Up in Arms Tour
The Up in Arms Tour was a two-month-plus long 2008 concert tour that saw San Diego rock band Switchfoot touring with popular philanthropic organization, To Write Love on Her Arms.
Tour by Switchfoot | |
Legs | 1 |
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No. of shows | 34 |
Switchfoot concert chronology |
Following the recent trend set by the band's previous, wildly successful Appetite for Construction Tour, the Up In Arms Tour prominently featured a meaningful cause to the bandmembers. Between the opening bands' performances and Switchfoot's main set, Jamie Tworkowski, the founder of TWLOHA, gave a short message about the organization. [1]
The tour primarily visited small rock clubs, college campuses, and small amphitheatres. After a mostly arena/small stadium tour for "Appetite," Switchfoot returned to their preferred venue demographic.
Show and set list
The opening act every show was the UK pop rock outfit, Athlete (there were two exceptions being the Asheville show, in which the slot was taken by the South African trio Civil Twilight due to Joel Pott becoming ill, and the Stamford and Rutgers shows, where they were replaced by Luna Halo). In addition to Athlete, several other bands also opened for Switchfoot during the tour. The Myriad, Emery, Sparky's Flaw, and Anthony Raneri from Bayside (band) all played select shows throughout the tour. The band brought back "Love Is the Movement" for this tour, due to it being used as a slogan for TWLOHA.
The setlist generally consisted of the following, with minor variations in song order:
- "Meant to Live intro
- "Oh! Gravity."
- "Stars"
- "This Is Your Life"
- "Ammunition"
- "Gone/Crazy in Love mash-up"
- "We Are One Tonight/The Shadow Proves the Sunshine mash-up"
- "Love Is the Movement"
- "This Is Home"
- "Dirty Second Hands"
- "American Dream"
- "On Fire"
- "Awakening"
- "Meant to Live"
Encore
- "Twenty-Four"
- "Dare You to Move"
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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March 27, 2008 | San Antonio, Texas | United States | Laurie Auditorium |
March 28, 2008 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | The Other Side | |
March 29, 2008 | Beaumont, Texas | Crockett Street Outdoors | |
March 30, 2008 | New Orleans, Louisiana | House of Blues | |
March 31, 2008 | Fort Walton Beach, Florida | The Swamp | |
April 2, 2008 | Aiken, South Carolina | USCA Convocation Center | |
April 3, 2008 | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | House of Blues | |
April 4, 2008 | Covington, Kentucky | Madison Theater | |
April 5, 2008 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Calvin College Fine Arts | |
April 6, 2008 | Bourbonnais, Illinois | Olivet Nazarene University | |
April 7, 2008 | Waukesha, Wisconsin | Shattuck Auditorium | |
April 8, 2008 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Egyptian Room @ Murat Center | |
April 11, 2008 | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria Civic Center | |
April 12, 2008 | Joplin, Missouri | Joplin Memorial Hall | |
April 16, 2008 | Iowa City, Iowa | Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom | |
April 17, 2008 | Poplar Bluff, Missouri | Black River Coliseum | |
April 18, 2008 | Troy, Alabama | Trojan Arena | |
April 19, 2008 | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | Reed Green Coliseum | |
April 20, 2008 | Huntsville, Alabama | Spraggins Hall | |
April 24, 2008 | Jacksonville, Florida | Murray Hill Theatre | |
April 25, 2008 | Estero, Florida | Germain Arena | |
April 26, 2008 | West Palm Beach, Florida | Sound Advice Amphitheater | |
April 27, 2008 | Charlottesville, Virginia | Charlottesville Pavilion | |
April 28, 2008 | Asheville, North Carolina | Orange Peel | |
May 1, 2008 | Ocean City, New Jersey | Ocean City Music Pier | |
May 2, 2008 | Stamford, Connecticut | Palace Theater | |
May 3, 2008 | Piscataway, New Jersey | Rutgers Athletic Center | |
May 4, 2008 | Chili, New York | Roberts Wesleyan College | |
References
- You tell me to live. We were meant to live. - published February 12, 2008 (retrieved March 12, 2008)