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Associated album
  
Fallen Empires

Legs
  
10

Start date
  
20 January 2012 (2012-01-20)

End date
  
31 December 2012 (2012-12-31)

No. of shows
  
49 in Europe7 in Asia54 in North America2 in Australia5 in South America117 Total

The Fallen Empires Tour was a world tour by Northern Irish alternative rock band Snow Patrol.

Contents

Background

The tour was announced on September 20, 2011 with dates in Dublin and Belfast only. Tickets for these shows went on sale on September 22, 2011. These two shows sold out causing the band to add a further date in Dublin with two extra shows being announced for Belfast. The first continental Europe show were announced in October 2011 with dates across Germany. A show in Rotterdam was announced for March 1, this show sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale resulting in another show being added for the following night. Shows in Denmark and Sweden were announced on November 23. The band will also make to debut appearance in Dubai when they perform at the Atlantis Hotel Open Air Event alongside Calvin Harris on March 9. The band will also make their debut appearance in Oman, playing the InterContinental Gardens. It was also announced they would play a show at Dublin's Phoenix Park, they will co-headline this concert with Florence and the Machine.

It was announced that the band would return to Australian shores to perform two special acoustic shows in Sydney and Melbourne, they will perform an acoustic set with songs from Fallen Empires and classic hits such as Chasing Cars and Run. They are also set to return to North America for a short fourteen date tour in which they will co-headline with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds with Jake Bugg being the main support act. They will also play three headline shows as part of this leg of the tour

Opening acts

  • Rams' Pocket Radio (Europe, select dates)
  • Ed Sheeran (North America, select dates)
  • Rousseau (Oakland—May 5, Los Angeles)
  • Gary Go (Dallas, Houston, Austin, Biloxi)
  • Everything Everything (United Kingdom & Ireland)
  • Admiral Fallow (Glasgow)
  • A Plastic Rose (Belfast—January 25, London—February 11)
  • Florence and the Machine (Co-Headlining Dublin—July 8)
  • The Temper Trap (Dublin—July 8)
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Leg 8—North America),(co-headlining)
  • Jake Bugg (Leg 8—North America)
  • Lissie (Leg 8—North America)

    • Setlist

    1. "Hands Open"
    2. "Take Back the City"
    3. "Crack the Shutters"
    4. "This Isn't Everything You Are"
    5. "Run"
    6. "In the End"
    7. "New York"
    8. "Set the Fire to the Third Bar"
    9. "Make This Go on Forever"
    10. "Shut Your Eyes"
    11. "Chasing Cars"
    12. "Chocolate"
    13. "Called Out in the Dark"
    14. "Fallen Empires"
    15. "Open Your Eyes"
    16. "You're All I Have"
    Encore
    1. "Lifening"
    2. "Just Say Yes"

    Source:

    Notes
  • During the show in Belfast on January 24, Snow Patrol performed "You Could Be Happy", "Spitting Games" and "How to Be Dead".
  • During the show in Glasgow on January 27, the band performed "In the End" and "You Could Be Happy".
  • During the show in Glasgow on January 28, "Wow", "Ways & Means", "Same", "Grazed Knees", "Dark Roman Wine" and "The Finish Line" was performed.
  • During the shows in Liverpool & Newcastle, "I'll Never Let Go", "In the End" & "You Could Be Happy" was performed.

    • Tour dates

  • 1 ^These shows mark the co-headlining dates with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
    • Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
    Cancellations and rescheduled shows

    References

    Fallen Empires Tour Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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