2012–13 concert tour by Matchbox Twenty
North Tour Tour byMatchbox Twenty Promotional poster for tour
Associated album North Start date October 20, 2012 (2012-10-20 ) End date November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10 ) Legs 5 No. of shows 11 in Australia 43 in North America 8 in Europe 3 in South America 2 in Asia 61 Total Matchbox Twenty concert chronology
TheNorth Tour is the fifth concert tour by American pop-rock band,Matchbox Twenty . The tour supports the band's fourth studio album,North . Beginning October 2012, the band has played over 60 shows in Australia, the Americas, Europe and Asia. The tour ranked 66th onPollstar 's annual "Top 100 Mid Year North American Tour". It earned $4.9 million from 40 shows.[ 1] [1]
The tour was announced in August 2012, via the band's official website. While promoting the album at several festival shows (including the iTunes Festival[ 2] ), the tour was marked to begin in Australia; October 2012. Dates in North America and Europe were revealed in November 2012.[ 3] For the tour, the band has teamed up with Tickets-for-Charity, a charity offering tickets that supported charitable causes.[ 4] With each ticket purchased through their website, TFC will donate a portion of the proceeds to theChildren's Health Fund .[ 5] Additionally, the band has partnered withMobile Roadie to create a freeapp to follow the band on tour. The app will feature the band'svideo history, along with, previews of their current album.[ 6] Users will also be able to follow an interactive map of the tour route and purchase tickets. Each person who downloads the app has a chance to win backstage passes for the tour.
"Parade" "Bent" "Disease" "She's So Mean" "How Far We've Come" "3 A.M." "Real World" "Girl Like That" "If You're Gone" "Overjoyed" "All Your Reasons" "Long Day" "I Will" "Unwell" "Radio" "Stay with Me " "So Sad So Lonely" "English Town" "The Way" "Bright Lights" "Sleeping at the Wheel" Encore "Put Your Hands Up" "Back 2 Good" "The One I Love " "Push" Date City Country Venue Australia [ 12] [ 13] October 20, 2012 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena October 21, 2012 October 25, 2012 Canberra AIS Arena October 27, 2012 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre October 28, 2012 October 30, 2012 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre October 31, 2012 November 3, 2012 Pokolbin Hope Estate Winery Amphitheatre November 6, 2012 Wollongong WIN Entertainment Centre November 8, 2012 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre November 11, 2012 Perth Perth Arena North America [ 14] January 29, 2013 Catoosa United States The Joint January 30, 2013 San Antonio Majestic Theatre February 1, 2013 Thackerville Global Event Center February 2, 2013 Longview Belcher Performance Center February 5, 2013 Louisville Palace Theatre February 6, 2013 Normal Braden Auditorium February 8, 2013 Prior Lake Mystic Showroom February 9, 2013 Milwaukee Riverside Theater February 10, 2013 Des Moines Civic Center of Greater Des Moines February 12, 2013 Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre February 13, 2013 Kalamazoo Miller Auditorium February 15, 2013 Toledo Stranahan Theater February 16, 2013 Columbus Palace Theatre February 17, 2013 Akron Akron Civic Theatre February 19, 2013 Niagara Falls Canada Avalon Ballroom Theatre February 20, 2013 February 21, 2013 Windsor The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor February 23, 2013 Atlantic City United States Borgata Event Center February 25, 2013 Baltimore Modell Performing Arts Center February 26, 2013 Port Chester Capitol Theatre February 27, 2013 Bethlehem Sands Bethlehem Event Center March 1, 2013 Augusta Augusta Civic Auditorium March 2, 2013 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center March 3, 2013 Verona Turning Stone Event Center March 5, 2013 Montclair Wellmont Theatre March 6, 2013 March 8, 2013 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena March 9, 2013 Huntington Paramount Theater March 10, 2013 Richmond Landmark Theater March 12, 2013 Savannah Johnny Mercer Theatre March 13, 2013 Hollywood Hard Rock Live March 16, 2013[A] Orlando Universal Music Plaza Stage March 17, 2013 St. Augustine St. Augustine Amphitheatre March 19, 2013 Greenville Peace Concert Hall March 22, 2013 Lake Charles L'Auberge Event Center March 23, 2013 Baton Rouge L'Auberge Baton Rouge Event Center March 25, 2013 Austin Moody Theater March 27, 2013 Albuquerque Legends Theater March 29, 2013 Las Vegas Pearl Concert Theater March 30, 2013 Indio Fantasy Springs Special Events Center Europe [ 15] [ 16] April 12, 2013 Dublin Ireland Vicar Street April 13, 2013 April 15, 2013 Southampton England Southampton Guildhall April 16, 2013 London Hammersmith Apollo April 17, 2013 April 19, 2013 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall April 20, 2013 Manchester O2 Apollo April 21, 2013 Glasgow Scotland O2 Academy North America July 26, 2013 Phoenix United States Comerica Theatre July 27, 2013 Tucson Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater August 24, 2013 Big Flats Budweiser Summer Stage South America September 17, 2013[B] São Paulo Brazil Espaço das Américas September 18, 2013 Curitiba Master Hall September 20, 2013[C] Rio de Janeiro Parque dos Atletas North America September 23, 2013 Mexico City Mexico Arena Ciudad de México September 25, 2013 Monterrey Monterrey Arena Asia November 4, 2013 Hong Kong Star Hall November 10, 2013 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances A This concert was a part of "Universal Orlando Mardi Gras "[ 17] B This concert is a part of the "Live Music Rocks Concert Series"[ 18] C This concert is a part of "Rock in Rio "[ 19] Cancellations and rescheduled shows Box office score data [ edit ] Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane 11,228 / 12,087 (93%) $1,611,060[ 21] Sydney Entertainment Centre Sydney 11,025 / 11,908 (92%) $1,341,170[ 22] Perth Arena Perth 9,838 / 9,838 (100%) $1,296,360[ 23] Braden Auditorium Normal 3,358 / 3,358 (100%) $206,959[ 24] Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Des Moines 2,544 / 2,544 (100%) $189,279[ 24] Embassy Theatre Fort Wayne 2,339 / 2,339 (100%) $159,915[ 24] The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor Windsor 4,672 / 4,672 (100%) $66,272[ 25] Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville 5,379 / 5,582 (96%) $266,261[ 26] Landmark Theater Richmond 3,272 / 3,393 (96%) $197,416[ 27] Johnny Mercer Theatre Savannah 2,379 / 2,379 (100%) $116,159[ 28] Espaço das Américas São Paulo 3,650 / 5,000 (73%) $287,231[ 29] Master Hall Curitiba 1,171 / 2,600 (45%) $107,722[ 29] TOTAL 60,855 /65,700 (93%)$5,845,804
The shows in Australia received moderate praise from music critics. Noel Mengel (The Courier-Mail ) stated the shows at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, "restore his faith in modern rock 'n' roll", He says, "Matchbox pursue the middle path and they are very good at it. But after two hours of it, it seems the only one in the room who feels like smashing a guitar is me".[ 30] For the two shows in Sydney, George Palathingal (The Canberra Times ) gave the shows two and a half out of five stars. He explains, "[…] the songs follow such a similar pattern —big, promising opening guitar riffs lead to anthemic-but-generic soft-rock choruses, with Thomas's over-emoted vocals on top—that the set soon gets tiresome. Most in the room probably did 'have a good time tonight'. But that big finish was scant reward for those of us who just want better music throughout a headlining set".[ 31] In Perth, the concert was deemed "an impressive evening" by Courtney Pearson (The West Australian ). She says "They came back for an encore with synth-driven 'Put Your Hands Up' and 1997 hit 'Push', Thomas' voice so arresting you had to stand still and watch".[ 32]
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