| Oh Gravity Tour | ||||
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| Tour by Switchfoot | ||||
| Associated album | Oh! Gravity. | |||
| Start date | October 17, 2006 | |||
| End date | September 1, 2007 | |||
| Legs | 4 | |||
| Shows | 81 | |||
| Switchfoot tour chronology | ||||
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The Oh! Gravity. Tour is a 2007 concert tour by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, held in order to promote their sixth studio album, Oh! Gravity. The tour began in Utrecht, Netherlands January 31 and ran through April 17, where it ended in Saint Joseph, Missouri. During the 77 day tour, the band hit 19 states, 6 provinces in Canada, and 3 countries in Europe, plus several shows in the UK. The tour was depicted in one live concert film, Live at the Ventura Theatre, which was shot during the U.S./Canada leg of the tour.
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For the U.S./Canada leg of the tour, Switchfoot brought pop/rock band Copeland as the opening act. They usually played a 45-minute-1 hour long set, before Switchfoot took the stage to play a 2-hour long set.
Switchfoot's hit single Stars from their Nothing Is Sound album was the staple opener for the vast majority of the shows. The Oh Gravity Tour also marked the first time the band played the songs "Faust, Midas, and Myself," and "4:12," both from the album "Oh! Gravity.," live. Usually, Switchfoot ended their set, as in past tours, with an encore, playing their smash hit single "Dare You to Move". The band kept a diary called the "Daily Foot"[1] on their website to document each show of the tour. The entries included each show's set list.
Switchfoot is known for their efforts to keep in touch with their fans and bring them alongside the process of writing, recording, releasing, and playing an album. In the Oh Gravity Tour, the band took this a step further by allowing fans to vote on the set list.[2] They also allowed people to vote for non-Switchfoot songs, promising to "learn it if we can (Jon)" and play them in their live shows.
On February 9, 2006, Tim Foreman talked about the possibility of releasing CDs of every show Switchfoot does during the Oh Gravity Tour.
"Another thing that we've never done before: sell bootlegs of a few songs from the show at the end of the night. See for a lot of us, the end of the night comes too soon. This way, you could actually be listening to the show in your car on the way home from the gig! So we're still trying to figure this one out logistically, but where there's a will there's a way."
Switchfoot began selling these "live" CDs at the House of Blues on February 13. Each night they made 100 cd's available, but the songs have been circulated through the world wide web with greater distribution, thanks to the band-approved website, switchfootbootlegs.com.
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