The Rage and Rapture Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American new wave band Blondie and American

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band

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. It was launched in support of Blondie's eleventh studio album, ''

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'' (2017), and Garbage's sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2016). The tour began on July 5, 2017, at the

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. Support on the tour was provided by

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, while

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and

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opened the first half of the tour, and

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opened the second leg.

Critical reception

Fred Schruers from ''

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'' described

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and Sky Ferreria in the Los Angeles concert that "...all three epitomized a kind of sass and surety that indeed found a way to blend rage and rapture in a congenial package." Sarah Grant from ''

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'' described Garbage's set in the New York City concert as "Social issues were the undercurrent of Garbage’s set. Manson dedicated 2001's "

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" to the LGBTQ community, a thread continuing into " Sex Is Not the Enemy" and "

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" wherein Manson's fulsome purr sounded like

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with strep throat."

Setlist

Tour dates

References

External links

Official Blondie website

Official Garbage website
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