The Beautiful Letdown Tour
The Beautiful Letdown Tour was a massive series of concerts by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, played to audiences all around the world. It was the band's first real headlining tour, spanning six different legs, and was carried out in support of the band's double-platinum selling 2003 album of the same name. The band also made many late-night television appearances, thanks to the giant radio success of the singles from the album. The tour was depicted through one live concert DVD, Live in San Diego.
| Tour by Switchfoot | |
| Associated album | The Beautiful Letdown |
|---|---|
| Start date | February 25, 2003 |
| End date | November 9, 2004 |
| Legs | 6 |
| Switchfoot concert chronology | |
Itinerary
The band played the first show of the tour the same week the album was released,[1] and sold out nearly every show in advance, including the top U.S. markets such as Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Chicago, Nashville and Los Angeles, notably selling out the famed rock venue The Roxy.[1]
The second leg of the tour commenced October 23, 2003 at the Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. This portion of the tour ran until November 7, 2003, where the band entertained a hometown crowd at the SOMA in San Diego, California.
In February, 2004, Switchfoot toured across key radio stations across America, embracing the success of their singles "Meant to Live" and "Dare You to Move."[2] This was quickly followed by yet another full-time headlining tour in March.[3]
The band then carried the tour overseas, playing a limited number of shows in Europe and Australia for a series of concerts September 10 – 22, 2004. Three of the shows in Europe were in support of fellow alternative rock acts Alter Bridge, and were played in Berlin, Amsterdam, and London,[4] while shows in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia were sold out. It was reported that most of the crowd, unabashedly, were only interested in seeing Switchfoot, and promptly left before the main act, Killing Heidi, took the stage.[5] This in effect, represented the fourth leg of the tour.
Later, in October, 2004, the band launched the fifth leg of the tour, in support of the single "This Is Your Life," touring across the states once more, concluding at the Wright Center in Birmingham, Alabama. This was followed by their sixth and final leg, a proper headlining tour once more across Australia, performing 7 times in 8 days. Switchfoot bassist Tim Foreman expressed the band's affinity to Australia, saying "It's an amazing feeling to be on the other side of the world and have a few thousand people singing our songs louder than we are... it made us feel like family." [6]
Tour dates (partial list)
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America Leg 1 | |||
| October 23, 2003 | Atlanta | United States | Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre |
| October 24, 2003 | Orlando | The Social (Sapphire Supper Club) | |
| October 25, 2003 | Tampa | Guavaween | |
| October 26, 2003 | Jacksonville | Freebird Cafe | |
| October 27, 2003 | Birmingham | Workplay Theatre | |
| October 28, 2003 | Nashville | Rocketown | |
| October 30, 2003 | Dallas | Trees | |
| October 31, 2003 | Norman | University of Oklahoma | |
| November 1, 2003 | Austin | The Parish | |
| November 3, 2003 | Colorado Springs | 32 Bleu | |
| November 4, 2003 | Albuquerque | Launchpad | |
| November 5, 2003 | Tempe | Nita's Hideaway | |
| November 6, 2003 | Tucson | City Limits | |
| November 7, 2003 | San Diego | Soma San Diego | |
| North America Leg 2 | |||
| October 7, 2004 | Anaheim | United States | The Grove of Anaheim |
| October 8, 2004 | San Francisco | The Warfield | |
| October 9, 2004 | Fresno | Big Fresno Fairgrounds | |
| October 11, 2004 | Seattle | Moore Theatre | |
| October 12, 2004 | Portland | Crystal Ballroom | |
| October 13, 2004 | Boise | Big Easy | |
| October 14, 2004 | Logan | Smith Spectrum | |
| October 15, 2004 | Denver | Paramount Theatre | |
| October 16, 2004 | Washington, D.C. | DC101 Chili Cook-Off | |
| October 19, 2004 | Minneapolis | Quest Club | |
| October 20, 2004 | Milwaukee | The Rave | |
| October 21, 2004 | Chicago | Riviera Theatre | |
| October 22, 2004 | Detroit | State Theatre | |
| October 23, 2004 | Las Vegas | Desert Breeze Park | |
| October 25, 2004 | St. Louis | The Pageant | |
| October 27, 2004 | Cleveland | Agora Theatre | |
| October 28, 2004 | Philadelphia | Electric Factory | |
| October 29, 2004 | New York City | Hammerstein Ballroom | |
| October 30, 2004 | Worcester | The Palladium | |
| November 4, 2004 | Orlando | House of Blues | |
| November 5, 2004 | Myrtle Beach | House of Blues | |
| November 6, 2004 | Norfolk | Norva Theatre | |
| November 8, 2004 | Atlanta | The Tabernacle | |
| November 9, 2004 | Birmingham | Wright Center | |