No Exit Tour

No Exit Tour

World tour by Blondie
Associated album	No Exit
Start date	October 26, 1998
End date	December 31, 1999
Legs	7
Number of shows	63 in Europe 45 in North America 2 in Oceania 110 played
Blondie concert chronology

The No Exit Tour^[1] was a 1998–1999 world tour by American new wave band Blondie to promote their revival and reformation as a band and their latest album No Exit, which was released during the tour. The tour marked the band's first live performances in sixteen years, save for small festival appearances in 1997.

Background

The tour was announced in 1998 and 1999, with tickets going on sale soon after the announcements. The second leg of the North American dates was announced through NBC's Today Show in June 1999.^[2]

The 13-month-long tour visited venues across Europe, with a UK and Ireland leg, Australia, before progressing to North America for the 1999 dates, with the US leg beginning with a heavily promoted 'Blondie's Back' concert on the same day as the release of the album No Exit.

Several songs recorded during the tour were released as No Exit single's B-sides and bonus tracks on several editions of the album itself. Elements of five individual shows were later collected together into the 1999 Live live album. Blondie's performance on February 23, 1999 at New York's Town Hall was released on the Live video album.

Opening acts

• Bryan Adams (April 30, 1999)^[3]
• Squeeze (June 18–22; November 19 & 27 1999)^[3]
• Sponge (May 19, 1999)^[4]
• Dangerman (May 19, 1999)^[4]
• Reel Big Fish (August 15 & 20; September 4, 1999)^[3]
• Flirt (October 23, 1999)

Set list

1998 Average Setlist 

1. "Dreaming"
2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
3. "Screaming Skin"
4. "Atomic"
5. "Forgive and Forget"
6. "Shayla"
7. "Union City Blue"
8. "Sunday Girl"
9. "Maria"
10. "Call Me"
11. "In the Flesh"
12. "Rapture"
13. "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room"
14. "Rip Her to Shreds"
    
    Notes

• "Hanging on the Telephone" and "Maria" also opened the show once or twice.
• "Living in the Real World" and "Heart of Glass" also closed the show on occasion, along with "In the Flesh", "Denis", "One Way or Another" and "The Tide Is High".
• Songs like "X Offender" and "Sometimes I" (Plasmatics cover) also appeared at various concerts.

1999 Average Setlist 

1. "Dreaming"
2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
3. "Screaming Skin"
4. "Atomic"
5. "Forgive and Forget"
6. "Rapture"
7. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"
8. "Sunday Girl"
9. "Maria"
10. "The Tide is High"
11. "Call Me"
12. "Rip Her to Shreds"
13. "One Way or Another"
14. "Heart of Glass"

Notes^[5]

• "Forgive and Forget", "Atomic", "Call Me" and "Rip Her to Shreds" also opened the show sometimes.
• "Heart of Glass" and "One Way or Another" alternated closing the show, with "Atomic", "Call Me" and "The Tide is High" also closing the show once or twice.
• "Shayla", "X Offender" and "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room" appeared in some concerts.

Sample setlist (February 23, 1999, New York) 

1. "Dreaming"
2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
3. "Screaming Skin"
4. "Forgive and Forget"
5. "Shayla"
6. "Sunday Girl"
7. "Maria"
8. "Call Me"
9. "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room"
10. "In the Flesh"
11. "Rapture"
12. "Rip Her to Shreds"
13. "X Offender"
14. "Atomic"
15. "One Way or Another"
16. "Heart of Glass"

Sample setlist (November 7, 1999, London) 

1. "Forgive and Forget"
2. "Rapture"
3. "Screaming Skin"
4. "Atomic"
5. "Dreaming"
6. "Hanging on the Telephone"
7. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"
8. "The Dream's Lost on Me"
9. "Under the Gun"
10. "Night Wind Sent"
11. "The Tide is High"
12. "Sunday Girl"
13. "Maria"
14. "Rip Her to Shreds"
15. "Call Me"

Encore

1. "Denis"
2. "No Exit"
3. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" (The Doors cover)
4. "Heart of Glass"

Sample festival setlist (June 25, 1999, Glastonbury Festival) 

1. "Call Me"
2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
3. "Atomic"
4. "Shayla"
5. "Union City Blue"
6. "Denis"
7. "The Tide is High"
8. "Sunday Girl"
9. "Maria"
10. "One Way or Another"
11. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"
12. "Rapture"
13. "Heart of Glass"

Tour dates^[2][6]

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
October 26, 1998	Stockholm	Sweden	Cirkus
October 28, 1998	Copenhagen	Denmark	Store Vega
November 1, 1998	Brussels	Belgium	Ancienne Belgique
November 2, 1998	Hamburg	Germany	Hamburg Docks Music Hall
November 4, 1998	Paris	France	Le Bataclan
November 5, 1998	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Milk Weg Max
November 7, 1998	Berlin	Germany	Columbiahalle
November 9, 1998	Wolverhampton	United Kingdom	Wolverhampton Civic Hall
November 10, 1998	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
November 12, 1998	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
November 13, 1998	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
November 15, 1998	Campione d'Italia	Italy	Casino Municipale
November 17, 1998	Dublin	Ireland	Olympia Theatre
November 18, 1998
November 19, 1998	Glasgow	United Kingdom	Barrowlands
November 21, 1998	London		Lyceum Theatre
November 22, 1998
November 23, 1998	Nottingham		Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
November 25, 1998	Newport		Newport Centre
November 26, 1998	Reading		Rivermead Centre
November 28, 1998	Poole		Poole Arts Centre
November 29, 1998	Plymouth		Plymouth Pavilions
Oceania
December 31, 1998	Lorne	Australia	Lorne Falls Festival Site
January 2, 1999	Sydney		Capitol Theatre
North America
February 23, 1999	New York City	United States	The Town Hall
March 2, 1999	Montreal	Canada	Le Poing J
March 10, 1999	Las Vegas	United States	House of Blues
Europe
April 30, 1999	Madrid	Spain	Indoor Bullring
May 1, 1999	San Sebastian		Velódromo de Anoeta
May 2, 1999	Barcelona		Palau Sant Jordi
North America
May 14, 1999	Uncasville	United States	Mohegan Sun Casino
May 15, 1999	Boston		Orpheum Theater
May 16, 1999	Toronto	Canada	Massey Hall
May 18, 1999	Philadelphia	United States	Tower Theater
May 19, 1999	Washington DC		The Nation
May 22, 1999	Tinley Park		Jamboree Festival
May 23, 1999	Detroit		Fox Theater
May 25, 1999	Denver		Fillmore Auditorium
May 27, 1999	Las Vegas		The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
May 28, 1999	Universal City		Universal Amphitheater
May 29, 1999[3]	San Diego		Open Air Theater
May 30, 1999	San Francisco		The Warfield
June 1, 1999	Seattle		Paramount Theatre
June 2, 1999	Portland		Civic Theatre
June 10, 1999	New York		The Theater at Madison Square Garden
June 12, 1999	Los Angeles		Dodger Stadium
June 13, 1999	East Troy		Tibetan Freedom Concert
Europe
June 16, 1999[3]	Dublin	Ireland	The Point Theatre
June 18, 1999	Manchester	United Kingdom	MEN Arena
June 19, 1999	Glasgow		Clyde Auditorium
June 21, 1999	Birmingham		NEC Arena
June 22, 1999	London		Wembley Arena
June 25, 1999	Pilton		Glastonbury Festival
June 26, 1999	St. Gallen	Switzerland	St. Gallen Festival
June 27, 1999	The Hague	Netherlands	Parkpop Festival at Zuiderpark
June 28, 1999	Porto	Portugal[3][7]	Pavilhao do Bessa
June 29, 1999			Boavista Futebol Clube
June 30, 1999	Lisbon		Parque De Nacoes
July 2, 1999	Turku	Finland	Ruisrock Festival at Ruissalo
July 3, 1999	Hamburg	Germany	Hamburg Stadtpark
July 4, 1999	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festival 1999
	London	United Kingdom	Party in the Park Festival
July 6, 1999	Dunkerque	France	Festival Cote d'Opale
July 8, 1999	Montreux	Switzerland	Montreux Jazz Festival
July 9, 1999	Belfort	France	Eurockéennes Festival
July 10, 1999	Lyon		Fourvieres Festival
North America
August 6, 1999	Atlantic City	United States	Trump Marina - Grand Cayman Ballroom
August 8, 1999	Wantagh		Jones Beach Amphitheater
August 11, 1999	Boston		BankBoston Pavilion
August 12, 1999	Cleveland		State Theater
August 14, 1999	Chicago		Riviera Theater
August 15, 1999	Milwaukee		Wisconsin State Fair
August 16, 1999	Minneapolis		Guthrie Theater
August 18, 1999	Salt Lake City		E Center
August 20, 1999	San Francisco		Concord Pavilion
August 21, 1999	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl
August 22, 1999	Los Angeles		The Universal Amphitheater
August 24, 1999	Phoenix		Celebrity Theater
August 25, 1999	Santa Fe		Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
August 27, 1999	Dallas		Bronco Bowl
August 28, 1999	Houston		Aerial Theater
August 31, 1999	Miami		Jackie Gleason Theater
September 1, 1999	Tampa		Sundome
September 3, 1999	Atlanta		The Tabernacle
September 4, 1999	Myrtle Beach		House of Blues
September 10, 1999	Foxborough		MIXFest at Foxboro Stadium
September 17, 1999	Chicago		Excalibur
Europe[8]
October 21, 1999	Vienna	Austria	The Librohalle
October 22, 1999	Zagreb	Croatia	Dom Sportova
October 23, 1999	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Hala Tivoli
October 26, 1999	Offenbach	Germany	Stadthalle Offenbach
October 27, 1996	Munich		Colosseum
October 29, 1999	Madrid	Spain	Sala Universal Island
October 30, 1999	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
October 31, 1999	Cologne	Germany	Palladium
November 2, 1999	Fürth		Stadthalle Fürth
November 3, 1999	Leipzig		Haus Avensee
November 4, 1999	Berlin		Columbiahalle
November 7, 1999	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Arena
November 9, 1999	Cardiff		Cardiff International Arena
November 10, 1999	Bournemouth		Bournemouth INT Centre
November 11, 1999	Cornwall		New Cornwall Coliseum at Carlyon Bay
November 13, 1999	London		Dockland Arena
November 14, 1999	Brighton		Brighton Centre
November 16, 1999	Newcastle		Telewest Arena
November 17, 1999	Aberdeen		Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 19, 1999	Dublin	Ireland	The Point Theatre
November 21, 1999	Belfast	United Kingdom	King's Hall
November 22, 1999	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
November 23, 1999	Birmingham		NEC Arena
November 25, 1999	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
November 26, 1999	Glasgow		Clyde Auditorium
November 27, 1999	Aberdeen		Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
North America
December 31, 1999	Miami	United States	Miami Beach (South Beach)

Personnel

Blondie

• Debbie Harry - vocals
• Chris Stein - guitars
• Clem Burke - drums
• Jimmy Destri - keyboards

Session players

• Paul Carbonara - guitars
• Leigh Foxx - bass

References

1. http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/blondie-4bd68b26.html?tour=No+Exit
2. "American Tour Dates". blondie.net. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
3. http://archive.blondie.net/gig_list.php
4. http://archive.blondie.net/images/gig_list/schedule_washington_1999may19.jpg
5. http://www.setlist.fm/stats/average-setlist/blondie-4bd68b26.html?year=1999
6. "Past Dates". blondie.net. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
7. http://www.deborah-harry.com/tour/tour_1999.php
8. http://www.setlist.fm/search?query=blondie+1999