One Hundred Days: The Story of Architects Almost World Tour explained

One Hundred Days: The Story of Architects Almost World Tour
Director:Tom Welsh
Narrator:Alex Dean
Tom Searle
Starring:Architects
Music:Architects
Distributor:Self-released
Runtime:135 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Budget:£30,000

One Hundred Days: The Story of Architects Almost World Tour (or simply One Hundred Days) is a documentary about British metalcore band Architects' Daybreaker Almost World Tour, a promotional tour for their fifth studio album Daybreaker. The funding for the film was achieved through a crowd funding project on Indiegogo, where they had a target of £30,000 to reach, but they reached over £10,000 of that sum.

Background

One Hundred Days is the filming of Architects' Daybreaker Almost World Tour which took place in 2012 where they played 75 shows in 25 countries over 4 continents. The documentary is primarily narrated by Architects bassist Alex Dean and guitarist Tom Searle. One Hundred Days was directed by and filmed by Tom Welsh, who followed the band on the entire tour. The tour was very ambitious and took them to areas of the world they've never toured in like: China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Zealand and completed their first headline tour of Mainland Europe.

Architects wanted the documentary to provide a real portrayal of what it's like to tour in a band of their size. Sam Carter commented on the honesty of the portrayal stating "we wanted to film the ups and downs of not a really big band[...] we're really modest about what we do".[1] They also commented that it was similar to, only scaled down.[2]

The Almost World Tour's touring schedule

DateCityVenueCountry
Canada, Leg #1
Support from Struc/tures and asightforsewneyes[3]
Quebec City, Quebecl'AgitéeCanada
London, OntarioRum Runners
Toronto, OntarioOpera House
Montreal, QuebecItamelodie
Ottawa, OntarioMavericks
Kingston, OntarioTime To Laugh
Thunder Bay, OntarioCrocks
Winnipeg, ManitobaWest End Cultural Centre
Regina, SaskatchewanThe Exchange
Saskatoon, SaskatchewanLouis Pub
Edmonton, AlbertaAvenue Theatre
Calgary, AlbertaSALT
Kamloops, British ColumbiaKnights of Columbus
Vancouver, British ColumbiaTom Fun Hall
China, Leg #2
support from CDC, The Falling[4] [5]
BeijingMaoChina
WuhanVox
ShanghaiShanghai Live
GuangzhouMusician
Hong Kong IslandKwun TongHong Kong
South-east Asia, Leg #3[6]
BangkokBarbies Pub (later moved to The Rock Pub)[7] Thailand
SingaporeScape Warehouse (moved to Homeclub)Singapore
Kuala LumpurBlack BoxMalaysia
JakartaViky SianiparIndonesia
BaliKatulebo Moshpit Area
New Zealand, Leg #4[8]
AucklandKings ArmsNew Zealand
WellingtonBodegga
'Chasing Ghosts Tour', Leg #5
Supporting The Amity Affliction with The Ghost Inside and Buried in Verona[9]
BrisbaneThe TivoliAustralia
NewcastlePanthers
SydneyBig Top
CanberraUC Live
MelbournePalace Theatre (Under 18's performance)
Palace Theatre
AdelaideThebarton Theatre
FremantleMetropolis
Metropolis (Under 18's performance)
Europe, Leg #6
Support from While She Sleeps and Heights[10]
CopenhagenPumpehusetDenmark
MalmöDebaserSweden
GothenburgSticky Fingers
StockholmDebaser Slussen
OsloJohn DeeNorway
AntwerpTrixBelgium
DordrechtBibelotNetherlands
HamburgKnustGermany
PoznańResetPoland
BerlinMagnetGermany
PragueNová ChmelniceCzech Republic
SchweinfurtStattbahnhofGermany
CologneEssigfabrik
AugsburgKantine
BratislavaRandal ClubSlovakia
BudapestDurer KertHungary
LjubljanaGala HalaSlovenia
ViennaSzene WienAustria
SolothurnKofmehlSwitzerland
CesenaVidia ClubItaly
MilanLand of Live Club
ParisTrabendo - Damage FestivalFrance
United Kingdom, Leg #7
Support from Bury Tomorrow, The Acacia Strain and Deez Nuts.[11]
SouthamptonMo ClubUnited Kingdom
LondonAlexandra Palace (UK Warped Tour)
BirminghamInstitute
ManchesterAcademy 2
LeedsMet Uni
GlasgowGarage
NewcastleNorthumbria Uni
NottinghamRock City
NorwichWaterfront

Production and release

In mid April 2013, the band released a trailer for the documentary The band decided to self-release the film since they had left their record label Century Media[12] and the funding for the film was done through a community funded project on indiegogo.[13] For the crowd funding campaign the band used a target budget of £30,000 to measure the demand for the film[14] saying "We don't know whether to manufacture 10 or 10,000 copies of this DVD/Blu Ray and this campaign will give us a solid idea of the numbers we should be looking to create".[15] They used a community fund project to "cut the middle man out but also to allows us to gain an idea of demand".[16] The contributions to the project ranged, with £1 being to have the persons names in the credits to £50 for tickets to watch the film debut at a cinema in Brighton.[17]

During the campaign- once the target amount had been surpassed- Architects posted a song clip of a new song "Black Blood" online to tease the release of Daybreaker's deluxe version.[18] [19] With the closing of the crowd funding campaign 1907 copies of the copies of the film were purchased in digital, DVD and Blu-ray formats and a total funding of £40,891 was achieved.[14]

The film debuted at the Brighton cinema Duke of Yorks on 8 June.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Tom Searle (Left); Sam Carter (right) . 15 July 2013 . Kerrang! Podcast: Architects. Podcast. . Download Festival, United Kingdom. 2 November 2013. Sam Carter and Tom Searle look ahead to the Warped Tour and the release of their documentary, 100 Days..
  2. Web site: Architects (UK) - 06.26.13 . Jake Denning . . 26 June 2013 . 10 September 2013.
  3. Web site: Architects Announce Canadian Tour Run . Grant Trimboli . Under The Gun Review . . 1 June 2012 . 1 November 2013.
  4. Web site: ARCHITECTS Chinese tour dates . Idioteq . 17 July 2012. 1 November 2013.
  5. Web site: HotPot Music Proudly Presents: ARCHITECTS Asia Tour Beijing . Yu Gong Yi Shan Cultural Promotions . 6 September 2012. 1 November 2013.
  6. Web site: Architects Live in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia, September 2012 . 22 July 2012 . 1 November 2013 .
  7. Web site: Architects Live in Bangkok, September 2012 . 23 August 2012 . 6 December 2013 .
  8. Web site: ARCHITECTS announce their first shows in New Zealand . Idioteq . 13 July 2012. 1 November 2013.
  9. Web site: The Amity Affliction Australian tour announced . Kane H . Killyourstereo.com . 27 June 2012. 2 November 2013.
  10. Web site: ARCHITECTS / HEIGHTS / WHILE SHE SLEEPS European dates . Idioteq . 17 July 2013 . 10 December 2013.
  11. Web site: Architects Announce UK October Touring Plans . . 27 June 2012 . 7 August 2012 .
  12. Web site: Architects Post Trailer For Their New Film "One Hundred Days" . 15 April 2013 . THEPRP.COM . 22 May 2013.
  13. Web site: ARCHITECTS launch INDIEGOGO campaign for their forthcoming film, '100 Days' . 28 April 2013 . Chris Maguire . Alt . 22 May 2013.
  14. Web site: 100 Days Film . Architects . . 1 November 2013. Architects (British band) .
  15. Web site: Architects (UK) crowd-funding band documentary, '100 Days' . Brian Kraus . . 28 April 2013 . 1 November 2013.
  16. Willmott . Tom . June 2013 . News: Architects . . 156 . Big Cheese Publishing . . 1465-0185.
  17. Web site: Label-less Architects crowd funding release of new documentary film . The Monolith . Arkea Media Limited . 29 Apr 2013 . 10 December 2013.
  18. Web site: Architects Preview New Song "Black Blood", Meet Crowdfunding Goal For New Touring DVD . The PRP . 20 May 2013 . 1 November 2013.
  19. Web site: Architects Post Clip Of Brand New Song 'Black Blood' . 22 May 2013 . . (Freeway Press) . 22 May 2013.