2013 Summer Tour
Tour by Matchbox Twenty and the Goo Goo Dolls
Promotional poster for tour
Associated albumNorth
Magnetic
Start dateJune 25, 2013 (2013-06-25)
End dateAugust 29, 2013 (2013-08-29)
Legs1
No. of shows40 in North America
Matchbox Twenty chronology
North Tour
(2012–13) 		2013 Summer Tour
(2013) 		A Brief History of Everything Tour
(2017)
Goo Goo Dolls chronology
Something for the Rest of Us Tour
(2010–11) 		2013 Summer Tour
(2013) 		Canada 2014
(2014)

The 2013 Summer Tour[1] was a co-headlining tour by American bands Matchbox Twenty and the Goo Goo Dolls. Beginning in June 2013, the tour supported the band's albums, North and Magnetic respectively. The tour included more than 30 dates in the United States and Canada.

Background

After the California Mid-State Fair announced their 2013 concert lineup, media outlet began to speculate of the joint tour between the two bands. They were later paired for the Ravinia Festival. Rob Thomas confirmed the outing on March 15, 2013, during an interview on 96.5 TIC FM. Thomas explained many summer tours are a "package deal" and feels it more fun to tour with others. He continued to say, "You are putting together that whole night of music from the minute people sit down. You want to have what is going to feel like a whole night that everybody is going to enjoy […] It's not going to be one band for one group of people, and one band for another".[2]

Opening act

Setlist

Goo Goo Dolls[4]
  1. "Last Hot Night"
  2. "Slide"
  3. "Naked"
  4. "Here Is Gone"
  5. "Rebel Beat"
  6. "Black Balloon"
  7. "Now I Hear", "January Friend", or "Smash"
  8. "Another Second Time Around"
  9. "Let Love In"
  10. "Come to Me"
  11. "Name"
  12. "Bringing on the Light"
  13. "Give a Little Bit" (Supertramp cover)
  14. "Better Days"
  15. "Stay with You"
  16. "Iris"
  17. "Broadway"
Matchbox Twenty[4]
  1. "Parade"
  2. "Bent"
  3. "Disease"
  4. "She's So Mean"
  5. "How Far We've Come"
  6. "3 A.M."
  7. "Real World"
  8. "If You're Gone"
  9. "Overjoyed"
  10. "Long Day"
  11. "I Will"
  12. "Unwell"
  13. "Radio"
  14. "English Town"
  15. "Bright Lights"
Encore
  1. "Back 2 Good"
  2. "Our Song"
  3. "Push"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America[5]
June 25, 2013 Manchester United States Verizon Wireless Arena
June 26, 2013 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 27, 2013 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 29, 2013 Burgettstown United States First Niagara Pavilion
June 30, 2013 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
July 2, 2013[A] Highland Park Ravinia Park Pavilion
July 3, 2013[A]
July 4, 2013[A]
July 6, 2013 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 7, 2013 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center
July 9, 2013 Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 10, 2013 Moline iWireless Center
July 12, 2013 Kansas City Sprint Center
July 13, 2013[B] Minneapolis Basilica of Saint Mary
July 15, 2013 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
July 17, 2013 Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre
July 20, 2013 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 21, 2013[C] Paso Robles Chumash Grandstand Arena
July 23, 2013 Concord Sleep Train Pavilion
July 30, 2013 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 31, 2013 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion
August 2, 2013 Pelham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
August 3, 2013 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
August 4, 2013 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 6, 2013 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 7, 2013 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 8, 2013 Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live
August 10, 2013 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
August 11, 2013 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
August 13, 2013 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
August 14, 2013 Hershey Star Pavilion
August 16, 2013 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center
August 17, 2013 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 18, 2013 Mansfield Comcast Center
August 20, 2013 Salisbury Wicomico Youth and Civic Center
August 21, 2013 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
August 22, 2013 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
August 25, 2013 London Canada Budweiser Gardens
August 26, 2013 Rama Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
August 28, 2013 Moncton Moncton Coliseum
August 29, 2013 Halifax Halifax Metro Centre
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A These concerts were a part of the "Ravinia Festival"[6]
B This concert was a part of the Basilica Block Party[7]
C This concert was a part of the "California Mid-State Fair"[8]

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / Available Gross revenue
Sprint Center Kansas City 6,916 / 9,753 (72%) $513,296[9]
Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville 5,164 / 5,475 (94%) $331,736[10]
Budweiser Gardens London 5,002 / 7,235 (69%) $291,451[11]

Gross

Total available gross: 413,418 tickets sold, $15.5 million from 42 shows[12]

Critical reception

The tour received good feedback from music critics. For the concert in Saratoga Springs, Andrew Champagne (The Saratogian) stated the show was energetic and crowd pleasing. He went on to say, "The three acts combined to play for over three hours and provided plenty of high points on a gorgeous summer evening, The fans in the pavilion and on the lawn were all too happy to oblige".[13] At the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Nick Krewen (Toronto Star) gave the show three out of four stars. He writes, "Their musicianship was solid, if not spectacular, songwriter Johnny Rzeznik, relied more on the strength of the songs than their reliance on technology".[14] Katie Foglia (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) called the show at the First Niagara Pavilion overwhelming. She explained, "After the sun faded, an introductory video hit the screens. The energy was palpable. although marketed as co-headliners, it became clear that the Goo Goo Dolls just started the show—and Matchbox Twenty ended it".[15]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Matchbox Twenty and Goo Goo Dolls Announce Co-Headlining North American Summer Tour; Multi-Platinum Selling Bands Set to Kick-Off Tour June 25th in Manchester, NH" (Press release). Marketwire. 18 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Matchbox Twenty Confirms Joint Tour With The Goo Goo Dolls". KLLC. CBS Radio. 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Hot tickets for upcoming Colorado concerts, 3/22/2013: Pink at the Pepsi Center, Ben Folds and more". The Denver Post. 22 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  4. ^ a b Krewen, Nick. "Matchbox Twenty And Goo Goo Dolls At Molson Amphitheatre". The Set List. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  5. ^ Hall, Tara (18 March 2013). "Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls hit the summer tour trail". SoundSpike. SoundSpike Media, LLC. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  6. ^ Andries, Dorothy (7 March 2013). "Ravinia Festival announces summer schedule". Winnetka Talk. Sun-Times Media Group. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  7. ^ Bream, Jon (18 April 2013). "Grace Potter, Matchbox 20 & Goo Goo Dolls top Basilica Block Party". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Matchbox 20, Goo Goo Dolls join Mid-State Fair lineup". Paso Robles Press. News Media Corporation. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 125, no. 40. New York. 12 October 2013. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 125, no. 36. New York. 14 September 2013. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 125, no. 35. New York. 7 September 2013. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  12. ^ 2013 Top 100 Worldwide Tours Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Champagne, Andrew (27 June 2013). "Matchbox 20 gives a crowd-pleasing performance at SPAC". The Saratogian. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  14. ^ Krewen, Nick (28 June 2013). "The Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox Twenty know how to please: concert review". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  15. ^ Foglia, Katie (30 June 2013). "Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls keep crowd pumped with mix of new and classic". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
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