Hot Fuss Tour

Hot Fuss Tour
Tour by The Killers
Associated album Hot Fuss
Start date 19 November 2003
End date 13 October 2005
Shows 181 in North America
114 in Europe
5 in Asia
5 in Oceania
Total : 305
The Killers concert chronology
Hot Fuss Tour
(2003-2005)		 Sam's Town Tour
(2006-2007)

The Hot Fuss Tour was a concert tour by American rock band The Killers. It took place between 2003 and 2005 to support the band's first studio album, Hot Fuss, which was released in June 2004. The tour was enduring with the band playing well over 300 shows in a 2-year period.

Synopsis

In late 2003, shortly after being signed by UK independent record label Lizard King and a successful string of performances in London, The Killers announced that they would be touring the UK supporting British Sea Power. During the first half of 2004 they continued playing support slots; opening for Stellastarr on both their UK and US tours and Morrissey on two dates in the US. They also made appearances at South by Southwest & Coachella Festival.

The band began their first ever headline tour in Portsmouth, England on May 23, 2004; Initially the band were headlining small venues which held no more than 1,000 people, by the end of the tour they were regularly selling out venues with capacities of over 5,000. The band supported by Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party & The Futureheads headlined the NME Awards Tour in early 2005[1] and also supported U2 on three stadium dates of their Vertigo Tour. The Killers were joined by British Sea Power for the final leg in North America; bringing the tour full circle, the final show took place in Vancouver, Canada on October 13, 2005. In total they played 305 shows spanning four continents and eighteen different countries.

Support acts during the tour included Louis XIV, Surferosa, The Departure, Ambulance LTD, Blood Arm, The Zutons & Tegan & Sara.

Stage setup

Frontman and keyboardist Brandon Flowers emblazoned his keyboard stand with rhinestones after learning that David Bowie was coming to one of the band's shows at Irving Plaza in New York City, this started a tradition of Flowers' keyboard stands being decorated differently for each tour.[2]

Festivals

The Killers played a number of well received festival sets in the summer of 2004, among these was a performance in the New Bands Tent at Glastonbury Festival. The following year the band were offered the chance by Michael Eavis to headline the Sunday night of Glastonbury after original headliner Kylie Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer. They declined the offer however, stating that they did not feel they had earned the right to headline the festival yet and instead went on to play in their scheduled sub-headline slot on the Friday night. Despite almost losing guitarist Dave Keuning whilst travelling there (after the band 'accidentally' left him at a service station near Stone Henge.) the performance was praised by many.[3][4][5]

Live 8

On July 2, 2005, The Killers performed on the London stage of the Live 8 concert, performing "All These Things That I've Done". The band (all dressed in white) were joined by a gospel choir. Later that day Robbie Williams incorporated the song's refrain "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" into his own performance.[6]

Personnel

Set list

Sample setlists


Notes

  • 1 ^ "Where is She (Soft Surrender)" was a new song performed by the band, as of 2012 a studio version has yet to be released.
  • 2 ^ "On Top" with Pink Floyd's "Time" segued on to the end of it.
  • 3 ^ "All The Pretty Faces" was a new song performed by the band, it went on to be released as a b-side to "When You Were Young" and also appeared on 2007's compilation album Sawdust and Guitar Hero 5.

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 Clwb 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 Centre
November 28, 2003 Birmingham Birmingham Academy 2
November 30, 2003 Warwick University of Warwick
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 Notting Hill Arts Club Headlined
February 13, 2004 Hammersmith Palais Opened for Jet
February 14, 2004 Institute of Contemporary Arts 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 The Leadmill
February 29, 2004 Leicester Princess Charlotte
March 1, 2004 Glasgow Scotland King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
March 2, 2004 Birmingham England Birmingham Academy 2
March 3, 2004 Manchester Hop & Grape
March 4, 2004 London Electric Ballroom
March 5, 2004 Shepherds Bush Empire Opened for Gary Numan
March 6, 2004 Bristol Fleece & Firkin Opened for Stellastarr
March 7, 2004 Portsmouth The 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 South by Southwest @ The Caucus Festival
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 Space
April 2, 2004 Cambridge Middle East Cafe
April 3, 2004 Burlington Club Metronome
April 5, 2004 Montreal Canada Cabaret Music Hall
April 6, 2004 Toronto Mod Club Theatre
April 7, 2004 Cleveland Heights United States Grog Shop
April 9, 2004 Newport Southgate House
April 10, 2004 Columbus Promowest Pavilion
April 11, 2004 Detroit The Shelter
April 13, 2004 Chicago Double Door
April 14, 2004 Iowa City Gabe's
April 15, 2004 Minneapolis 7th Street Entry
April 16, 2004 Madison The Annex
April 17, 2004 St. Louis Gargoyle Club
April 18, 2004 Lawrence 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 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 The Casbah
April 30, 2004 Phoenix Mason Jar
May 2, 2004 Indio Gobi Tent @ Coachella Festival 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
June 9, 2004 Reading Fez Club
North America
June 10, 2004 San Diego United States Soma San Diego Opened for Stellastarr
June 11, 2004 Mountain View Live 105 BFD @ Shoreline Amphitheater Festival
June 12, 2004 Irvine KROQ Weenie Roast @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
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 Rothko
Europe II
June 26, 2004 Pilton England New Bands Tent @ Glastonbury Festival Festival
June 27, 2004 Glasgow Scotland King Tut's 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 Cologne Underground
July 4, 2004 Rotterdam Netherlands Metropolis Festival Festival
July 6, 2004 Colchester England Colchester Arts Centre Headlined
July 7, 2004 Northampton Soundhaus
July 8, 2004 London London Astoria
July 9, 2004 Sheffield Leadmill
July 10, 2004 Naas Republic of Ireland New Band Stage & Oxegen Festival
July 11, 2004 Balado 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 Naeba Ski Resort Japan Red Marquee @ Fuji Rock Festival 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 Festival
August 22, 2004 Weston Park
August 23, 2004 London Kentish Town Forum Headlined
North America IV
August 26, 2004 Scottsdale United States Venue of Scottsdale Headlined
August 27, 2004 San Diego San Diego Street Fair Festival
August 28, 2004 (early) Los Angeles The Troubadour Headlined
August 28, 2004 (late)
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 Bumbershoot Festival
September 8, 2004 Winnipeg Canada West End Cultural Centre Headlined
September 9, 2004 Minneapolis United States The Quest
September 10, 2004 Milwaukee The Rave
September 11, 2004 Chicago Metro Chicago
September 12, 2004 Atlanta The Masquerade
September 13, 2004 St. Louis Mississippi Nights
September 14, 2004 Boston The Roxy
September 17, 2004 Austin Austin City Limits Music Festival @ Zilker Park Festival
September 18, 2004 San Bernardino Main Stage @ KROQ Inland Invasion
September 19, 2004 Las Vegas House of Blues Headlined
September 24, 2004 Fort Lauderdale Culture Room
September 25, 2004 Tampa Masquerade
September 26, 2004 Orlando The Social
September 27, 2004 Jacksonville Jack Rabbits
September 28, 2004 Athens 40 Watt Club
Europe
September 29, 2004 Madrid Spain Sala Copérnico Headlined
North America
September 30, 2004 Carrboro United States Cat's Cradle Headlined
October 1, 2004 Norfolk Norva Theater
October 2, 2004 Philadelphia The TLA
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 The Opera House
October 12, 2004 Detroit United States St. Andrews Hall
October 14, 2004 Columbus Newport Music Hall
October 16, 2004 New Orleans Voodoo Experience @ City Park 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 Granada Theater
October 22, 2004 Denver Bluebird Theater
October 23, 2004 Tempe Tempe Beach Park Festival
Europe
November 3, 2004 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg Headlined
November 4, 2004 Paris France Festival Les Inrocks @ Zénith de Paris Festival
November 5, 2004 Cologne Germany Gebaude Headlined
November 6, 2004 Berlin Columbia Club
November 9, 2004 Stockholm Sweden Kägelbanan
November 11, 2004 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre
November 12, 2004 Manchester England Manchester Academy
November 13, 2004 London Shepherds Bush Empire
North America V
November 19, 2004 Athens 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 Fort 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 Deck The Hall Ball @ KeyArena Festival
December 10, 2004 San Francisco Not So Silent Night @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
December 11, 2004 Los Angeles KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas @ Universal Amphitheater
Oceania
December 14, 2004 Perth Australia Metro City Headlined
December 16, 2004 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre
December 17, 2004 Melbourne The Palace
December 18, 2004 Sydney Enmore Theatre
December 20, 2004 Brisbane The Arena
North America
December 30, 2004 Las Vegas United States House of Blues Headlined
December 31, 2004 Los Angeles Giant Village @ Downtown Los Angeles Festival
Europe
January 19, 2005 Newcastle upon Tyne England Northumbria University NME Awards Tour
January 20, 2005 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Academy
January 21, 2005
January 23, 2005 Nottingham England Rock City
January 24, 2005 Birmingham Birmingham Academy
January 25, 2005 Liverpool University of Liverpool
January 27, 2005 Leeds University of Leeds
January 28, 2005 Manchester Manchester Academy
January 29, 2005
January 31, 2005 Norwich University of East Anglia
February 1, 2005 Bristol Bristol Academy
February 2, 2005 Brighton Brighton Dome
February 4, 2005 Cambridge Cambridge Corn Exchange
February 5, 2005 Southampton Southampton Guildhall
February 6, 2005 Cardiff Wales Cardiff University
February 7, 2005 Paris France Élysée Montmartre Headlined
February 9, 2005 London England Brixton Academy NME Awards Tour
February 19, 2005 (early) Headlined
February 19, 2005 (late)
February 20, 2005 Utrecht Netherlands Tivoli Headlined
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 Grünspan Club
March 3, 2005 Barcelona Spain Apollo
Asia
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
April 11, 2005 Tempe United States Marquee Theatre 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
April 16, 2005 Los Angeles The Wiltern
April 17, 2005
April 19, 2005 San Francisco The Fillmore
April 21, 2005 Portland Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
April 22, 2005 Vancouver Canada Vogue Theatre
April 23, 2005
April 24, 2005 Seattle United States Moore Theatre
April 26, 2005 Edmonton Canada Shaw Conference Centre
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 Theatre
May 5, 2005 Hollywood Xbox 360 launch @ The Avalon
May 7, 2005 Milwaukee The Rave
May 9, 2005 Davenport The Col Ballroom
May 10, 2005 Kansas City Uptown Theater
May 11, 2005 Chicago Riviera Theatre
May 21, 2005 Irvine KROQ Weenie Roast @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Festival
May 26, 2005 Covington Madison Theater Headlined
May 27, 2005 Columbus Promo West Pavilion
May 28, 2005 Cleveland The Scene
May 30, 2005 Detroit Fox Theatre
May 31, 2005 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 1, 2005 Montreal Métropolis
June 3, 2005 Philadelphia United States Electric Factory
June 4, 2005 New York City Central Park SummerStage Festival
June 6, 2005 Providence Lupo's @ The Strand Headlined
June 7, 2005 Boston Bank of America Pavilion Festival
June 8, 2005 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 10, 2005 Myrtle Beach House of Blues Headlined
June 11, 2005 Atlanta Music Midtown Festival
June 17, 2005 Birmingham City Stages @ Linn Park
Europe
June 24, 2005 Pilton England Pyramid Stage @ Glastonbury Festival Festival (sub-headlined)
June 29, 2005 Cardiff Wales Millennium Stadium opened for U2
July 2, 2005 London England Live 8 in Hyde Park Charity concert
July 3, 2005 Belfort France Eurockéennes Festival
July 5, 2005 Chorzów Poland Stadion Śląski opened for U2
July 6, 2005 Berlin Germany MariaAm Ostbahnhof Headlined
July 7, 2005 Hamburg Docks
July 9, 2005 Balado Scotland Main Stage @ T in the Park Festival
July 10, 2005 Naas Republic of Ireland Main Stage @ 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
July 20, 2005 Louisville United States Palace Theatre Headlined
July 21, 2005 St. Louis The Pageant
July 22, 2005 Indianapolis Murat Shrine
July 23, 2005 Mount Pleasant Soaring Eagle Casino
July 24, 2005 Chicago SBC East Stage @ Lollapalooza Festival
July 29, 2005 San Diego Qualcomm Stadium
August 9, 2005 Saint Paul Roy Wilkins Auditorium Headlined
August 10, 2005 Omaha Sokol Underground
August 12, 2005 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre 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 Nokia Theatre
August 18, 2005 Austin Stubbs BBQ
August 19, 2005 Houston Verizon Amphitheater
August 21, 2005 Tampa USF Sun Dome
Europe
August 26, 2005 Reading England Main Stage @ Reading Festival Festival (sub-headlined)
August 27, 2005 Leeds Main Stage @ Leeds Festival
North America
September 29, 2005 Atlantic City United States Borgata Hotel and Casino Headlined with British Sea Power
September 30, 2005 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater
October 1, 2005 Staten Island Across The Narrows Festival
October 6, 2005 Long Beach Convention Center Headlined with British Sea Power
October 7, 2005 Las Vegas The Joint @ Hard Rock
October 8, 2005 Mountain View Download Festival @ Shoreline Amphitheatre Festival (Headlined)
October 12, 2005 Seattle KeyArena Headlined with British Sea Power
October 13, 2005 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum

TV

Notable television performances
May 20, 2004 United States Last Call with Carson Daly "Performed Somebody Told Me"
June 4, 2004 United Kingdom Top of the Pops "Performed Mr. Brightside"
June 4, 2004 United Kingdom Later...with Jools Holland "Performed Mr. Brightside & "Somebody Told Me"
June 15, 2004 United States Jimmy Kimmel Live Performed "Somebody Told Me" & "Midnight Show"
October 5, 2004 United States The Late Show with David Letterman Performed "Somebody Told Me"
October 29, 2004 United Kingdom Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Performed "Somebody Told Me"
December 1, 2004 United States Late Night with Conan O'Brien Performed "Mr. Brightside"
January 15, 2005 United States Saturday Night Live Performed "Mr. Brightside" & "Somebody Told Me"
January 18, 2005 United States Total Request Live Performed "Mr. Brightside", "Smile Like You Mean It" & "Somebody Told Me"
April 14, 2005 United States The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Performed "Mr. Brightside"
August 28, 2005 United States MTV Video Music Awards Performed "Mr. Brightside"
October 10, 2005 United States The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Performed "All These Things That I've Done"

References

  1. ↑ "NME News KILLER LINE-UP FOR SHOCKWAVES NME AWARDS TOUR - NME.COM". NME.COM. 16 November 2004.
  2. ↑ http://business.highbeam.com/137494/article-1G1-137005259/rhinestone-wowboys-brandon-flowers-and-killers-race
  3. ↑ "BBC NEWS - Entertainment - Glastonbury 2005: Your reviews".
  4. ↑ Dorian Lynskey. "Excess reigns". the Guardian.
  5. ↑ "The Killers Lose Dave Keuning In Somerset". GIGWISE.com.
  6. ↑ "Live 8 The Killers - All These Things That I've Done". YouTube.