No Exit Tour

No Exit Tour
World tour by Blondie
Associated albumNo Exit
Start dateOctober 26, 1998
End dateNovember 27, 1999
Legs8
No. of shows
Blondie concert chronology

The No Exit Tour[1] was a 1998–1999 worldwide concert 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 16 years, save for small festival appearances in 1997.

Background

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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 USA 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.

Set list

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1998 average setlist

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  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

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  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[3]
  • "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)

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  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)

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  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
  16. "Denis"
  17. "No Exit"
  18. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" (The Doors cover)
  19. "Heart of Glass"

June 25, 1999, Glastonbury Festival

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  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

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Date City Country Venue
Europe[4]
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 Docks
November 4, 1998[a] Paris France Bataclan
November 5, 1998 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
November 7, 1998 Berlin Germany Columbiahalle
November 9, 1998 Wolverhampton England 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 Salone delle Feste del Casinò Municipale
November 17, 1998 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre
November 18, 1998
November 19, 1998 Glasgow Scotland Barrowland Ballroom
November 21, 1998 London England Lyceum Theatre
November 22, 1998
November 23, 1998 Nottingham Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
November 25, 1998 Newport Wales Newport Centre
November 26, 1998 Reading England Rivermead Leisure Complex
November 28, 1998 Poole Poole Arts Centre
November 29, 1998 Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions
Oceania[5]
December 31, 1998[b] Lorne Australia Lorne Falls Festival Site
January 2, 1999 Sydney Capitol Theatre
North America[6]
February 23, 1999 New York City United States The Town Hall
March 10, 1999 Paradise House of Blues
Europe
April 30, 1999 Leganés Spain La Cubierta
May 1, 1999 San Sebastián Velódromo de Anoeta
May 2, 1999 Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi
North America
May 14, 1999 Uncasville United States Wolf Den
May 15, 1999 Boston Orpheum Theater
May 16, 1999 Toronto Canada Massey Hall
May 18, 1999 Upper Darby Township United States Tower Theater
May 19, 1999 Washington, D.C. Nation
May 22, 1999[c] Tinley Park New World Music Theatre
May 23, 1999 Detroit Fox Theatre
May 25, 1999 Denver Fillmore Auditorium
May 27, 1999 Paradise The Joint
May 28, 1999 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre
May 29, 1999 San Diego SDSU Open Air Theatre
May 30, 1999 San Francisco The Warfield
June 1, 1999 Seattle Paramount Theatre
June 2, 1999 Portland Portland Civic Auditorium
June 10, 1999 New York City The Theater at Madison Square Garden
June 12, 1999[d] Los Angeles Dodger Stadium
June 13, 1999[e] East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Europe
June 16, 1999 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
June 18, 1999 Manchester England Manchester Evening News Arena
June 19, 1999 Glasgow Scotland Clyde Auditorium
June 21, 1999 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre
June 22, 1999 London Wembley Arena
June 25, 1999[f] Pilton Worthy Farm
June 26, 1999[g] St. Gallen Switzerland Sittertobel
June 27, 1999[h] The Hague Netherlands Zuiderpark
June 28, 1999 Odemira Portugal Sede da Juventude Boavista dos Pinheiros
June 29, 1999 Porto Pavilhão Rosa Mota
June 30, 1999 Lisbon Parque das Nações
July 2, 1999[i] Turku Finland Ruissalo
July 3, 1999[j] Hamburg Germany Hamburg Stadtpark
July 4, 1999[k] Roskilde Denmark Darupvej
London England Hyde Park
July 6, 1999[l] Dunkirk France Kursaal Dunkirk
July 8, 1999[m] Montreux Switzerland Auditorium Stravinski
July 9, 1999[n] Belfort France Presqu'île de Malsaucy
July 10, 1999[o] Lyon Ancient Theatre of Fourvière
North America
August 6, 1999 Atlantic City United States Grand Cayman Ballroom
August 8, 1999 Wantagh Jones Beach Amphitheater
August 10, 1999 Hampton Beach Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
August 11, 1999 Boston BankBoston Pavilion
August 12, 1999 Cleveland State Theatre
August 14, 1999 Chicago Riviera Theatre
August 15, 1999[p] West Allis Wisconsin State Fair Park
August 16, 1999 Minneapolis Guthrie Theater
August 18, 1999 West Valley City E Center
August 20, 1999 Concord Concord Pavilion
August 21, 1999 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
August 22, 1999 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre
August 24, 1999 Phoenix Celebrity Theatre
August 25, 1999 Santa Fe Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
August 27, 1999 Dallas Bronco Bowl
August 28, 1999 Houston Aerial Theater
August 31, 1999 Miami Beach Jackie Gleason Theater
September 1, 1999 Tampa USF Sun Dome
September 3, 1999 Atlanta Tabernacle
September 4, 1999 Myrtle Beach House of Blues
September 17, 1999[q] Chicago Excalibur
October 10, 1999[r] Foxborough Foxboro Stadium
Europe
October 21, 1999 Vienna Austria Libro Music Hall
October 22, 1999 Zagreb Croatia Dom Sportova
October 23, 1999 Ljubljana Slovenia Tivoli Hall
October 26, 1999 Offenbach Germany Stadthalle Offenbach
October 27, 1996 Munich Colosseum Munich
October 29, 1999 Madrid Spain Sala Universal
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 England Wembley Arena
November 9, 1999 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
November 10, 1999 Bournemouth England Bournemouth International Centre
November 11, 1999 St Austell Cornwall Coliseum
November 13, 1999 London Dockland Arena
November 14, 1999 Brighton Brighton Centre
November 16, 1999 Newcastle Telewest Arena
November 17, 1999 Aberdeen Scotland Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 19, 1999 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
November 21, 1999 Belfast Northern Ireland King's Hall
November 22, 1999 Manchester England Manchester Apollo
November 23, 1999 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre
November 25, 1999 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
November 26, 1999 Glasgow Scotland Clyde Auditorium
November 27, 1999 Aberdeen Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

Notes

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  1. ^ The November 4, 1998 concert in Paris was part of Festival Fnac Inrockuptibles.
  2. ^ The December 31, 1998 concert in Lorne was part of Falls Festival.
  3. ^ The May 22, 1999 concert in Tinley Park was part of Q101 Jamboree.
  4. ^ The June 12, 1999 concert in Los Angeles was part of Wango Tango.
  5. ^ The June 13, 1999 concert in East Troy was part of Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999.
  6. ^ The June 25, 1999 concert in Pilton was part of Glastonbury Festival.
  7. ^ The June 26, 1999 concert in St. Gallen was part of Open Air St. Gallen.
  8. ^ The June 27, 1999 concert in The Hague was part of Parkpop.
  9. ^ The July 2, 1999 concert in Turku was part of Ruisrock.
  10. ^ The July 3, 1999 concert in Hamburg was part of Stadtpark OpenAir.
  11. ^ The July 4, 1999 concert in Roskilde was part of Roskilde Festival. The concert in London was part of Party in the Park.
  12. ^ The July 6, 1999 concert in Dunkirk was part of Festival Côte d'Opale.
  13. ^ The July 8, 1999 concert in Montreux was part of Montreux Jazz Festival.
  14. ^ The July 9, 1999 concert in Belfort was part of Eurockéennes.
  15. ^ The July 9, 1999 concert in Belfort was part of Nuits de Fourvière.
  16. ^ The August 15, 1999 concert in West Allis was part of Wisconsin State Fair.
  17. ^ The September 17, 1998 concert in Chicago was part of 1999 Zazz Bash.
  18. ^ The October 10, 1999 concert in Foxborough was part of Mix 98.5 MIXFest 1999.

Personnel

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Blondie Average Setlists of tour: No Exit | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.
  2. ^ "American Tour Dates". blondie.net. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  3. ^ "Blondie Average Setlists of year: 1999 | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.
  4. ^ Clarkson, John. "Barrowlands Glasgow November 19th 1998". pennyblackmusic.com. Penny Black Music. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Blondie without a guitarist". smh.com.au. Sydney Morning Herald. 6 August 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. ^ Carter, Geoff (12 March 1999). "Blondie blasts back into form at House of Blues". lasvegassun.com. Las Vegas Sun News. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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