North Tour
Tour by Matchbox Twenty
Promotional poster for tour
Associated albumNorth
Start dateOctober 20, 2012 (2012-10-20)
End dateNovember 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)
Legs5
No. of shows11 in Australia
43 in North America
8 in Europe
3 in South America
2 in Asia
61 Total
Matchbox Twenty concert chronology

The North Tour is the fifth concert tour by American pop-rock band, Matchbox Twenty. The tour supports the band's fourth studio album, North. Beginning October 2012, the band has played over 60 shows in Australia, the Americas, Europe and Asia. The tour ranked 66th on Pollstar's annual "Top 100 Mid Year North American Tour". It earned $4.9 million from 40 shows.[1][1]

Background

The tour was announced in August 2012, via the band's official website. While promoting the album at several festival shows (including the iTunes Festival[2]), the tour was marked to begin in Australia; October 2012. Dates in North America and Europe were revealed in November 2012.[3] For the tour, the band has teamed up with Tickets-for-Charity, a charity offering tickets that supported charitable causes.[4] With each ticket purchased through their website, TFC will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Children's Health Fund.[5] Additionally, the band has partnered with Mobile Roadie to create a free app to follow the band on tour. The app will feature the band's video history, along with, previews of their current album.[6] Users will also be able to follow an interactive map of the tour route and purchase tickets. Each person who downloads the app has a chance to win backstage passes for the tour.

Opening acts

Setlist

Australia
  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. "Radio"
  9. "If You're Gone"
  10. "Overjoyed"
  11. "All Your Reasons"
  12. "Long Day"
  13. "Back 2 Good"
  14. "I Will"
  15. "Unwell"
  16. "So Sad So Lonely"
  17. "English Town"
  18. "The Way"
  19. "Bright Lights"
  20. "Sleeping at the Wheel"
Encore
  2. "Put Your Hands Up"
  4. "You're So Real"
  6. "Girl Like That"
  8. "Push"
Notes
  • For select shows, the band performed "Good Times with INXS.
North America[11]
  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. "Girl Like That"
  9. "If You're Gone"
  10. "Overjoyed"
  11. "All Your Reasons"
  12. "Long Day"
  13. "I Will"
  14. "Unwell"
  15. "Radio"
  16. "Stay with Me"
  17. "So Sad So Lonely"
  18. "English Town"
  19. "The Way"
  20. "Bright Lights"
  21. "Sleeping at the Wheel"
Encore
  2. "Put Your Hands Up"
  4. "Back 2 Good"
  6. "The One I Love"
  8. "Push"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Australia[12][13]
October 20, 2012 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena
October 21, 2012
October 25, 2012 Canberra AIS Arena
October 27, 2012 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
October 28, 2012
October 30, 2012 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
October 31, 2012
November 3, 2012 Pokolbin Hope Estate Winery Amphitheatre
November 6, 2012 Wollongong WIN Entertainment Centre
November 8, 2012 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
November 11, 2012 Perth Perth Arena
North America[14]
January 29, 2013 Catoosa United States The Joint
January 30, 2013 San Antonio Majestic Theatre
February 1, 2013 Thackerville Global Event Center
February 2, 2013 Longview Belcher Performance Center
February 5, 2013 Louisville Palace Theatre
February 6, 2013 Normal Braden Auditorium
February 8, 2013 Prior Lake Mystic Showroom
February 9, 2013 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
February 10, 2013 Des Moines Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
February 12, 2013 Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre
February 13, 2013 Kalamazoo Miller Auditorium
February 15, 2013 Toledo Stranahan Theater
February 16, 2013 Columbus Palace Theatre
February 17, 2013 Akron Akron Civic Theatre
February 19, 2013 Niagara Falls Canada Avalon Ballroom Theatre
February 20, 2013
February 21, 2013 Windsor The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
February 23, 2013 Atlantic City United States Borgata Event Center
February 25, 2013 Baltimore Modell Performing Arts Center
February 26, 2013 Port Chester Capitol Theatre
February 27, 2013 Bethlehem Sands Bethlehem Event Center
March 1, 2013 Augusta Augusta Civic Auditorium
March 2, 2013 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center
March 3, 2013 Verona Turning Stone Event Center
March 5, 2013 Montclair Wellmont Theatre
March 6, 2013
March 8, 2013 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
March 9, 2013 Huntington Paramount Theater
March 10, 2013 Richmond Landmark Theater
March 12, 2013 Savannah Johnny Mercer Theatre
March 13, 2013 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
March 16, 2013[A] Orlando Universal Music Plaza Stage
March 17, 2013 St. Augustine St. Augustine Amphitheatre
March 19, 2013 Greenville Peace Concert Hall
March 22, 2013 Lake Charles L'Auberge Event Center
March 23, 2013 Baton Rouge L'Auberge Baton Rouge Event Center
March 25, 2013 Austin Moody Theater
March 27, 2013 Albuquerque Legends Theater
March 29, 2013 Las Vegas Pearl Concert Theater
March 30, 2013 Indio Fantasy Springs Special Events Center
Europe[15][16]
April 12, 2013 Dublin Ireland Vicar Street
April 13, 2013
April 15, 2013 Southampton England Southampton Guildhall
April 16, 2013 London Hammersmith Apollo
April 17, 2013
April 19, 2013 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
April 20, 2013 Manchester O2 Apollo
April 21, 2013 Glasgow Scotland O2 Academy
North America
July 26, 2013 Phoenix United States Comerica Theatre
July 27, 2013 Tucson Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater
August 24, 2013 Big Flats Budweiser Summer Stage
South America
September 17, 2013[B] São Paulo Brazil Espaço das Américas
September 18, 2013 Curitiba Master Hall
September 20, 2013[C] Rio de Janeiro Parque dos Atletas
North America
September 23, 2013 Mexico City Mexico Arena Ciudad de México
September 25, 2013 Monterrey Monterrey Arena
Asia
November 4, 2013 Hong Kong Star Hall
November 10, 2013 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of "Universal Orlando Mardi Gras"[17]
B This concert is a part of the "Live Music Rocks Concert Series"[18]
C This concert is a part of "Rock in Rio"[19]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
November 8, 2013 Pasay, Philippines Mall of Asia Arena Cancelled due to Typhoon Haiyan[20]

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane 11,228 / 12,087 (93%) $1,611,060[21]
Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney 11,025 / 11,908 (92%) $1,341,170[22]
Perth Arena Perth 9,838 / 9,838 (100%) $1,296,360[23]
Braden Auditorium Normal 3,358 / 3,358 (100%) $206,959[24]
Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Des Moines 2,544 / 2,544 (100%) $189,279[24]
Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne 2,339 / 2,339 (100%) $159,915[24]
The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor Windsor 4,672 / 4,672 (100%) $66,272[25]
Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville 5,379 / 5,582 (96%) $266,261[26]
Landmark Theater Richmond 3,272 / 3,393 (96%) $197,416[27]
Johnny Mercer Theatre Savannah 2,379 / 2,379 (100%) $116,159[28]
Espaço das Américas São Paulo 3,650 / 5,000 (73%) $287,231[29]
Master Hall Curitiba 1,171 / 2,600 (45%) $107,722[29]
TOTAL 60,855 / 65,700 (93%) $5,845,804

Critical response

The shows in Australia received moderate praise from music critics. Noel Mengel (The Courier-Mail) stated the shows at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, "restore his faith in modern rock 'n' roll", He says, "Matchbox pursue the middle path and they are very good at it. But after two hours of it, it seems the only one in the room who feels like smashing a guitar is me".[30] For the two shows in Sydney, George Palathingal (The Canberra Times) gave the shows two and a half out of five stars. He explains, "[…] the songs follow such a similar pattern —big, promising opening guitar riffs lead to anthemic-but-generic soft-rock choruses, with Thomas's over-emoted vocals on top—that the set soon gets tiresome. Most in the room probably did 'have a good time tonight'. But that big finish was scant reward for those of us who just want better music throughout a headlining set".[31] In Perth, the concert was deemed "an impressive evening" by Courtney Pearson (The West Australian). She says "They came back for an encore with synth-driven 'Put Your Hands Up' and 1997 hit 'Push', Thomas' voice so arresting you had to stand still and watch".[32]

Notes

1.^ Data from study is collected from all concerts held between January 1 and June 30, 2012 in North America. All monetary figures are based in U.S. dollars. All information is based upon extensive research conducted by Pollstar.

External links

References

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