| Tour by The Knife | |
 Promotional tour poster | |
| Associated album | Shaking the Habitual |
|---|---|
| Start date | April 26, 2013 |
| End date | November 8, 2014 |
| No. of shows | 50 |
| The Knife concert chronology | |
The Shaking the Habitual Tour is a concert tour by Swedish electronic music duo The Knife in support of their album Shaking the Habitual . It is their first live appearance in seven years since the Silent Shout Tour in 2006, as well as their final tour. [1]
When asked about the live shows in interviews The Knife had repeatedly been unforthcoming. Filter asked 'Can you tell us what the live show will be like?' and Karin responded 'That is a huge secret'. [2] It was, however, revealed in an interview with The Guardian that the live shows have 'been devised in collaboration with an all-female collective of choreographers and set designers'. [3] Karin also told Spin "it has to be fun, and we should enjoy the process. I think we will show some humor in our live show". [4]
On 22 April 2013, The Knife posted details about the show on their website [5] revealing that a handful of the European shows would begin with 'DEEP Aerobics' (short for "Death Electro Emo Protest Aerobics") and the shows in Stockholm with Cool Pans, "the biggest steel band in Scandinavia" and "Danceoke", organized by artist collective and feminist support group Öfa-Kollektivet. [6]
The post also identified the members of Shaking The Habitual Show Team (aka Sorkklubben):
Adena Asovic, Anna Efraimsson, Andrea Svensson, Bella Rune, Erika Niklasson, Halla Olafsdottir, Iwa Herdensjö, Jonas Nobel, Karin Dreijer, Kim Einarsson, Jesper Ekholm Strömbäck, Laura Davis, Lotje Horvers, Lucie Barinkova, Marcus Baldemar, Maryam Nikandish, Nicole Lattimore, Olof Dreijer, Rami Jawhari Jansson, Sharon ‘Bamo’ Bampton, Stina Nyberg, SUTODA, Thomas Romlöv and Zoë Poluch. [7]
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Some songs are played live while others are live recordings or album tracks which the group dance to.
2013 Setlist
| Title | Type |
|---|---|
| A Cherry on Top | Live |
| Raging Lung | Live |
| Bird | Live Recording Playback |
| Without You My Life Would Be Boring | Live Recording Playback |
| A Tooth for an Eye | Studio Album Playback |
| One Hit | Studio Album Playback |
| Networking | Studio Album Playback |
| Wrap Your Arms Around Me | Live |
| Ready to Lose | Live |
| Got 2 Let U | Live Recording Playback |
| Full of Fire | Studio Album Playback |
| Stay Out Here | Studio Album Playback |
| Silent Shout | Live |
2014 Setlist
| Title | Type |
|---|---|
| Wrap Your Arms Around Me | Live |
| Raging Lung | Live |
| We Share Our Mother's Health | Live |
| Bird | Live Recording Playback |
| Without You My Life Would Be Boring | Live Recording Playback |
| A Tooth for an Eye | Live? |
| One Hit | Studio Album Playback |
| Full of Fire | Live |
| Collective Body Possum (Poem) | Spoken Word |
| Ready to Lose | Live |
| Pass This On(performed with Shannon Funchess) | Live |
| Stay Out Here(performed with Shannon Funchess) | Live |
| Silent Shout | Live |
The live show has received positive to mixed reviews from critics and fans. The Independent praised and defended the show, giving it 5 out of 5 stars noting that "some people just can’t stand to have their boundaries gently nuzzled, let alone pushed" and "The Knife have caused uproar merely by... taking themselves out of centre stage". [13] The Quietus called the show "a triumph of displacement and mistaken identity" emphasising "performance's endless capacity for disruption". [14] The Guardian said "far from a joyless exercise in conceptualism, this is an absurdist sci-fi rave, complete with retro-futurist instruments, strobe lights and glow-sticks". [15]
The Evening Standard gave the show 2 stars out of 5 saying "The Knife's comeback defied expectations, and was frequently fun, but mostly it felt like the joke was on us". [16] MTV said "'challenging', unconventional' and even 'uncomfortable' are all things we have come to not only expect but demand from The Knife, but tonight's performance ultimately just failed to cut it". [17] Some fans left negative reviews on Last.fm calling it "an amateurish dance show". [18]
In an interview with The Quietus, Olof Dreijer responded to the criticism, saying "We are on stage like this – if people don't like that, it's fine" and "it's important to say that many of the things we do on stage have previously been done within the comfort zone of the queer community. We have years of drag, voguing and miming behind us – but they have been done within a group that wants that and reconfirms it. Whereas now The Knife have ended up in a bit more of a mainstream situation where there are people outside this comfort zone, who might not be socialist or feminist or queer. It's not so strange for us. [19]
| Date [20] | City | Country | Venue | Opener | DJ Set |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 26, 2013 | Bremen | Germany | Pier 2 | Deep Aerobics | |
| April 27, 2013 | Hamburg | Docks | |||
| April 29, 2013 | Milan | Italy | Alcatraz | ||
| April 30, 2013 | Zürich | Switzerland | Komplex 457 | ||
| May 1, 2013 | Munich | Germany | Muffathalle | ||
| May 2, 2013 | Cologne | E-Werk | |||
| May 4, 2013 | Paris | France | Cité de la Musique | Planningtorock | |
| May 5, 2013 | Brussels | Belgium | Ancienne Belgique | ||
| May 6, 2013 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Paradiso | Shinedoe | |
| May 8, 2013 | London | United Kingdom | Roundhouse | Deep Aerobics | Hannah Holland |
| May 9, 2013 | |||||
| May 11, 2013 | Berlin | Germany | Columbiahalle | rRoxymore | |
| May 12, 2013 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Vega | Deep Aerobics | Pernille Krog Mogensen |
| May 13, 2013 | |||||
| May 15, 2013 | Oslo | Norway | Sentrum Scene | ||
| May 16, 2013 | Stockholm | Sweden | Hangaren Subtopia | Cool Pans & Danceoke | Lemieux |
| May 17, 2013 | Lemieux & Jin Mustafa | ||||
| May 24, 2013 | Barcelona | Spain | Primavera Sound | ||
| June 14, 2013 | Aarhus | Denmark | Northside Festival | ||
| July 19, 2013 | Gräfenhainichen | Germany | Melt! Festival | Deep Aerobics | |
| August 7, 2013 | Helsinki | Finland | Flow Festival | ||
| August 9, 2013 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Way Out West | Deep Aerobics | |
| August 10, 2013 | Oslo | Norway | Øyafestivalen | ||
| August 15, 2013 | Paredes de Coura | Portugal | Festival Vodafone Paredes de Coura | ||
| August 17, 2013 | Kiewit | Belgium | Pukkelpop | Deep Aerobics in support of Pussy Riot [21] | |
| August 18, 2013 | Biddinghuizen | Netherlands | Lowlands | ||
| August 30, 2013 | Zürich | Switzerland | Zürich Openair | ||
| September 1, 2013 | Stradbally | Ireland | Electric Picnic | Deep Aerobics | |
| September 6, 2013 | Warsaw | Poland | Selector Festival | ||
| September 7, 2013 | Whiteley | United Kingdom | Bestival | ||
| October 31, 2013 | Paris | France | Pitchfork Music Festival | ||
| April 9, 2014 | Pomona | United States | Pomona Fox Theater | Deep Aerobics | |
| April 11, 2014 | Indio | Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival | |||
| April 15, 2014 | Oakland | Fox Oakland Theatre | Deep Aerobics | ||
| April 16, 2014 | |||||
| April 18, 2014 | Indio | Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival | |||
| April 21, 2014 | Denver | Fillmore Auditorium | Deep Aerobics | ||
| April 23, 2014 | Chicago | Aragon Ballroom | |||
| April 25, 2014 | Toronto | Canada | Kool Haus | ||
| April 26, 2014 | Montreal | Métropolis | |||
| April 28, 2014 | Boston | United States | House of Blues | ||
| April 30, 2014 | New York City | Terminal 5 | |||
| May 1, 2014 | |||||
| October 30, 2014 | Stockholm | Sweden | Annexet | ||
| October 31, 2014 | |||||
| November 1, 2014 | Gothenburg | Film Studios | |||
| November 3, 2014 | Berlin | Germany | Arena | ||
| November 5, 2014 | Manchester | United Kingdom | Manchester Academy | ||
| November 6, 2014 | London | Brixton Academy | DJ Maryam | ||
| November 8, 2014 | Reykjavík | Iceland | Iceland Airwaves |
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