Exile Tour

Exile Tour
Concert by Hurts
Exile Tour Poster
LocationEurope, Asia
Associated albumExile
Start dateFebruary 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)
End dateAugust 7, 2014 (2014-08-07)
No. of shows79
76 in Europe
3 in Asia
Hurts concert chronology
  • Happiness Tour
    (2010–2012)
  • Exile Tour
    (2013–2014)
  • Desire Tour
    (2017-2018)

The Exile Tour is the second concert tour by British band Hurts in support of their second album Exile. On 11 December 2012, Theo Hutchcraft posted an image on Twitter which announced the first 14 dates of the tour.[1] Autumn 2013 dates were published by Hutchcraft on Twitter on 26 August 2013. The tour started on 5 October in Ukraine and will end on 22 November in Luxembourg, with 21 dates in total.[2] In February and March 2014 Hurts took a part in Art on Ice Tour.[3] Hurts was accompanied by the Youth Classics orchestra at the six shows in Zürich in February and March.[4]

Background

Adam Anderson plays the guitar.

At the beginning of the show, Hutchcraft appears on the scene wearing a hooded parka and leather gloves. He takes the parka off after the first song. As in the previous Happiness Tour, he throws white roses into the crowd.[5][6] During "The Road", he breaks the microphone stand. Adam Anderson performs most of the songs while sitting at the synthesizer, but during "Exile", "Miracle", "Evelyn", and "The Road", "Mercy", "Help", "Cupid" and acoustic version of "Blood Tears & Gold" he stands up and plays the guitar. For the encore, they perform their song "Stay" at the first leg of tour. The light design team has a trailer with scenery and 20,000 lights for each show.[7] Unlike the previous tour, where dramatically dressed dancers followed the duo on stage, this tour focuses on the performance itself.[8] Dancers appeared on stage at most of the many summer festivals since Rock im Park in Germany on 7 June.

On 25 October Hurts get new stage lighting equipment.

Hurts used red and white confetti at the end of the song called "Help" at their show at Troxy in London, 26 October 2013.

Instruments for performances: synthesizers; guitars "Manson", "Gretsch", "Fender Telecaster", "Fender Stratocaster", "Fender Precision Bass", effects unit "TC Electronic", "Mesa Boogie"; drums "Sonor", "Paiste"; saxophone, clarinet, viola, violins, cello.

Reception

Reviewers unanimously admit there is more drama in the new shows, agreeing that the emotional connection between the band and the crowd is stronger than ever.[9][10]

Opening acts

  • Say Lou Lou (select dates in February, March, November 2013)[11]
  • Uniqplan (Warsaw, 20 March 2013)[12]
  • Make My Heart Explode (Prague, 28 March 2013)[13]
  • Bahroma (Kyiv, 5 October 2013)[14]
  • Pawws (UK, 25–26 October 2013)[15]
  • Golden Parazyth (Tallinn, 3 November 2013; Riga, 4 November 2013;
    Vilnius, 6 November 2013)    [16]
  • XXANAXX (Warsaw, 7 November 2013)[17]
  • Glasvegas (Germany, 10–15 November 2013)[18]
  • Pegasus (Germany, 10–15 November 2013; Bern, 18 November 2013;
    Brussels 20 November 2013; Utrecht, 21 November 2013)    [19][20][21]

Setlist

The tour's setlist generally consists of half of the songs from Happiness and half from Exile.

7 February – 24 May 2013 [22]
  1. "Exile"
  2. "Miracle"
  3. "Wonderful Life"
  4. "Silver Lining"
  5. "Blind"
  6. "Evelyn"
  7. "Cupid"
  8. "Sunday"
  9. "Sandman"
  10. "Blood, Tears & Gold"
  11. "Unspoken"
  12. "Illuminated"
  13. "The Road"

Encore:

  2. "Somebody to Die For"
  4. "Better Than Love"
  6. "Stay"
Notes
  • "Blood, Tears and Gold" was on the set list but wasn't played 7 February 2013
  • "Somebody To Die For" popped into set list since 14 March 2013
  • "Somebody To Die For" in acoustic version was played 7 February – 20 March 2013
  • "Cupid" was played 7 February – 20 March 2013
  • "Sandman" popped into set list since 20 March 2013
7 June – 11 October 2013 [23]
  1. "Exile"
  2. "Miracle"
  3. "Wonderful Life"
  4. "Somebody to Die For"
  5. "Silver Lining"
  6. "Evelyn"
  7. "Sunday"
  8. "Blood, Tears & Gold"
  9. "Army of Me" (Björk cover)
  10. "Sandman"
  11. "Blind"
  12. "The Road"
  13. "Unspoken"
  14. "Illuminated"
  15. "Better Than Love"

Encore:

  2. "Stay"
Notes
  • "Army of Me" (Björk cover) was played since 7 June 2013
  • "Silver Lining", "Blood Tears and Gold", "Army Of Me", "Blind",
    "The Road", "Unspoken" were out of set list in selected dates
25 October – 22 November 2013 [24]
Intro
  1. "Mercy"
  2. "Miracle"
  3. "Silver Lining"
  4. "Wonderful Life"
  5. "Somebody to Die For"
  6. "Blind"
  7. "Evelyn"
  8. "Cupid"
  9. "Unspoken"
  10. "The Crow"
  11. "Ohne Dich" (Selig cover, acoustic)
  12. "Blood, Tears & Gold" (acoustic)
  13. "Exile"
  14. "Sandman"
  15. "Sunday"
  16. "Stay"
  17. "Illuminated"
  18. "The Road"

Encore:

  2. "Better Than Love"
  4. "Help"
Notes
  • "Ohne Dich" (Selig cover, acoustic) was played in Germany in November 2013[25]
27 February – 13 March 2014
  1. "Silver Lining"
  2. "Wonderful Life"
  3. "Evelyn"
  4. "Somebody to Die For"
  5. "The Water"
  6. "Stay"
  7. "Miracle"
14 June – 7 August 2014
  1. "Mercy"
  2. "Miracle"
  3. "Silver Lining"
  4. "Wonderful Life"
  5. "Somebody to Die For"
  6. "Blind"
  7. "Evelyn"
  8. "Cupid"
  9. "Unspoken"
  10. "Blood, Tears & Gold" (acoustic)
  11. "Exile"
  12. "Sandman"
  13. "Sunday"
  14. "Illuminated"
  15. "Stay"

Encore:

  2. "Better Than Love"

Tour dates

Hurts on the Exile tour
June 13, 2013
October 26, 2013
Date City Country Venue/Event
Europe, Asia, Leg #1[1][2][26]
7 February 2013 London United Kingdom Heaven
9 February 2013 Berlin Germany Postbahnhof
14 March 2013 Cologne Essigfabrik
15 March 2013 Munich Theatrefabrik
16 March 2013 Hamburg Uebel & Gefährlich
18 March 2013 Stockholm Sweden Debaser Medis
20 March 2013 Warsaw Poland Palladium
23 March 2013 Zürich Switzerland Kaufleuten
25 March 2013 Milan Italy Magazzini Generali
27 March 2013 Vienna Austria Arena
28 March 2013 Prague Czech Republic Lucerna Music Bar
30 March 2013[a] Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg The Max
1 April 2013 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Academy 2
2 April 2013 Glasgow The Garage
19 April 2013 Bratislava Slovakia Electronic Beats Festival
25 April 2013 Beijing China CAFA
24 May 2013 Hanover Germany NDR 2 Plaza Festival
7 June 2013 Nuremberg Rock im Park Festival
8 June 2013 Rock am Ring Festival
23 June 2013 Vienna Austria Danube Island Festival
29 June 2013 Somerset United Kingdom Glastonbury Festival
2 July 2013 Minsk Belarus MOST Festival
4 July 2013 Sopron Hungary VOLT Festival
5 July 2013 Turku Finland Ruisrock Festival
6 July 2013 Moscow Russia Subbotnik Festival
12 July 2013 Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine The Best City.ua Festival
14 July 2013 Kinross United Kingdom T In The Park Festival
18 July 2013 Benicàssim Spain FIB Festival
20 July 2013 Bern Switzerland Gurtenfestival
21 July 2013 London United Kingdom Lovebox Festival
26 July 2013 Niigata Japan Fuji Rock Festival
28 July 2013 Ansan Korea Jisan Valley Rock Festival
2 August 2013 Minsk Belarus Stalin Line
15 August 2013 Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop Festival
16 August 2013 Biddinghuizen Netherlands Lowlands Festival
17 August 2013 Sankt Pölten Austria FM4 Frequency Festival
31 August 2013 County Laois Ireland Electric Picnic Festival
7 September 2013 Istanbul Turkey Rock'n Coke Festival
21 September 2013 Poznań Poland Lech brewery
Leg #2
5 October 2013 Kyiv Ukraine Palace of Sports
7 October 2013 Odesa Palace of Sports
9 October 2013 Kharkiv Palace of Sports
11 October 2013 Bucharest Romania Romexpo
25 October 2013 Manchester United Kingdom The O2 Apollo Manchester
26 October 2013 London Troxy
2 November 2013 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
3 November 2013 Tallinn Estonia Saku Arena
4 November 2013 Riga Latvia Arena Riga
6 November 2013 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena
7 November 2013 Warsaw Poland Torwar Hall
8 November 2013 Prague Czech Republic Incheba Hall
10 November 2013 Berlin Germany Velodrom
11 November 2013 Munich Zenith
13 November 2013 Düsseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle
14 November 2013 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
15 November 2013 Hamburg Sporthalle
17 November 2013 Vienna Austria Gasometer
18 November 2013 Bern Switzerland Festhalle
20 November 2013 Brussels Belgium AB
21 November 2013 Utrecht Netherlands Vredenburg
22 November 2013 Luxembourg Luxembourg Sonic Visions Festival
Leg #3
27 February 2014[b] Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
28 February 2014[b]
1 March 2014[b]
2 March 2014[b]
4 March 2014[b] Lausanne CIG de Malley
5 March 2014[b]
7 March 2014[b] Davos Vaillant Arena
8 March 2014[b]
11 March 2014[b] Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
13 March 2014[b] Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe Arena
Leg #4
14 June 2014 Warsaw Poland Orange Warsaw Festival
5 July 2014 Sopron Hungary VOLT Festival
11 July 2014 Tallinn Estonia Õllesummer Festival
13 July 2014 Novi Sad Serbia Exit Festival
18 July 2014 Pori Finland Pori Jazz Festival
7 August 2014 Schaffhausen Switzerland Stars in Town Festival
Notes
a The show in Amsterdam was originally scheduled at the Old Hall, but it was moved to The Max.[27]
b This performance is a part of Art on Ice Tour.[28]
Cancelled dates
18 October 2013 Glasgow, United Kingdom O2 Academy Glasgow Performance was cancelled before going on sale.[29]
28 October 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark Pumpehuset Performance in Scandinavia was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.[30]
29 October 2013 Oslo, Norway Rockefeller Music Hall Performance in Scandinavia was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.[31]
31 October 2013 Malmö, Sweden KB Performance in Scandinavia was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.[32]
27 July 2014 Schönwalde-Glien, Germany Greenville Festival The festival was canceled due to low ticket sales.[33][34]

Personnel

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