Oh Gravity tour

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Oh Gravity Tour


image_caption =
artist = Switchfoot
start_date = January 31, 2007
end_date = April 17, 2007
number_of_legs = 3
number_of_shows = 49
last_tour = Nothing Is Sound Tour
(2006)
this_tour = Oh Gravity Tour
(2007)
next_tour = Appetite For Construction Tour
(2007)

The Oh Gravity Tour is a 2007 concert tour by the alternative rock band Switchfoot, held in order to promote their latest album "Oh! Gravity". The tour began in Utrecht, Netherlands January 31 and will run through April 17, where it will wind up 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.

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

Europe

*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

U.S. and Canada

*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

References

* [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/01/04/224133.php Switchfoot Announces Dates for Oh, Gravity. Tour]