Blast Off Tour

The Blast Off Tour 2013 was a 2013 Europe-only single-leg tour by Blondie to promote their upcoming album Ghosts of Download. It visited venues across the UK and Ireland, as well as a single stop in Moscow and appearances at four festivals in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Isle of Man. Several of the shows were marketed under the 'Forest Live' brand, as Blondie performed their Blast Off Tour at forests across the UK as part of an arrangement with the Forestry Commission.[2]

Blast Off Tour
Europe tour by Blondie
Associated albumGhosts of Download
Start dateJune 11, 2013
End dateJuly 13, 2013
Legs1
No. of shows22 in Europe
22 played
Blondie concert chronology

Background

The tour was announced in Summer-Autumn 2012, with tickets going on sale in January 2013. The Forest Live shows were the first to be announced. The tour was to promote the group's upcoming album Ghosts of Download and so seven songs from the album were featured in the setlist, including Blondie's version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood hit "Relax". Rehearsals for the tour were held from June 2–11, 2013 in New Jersey at an undisclosed location.[3]

Opening acts
  • Yana Blinder (June 11)[4]
  • The Lighting Seeds (June 14–15, June 21–22, June 28–29, July 6)
  • Hugh Cornwell (July 9)
  • Ben Caplan (July 9)

Set list
June 11-June 28, July 1–4, July 9–12
  1. "One Way or Another"
  2. "Rave"
  3. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  4. "Union City Blue"
  5. "A Rose by Any Name"
  6. "The Tide is High"
  7. "Drag You Around"
  8. "Maria"
  9. "Winter"
  10. "Lights (Ellie Goulding cover)"
  11. "Atomic"
  12. "What I Heard"
  13. "Wipe Off My Sweat"
  14. "Sugar on the Side"
  15. "Heart of Glass
    Encore
  16. "Take Me in the Night"
  17. "Call Me"
  18. "Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover)"
  19. "Dreaming"

Notes

  • In the June 14 Sherwood Pines show, The Tide is High and A Rose by Any Name swapped places in the set.
June 29
  1. "One Way or Another"
  2. "Rave"
  3. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  4. "Union City Blue"
  5. "A Rose by Any Name"
  6. "The Tide is High"
  7. "Drag You Around"
  8. "Maria"
  9. "Winter"
  10. "Lights (Ellie Goulding cover)"
  11. "Atomic"
  12. "What I Heard"
  13. "Wipe Off My Sweat"
  14. "Sugar on the Side"
  15. "Heart of Glass
    Encore
  16. "Get Off of My Cloud" (Rolling Stones cover)
  17. "Take Me in the Night"
  18. "Call Me"
  19. "Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover)"
  20. "Dreaming"
June 18 / July 6
  1. "One Way or Another"
  2. "Rave"
  3. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  4. "Union City Blue"
  5. "A Rose by Any Name"
  6. "The Tide is High"
  7. "Drag You Around"
  8. "Maria"
  9. "Winter"
  10. "Lights (Ellie Goulding cover)"
  11. "Atomic"
  12. "What I Heard"
  13. "Wipe Off My Sweat"
  14. "Sugar on the Side"
  15. "Heart of Glass
    Encore
  16. "Please Please Me" (The Beatles cover)
  17. "Take Me in the Night"
  18. "Call Me"
  19. "Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover)"
  20. "Dreaming"
July 7
  1. "One Way or Another"
  2. "Rave"
  3. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  4. "Union City Blue"
  5. "A Rose by Any Name"
  6. "The Tide is High"
  7. "Drag You Around"
  8. "Maria"
  9. "Winter"
  10. "Lights (Ellie Goulding cover)"
  11. "Atomic"
  12. "What I Heard"
  13. "Wipe Off My Sweat"
  14. "Sugar on the Side"
  15. "Heart of Glass
    Encore
  16. "Take Me in the Night"
  17. "Call Me"
  18. "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" (Johnny Thunders cover)
  19. "Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover)"
  20. "Dreaming"
July 13
  1. "One Way or Another"
  2. "Rave"
  3. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  4. "Union City Blue"
  5. "A Rose by Any Name"
  6. "The Tide is High"
  7. "Maria"
  8. "Winter"
  9. "Lights (Ellie Goulding cover)"
  10. "Atomic"
  11. "Sugar on the Side"
  12. "Call Me"
  13. "Heart of Glass"

Tour dates[5]
Date City Country Venue
June 11, 2013 Moscow Russia Arena Moscow Club
June 14, 2013 Edwinstowe United Kingdom Sherwood Pines
June 15, 2013 Brandon Thetford Forest
June 16, 2013 Newport Isle of Wight Festival
June 18, 2013 Liverpool O2 Academy
June 19, 2013 Douglas Isle of Man Villa Marina
June 21, 2013 Tetbury United Kingdom Westonbirt Arboretum
June 22, 2013 Royal Tunbridge Wells Bedgebury Pinetum
June 23, 2013 Carlisle Sands Centre
June 25, 2013 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre
June 26, 2013 Belfast United Kingdom Waterfront
June 28, 2013 Pickering Dalby Forest
June 29, 2013 Rugeley Cannock Chase Forest
July 1, 2013 Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
July 2, 2013 Edinburgh Usher Hall
July 4, 2013 Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Academy
July 6, 2013 Delamere Delamere Forest
July 7, 2013 London Roundhouse
July 9, 2013 Kew Gardens
July 10, 2013 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso Festival
July 12, 2013 Aix-Les-Bains France Musilac Festival
July 13, 2013 Werchter Belgium TW Classic Festival

Personnel
Band
Production
  • Jim Roese - stage manager[3]

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References
  1. "Blondie's coming to Australia!". blonie.net. September 27, 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  2. "Blondie confirms Forest Live in UK!". blonie.net. December 3, 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  3. "Chris Stein's Instagram photos". facebook.com. June 2, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  4. "Yana Blinder opens for Blondie". planeta.ru. June 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  5. "Blondie Tour Dates 2013". deborah-harry.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
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