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The No Exit Tour was a 1998–1999 worldwide concert tour by American new wave band Blondie to promote their revival and reformation as a band and their latest album No Exit, which was released during the tour. The tour marked the band's first live performances in 16 years, save for small festival appearances in 1997.

Background

The tour was announced in 1998 and 1999, with tickets going on sale soon after the announcements. The second leg of the North American dates was announced through NBC's Today Show in June 1999.

The 13-month-long tour visited venues across Europe, with a UK and Ireland leg, Australia, before progressing to North America for the 1999 dates, with the USA leg beginning with a heavily promoted 'Blondie's Back' concert on the same day as the release of the album No Exit.

Several songs recorded during the tour were released as No Exit single's B-sides and bonus tracks on several editions of the album itself. Elements of five individual shows were later collected together into the 1999 Live live album. Blondie's performance on February 23, 1999 at New York's Town Hall was released on the Live video album.

Set list

1998 average setlist

1. "Dreaming"
2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
3. "Screaming Skin"
4. "Atomic"
5. "Forgive and Forget"
6. "Shayla"
7. "Union City Blue"
8. "Sunday Girl"
9. "Maria"
10. "Call Me"
11. "In the Flesh"
12. "Rapture"
13. "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room"
14. "Rip Her to Shreds"

Notes

• "Hanging on the Telephone" and "Maria" also opened the show once or twice.
• "Living in the Real World" and "Heart of Glass" also closed the show on occasion, along with "In the Flesh", "Denis", "One Way or Another" and "The Tide Is High".
• Songs like "X Offender" and "Sometimes I" (Plasmatics cover) also appeared at various concerts.

1999 average setlist

1. "Dreaming"
2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
3. "Screaming Skin"
4. "Atomic"
5. "Forgive and Forget"
6. "Rapture"
7. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"
8. "Sunday Girl"
9. "Maria"
10. "The Tide is High"
11. "Call Me"
12. "Rip Her to Shreds"
13. "One Way or Another"
14. "Heart of Glass"

Notes

• "Forgive and Forget", "Atomic", "Call Me" and "Rip Her to Shreds" also opened the show sometimes.
• "Heart of Glass" and "One Way or Another" alternated closing the show, with "Atomic", "Call Me" and "The Tide is High" also closing the show once or twice.
• "Shayla", "X Offender" and "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room" appeared in some concerts.

Sample setlist (February 23, 1999, New York)

1. "Dreaming"
2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
3. "Screaming Skin"
4. "Forgive and Forget"
5. "Shayla"
6. "Sunday Girl"
7. "Maria"
8. "Call Me"
9. "Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room"
10. "In the Flesh"
11. "Rapture"
12. "Rip Her to Shreds"
13. "X Offender"
14. "Atomic"
15. "One Way or Another"
16. "Heart of Glass"

Sample setlist (November 7, 1999, London)

1. "Forgive and Forget"
2. "Rapture"
3. "Screaming Skin"
4. "Atomic"
5. "Dreaming"
6. "Hanging on the Telephone"
7. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"
8. "The Dream's Lost on Me"
9. "Under the Gun"
10. "Night Wind Sent"
11. "The Tide is High"
12. "Sunday Girl"
13. "Maria"
14. "Rip Her to Shreds"
15. "Call Me"

    Encore

16. "Denis"
17. "No Exit"
18. "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" (The Doors cover)
19. "Heart of Glass"

June 25, 1999, Glastonbury Festival

1. "Call Me"
2. "Hanging on the Telephone"
3. "Atomic"
4. "Shayla"
5. "Union City Blue"
6. "Denis"
7. "The Tide is High"
8. "Sunday Girl"
9. "Maria"
10. "One Way or Another"
11. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl"
12. "Rapture"
13. "Heart of Glass"}}

Tour dates

Notes

1. The November 4, 1998 concert in Paris was part of Festival Fnac Inrockuptibles.
2. The December 31, 1998 concert in Lorne was part of Falls Festival.
3. The May 22, 1999 concert in Tinley Park was part of Q101 Jamboree.
4. The June 12, 1999 concert in Los Angeles was part of Wango Tango.
5. The June 13, 1999 concert in East Troy was part of Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999.
6. The June 25, 1999 concert in Pilton was part of Glastonbury Festival.
7. The June 26, 1999 concert in St. Gallen was part of Open Air St. Gallen.
8. The June 27, 1999 concert in The Hague was part of Parkpop.
9. The July 2, 1999 concert in Turku was part of Ruisrock.
10. The July 3, 1999 concert in Hamburg was part of Stadtpark OpenAir.
11. The July 4, 1999 concert in Roskilde was part of Roskilde Festival. The concert in London was part of Party in the Park.
12. The July 6, 1999 concert in Dunkirk was part of Festival Côte d'Opale.
13. The July 8, 1999 concert in Montreux was part of Montreux Jazz Festival.
14. The July 9, 1999 concert in Belfort was part of Eurockéennes.
15. The July 9, 1999 concert in Belfort was part of Nuits de Fourvière.
16. The August 15, 1999 concert in West Allis was part of Wisconsin State Fair.
17. The September 17, 1998 concert in Chicago was part of 1999 Zazz Bash.
18. The October 10, 1999 concert in Foxborough was part of Mix 98.5 MIXFest 1999.

Personnel

• Debbie Harry – vocals
• Chris Stein – guitars
• Clem Burke – drums
• Jimmy Destri – keyboards
• Paul Carbonara – guitars
• Leigh Foxx – bass
• Peter Danilowitz – auxiliary keyboards
• Matt O'Connor – auxiliary percussion

Notes

References

1. "Blondie Average Setlists of tour: No Exit | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.
2. "American Tour Dates". blondie.net. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
3. "Blondie Average Setlists of year: 1999 | setlist.fm". setlist.fm.
4. Clarkson, John. "Barrowlands Glasgow November 19th 1998". pennyblackmusic.com. Penny Black Music. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
5. "Blondie without a guitarist". smh.com.au. Sydney Morning Herald. 6 August 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
6. Carter, Geoff (12 March 1999). "Blondie blasts back into form at House of Blues". lasvegassun.com. Las Vegas Sun News. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

• Blondie (band) concert tours
• 1998 concert tours
• 1999 concert tours