One Hundred Days: The Story of Architects Almost World Tour

One Hundred Days: The Story of Architects Almost World Tour (or simply One Hundred Days) is a documentary about British metalcore band Architects' Daybreaker Almost World Tour, a promotional tour for their fifth studio album Daybreaker. The funding for the film was achieved through a crowd funding project on Indiegogo, where they had a target of £30,000 to reach, but they reached over £10,000 of that sum.

One Hundred Days: The Story of Architects Almost World Tour
Directed byTom Welsh[1]
StarringArchitects
Narrated byAlex Dean
Tom Searle
Music byArchitects
Distributed bySelf-released
Release date
  • 1 October 2013 (2013-10-01)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£30,000

Background

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One Hundred Days is the filming of Architects' Daybreaker Almost World Tour which took place in 2012 where they played 75 shows in 25 countries over 4 continents.[1][2] The documentary is primarily narrated by Architects' bassist Alex Dean and guitarist Tom Searle. One Hundred Days was directed by and filmed by Tom Welsh, who followed the band on the entire tour.[3] The tour was very ambitious and took them to areas of the world they've never toured in like: China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Zealand and completed their first headline tour of Mainland Europe.

Architects wanted the documentary to provide a real portrayal of what it's like to tour in a band of their size. Sam Carter commented on the honesty of the portrayal stating "we wanted to film the ups and downs of not a really big band[...] we're really modest about what we do".[3] They also commented that it was similar to Parkway Drive: The DVD, only scaled down.[4]

The Almost World Tour's touring schedule

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Date City Venue Country
Canada, Leg #1
Support from Struc/tures and asightforsewneyes[5]
13 August 2012 Quebec City, Quebec l'Agitée Canada
15 August 2012 London, Ontario Rum Runners
17 August 2012 Toronto, Ontario Opera House
18 August 2012 Montreal, Quebec Itamelodie
19 August 2012 Ottawa, Ontario Mavericks
20 August 2012 Kingston, Ontario Time To Laugh
23 August 2012 Thunder Bay, Ontario Crocks
24 August 2012 Winnipeg, Manitoba West End Cultural Centre
25 August 2012 Regina, Saskatchewan The Exchange
26 August 2012 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Louis Pub
28 August 2012 Edmonton, Alberta Avenue Theatre
29 August 2012 Calgary, Alberta SALT
30 August 2012 Kamloops, British Columbia Knights of Columbus
31 August 2012 Vancouver, British Columbia Tom Fun Hall
China, Leg #2
support from CDC, The Falling[6][7]
6 September 2012 Beijing Mao China
7 September 2012 Wuhan Vox
8 September 2012 Shanghai Shanghai Live
9 September 2012 Guangzhou Musician
11 September 2012 Hong Kong Island Kwun Tong Hong Kong
South-east Asia, Leg #3[8]
12 September 2012 Bangkok Barbies Pub (later moved to The Rock Pub)[9] Thailand
13 September 2012 Singapore Scape Warehouse (moved to Homeclub) Singapore
14 September 2012 Kuala Lumpur Black Box Malaysia
15 September 2012 Jakarta Viky Sianipar Indonesia
16 September 2012 Bali Katulebo Moshpit Area
New Zealand, Leg #4[10]
21 September 2012 Auckland Kings Arms New Zealand
22 September 2012 Wellington Bodegga
'Chasing Ghosts Tour', Leg #5
Supporting The Amity Affliction with The Ghost Inside and Buried in Verona[11]
26 September 2012 Brisbane The Tivoli Australia
27 September 2012
28 September 2012 Newcastle Panthers
29 September 2012 Sydney Big Top
2 October 2012 Canberra UC Live
5 October 2012 Melbourne Palace Theatre (Under 18's performance)
5 October 2012 Palace Theatre
6 October 2012 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre
7 October 2012 Fremantle Metropolis
8 October 2012 Metropolis (Under 18's performance)
Europe, Leg #6
Support from While She Sleeps and Heights[12]
11 October 2012 Copenhagen Pumpehuset Denmark
12 October 2012 Malmö Debaser Sweden
13 October 2012 Gothenburg Sticky Fingers
14 October 2012 Stockholm Debaser Slussen
15 October 2012 Oslo John Dee Norway
17 October 2012 Antwerp Trix Belgium
18 October 2012 Dordrecht Bibelot Netherlands
19 October 2012 Hamburg Knust Germany
20 October 2012 Poznań Reset Poland
21 October 2012 Berlin Magnet Germany
22 October 2012 Prague Nová Chmelnice Czech Republic
23 October 2012 Schweinfurt Stattbahnhof Germany
24 October 2012 Cologne Essigfabrik
25 October 2012 Augsburg Kantine
26 October 2012 Bratislava Randal Club Slovakia
27 October 2012 Budapest Durer Kert Hungary
28 October 2012 Ljubljana Gala Hala Slovenia
29 October 2012 Vienna Szene Wien Austria
30 October 2012 Solothurn Kofmehl Switzerland
31 October 2012 Cesena Vidia Club Italy
1 November 2012 Milan Land of Live Club
3 November 2012 Paris Trabendo - Damage Festival France
United Kingdom, Leg #7
Support from Bury Tomorrow, The Acacia Strain and Deez Nuts.[13]
9 November 2012 Southampton Mo Club United Kingdom
10 November 2012 London Alexandra Palace (UK Warped Tour)
11 November 2012 Birmingham Institute
12 November 2012 Manchester Academy 2
13 November 2012 Leeds Met Uni
14 November 2012 Glasgow Garage
15 November 2012 Newcastle Northumbria Uni
16 November 2012 Nottingham Rock City
17 November 2012 Norwich Waterfront

Production and release

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This is the tour poster- created by Architects and publicly posted on the internet- displaying all of the band's tour schedule for the "Daybreaker Almost world tour".

In mid April 2013, the band released a trailer for the documentary[1][14] The band decided to self-release the film since they had left their record label Century Media[2][14] and the funding for the film was done through a community funded project on indiegogo.[1] For the crowd funding campaign the band used a target budget of £30,000 to measure the demand for the film[15][16] saying "We don't know whether to manufacture 10 or 10,000 copies of this DVD/Blu Ray and this campaign will give us a solid idea of the numbers we should be looking to create".[17] They used a community fund project to "cut the middle man out but also to allows us to gain an idea of demand".[2] The contributions to the project ranged, with £1 being to have the persons names in the credits to £50 for tickets to watch the film debut at a cinema in Brighton.[18]

During the campaign- once the target amount had been surpassed- Architects posted a song clip of a new song "Black Blood" online to tease the release of Daybreaker's deluxe version.[16][19] With the closing of the crowd funding campaign 1907 copies of the copies of the film were purchased in digital, DVD and Blu-ray formats and a total funding of £40,891 was achieved.[15]

The film debuted at the Brighton cinema Duke of Yorks on 8 June.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Chris Maguire (28 April 2013). "ARCHITECTS launch INDIEGOGO campaign for their forthcoming film, '100 Days'". Alt. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Willmott, Tom (June 2013). "News: Architects". Big Cheese Magazine (156). London: Big Cheese Publishing. ISSN 1465-0185.
  3. ^ a b Tom Searle (Left); Sam Carter (right) (15 July 2013). Kerrang! Podcast: Architects (Podcast). Download Festival, United Kingdom: Kerrang!. Retrieved 2 November 2013. Sam Carter and Tom Searle look ahead to the Warped Tour and the release of their documentary, 100 Days.
  4. ^ Jake Denning (26 June 2013). "Architects (UK) - 06.26.13". Absolute Punk. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ^ Grant Trimboli (1 June 2012). "Architects Announce Canadian Tour Run". Under The Gun Review. Spin Media. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  6. ^ "ARCHITECTS Chinese tour dates". Idioteq. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  7. ^ "HotPot Music Proudly Presents: ARCHITECTS Asia Tour Beijing". Yu Gong Yi Shan Cultural Promotions. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Architects Live in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia, September 2012". 22 July 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Architects Live in Bangkok, September 2012". 23 August 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  10. ^ "ARCHITECTS announce their first shows in New Zealand". Idioteq. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  11. ^ Kane H (27 June 2012). "The Amity Affliction Australian tour announced". Killyourstereo.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  12. ^ "ARCHITECTS / HEIGHTS / WHILE SHE SLEEPS European dates". Idioteq. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Architects Announce UK October Touring Plans". This Is Fake DIY. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  14. ^ a b "Architects Post Trailer For Their New Film "One Hundred Days"". THEPRP.COM. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  15. ^ a b c Architects. "100 Days Film". Indiegogo. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  16. ^ a b "Architects Preview New Song "Black Blood", Meet Crowdfunding Goal For New Touring DVD". The PRP. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  17. ^ Brian Kraus (28 April 2013). "Architects (UK) crowd-funding band documentary, '100 Days'". Alternative Press. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  18. ^ "Label-less Architects crowd funding release of new documentary film". The Monolith. Arkea Media Limited. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  19. ^ "Architects Post Clip Of Brand New Song 'Black Blood'". Rock Sound. (Freeway Press). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.