No Principals Tour

The No Principals Tour 2013 was a 2013 North America-only single-leg tour by Blondie to promote their upcoming album Ghosts of Download. It visited venues, mainly theatres, in the United States, as well as a few festivals and outdoor shows, culminating in two shows in Mexico. The tour was a co-production, with Blondie being labeled as the main bill and X performing a shorter set before Blondie took the stage.

No Principals Tour
North America tour by Blondie
Associated albumGhosts of Download
Start dateSeptember 5, 2013
End dateOctober 12, 2013
Legs1
No. of shows25 in North America
25 played
Blondie concert chronology

Background

The tour was officially announced through Blondie's website on June 18, 2013,[1] with tickets going on sale on June 21 (presales were available the previous day). The tour was announced whilst Blondie were in the middle of their UK Blast Off Tour. Each ticket purchased for the tour included digital downloads of five songs from the Ghosts of Download album. These were "Make a Way", "I Want to Drag You Around", "Can't Stop Wanting", "A Rose by Any Name" and "I Screwed Up".[1] Rehearsals were held during August 2013 in New York City.[2][3]

Despite being marketed as a separate tour to the previous Blondie Blast Off Tour, which took place earlier in the same year, the two tours shared setlists, more or less, with only a few differences. A new song from Ghosts od Download, "Mile High", was introduced during the tour.

Opening acts
  • X (September 5-October 4)

Set list

This set list is representative of the first performance in Mexico City. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "One Way or Another"
  2. "Rave"
  3. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  4. "X Offender"
  5. "A Rose by Any Name"
  6. "The Tide Is High"
  7. "I Want to Drag You Around"
  8. "Maria"
  9. "Winter"
  10. "Rapture"
  11. "Atomic"
  12. "What I Heard"
  13. "Wipe Off My Sweat"
  14. "Sugar on the Side"
  15. "Heart of Glass"
Encore
  1. "Call Me"
  2. "Dreaming"

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America[1][4]
September 5, 2013 Hampton Beach United States Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
September 6, 2013 Niagara Falls The Rapids Theatre
September 7, 2013 Atlantic City Golden Nugget Atlantic City Ballroom
September 9, 2013 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
September 11, 2013 Cincinnati PNC Pavilion
September 12, 2013 Royal Oak Royal Oak Music Theatre
September 14, 2013[A] Chicago Humboldt Park
September 17, 2013 Redmond Marymoor Park
September 19, 2013 San Francisco Nob Hill Masonic Center
September 20, 2013 Saratoga Montalvo Arts Center
September 21, 2013 Anaheim Theater at Honda Center
September 23, 2013 Santa Fe Santa Fe Opera House
September 24, 2013 El Paso Plaza Theatre
September 26, 2013 Austin Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
September 27, 2013 Houston Warehouse Live Ballroom
September 28, 2013[B] Dallas Fair Park Coliseum
September 30, 2013 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
October 1, 2013 Atlanta Buckhead Theatre
October 3, 2013 Glenside Keswick Theatre
October 4, 2013 New York City Roseland Ballroom
October 5, 2013 Montreal Canada Amphitheatre du Stade Olympique
October 8, 2013 New Bedford United States Zeiterion Theatre
October 9, 2013 Red Bank Count Basie Theatre
October 11, 2013 Mexico City Mexico Teatro Metropólitan
October 12, 2013[C] Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
October 13, 2013 Auditorio BlackBerry
A This concert was a part of "Riot Fest".
B This concert was a part of "State Fair of Texas".
C This concert was a part of "Festival Corona Capital".

Box office score data
Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Stubb's Bar-B-Q Austin, Texas 1,261 / 2,200 (57%) $57,658
Royal Oak Music Theater Royal Oak, Michigan 732 / 1,700 (43%) $32,114
Total 1,993 / 3,900 (51%) $89,772

Reception

The tour met with generally positive reactions.[5]

Personnel

References
  1. "TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: "No Principals Tour"". blondie.net. June 18, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  2. http://instagram.com/p/dDGzZIBxSv/#
  3. http://instagram.com/p/dFU68lhxUH/
  4. "CALENDAR & TOUR SCHEDULE 2013". deborah-harry.com. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  5. http://www.buffalonews.com/gusto/concert-reviews/blondie-casts-a-spell-in-rapids-theatre-20130907
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