No Exit Tour


The No Exit Tour was a 1998–1999 worldwide concert tour by American new wave band Blondie to promote their revival and reformation as a band and their latest album No Exit, 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's Today Show 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 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 (New York City)|Town Hall] was released on the Live video album.

Set list

1998 average setlist

  1. "Dreaming"
  2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  3. "Screaming Skin"
  4. "Atomic"
  5. "Forgive and Forget"
  6. "Shayla"
  7. "Union City Blue"
  8. "Sunday Girl"
  9. "Maria"
  10. "Call Me"
  11. "In the Flesh"
  12. "Rapture"
  13. "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room"
  14. "Rip Her to Shreds"
;Notes
  • "Hanging on the Telephone" and "Maria" also opened the show once or twice.
  • "Living in the Real World" and "Heart of Glass" also closed the show on occasion, along with "In the Flesh", "Denis", "One Way or Another" and "The Tide Is High".
  • Songs like "X Offender" and "Sometimes I" also appeared at various concerts.

    1999 average setlist

  1. "Dreaming"
  2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  3. "Screaming Skin"
  4. "Atomic"
  5. "Forgive and Forget"
  6. "Rapture"
  7. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"
  8. "Sunday Girl"
  9. "Maria"
  10. "The Tide is High"
  11. "Call Me"
  12. "Rip Her to Shreds"
  13. "One Way or Another"
  14. "Heart of Glass"
;Notes
  • "Forgive and Forget", "Atomic", "Call Me" and "Rip Her to Shreds" also opened the show sometimes.
  • "Heart of Glass" and "One Way or Another" alternated closing the show, with "Atomic", "Call Me" and "The Tide is High" also closing the show once or twice.
  • "Shayla", "X Offender" and "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room" appeared in some concerts.

    Sample setlist (February 23, 1999, New York)

  1. "Dreaming"
  2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  3. "Screaming Skin"
  4. "Forgive and Forget"
  5. "Shayla"
  6. "Sunday Girl"
  7. "Maria"
  8. "Call Me"
  9. "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room"
  10. "In the Flesh"
  11. "Rapture"
  12. "Rip Her to Shreds"
  13. "X Offender"
  14. "Atomic"
  15. "One Way or Another"
  16. "Heart of Glass"

    Sample setlist (November 7, 1999, London)

  17. "Forgive and Forget"
  18. "Rapture"
  19. "Screaming Skin"
  20. "Atomic"
  21. "Dreaming"
  22. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  23. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"
  24. "The Dream's Lost on Me"
  25. "Under the Gun"
  26. "Night Wind Sent"
  27. "The Tide is High"
  28. "Sunday Girl"
  29. "Maria"
  30. "Rip Her to Shreds"
  31. "Call Me"
  32. ;Encore
  33. "Denis"
  34. "No Exit"
  35. "Break On Through "
  36. "Heart of Glass"

    June 25, 1999, Glastonbury Festival

  37. "Call Me"
  38. "Hanging on the Telephone"
  39. "Atomic"
  40. "Shayla"
  41. "Union City Blue"
  42. "Denis"
  43. "The Tide is High"
  44. "Sunday Girl"
  45. "Maria"
  46. "One Way or Another"
  47. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"
  48. "Rapture"
  49. "Heart of Glass"

    Tour dates

Personnel