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The No Principals Tour 2013 was a 2013 North America-only single-leg tour by Blondie to promote their new album Ghosts of Download. It visited venues, mainly theatres, in the United States, as well as a few festivals and outdoor shows, culminating in two shows in Mexico. The tour was a co-production, with Blondie being labeled as the main bill and X performing a shorter set before Blondie took the stage.

Background

The tour was officially announced through Blondie's website on June 18, 2013, with tickets going on sale on June 21 (presales were available the previous day). The tour was announced whilst Blondie were in the middle of their UK tour Blast Off. Each ticket purchased for the tour included digital downloads of five songs from the Ghosts of Download album. These were "A Rose by Any Name", "Drag You Around", "Can't Stop Wanting", "I Screwed Up" and "Make A Way". Rehearsals were held during August 2013 in New York.

Opening acts

• X (September 5-October 4)

Set list

• Despite being marketed as a separate tour to the earlier Blast Off Tour, which took place earlier in the same year, the two tours share setlists, more or less, with only a few differences.

1. "Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not"
2. "Sugarlight"
3. "Breathless" (Jerry Lee Lewis cover)
4. "Blue Spark"
5. "The Once Over Twice"
6. "In This House That I Call Home"
7. "Los Angeles"
8. "The Unheard Music"
9. "The World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss"
10. "Hungry Wolf"
11. "Year One"
12. "The New World"
13. "Because I Do"
14. "It's Who You Know"
15. "Motel Room in My Bed"
16. "Soul Kitchen" (The Doors cover)
17. "Devil Doll"

1. "One Way or Another"
2. "Rave"
3. "Hanging on the Telephone"
4. "Union City Blue"
5. "A Rose by Any Name"
6. "The Tide is High"
7. "Drag You Around"
8. "Maria"
9. "Winter" (some dates)
10. "Rapture (some dates) (contains No Sleep till Brooklyn)
11. "Atomic"
12. "What I Heard"
13. "Wipe Off My Sweat" (some dates)
14. "Sugar on the Side"
15. "Heart of Glass
    Encore
16. "Take Me in the Night" (some dates)
17. "Call Me"
18. "Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover)" (some dates)
19. "Dreaming"

1. "Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not"
2. "Sex and Dying In High Society"
3. "Beyond & Back"
4. "Adult Books"
5. "Breathless" (Jerry Lee Lewis cover)
6. "We're Desperate"
7. "Los Angeles"
8. "The Unheard Music"
9. "Hungry Wolf"
10. "Year One"
11. "World's a Mess, It's in My Kiss"
12. "Sugarlight"
13. "I'm Coming Over"
14. "Nausea"
15. "Johnny Hit and Run"
16. "Motel Room In My Bed"
17. "Soul Kitchen" (The Doors cover)
18. "Devil Doll"

1. "One Way or Another"
2. "Rave"
3. "Hanging on the Telephone"
4. "Union City Blue"
5. "A Rose by Any Name"
6. "The Tide is High"
7. "Drag You Around"
8. "Maria"
9. "Winter"
10. "Rapture
11. "Atomic"
12. "What I Heard"
13. "Wipe Off My Sweat" (some dates)
14. "Sugar on the Side"
15. "Heart of Glass
    Encore
16. "Mile High"
17. "Call Me"
18. "Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover)" (some dates)
19. "Dreaming"

Tour dates

Reception

The tour met with generally positive reactions.

Personnel

Blondie

• Debbie Harry - vocals
• Chris Stein - guitars
• Clem Burke - drums
• Matt Katz-Bohen - keyboards, piano, organ
• Leigh Foxx - bass
• Tommy Kessler - guitars

X

• Exene Cervenka - vocals
• Billy Zoom - guitars
• DJ Bonebrake - drums
• John Doe - bass

Others

• Security parrot - security

References

1. http://www.blondie.net/tour-announcement-no-principals-tour/
2. http://www.blondie.net/tour-announcement-no-principals-tour/
3. http://instagram.com/p/dDGzZIBxSv/#
4. http://instagram.com/p/dFU68lhxUH/
5. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/x/2013/930-club-washington-dc-2bc644ba.html
6. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blondie/2013/930-club-washington-dc-2bc64c0e.html
7. http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blondie/2013/pnc-pavilion-at-riverbend-cincinnati-oh-3c7bdf3.html
8. http://rocksubculture.com/2013/09/20/blondie-with-x-no-principals-tour-at-nob-hill-masonic-auditorium-san-francisco-california-9192013-concert-review/
9. http://rocksubculture.com/2013/09/20/blondie-with-x-no-principals-tour-at-nob-hill-masonic-auditorium-san-francisco-california-9192013-concert-review/
10. http://www.deborah-harry.com/tour/
11. http://www.blondie.net/tour-announcement-no-principals-tour/
12. http://www.blondie.net/shows/
13. http://www.buffalonews.com/gusto/concert-reviews/blondie-casts-a-spell-in-rapids-theatre-20130907
14. http://instagram.com/p/dFU68lhxUH/

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