Smash: 20th Anniversary Tour

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Smash: 20th Anniversary Tour
World tour by The Offspring
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Start dateMay 3, 2014 (2014-05-03)
End dateSeptember 13, 2014 (2014-09-13)
Legs2
No. of shows44
The Offspring concert chronology
  • Days Go By Tour
    (2012–14)
  • Smash: 20th Anniversary Tour
    (2014)
  • Coming for You Tour
    (2015)

The Smash: 20th Anniversary Tour (also known as the Smash Anniversary Tour) was a concert tour by American rock band The Offspring, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the band's third album Smash . The trek began on May 3, 2014 in Belgium, and wrapped up on September 13, 2014 in Sacramento.

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Background

The possibility of a Smash anniversary tour was mentioned in August 2012 by frontman Dexter Holland. [1] In regards to the possibility, guitarist Noodles stated, "When it's 20 years of Smash, it's also 25 years of our first record. So, I don't know, we're going to have to do both of those back to back. I don't know, we'll see. That's only two years from now." [2]

The Smash anniversary tour was announced on The Offspring's official website on April 8, 2014, the 20th anniversary of the album's original release date. On each date, the band played the Smash album in its entirety. To coincide with the anniversary, The Offspring released a special edition of Smash in mid-August on Epitaph Records, and toured to promote it. [3] On May 12, 2014, it was announced that The Offspring would embark on the Summer Nationals 2014 tour from July to September, supporting their former labelmates Bad Religion and Pennywise as well as The Vandals, Stiff Little Fingers and Naked Raygun. [4] [5] To coincide with the Summer Nationals tour, The Offspring released cover versions of Pennywise's "No Reason Why", and Bad Religion's "Do What You Want" and "No Control" on their YouTube account. [6]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
May 3, 2014 Meerhout Belgium Groezrock
June 6, 2014 Bulligny France Festival "Jardin du Michel"
June 8, 2014 Szántód Hungary Pannónia Fesztivál
June 9, 2014Nuremberg Germany Rock im Park
June 12, 2014 Neuchâtel Switzerland Festi'neuch
June 13, 2014 Donington Park United Kingdom Download Festival
June 15, 2014 Nickelsdorf Austria Nova Rock Festival
June 20, 2014 Madrid Spain Neox Rocks Festival
June 21, 2014 Montendre FranceFree Music Festival
June 27, 2014 Tallinn Estonia Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
June 28, 2014 Norrköping Sweden Bråvalla Festival
July 1, 2014 Tromøy, Arendal Norway Hove Festival
July 2, 2014 Nibe Denmark Nibe Festival
July 4, 2014 Turku Finland Ruisrock
July 6, 2014 Sofia Bulgaria Sofia Rocks
North America
July 11, 2014 Costa Mesa United States OC Fair
July 29, 2014 Pittsburgh Stage AE
July 30, 2014 Baltimore Pier Six Pavilion
August 1, 2014 Asbury Park The Stone Pony Summer Stage
August 2, 2014 Philadelphia Electric Factory
August 4, 2014 New York City Terminal 5
August 5, 2014
August 7, 2014 Toronto Canada TD Echo Beach
August 8, 2014 Burlington United StatesBurlington Waterfront Park - Lake Champlain Maritime Festival
August 9, 2014 Montreal Canada Heavy MONTRÉAL
August 11, 2014 Boston United States House of Blues
August 14, 2014 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 15, 2014 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 16, 2014 Cape Canaveral Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral
August 19, 2014 St. Augustine St. Augustine Amphitheatre
August 20, 2014 Atlanta The Masquerade
August 22, 2014 Oklahoma City Downtown Airpark
August 23, 2014 Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheatre - EdgeFest 2014
August 24, 2014 Englewood Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 26, 2014 Magna The Great Saltair
August 27, 2014 Las Vegas The Joint
August 29, 2014 Mesa Mesa Amphitheatre
August 30, 2014 Chula Vista Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 31, 2014 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 6, 2014 Sterling Heights Chill on the Hill
September 7, 2014 Cincinnati Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati
September 9, 2014 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom
September 11, 2014 Council Bluffs Harrah's Ballroom
September 12, 2014 Chicago Riot Fest
September 13, 2014 Sacramento Aftershock Festival

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