Blast Off Tour

Blast Off Tour

Europe tour by Blondie
Associated album	Ghosts of Download
Start date	June 11, 2013
End date	July 13, 2013
Legs	1
Number of shows	22 in Europe 22 played
Blondie concert chronology

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]

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	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		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

• Debbie Harry - vocals
• Chris Stein - guitars
• Clem Burke - drums
• Matt Katz-Bohen - keyboards, piano, organ
• Leigh Foxx - bass
• Tommy Kessler - guitars

Production

• Jim Roese - stage manager^[3]

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". fecebook.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. Retrieved 2013-11-27.