Napalm Death is the first grindcore band to perform at the Tiny Desk Concert on NPR
Author Benedetta Baldin - 16.7.2026
Once again, Napalm Death has created grindcore history by being the first band in the genre to perform on NPR’s venerable “Tiny Desk Concert” series, as per theprp. For that incredibly private environment, an eight-song set was prepared.
Setlist:
Instinct Of Survival
Strong-Arm
Everyday Pox
Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
Amoral
Dead
Scum
You Suffer
I’ve dipped in and out of Democracy Now! via NPR Radio for decades now to get my unvarnished yet thoughtful North American news. So when the NPR Tiny Desk thing came up, it kind of blew my tiny mind a little bit. We realised that we were going to reach far more people than usual with the TD performance, but as you might expect from Napalm Death, we were never going to temper the performance to any degree. We hope everybody at least gets something from it, even if it’s just an understanding of musical abrasion being pushed to the nth degree. Please always support public access broadcasting in view of the ongoing relentless attacks upon it. – Mark “Barney” Greenway
The first grindcore band at the Tiny Desk had to be the founding fathers. I turned down or said ‘maybe later’ to so many others — that’s how important it was to me to get this right. There is only one Napalm Death, not only exemplary of extreme music but also what it takes to be human in what feels like an inhumane time. – Lars Gotrich, NPR music writer
Upcoming shows:
Saturday, July 25, 2026 – Barba Negra, Budapest, Hungary
Sunday, July 26, 2026 – Maximum Uniq, Sariyer, Turkey
Friday, August 21, 2026 – ArcTanGent 2026, Compton Martin, United Kingdom
Saturday, August 22, 2026 – Göteborg Brinner 2026, Göteborg, Sweden
Tuesday, November 03, 2026 – Kiff, Aarau, Switzerland
Friday, November 06, 2026 – Löwensaal, Nuremberg, Germany
Saturday, November 07, 2026 – Roxy Concerts, Flensburg, Germany
Sunday, November 08, 2026 – Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 – Vulkan Arena, Oslo, Norway
Friday, November 13, 2026 – Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland
Sunday, November 15, 2026 – Olympia, Tampere, Finland
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 – Paavli Kultuurivabrik, Tallinn, Estonia
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 – Spīķeru Koncertzāle, Rīga, Latvia
Thursday, November 19, 2026 – Loftas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Friday, November 20, 2026 – Hype Park, Kraków, Poland
Saturday, November 21, 2026 – Nároďák, Jaroměř, Czechia
Thursday, November 26, 2026 – WE, Thessaloniki, Greece
Friday, November 27, 2026 – Gagarin 205, Athina, Greece
Saturday, November 28, 2026 – Orfey Myuzik, Sofia, Bulgaria
Tuesday, December 01, 2026 – Cvetličarna, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Wednesday, December 02, 2026 – Locomotiv, Bologna, Italy
Thursday, December 03, 2026 – Kiff, Aarau, Switzerland
