No Exit Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:No Exit Tour
Artist:Blondie
Type:World
Album:No Exit
Start Date:October 26, 1998
End Date:November 27, 1999
Number Of Legs:8
Last Tour:Tracks Across America
(1982)
This Tour:No Exit Tour
(1998–99)
Next Tour:Blondie 2002 Tour
(2002)

The No Exit Tour[1] was a 1998–1999 worldwide concert tour by American new wave band Blondie to promote their revival and reformation as a band and their latest album No Exit, which was released during the tour. The tour marked the band's first live performances in 16 years, save for small festival appearances in 1997.

Background

The tour was announced in 1998 and 1999, with tickets going on sale soon after the announcements. The second leg of the North American dates was announced through NBC's Today Show in June 1999.[2]

The 13-month-long tour visited venues across Europe, with a UK and Ireland leg, Australia, before progressing to North America for the 1999 dates, with the USA leg beginning with a heavily promoted 'Blondie's Back' concert on the same day as the release of the album No Exit.

Several songs recorded during the tour were released as No Exit single's B-sides and bonus tracks on several editions of the album itself. Elements of five individual shows were later collected together into the 1999 Live live album. Blondie's performance on February 23, 1999 at New York's Town Hall was released on the Live video album.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe[3]
October 26, 1998StockholmSwedenCirkus
October 28, 1998CopenhagenDenmarkStore Vega
November 1, 1998BrusselsBelgiumAncienne Belgique
November 2, 1998HamburgGermanyDocks
November 4, 1998ParisFranceBataclan
November 5, 1998AmsterdamNetherlandsMelkweg
November 7, 1998BerlinGermanyColumbiahalle
November 9, 1998WolverhamptonEnglandWolverhampton Civic Hall
November 10, 1998NewcastleNewcastle City Hall
November 12, 1998ManchesterManchester Apollo
November 13, 1998SheffieldSheffield City Hall
November 15, 1998Campione d'ItaliaItalySalone delle Feste del Casinò Municipale
November 17, 1998DublinIrelandOlympia Theatre
November 18, 1998
November 19, 1998GlasgowScotlandBarrowland Ballroom
November 21, 1998LondonEnglandLyceum Theatre
November 22, 1998
November 23, 1998NottinghamNottingham Royal Concert Hall
November 25, 1998NewportWalesNewport Centre
November 26, 1998ReadingEnglandRivermead Leisure Complex
November 28, 1998PoolePoole Arts Centre
November 29, 1998PlymouthPlymouth Pavilions
Oceania[4]
December 31, 1998LorneAustraliaLorne Falls Festival Site
January 2, 1999SydneyCapitol Theatre
North America[5]
February 23, 1999New York CityUnited StatesThe Town Hall
March 10, 1999ParadiseHouse of Blues
Europe
April 30, 1999LeganésSpainLa Cubierta
May 1, 1999San SebastiánVelódromo de Anoeta
May 2, 1999BarcelonaPalau Sant Jordi
North America
May 14, 1999UncasvilleUnited StatesWolf Den
May 15, 1999BostonOrpheum Theater
May 16, 1999TorontoCanadaMassey Hall
May 18, 1999Upper Darby TownshipUnited StatesTower Theater
May 19, 1999Washington, D.C.Nation
May 22, 1999Tinley ParkNew World Music Theatre
May 23, 1999DetroitFox Theatre
May 25, 1999DenverFillmore Auditorium
May 27, 1999ParadiseThe Joint
May 28, 1999Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre
May 29, 1999San DiegoSDSU Open Air Theatre
May 30, 1999San FranciscoThe Warfield
June 1, 1999SeattleParamount Theatre
June 2, 1999PortlandPortland Civic Auditorium
June 10, 1999New York CityThe Theater at Madison Square Garden
June 12, 1999Los AngelesDodger Stadium
June 13, 1999East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theatre
Europe
June 16, 1999DublinIrelandPoint Theatre
June 18, 1999ManchesterEnglandManchester Evening News Arena
June 19, 1999GlasgowScotlandClyde Auditorium
June 21, 1999BirminghamEnglandNational Exhibition Centre
June 22, 1999LondonWembley Arena
June 25, 1999PiltonWorthy Farm
June 26, 1999St. GallenSwitzerlandSittertobel
June 27, 1999The HagueNetherlandsZuiderpark
June 28, 1999OdemiraPortugalSede da Juventude Boavista dos Pinheiros
June 29, 1999PortoPavilhão Rosa Mota
June 30, 1999LisbonParque das Nações
July 2, 1999TurkuFinlandRuissalo
July 3, 1999HamburgGermanyHamburg Stadtpark
July 4, 1999RoskildeDenmarkDarupvej
LondonEnglandHyde Park
July 6, 1999DunkirkFranceKursaal Dunkirk
July 8, 1999MontreuxSwitzerlandAuditorium Stravinski
July 9, 1999BelfortFrancePresqu'île de Malsaucy
July 10, 1999LyonAncient Theatre of Fourvière
North America
August 6, 1999Atlantic CityUnited StatesGrand Cayman Ballroom
August 8, 1999WantaghJones Beach Amphitheater
August 10, 1999Hampton BeachHampton Beach Casino Ballroom
August 11, 1999BostonBankBoston Pavilion
August 12, 1999ClevelandState Theatre
August 14, 1999ChicagoRiviera Theatre
August 15, 1999West AllisWisconsin State Fair Park
August 16, 1999MinneapolisGuthrie Theater
August 18, 1999West Valley CityE Center
August 20, 1999ConcordConcord Pavilion
August 21, 1999Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara Bowl
August 22, 1999Los AngelesUniversal Amphitheatre
August 24, 1999PhoenixCelebrity Theatre
August 25, 1999Santa FePaolo Soleri Amphitheater
August 27, 1999DallasBronco Bowl
August 28, 1999HoustonAerial Theater
August 31, 1999Miami BeachJackie Gleason Theater
September 1, 1999TampaUSF Sun Dome
September 3, 1999AtlantaTabernacle
September 4, 1999Myrtle BeachHouse of Blues
September 17, 1999ChicagoExcalibur
October 10, 1999FoxboroughFoxboro Stadium
Europe
October 21, 1999ViennaAustriaLibro Music Hall
October 22, 1999ZagrebCroatiaDom Sportova
October 23, 1999LjubljanaSloveniaTivoli Hall
October 26, 1999OffenbachGermanyStadthalle Offenbach
October 27, 1996MunichColosseum Munich
October 29, 1999MadridSpainSala Universal
October 30, 1999BrusselsBelgiumForest National
October 31, 1999CologneGermanyPalladium
November 2, 1999FürthStadthalle Fürth
November 3, 1999LeipzigHaus Avensee
November 4, 1999BerlinColumbiahalle
November 7, 1999LondonEnglandWembley Arena
November 9, 1999CardiffWalesCardiff International Arena
November 10, 1999BournemouthEnglandBournemouth International Centre
November 11, 1999St AustellCornwall Coliseum
November 13, 1999LondonDockland Arena
November 14, 1999BrightonBrighton Centre
November 16, 1999NewcastleTelewest Arena
November 17, 1999AberdeenScotlandAberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 19, 1999DublinIrelandPoint Theatre
November 21, 1999BelfastNorthern IrelandKing's Hall
November 22, 1999ManchesterEnglandManchester Apollo
November 23, 1999BirminghamNational Exhibition Centre
November 25, 1999SheffieldSheffield Arena
November 26, 1999GlasgowScotlandClyde Auditorium
November 27, 1999AberdeenAberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blondie Average Setlists of tour: No Exit | setlist.fm. setlist.fm.
  2. Web site: American Tour Dates. blondie.net. 2014-01-10.
  3. Web site: Clarkson . John . Barrowlands Glasgow November 19th 1998 . pennyblackmusic.com . Penny Black Music . 17 July 2020.
  4. Web site: Blondie without a guitarist . smh.com.au . 6 August 2003 . Sydney Morning Herald . 17 July 2020.
  5. Web site: Carter . Geoff . Blondie blasts back into form at House of Blues . lasvegassun.com . 12 March 1999 . Las Vegas Sun News . 17 July 2020.

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