Wasting Light Tour

2011–12 concert tour by the Foo Fighters

Wasting Light World Tour
World tour by Foo Fighters
LocationWorldwide
Associated albumWasting Light
Start dateJanuary 28, 2011 (2011-01-28)
End dateSeptember 22, 2012 (2012-09-22)
No. of shows3 in South America
11 in Oceania
38 in Europe
50 in North America Total 80
Box office$20 million[1]
Foo Fighters concert chronology
  • Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour
    (2007–2008)
  • Wasting Light World Tour
    (2011–12)
  • Sonic Highways World Tour
    (2014–15)

Wasting Light World Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Foo Fighters, in support of their seventh studio album Wasting Light. It began on January 28, 2011 at a secret show at Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara, California where they debuted the album in full.[2] The tour included dates across Europe, Oceania, North and South America and included festival dates such as Reading and Leeds Festival as well a series of performances in hardcore fans' garages which was documented in their "Garage Tour" documentary on YouTube.[3]

Background

The tour started with a series of secret intimate shows across California including at The Roxy.[4] They also played at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2011 show at O2 Brixton Academy and was their first performance at the venue since the There Is Nothing Left to Lose tour.

The tour featured a 52 page rider which included a series of jokey requests including a "ban on light sabers, garden gnomes, and tridents at show venues."[5]

Many special guests joined the band on stage during the tour including Roger Daltrey,[6] Lemmy, Phil Campbell, Bob Mould, Roger Taylor, Alice Cooper, Sea Sick Steve, John Paul Jones, Queen, Perry Farrell, Tenacious D, Joan Jett, Krist Novoselic, Fee Waybill, CeeLo Green, Roger Waters, Mick Jagger, Danny Clinch, deadmau5 and Rufus Tiger Taylor.

Songs Performed

Foo Fighters

The Colour and the Shape

  • "Enough Space"
  • "Everlong"
  • "Hey, Johnny Park!"
  • "Monkey Wrench"
  • "My Hero"
  • "New Way Home"
  • "See You"
  • "Up in Arms"

There Is Nothing Left to Lose

One by One

  • "All My Life"
  • "Times Like These"

In Your Honor

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Greatest Hits

  • "Wheels"

Wasting Light

  • "Arlandria"
  • "Back and Forth"
  • "Bridge Burning"
  • "Dear Rosemary"
  • "I Should Have Known"
  • "A Matter of Time"
  • "Miss the Misery"*
  • "Rope"
  • "These Days"
  • "Walk"
  • "White Limo"

Other (non-album songs)

  • "Butterflies"
  • "Skin and Bones"
  • "Winnebago"

Covers

Opening acts

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, attendance, and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue
Intimate California Shows
January 28, 2011 Santa Barbara United States Velvet Jones
February 4, 2011 Los Angeles Dragonfly
February 7, 2011 West Hollywood The Roxy
February 8, 2011 Los Angeles Spaceland
February 15, 2011 West Hollywood The Troubadour
Europe
February 23, 2011 [a] London United Kingdom O2 Brixton Academy
February 25, 2011 [b] Wembley Arena
February 26, 2011 Dingwalls
February 28, 2011 Cologne Germany Gloria-Theater
March 4, 2011 Stockholm Sweden Nalen
SXSW Festival
March 15, 2011 Austin United States Stubb's Bar-B-Q
March 16, 2011 Austin Music Hall
Oceania
March 22, 2011 Auckland New Zealand Auckland Town Hall
March 24, 2011 Sydney Australia Goat Island
March 25, 2011 University of Sydney
March 27, 2011 Brisbane Riverstage
North America
April 16, 2011 Long Beach United States Fingerprints Music
United Kingdom
May 14, 2011 [c] Carlisle United Kingdom Carlisle Lake District Airport
North America
May 17, 2011 Tulsa United States BOK Center
May 18, 2011 North Little Rock Verizon Arena
May 20, 2011 Memphis FedExForum
May 21, 2011 Gulf Shores Hangout Music Festival
May 23, 2011 Council Bluffs Mid-America Center
May 26, 2011 Missoula Adams Center
May 27, 2011 [d] George The Gorge Amphitheatre
June 4, 2011 [e] Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Europe
June 9, 2011 [f] Interlaken Switzerland Flugplatz Interlaken [de]
June 11, 2011 [g] Isle of Wight United Kingdom Seaclose Park
June 13, 2011 [h] Landgraaf Netherlands Megaland
June 15, 2011 [i] Milan Italy Fiera Milano
June 17, 2011 [j] Tuttlingen Germany Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield
June 18, 2011 Berlin Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
June 19, 2011 [k] Scheeßel Eichenring
June 21, 2011 Copenhagen Denmark Refshaleøen
June 22, 2011 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Olympic Stadium
June 24, 2011 Bærum Norway Telenor Arena
June 26, 2011 Helsinki Finland Kalasatama
July 2, 2011 Milton Keynes United Kingdom Milton Keynes Bowl
July 3, 2011
July 6, 2011 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
July 7, 2011 [l] Oeiras Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Algés
July 9, 2011 [m] Naas Ireland Punchestown Racecourse
July 10, 2011 [n] Naas Punchestown Racecourse
July 10, 2011 [o] Kinross Scotland Balado
July 11, 2011 [p] London United Kingdom The Roundhouse
North America
August 6, 2011 Chicago United States The Metro
August 7, 2011 [q] Grant Park
August 9, 2011 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
August 10, 2011 Montreal Bell Centre
Europe
August 20, 2011 [r] Sankt Pölten Austria Green Park
August 21, 2011 [s] Großpösna Germany Störmthaler See
August 23, 2011 Cologne Lanxess Arena
August 24, 2011 [t] Übersee Almfischer 1
August 26, 2011 [u] Saint-Cloud Domaine National de Saint-Cloud
North America
September 14, 2011 Saint Paul United States Xcel Energy Center
September 16, 2011 Kansas City Sprint Center
September 17, 2011 St. Louis Scottrade Center
September 19, 2011 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 20, 2011 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
September 22, 2011 Columbus Nationwide Arena
September 23, 2011 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center
September 25, 2011 Buffalo First Niagara Center
September 26, 2011 East Rutherford Izod Center
October 9, 2011 Denver Pepsi Center
October 11, 2011 West Valley City Maverik Center
October 13, 2011 Inglewood The Forum
October 14, 2011
October 16, 2011 Phoenix US Airways Center
October 17, 2011 San Diego Viejas Arena
October 19, 2011 Oakland Oracle Arena
October 22, 2011 [v] Anaheim Anaheim Convention Center
October 25, 2011 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
October 27, 2011 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
October 28, 2011 Edmonton Rexall Place
November 1, 2011 Sacramento United States Power Balance Pavilion
November 7, 2011 Duluth The Arena at Gwinnett Center
November 8, 2011 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
November 10, 2011 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
November 11, 2011 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
November 13, 2011 New York City Madison Square Garden
November 14, 2011 Newark Prudential Center
November 16, 2011 Boston TD Garden
Oceania
November 28, 2011 Perth Australia NIB Stadium
December 2, 2011 Melbourne AAMI Park
December 3, 2011
December 5, 2011 Adelaide Adelaide Oval
December 8, 2011 Sydney Sydney Football Stadium
December 10, 2011 Gold Coast Metricon Stadium
December 13, 2011 Auckland New Zealand Western Springs Stadium
South America
April 1, 2012 [w] Santiago Chile O'Higgins Park
April 3, 2012 [x] Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
April 4, 2012 [y]
April 7, 2012 [z] São Paulo Brazil Jockey Club
North America
May 6, 2012 [aa] New Orleans United States Fair Grounds Race Course
May 19, 2012 [ab] Asbury Park
June 28, 2012 [ac] Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater
August 10, 2012 [ad] San Francisco Golden Gate Park
Europe
August 13, 2012 Udine Italy Villa Manin
August 15, 2012 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
August 16, 2012 [ae] Gampel Switzerland Festivalgelände Am Rotten
August 18, 2012 [af] Hasselt Belgium Domein Kiewit
August 19, 2012 [ag] Biddinghuizen Netherlands Spijk en Bremerberg
August 21, 2012 [ah] Belfast Northern Ireland Boucher Road Playing Fields
August 24, 2012 [ai] Leeds United Kingdom Bramham Park
August 26, 2012 [aj] Reading Little John's Farm
North America
September 21, 2012 [ak] Atlanta United States Piedmont Park
September 22, 2012 [al] Santa Rosa Island Casino Beach

Notes

  1. ^ For the 2011 Shockwaves NME Awards
  2. ^ For the 2011 NME Awards "Big Gig"
  3. ^ For the 2011 BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
  4. ^ For the 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival
  5. ^ For the 2011 KROQ Weenie Roast
  6. ^ For the 2011 Greenfield Festival
  7. ^ For the 2011 Isle of Wight Festival
  8. ^ For the 2011 Pinkpop Festival
  9. ^ For the 2011 Rock in IdRho Festival
  10. ^ For the 2011 Southside Festival
  11. ^ For the 2011 Hurricane Festival
  12. ^ For the 2011 Optimus Alive! Festival
  13. ^ For the 2011 Oxegen Festival
  14. ^ For the 2011 Oxegen Festival
  15. ^ For the 2011 T in the Park Festival
  16. ^ For the 2011 iTunes Festival
  17. ^ For the 2011 Lollapalooza Festival
  18. ^ For the 2011 FM4 Frequency Festival
  19. ^ For the 2011 Highfield Festival
  20. ^ For the 2011 Chiemsee Rocks Festival
  21. ^ For the Rock en Seine Festival
  22. ^ For the 2011 BlizzCon
  23. ^ For the 2012 Lollapalooza Chile Festival
  24. ^ For the 2012 Quilmes Rock Festival
  25. ^ For the 2012 Quilmes Rock Festival
  26. ^ For the 2012 Lollapalooza Brazil Festival
  27. ^ For the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
  28. ^ For the 2012 Bamboozle Festival
  29. ^ For the 2012 Summerfest
  30. ^ For the 2012 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
  31. ^ For the 2012 Gampel Open Air Festival
  32. ^ For the 2012 Pukkelpop Festival
  33. ^ For the 2012 Lowlands Festival
  34. ^ For the 2012 Tennent's VitaL Festival
  35. ^ For the 2012 Reading and Leeds Festivals
  36. ^ For the 2012 Reading and Leeds Festivals
  37. ^ For the 2012 Music Midtown Festival
  38. ^ For the 2012 DeLuna Fest

References

  1. ^ "Foo Fighters "Wasting Light Tour" << PLSN". PLSN. March 9, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Kettmann, Matt (January 29, 2011). "Foo Fighters Rock Secret Show - The Santa Barbara Independent". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "Stream Foo Fighters' garage tour documentary". The Independent. August 4, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Ardell, Jena (February 8, 2011). "FOO FIGHTERS AT THE ROXY LAST NIGHT: WE GOT THE EXCLUSIVE PICS". LA Weekly. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Best, The Best, The Best Of Foo (Part II)". The Smoking Gun. June 14, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  6. ^ Wilkinson, Matt (February 24, 2011). "Roger Daltrey: 'Foo Fighters collaboration was made up on the spot' - video - NME". NME. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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