Sunsets Farewell Tour
The Sunsets Farewell Tour was a 2010 concert tour of Australian rock band Powderfinger. It was their last concert tour following the announcement on 9 April 2010 that they would be breaking up after the tour, saying it would be their last ever as the band had musically said everything they wanted to say.[1] It coincided with the release of their final album, Golden Rule, on 13 November 2009.
Tour by Powderfinger | |
Powderfinger performing on their Sunsets Farewell Tour, 6 November 2010, Sydney | |
Location | Australia |
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Associated album | Golden Rule |
Start date | 1 September 2010 |
End date | 13 November 2010 |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 34 |
In a statement read by Bernard Fanning, the band said:
"With the completion of our last album, Golden Rule, we feel that we have said all that we want to say as a musical group. We firmly believe that it is our most complete and satisfying album and can't think of a better way to farewell our fans than with music that we all believe in and also with, hopefully, our best tour to date."[2]
The band also stated, regarding the set list, that their first album Parables for Wooden Ears probably wouldn't feature so much; Fanning laughed while saying, "we're going to play that in its entirety." Most of the songs performed were from their most successful albums – Internationalist, Odyssey Number Five and Vulture Street – as well as singles "These Days" and "Bless My Soul".
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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1 September 2010 | Newcastle | Australia | Newcastle Entertainment Centre |
3 September 2010 | Gold Coast | Gold Coast Convention Centre | |
4 September 2010 | Brisbane | Riverstage | |
5 September 2010 | |||
7 September 2010 | Tamworth | Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre | |
9 September 2010 | Wollongong | WIN Entertainment Centre | |
10 September 2010 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | |
11 September 2010 | |||
13 September 2010 | Hobart | Derwent Entertainment Centre | |
19 September 2010 | Adelaide | Memorial Drive Park | |
18 September 2010 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre | |
19 September 2010 | |||
22 September 2010 | Perth | Supreme Court Gardens | |
23 September 2010 | |||
24 September 2010 | |||
26 September 2010 | Darwin | Darwin Amphitheatre | |
28 September 2010 | Cairns | Cairns Convention Centre | |
29 September 2010 | |||
1 October 2010 | Townsville | Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre | |
2 October 2010 | |||
3 October 2010 | Mackay | Mackay Showgrounds | |
7 October 2010 | Rockhampton | Rockhampton Showgrounds | |
8 October 2010 | Caloundra | Caloundra Music Festival | |
9 October 2010 | Toowoomba | USQ University Oval | |
12 October 2010 | Canberra | University of Canberra | |
13 October 2010 | Albury | Albury Sports Ground | |
15 October 2010 | Bendigo | Prince of Wales Showgrounds | |
16 October 2010 | Ballarat | Ballarat Botanical Gardens | |
29 October 2010 | Melbourne | Sidney Myer Music Bowl | |
30 October 2010 | Adelaide | Memorial Drive Park | |
6 November 2010 | Sydney | Acer Arena | |
10 November 2010 | Brisbane | Riverstage | |
12 November 2010 | |||
13 November 2010 | |||
Set list
This setlist was performed on 12 October 2010, at the University of Canberra.
- "Love Your Way"
- "Lost and Running"
- "Burn Your Name"
- "Sunsets"
- "Sail the Wildest Stretch"
- "Thrilloilogy"
- "Already Gone"
- "The Metre"
- "Like a Dog"
- "Jewel"
- "Nobody Sees"
- "Private Man"
- "My Happiness"
- "Passenger"
Encore:
Encore 2:
References
- "Powderfinger will break up after big tour". Nova. 9 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- Page not found - Powderfinger Archived 1 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine