The Appetite for Construction Tour was a three-month 2007 concert tour that was co-headlined by rock bands Switchfoot and Relient K, with special guests Ruth.
The tour was unique in that none of the bands involved were touring to push a new album or single. They embarked on the tour to benefit Habitat For Humanity, and donated one dollar per ticket sold to the organization. At end of the tour, the bands had raised over $100,000 for Habitat.[1]
Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman also co-wrote a song with Relient K singer Matt Thiessen called "Rebuild" for the tour. It was released as a "donation single" on Switchfoot's website, with options to donate time or money to Habitat For Humanity, in exchange for the song.
The tour was Tour Managed by Jennifer Manning and Production Managed by Scott Cannon. It played mostly in indoor arenas or stadiums, as opposed to small rock clubs, Switchfoot's favored stomping grounds. The tour's name is a reference to "Appetite for Destruction", the debut album of American hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
Ruth was the first band to perform at the shows, playing 4-5 songs in a half-hour-long set.
Relient KEdit
Relient K was the first of the headlining acts to perform, with their set usually lasting about an hour and a half. The set list featured hits like "Be My Escape" and "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" from their 2004 breakthrough record, "Mmhmm", as well as some of their older classics and newer songs. The band did not perform an encore, playing all their songs in one set.
The band also routinely covered the theme from the hit TV show, The Office.
For the dance-floor favorite "Sadie Hawkins Dance", the band usually brought up people from the audience to play guitar and percussion instruments for the end of the song.
SwitchfootEdit
Switchfoot was the second of the two headliners to play, and their set usually lasted about an hour and a half as well. Because they were co-headlining with Relient K, many of the songs on this tour were old favorites from the band's multi-platinum "The Beautiful Letdown", along with their singles.
The setlist generally consisted of the following, with minor variations in song order:
^SWITCHFOOT SWAPS BAND INSTRUMENTS FOR BUILDING TOOLS, RAISES OVER $100,000 FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine – published December 17, 2007 (retrieved March 20, 2008)
A Special Habitat For Humanity Report by Drew Shirley
October 23, 2023
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources The Appetite for Construction Tour news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Appetite for Construction Tour was a three month 2007 concert tour that was co headlined by rock bands Switchfoot and Relient K with special guests Ruth The Appetite for Construction TourTour by Switchfoot and Relient KStart dateOctober 16 2007End dateDecember 3 2007Legs1No of shows34Supporting act s RuthSwitchfoot tour chronologyOh Gravity Tour 2007 The Appetite for Construction Tour 2007 Up in Arms Tour 2008 The tour was unique in that none of the bands involved were touring to push a new album or single They embarked on the tour to benefit Habitat For Humanity and donated one dollar per ticket sold to the organization At end of the tour the bands had raised over 100 000 for Habitat 1 Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman also co wrote a song with Relient K singer Matt Thiessen called Rebuild for the tour It was released as a donation single on Switchfoot s website with options to donate time or money to Habitat For Humanity in exchange for the song The tour was Tour Managed by Jennifer Manning and Production Managed by Scott Cannon It played mostly in indoor arenas or stadiums as opposed to small rock clubs Switchfoot s favored stomping grounds The tour s name is a reference to Appetite for Destruction the debut album of American hard rock band Guns N Roses Contents 1 Show and set list 1 1 Ruth 1 2 Relient K 1 3 Switchfoot 2 Tour dates 3 References 4 External linksShow and set list EditRuth Edit Ruth was the first band to perform at the shows playing 4 5 songs in a half hour long set Relient K Edit Relient K was the first of the headlining acts to perform with their set usually lasting about an hour and a half The set list featured hits like Be My Escape and Who I Am Hates Who I ve Been from their 2004 breakthrough record Mmhmm as well as some of their older classics and newer songs The band did not perform an encore playing all their songs in one set The band also routinely covered the theme from the hit TV show The Office For the dance floor favorite Sadie Hawkins Dance the band usually brought up people from the audience to play guitar and percussion instruments for the end of the song Switchfoot Edit Switchfoot was the second of the two headliners to play and their set usually lasted about an hour and a half as well Because they were co headlining with Relient K many of the songs on this tour were old favorites from the band s multi platinum The Beautiful Letdown along with their singles The setlist generally consisted of the following with minor variations in song order Meant to Live intro Oh Gravity Stars This Is Your Life Gone Crazy In Love mash up American Dream Dirty Second Hands We Are One Tonight Rebuild On Fire Awakening Meant to Live Rebuild Encore Only Hope Dare You to Move Songs like Ammunition and Head over Heels In This Life were also played in light rotation Rebuild was played with every band member from the other two bands on stage Tour dates EditDate City Country VenueOctober 16 2007 Charleston United States Charleston Municipal AuditoriumOctober 17 2007 Columbus Veterans Memorial AuditoriumOctober 18 2007 Grand Rapids DeltaPlex ArenaOctober 19 2007 Cedar Falls University of Northern IowaOctober 20 2007 Saint Paul Concordia UniversityOctober 21 2007 Fargo Fargo Civic CenterOctober 23 2007 Merrillville Star Plaza TheatreOctober 24 2007 Evansville The CentreOctober 25 2007 Jonesboro ASU Convocation CenterOctober 26 2007 Grand Prairie Nokia Theater at Grand PrairieOctober 27 2007 Cypress Berry CenterOctober 28 2007 Mobile Mobile Civic CenterOctober 29 2007 Baton Rouge Baton Rouge River CenterNovember 1 2007 Columbia Township AuditoriumNovember 2 2007 Winston Salem Joel Coliseum TheatreNovember 3 2007 Greenville BI LO CenterNovember 4 2007 Atlanta Atlanta Civic CenterNovember 8 2007 Knoxville Knoxville ColiseumNovember 9 2007 Springfield Prairie Capital Convention CenterNovember 10 2007 Green Bay University of Wisconsin Green Bay Campus GroundsNovember 11 2007 Moline The Mark of the Quad CitiesNovember 13 2007 Ypsilanti Eastern Michigan University Convocation CenterNovember 14 2007 Cincinnati Cincinnati GardensNovember 15 2007 University Park Bryce Jordan CenterNovember 16 2007 Bethlehem Stabler ArenaNovember 17 2007 New York City Hammerstein BallroomNovember 18 2007 Baltimore 1st Mariner ArenaNovember 27 2007 Irvine Bren Events CenterNovember 28 2007 San Luis Obispo Recreation CenterNovember 29 2007 San Jose San Jose Civic AuditoriumNovember 30 2007 Davis UC Davis PavilionDecember 1 2007 Medford Jackson County ExpoDecember 2 2007 Salem Oregon State FairDecember 3 2007 Everett Everett Events CenterReferences Edit SWITCHFOOT SWAPS BAND INSTRUMENTS FOR BUILDING TOOLS RAISES OVER 100 000 FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Archived 2009 03 25 at the Wayback Machine published December 17 2007 retrieved March 20 2008 External links EditTour Press Release permanent dead link Tour End Habitat For Humanity Press video A Special Habitat For Humanity Report by Drew Shirley Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Appetite for Construction Tour amp oldid 1164203185, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
