The Appetite for Construction Tour

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 Tour
Tour by Switchfoot, Relient K, Ruth
Legs1
No. of shows34
Switchfoot tour chronology
Oh! Gravity. Tour
(2007)		 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.

Show and Set list

Ruth

Ruth was the first band to perform at the shows, playing 4-5 songs in a half-hour-long set.

Relient K

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 breathrough 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

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:

  1. "Meant to Live intro
  2. "Oh! Gravity."
  3. "Stars"
  4. "This Is Your Life"
  5. "Gone/Crazy In Love mash-up"
  6. "American Dream"
  7. "Dirty Second Hands"
  8. "We Are One Tonight"
  9. "Rebuild"
  10. "On Fire"
  11. "Awakening"
  12. "Meant to Live"
  13. "Rebuild"

Encore

  1. "Only Hope"
  2. "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
Date City Country Venue
October 16, 2007Charleston, West VirginiaUnited StatesCharleston Municipal Auditorium
October 17, 2007Columbus, OhioVeterans Memorial Auditorium
October 18, 2007Grand Rapids, MichiganDeltaPlex Arena
October 19, 2007Cedar Falls, IowaUniversity of Northern Iowa
October 20, 2007Saint Paul, MinnesotaConcordia University
October 21, 2007Fargo, North DakotaFargo Civic Center
October 23, 2007Merrillville, IndianaStar Plaza Theatre
October 24, 2007Evansville, IndianaThe Centre
October 25, 2007Jonesboro, ArkansasASU Convocation Center
October 26, 2007Grand Prairie, TexasNokia Theater at Grand Prairie
October 27, 2007Cypress, TexasBerry Center
October 28, 2007Mobile, AlabamaMobile Civic Center
October 29, 2007Baton Rouge, LouisianaBaton Rouge River Center
November 1, 2007Columbia, South CarolinaTownship Auditorium
November 2, 2007Winston-Salem, North CarolinaJoel Coliseum Theatre
November 3, 2007Greenville, South CarolinaBI-LO Center
November 4, 2007AtlantaAtlanta Civic Center
November 8, 2007Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville Coliseum
November 9, 2007Springfield, IllinoisPrairie Capital Convention Center
November 10, 2007Green Bay, WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay – Campus Grounds
November 11, 2007Moline, IllinoisThe Mark of the Quad Cities
November 13, 2007Ypsilanti, MichiganEastern Michigan University Convocation Center
November 14, 2007CincinnatiCincinnati Gardens
November 15, 2007University Park, PennsylvaniaBryce Jordan Center
November 16, 2007Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaStabler Arena
November 17, 2007New York CityHammerstein Ballroom
November 18, 2007Baltimore, Maryland1st Mariner Arena
November 27, 2007Irvine, CaliforniaBren Events Center
November 28, 2007San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaRecreation Center
November 29, 2007San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose Civic Auditorium
November 30, 2007Davis, CaliforniaUC Davis Pavilion
December 1, 2007Medford, OregonJackson County Expo
December 2, 2007Salem, OregonOregon State Fair
December 3, 2007Everett, WashingtonEverett Events Center

References
  1. 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)
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