Parallel Lines 30th Anniversary Tour

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Parallel Lines 30th Anniversary Tour
World tour by Blondie
Associated album Parallel Lines
Start dateJune 5, 2008
End dateAugust 4, 2008
Legs2
No. of shows38

The Parallel Lines 30th Anniversary Tour was a 2008 worldwide concert tour by Blondie both to promote the 30th anniversary re-release of their ground-breaking 1978 album Parallel Lines , and to celebrate the longevity and success of the album. [1] Concerts were held in North America and Europe with a single stop in Israel.

Contents

Background

The tour was announced in April 2008 [2] with the band also releasing a tour promo video. [3] [4]

A live performance of all or most of the Parallel Lines album, in its original order, opened each concert. Songs including "Just Go Away", "11:59", "Will Anything Happen?", and "Pretty Baby" from Parallel Lines were omitted from certain concerts, making it uncommon to find a concert featuring all twelve songs from the original album. These tracks were followed by a selection of songs from Blondie's back catalog, Deborah Harry's solo album Necessary Evil which was released the previous year, the 2008 non-album single "Fit Right In", and covers.

The tour marked Blondie's first performances in Israel and Russia, and the arrival of band member Matt Katz-Bohen on keyboards. [5]

Opening acts

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on July 22, 2008, in New York City. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  2. "One Way or Another"
  3. "Picture This"
  4. "Fade Away and Radiate"
  5. "Pretty Baby"
  6. "I Know but I Don't Know"
  7. "11:59"
  8. "Will Anything Happen"
  9. "Sunday Girl"
  10. "Heart of Glass"
  11. "I'm Gonna Love You Too"
  12. "Just Go Away"
  13. "Whiteout"
  14. "Screaming Skin"
  15. "Necessary Evil"
  16. "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear"
  17. "Rapture"/"Hey! Bo Diddley"/"No Exit"
  18. "Call Me"
    Encore
  19. "The Tide Is High"/"I'll Take You There"
  20. "My Heart Will Go On"
  21. "Get Off of My Cloud"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America
June 5, 2008 Baltimore United States Rams Head Live!
June 6, 2008 Englewood Bergen Performing Arts Center
June 8, 2008 Jackson Northern Star Arena
June 10, 2008 Kingston Ulster Performing Arts Center
June 12, 2008 Orillia Canada Casino Rama
June 13, 2008
June 14, 2008 Niagara Falls United States Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
June 17, 2008 Red Bank Count Basie Theatre
June 18, 2008 Farmingville Brookhaven Amphitheater
June 20, 2008 Hyannis Cape Cod Melody Tent
June 21, 2008 Cohasset South Shore Music Circus
June 22, 2008 New York City Nokia Theatre Times Square
June 24, 2008 Louisville Brown Theatre
June 26, 2008 New Cumberland Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort
June 27, 2008 Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo
June 28, 2008 [lower-alpha 1] Milwaukee Henry Maier Festival Park
Middle East
July 3, 2008 Ra'anana Israel Ra'anana Amphitheatre
Europe
July 5, 2008 [lower-alpha 2] Guildford England Stoke Park
July 6, 2008 Bristol Carling Academy Bristol
July 8, 2008 Saint Petersburg Russia BKZ Oktyabrsky
July 9, 2008 Moscow B1 Maximum Club
July 10, 2008 Helsinki Finland Kulttuuritalo
July 12, 2008 [lower-alpha 3] Zottegem Belgium Zwembad Bevegemse Vijvers
July 13, 2008 Zürich Switzerland X-Tra
July 15, 2008 Luxembourg City Luxembourg Den Atelier
July 16, 2008 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
July 18, 2008 [lower-alpha 4] Barcelona Spain Parc del Fòrum
July 19, 2008 [lower-alpha 5] Madrid Boadilla del Monte
July 20, 2008 [lower-alpha 6] Suffolk England Henham Park
July 22, 2008 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool
July 24, 2008 [lower-alpha 7] Galway Ireland Fisheries Field
July 25, 2008 Dublin Vicar Street
July 26, 2008 Glasgow Scotland Carling Academy Glasgow
July 28, 2008 [lower-alpha 8] London England ExCeL London
July 31, 2008 [lower-alpha 9] Östersund Sweden Stortorget
August 1, 2008 [lower-alpha 10] Storås Norway Heggøya
August 2, 2008 Oslo Rockefeller Music Hall
August 4, 2008 Copenhagen Denmark Store Vega

Personnel

Band
Crew

Notes

  1. ↑ The June 28, 2008, concert in Milwaukee was part of Summerfest. [7]
  2. ↑ The July 5, 2008, concert in Guildford was part of GuilFest. [8]
  3. ↑ The July 12, 2008, concert in Zottegem was part of Rock Zottegem.
  4. ↑ The July 18, 2008, concert in Barcelona was part of Rock Summercase Barcelona.
  5. ↑ The July 19, 2008, concert in Madrid was part of Rock Summercase Madrid.
  6. ↑ The July 20, 2008, concert in Suffolk was part of Latitude Festival [9] .
  7. ↑ The July 24, 2008, concert in Galway was part of Rock Galway Arts Festival.
  8. ↑ The July 28, 2008, concert in London was part of the British International Motor Show Music Festival.
  9. ↑ The July 31, 2008, concert in Östersund was part of Storsjöyran.
  10. ↑ The August 1, 2008, concert in Storås was part of Storåsfestivalen.

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References

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