Since 1996, the Raincoats have played some special events, such as

Since 1996, the Raincoats have played some special events, such as Wyatt’s Meltdown in 2001, and Chicks on Speed ‘s 99 Cents album-release party in Berlin in December 2003. Birch and da Silva recorded a cover version of “Monk Chant” for a tribute album of Monks songs called Silver Monk Time , and performed the song live with the Monks at Berlin’s Volksbühne in October 2006. They played at Ladyfest in Leeds in April 2007, and the Nuits Sonores Festival in Lyon on 18 May 2007. On 28 March 2009, The Raincoats-Fairytales-A Work in Progress , directed by Birch and produced by the Raincoats, was screened at the British Film Institute in London. On 25 April, the band performed at Donaufestival in Austria.