Brand New Eyes World Tour was a series of concert tours by the American rock band Paramore, touring North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, South America, and the Caribbean.
Tour Paramore announced the 2009 North American Tour promoting Brand New Eyes on their official site, with The Swellers and Paper Route joining them as opening acts. The first show of the tour was played at a packed Fox Theater in Pomona, California, on September 29, 2009, the day of the album's release. During "Decode", Williams lost her voice and the two remaining songs in the setlist were played instrumentally. The tour, which was supposed to run from September 29 to November 1, was officially postponed on October 2 due to a case of laryngitis for singer Hayley Williams, but resumed on October 10 in Chicago and wrapped up in Los Angeles on November 11. The band kicked off their 2009 European Tour in Helsinki, Finland, on November 29, which ran until December 18 with Paper Route, You Me at Six, and Now, Now Every Children supporting all UK tour dates.
In February 2010, Paramore kicked off their 2010 shows with the Pacific Rim Tour, which first played in Japan before travelling to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the Philippines. Prior to kicking off their shows in Australia, they performed in the Australian Soundwave Festival along with other bands including You Me at Six, Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low, and Alexisonfire. In April and May, the band performed the 2010 American Spring Tour, before their one-off concerts in Bangor, Wales, and Irvine, California, on May 22 and June 5 respectively. The 2010 European Summer Tour took place between June 18 and July 2, and included Paramore opening for Green Day in Dublin, Ireland, and Paris, France, on June 23 and 26 respectively. They briefly extended the European Summer Tour with shows in Leeds and Reading, England, on August 28 and 29 that same year.
Between July and September 2010, the band headlined the Honda Civic Tour, spanning 30 shows across 21 US states. In October, Paramore returned to Australia and New Zealand with their second Pacific Rim Tour of 2010, and additionally performed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 19. The 2010 European Tour took place in the UK and Ireland in November. On November 23, the band performed in Kuwait City, Kuwait, before ending their 2010 touring schedule with four shows in the U.S. in December comprising the American Winter Tour. In February and March 2011, the band played a South American Tour, after which they officially took a break to write for their next album.
Honda Civic Tour Show The Honda Civic tour featured the biggest production the band had had thus far. The stage was constructed of three ramps leading up to a platform behind the drum set, with six large video screens behind that.
The show began with a large black curtain concealing the stage while the band played an instrumental with spotlights revealing the silhouettes of the band. Upon the ending of the introductory instrumentals, Paramore began playing "Ignorance" as the curtain simultaneously dropped, the video screens flashing the band's logo during the intro, as the intro progressed the video screen changed to images of light bulbs (similar to the song's music video) during the intro, light bulbs also swung down from the top of the stage, continuing to swing throughout the song. The band then played "Feeling Sorry" as the video screens each showed a live feed of each member of the band performing during the choruses, at the end of the bridge the band would stop playing and Hayley would greet the crowd and welcome them to the tour. After playing "That's What You Get" and "Emergency" the band played "Playing God" as the video screens showed images of picture frames, the same picture frames on the back of Brand New Eyes and the song's single cover. After that they played Careful, as images of the Brand New Eyes butterfly flashed during the chorus, they then continued with their hit-single "Decode" as the video screen showed the band running through the forest with fireworks and flares, the video has been described as a part-two to the song's music video. After that Hayley Williams and Josh Farro moved to stage left and performed an acoustic cover of Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Women Enough." After that, a red couch (similar to the one on the cover of All We Know is Falling) and a small lamp were brought out and the band performed a three-song acoustic set, during this the light bulbs from Ignorance were brought down again to illuminate the stage. After that the band returned with "Let the Flames Begin" while the video screens showed images of open hands during the 'Oh Father' outro. They then performed "Crushcrushcrush" and "Pressure " stopping in the bridge during "Pressure" for Hayley to introduce all the band members, and for Josh to introduce Hayley. They then performed "Looking Up" while each of the video screens showed lyrics to the song and each of the band members daily lives, at the end of the song all the members came together to ride bikes as the split-screens faded away. They then ended their main set with their biggest hit "The Only Exception" as pyrotechnics were used during the last chorus of the song. The band then exited and come back for an encore, starting with "Brick By Boring Brick" while the video screens showed various images, including deserts, snakes, the Brand New Eyes butterfly, and hot air balloons. After "Brick" the band concluded their set with their breakthrough song "Misery Business" as flashing images of the "Riot!" logo filled the video screens, during the bridge Williams would let one, or sometimes various fans on stage to sing the rest of the song or sometimes play guitar, and as the last chorus came in confetti cannons were shot towards the crowd. The set concluded with the video screen showing Paramore's logo and the band bowing then leaving the stage. They used the same production for their Oceania and UK tours.
2009 Paramore Tours
Fall Tour
Opening acts Paper Route The Swellers (North America) You Me at Six (Europe) Now Now Every Children (Europe) AFI (Ulalume Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion) Dead by Sunrise (Ulalume Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion) Kid Cudi (Ulalume Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion)
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Tour dates
Date City Country Venue North America September 29, 2009 Pomona United States Pomona Fox Theater October 10, 2009 Chicago House of BluesOctober 11, 2009Detroit The Fillmore Detroit October 15, 2009 TorontoCanada Kool Haus October 16, 2009 MontclairUnited StatesWellmont TheatreOctober 17, 2009PhiladelphiaElectric FactoryOctober 19, 2009 BostonHouse of Blues October 21, 2009New York City Hammerstein Ballroom October 23, 2009Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion October 24, 2009 Norfolk Norva Theatre October 26, 2009 Lake Buena Vista House of BluesOctober 27, 2009 Atlanta The Tabernacle November 1, 2009NashvilleRyman AuditoriumNovember 3, 2009 St. LouisThe Pageant November 4, 2009Kansas City Uptown Theater November 6, 2009Saint Paul Roy Wilkins Auditorium November 8, 2009 Denver Fillmore Auditorium November 10, 2009 San Francisco The WarfieldNovember 11, 2009 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium Europe November 29, 2009HelsinkiFinland Helsinki Ice Hall November 30, 2009StockholmSwedenArenanDecember 1, 2009CopenhagenDenmarkK.B. Hallen December 3, 2009HamburgGermanyDocksDecember 4, 2009BerlinColumbiahalleDecember 6, 2009ColognePalladium December 7, 2009ParisFranceCasino de ParisDecember 8, 2009TilburgNetherlands013December 10, 2009GlasgowScotlandSECC December 11, 2009BirminghamEnglandNational Indoor ArenaDecember 12, 2009DublinIrelandThe O2December 14, 2009CardiffWalesCardiff International Arena December 16, 2009ManchesterEnglandMEN ArenaDecember 17, 2009BrightonBrighton Centre December 18, 2009LondonWembley Arena
a This concert is a part of the mtvU Ulalume Festival
2010 Paramore Tours
Pacific Run
Opening acts You Me at Six (Australia)
Setlist
Tour dates Date City Country Venue AsiaFebruary 10, 2010OsakaJapan IMP Hall February 13, 2010Tokyo Studio Coast February 14, 2010 February 16, 2010Nagoya Diamond Hall OceaniaFebruary 19, 2010BrisbaneAustralia The Tivoli February 20, 2010RNA Showgrounds February 21, 2010 SydneyEastern Creek RacewayFebruary 23, 2010MelbourneFestival Hall February 24, 2010SydneyLuna Park February 26, 2010MelbourneMelbourne Showgrounds February 27, 2010AdelaideBonython Park March 1, 2010PerthBassendean OvalMarch 4, 2010AucklandNew Zealand Trusts StadiumMarch 5, 2010Christchurch Westpac Centre AsiaMarch 7, 2010SingaporeSingapore Indoor StadiumMarch 9, 2010Pasay PhilippinesSM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds
b This concert is a part of the Soundwave Festival
The Spring Tour
Opening acts Relient K fun.
Setlist
Tour dates Date City Country Venue North America April 23, 2010Lake Buena VistaUnited StatesWalt Disney World ResortApril 24, 2010April 26, 2010KnoxvilleKnoxville Civic ColiseumApril 28, 2010CharlottesvilleJohn Paul Jones ArenaApril 30, 2010Atlantic CityTrump Taj MahalMay 1, 2010East RutherfordThe BamboozleMay 3, 2010ColumbusLifestyle Communities PavilionMay 4, 2010WalkerDeltaPlex ArenaMay 6, 2010RockfordRockford MetroCentreMay 7, 2010MolineiWireless CenterMay 8, 2010Council BluffsWestfair AmphitheaterMay 10, 2010West Valley CityMaverik CenterMay 12, 2010SeattleWaMu TheaterMay 15, 2010BakersfieldRabobank ArenaMay 16, 2010ParadiseThe Joint Europe May 23, 2010BangorWalesFaenol Estate North America June 5, 2010IrvineUnited StatesVerizon Wireless Amphitheater
c This concert is a part of the Disney Grad Nite d This concert is a part of the Radio 1's Big Weekend e This concert is a part of the KROQ Weenie Roast
European Festival & Concert Tour
Opening Acts The Blackout (Belfast)
Setlist
Tour dates Date City Country Venue Europe June 18, 2010TuttlingenGermany Southside Festival June 19, 2010ScheeßelHurricane FestivalJune 20, 2010GothenburgSwedenPier Pressure June 22, 2010BelfastNorthern IrelandKing's HallJune 23, 2010DublinIrelandMarlay ParkJune 25, 2010St. GallenSwitzerlandOpen Air FestivalJune 26, 2010ParisFranceParc des PrincesJune 27, 2010RoeserLuxembourgRock-a-FieldJune 29, 2010ArendalNorwayHove Festival July 1, 2010RoskildeDenmarkRoskilde FestivalJuly 2, 2010WerchterBelgiumRock Werchter
f This concert is a part of supporting Green Day on their 21st Century Breakdown World Tour
Honda Civic Tour
Opening acts Tegan and Sara New Found Glory Kadawatha Relient K (select dates only)
Setlist
Tour dates