Garbage 2024 is a 2024 headline concert tour by Scottish–American alternative rock band Garbage in support of their seventh studio album No Gods No Masters. Initially, the tour was solely a European tour which included dates in Scotland, Spain, Italy, France, England and Germany. By the conclusion of the European tour, Garbage announced three North American festival dates as an extension to the tour, with dates in Mexico and the United States,[1][2][3] however the North American leg was later cancelled after frontwoman Shirley Manson suffered an injury during the tour that would require surgery and rehabilitation as confirmed by the band's official Instagram account.[4]

Garbage 2024
Tour by Garbage
LocationEurope
North America
Associated albumNo Gods No Masters
Start dateJune 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
End dateJuly 20, 2024 (2024-07-20)
Legs1 (1 cancelled)
No. of shows16 (Europe)
3 (North America, cancelled)
Garbage concert chronology

Background

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Posting on their official Instagram page on March 4, 2024, Garbage announced their first European tour in over five years, saying "So excited to announce that after 5 long years, we are finally returning to Europe this summer. Hope you will be able to join us".[5][6] Tickets for the tour went on sale to the general public across Europe on 8 March 2024, with a pre–sale available on 7 March 2024.[7] Garbage last toured in Europe in the summer of 2019, therefore this tour marks the first time the band plays songs from their album No Gods No Masters in the continent.

The first date of the tour was held in Italy on June 26 at the Circolo Magnolia in Milan. The tour continued with nine more dates in continental Europe and closed with six dates in the United Kingdom, the last date being at the OVO Arena Wembley in London, England on 20 July 2024.[8]

The band was joined by Ginger Pooley on bass and backing vocals, marking the first time that another female musician performed with Garbage on tour and also that someone sang backing vocals.[9]

Support was given by Lucia & The Best Boys in all dates except in Italy, where Romina Falconi opened for Garbage. Jehnny Beth was an additional guest on the closing show at the OVO Arena Wembley in London.[10][11]

Following this headline tour and prior to the cancellation, Garbage was to play three festival dates: Festival Hera HSBC in Mexico City on August 24,[12] HFStival in Washington D.C. on September 21,[13] and Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California on September 27,[14] before mixing and mastering their eighth studio album.[15]

Setlist

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Garbage played five songs from No Gods No Masters, including its three singles "The Men Who Rule the World", "No Gods No Masters" and "Wolves" and album tracks "Godhead" and "The Creeps", the latter being performed for the first time on this tour. They also played their cover of "Cities in Dust" originally by Siouxsie and the Banshees, from that era. The rest of the setlist is made up of songs from all the other Garbage albums except Not Your Kind of People and Strange Little Birds. In Milan, the band let the fans choose the first song of the encore between "Milk" and "No Horses"; the audience chose the former.[11] The setlist remained unchanged for the remainder of the European leg of the tour.

Tour dates

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The tour began on 26 June 2024, and ended on 20 July 2024. The band played a total of 16 shows across Europe.[17]

Date City Country Venue
June 26, 2024 Milan Italy Circolo Magnolia
June 27, 2024 Lausanne Switzerland Les Docks
June 29, 2024 Tilburg Netherlands 013
June 30, 2024 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
July 2, 2024 Wiesbaden Germany Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
July 4, 2024 Berlin Verti Music Hall
July 5, 2024 Cologne Palladium
July 6, 2024 Paris France Grand Rex
July 9, 2024 Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz
July 10, 2024 Madrid Mad Cool
July 12, 2024 Glasgow Scotland TRNSMT Festival
July 14, 2024 Edinburgh Usher Hall
July 15, 2024 Bridlington England Bridlington Spa
July 17, 2024 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
July 19, 2024 Manchester O2 Apollo
July 20, 2024 London OVO Arena Wembley

Cancelled dates

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Date City Country Venue Reason
August 24, 2024 Mexico City Mexico Festival Hera Shirley Manson's injury
September 21, 2024 Washington D.C. United States HFStival
September 27, 2024 Dana Point Ohana Festival

References

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  1. ^ Maidment, Adam (2024-07-06). "Shirley Manson on Garbage's 30 years, Noel Gallagher and big UK tour". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  2. ^ "Ohana Fest: Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Garbage Lead 2024 Lineup". 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  3. ^ "HFStival 2024 Lineup Revealed, Cementing Long-Awaited Comeback". 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  4. ^ "Garbage Cancel Tour as Shirley Manson Sustains Injury, Requires Surgery". 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  5. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  6. ^ Geraghty, Hollie (2024-03-04). "Garbage announce summer 2024 UK and European tour". NME. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  7. ^ Geraghty, Hollie (4 March 2024). "Garbage announce summer 2024 UK and European tour". NME. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Garbage confirm 2024 UK and European live dates". Kerrang!. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  9. ^ Janelle BorgContributions from Andrew Daly (2024-04-12). ""The work ethic gifted to me by the Pumpkins helps me get prepared… I'm excited to be playing with these amazing, legendary musicians": Ex-Smashing Pumpkins bassist Ginger Pooley will join Garbage on their upcoming tour". guitarworld. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  10. ^ Rigotti, Alex (2024-06-05). "Garbage on why they chose these support acts for huge 2024 London Wembley show". NME. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  11. ^ a b s.r.l, Rockol com. "√ Il ritorno dei Garbage dal vivo: 30 anni di carriera da celebrare". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  12. ^ Cano, Natalia (2024-04-26). "El Festival Hera HSBC, el primero en México hecho por mujeres, devela su cartel". Billboard (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  13. ^ "HFStival 2024 Lineup Revealed, Cementing Long-Awaited Comeback". 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  14. ^ "Ohana Fest: Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Garbage Lead 2024 Lineup". 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  15. ^ Maidment, Adam (2024-07-06). "Shirley Manson on Garbage's 30 years, Noel Gallagher and big UK tour". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  16. ^ s.r.l, Rockol com. "√ Il ritorno dei Garbage dal vivo: 30 anni di carriera da celebrare". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  17. ^ "Garbage announce UK & European dates for 2024". Radio X. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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