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No Principals Tour

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Start date
  
September 5, 2013

Legs
  
1

Leg
  
1

End date
  
October 12, 2013

Associated album
  
Blondie 4(0)-Ever

No. of shows
  
25 in North America 25 played

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The No Principals Tour 2013 was a 2013 North America-only single-leg tour by Blondie to promote their upcoming album Ghosts of Download. It visited venues, mainly theatres, in the United States, as well as a few festivals and outdoor shows, culminating in two shows in Mexico. The tour was a co-production, with Blondie being labeled as the main bill and X performing a shorter set before Blondie took the stage.

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Blondie no principals tour


Background

The tour was officially announced through Blondie's website on June 18, 2013, with tickets going on sale on June 21 (presales were available the previous day). The tour was announced whilst Blondie were in the middle of their UK Blast Off Tour. Each ticket purchased for the tour included digital downloads of five songs from the Ghosts of Download album. These were "Make a Way", "I Want to Drag You Around", "Can't Stop Wanting", "A Rose by Any Name" and "I Screwed Up". Rehearsals were held during August 2013 in New York City.

Despite being marketed as a separate tour to the previous Blondie Blast Off Tour, which took place earlier in the same year, the two tours shared setlists, more or less, with only a few differences. A new song from Ghosts od Download, "Mile High", was introduced during the tour.

Opening acts

  • X (September 5-October 4)

    • Set list

    This set list is representative of the first performance in Mexico City. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

    1. "One Way or Another"
    2. "Rave"
    3. "Hanging on the Telephone"
    4. "X Offender"
    5. "A Rose by Any Name"
    6. "The Tide Is High"
    7. "I Want to Drag You Around"
    8. "Maria"
    9. "Winter"
    10. "Rapture"
    11. "Atomic"
    12. "What I Heard"
    13. "Wipe Off My Sweat"
    14. "Sugar on the Side"
    15. "Heart of Glass"
    Encore
    1. "Call Me"
    2. "Dreaming"

    Tour dates

    A This concert was a part of "Riot Fest". B This concert was a part of "State Fair of Texas". C This concert was a part of "Festival Corona Capital".

    Reception

    The tour met with generally positive reactions.

    References

    No Principals Tour Wikipedia
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