Back by Unpopular Demand

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| image_caption = The Replacements performing in Toronto 2013

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| start_date = August 25, 2013

| end_date = June 5, 2015

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| number_of_shows = {{unbulleted list|29 in North America|5 in Europe|34 total}}

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Back by Unpopular Demand was a concert tour by alternative rock band the Replacements.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-replacements-reunite-for-three-riot-fest-shows-20130613 |title=The Replacements Reunite for Three Riot Fest Shows|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=13 June 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheReplacements/photos/a.399313043512347.1073741828.391665010943817/671092683001047/?type=1|title=Official Facebook page|website=Facebook}} It marks the first tour for the band since they broke up in 1991.

History

In late 2011, rumors began to circulate that the Replacements were considering to reunite. Tommy Stinson mentioned in an interview that year "if a reunion happens, it happens. If the planets align and the oceans don't swallow up the earth first.".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-westerberg-tommy-stinson-consider-replacements-reunion-20110822 |title=Replacements Members Consider Reuniting|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=22 August 2011}} On October 3, 2012, it was announced that the Replacements had reformed and that Westerberg and Tommy Stinson were in the studio recording an EP containing song cover versions. Titled Songs for Slim, the EP was sold in a 250-copy edition of 10" vinyl and auctioned online to benefit former bandmate Dunlap, who had suffered a stroke.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-replacements-reunite-for-covers-ep-20121003 |title=The Replacements Reunite for Covers EP|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=3 October 2012}}

On June 13, 2013, Riot Fest announced that the Replacements would be headlining the three incarnations of the fest in Toronto, Chicago, and Denver.{{cite web |url=http://riotfest.org/2013/06/riot-fest-carnival-3rd-headliner-announced/ |title=RIOT FEST & CARNIVAL 3RD HEADLINER ANNOUNCED|date=12 June 2013}} Dave Minehan, guitarist/vocalist of Boston-based band The Neighborhoods, and drummer Josh Freese rounded out the line-up for these shows.{{cite news|author=Danton|title=Replacements Round Out Lineup With Westerberg Collaborators|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/replacements-round-out-lineup-with-westerberg-collaborators-20130817|date=August 17, 2013|accessdate=August 17, 2013}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/replacements-make-up-for-lost-time-at-first-show-in-22-years-20130826|title=Replacements Make Up for Lost Time at First Show in 22 Years|date=August 26, 2013|author=Bliss, Karen|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=August 26, 2013}}

Festival appearances were announced throughout 2014, including performances at Coachella, Osheaga, and Austin City Limits{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5862643/coachella-2014-lineup-announced-outkast-arcade-fire-muse-headlining |title=Coachella 2014 Lineup Announced|magazine=Billboard}}{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/osheaga-2014-lineup-announced-1.2569036 |title=Osheaga 2014 lineup announced}}{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2014-04-22/austin-city-limits-music-festival-2014-lineup/ |title=2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival Line-up}} As well as solo headlining shows at Saint Paul's Midway Stadium and New York City's Forest Hills Stadium.{{cite web |url=http://blog.thecurrent.org/2014/09/the-replacements-finally-bring-it-back-home-for-crowd-pleasing-midway-stadium-show/ |title=The Replacements (finally) bring it back home for crowd-pleasing Midway Stadium show}}{{cite web |url=http://www.axs.com/the-replacements-announce-new-york-show-12684 |title=The Replacements announce New York show}} The Midway Stadium concert sold out within minutes.{{cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/you-lose-replacements-tickets-sold-out-in-minutes/257799651/ |title=You lose! Replacements tickets sold out in minutes|website=Star Tribune}}

On February 9, 2015 the band announced a spring tour of the United States and Europe,{{cite web |url=http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2015/02/03/replacements-europe-tour-dates/ |title=Replacements Europe tour dates|date=3 February 2015}} including headlining performances at the Primavera Sound festival in Spain and Portugal{{cite web|url=http://www.primaverasound.es/artistas?id=128 |title=Primavera Sound 2015 lineup |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331023316/http://www.primaverasound.es/artistas?id=128 |archivedate=2015-03-31 }} on May 28 and June 5, 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.optimusprimaverasound.com/artistas?id=128 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150216074642/http://www.optimusprimaverasound.com/artistas?id=128 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-02-16 |title=NOS Primavera Sound 2015 lineup }} the band's first show in Portugal. On this tour, they debuted several unreleased songs. Westerberg announced on stage in Porto that it was the group's final live performance on June 5, 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/59854-paul-westerberg-says-the-replacements-just-played-their-final-show/|title=Paul Westerberg Says the Replacements Just Played Their Final Show|website=Pitchfork|date=5 June 2015}}

Critical reception

The tour received overwhelmingly positive reviews from many critics and newsletters. Caryn Rose of Jukebox Graduate wrote "It has been so long since you heard it live, since you got to sing it next to other people who love this song as much as you do. Even if you never stopped listening to the Replacements, or caring about this music, what was missing was being in the same place with other people who felt the same way about it as you did. The audience tonight was filled with people I know or am on nodding acquaintance with from seeing them at other shows by other bands, and it's not accidental or surprising that they all converged here tonight."{{cite web |url=http://www.jukeboxgraduate.com/2014/09/concert-review-the-replacement-west-side-tennis-club-forest-hills-queens-9-19-14/ |title=Concert Review: The Replacements, West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens, 9-19-14}}

Opening acts

The Hold Steady (Saint Paul and New York City)
Lucero (Saint Paul)
Deer Tick (New York City)
Descendents (Tempe)
Switchfoot (Tempe)
The Young Fresh Fellows (Seattle and Portland)
John Doe (San Francisco and Los Angeles)
together PANGEA (Los Angeles)
Teenage Bottlerocket (Denver)
Dinosaur Jr. (Cambridge)
The Young Leaves (Cambridge)
Smoking Popes (Chicago)
Midnight Reruns (Milwaukee)
The Silks (Detroit)
J Roddy Walston and the Business (Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia)
Superchunk (Philadelphia)
Jesse Malin (Amsterdam and London)
You Am I (London)

Tour dates

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style="width:150px;"\| Date ! style="width:160px;"\| City ! style="width:125px;"\| Country ! style="width:300px;"\| Venue
style="background:#ddd;" \| colspan="4"\| Leg 1: Riot Fest
August 25, 2013 \|Toronto \|Canada \|Fort York
September 15, 2013 \|Chicago \|rowspan="2"\|United States \|Humboldt Park
September 21, 2013 \|Byers \|May Farms
style="background:#ddd;" \| colspan="4"\| Leg 2: North American Festival Tour
April 11, 2014 \|rowspan="2"\|Indio \|rowspan="4"\|United States \|rowspan="2"\|Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
April 18, 2014
May 10, 2014 \|Atlanta \|Shaky Knees
July 20, 2014 \|Louisville \|Forecastle Festival
August 3, 2014 \|Montreal \|Canada \|Osheaga Festival
August 31, 2014 \|Seattle \|rowspan="7"\|United States \|Bumbershoot
September 7, 2014 \|Boston \|Boston Calling
September 13, 2014 \|Saint Paul \|Midway Stadium
September 19, 2014 \|New York City \|Forest Hills Stadium
September 27, 2014 \|Tempe \|Marquee Theatre \| Summer Ends Festival
October 5, 2014 \|rowspan="2"\|Austin \|rowspan="2"\|Austin City Limits
October 12, 2014
style="background:#ddd;" \| colspan="4"\| Leg 3: Back By Unpopular Demand Spring Tour
April 9, 2015 \|Seattle \|rowspan="13"\|United States \|The Paramount Theatre
April 10, 2015 \|Portland \|Crystal Ballroom
April 13, 2015 \|San Francisco \|Nob Hill Masonic Center
April 15, 2015 \|rowspan="2"\|Los Angeles \|rowspan="2"\|Hollywood Palladium
April 16, 2015
April 19, 2015 \|Denver \|Fillmore Auditorium
April 27, 2015 \|Cambridge \|The Sinclair
April 29, 2015 \|rowspan="2"\|Chicago \|rowspan="2"\|Riviera Theatre
April 30, 2015
May 2, 2015 \|Milwaukee \|The Eagles Ballroom
May 3, 2015 \|Detroit \|The Fillmore
May 8, 2015 \|Washington, D.C. \|Echostage
May 9, 2015 \|Philadelphia \|Penn's Landing
style="background:#ddd;" \| colspan="4"\| Leg 4: Europe
May 28, 2015 \|Barcelona \|Spain \|Primavera Sound
May 30, 2015 \|Amsterdam \|Netherlands \|Paradiso
June 2, 2015 \|rowspan="2"\|London \|rowspan="2"\|England \|rowspan="2"\|Roundhouse
June 3, 2015
June 5, 2015 \|Porto \|Portugal \|NOS Primavera Sound

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style="width:150px;"| Date

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| colspan="4"| Leg 1: Riot Fest

August 25, 2013

|Toronto

|Canada

|Fort York

September 15, 2013

|Chicago

|rowspan="2"|United States

|Humboldt Park

September 21, 2013

|Byers

|May Farms

style="background:#ddd;"

| colspan="4"| Leg 2: North American Festival Tour

April 11, 2014

|rowspan="2"|Indio

|rowspan="4"|United States

|rowspan="2"|Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

April 18, 2014

May 10, 2014

July 20, 2014

August 3, 2014

|Canada

August 31, 2014

|rowspan="7"|United States

September 7, 2014

September 13, 2014

September 19, 2014

|Forest Hills Stadium

September 27, 2014

|Tempe

|Marquee Theatre | Summer Ends Festival

October 5, 2014

|rowspan="2"|Austin

|rowspan="2"|Austin City Limits

October 12, 2014

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| colspan="4"| Leg 3: Back By Unpopular Demand Spring Tour

April 9, 2015

|Seattle

|rowspan="13"|United States

|The Paramount Theatre

April 10, 2015

|Portland

|Crystal Ballroom

April 13, 2015

|San Francisco

|Nob Hill Masonic Center

April 15, 2015

|rowspan="2"|Los Angeles

|rowspan="2"|Hollywood Palladium

April 16, 2015

April 19, 2015

|Denver

|Fillmore Auditorium

April 27, 2015

|Cambridge

|The Sinclair

April 29, 2015

|rowspan="2"|Chicago

|rowspan="2"|Riviera Theatre

April 30, 2015

May 2, 2015

May 3, 2015

May 8, 2015

May 9, 2015

style="background:#ddd;"

| colspan="4"| Leg 4: Europe

May 28, 2015

|Spain

May 30, 2015

|Netherlands

June 2, 2015

|rowspan="2"|London

|rowspan="2"|England

|rowspan="2"|Roundhouse

June 3, 2015

June 5, 2015

|Porto

|Portugal

|NOS Primavera Sound

Cancelled Tour dates

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style="background:#ddd;" \| colspan="4"\| North America
May 5, 2015 \|Pittsburgh{{cite web \|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2015/05/05/The-Replacements-concert-at-Pittsburgh-s-Stage-AE-postponed/stories/201505050167 \|title=Tonight's Replacements concert at Stage AE postponed}} \|rowspan="2"\|United States \|Stage AE
May 6, 2015 \|Columbus{{cite web \|url=http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2015/05/replacements-canceled.html \|title=The Replacements cancel sold-out LC Pavilion concert}} \|Lifestyle Communities Pavilion

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| colspan="4"| North America

May 5, 2015

|Pittsburgh{{cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2015/05/05/The-Replacements-concert-at-Pittsburgh-s-Stage-AE-postponed/stories/201505050167 |title=Tonight's Replacements concert at Stage AE postponed}}

|rowspan="2"|United States

|Stage AE

May 6, 2015

|Columbus{{cite web |url=http://www.columbusalive.com/content/blogs/thelatest/2015/05/replacements-canceled.html |title=The Replacements cancel sold-out LC Pavilion concert}}

|Lifestyle Communities Pavilion

References

Category:2014 concert tours

Category:2015 concert tours

Category:Reunion concert tours