Helplessness Blues Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Helplessness Blues Tour
Artist:	Fleet Foxes
Location:	Worldwide
Album:	Helplessness Blues
Number Of Legs:	8
Number Of Shows:	113
Last Tour:	-
This Tour:	Helplessness Blues Tour (2011)
Next Tour:	-

The Helplessness Blues Tour was a world tour by Seattle folk band Fleet Foxes in support of their second album Helplessness Blues which was released on May 3, 2011. The tour visited North America, Europe, Oceania and Japan.

Background

The Tour began in the band home town of Seattle, Washington before moving across the United States and Canada. A European leg was then announced which began in Berlin, Germany. This leg included three sold-out shows at London's Hammersmith Apollo. A second North American leg took place July 14 and July 24, 2011, with another European leg taking place from August 11–20. The Band performed at some of Europe's best known Festivals including the Glastonbury Festival and Rock Werchter. The fifth leg of the tour began with two shows at Seattle's Paramount Theatre, followed by a string of shows in the United States. A Third European leg took place in November–December 2011 before moving onto Australia for some festival shows. A short Japanese leg also took place in January 2012. Two New Zealand shows were announced on September 5. Australian headline shows were also announced for January 2012.

Example set list

1. "The Cascades"
2. "Grown Ocean"
3. "Drops in the River"
4. "Battery Kinzie"
5. "Bedouin Dress"
6. "Sim Sala Bim"
7. "Mykonos"
8. "Your Protector"
9. "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song"
10. "White Winter Hymnal"
11. "Ragged Wood"
12. "Lorelai"
13. "Montezuma"
14. "He Doesn't Know Why"
15. "The Shrine/An Argument"
16. "Blue Spotted Tail"
17. "Blue Ridge Mountains"

Encore

1. "Oliver James"
2. "Helplessness Blues"

Source:^[1]

Support acts

• The Cave Singers (Leg 1, North America—select dates)^[2]
• The Bees (Leg 2 & 4, Europe—select dates)
• Owen Pallett (Leg 2, Europe—select dates)
• Alela Diane (Leg 3, North America)
• The Walkmen (Leg 5, North America—select dates)^[3]
• Bon Iver (Leg 5, North America—select dates)
• Van Dyke Parks (Leg 5, North America—select dates)
• Vetiver (Leg 6, Europe—select dates)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Leg 1: North America
April 15, 2011	Seattle	United States	Columbia City Theatre
April 29, 2011	Vancouver	Canada	Vogue Theatre
April 30, 2011
May 1, 2011	Portland	United States	Crystal Ballroom
May 2, 2011	Seattle		Moore Theatre
May 3, 2011
May 5, 2011	Oakland		Fox Oakland Theatre
May 6, 2011	San Diego		Spreckels Theater
May 7, 2011	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium
May 8, 2011	Tucson		Rialto Theatre
May 10, 2011	Austin		Stubb's Bar-B-Q
May 11, 2011	Dallas		Palladium Ballroom
May 13, 2011	Nashville		Ryman Auditorium
May 14, 2011	Atlanta		The Tabernacle
May 15, 2011	Washington, D.C.		DAR Constitution Hall
May 18, 2011	New York City		United Palace
May 19, 2011
May 21, 2011	Upper Darby Township		Tower Theater
Leg 2: Europe
May 25, 2011	Berlin	Germany	C-Halle
May 26, 2011	Dachau		Rathausplatz
May 28, 2011	Barcelona	Spain	Parc del Fòrum Leisure Site^[A]
May 30, 2011	Paris	France	Bataclan
May 31, 2011	London	England	HMV Hammersmith Apollo
June 1, 2011
June 2, 2011
June 23, 2011	Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton Civic Hall
June 24, 2011	Pilton		Worthy Farm^[B]
June 25, 2011	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Cathedral Quarter^[C]
June 26, 2011	Cork	Ireland	The Docklands^[D]
June 28, 2011	Manchester	England	Apollo
June 29, 2011	Edinburgh	Scotland	Corn Exchange
July 1, 2011	St Blazey	England	Eden Project^[E]
July 3, 2011	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festival Grounds^[F]
July 4, 2011	Paris	France	Salle Pleyel
July 6, 2011	Poznań	Poland	Lake Malta^[G]
July 8, 2011	Oeiras	Portugal	Algés Riverside^[H]
July 10, 2011	Turku	Finland	Ruissalo Island^[I]
Leg 3: North America
July 14, 2011	Toronto	Canada	Massey Hall
July 16, 2011	Chicago	United States	Union Park^[J]
July 17, 2011	Minneapolis		State Theatre
July 18, 2011	Kansas City		Uptown Theater
July 19, 2011	St. Louis		The Pageant
July 21, 2011	Denver		Fillmore Auditorium
July 22, 2011	Salt Lake City		Red Butte Garden and Arboretum
July 23, 2011	Boise		Knitting Factory
July 24, 2011	Troutdale		McMenamins Edgefield Manor
Leg 4: Europe
August 11, 2011	Oslo	Norway	Middelalderparken^[K]
August 12, 2011	Gothenburg	Sweden	Slottsskogen^[L]
August 13, 2011	Rees-Haldern	Germany	Festival Grounds^[M]
August 14, 2011	Saint-Malo	France	Festival Grounds^[N]
August 16, 2011	Brighton	England	Brighton Dome
August 18, 2011	Hasselt	Belgium	Kiewit^[O]
August 19, 2011	Biddinghuizen	Netherlands	Spijk en Bremerberg^[P]
August 20, 2011	Brecon Beacons	Wales	Glanusk Park Estate^[Q]
Leg 5: North America^[4]
September 6, 2011	Seattle	United States	Paramount Theatre
September 7, 2011
September 9, 2011	Reno		Grand Sierra Resort
September 10, 2011	Berkeley		Hearst Greek Theatre
September 11, 2011	Big Sur		Henry Miller Library
September 13, 2011	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl
September 14, 2011	Los Angeles		Greek Theatre
September 15, 2011	Phoenix		Comerica Theatre
September 17, 2011	Tulsa		Cain's Ballroom
September 18, 2011	Austin		Zilker Park^[R]
September 20, 2011	Jacksonville		Florida Theatre
September 21, 2011	Raleigh		Raleigh Amphitheatre
September 23, 2011	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
September 24, 2011	New York City		Williamsburg Waterfront
September 25, 2011	Holyoake		Mountain Park
September 28, 2011	Cleveland		Masonic Auditorium
September 29, 2011	Ann Arbor		Hill Auditorium
September 30, 2011	Chicago		Chicago Theatre
October 1, 2011
October 3, 2011	Birmingham		Alabama Theatre
October 4, 2011	Asheville		Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
October 5, 2011	Louisville		The Louisville Palace
Leg 6: Europe
November 5, 2011	Bergen	Norway	Grieg Hall
November 6, 2011	Oslo		Sentrum Scene
November 8, 2011	Stockholm	Sweden	Annexet
November 9, 2011	Malmö		K.B. Hallen
November 10, 2011	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falconer Theatre
November 11, 2011	Weissenhäuser Strand	Germany	Rolling Stone Weekender
November 13, 2011	Katowice	Poland	Kozrywki Theatre
November 14, 2011	Zagreb	Croatia	Tvornica
November 15, 2011	Vienna	Austria	Museumsquartier
November 17, 2011	Rome	Italy	Atlántico
November 19, 2011	Bologna		Estragon
November 20, 2011	Milan		Teatro Smeraldo
November 21, 2011	Zürich	Switzerland	Komplex 457
November 22, 2011	Fribourg		Fri-Son
November 24, 2011	Bilbao	Spain	Santana 27
November 25, 2011	Madrid		La Riviera
November 26, 2011	Cartagena		Jazz Festival
November 27, 2011	Barcelona		L'Auditori
November 29, 2011	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
November 30, 2011	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
December 1, 2011	Leeds	England	O2 Academy Leeds
December 2, 2011	Minehead		Butlin's Minehead
Leg 7: Oceania
December 29, 2011	Lorne	Australia	Festival Grounds^[S]
December 30, 2011	Marion Bay
January 2, 2012	Sydney		Sydney Opera House
January 3, 2012
January 4, 2012
January 6, 2012	Melbourne		Palais Theatre
January 7, 2012	Busselton		Sir Stewart Bovell Park^[T]
January 8, 2012
January 10, 2012	Brisbane		Tivoli
January 11, 2012
January 13, 2012	Wellington	New Zealand	Hunter Lodge
January 14, 2012	Auckland		Auckland Town Hall
Leg 8: Asia
January 17, 2012	Osaka	Japan	Big cat
January 18, 2012	Nagoya		Club Quattro
January 20, 2012	Tokyo		Studio Coast

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

• A^This show was part of the Primavera Festival.
• B^This show was part of the Glastonbury Festival.
• C^This show was part of the Coors Light Open House Festival.
• D^This show was part of the Live at the Marquee (festival).
• E^This show was part of the Eden Sessions.
• F^This show was part of the Rock Werchter Festival.
• G^This show was part of the Malta Festival.
• H^This show was part of the Optimus Alive! Festival.
• I^This show was part of the Ruisrock Festival.
• J^This show was part of the Pitchfork Music Festival.

• K^This show is part of the Øyafestivalen.
• L^This show is part of the Way Out West Festival.
• M^This show is part of the Haldern Pop Festival.
• N^This show is part of the La Route du Rock Festival.
• O^This show is part of the Pukkelpop Festival.
• P^This show is part of the Lowlands Festival.
• Q^This show is part of the Green Man Festival.
• R^This show is part of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
• S^These shows are part of the Falls Festival.
• T^These shows are part of the Southbound Festival.

Box office score data

Venue	City	No. of Shows	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Stubb's Bar-B-Q	Austin	1	2,200 / 2,200 (100%)	$61,680^[5]
DAR Constitution Hall	Washington, D.C.	1	3,500 / 3,500 (100%)	$117,619^[6]
Columbiahalle	Berlin	1	3,167 / 3,500 (90%)	$97,826^[7]
State Theatre	Minneapolis	1	2,054 / 2,054 (100%)	$60,593^[8]
Knitting Factory	Boise	1	994 / 994 (100%)	$27,366^[9]
Hearst Greek Theatre	Berkeley	1	6,694 / 7000 (96%)	$264,207^[10]
Santa Barbara Bowl	Santa Barbara	1	2,250 / 4,059 (55%)	$68,725
Greek Theatre	Los Angeles	1	4,979 / 5,849 (85%)	$176,395^[11]
Williamsburg Waterfront	Brooklyn	1	7,000 / 7,000 (100%)	$276,500^[12]
Hill Auditorium	Ann Arbor	1	3,356 / 3,356 (100%)	$114,104
Chicago Theatre	Chicago	2	6,878 / 6,878 (100%)	$240,730
Alabama Theatre	Birmingham	1	1,723 / 2,062 (84%)	$55,958^[13]

Fleet Foxes

• Robin Pecknold

lead vocals, guitar

• Skyler Skjelset: lead guitar, mandolin
• Christian Wargo

bass guitar, vocals

• Casey Wescott: Keyboard, mandolin, vocals
• Joshua Tillman

drums, vocals, arrangements

• Morgan Henderson

multi-instrumentalist, arrangements

External links

• Official Tour Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fleet Foxes at The Pageant, set list. July 20, 2011. August 6, 2011. Christian Schaeffer. River Front Times.
2. Web site: The Cave Singers to Open for Fleet Foxes. The Cave Singers. August 6, 2011. May 4, 2011.
3. Web site: On The Road: Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, The Walkmen and other. August 2, 2011. August 6, 2011. Alex Bigman. sfappeal.com.
4. Web site: Fleet Foxes add Tour Dates. July 26, 2011. August 6, 2011. Pitchfork.com.
5. Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores . 2011-05-19 . 2011-08-07 . Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616012936/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . 2011-06-16 . dead .
6. Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores . 2011-06-23 . 2011-08-07 . Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616012936/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . 2011-06-16 . dead .
7. Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores. 2012-01-12. 2012-01-12. Billboard.
8. Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores. 2011-08-03. 2011-08-07. Billboard.
9. Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores. 2011-08-31. 2011-09-01. Billboard.
10. Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores. 2011-09-29. 2011-09-29. Billboard.
11. Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores. 2011-09-21. 2011-09-21. Billboard.
12. Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores. 2011-09-28. 2011-10-05. Billboard. Promethues Global Media.
13. Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores. 2011-10-27. 2011-11-03. Billboard.