5X5 Live Tour

5X5 Live Tour
Concert tour by Simple Minds
Location	Europe
Start date	14 February 2012
End date	4 March 2012
Legs	1
Shows	16 Total 1 in Portugal 2 in Spain 1 in Netherlands 1 in Germany 1 in Denmark 1 in Norway 1 in Belgium 3 in England 1 in Scotland 1 in France 1 in Italy 1 in Switzerland 1 in Ireland
Simple Minds tour chronology
European Tour 2011 (18 shows) + "Australia 2011" (only 1 show)) 5x5 Live Tour (2012) (Spring/Summer) Festival Tour 2012

The 5X5 Live is a European tour by Scottish rock band Simple Minds during which the band performed sixteen shows in twelve countries from February to March 2012.

Tour history

On 22 November 2011, Simple Minds announced an exclusive sixteen date European tour entitled "5X5 Live" to begin in Portugal on 14 February and to end in Ireland on 4 March 2012 (including four intimate United Kingdom venues on 24 and 25 February and on 2 and 3 March 2012) during which the band would perform for the first time five songs from each of their first five albums released from 1979 to 1982 representative of the post-punk period with the birth of the new wave electro scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Sarah Brown is not involved with this tour.

In a February 2012 interview, Jim Kerr stated "we've got new management, a new agent, all of them younger, all of them into Simple Minds but... they prefer the earlier years!" This could be seen as one reason explaining such a backward tour!

In a video made the day after the band played Barrowland in Glasgow on 25 February 2012 and posted on 5 March 2012 in Simple Minds' website, Jim Kerr stated:

"... already there's talk of doing more 5X5 shows later on in the year [2012], but previous to that, we’ve got festival dates coming in – and a lot of great ones as well, a lot of, you know, festivals that we've, you know, fancied playing for a long time. And, of course, for us being Scots, the idea that’s been confirmed is that we'll be playing T In The Park – it already has everyone looking forward to that."

"I think with festivals, somehow, it’s a strange thing, you know, you almost have to turn up on the day and smell the atmosphere, you know, you almost have to sort of put your finger in the air and go “I sense this audience is up for this song or that song.” but I think songs like 'The American', 'Premonition', 'This Fear Of Gods', 'New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)', 'I Travel' would go down a storm at any festival. And if it looks like some of the bigger songs would be appreciated then we wouldn’t be adverse to that. But the funny thing is, going back to this 5X5 thing, it isn’t like “once it’s over, we’re going to drop that”, there’s songs now that’ve been reintroduced to us that I think demand to be played within any set that Simple Minds do. And that realisation has been such a bonus as well."

Line-up

• Jim Kerr : vocals
• Charlie Burchill : guitars
• Mel Gaynor : drums
• Andy Gillespie : keyboards
• Ged Grimes : bass

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
14 February 2012	Lisbon	Portugal	Coliseum
15 February 2012	Madrid	Spain	Sala "La Riviera"
16 February 2012	Barcelona		Sala "Razzamatazz"
18 February 2012	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
19 February 2012	Berlin	Germany	Admiralpalast
20 February 2012	Copenhagen	Denmark	Vega
21 February 2012	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene
23 February 2012	Brussels	Belgium	Cirque Royal
24 February 2012	Birmingham	England	Academy
25 February 2012	Glasgow	Scotland	Barrowland
27 February 2012	Paris	France	Casino de Paris
28 February 2012	Milan	Italy	Alcatraz
29 February 2012	Zurich	Switzerland	Komplex 457
2 March 2012	London	England	Roundhouse
3 March 2012	Manchester		Ritz
4 March 2012	Dublin	Ireland	Olympia Theatre

Set-lists

Lisbon

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. Today I Died Again
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings The Fall
4. Scar
5. Wasteland
6. This Fear of Gods
7. Love Song
8. Life in a Day
9. Pleasantly Disturbed
10. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. Celebrate
3. Sweat in Bullet
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. Premonition
8. King Is White and in the Crowd
9. Promised You a Miracle
10. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)<

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Glittering Prize
3. Someone
4. Chelsea Girl
5. New Gold Dream

Madrid

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. Today I Died Again
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
4. Hunter and the Hunted
5. Wasteland
6. This Fear of Gods
7. Love Song
8. Life in a Day
9. Love Song
10. Pleasantly Disturbed
11. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. Sons and Fascination
3. Sweat in Bullet
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. Premonition
8. Scar
9. Promised You a Miracle
10. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Glittering Prize
3. Someone
4. Chelsea Girl
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Barcelona

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Celebrate
4. Life in a Day
5. Hunter and the Hunted
6. Wasteland
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Love Song
9. Pleasantly Disturbed
10. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. Calling Your Name
3. Sons and Fascination
4. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. Premonition
8. Scar
9. Promised You a Miracle
10. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Chelsea Girl
3. Someone
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Amsterdam

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Life in a Day
5. Hunter and the Hunted
6. Wasteland
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Love Song
9. Pleasantly Disturbed
10. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
3. Sons and Fascination
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. Premonition
8. Scar
9. Promised You a Miracle
10. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Celebrate
3. Glittering Prize
4. Someone
5. Chelsea Girl
6. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Berlin

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Life in a Day
5. Hunter and the Hunted
6. Premonition
7. Wasteland
8. This Fear of Gods
9. Love Song
10. Pleasantly Disturbed
11. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
3. Sons and Fascination
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. Scar
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. King Is White and in the Crowd
3. Someone
4. Chelsea Girl
5. Glittering Prize
6. New Gold Dream

Copenhagen

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Life in a Day
5. Hunter and the Hunted
6. Premonition
7. Wasteland
8. This Fear of Gods
9. Love Song
10. Pleasantly Disturbed
11. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
3. Sons and Fascination
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. Scar
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Celebrate
3. Someone
4. Chelsea Girl
5. Glittering Prize
6. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Oslo

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Life in a Day
5. Hunter and the Hunted
6. Premonition
7. Wasteland
8. This Fear of Gods
9. Love Song
10. Pleasantly Disturbed
11. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
3. Sweat in Bullet
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. Scar
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities Someone
2. Celebrate
3. Someone
4. Chelsea Girl
5. Glittering Prize
6. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Brussels

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Celebrate
5. Scar
6. Life in a Day
7. Hunter and the Hunted
8. Premonition
9. Wasteland
10. Love Song
11. Pleasantly Disturbed

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. In Trance As Mission
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Someone
3. Chelsea Girl
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Birmingham

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Celebrate
5. Scar
6. Life in a Day
7. Hunter and the Hunted
8. Premonition
9. Wasteland
10. Love Song
11. Pleasantly Disturbed
12. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. In Trance As Mission
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Someone
3. Chelsea Girl
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Glasgow

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Celebrate
5. Scar
6. Life in a Day
7. Hunter and the Hunted
8. Premonition
9. Wasteland
10. Love Song
11. Pleasantly Disturbed
12. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. In Trance As Mission
3. Sweat in Bullet
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Someone
3. Chelsea Girl
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Paris

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Celebrate
5. Scar
6. Life in a Day
7. Hunter and the Hunted
8. Premonition
9. Wasteland
10. Love Song
11. Pleasantly Disturbed
12. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. In Trance As Mission
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Someone
3. Chelsea Girl
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Milan

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Celebrate
5. Scar
6. Life in a Day
7. Hunter and the Hunted
8. Premonition
9. Wasteland
10. Love Song
11. Pleasantly Disturbed
12. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. In Trance As Mission
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings The Fall
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Someone
3. Chelsea Girl
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Zurich

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Celebrate
5. Scar
6. Life in a Day
7. Hunter and the Hunted
8. Premonition
9. Wasteland
10. Love Song
11. Pleasantly Disturbed
12. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. In Trance As Mission
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
4. Calling Your Name
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Someone
3. Chelsea Girl
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

London

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Calling Your Name
5. Scar
6. Life in a Day
7. Hunter and the Hunted
8. Premonition
9. Wasteland
10. Love Song
11. Pleasantly Disturbed
12. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. In Trance As Mission
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
4. Celebrate
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Someone
3. Chelsea Girl
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Manchester

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Calling Your Name
5. Scar
6. Life in a Day
7. Hunter and the Hunted
8. Premonition
9. Wasteland
10. Love Song
11. Pleasantly Disturbed
12. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. In Trance As Mission
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
4. Celebrate
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Someone
3. Chelsea Girl
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

Dublin

Main Set Part #1:

1. I Travel
2. 30 Frames a Second
3. Today I Died Again
4. Calling Your Name
5. Scar
6. Life in a Day
7. Hunter and the Hunted
8. Premonition
9. Wasteland
10. Love Song
11. Pleasantly Disturbed
12. Room

Main Set Part #2:

1. The American
2. In Trance As Mission
3. 70 Cities As Love Brings the Fall
4. Celebrate
5. Changeling
6. Factory
7. This Fear of Gods
8. Promised You a Miracle
9. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Encore:

1. Theme for Great Cities
2. Someone
3. Chelsea Girl
4. Glittering Prize
5. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)