Tenacious D 2006-2007 Tour

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Tenacious D's 2006-07 Tour
Tenacious D Glasgow SECC poster
World tour by Tenacious D
Locations North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand
Start date November 11, 2006
End date January 19, 2007
Shows 24 (official)[1]
Tenacious D tour chronology
Tenacious D 2001-2004 Tour
(2001-2004)		 Tenacious D 2006-2007 Tour
(2006-2007)

The Tenacious D 2006-07 Tour was a global concert tour in support Tenacious D's second album,[2] and soundtrack to their own film, The Pick of Destiny. The tour covered North America, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. New York landmark Madison Square Garden featured as a venue for the tour.[3]

Contents

[edit] Show structure

This tour, unlike any other Tenacious D tour, featured a full band, as well as Lee. The band played more shows in arenas and amphitheatres, moving away from the smaller venues that dominated earlier tours. Shows also featured more elaborate stage and lighting effects. Jack Black says of the expenses of the tour: "We’re actually losing money on this because we want to do something for The Fans. It’s going to be better than The Wall. It starts off in Kyle’s apartment and ends up in hell."[4][5]

Member Instrument Pseudonym[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][3]
John Konesky Electric guitar Antichrist
John Spiker Bass Charlie Chaplin
Jason Reed Vocals Satan, Lee
Brooks Wackerman Drums Colonel Sanders
The full tour band.
The full tour band.

John Konesky and John Spiker contributed to The Pick of Destiny and have played for Trainwreck.

Each show began in Kyle's apartment, where, as a result of Lee spilling beer on a plug, Tenacious D were electrocuted and sent to hell. While in hell, they recruit a band of dead celebrities and perform for the rest of the show with the band, until they manage to escape by defeating The Devil.

[edit] Setlist

Tenacious D's 2006-07 Tour featured material from Tenacious D, The Pick of Destiny and unreleased material from the Tenacious D HBO TV series.

The following is the setlist from the band's December 1, 2006 concert at Madison Square Garden.[3] It serves well as a sample setlist for the tour, since their Seattle, Washington show, near the end of the tour, used the same setlist. Kielbasa was regularly used as the first song.[13]

[edit] Main set

  1. "Kielbasa"
  2. "History"
  3. "Wonderboy"
  4. "Dio"
  5. "Rocket Sauce"
  6. "Special Things"
  7. "Lee"
  8. "Sax-a-boom"
  9. "The Road"

Tenacious D take a brief break, and return with a full band.[13][14]

  1. "Kickapoo"
  2. "Explosivo"
  3. "Karate"
  4. "Dude (I Totally Miss You)"
  5. "Kyle Quit The Band"
  6. "Friendship"
  7. "Fuck Her Gently"
  8. "Master Exploder"
  9. "And Your Bird Can Sing (instrumental)"
  10. "Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)"
  11. "Car Chase City"
  12. "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)"
  13. "Sasquatch"
  14. "The Metal"
  15. "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)"
  16. "Tribute"
  17. "Double Team"

[edit] Opening acts

Neil Hamburger opening
Neil Hamburger opening

US shows opened up with comedian Neil Hamburger and were usually received by anger and vulgarity by the crowd.[citation needed]

In Australia, Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers opened, playing as T'n'T as well as Dave McCormack at other shows.[15]

Jack Black also gave two young boys the opportunity of letting them open Tenacious D's show in Christchurch, New Zealand after seeing them busking in Cathedral Square. Max Tetley, 11, and Alex Philpot, 10, performed "All Along the Watchtower", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" in front of the crowd.[16]

[edit] Internet Archive albums

Three albums were released with the explicit permission of Tenacious D.[17][18] These live shows have been recorded and released through Internet Archive and are available for free digital download.

Date recorded Venue Location Downloads[19]
02006-11-28 28 November 2006 Orpheum Theater Boston, Massachusetts 2,000
02006-12-03 3 December 2006 Patriot Center Fairfax, Virginia 28,000
02006-12-03 3 December 2006 Patriot Center Fairfax, Virginia 1,000

[edit] Tour dates

Date[1] Venue Location Country Opening act
02006-11-11 11 November 2006 House Of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada USA Neil Hamburger
02006-11-17 17 November 2006 Gibson Amphitheatre Los Angeles, California
02006-11-18 18 November 2006
02006-11-20 20 November 2006 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium San Francisco, California
02006-11-22 22 November 2006 The Fillmore Denver, Colorado
02006-11-24 24 November 2006 UIC Pavilion Chicago, Illinois
02006-11-25 25 November 2006 Masonic Temple Detroit, Michigan
02006-11-27 27 November 2006 Ricoh Coliseum Toronto Canada
02006-11-28 28 November 2006 Orpheum Boston, Massachusetts USA
02006-11-29 29 November 2006 Tweeter Center Camden, New Jersey
02006-12-01 1 December 2006 Madison Square Garden New York, New York
02006-12-03 3 December 2006 Patriot Center Fairfax, Virginia
02006-12-05 5 December 2006 Gwinnett Center Arena Atlanta, Georgia
02006-12-10 10 December 2006 RDS Dublin Republic of Ireland
02006-12-11 11 December 2006 SECC Glasgow Scotland
02006-12-12 12 December 2006 Evening News Arena Manchester England
02006-12-15 15 December 2006 NEC Birmingham
02006-12-17 17 December 2006 Brighton Centre Brighton
02006-12-18 18 December 2006 Hammersmith Apollo London
02006-12-19 19 December 2006[20]
02007-01-09 9 January 2007 Christchurch Town Hall Christchurch New Zealand Black Tear[21] and Lindin Puffin[22]
02007-01-11 11 January 2007 Logan Campbell Centre Auckland Crumb[22]
02007-01-13 13 January 2007 Entertainment Centre Brisbane Australia David McCormack[22]
02007-01-16 16 January 2007 Hordern Pavilion Sydney T'N'T[22]
02007-01-18 18 January 2007[23] Thebarton Theatre Adelaide
02007-01-19 19 January 2007 Festival Hall Melbourne
02007-02-13 13 February 2007[24] Arlington Theater Santa Barbara, California USA Neil Hamburger
02007-02-16 16 February 2007[24] Paramount Theater Seattle, Washington
02007-02-17 17 February 2007[24][25]
02007-02-19 19 February 2007[24] Schnitzer Auditorium Portland, Oregon
02007-02-20 20 February 2007[24] Queen Elizabeth Theater Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
02007-02-21 21 February 2007[26]

[edit] References

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  3. ^ a b c NME.COM. "Tenacious D play in iconic New York venue", NME.COM, 2006-12-03. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. 
  4. ^ The List. "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny", The List, 2006-11-15. Retrieved on 2006-12-18. 
  5. ^ Mike Cobley. "Tenacious D: When The Devil Came Down To Brighton!", Virtual Brighton Magazine, 2006-12-18. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. 
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  7. ^ The Skinny. "Tenacious D @ SECC, 11 Dec", The Skinny, 2006-12-13. Retrieved on 2006-12-18. 
  8. ^ Jay Richardson. "Tenacious D, SECC, Glasgow", Scotsman.com, 2006-12-13. Retrieved on 2006-12-21. 
  9. ^ Lee Meredith. "Tenacious D @ M.E.N. Arena", Manchester Evening News, 2006-12-13. Retrieved on 2006-12-21. 
  10. ^ Stephen Dalton. "Tenacious D: Stephen Dalton at MEN Arena, Manchester", Times Online, 2006-12-15. Retrieved on 2006-12-22. 
  11. ^ Noah Love. "LIVE: Tenacious D Far From World's Greatest", Chart Attack, 2006-11-28. Retrieved on 2006-12-22. 
  12. ^ Emma Robson. "Tenacious D at the Arena", BBC.co.uk, 2006-12-12. Retrieved on 2006-12-22. 
  13. ^ a b Aquilante, Dan. "THE D'S ONE HELL OF A BORE", New York Post, 2006-12-04. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  14. ^ Michel, Sia. "So Good at Being Lousy: It’s a Joke, See? No, Really", The New York Times, 2006-12-04. Retrieved on 2008-04-03. 
  15. ^ Patrick Donovan. "TnT: Tim Rogers & Tex Perkins", Sydney Morning Herald, 2006-10-11. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. 
  16. ^ One News/Newstalk ZB. "Young buskers offered contracts", tvnz.co.nz, 2007-01-10. Retrieved on 2007-01-12. 
  17. ^ Tour. Official Tenacious D website. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  18. ^ Fleischli, Michele (2002-11-25). Internet Archive: Tenacious D. Internet Archive. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
  19. ^ Internet Archive Search creator Tenacious D. Internet Archive. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
  20. ^ "Tenacious D", Columbia Records. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 
  21. ^ "Two Preteens Perform With Tenacious D", The Washington Post, 2007-01-12. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  22. ^ a b c d The FC presents TENACIOUS D. Frontier Touring Co.. Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
  23. ^ O'Donohue, Danielle. "Destiny starts with D", AdelaideNow, 2007-01-17. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  24. ^ a b c d e Madison, Tjames. "Tenacious D plots West Coast 'Destiny' in February", LiveDaily, 2007-01-11. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 
  25. ^ Horowitz, Joanna. "Funny? You bet, but they're tight, talented", The Seattle Times, 2007-02-18. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 
  26. ^ Rowland, Sarah. "Tenacious D on classic rock and fresh cock", The Georgia Straight, 2007-02-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 

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