Bleed Like Me World Tour

Bleed Like Me World Tour
World tour by Garbage
Garbage performing onstage at the K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen, June 1, 2005
Associated albumBleed Like Me
Start dateMarch 29, 2005 (2005-03-29)
End dateOctober 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 29 in Europe
  • 43 in North America
  • 7 in Australia
  • 78 total
Websitewww.garbage.com
Garbage concert chronology

The Bleed Like Me Tour was the fourth world concert tour cycle by American/Scottish alternative rock group Garbage. The tour launched in Paris, France and took the band throughout North America, Europe and Australia in support of the band's fourth studio album Bleed Like Me which was released internationally in April 2005.[1] The tour took in combinations of headline performances, slots on the bills at rock festivals, television and radio shows.[2] After being initially organised low-key, the tour snowballed into bigger venues when the parent album and its lead single "Why Do You Love Me" became surprise hits internationally.[1] The tour concluded in Perth, Western Australia after six months on the road; when the tour leg of dates in France, Belgium and United Kingdom were cancelled. A press statement from the band stated that they had "somewhat overextended themselves".[3]

Former Janes Addiction bassist Eric Avery left his position as a member of Alanis Morissette's backing band to perform bass guitar for the duration of the tour.[4] Matt Walker, who had performed on the Bleed Like Me album, covered on drums on a small number of North American shows. Walker had also covered for the band on a previous tour.[5] A number of artists supported Garbage throughout the run of the tour, including The Dead 60's,[6] JJ72,[7] Los Abandoned,[8] Melatonine,[9] Silo,[10] Red Jezebel[11] and theSTART.[12] During one festival appearance, Garbage performed four mash ups with Canadian electroclash musician Peaches.[13]

Each performance on the tour was led-in by an intro-tape of Johnny Cash's posthumous cover version "Hurt".[14] The first three legs of the tour were documented by a film crew, which was hosted as streaming video on the band's website, and as extra content on their single and album releases. More of the footage was later incorporated into a full-length documentary, Thanks for the Uhhh, Support, which was released on the band's 2007 greatest hits DVD.[15]

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  6. ^ SINGLES. Billboard. 2005-04-30. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
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  11. ^ "Red Jezebel – How I Learnt to Stop Worrying". Soulshine. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  12. ^ "TheSTART on tour now with GARBAGE". Nitro Records. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  13. ^ Live: Noise!. Spin. November 2005. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  14. ^ "Garbage Man". Lighting Dimension. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  15. ^ "New Best Of Album". Garbage.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.