Wasting Light Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Wasting Light World Tour
Album:	Wasting Light
Location:	Worldwide
Gross:	$20 million^[1]
Type:	World
Artist:	Foo Fighters
Number Of Shows:	3 in South America 11 in Oceania 38 in Europe 50 in North America Total 80
Last Tour:	Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour (2007–2008)
This Tour:	Wasting Light World Tour (2011–12)
Next Tour:	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

• "Alone + Easy Target"
• "Big Me"
• "For All The Cows"
• "Exhausted"
• "I'll Stick Around"
• "This Is a Call"
• "Wattershed"

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

• "Aurora"
• "Breakout"
• "Generator"
• "Learn to Fly"
• "Stacked Actors"

One by One

• "All My Life"
• "Times Like These"

In Your Honor

• "Best of You"
• "Cold Day in the Sun"
• "DOA"

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

• "Let It Die"
• "Long Road to Ruin"
• "The Pretender"

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

• "19th Nervous Breakdown"
• "Ace of Spades"
• "Back in the Doghouse"
  • "Bad Reputation "Breakdown"
• "Blackbird"
• "Everybody Wants Some!!"
• "Happy Birthday to You"
• "Hocus Pocus"
• "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
• "I'm Eighteen"
• "I'm the One"
• "In The Flesh?"
• "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
• "School's Out"
• "Shake Your Blood"
• "Surrender"
• "Tie Your Mother Down"
• "Young Man Blues"

Opening acts

• Scream –
• Bob Mould –
• CeeLo Green -

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	London	England	O2 Brixton Academy
February 25, 2011			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
Europe
May 14, 2011	Carlisle	England	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	George		The Gorge Amphitheatre
June 4, 2011	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Europe
June 9, 2011	Interlaken	Switzerland
June 11, 2011	Isle of Wight	England	Seaclose Park
June 13, 2011	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Megaland
June 15, 2011	Milan	Italy	Fiera Milano
June 17, 2011	Tuttlingen	Germany	Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield
June 18, 2011	Berlin		Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
June 19, 2011	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	England	National Bowl
July 3, 2011
July 6, 2011	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
July 7, 2011	Oeiras	Portugal	Passeio Marítimo de Algés
July 9, 2011	Naas	Ireland	Punchestown Racecourse
July 10, 2011	Naas		Punchestown Racecourse
July 10, 2011	Kinross	Scotland	Balado
July 11, 2011	London	England	The Roundhouse
North America
August 6, 2011	Chicago	United States	The Metro
August 7, 2011			Grant Park
August 9, 2011	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
August 10, 2011	Montreal		Bell Centre
Europe
August 20, 2011	Sankt Pölten	Austria	Green Park
August 21, 2011	Großpösna	Germany	Störmthaler See
August 23, 2011	Cologne		Lanxess Arena
August 24, 2011	Übersee		Almfischer 1
August 26, 2011	France		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	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	Santiago	Chile	O'Higgins Park
April 3, 2012	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
April 4, 2012
April 7, 2012	São Paulo	Brazil	Jockey Club
North America
May 6, 2012	New Orleans	United States	Fair Grounds Race Course
May 19, 2012	Asbury Park
June 28, 2012	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater
August 10, 2012	San Francisco		Golden Gate Park
Europe
August 13, 2012	Udine	Italy	Villa Manin
August 15, 2012	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
August 16, 2012	Gampel	Switzerland	Festivalgelände Am Rotten
August 18, 2012	Hasselt	Belgium	Domein Kiewit
August 19, 2012	Biddinghuizen	Netherlands	Spijk en Bremerberg
August 21, 2012	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Boucher Road Playing Fields
August 24, 2012	Leeds	England	Bramham Park
August 26, 2012	Reading		Little John's Farm
North America
September 21, 2012	Atlanta	United States	Piedmont Park
September 22, 2012	Santa Rosa Island		Casino Beach

Notes and References

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