Oh Gravity tour
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.
Set list
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"[http://www.switchfoot.com/dailyfoote/index.html] 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.[http://www.switchfoot.com/index2.html] 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.
Live show bootlegs
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, [http://switchfootbootlegs.com switchfootbootlegs.com].
Tour Dates
U.S. Fall 2006
10.17.06 Bakersfield, CA Fox Theatre
10.18.06 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy
10.19.06 Sacramento, CA Crest Theatre
10.20.06 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
10.21.06 Boise, ID The Big Easy
10.23.06 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
10.25.06 Chicago, IL Metro Smart Bar
10.26.06 Minneapolis, MN The Quest
10.27.06 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
10.28.06 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
10.30.06 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
11.01.06 Holland, MI Hope College
11.02.06 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
11.03.06 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
11.04.06 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
11.05.06 Scranton, PA Tinks
11.07.06 Norfolk, VA The Norva
11.08.06 New York, NY Irving Plaza
11.10.06 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
11.11.06 Jacksonville Beach, FL Freebird Live
11.12.06 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
11.13.06 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues
11.14.06 Atlanta, GA Roxy
11.16.06 Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium
11.17.06 Little Rock, AR The Village
11.18.06 Tulsa, OK Cain's
11.20.06 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
11.21.06 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
11.22.06 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
Europe Winter 2007
01.31.07 Utrecht, Netherlands
02.01.07 Hamburg, Germany
02.02.07 Silkeborg, Denmark
02.03.07 Minden, Germany
02.04.07 Frankfurt, Germany
02.05.07 London, England
02.06.07 London, England
02.07.07 Swansea, Wales
02.08.07 Perth, Scotland
02.09.07 Bradford, England
U.S. and Canada Spring 2007
02.13.07 Anaheim, CA
02.14.07 San Francisco, CA
02.15.07 Medford, OR
02.16.07 Eugene, OR
02.17.07 Spokane, WA
02.18.07 Seattle, WA
02.19.07 Vancouver, BC
02.21.07 Calgary, AB
02.22.07 Edmonton, AB
02.23.07 Saskatoon, SK
02.24.07 Winnipeg, MB
02.26.07 Thunder Bay, ON
02.28.07 Toronto, ON
03.01.07 London, ON
03.02.07 Ottawa, ON
03.03.07 Montreal, QC
03.06.07 Burlington, VT
03.07.07 Boston, MA
03.08.07 Providence, RI
03.09.07 Hartford, CT
03.10.07 Philadelphia, PA
03.11.07 Baltimore, MD
03.13.07 Albany, NY
03.14.07 Buffalo, NY
03.15.07 Pittsburgh, PA
03.16.07 Cincinnati, OH
03.17.07 Charleston, SC
03.18.07 Ashville, NC
03.19.07 Columbia, SC
03.22.07 New Orleans, LA
03.23.07 Houston, TX
03.24.07 Austin, TX
03.25.07 Dallas, TX
03.26.07 Oklahoma City, OK
03.28.07 Tucson, AZ
03.29.07 Ventura, CA
03.30.07 Los Angeles, CA
03.31.07 San Diego, CA
04.14.07 Knoxville, TN
04.16.07 Springfield, MO
04.17.07 Saint Joseph, MO
Translation
The phrase "Oh Gravity tour" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Russian.
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