Pop Disaster Tour
Tour by blink-182, Green Day | |||||||||||||
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Associated albums | Shenanigans and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket | ||||||||||||
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Start date | April 17, 2002 | ||||||||||||
End date | June 17, 2002 | ||||||||||||
Legs | 1 | ||||||||||||
No. of shows | 47 | ||||||||||||
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The Pop Disaster Tour was a concert tour co-headlined by American rock bands Blink-182 and Green Day. The two groups, with supporting acts Jimmy Eat World, Kut U Up and Saves the Day, toured for two months across the United States and Canada, mostly in outdoor amphitheatres.
Background[]
The tour was conceived by Blink-182 to echo the famous Monsters of Rock tours; the idea was to have, effectively, a Monsters of Punk tour.[1] The tour, from the band's point of view, had been put together as a show of unity in the face of consistent accusations of rivalry between the two bands, especially in Europe.[2] Instead, Green Day's Tré Cool acknowledged in a Kerrang! interview that they committed to the tour as an opportunity to regain their status at the top of the tree, as their spotlight had faded over the years.[2] "We set out to reclaim our throne as the most incredible live punk band from you know who", said Cool.[3] Cool contended that "we heard they were going to quit the tour because they were getting smoked so badly […] We didn't want them to quit the tour. They're good for filling up the seats up front."[3]
The 2003 film Riding in Vans with Boys follows the Pop Disaster Tour throughout the U.S from Kut U Up's perspective.[2] DeLonge and Hoppus had the idea for the film, and enlisted Matt Beauchesne, who also worked on their documentary The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder, to direct. It was designed to be "a social experiment that shows exactly what would happen if an average Joe band spent two months with two of the biggest groups in rock."[4]
Performances[]
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Tour dates[]
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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April 17, 2002 | Bakersfield | United States | Centennial Garden |
April 19, 2002 | Phoenix | America West Arena | |
April 20, 2002 | Irvine | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | |
April 21, 2002 | |||
April 23, 2002 | Las Vegas | MGM Grand Garden Arena | |
April 24, 2002 | Inglewood | The Forum | |
April 25, 2002 | Chula Vista | Coors Amphitheater | |
April 27, 2002 | Mountain View | Shoreline Amphitheatre | |
April 28, 2002 | Sacramento | Sacramento Valley Amphitheater | |
April 29, 2002 | Oakland | Oakland Arena | |
May 1, 2002 | Tacoma | Tacoma Dome | |
May 3, 2002 | West Valley City | E Center | |
May 4, 2002 | Greenwood Village | Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre | |
May 6, 2002 | Maryland Heights | Riverport Amphitheater | |
May 7, 2002 | Bonner Springs | Sandstone Amphitheater | |
May 9, 2002 | Dallas | Smirnoff Music Center | |
May 10, 2002 | Selma | Verizon Wireless Amphiteheatre | |
May 11, 2002 | The Woodlands | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion | |
May 13, 2002 | Pelham | Oak Mountain Amphitheatre | |
May 14, 2002 | Tampa | Ice Palace | |
May 15, 2002 | West Palm Beach | Mars Music Amphitheatre | |
May 16, 2002 | Orlando | TD Waterhouse Centre | |
May 18, 2002 | Atlanta | HiFi Buys Amphitheatre | |
May 19, 2002 | Raleigh | Alltell Pavilion | |
May 20, 2002 | Charlotte | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte | |
May 22, 2002 | Virginia Beach | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Virginia Beach | |
May 23, 2002 | Hershey | Hershey Park Pavilion | |
May 24, 2002 | Holmdel | PNC Bank Arts Center | |
May 25, 2002 | Burgettstown | Post-Gazette Pavilion | |
May 27, 2002 | Hartford | New England Dodge Music Center | |
May 28, 2002 | Camden | Tweeter Center at the Waterfront | |
May 30, 2002 | Wantagh | Jones Beach Theater | |
May 31, 2002 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | |
June 1, 2002 | Darien | Darien Lake Performing Arts Center | |
June 2, 2002 | Mansfield | Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts | |
June 4, 2002 | Saratoga Springs | Saratoga Performing Arts Center | |
June 5, 2002 | Washington, D.C. | MCI Center | |
June 7, 2002 | Toronto | Canada | Molson Amphitheatre |
June 8, 2002 | Grand Rapids | United States | Van Andel Arena |
June 9, 2002 | Columbus | Jerome Schottenstein Center | |
June 11, 2002 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | |
June 12, 2002 | Cuyahoga Falls | Blossom Music Center | |
June 14, 2002 | Noblesville | Verizon Wireless Music Center | |
June 15, 2002 | Tinley Park | Tweeter Center (World Music Center) | |
June 16, 2002 | Milwaukee | Marcus Amphitheater | |
June 17, 2002 | Minneapolis | Target Center |
Reception[]
All of the reviewers were unimpressed with Blink-182's headlining set following Green Day. "Sometimes playing last at a rock show is more a curse than a privilege […] Pity the headliner, for instance, that gets blown off the stage by the band before it. Blink-182 endured that indignity Saturday at the Shoreline Amphitheatre", a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle wrote in 2002.[5]
The Pop Disaster Tour as a whole grossed nearly $20 million from 45 shows.[6]
Personnel[]
Tour Members
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See also[]
References[]
- Shooman, Joe (June 24, 2010). Blink-182: The Bands, The Breakdown & The Return. Independent Music Press. ISBN 978-1-906191-10-8.
Notes[]
- ^ Shooman, 2010. p. 99
- ^ a b c Shooman, 2010. p. 101
- ^ a b Ian Winwood (February 1, 2006). "Blink-182 vs. Green Day". Kerrang!. London (1090): 44–45. ISSN 0262-6624.
- ^ Corey Moss (September 12, 2003). "Butt Branding, Drunken Weddings Captured On Hoppus And DeLonge's 'Boys'". MTV News. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Shooman, 2010. p. 100
- ^ "No Doubt, Blink-182 Link For Tour". Billboard. February 4, 2004. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
External links[]
- 2002 concert tours
- Blink-182 concert tours
- Co-headlining concert tours
- Green Day concert tours