Residents, from their early "guerrilla" style appearances in San Francisco to their most recent international tour and beyond.

Residents, Uninc. (1971-1972)

• The Boarding House - October 18th 1971, The Boarding House, San Francisco, California
• Party of '71 - October 31st 1971, Philip's Wedding, "The Mad House", Arcata, California
• Party of '72 - February 12th 1972, Chris' Party, Redwood, California

The Residents (1976-present)

• Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! Can't You See That It's True; What The Beatles Did To Me, "I Love Lucy" Did To You - June 7th 1976, Longbranch Saloon, Berkeley, California
• The Mole Show tour - April 1982 - October 1983, USA and Europe
  • The Mole Show at The House - April 10th 1982, The House, Santa Monica, California
  • The Uncle Sam Mole Show - October 7th 1983, National Building Museum, Washington D.C.
• The History of Digital Music - September 1985, Berkeley, California
• The 13th Anniversary Show tour (featuring Snakefinger) - October 1985 - January 1987, Japan, USA, Europe and Oceania
  • Tromsø, Inconvenienced - October 3rd 1986, Tromsø, Norway
• The Snakey Wake - August 24th 1987, San Francisco, California
• The Boudisque 20th Anniversary Party - November 18th 1987, Boudisque Records, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Cube-E: The History of American Music in 3 E-Z Pieces tour - July 1989 - November 1990, Europe, USA, Canada
  • Cube NYE - December 31st 1989, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, California
  • Mill Valley Film Festival - October 7th 1990, Masonic Center, Mill Valley, California
• Ty's Freak Show - November 17th 1991, Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California
• Tales from the Punchbowl release party (with Primus) - January 9th 1996, Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco, California
• Disfigured Night - May - October 1997, USA and Germany
  • Adobe Disfigured Night - May 1997, Adobe World Headquarters, San Jose, California
  • Disfigured Night (The Saga of Silly Billy) - August 16th 1997, Köln, Germany
  • Mill Valley Film Festival - October 4th 1997, Mill Valley, California
  • Live at The Fillmore '97 - October 1997, San Francisco, California
• Wormwood Live tour - October 1998 - July 1999, USA and Europe
  • Live at The Fillmore '98 - October 1998, San Francisco, California
• Icky Flix tour - February - October 2001, USA and Europe
• Demons Dance Alone tour - October 2002 - September 2003, USA and Europe
• Gamelan Sekar Jaya 25th Anniversary show (with Gamelan Sekar Jaya) - October 9th 2004, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, California
• The Way We Were - What Is Music? Festival, March 2005, Australia
• Remembering The Beatles (with the London Sinfonietta) - September 21st 2007, Arena Concerti, Fiera Milano, Rho, Italy
• The Bunny Boy tour - October - December 2008, USA and Europe
• Talking Light tour - January 2010 - April 2011, USA, Europe and Canada
  • So Long Sam - June 10th 2010, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
• The Wonder of Weird tour - January - May 2013, USA and Europe
• Shadowland tour - May 2014 - July 2016, Europe, USA, Russia and Australia
• In Between Dreams tour - March 2017 - February 2019, Japan, Europe, USA and Canada
  • The Ghost of Hope - March 30th 2017, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, California
  • The Brick-Eaters performances (with Homer Flynn) - October 2018, San Francisco, California
• God In 3 Persons - Live! - April 2019 - June 2022, France and USA
• Dog Stab! mini-tour - September 2021, California, USA
• Faceless Forever tour - October 2022 - April 2023, USA, Europe, Britain and Canada
  • Mill Valley Film Festival - October 13th 2022, Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley, California
  • 50th Anniversary secret show - January 14th 2023, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California
• Eskimo Live! - March 2024 - TBC 2026, California, USA
  • Night of Ideas - March 2nd 2024, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California
  • Exotikon Exotica and Tiki Festival - June 7th 2025, Mayan Theater, Los Angeles, California
• Cortical Palace (with Loris Gréaud) - October 18th 2024, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France

Residents material performed by others

• Anganok (performed by Mark "Spoonman" Petrakis) - Overtone Festival of New Music, 1993, San Francisco, California
• Freak Show Live (performed by Už Jsme Doma) - November 1995, Prague, Czech Republic
• Mush-Room (performed by Grace Ellen Barkey and Needcompany) - March - August 2013, Germany, Sweden and Belgium

Cancelled performance projects

• Six Things To A Cycle - 1976
• Live at the Ugly Grey Theater - 1977
• Eskimo Live - 1979
• The 10th Anniversary Show - 1982
• Eskimo Opera - 1992
• Residents with Orchestra - 2008

Randy Rose (2010-2011)

• Moravian Meeting with Už Jsme Doma - October 20th 2010, Moravske Divadlo, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Sam's Enchanted Evening with Joshua Raoul Brody - October - November 2011, Berkeley, California

See also

• The Residents discography
• The Residents videography
• List of interactive media
• The Residents bibliography
• List of unfinished projects

External links and references

• "Performance" at The Residents Historical
• Live Shows & Albums at RZWeb (defunct ca. 2004)