Up in Arms Tour

Up in Arms Tour

Tour by Switchfoot
File:UpInArmsTour.jpg
Legs	1
No. of shows	34
Switchfoot concert chronology

The Up in Arms Tour was a two-month-plus long 2008 concert tour that saw San Diego rock band Switchfoot touring with popular philanthropic organization, To Write Love on Her Arms.

Following the recent trend set by the band's previous, wildly successful Appetite for Construction Tour, the Up In Arms Tour again prominently featured a meaningful cause to the bandmembers. Between the opening bands' performances and Switchfoot's main set, Jamie Tworkowski, the founder of TWLOHA, gave a short message about the organization.

The tour primarily visited small rock clubs, college campuses, and small amphitheatres. After a mostly arena/small stadium tour for "Appetite," Switchfoot returned to their preferred venue demographic.

Show and set list

Jon Foreman featured during the Up in Arms Tour

The opening act every show was the UK pop rock outfit, Athlete (there were two exceptions being the Asheville show, in which the slot was taken by the South African trio Civil Twilight due to Joel Pott becoming ill, and the Stamford and Rutgers shows, where they were replaced by Luna Halo). In addition to Athlete, several other bands also opened for Switchfoot during the tour. The Myriad, Emery, Sparky's Flaw, and Anthony Raneri from Bayside (band) all played select shows throughout the tour. The band brought back "Love Is the Movement" for this tour, due to it being used as a slogan for TWLOHA.

The setlist generally consisted of the following, with minor variations in song order:

1. "Meant to Live intro
2. "Oh! Gravity."
3. "Stars"
4. "This Is Your Life"
5. "Ammunition"
6. "Gone/Crazy in Love mash-up"
7. "We Are One Tonight/The Shadow Proves the Sunshine mash-up"
8. "Love Is the Movement"
9. "This Is Home"
10. "Dirty Second Hands"
11. "American Dream"
12. "On Fire"
13. "Awakening"
14. "Meant to Live"

Encore

1. "Twenty-Four"
2. "Dare You to Move"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
March 27, 2008	San Antonio, Texas	United States	[[Trinity University (Texas)|Laurie Auditorium]]
March 28, 2008	Tulsa, Oklahoma		The Other Side
March 29, 2008	Beaumont, Texas		Crockett Street Outdoors
March 30, 2008	New Orleans, Louisiana		House of Blues
March 31, 2008	Fort Walton Beach, Florida		The Swamp
April 2, 2008	Aiken, South Carolina		USCA Convocation Center
April 3, 2008	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		House of Blues
April 4, 2008	Covington, Kentucky		Madison Theater
April 5, 2008	Grand Rapids, Michigan		Calvin College Fine Arts
April 6, 2008	Bourbonnais, Illinois		Olivet Nazarene University
April 7, 2008	Waukesha, Wisconsin		Shattuck Auditorium
April 8, 2008	Indianapolis, Indiana		Egyptian Room @ Murat Center
April 11, 2008	Peoria, Illinois		Peoria Civic Center
April 12, 2008	Joplin, Missouri		Joplin Memorial Hall
April 16, 2008	Iowa City, Iowa		Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom
April 17, 2008	Poplar Bluff, Missouri		Black River Coliseum
April 18, 2008	Troy, Alabama		Trojan Arena
April 19, 2008	Hattiesburg, Mississippi		Reed Green Coliseum
April 20, 2008	Huntsville, Alabama		Spraggins Hall
April 24, 2008	Jacksonville, Florida		Murray Hill Theatre
April 25, 2008	Estero, Florida		Germain Arena
April 26, 2008	West Palm Beach, Florida		Sound Advice Amphitheater
April 27, 2008	Charlottesville, Virginia		Charlottesville Pavilion
April 28, 2008	Asheville, North Carolina		Orange Peel
May 1, 2008	Ocean City, New Jersey		Ocean City Music Pier
May 2, 2008	Stamford, Connecticut		Palace Theater
May 3, 2008	Piscataway, New Jersey		Rutgers Athletic Center
May 4, 2008	Chili, New York		Roberts Wesleyan College

External links

• Tour Press Release Part 1
• Tour Press Release Part 2