The Artificial Selection Tour

The Artificial Selection Tour is a concert tour by American rock band Dance Gavin Dance, in support of their eighth studio album, Artificial Selection (2018).[1] The tour began at the first annual SwanFest in Anaheim, California at the City National Grove of Anaheim on March 30, 2019 and concluded at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, California on May 12, 2019.

The Artificial Selection Tour
Tour by Dance Gavin Dance
Associated albumArtificial Selection
Start dateMarch 30, 2019 (2019-03-30)
End dateMay 12, 2019 (2019-05-12)
Legs1
No. of shows34
(North America)
Dance Gavin Dance concert chronology

Background

Dance Gavin Dance released their eighth studio album, Artificial Selection, on June 8, 2018, on Rise Records. To support the album's release, the group embarked on a headlining 2018 spring tour from May 26 to June 21, 2018 in North America.[2] Prior to this tour, the band toured as support on American post-hardcore band Underoath's No Fix U.S. Tour in April and May 2018.[3] The band also toured on Underoath's U.S. fall tour from November 2 to December 14, 2018.[4]

An Australian headlining tour took place from February 25 to March 5, 2019.[5]

On January 8, Dance Gavin Dance announced The Artificial Selection Tour, which visited the United States and Canada, with tour support from American rock band Periphery, British rock band Don Broco, American post-hardcore band Hail the Sun, rock band Covet and metalcore band Thousand Below.[6]

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance at SwanFest at City National Grove in Anaheim, California on March 30, 2019.

  1. "Son of Robot"
  2. "Suspended In This Disaster"
  3. "Summertime Gladness"
  4. "The Rattler"
  5. "Count Bassy"
  6. "Chucky Vs. The Giant Tortoise"
  7. "Flossie Dickey Bounce"
  8. "Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most"
  9. "Head Hunter"
  10. "Betrayed By The Game"
  11. "We Own The Night"
  12. "Man Of The Year"
  13. "Evaporate" (encore)
Notes
  • "Betrayed By The Game" was only performed at SwanFest and not performed for the remainder of the tour.
  • "The Rattler", "Count Bassy", and "Head Hunter" made its live debuts on March 30, 2019.

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Opening act(s)
North America
March 30, 2019 Anaheim United States City National Grove Music festival
March 31, 2019 San Francisco Regency Ballroom Periphery
Don Broco
Hail the Sun
Covet
April 2, 2019 Las Vegas Brooklyn Bowl
April 3, 2019 Phoenix The Van Buren
April 5, 2019 Dallas South Side Music Hall
April 6, 2019 San Antonio Alamo City Music Hall
April 7, 2019 Houston Warehouse Live
April 9, 2019 Ft. Lauderdale Revolution
April 11, 2019 Silver Springs The Fillmore
April 12, 2019 New York City PlayStation Theater
April 13, 2019 Philadelphia Franklin Music Hall
April 14, 2019 Worcester Worcester Palladium
April 16, 2019 Cleveland Agora Theater
April 17, 2019 Detroit Royal Oak Music Theater
April 18, 2019 Chicago House of Blues Chicago
April 19, 2019
April 20, 2019 Columbus Express Live!
April 22, 2019 Toronto Canada Danforth Music Hall Don Broco
Hail the Sun
Covet
Thousand Below
April 23, 2019 Pittsburgh United States Stage AE
April 25, 2019 Columbia The Senate
April 26, 2019 Atlanta The Masquerade
April 27, 2019 Tampa The Ritz Ybor
April 28, 2019 Orlando House of Blues Orlando
April 30, 2019 New Orleans The Republic
May 2, 2019 Nashville Marathon Music Works
May 3, 2019 Sauget Pop's Nightclub
May 4, 2019 Kansas City The Truman
May 5, 2019 Denver Ogden Theatre
May 6, 2019 Salt Lake City The Depot
May 8, 2019 Seattle The Showbox
May 9, 2019 Portland Crystal Ballroom
May 10, 2019 Santa Cruz The Catalyst
May 11, 2019 Los Angeles El Rey Theatre
May 12, 2019

Notes
  • The 1st Annual Swanfest, taking place on March 30, 2019, is the unofficial first date of the tour.[7]
  • The Columbus, Ohio show was originally scheduled to take place at Newport Music Hall, but the venue was changed to Express Live! after tickets quickly sold out.

References
  1. "Dance Gavin Dance announces 'Artificial Selection' tour 2019". Axs.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. "Dance Gavin Dance announce North American headlining tour". Altpress.com. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. Childers, Chad. "Underoath Reveal Spring 2018 'Nø Fix' U.S. Tour Dates". Loudwire. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. "Underoath announce 2018 fall North American tour". Axs.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. "Dance Gavin Dance & Veil Of Maya Announce 2019 Australian Tour". Musicfeeds.com.au. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. "Dance Gavin Dance announce 'Artificial Selection' tour dates". Altpress.com. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. Tilian (8 January 2019). "A lot of requests for us to come to So Cal... This actually kicks off the tour.pic.twitter.com/93HnRKtuAa". Twitter.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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