Mothership Tour

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The Mothership Tour
Tour by Skrillex
The Mothership.png
Promotional poster
Associated album Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites , More Monsters and Sprites , Bangarang , Voltage
Start dateSeptember 22, 2011 (2011-09-22)
End dateDecember 17, 2011 (2011-12-17)
Legs2
No. of shows50 in North America, 16 in Europe; 66 Total
Skrillex concert chronology
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The Mothership Tour was the first tour by the American electronic music artist Skrillex. The tour had 66 shows, 50 in the United States and Canada, and 16 in Europe. The tour was set to include many guest acts such as the Foreign Beggars, Skream, Benga, Nero, 12th Planet, Diplo, Two Fresh, and Nadastrom. [1] [2]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [2]
September 22, 2011 San Diego United States Petco Park
September 23, 2011 Las Vegas Surrender
September 24, 2011 Salt Lake City Saltair
September 26, 2011 El Paso Buchanans
September 27, 2011 San Antonio Rio
September 28, 2011 Dallas Palladium
September 29, 2011 Houston Stereo Live
September 30, 2011 New Orleans Sugar Mill
October 1, 2011 Atlanta Tabernacle
October 2, 2011 Raleigh Long Branch
October 4, 2011 Norfolk Norva
October 5, 2011 Baltimore Rams Head
October 6, 2011 Washington, D.C. Fur
October 7, 2011 Richmond National
October 8, 2011 Philadelphia Electric Factory
October 9, 2011 Sayreville Starland Ballroom
October 10, 2011 Buffalo Town Ballroom
October 11, 2011 Syracuse Center of Progress
October 12, 2011 Portland State Theater
October 13, 2011 Burlington Memorial Auditorium
October 14, 2011 Montreal Canada Metropolis
October 15, 2011 Toronto Kool Haus
October 18, 2011 Saskatoon Tequila
October 19, 2011 Calgary Flames Central
October 20, 2011 Edmonton EDM Events Centre
October 21, 2011 Vancouver Pne Forum
October 22, 2011 Vernon (Cancelled)Wesbild Center
October 24, 2011 Spokane United States Knitting Factory
October 25, 2011 Seattle WaMu Theater
October 26, 2011 Eugene McDonald Theatre
October 27, 2011 Portland Roseland
October 28, 2011 San Francisco Warfield
October 29, 2011 Los Angeles Hard Haunted Mansion
October 30, 2011 Phoenix Marquee Theater
October 31, 2011 Broomfield 1st Bank Center
November 2, 2011 Lawrence Liberty Hall
November 3, 2011 St. Louis The Pageant
November 4, 2011 Memphis Minglewood Hall
November 6, 2011 Asheville Orange Peel
November 8, 2011 Bloomington Bluebird
November 9, 2011 Columbus LC Pavilion
November 10, 2011 Indianapolis Egyptian Room
November 11, 2011 Chicago Congress Theater
November 12, 2011
December 10, 2011 Athens Georgia Theater
December 11, 2011 Jacksonville Freebird
December 12, 2011 Tallahassee The Moon
December 15, 2011 Orlando House of Blues
December 16, 2011 Tampa Ritz Ybor
December 17, 2011 Miami The Filmore

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References

  1. "Skrillex Plans Massive 51-City Tour". Spin . 20 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "The Mothership Tour". Skrillex.com. 16 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.