The Glitterbug Tour 2015 is a major

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by Liverpool alternative band

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, in support of their third studio album '' Glitterbug'', which was released in April 2015. The band played 121 shows in 22 different countries.

Synopsis

The tour started in January 2015 with a set of warm up shows in the UK and USA. The full tour began in March across continental Europe, continuing in the United Kingdom following the release of the album Glitterbug. This was followed by a tour of America in late April and May. The band then appeared in festivals across the world during the summer, including

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where the band drew the largest crowd of the festival. The band followed this with additional tours of Europe, the United States and Australia, where they headlined the Byron Bay leg of Falls Festival on New Year's Eve. The tour concluded at the

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in Sydney on 3 January 2016.

Setlists

Notable absentees from the setlist were 2007 hit single "Backfire at the Disco" and "Anti-D", as well as previous regular "Euroscheisse" only making infrequent appearances.

Songs

* "Kill the Director" * "Moving to New York" * "Party in a Forest (Where's Laura?)" * "Let's Dance to Joy Division" * "Little Miss Pipedream" * "Patricia the Stripper" * "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)" * "Jump into the Fog" * "Techno Fan" * "1996" * "Emoticons" * "Give Me a Try" * "Greek Tragedy" * "Be Your Shadow" * "Headspace" * "This Is Not a Party" * "Isabel" * "Your Body is a Weapon" * "The English Summer" * "Pink Lemonade" * "Curveballs" * "Euroscheisse"

Personnel

Band: *

Matthew Murphy Matthew Edward Murphy (born 23 July 1984) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of The Wombats, which he co-founded in 2003. He began a solo career under the name ...

– vocals, guitar, synths * Dan Haggis – backing vocals, drums, stylophone, harmonica, melodica, synthesizers *

Tord Øverland Knudsen The Wombats are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003, consisting of Matthew Murphy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, backing vocals, keyboards), and Dan Haggis (drums, backing vocals, keyboards). ...

– backing vocals, bass, synths Crew: *Simon Fuller - Tour Manager *Pete Bartlett - FOH Engineer *Paul Roberts - Monitor Engineer *Jamie Hicks - Drums/Keys/MIDI Technician *Joel Ashton - Guitar/Bass Technician *Dan Hill - Lighting Designer *Tony Hughes - Merchandise *Fuller's Ma - Vibes

Support acts

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*Compny *

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* Kid Astray *

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*Sundara Karma *

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* The Night Café

Tour dates

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References

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