Songs/I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous
Frank Turner

I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous

Love Ire & Song
Tr.1 · Love Ire & Song
ORIGINAL
Take To The Road
Tr.16 · Take To The Road
Take To The Road
Tr.16 · Take To The Road
Live From Wembley
Tr.17 · Live From Wembley
Live From Wembley
Tr.17 · Live From Wembley
Last Minutes And Lost Evenings
Tr.1 · Last Minutes And Lost Evenings
Show 2000
Tr.1 · Show 2000
Show 2000
Tr.1 · Show 2000
Live In Newcastle
Tr.2 · Live In Newcastle
926performed·93videos·15fan covers·2007 – 2026
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Live Recordings93

16 May 2007
The Green Room
Bournemouth, GB · Show #290
solo
4:02▶ Watch
17 Feb 2008
Ted’s House, San Francisco
San Francisco, US · Show #390
28:03▶ Watch
9 Jul 2008
Pure Groove, Smithfield
London, GB · Show #479
solo
3:46▶ Watch
23 Oct 2008
Oran Mor
Glasgow, GB · Show #523
full band
3:08▶ Watch
26 Jan 2009
Rise Records
Cheltenham, GB · Show #568
solo
3:07▶ Watch
28 Jan 2009
Banquet Records
Kingston-Upon-Thames, GB · Show #570
solo
8:09▶ Watch
26 Jun 2009
The Flowerpot, Camden
London, GB · Show #651
solo
3:12▶ Watch
8 Jul 2009
Roseland Ballroom, New York
New York, US · Show #659
solo
2:21▶ Watch
24 Jul 2009
Queen’s Hotel
Weymouth, GB · Show #672
full band
3:32▶ Watch
16 Nov 2009
The Hi Tone Cafe, Memphis
Memphis, US · Show #746
solo
3:28▶ Watch
28 Nov 2009
The Melkweg
Amsterdam, NL · Show #753
solo
4:12▶ Watch
12 Dec 2009
59:1
Munich, DE · Show #764
full band
2:59▶ Watch
19 Dec 2009
Union Chapel
London, GB · Show #770
full band
4:26▶ Watch
24 Feb 2010
Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park
Asbury Park, US · Show #796
full band
3:11▶ Watch
15 Mar 2010
Northumbria University
Newcastle, GB · Show #812
full band
3:01▶ Watch
16 Mar 2010
The Picture House
Edinburgh, GB · Show #813
full band
3:02▶ Watch
23 Mar 2010
The Pyramid Centre
Portsmouth, GB · Show #819
full band
3:03▶ Watch
30 Mar 2010
Schlachthof
Wiesbaden, DE · Show #823
full band
7:12▶ Watch
15 Apr 2010
The Media Club, Vancouver
Vancouver, CA · Show #834
3:02▶ Watch
16 Jul 2010
2000 Trees Festival
Cheltenham, GB · Show #879
full band
1:31▶ Watch
5 Aug 2010
The Stone Pony, Asbury Park
Asbury Park, US · Show #892
full band
2:57▶ Watch
20 Aug 2010
Highfield Festival
Leipzig, DE · Show #903
full band
3:14▶ Watch
8 Sept 2010
The Troubadour, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, US · Show #910
solo
2:26▶ Watch
25 Sept 2010
Reeperbahn Festival
Hamburg, DE · Show #914
solo
4:04▶ Watch
31 Oct 2010
8 Seconds, Gainesville
Gainesville, US · Show #942
solo
3:06▶ Watch
7 Dec 2010
The Guildhall
Southampton, GB · Show #972
full band
1:11▶ Watch
10 Dec 2010
The Academy
Leicester, GB · Show #973
full band
2:57▶ Watch
19 Feb 2011
The Bullingdon Arms
Oxford, GB · Show #984
full band
1:09▶ Watch
20 Feb 2011
The Lemon Grove
Exeter, GB · Show #985
full band
3:05▶ Watch
18 May 2011
The Night & Day Cafe
Manchester, GB · Show #1022
solo
3:39▶ Watch
19 Jun 2011
B72
Vienna, AT · Show #1050
full band
3:00▶ Watch
31 Jul 2011
Kendal Calling Festival
Kendal, GB · Show #1066
full band
3:02▶ Watch
29 Sept 2011
The Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, US · Show #1098
full band
3:13▶ Watch
6 Oct 2011
The Record Bar, Kansas City
Kansas City, US · Show #1104
full band
2:51▶ Watch
10 Oct 2011
The Rhythm Room, Phoenix
Phoenix, US · Show #1106
full band
2:55▶ Watch
30 Oct 2011
Maverick’s, Ottawa
Ottawa, CA · Show #1124
full band
3:02▶ Watch
4 Nov 2011
Theater Of Living Arts, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, US · Show #1130
full band
4:00▶ Watch
24 Nov 2011
The Academy
Birmingham, GB · Show #1140
full band
2:49▶ Watch
25 Nov 2011
The Barrowlands
Glasgow, GB · Show #1141
full band
2:00▶ Watch
24 Feb 2012
The Castle Theater, Bloomington
Bloomington, US · Show #1187
full band
0:25▶ Watch
13 Apr 2012
Wembley Arena
London, GB · Show #1216
full band
3:04▶ Watch
6 Jun 2012
Hay Festival
Hay-On-Wye, GB · Show #1237
solo
2:53▶ Watch
23 Nov 2012
Civic Hall
Wolverhampton, GB · Show #1296
full band
1:02▶ Watch
25 Nov 2012
Engine Shed
Lincoln, GB · Show #1298
full band
3:05▶ Watch
30 Nov 2012
Hall For Cornwall
Truro, GB · Show #1302
full band
3:52▶ Watch
1 Dec 2012
The Pavilion
Bath, GB · Show #1303
full band
3:06▶ Watch
8 Dec 2012
Limelight
Belfast, GB · Show #1309
solo
▶ Watch
8 May 2013
Melkweg
Amsterdam, NL · Show #1393
full band
4:02▶ Watch
6 Jun 2013
Rams Head Live, Baltimore
Baltimore, US · Show #1400
full band
3:06▶ Watch
3 Mar 2014
Conne Island
Leipzig, DE · Show #1541
full band
3:04▶ Watch
13 Sept 2014
City Hall
Salisbury, GB · Show #1609
solo
2:58▶ Watch
25 Sept 2014
Alhambra Theatre
Dunfermline, GB · Show #1620
full band
3:05▶ Watch
26 Jun 2015
Strummerville Campfire
Glastonbury Festival, GB · Show #1696
solo
3:13▶ Watch
4 Oct 2015
9:30 Club
Washington, US · Show #1744
full band
3:04▶ Watch
6 Oct 2015
House Of Blues, Chicago
Chicago, US · Show #1745
full band
3:05▶ Watch
9 Oct 2015
Twist & Shout Records, Denver
Denver, US · Show #1748
solo
3:01▶ Watch
21 Jan 2016
Tonhalle
Munich, DE · Show #1820
full band
3:01▶ Watch
30 Mar 2016
Sala Bikini
Barcelona, ES · Show #1864
full band
3:00▶ Watch
16 Nov 2016
The Olympia
Dublin, IE · Show #1977
full band
1:38▶ Watch
15 Dec 2016
Rock City
Nottingham, GB · Show #2000
full band
3:01▶ Watch
30 Sept 2017
Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte
Charlotte, US · Show #2115
full band
5:59▶ Watch
24 Oct 2018
LKA Longhorn
Stuttgart, DE · Show #2257
full band
2:13▶ Watch
15 Oct 2019
Town Hall Theatre, New York
New York, US · Show #2402
full band
1:00▶ Watch
25 Oct 2019
Ace Of Spades, Sacramento
Sacramento, US · Show #2408
full band
3:38▶ Watch
27 Nov 2019
City Hall
Newcastle, GB · Show #2429
Officialfull band
5:07▶ Watch
30 Nov 2019
Alexandra Palace
London, GB · Show #2431
full band
3:46▶ Watch
1 Dec 2019
Symphony Hall
Birmingham, GB · Show #2432
full band
3:44▶ Watch
3 Mar 2020
Leas Cliff Hall
Folkestone, GB · Show #2462
solo
3:18▶ Watch
3 Mar 2020
Frank Turner - I Knew Prufrock Before He Was Famous - Live
solo
3:18▶ Watch
6 Mar 2020
Fairfields Hall
Croydon, GB · Show #2464
solo
2:54▶ Watch
11 Mar 2020
The Barrowlands
Glasgow, GB · Show #2469
solo
3:02▶ Watch
7 Oct 2021
Garden
NYC, US
solo
3:50▶ Watch
29 Oct 2021
The Fest, Gainesville
Gainesville, US · Show #2581
solo
2:53▶ Watch
13 May 2022
Nambucca, Holloway
London, GB · Show #2620
solo
3:14▶ Watch
15 May 2022
Westlands
Yeovil, GB · Show #2621
full band
2:54▶ Watch
3 Jul 2022
Mills Record Company, Kansas City
Kansas City, US · Show #2651
solo
3:03▶ Watch
16 Sept 2022
Lost Evenings 5
Columbiahalle, DE · Show #2682
full band
10:58▶ Watch
28 Sept 2022
The Institute
Birmingham, GB · Show #2690
full band
7:35▶ Watch
30 Sept 2022
The Junction
Cambridge, GB · Show #2692
full band
8:49▶ Watch
25 Feb 2023
The Rescue Rooms
Nottingham, GB · Show #2742
solo
0:08▶ Watch
27 Aug 2023
Foolhardy Folk Festival
Nottingham, GB · Show #2801
solo
3:01▶ Watch
18 Apr 2024
Crossroads, Garwood
Garwood, US · Show #2855
solo
3:20▶ Watch
20 Jun 2024
Piedmont Hall, Greensboro
Greensboro, US · Show #2905
solo
3:03▶ Watch
22 Sept 2024
Lost Evenings 7, Great Canadian Casino, Toronto
Toronto, CA · Show #2952
full band
10:41▶ Watch
16 Oct 2024
Zenith
Munich, DE · Show #2955
full band
4:38▶ Watch
28 Oct 2024
013 Poppodium
Tilburg, NL · Show #2963
full band
4:38▶ Watch
16 Nov 2024
Le Rex
Toulouse, FR · Show #2976
full band
3:06▶ Watch
22 Feb 2025
Alexandra Palace
London, GB · Show #3000
full band
2:52▶ Watch
4 Apr 2025
O2 Academy
Liverpool, GB · Show #3014
full band
3:07▶ Watch
10 May 2025
El Club, Detroit
Detroit, US · Show #3033
solo
1:00▶ Watch
14 May 2025
Creative Nomad Studios, Orillia
Orillia, CA · Show #3036
solo
5:28▶ Watch
20 May 2025
Amityville Music Hall, Amityville
Amityville, US · Show #3043
solo
1:01▶ Watch
20 Feb 2026
Nevermore Hall, Baltimore
Baltimore, US · Show #3117
full band
3:19▶ Watch

Fan Covers15

11 Dec 2008
I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous (Frank Turner) [Aza484 cover]
aza484
3:22▶ Watch
22 Jun 2010
Frank Turner - I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous (Cover)
Dan Ludlam
3:34▶ Watch
6 Nov 2010
Frank Turner "I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous"
ChadderzTube
3:21▶ Watch
31 Jan 2011
Frank Turner- I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous Cover
nick healey
3:11▶ Watch
7 Feb 2011
I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous- Frank Turner (cover)
Leonard Patel
3:22▶ Watch
24 May 2014
"I Knew Prufrock Before he got Famous" - Frank Turner [Vocal cover]
Hayley Holloway
3:13▶ Watch
2 Oct 2014
Frank Turner - I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous (Cover by Dave Giles)
Dave J Giles
3:28▶ Watch
3 Feb 2015
I knew Prufrock before he got famous - Frank Turner COVER!
AmberChiE
3:14▶ Watch
19 Aug 2018
I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous - Jennifer Hague Cover
Jennifer Hague
2:56▶ Watch
15 Oct 2018
I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous - Frank Turner (COVER)
Amanda Rose Riley
3:17▶ Watch
23 Mar 2020
I Knew Prufrock Before he Got Famous (Frank Turner Ukulele Cover)
Phineas Potter
2:56▶ Watch
10 Sept 2020
Frank Turner - I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous - Drum Cover
John Joe Gaskin
3:50▶ Watch
8 Jan 2025
I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous (Frank Turner cover) - Matt McGuire (2024-10-24)
Matt McGuire
3:34▶ Watch
22 Jan 2025
I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous - Live (Frank Turner Cover)
ETF UK
3:14▶ Watch
22 May 2025
I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous (Frank Turner ska cover)
Skank Turner
2:30▶ Watch

Recent Performances926

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#3119
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#3118
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The Dome @ Oakdale, Wallingford
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#3115
18 Feb 2026
Crossroads, Garwood, Garwood
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#3142
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The Roxian, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
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#3114
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The Roxian, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
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#3109
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30 Jan 2026
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29 Jan 2026
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#3105
27 Jan 2026
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#3074
25 Sept 2025
Lost Evenings 8, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
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#3071
21 Sept 2025
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
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#3068
29 Aug 2025
31st Street Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach
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#3054
11 Jul 2025
2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham
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#3051
25 Jun 2025
Retro Bar, Manchester
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#3046
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The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Estes Park
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#3044
22 May 2025
The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Estes Park
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#3043
20 May 2025
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