The Pick of Destiny Tour (2006-2007)
World tour by Tenacious D | |
A promotional poster advertising the December 11, 2006 performance in Glasgow, Scotland. | |
Associated album | The Pick of Destiny |
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Start date | November 11, 2006 |
End date | February 21, 2007 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 32 |
Tenacious D concert chronology |
The 2006–2007 World Tour (better known as The Pick of Destiny Tour) was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band Tenacious D. The tour was in support of the band's 2006 comedy movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny and its soundtrack album The Pick of Destiny, and visited North America, the United Kingdom and Australasia. The tour began on November 11, 2006 and ended on February 21, 2007, featuring 32 shows in total. Footage from the shows at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on February 16 and 17, 2007 were released in the form of The Complete Master Works 2 in November 2008.
In December 2015, JR Reed's "The Metal" stage costume and the car cutouts that were used for "Car Chase City" were placed on auction to raise funds for Josh Homme's Sweet Stuff Foundation to raise vital funds to help the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks.[1]
Set list
- Acoustic set – Tenacious D
- Electric set – The Fellowship of The D
- "Kickapoo"
- "Karate"
- "Dude (I Totally Miss You)"
- "Kyle Quit The Band"
- "Friendship"
- "The Metal"
- "Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)"
- "Car Chase City"
- "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)"
- "Master Exploder"
- "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)"
- "Double Team"
- Encore
- "Fuck Her Gently"
- "Tribute"
- "Pinball Wizard"/"Listening to You" (The Who cover medley)
Opening acts
In the US and the UK shows opened up with comedian Neil Hamburger. The US shows at Madison Square Garden and Arlington Theaters saw Supafloss open in addition to Neil Hamburger.
In Australia, Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers opened, playing as T'n'T as well as Dave McCormack at other shows.[2]
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.[3]
Internet Archive albums
Three albums were released with the explicit permission of Tenacious D.[4][5] These live shows have been recorded and released through Internet Archive and are available for free digital download.
Date recorded | Venue | Location | Downloads[6] |
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November 28, 2006 | Orpheum Theater | Boston, Massachusetts | 2,000 |
December 3, 2006 | Patriot Center | Fairfax, Virginia | 28,000 |
December 3, 2006 | Patriot Center | Fairfax, Virginia | 1,000 |
Tour dates
Date[7] | City | Country | Venue | Opening act |
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November 11, 2006 | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | House of Blues | Neil Hamburger |
November 17, 2006 | Los Angeles | Gibson Amphitheatre | ||
November 18, 2006 | ||||
November 20, 2006 | San Francisco, California | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium | ||
November 22, 2006 | Denver | The Fillmore | ||
November 24, 2006 | Chicago | UIC Pavilion | ||
November 25, 2006 | Detroit | Detroit Masonic Temple | ||
November 27, 2006 | Toronto | Canada | Ricoh Coliseum | |
November 28, 2006 | Boston | United States | Orpheum Theatre | |
November 29, 2006 | Camden, New Jersey | Tweeter Center | ||
December 1, 2006 | New York City | Madison Square Garden (with Supafloss opening with Neil) | ||
December 3, 2006 | Fairfax, Virginia | Patriot Center | ||
December 5, 2006 | Duluth, Georgia | Gwinnett Center Arena | ||
December 10, 2006 | Dublin | Republic of Ireland | RDS Arena | |
December 11, 2006 | Glasgow | Scotland | SECC | |
December 12, 2006 | Manchester | England | Evening News Arena | |
December 15, 2006 | Birmingham | National Exhibition Centre | ||
December 17, 2006 | Brighton | The Brighton Centre | ||
December 18, 2006 | London | Hammersmith Apollo | ||
December 19, 2006[8] | ||||
January 9, 2007 | Christchurch | New Zealand | Christchurch Town Hall | Black Tear[9] and Lindin Puffin[10] |
January 11, 2007 | Auckland | Logan Campbell Centre | Crumb[10] | |
January 13, 2007 | Brisbane | Australia | Entertainment Centre | David McCormack[10] |
January 16, 2007 | Sydney | Hordern Pavilion | T'N'T[10] | |
January 18, 2007[11] | Adelaide | Thebarton Theatre | ||
January 19, 2007 | Melbourne | Festival Hall | ||
February 13, 2007[12] | Santa Barbara, California | United States | Arlington Theater | Neil Hamburger |
February 16, 2007[12] | Seattle | Paramount Theater | ||
February 17, 2007[12][13] | ||||
February 19, 2007[12] | Portland, Oregon | Schnitzer Auditorium | ||
February 20, 2007[12] | Vancouver | Canada | Queen Elizabeth Theater | |
February 21, 2007[14] |
Personnel
This tour, unlike any other Tenacious D tour, featured a full band, as well as Lee.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] 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."[23][24]
- Tenacious D
- Jack Black – lead vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar
- Kyle Gass – lead acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- The Fellowship of The D
- John Konesky (Antichrist) – electric guitar
- John Spiker (Charlie Chaplin) – bass, backing vocals
- Brooks Wackerman (Colonel Sanders) – drums
- Additional personnel
- JR Reed (Lee, The Police Officer Car, The Magical Mushroom, The Metal, Satan) – additional vocals
- Nate Rothacker (The Blue Car)
References
- ↑ https://www.charitybuzz.com/support/TenaciousD
- ↑ Patrick Donovan (2006-10-11). "TnT: Tim Rogers & Tex Perkins". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
- ↑ One News/Newstalk ZB (2007-01-10). "Young buskers offered contracts". tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
- ↑ "Tour". Official Tenacious D website. Archived from the original on 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ↑ Fleischli, Michele (2002-11-25). "Internet Archive: Tenacious D". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ↑ "Internet Archive Search creator Tenacious D". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
- ↑ "Tour". Tenacious D. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ↑ "Tenacious D". Columbia Records. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ↑ "Two Preteens Perform With Tenacious D". The Washington Post. 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- 1 2 3 4 "The FC presents TENACIOUS D". Frontier Touring Co. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ↑ O'Donohue, Danielle (2007-01-17). "Destiny starts with D". AdelaideNow. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Madison, Tjames (2007-01-11). "Tenacious D plots West Coast 'Destiny' in February". LiveDaily. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ↑ Horowitz, Joanna (2007-02-18). "Funny? You bet, but they're tight, talented". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ↑ Rowland, Sarah (2007-02-15). "Tenacious D on classic rock and fresh cock". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ↑ Dan DeLuca (2006-12-01). "Tenacious D goes on to become Tedious D". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
- ↑ The Skinny (2006-12-13). "Tenacious D @ SECC, 11 Dec". The Skinny. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ↑ Jay Richardson (2006-12-13). "Tenacious D, SECC, Glasgow". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
- ↑ Lee Meredith (2006-12-13). "Tenacious D @ M.E.N. Arena". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
- ↑ Stephen Dalton (2006-12-15). "Tenacious D: Stephen Dalton at MEN Arena, Manchester". Times Online. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
- ↑ Noah Love (2006-11-28). "LIVE: Tenacious D Far From World's Greatest". Chart Attack. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ↑ Emma Robson (2006-12-12). "Tenacious D at the Arena". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
- ↑ NME.COM (2006-12-03). "Tenacious D play in iconic New York venue". NME.COM. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
- ↑ The List (2006-11-15). "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny". The List. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ↑ Mike Cobley (2006-12-18). "Tenacious D: When The Devil Came Down To Brighton!". Virtual Brighton Magazine. Archived from the original on March 16, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-28.