Deconstruction Tour was a one-day punk music and skate festival that was staged in various countries across Europe. It first took place in 1999 and occurred annually until 2006. The tour was arranged by Destiny Tourbooking. In general, the tour offered the opening slot of each day to a local, often unsigned band, with the following acts increasing in notability throughout the lineup. The festival also included displays by

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riders and skaters. Aside from the first year, 2006 was possibly the least successful for the tour, due to problems with booking bands and the limited number of dates that were booked. The tour has not gone ahead since 2006.

Previous lineups

1999

NOFX NOFX () is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. Vocalist/bassist Fat Mike, guitarist Eric Melvin and drummer Erik Sandin are original founding and longest-serving members of the band, who have appeared on every r ...

Lagwagon Lagwagon is an American punk rock band originally from Goleta, California, just outside Santa Barbara. They formed in 1989, went on hiatus in 2000, and reunited several times over the years. Their name comes from the band's tour van, which ca ...

Beatsteaks The Beatsteaks are a German rock band from Berlin, formed in 1995. History Peter Baumann, Stefan Hircher, Alexander Rosswaag and Bernd Kurtzke founded Beatsteaks in 1995. Shortly afterwards, Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß joined the band as singer and ...

* H₂O *

59 Times The Pain 59 Times the Pain was a Swedish hardcore punk band. They were active from 1992 until 2001. The band was formed in Fagersta, Sweden in 1992 by Magnus Larnhed (Vocals / guitar), Michael Conradsson ( bass), Toni Virtanen (drums) and Kai Kalliomä ...

Dogpiss Snuff are a British punk rock band formed in Hendon in 1986.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 511 The original line-up was Duncan Redmonds on drums and vocals, Simon Wells on guitar and vocals and And ...

2000

*NOFX * Good Riddance * Mighty Mighty Bosstones (not all dates) * Snapcase * Terrorgruppe *

Guttermouth Guttermouth is an American punk rock band formed in 1988 in Huntington Beach, California and currently recording for Rude Records. They have released nine full-length studio albums and two live albums and have toured extensively, including perf ...

* Mad Caddies *

Less Than Jake Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1992. The band consists of Chris DeMakes (guitars, vocals), Roger Lima (bass, vocals), Matt Yonker (drums), Buddy Schaub (trombone), and Peter "JR" Wasilewski (saxoph ...

(Some dates) * Snuff (Some dates)

2001

* Pennywise *

Sick of it All Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1986 in Queens, New York City. The band's lineup consists of brothers Lou and Pete Koller on lead vocals and guitars respectively, Armand Majidi on drums, and Craig Setari on bass. Sic ...

Avail Avail is an American punk rock band from Richmond, Virginia, United States. Originally from Reston, Virginia, the band formed in 1987, its members including Joe Banks, Doug Crosby, Brien Stewart, and Mikey Warstler. The only original remaining ...

Boysetsfire boysetsfire is an American post-hardcore band from Newark, Delaware. Formed in October 1994, boysetsfire is composed of guitarists Chad Istvan and Josh Latshaw, vocalist Nathan Gray, and bassists Chris Rakus and Robert Ehrenbrand. Lyrical theme ...

* Snuff * Catch 22 *

Bouncing Souls The Bouncing Souls are an American punk band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 1989. By the time of their acknowledgment by the national punk rock scene, they had reignited a "pogo" element to New Jersey punk rock by playing fast light-h ...

*Beatsteaks *Lagwagon *Capdown *

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2002

*Lagwagon * Mighty Mighty Bosstones *

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*Mad Caddies * H₂O * All * The Movielife * Midtown * Randy * The Turbo A.C.'s *

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*Fletcher

2003

*NOFX *Boysetsfire *Bouncing Souls * Thrice * T.S.O.L. * Terrorgruppe * Real McKenzies * Fabulous Disaster *

Strung Out Strung Out is an American punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1989. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of melodic punk rock, progressive rock and heavy metal to form their primary sound. They ...

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Floggingmolly. ...

Donots The Donots are a German punk rock band from Germany, formed in 1993 in Ibbenbüren. Band history Early years (1993-1998) The Donots were founded in 1993 by Ingo Knollmann on lead vocals, his brother Guido Knollmann on guitar, Jan-Dirk Poggem ...

2004

*Pennywise *Lagwagon * Anti-Flag *Beatsteaks *

The Slackers The Slackers are an American ska band, formed in Manhattan, New York in 1991. The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of Nor ...

* Strike Anywhere * Pulley *

MxPx MxPx () is an American pop punk band from Bremerton, Washington, founded in 1992 as Magnified Plaid. As of 2016, current members include Mike Herrera on lead vocals and bass guitar, Yuri Ruley on drums and percussion, Tom Wisniewski on lead g ...

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*The Movement

2005

* Mad Caddies *

* Strike Anywhere * Only Crime *

(started on May 5th) * From Autumn to Ashes (until May 8th) * Smoke or Fire (until May 8th) * Capdown (until May 7th) Select dates: *

(first two dates only) * Tribute to Nothing (London) *

Captain Everything! Captain Everything! were a punk band from Watford, United Kingdom. Formed in 1998, the band play high tempo pop-punk, which was branded "Bubblegum Thrash". Renowned for their heavy touring schedule, they have played all over the UK and Europe, t ...

(London) * NoComply (Manchester) * Uncommonmenfrommars (French dates only) * Banda Bassotti (Trier, Winterthur and Sesto San Giovanni dates only) *

Streetlight Manifesto Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, formed in 2002. They released their first album, '' Everything Goes Numb'', which was distributed by Victory Records, on August 26, 2003. The band h ...

(Trier) * Mad Sin (Winterthur) *

Burning Heads Burning Heads is a punk rock and reggae band from Orléans, France. The group formed in 1987, and started out releasing records independently before signing with Play It Again Sam in 1994. They became more popular in America with the release ...

(Grenade)

2006

*Pennywise *Boysetsfire *

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(Cancelled due to "family reasons" before playing) *Bouncing Souls * Mad Sin *

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Future

There was no tour in 2007, and although the organisers hoped to bring it back for 2008, it appears that there will be no further Deconstruction Tours.Forum
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References

External links

* http://www.deconstruction.de/ NOTE: Although this reference directs to a forum, the posts are answered by "Dave" - this is the owner/booker of Destiny. {{Rock festival Music festivals in Europe Rock festivals in the United Kingdom Punk rock festivals Music festivals established in 1999