Below you will find this shared collection of Mike Scott and The Waterboys related bootlegs; some have been collected by me but most have been shared by fellow WB fans from the Facebook group Mike Scott & The Waterboys.
All the recordings are available in mp3 format (with a few exceptions that are in m4a or wma format, many are also available in FLAC format. See the individual concerts for what formats are available.
If you have some related concert recordings that you want to share with your fellow waterpeople, then please take contact with me in the Facebook group Mike Scott & The Waterboys.
Whenever I get access to a new concert recording, this list will be updated with the details about the concert, and a separate page will be created for the track list that is available by clicking on the linked concert details; that track list page will also include, if I have the information available, the band line-up and a link to the corrensponding page on Setlist.fm. The audio formats the recordings are available in is shown in the list with icons.
If you attended a concert, and the the setlist is missing from setlist.fm, I strongly encourage you to go to setlist.fm and create it! User-created information sources like that is worth its weight in gold!
In the announcement I posted on Facebook, I uploaded a video I had made; unfortunately, Facebook reduced the quality on the video a lot, so if you want to see and hear it as it was meant to, click here to open the video in a new window.
In the listings below, I have now also just started to add icons to show if the track-list page have a band line-up
and a link to the setlist on Setlist.fm
.
Here is a page that lists current and former band members, and some of the guest artists that on occations have joined the band on stage. For many of them, I am missing a good photo, so if you have something that I could use here, please contact me on Facebook.
Downloading bootlegs
All these recordings are available for download from my Dropbox
together with some bootlegs from a few other artists.
Bootlegs from different countries
If you click on one of the flags below, you will go to a page where you will find an up-to-date list (provided I remembered to add the tag…) of setlist pages that have been tagged with that country.

THE BIG MUSIC was a CD copying and distribution tree dedicated to spreading the great music by Mike Scott and the Waterboys. The tree was intended as a free source of otherwise unavailable material. The performances available through this CD tree were solely intended for the listening enjoyment of Mike Scott and Waterboys fans worldwide.
A dedicated fan site about the THE BIG MUSIC with the history, artwork, links and other information is available at StrangeBoat.net.
The links for the Big Music below are directly to the download locations for the FLAC versions of the recordings. They are also available in mp3 via the main link to the file archive.
- The Big Music Volume 01 - Mike Scott - Mean Fiddler, London, June 9 1998
- The Big Music Volume 02 - The Swedish Adventures of the Waterboys
- The Big Music Volume 03 - This Is The Sea - Live
- The Big Music Volume 04 - Something fantastic - the early years
- The Big Music Volume 05 - Flying solo - the solo-tours 94-96
- The Big Music Volume 06 - One foot in Eden
- The Big Music Volume 07 - Live at the Fleadh
- The Big Music Volume 08 - The Hogmanay Recording
- The Big Music Volume 09 - The Pagan Place Sessions
- The Big Music Volume 10 - Take Cover
- The Big Music Volume 11 - Promise Of Pleasure
- The Big Music Volume 12 - Many Lights
- 1979-01-01 - Another Pretty Face Demos 1979-1985


- 1979-09-17 - Tiffanys Ballroom, Edinburgh, Scotland

- 1979-11-26 - Astoria, London, England

- 1981-02-18 - Peel Session, BBC Radio 1


- 1978-09-04 - Taybank Studio demos, Ayr, Scotland


- 1982-02-10 - Fulham Greyhound, London, England



- 1994-1996 - Flying Solo [The Solo Tours] (Big Music Vol.5)


- 1994-03-XX - Sunflowers (UK Waterboys Information Society)

- 1994-08-28 - Alive On The Inside (Greenbelt Festival, Deene Park, Northampton, England)

- 1994-12-04 - Showering Pavilion, Amulet Centre, Shepton Mallett, England


- 1995-01-23 - St George's Hall, Bristol, England

- 1995-02-06 - Teatro Verdi, Milano, Italy

- 1995-03-13 - Adam Smith Centre, Kirkcaldy, Scotland


- 1995-06-23 - Acoustic Stage, Glastonbury Festival, England


- 1995-11-19 - Gino, Stockholm, Sweden (Radio broadcast)


- 1996-09-XX - Lion of Love (UK Waterboys Information Society)

- 1997-11-03 - Club Quattro, Nagoya, Japan


- 1997-11-29 - Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands


- 1997-12-02 - Kåren, Gothenburg, Sweden


- 1997-12-03 - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway


- 1997-12-03 - Mike Scott & His New Band - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway, NRK FM Broadcast


- 1997-12-14 - Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland (and an FM Broadcast)


- 2017-10-09 - Jools Holland Radio Show BBC Radio 2


- 1999-10-07 - Hawkswell Theatre, Sligo, Ireland

- 2000-04-28 - Town Hall Theatre, Galway, Ireland

- 2012-09-26 - Station House Theatre, Clifden, Ireland


- 2012-11-09 - The Holy Trinity Church, Westport, County Sligo, Ireland


- 2013-03-13 - South by Southwest Festival , Saint Davids Sanctuary, Austin, USA


- 2015-01-16 - Gaiety Busk, South King Street, Dublin, Ireland


- Mike Scott: Some interviews available on YouTube
- 2001-XX-XX - The Waterpeople - River of Music


- 2003-01-22 - The Big Music Volume 10 - Take Cover


- Mike Scott Sings Bob Dylan [Compilation]

- Soundcloud Downloads from Mike's SoundCloud page

- 1983- 2002 - Live at the BBC (remastered)

- 1983-199X - The Waterboys/Mike Scott: The King Crimson Mystery Discs

- 1986-1987 - Windmill Lane Sessions

- 1986-1988 - Fisherman's Blues Outtakes

- 2000-XX-XX - License to play LIVE

- 2010-2012 - Mike Scott Radio Broadcasts In Ireland 2010-2012


- 2020 - Covid Ceilidh


- 2020 - Mick Puck's Lockdown Storytime


- 1984-02-19 - The Big Music Volume 5 - One foot in Eden - Batschkapp Club, Frankfurt, Germany


- 1984-05-28 - Musensaal, Mannheim, Germany

- 1984-06-04 - Teatro Tenda, Rome, Italy


- 1984-06-23 - Glastonbury Festival (Songhunter)



- 1984-12-06 - El Mocambo Club,Toronto, Canada (Radio Broadcast)


- 1984-12-11 - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA



- 1984-12-16 - Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA & Hollywood Palace, Los Angeles, CA, USA 1984-12-13



- 1984-12-15 - San Francisco Civic Centre, San Fransisco, California, USA


- 1985-10-02 - Rock City, Nottingham, England


- 1985-10-04 - The International, Manchester, England & BBC Session - Saturday Live 1985-10-19



- 1985-10-09 - Town and Country Club, London, England


- 1985-10-30 - WFNX, Boston, USA

- 1985-12-01 - Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands


- 1985-12-02 - Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands


- 1985-12-03 - Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands


- 1986-04-02 - The Big Music Volume 12 - Many Lights


- 1986-04-07 - Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

- 1986-04-25 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England


- 1986-05-02 - Liverpool University, England


- 1986-05-10 - University, Leeds, England, UK



- 1986-05-13 - Hammersmith Palais, London


- 1986-05-19 - Pink Pop, Geleen, Netherlands



- 1986-06-03 - The Sardine's, Oslo, Norway



- 1986-06-04 - The Sardine's, Oslo, Norway (NRK Radio broadcast)



- 1986-06-15 - Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany



- 1986-06-20 - Glastonbury Festival Main Stage


- 1986-06-20 - Golden Day (Glastonbury Festival)


- 1986-06-20 - Glastonbury Festival (Another source from a radio broadcast)



- 1986-06-20 - Glastonbury '86 BBC FM Broadcast



- 1986-06-21 - The National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England




- 1986-07-06 - Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium


- 1986-07-13 - San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy


- 1987-04-02 - Unleashing The Tethered Ones (Usher Hall, Edinburgh)


- 1987-05-24 - The Dunnichen Festival, Letham Village Hall, Letham, Scotland


- 1987-05-31 - Back of a lorry, Town Square, Kenmare, Ireland


- 1987-10-07 - Olympic Ballroom, Dublin


- 1988-12-16 - Horann's Night Club, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland


- 1988-12-17 - Community Centre, Shinrone, Ireland

- 1988-12-22 - Seapoint, Galway, Ireland


- 1989-02-17 - Hummingbird, Birmingham, England


- 1989-02-21 - Kilburn National Ballroom, London, England



- 1989-03-04 - Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, England



- 1989-03-09 - Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland

- 1989-03-17 - Manchester Apollo Theatre, England


- 1989-06-18 - Glastonbury Festival



- 1989-07-09 - Ruisrock Festival 1989, Ruissalo, Turku, Finland


- 1989-07-27 - Halle Ronain, Inis Mor, Aran Islands, Ireland (Early Show)


- 1989-07-27 - Halle Ronain, Inis Mor, Aran Islands, Ireland (Late Show)


- 1989-10-10 - Masonic Hall, Toronto, Canada


- 1989-10-22 - Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, USA


- 1989-11-01 - Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, USA



- 1989-11-03 - The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA



- 1989-11-28 - Teatro Verdi, Florence, Italy


- 1989-11-30 - Teatro Colosseo, Turin, Italy

- 1989-12-11 - Mejeriet, Lund, Sweeden

- 1989-12-11 - The Big Music Vol. 2 - The Swedish Adventures of the Waterboys



- 1989-12-16 - City Hall, Cork, Ireland



- 1990-10-04 - Docks, Hamburg, Germany


- 1990-12-15 - Fox Theater, Portland, Oregon, USA

- 1998-02-10 - The Live Adventures Of The Waterboys


- 1998-06-05 - Mean Fiddler, London, England

- 1998-06-09 - The Big Music Volume 1 - The Mean Fiddler


- 2000-01-24 - The Big Music Volume 3 - This Is The Sea - Live


- 2000-06-10 - The Big Music Volume 4 - Something Fantastic


- 2000-06-16 - USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway


- 2000-06-19 - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway



- 2000-06-20 - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway

- 2000-06-20 - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway (FLAC source)



- 2000-10-30 - London Astoria, London, England


- 2000-11-06 - Sala La Riviera, Madrid, Spain



- 2000-11-23 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany



- 2000-11-25 - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium



- 2000-11-30 - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway


- 2000-12-02 - Kulturmejeriet, Lund, Sweden


- 2000-12-03 - Trädgår’n, Göteborg, Sweden


- 2000-12-04 - Munchenbrewery, Stockholm, Sweden (FM Broadcast) (Partial concert)


- 2000-12-16 - Palladium, Cologne, Germany (mp3 source)


- 2000-12-16 - Rockpalast @ The Palladium, Cologne, Germany (FLAC source)



- 2001-01-29 - Concorde 2, Brighton, England


- 2001-01-30 - Scala, London, England



- 2001-03-22 - WFUV Radio, New York City & Radio 1, Paris 2000-09-22

- 2001-03-24 - Avalon, Boston, MA, USA




- 2001-04-03 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA




- 2001-04-13 - The 'F' Word, Maidstone, England


- 2001-04-14 - Gosport and Fareham Festival, England

- 2001-04-14 - Gosport and Fareham Easter Festival, Fernham Hall, Fareham, England (FLAC source)


- 2001-06-16 - The London Fleadh, London, England


- 2001-06-16 - The Big Music Volume 7 - Live at the Fleadh



- 2001-09-25 - La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX, USA




- 2001-10-05 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA



- 2001-10-18 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA


- 2001-11-07 - The Big Music Volume 8 - The Hogmanay Recording



- 2001-11-07 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland (BBC NYE 2001 broadcast)


- 2001-11-09 - Manchester Academy, Manchester, England


- 2001-11-09 - Manchester Academy, Manchester, England (FLAC source)



- 2001-11-26 - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway



- 2001-11-28 - Columbia Fritz, Berlin, Germany


- 2001-11-29 - Bürgerhaus Stollwerck, Cologne, Germany



- 2001-12-07 - NEC, Killarney, Ireland

- 2001-12-08 - Savoy Theatre, Cork, Ireland

- 2002-01-25 - Celtic Connections Radio Session, Glasgow, Scotland


- 2002-01-28 - Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland

- 2002-01-28 - Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland (FLAC source)



- 2002-01-29 - Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland (FLAC source)



- 2002-03-30 - Gosport & Fareham Folk Festival, Ferneham Hall, Fareham, England




- 2002-05-06 - Republica, Valencia, Spain


- 2002-05-06 - Republicca I, Valencia, Spain (FLAC source)




- 2002-05-10 - The Big Music Volume 9 - The Pagan Place Sessions


- 2002-06-16 - London Meltdown at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England


- 2002-06-16 - Meltdown Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England (FLAC source)




- 2002-06-27 - Promise Of Pleasure (Northampton Arts Centre, Northampton, England)


- 2002-06-27 - The Big Music Volume 11 - Promise Of Pleasure



- 2002-08-17 - Earth Music Festival, Prehen Playing Fields, Londonderry, Northern Ireland




- 2003-01-23 - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland


- 2003-06-14 - Birmingham Symphony Hall, England


- 2003-06-17 - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England

- 2003-06-19 - N.E.W.I., Wrexham, Wales (Radio broadcast)
(wma source) 
- 2003-06-19 - Aston Hall, N.E.W.I., Wrexham, Wales (BBC Wales radio broadcast)
(mp3 source) 
- 2003-06-22 - Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland (early show)

- 2003-06-22 - Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland (late show)

- 2003-07-31 - Sendesaal, Bremen, Germany


- 2003-10-15 - The Anvil, Basingstoke, England


- 2003-11-07 - Womad-Festival, Plaza Catalina, Las Palmas, Spain

- 2003-11-09 - A Long Walk To Oslo, Oslo Konserthus, Oslo, Norway

- 2003-12-06 - Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY, USA


- 2004-03-20 - Palasport S. Bernardino,Chiari, Italy


- 2004-04-04 - Bloomsbury Theatre, London, England


- 2004-06-19 - Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland

- 2004-09-28 - Circus, Stockholm, Sweden


- 2004-10-05 - Live at Chassé - Breda (Chassé Theater, Breda, Netherlands)


- 2004-10-12 - Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, UK

- 2005-10-05 - Johnnie Walker Radio 2

- 2005-11-03 - Mark Radcliffe show (Radio 2)

- 2006-01-28 - Celtic Connections 2006, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland


- 2006-07-14 - Alban Arena, St Albans, UK


- 2007-03-07 - Poppodium 013, Tilburg, Netherlands



- 2007-03-18 - The Point, Dublin, Ireland

- 2007-03-31 - Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway

- 2007-05-11 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England

- 2007-06-16 - Norwegian Wood Festival, Oslo, Norway


- 2007-08-03 - Haldern Pop Festival, Rees-Haldern, Germany

- 2007-08-29 - The Hollow, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA


- 2007-08-30 - First Act Guitar Studio, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

- 2007-08-31 - Live at Colony Cafe, Woodstock, NY, USA


(FLAC and mp3 converted from m4a-source) - 2007-09-19 - In-studio on World Café, WXPN, Philadelphia, PA, USA

- 2007-10-06 - Olavshallen, Trondheim, Norway



- 2007-10-13 - Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany

- 2007-12-04 - KEXP studios, Seattle, Washington, USA

- 2008-07-11 - Bospop Festival, Sportpark Boshoven, Weert, The Netherlands

- 2009-05-09 - The Glór, Ennis County Clare, Ireland


- 2009-06-30 - Summer Wreath Festival, National Library, Dublin, Ireland


- 2009-10-02 - RTÉ Late Late Show with Sharon Shannon

- 2010-XX-XX - Electric Picnic 2010 (RTÉ 2FM Roadcaster)

- 2010-03-15 - An Appointment with Mr. Yeats, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland


- 2010-03-19 - An Appointment with Mr. Yeats, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland



- 2011-08-13 - Festival du Chant de Marin, Paimpol, France


- 2011-10-29 - Pumpkin Festival, Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland

- 2012-03-10 - Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway



- 2012-03-13 - C-Mine, Genk, Belgium

- 2012-03-15 - Live at Gloria, Cologne, Germany

- 2012-03-17 - Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, Netherlands


- 2012-03-25 - HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London, England


- 2012-03-27 - Brighton Dome, Brighton, England


- 2012-05-15 - The Hexagon, Reading, England


- 2012-07-01 - Miriam Meets (RTÉ Radio 1)

- 2012-07-08 - Bospop, Weert, Netherlands (Radio broadcast)


- 2013-03-20 - An Appointment With Mr Yeats, Town Hall, New York City, NY, USA


- 2013-03-26 - The Linda, Albany, NY, USA

- 2013-06-15 - RDS, Dublin, Ireland

- 2013-07-19 - Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY, USA


- 2013-08-25 - Rivierenhof, Antwerp, Germany

- 2013-09-26 - Kitty Carlisle Hart Theatre, The Egg, Albany, New York, USA


- 2013-09-28 - Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, NJ, USA


- 2013-10-06 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA (w Freddie Stevenson opening)



- 2013-10-08 - Sunset Center, Carmel, CA, USA (w Freddie Stevenson opening)



- 2013-10-11 - Live on KEXP, Seattle, WA, USA


- 2013-10-17 - The Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL, USA



- 2013-10-25 - Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY, USA


- 2013-11-24 - Light In My Head, You In My Arms - Padua, Italy



- 2013-12-08 - Philarmonic Hall, Liverpool, England



- 2013-12-09 - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland



- 2013-12-10 - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland (BBC Scotland broadcast 2014-01-01)



- 2013-12-20 - Tommy Leddy Theatre, Drogheda, Ireland



- 2013-12-22 - Leisureland, Galway, Ireland


- 2013-12-23 - Dublin Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland



- 2014-12-03 - The Big Top, Dolans, Limerick, Ireland


- 2014-12-05 - Paradiso, Amsterdam



- 2014-12-06 - Paradiso, Amsterdam



- 2015-01-30 - Chris Evans Breakfast Show, BBC Radio 2, UK

- 2015-02-02 - Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK



- 2015-02-03 - The Roundhouse, London, UK



- 2015-05-07 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, USA


- 2015-06-27 - Glastonbury Festival, England, UK (mp3 rip from the webcast)

- 2015-06-27 - Glastonbury Festival, England, UK (Based on video rip from the webcast)



- 2015-06-28 - The Marquee, Cork, Ireland



- 2015-07-25 - Laurus Nobilis Music - Louro, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal


- 2015-09-26 - Teatro Nuovo, Milan, Italy

- 2015-09-26 - Teatro Nuovo, Milan, Italy



- 2015-10-25 - Glencarn Hotel, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland


- 2015-10-31 - Opera House, Cork, Ireland


- 2015-11-04 - 4 Night Stand, Night 1 of 4, Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland



- 2015-11-05 - 4 Night Stand, Night 2 of 4, Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland



- 2015-11-06 - 4 Night Stand, Night 3 of 4, Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland



- 2015-11-07 - 4 Night Stand, Night 4 of 4, Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland



- 2015-11-11 - Barrowland, Glasgow, Scotland



- 2015-12-05 - Colosseum, Watford, England



- 2015-12-06 - Hammersmith Apollo, London, England



- 2016-08-08 - Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow, Scotland



- 2016-07-27 - Chris Evans - The Best Bits show

- 2017-07-02 - Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, England



- 2017-08-04 - Chris Evans radio show BBC Radio 2


- 2017-10-19 - Birmingham Symphony Hall, England, UK


- 2017-10-21 - London Palladium, London, England, UK



- 2017-10-22 - Manchester Opera House, Manchester, England



- 2017-10-23 - The Sage, Gateshead, England, UK


- 2017-10-24 - SEC Armadillo, Glasgow, Scotland



- 2017-11-09 - Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany



- 2017-11-12 - Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway



- 2017-11-12 - Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway (alternate recording)



- 2017-11-14 - Theater Am Marientor, Duisburg, Germany



- 2017-11-16 - Roma, Antwerpen, Belgium



- 2018-04-13 - Flygeln, Norrköping, Sweden


- 2018-04-27 - London Palladium 2nd set (Partial recording only!)


- 2018-05-05 - The Barbican, York, England



- 2019-05-27 - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK



- 2019-07-05 - Chris Evans Breakfast Show

- 2019-07-26 - Fuji Rock Festival (Recorded from the live Stream)


- 2019-09-24 - Rockwood Music Hall, New York City, NY, USA (live from WFUV)

- 2019-09-29 - Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL, USA, 8pm show


- 2019-10-04 - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, CA, USA (Recorded from the live Stream)



- 2019-10-08 - RTVE Catalunya, Sant Cugat, Spain


- 2019-10-14 - Mike & Brother Paul at 88.5 FM, KCSN Radio, Los Angeles, CA, USA

- 2019-11-27 - Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, Portugal



- 2019-12-06 - Mike Scott - Coolest Conversations
