The No Exit Tour
was a 1998–1999
world tour by
American new wave band
Blondie to promote their revival and reformation as a band and their latest album ''
No Exit
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'', which was released during the tour. The tour marked the band's first live performances in 16 years, save for small festival appearances in 1997.
Background
The tour was announced in 1998 and 1999, with tickets going on sale soon after the announcements. The second leg of the North American dates was announced through
NBC
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's ''
Today Show
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'' in June 1999.
The 13-month-long tour visited venues across Europe, with a UK and Ireland leg, Australia, before progressing to North America for the 1999 dates, with the USA leg beginning with a heavily promoted 'Blondie's Back' concert on the same day as the release of the album ''No Exit''.
Several songs recorded during the tour were released as ''No Exit''
single's
B-sides
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and bonus tracks on several editions of the album itself. Elements of five individual shows were later collected together into the 1999 ''
Live''
live album. Blondie's performance on February 23, 1999 at
New York's
Town Hall was released on the ''Live''
video album
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.
Set list
Tour dates
Notes
Personnel
*
Debbie Harry – vocals
*
Chris Stein – guitars
*
Clem Burke
Clement Burke (born Clement Anthony Bozewski; November 24, 1954) is an American musician who is best known as the drummer for the band Blondie from 1975, shortly after the band formed, throughout the band's entire career. He also played drums f ...
– drums
*
Jimmy Destri – keyboards
*Paul Carbonara – guitars
*Leigh Foxx – bass
*Peter Danilowitz - auxiliary keyboards
*Matt O'Connor - auxiliary percussion
Notes
References
{{Blondie
Blondie (band) concert tours
1998 concert tours
1999 concert tours