Hot Fuss Tour

Hot Fuss Tour

Brandon and Dave on stage @ Glastonbury 2005.
Tour by The Killers
Associated album Hot Fuss
Start date 19 November 2003
End date 13 October 2005
Shows 180 in North America
112 in Europe
5 in Asia
5 in Oceania
Total : 302
The Killers tour chronology
Hot Fuss Tour
(2003-2005)
Sam's Town Tour
(2006-2007)

The Hot Fuss Tour was a concert tour by Las Vegas, Nevada rock band The Killers that took place between 2003 and 2005 to support the band's first studio album, Hot Fuss, which was released in June 2004.

Contents

Itinerary

In late 2003 and early 2004 The Killers played support slots for Stellastarr in both the UK and the US and British Sea Power in the UK; they also opened for Morrissey during three dates of his US tour as well as performing at Coachella Festival.

The Killers first ever headline tour started in Portsmouth, UK on May 23, 2004; the tour lasted until October 2005.

In total they played 302 shows spanning four continents and 18 different countries.

At the beginning of their first headline tours the band were mainly playing in venues which held between 400 and 1600 people; by the end of the tour they were regularly headlining venues with maximum capacities of between 3000 and 6000 people.

Notable shows include headlining the NME Awards Tour in early 2005, playing a sub-headline slot on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2005, performing at Live 8 in July 2005 and supporting U2 on three dates of their Vertigo Tour.

Setlist

"Everything Will Be Alright" and "Believe Me Natalie" were also performed on some occasions along with new and unreleased songs such as "All The Pretty Faces" , "Where Is She (Soft Surrender)" and "Stereo of Lies" , The Killers also covered a number of songs on the tour including "Moonage Daydream by David Bowie", they also occasionally played On Top with Pink Floyd's Time segued onto the end of it.

Personnel

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Other Info
Europe
November 19, 2003
Nottingham England Rescue Rooms Opened for British Sea Power
November 20, 2003 Leeds Joseph's Well
November 21, 2003 Lincoln Bivouac
November 22, 2003 Cardiff Wales Ifor Bach
November 23, 2003 Leicester England Princess Charlotte
November 24, 2003 High Wycombe The White Room
November 25, 2003 Northampton Soundhaus
November 26, 2003 Reading Fez
November 27, 2003 Colchester Arts Center
November 28, 2003 Birmingham Academy 2
November 30, 2003 Warwick University
December 1, 2003 London The Garage
December 3, 2003 Barfly @ The Monarch
North America
January 29, 2004 New York City United States Bowery Ballroom Opened for The Stills
Europe
February 11, 2004 London England Death Disco Headlined
February 13, 2004 Hammersmith Palais Opened for Jet
February 14, 2004 ICA Headlined
North America
February 25, 2004 Las Vegas United States Ice House Lounge Headlined
Europe
February 27, 2004 Leeds England The Cockpit Opened for Stellastarr
February 28, 2004 Sheffield Leadmill
February 29, 2004 Leicester Princess Charlotte
March 1, 2004 Glasgow Scotland King Tut's
March 2, 2004 Birmingham England Academy 2
March 3, 2004 Manchester Hop & Grape
March 4, 2004 London Electric Ballroom
March 5, 2004 Shepherds Bush Empire
March 6, 2004 Bristol Fleece & Firkin
March 7, 2004 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
March 9, 2004 Cambridge Polytechnic University
March 10, 2004 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
March 11, 2004 Sheffield Fez Club
March 12, 2004 Cardiff Wales Barfly
March 13, 2004 Bath England Moles Club
March 14, 2004 Brighton Freebutt
North America
March 18, 2004 Austin United States The Caucus SXSW Music Festival 2004
March 19, 2004 Stubbs BBQ Opened for Stellastarr
March 20, 2004 Dallas Tree's
March 21, 2004 Houston Rhythm Room
March 22, 2004 New Orleans The Parish
March 24, 2004 Jacksonville Imperial Club
March 25, 2004 Atlanta Cotton Club
March 26, 2004 Richmond Alley Katz
March 27, 2004 Baltimore Fletcher's
March 29, 2004 Washington D.C. Black Cat
March 30, 2004 Philadelphia The Khyber
March 31, 2004 New York City Irving Plaza
April 1, 2004 Portland, ME Space
April 2, 2004 Cambridge, MA Middle East Cafe
April 3, 2004 Burlington, VT Club Metronome
April 5, 2004 Montreal Canada Cabaret Music Hall
April 6, 2004 Toronto Mod Club
April 7, 2004 Cleveland Heights, OH United States Grog Shop
April 9, 2004 Newport, KY Southgate House
April 10, 2004 Columbus, Ohio Promowest Pavilion
April 11, 2004 Detroit Shelter
April 13, 2004 Chicago Double Door
April 14, 2004 Iowa City, IA Gabe's
April 15, 2004 Minneapolis 7th Street Entry
April 16, 2004 Madison, WI The Annex
April 17, 2004 St. Louis Gargoyle Club
April 18, 2004 Lawrence, KS Replay Lounge
April 19, 2004 Austin Saengerrunde Hall
April 20, 2004 Denver Larimer Lounge
April 21, 2004 Salt Lake City Liquid Joe's
April 22, 2004 Boise Neurolux
April 23, 2004 Portland, OR Berbati's Plan
April 24, 2004 Seattle Crocodile Cafe
April 25, 2004 Vancouver Canada Richard on Richard
April 27, 2004 Los Angeles United States Wiltern Theater Opened for Morrissey
April 28, 2004 San Francisco Great American Music Hall Opened for Stellastarr
April 29, 2004 San Diego Casbah
April 30, 2004 Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar
May 2, 2004 Indio, CA Coachella Festival Coachella Festival
Europe
May 23, 2004 Portsmouth England Wedgewood Rooms Headlined
May 25, 2004 Bristol Fleece & Firkin
May 26, 2004 Liverpool Liverpool Academy
May 27, 2004 Leeds The Cockpit
May 28, 2004 Manchester Manchester University
May 29, 2004 Birmingham Birmingham Academy
May 30, 2004 York Fibbers
June 2, 2004 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
June 3, 2004 London Mean Fiddler
June 6, 2004 Oxford Zodiac
June 7, 2004 London HMV Shop Oxford Street
June 8, 2004 Brighton The Zap Club
June 9, 2004 Reading Fez Club
North America
June 10, 2004 San Diego United States Soma Opened for Stellastarr
June 11, 2004 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheater Live 105 BFD 2004
June 12, 2004 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater KROQ Weenie Roast
June 17, 2004 San Francisco Popscene Headlined
June 18, 2004 Portland Dante's
June 19, 2004 Seattle Nuemo's
June 20, 2004 Boise The Big Easy
June 21, 2004 Sparks New Oasis
June 23, 2004 New York City Mercury Lounge
June 24, 2004 New York City Rothko's
Europe II
June 26, 2004 Somerset England New Bands Tent Glastonbury Festival
June 27, 2004 Glasgow Scotland King Tuts Wah Wah Hut Headlined
June 29, 2004 Brussels Belgium Le Botanique
June 30, 2004 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
July 1, 2004 Hamburg Germany Molotow
July 2, 2004 Berlin Roter Salon
July 3, 2004 Koln Underground
July 4, 2004 Rotterdam Netherlands Metropolis Festival Metropolis Festival
July 6, 2004 Colchester England Colchester Arts Centre Headlined
July 7, 2004 Northampton Soundhaus
July 8, 2004 London Astoria
July 9, 2004 Sheffield Leadmill
July 10, 2004 Oxegen Festival Republic of Ireland Oxegen Festival Oxegen Festival
July 11, 2004 T in the Park Scotland NME Stage T in the Park Festival
North America II
July 15, 2004 Salt Lake City United States Lo-Fi Cafe Headlined
July 16, 2004 Toronto Canada Mod Club
July 17, 2004 Chicago United States House of Blues Opened for Morrissey
July 19, 2004 Kansas City Hurricane Headlined
July 20, 2004 Oklahoma City Bricktown Live
July 22, 2004 Dallas Tree's
July 23, 2004 Houston Engine Room
July 24, 2004 Austin Stubbs BBQ
July 25, 2004 El Paso T Lounge
July 26, 2004 Tucson City Limits
Asia
July 30, 2004 Tokyo Japan Naebi Ski Resort Fuji Rock Festival
North America III
August 16, 2004 New York City United States Bowery Ballroom Headlined
August 17, 2004 Providence The Call
Europe III
August 21, 2004 Chelmsford England NME Stage V Festival UK
August 22, 2004 Staffordshire
August 23, 2004 London Kentish Town Forum Headlined
North America IIII
August 26, 2004 Scottsdale Venue of Scottsdale United States Headlined
August 27, 2004 San Diego San Diego Street Fair Festival
August 28, 2004 Los Angeles Troubador Headlined
August 29, 2004 Santa Ana Galaxy Concert Theater
August 31, 2004 San Francisco Great American Music Hall
September 1, 2004 Orangevale The Boardwalk
September 3, 2004 Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom
September 4, 2004 Victoria Open Air
September 6, 2004 Seattle United States Bumbershoots
September 8, 2004 Winnipeg Canada West End Cultural Centre
September 9, 2004 Minneapolis United States The Quest
September 10, 2004 Milwaukee The Rave
September 11, 2004 Chicago Metro Smart Bar
September 12, 2004 Atlanta Masquerade
September 13, 2004 St. Louis Mississippi Nights
September 14, 2004 Boston The Roxy
September 17, 2004 Austin Zilker Park Austin City Limits Festival
September 18, 2004 Devore KROQ Inland Invasion KROQ Inland Invasion
September 19, 2004 Las Vegas House of Blues Headlined
September 24, 2004 Ft. Lauderdale Culture Room
September 25, 2004 Tampa Masquerade
September 26, 2004 Orlando The Social
September 27, 2004 Jacksonville Jack Rabbits
September 28, 2004 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
September 30, 2004 Carrboro Cat's Cradle
October 1, 2004 Norfolk, VA The Norva
October 2, 2004 Philadelphia Theater of Living Arts
October 3, 2004 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club
October 4, 2004 New York City Irving Plaza
October 5, 2004
October 7, 2004 Boston The Roxy
October 8, 2004 Montreal Canada Club Soda
October 9, 2004 Ottawa Capital Music Hall
October 11, 2004 Toronto Opera House
October 12, 2004 Detroit United States St. Andrews Hall
October 14, 2004 Columbus Newport Music Hall
October 16, 2004 New Orleans Voodoo Music Festival Festival
October 17, 2004 Houston Reliant Center Headlined
October 19, 2004 Dallas Gypsy Tea Room
October 20, 2004 Memphis New Daisy Theater
October 21, 2004 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
October 22, 2004 Denver Bluebird Theater
October 23, 2004 Tempe Tempe Beach Park Festival
Europe IIII
November 3, 2004 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg Headlined
November 4, 2004 Paris France Zenith
November 5, 2004 Cologne Germany Gebaude
November 6, 2004 Berlin Columbia Club
November 9, 2004 Stockholm Sweden Kagelbanan
November 11, 2004 Dublin Republic of Ireland Olympia Theater
November 12, 2004 Manchester England Academy
November 13, 2004 London Shepherds Bush Empire
North America V
November 19, 2004 Athens, GA United States 40 Watt Club Headlined
November 20, 2004 Tampa Masquerade
November 21, 2004 Jacksonville Freebird Live
November 22, 2004 Orlando The Social
November 23, 2004 Ft.Lauderdale Culture Room
December 1, 2004 Toronto Canada Kool Haus
December 2, 2004 Cleveland United States House of Blues
December 3, 2004 Pittsburgh The Rock Club
December 4, 2004 Fairfax George Mason University
December 9, 2004 Seattle Key Arena Deck The Hall Ball
December 10, 2004 San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
December 11, 2004 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheater KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas
Oceania
December 14, 2004 Perth Australia Metro City Headlined
December 16, 2004 Adelaide Thebarton Theater
December 17, 2004 Melbourne The Palace
December 18, 2004 Sydney Enmore Theater
December 20, 2004 Brisbane The Arena
North America VI
December 30, 2004 Las Vegas United States House of Blues Headlined
December 31, 2004 Los Angeles Giant Village
Europe V
January 19, 2005 Northumberland England University Headlined NME Awards Tour with Bloc Party, Futureheads and Kaiser Chiefs supporting
January 20, 2005 Glasgow Scotland Academy
January 21, 2005
January 23, 2005 Nottingham England Rock City
January 24, 2005 Birmingham Academy
January 25, 2005 Liverpool University
January 27, 2005 Leeds University
January 28, 2005 Manchester Academy
January 29, 2005 Manchester Academy
January 31, 2005 Norwich UEA
February 1, 2005 Bristol Academy
February 2, 2005 Brighton Dome
February 4, 2005 Cambridge Corn Exchange
February 5, 2005 Southampton Guildhall
February 6, 2005 Cardiff Wales University
February 7, 2005 Paris France Elysee Montmartre Headlined
February 9, 2005 London England Brixton Academy
February 19, 2005
February 20, 2005 Utrecht Netherlands Tivoli
February 21, 2005 Strasbourg France La Laiterie
February 22, 2005 Milan Italy Rolling Stone
February 24, 2005 Zurich Switzerland Abart
February 25, 2005 Vienna Austria The Arena
February 26, 2005 Munich Germany Muffathalle
February 27, 2005 Cologne Prime Club
March 1, 2005 Hamburg Grunspan
March 3, 2005 Barcelona Spain Apollo
Asia II
March 6, 2005 Nagoya Japan Club Quattro Headlined
March 8, 2005 Hiroshima Club Quattro
March 9, 2005 Osaka Shinsaibashi Club Quattro
March 10, 2005 Tokyo Liquid Room
North America VII
April 11, 2005 Tempe United States Marquee Theater Headlined
April 12, 2005 La Jolla RIMAC Arena
April 13, 2005 Long Beach The Vault 350
April 15, 2005 Las Vegas The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel
April 16, 2005 Los Angeles The Wiltern
April 17, 2005
April 19, 2005 San Francisco The Fillmore
April 21, 2005 Portland Roseland Theater
April 22, 2005 Vancouver Canada Vogue Theater
April 23, 2005
April 24, 2005 Seattle United States Moore Theater
April 26, 2005 Edmonton Canada Shaw Conference Center
April 27, 2005 Calgary Stampede Corral
April 28, 2005 Spokane United States Big Easy
May 2, 2005 Salt Lake City Kingsbury Hall
May 3, 2005 Denver Paramount Theater
May 5, 2005 Hollywood The Avalon
May 7, 2005 Milwaukee The Rave
May 9, 2005 Davenport, IA Col Ballroom
May 10, 2005 Kansas City Uptown Theater
May 11, 2005 Chicago Riviera
May 21, 2005 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater KROQ Weenie Roast
May 26, 2005 Covington, KY Madison Theater Headlined
May 27, 2005 Columbus, Ohio Promo West Pavilion
May 28, 2005 Cleveland The Scene
May 30, 2005 Detroit Fox Theater
May 31, 2005 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheater
June 1, 2005 Montreal Metropolis
June 3, 2005 Philadelphia United States Electric Factory
June 4, 2005 New York City Central Park Summerstage
June 6, 2005 Providence Lupo's @ The Strand
June 7, 2005 Boston Bank of America Pavilion Festival
June 8, 2005 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post
June 10, 2005 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues Headlined
June 11, 2005 Atlanta Music Midtown Festival Festival
June 17, 2005 Birmingham, AL Linn Park
Europe VI
June 24, 2005 Glastonbury Festival England Pyramid Stage Festival (Sub-headlined)
June 29, 2005 Cardiff Wales Millennium Stadium opened for U2
July 2, 2005 London England Live 8 in Hyde Park Performed All These Things That I've Done
July 3, 2005 Belfort France Eurockeennes de Belfort Festival
July 5, 2005 Chorzow Poland Stadionie Slaskim opened for U2
July 6, 2005 Berlin Germany MariaAm Ostbahnhof Headlined
July 7, 2005 Hamburg Docks
July 9, 2005 T in the Park Scotland T in the Park Festival
July 10, 2005 Oxegen Festival Republic of Ireland Oxegen
July 13, 2005 Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena opened for U2
July 14, 2005 Cologne Germany Prime Club Headlined
July 15, 2005 Zurich Switzerland Abart
July 17, 2005 Barcelona Spain Apollo
North America VIII
July 20, 2005 Louisville United States Palace Theater Headlined
July 21, 2005 St. Louis The Pageant
July 22, 2005 Indianapolis Murat Theater
July 23, 2005 Mount Pleasant Soaring Eagle Casino
July 24, 2005 Chicago Lollapalooza Festival
July 29, 2005 San Diego Qualcomm Stadium
August 9, 2005 Saint Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium Headlined
August 10, 2005 Omaha Sokol Underground
August 12, 2005 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater Festival
August 13, 2005 Wichita The Cotillion Headlined
August 14, 2005 Tulsa Cain's Ballroom
August 15, 2005 Oklahoma City Bricktown Event Center
August 17, 2005 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theater
August 18, 2005 Austin Stubbs BBQ
August 19, 2005 Houston Verizon Amphitheater
August 21, 2005 Tampa USF Sun Dome
Europe VII
August 26, 2005 Reading England Reading Festival Sub-Headlined Main Stage
August 27, 2005 Leeds Leeds Festival
North America IX
September 29, 2005 Atlantic City United States Borgata Hotel and Casino Headlined with British Sea Power
September 30, 2005 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Theater
October 1, 2005 Staten Island Richmond Co. Ball Park
October 6, 2005 Long Beach Convention Center
October 7, 2005 Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
October 8, 2005 Mountain View Download Festival
October 12, 2005 Seattle Key Arena
October 13, 2005 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum