Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey have played many DJ sets under the name Desperate Sound System. They also used the name for club nights that they have organised. These nights featured a flexible roster of DJs and occasional live bands.
The first Desperate event took place at the 2001 Homelands Festival. A series of club nights and standalone DJ sets followed on from this up until about 2003 when they became less frequent.
A list of Desperate nights
Events marked with asterisks featured DJ sets by Jarvis and Steve but were not proper Desperate club nights
- 26 May 2001 - The Desperate Tent, Homelands Festival
- 20 July 2001 - The Fortress, London (with A.R.E. Weapons)
- 25 August 2001 - Reading Festival, Rivermead Festival
- 22 September 2001 - The Fringe, Stockwell, London
- 1 October 2001 - Mary Ann Hobbs' Breezeblock on Radio 1
- 12 November 2001 - Pentonville Prison, London (with Princess Superstar)
- 30 November 2001 - Brixton Academy, London. (after show party following Pulp concert)
- 13 December 2001 - Christmas Party, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club (with The Fat Truckers)
- 8 February 2002 - The Slipper Rooms, New York City*
- 15 February 2002 - Johnny Walker Watershed, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, Australia*
- 19 and 20 April 2002 - Gaukurinn Club, Reykjavik, Iceland
- 26 April 2002 - The Fez Club, Sheffield
- 3 May 2002 - Electrowerkz, Islington, London
- 30 May 2002 - The Bridge & Tunnel, London*
- 4 October 2002 - Club Mond, Barcelona*
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14 December 2002 - Magna Centre, Rotherham
(and many more)
