Build a Rocket Boys! Tour

Build a Rockets Boys! Tour

Tour by Elbow
Associated album	Build a Rocket Boys!
Start date	1 March 2011
End date	31 December 2012
Legs	7
Number of shows	54 in Europe 9 in Australasia 6 in North America 69 in Total
Elbow concert chronology

Build a Rocket Boys! Tour is the fifth concert tour by British band Elbow. Launched in support of their fifth studio album Build a Rocket Boys! (2011), the tour began in March 2011 with a series of one-off concerts in Europe. A full-production show began in March 2011 in the United Kingdom and the Australasia. It continues into 2012 with shows in North America, Europe and Australasia.

Opening acts

• Villagers (Europe-Leg 1, selected dates)
• Glasser (United States, dates)
• DeVotchKa (United States, dates)
• Howling Bells (Europe-Leg 2, selected dates)
• Maverick Sabre (London-St John's Church)
• Bombay Bicycle Club (Australasia-Leg 2)
• The Black Keys (Supporting, Manchester, 1 December)
• Snow Patrol (Co-Headlining, Edinburgh—31 December)^[1]
• Emeli Sandé (Supporting, Edinburgh—31 December)^[1]

Setlists

London-Koko, 1 March 2011 

1 March 2011

1. "The Birds"
2. "Lippy Kids"
3. "Neat Little Rows"
4. "Grounds for Divorce"
5. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver"
6. "Open Arms"
7. "One Day Like This"

Europe-Leg 1 

2–31 March 2011

1. "The Birds"
2. "The Bones of You"
3. "Lippy Kids"
4. "Mirrorball"
5. "With Love"
6. "Neat Little Rows"
7. "The Night Will Always Win"
8. "Great Expectations"
9. "Grounds for Divorce"
10. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver"
11. "Puncture Repair"
12. "Some Riot"
13. "Weather To Fly" (Acoustic intro followed by full band version)
14. "Open Arms"

Encore

15. "Starlings"
16. "Station Approach"
17. "One Day Like This"

Notes

• During their concert at Sheffield Arena, the band performed "The Fix" with Richard Hawley

2011 Festivals 

10 June – 17 July 2011, 24–28 August 2011

1. "The Birds"
2. "The Bones of You"
3. "Mirrorball"
4. "Neat Little Rows"
5. "Grounds for Divorce"
6. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver"
7. "Lippy Kids"
8. "Weather to Fly"
9. "Open Arms"
10. "One Day Like This"

Australasia-Leg 1 and North America-Leg 1 

25–29 July 2011, 18 September – 1 October 2011.

1. "The Birds"
2. "The Bones of You"
3. "Mirrorball"
4. "Neat Little Rows"
5. "Grounds for Divorce"
6. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver"
7. "Great Expectations"
8. "Puncture Repair"
9. "The River"
10. "Lippy Kids"
11. "Weather To Fly" (Acoustic intro followed by full band version)
12. "Open Arms"

Encore

13. "Starlings"
14. "Station Approach"
15. "One Day Like This"

Europe-Leg 3 

5–25 November 2011

1. "The Birds"
2. "The Bones of You"
3. "Mirrorball"
4. "Neat Little Rows"
5. "Grounds for Divorce"
6. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver"
7. "The Night Will Always Win"
8. "The River"
9. "Some Riot"
10. "Dear Friends"
11. "Lippy Kids"
12. "Weather To Fly" (Acoustic intro followed by full band version)
13. "Open Arms"

Encore

14. "Starlings"
15. "Station Approach"
16. "One Day Like This"

Australasia-Leg 2 

21–28 March 2012

1. "The Birds"
2. "The Bones of You"
3. "Mirrorball"
4. "Neat Little Rows"
5. "Grounds for Divorce"
6. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver"
7. "Great Expectations"
8. "Puncture Repair"
9. "The River"
10. "Lippy Kids"
11. "Weather To Fly" (Acoustic intro followed by full band version)
12. "Open Arms"

Encore

13. "Starlings"
14. "Station Approach"
15. "One Day Like This"

Isle Of Wright Festival, 2012 

22 June 2012

1. "Starlings"
2. "The Birds"
3. "The Bones of You"
4. "Mirrorball"
5. "Leaders of the Free World"
6. "Grounds for Divorce"
7. "Lippy Kids"
8. "Weather to Fly"
9. "Open Arms"
10. "High Ideals"
11. "One Day Like This"

Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, England 

23 June 2012

1. "High Ideals"
2. "The Bones of You"
3. "Station Approach"
4. "Lippy Kids"
5. "Leaders of the Free World"
6. "Grounds for Divorce"
7. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver"
8. "The Night Will Always Win"
9. "Starlings"
10. "Mirrorball"
11. "Weather to Fly"
12. "Open Arms"
13. "Scattered Black and Whites"

Encore

14. "The Birds"
15. "One Day Like This"

2012 Festivals 

28 June – 2 September 2012

1. "The Birds"
2. "The Bones of You"
3. "Mirrorball"
4. "Leaders of the Free World"
5. "Grounds for Divorce"
6. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver"
7. "Lippy Kids"
8. "Open Arms"
9. "One Day Like This"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe-Leg 1
1 March 2011	London	England	Koko
2 March 2011	Cambridge		The Junction
15 March 2011	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
16 March 2011	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena
17 March 2011	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena
19 March 2011	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
20 March 2011	Liverpool		Echo Arena
22 March 2011	Birmingham		LG Arena
23 March 2011	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
25 March 2011	Manchester	England	Manchester Arena
26 March 2011	London		The O2 Arena
27 March 2011	Brighton		Brighton Centre
28 March 2011	London		The O2 Arena
29 March 2011
31 March 2011	Ireland	Dublin	The O2 (Dublin)
10 June 2011	Venice	Italy	Parco San Giuliano
11 June 2011^[A]	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Pinkpop Festival, 2011
12 June 2011	Aarhus	Denmark	North Side Festival, 2011
17 June 2011^[B]	Scheessel	Germany	Hurricane Festival, 2011
25 June 2011^[C]	Pilton, Somerset	England	Glastonbury Festival 2011
26 June 2011	Luxembourg	France	Rock-A-Field
30 June 2011	Werchter	Belgium	Festivalterrein de Werchter
1 July 2011	Arras	France	La Citadelle
2 July 2011	Werchter	Belgium	Festivalterrein de Werchter
3 July 2011	Arras	France	La Citadelle
17 July 2011	Benicassim	Spain	Recinto de Conciertos
Australasia-Leg 1
22 July 2011	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	KITEC Rotunda 2
25 July 2011	Perth	Australia	Metro City Concert Club
27 July 2011	Melbourne		Palace Theatre, Melbourne
28 July 2011
29 July 2011	Newtown, New South Wales		Enmore Theatre
Europe-Leg 2
24 August 2011	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Custom House Square
26 August 2011^[D]	Reading, Berkshire	England	Reading and Leeds Festivals
28 August 2011^[D]	Leeds
North America-Leg 1
18 September 2011	Austin, Texas	United States	Zilker Park
20 September 2011	Atlanta		Center Stage Theatre
22 September 2011	Washington, DC		9:30 Club
25 September 2011	New York		Terminal 5
26 September 2011	Boston		Paradise Rock Club
28 September 2011	Toronto		Sound Academy
1 October 2011	Los Angeles	Greek Theatre
Europe-Leg 3
5 November 2011	Vorst	Belgium	Forest National
6 November 2011	Antwerp		Lotto
7 November 2011	Cologne	Germany	Live Music Hall
8 November 2011	Munich		Tonhalle München
10 November 2011	Berlin		Huxley's Neue Welt
11 November 2011	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falconer Salen
12 November 2011	Wangels	Germany	Weissenhäuser Strand
14 November 2011	Amsterdam-Zuidoost	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
15 November 2011	Paris	France	Le Bataclan
16 November 2011	Luxembourg (city)	Luxembourg	Den Atelier
17 November 2011^[E]	Manchester	England	Manchester Arena
22 November 2011	London		St John's Church
Australasia-Leg 2
21 March 2012	West Melbourne, Victoria	Australia	Festival Hall, Melbourne
22 March 2012	Adelaide		Thebarton Theatre
24 March 2012	Brisbane		The Tivoli
26 March 2012	Sydney		Hordern Pavilion
28 March 2012	Mount Eden	New Zealand	The Powerstation
Europe-Leg 3
22 June 2012^[F]	Newport, Isle of Wight	England	Isle of Wight Festival, 2012
23 June 2012^[G]	Lower Withington		Live from Jodrell Bank, 2012
28 June 2012^[H]	Werchter	Belgium	Rock Werchter, Belgium. 2012
30 June 2012	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Goffertpark
6 July 2012^[I]	Bratislava	Slovakia	Pohoda Festival, 2012
8 July 2012^[J]	Kinross	Scotland	T in the Park 2012
14 July 2012^[K]	Suffolk	England	Latitude Festival, 2012
2 September 2012^[L]	County Laois	Ireland	Electric Picnic, 2012
26 November 2012	Nottingham	England	Capital FM Arena
27 November 2012	London		Wembley Arena
28 November 2012	Birmingham		National Indoor Arena
29 November 2012	Liverpool		Echo Arena
1 December 2012	Manchester		Manchester Arena
2 December 2012	London		The O2 Arena
31 December 2012^[M]	Edinburgh	Scotland	Princes Street Gardens

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This festival is a part of "Pinkpop Festival, 2011"

^B This festival is a part of "Hurricane Festival, 2011"

^C This festival is a part of "Glastonbury Festival 2011"

^D This festival is a part of "Reading and Leeds Festivals, 2011"

^E This festival is a part of "Children in Need Rocks Manchester, 2011"

^F This festival is a part of "Isle of Wight Festival, 2012"

^G This festival is a part of "Live from Jodrell Bank, 2012"

^H This festival is a part of "Rock Wercher, Belgium. 2012"

^I This festival is a part of "Pohoda Festival, 2012"

^J This festival is a part of "T in the Park 2012"

^K This festival is a part of "Latitude Festival, 2012"

^L This festival is a part of "Electric Picnic Festival, 2012"

^M This festival is a part of "Scotland's Hogmanay New Year's Celebrations Concert"^[2]

External links

• Elbow Official Website

References

1. "Hogmanay Celebrations". 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
2. "Coldplay To Support Scotland's Hogmanay Celebrations". 18 July 2012.