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The Currents Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Tame Impala, the Australian psychedelic music project of Kevin Parker in support of their third studio album Currents. It began on April 8, 2015, at the Fox Theater in Pomona. and concluded on October 14, 2018 at Treasure Island Music Festival in Oakland. Broncho, Mini Mansions, Kuroma, Nicholas Allbrook, LA Priest, Koi Child, Kirin J. Callinan, Lord Fascinator, Silicon, Jagwar Ma, Alvvays, Pastel Lite, Benjamin Booker, M83, Mac DeMarco, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and CLUBZ performed as the supporting acts.

Background

On January 6, 2015, Tame Impala was announced as part of the lineup for Coachella 2015 performing on the main stage during both weekends.[1]

After releasing the single “Let It Happen“, Tame Impala would announce their U.S. Tour on March 10, 2015.[2][3]

The third studio album, Currents, was announced on April 4, 2015. The announcement was followed by the release of “‘Cause I’m a Man“.[4] The album was released on July 17, 2015 to widespread acclaim from fans and music critics alike.[5][6][7]

On April 29, 2015, Kevin Parker did an “Ask me Anything” (AMA) on Reddit, somebody asked him what questions he wanted, in which he responded that he was waiting for someone to ask him to hear a new song. Following this, and people asking to hear a new song, he posted the link for “Disciples”.[8][9] The song was released as a promotional single the next day.[10]

Dates for the Australian leg of the tour were announced on August 23, 2015.[11]

On January 16, 2016, a 2016 tour was announced with dates in North America, South America, and Europe.[12]

On September 24, 2016, Tame Impala was announced as part of the lineup for Laneway Festival 2017, and on January 9, 2017, it was announced that Tame Impala would headline Panorama Festival 2017 alongside Frank Ocean, Solange, Nine Inch Nails, and A Tribe Called Quest.[13]

Tame Impala performing at Lollapalooza 2015.

Tour Dates

List of 2015 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and supporting acts.
Date (2015) City Country Venue Supporting Acts
April 8 Pomona United States Fox Theater Broncho
April 10[a] Indio Empire Polo Club None
April 17[b]
May 8[c] Austin Carson Creek Ranch
May 9 New Orleans Civic Theatre Mini Mansions
May 10[d] Georgia Central Park None
May 11 Nashville Ryman Auditorium Mini Mansions
May 13 Minneapolis First Avenue
May 14 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
May 15 Chicago Riviera Theatre
May 16 Columbus Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
May 18 Royal Oak Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 19 Toronto Canada Massey Hall
May 20 Montreal Métropolis
May 21
May 22[e] Boston United States City Hall Plaza None
May 25[f] Quincy The Gorge Amphitheatre
May 26 Vancouver Canada Malkin Bowl Kuroma
May 27 Portland United States Roseland Theater
May 29 Salt Lake City The Depot
May 30 Denver Odgen Theatre
May 31 Kansas City Uptown Theater
June 1 St. Louis The Pageant
June 3 Pittsburgh Stage AE
June 4 Cleveland House of Blues
June 5[g] Cincinnati Sawyer Point Park None
June 6 Washington, D.C. Echostage Kuroma
June 7[h] New York City Randall’s Island Park None
July 26[i] Byron Bay Australia North Byron Parklands
August 1[j] Chicago United States Grant Park
August 4 San Diego The Observatory North Park Kirin J. Callinan & Lord Fascinator
August 6 Los Angeles Hollywood Forever Cemetery
August 7
August 8[k] San Francisco Golden Gate Park None
August 20[l] Paredes de Coura Portugal Praia Fluvial do Taboão
August 22[m] Hasselt Belgium Domein Kiewit
August 23[n] Biddinghuizen Netherlands Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland
August 25[o] Sestri Levante Italy Ex Convento dell’Annunziata
August 26[p] Rome Ippodromo delle Capannelle
August 28 Verona Roman Theatre Nicholas Allbrook
August 29[q] Rümlang Switzerland Glattbrug None
August 30[r] Saint-Cloud France Domaine national de Saint-Cloud
September 1 Berlin Germany Kesselhaus
September 4[s] Salisbury United Kingdom Larmer Tree Gardens
September 6[t] Stradbally Ireland Stradbally Hall
September 8 Glasgow Scotland Barrowland
September 9 Liverpool United Kingdom Liverpool Olympia
September 11[u] Newport Robin Hill Country Park
September 13[v] Berlin Germany Flughafen Tempelhof
October 2[w] Austin United States Zilker Park
October 5 Upper Darby Tower Theatre LA Priest
October 6 New York City Radio City Music Hall
October 7 Terminal 5
October 9[x] Austin Zilker Park None
November 7 Melbourne Australia Sidney Myer Music Bowl Mini Mansions & Koi Child
November 10 Sydney Sydney Opera House Mini Mansions
November 11
November 14 Perth Belvoir Amphitheatre Mini Mansions & Koi Child
November 15
November 18 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre Mini Mansions
November 19
November 21 Brisbane Riverstage Mini Mansions & Koi Child
November 24 Auckland New Zealand Logan Campbell Centre Silicon
November 25 Wellington Shed 6
Tame Impala performing at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 31, 2016.
Tame Impala performing at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 31, 2016.
List of 2016 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and supporting acts.
Date (2016) City Country Venue Supporting Acts
January 29 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall Jagwar Ma
January 30 Forest Belgium Forest National
January 31 Paris France Le Zénith
February 3 Copenhagen Denmark Falconer Salen
February 4 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene
February 5 Stockholm Sweden Annext
February 7 Hamburg Germany Theater am Großmarkt
February 8 Berlin Columbiahalle
February 9 Cologne Palladium
February 11 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Arena
February 12 London Alexandra Place
February 13
March 10[y] Bogotá Colombia Parque Deportivo 222 None
March 12[z] São Paulo Brazil Autódromo de Interlagos
March 15 Lima Peru Gran Parque de la Exposición Alvvays
March 17 Buenos Aires Argentina Teatro Vorterix
March 18[aa] Hipódromo de San Isidro None
March 19[ab] Santiago Chile Parque O’Higgins
April 19 Hong Kong China MacPherson Stadium
April 21 Queenstown Singapore The Star Theatre
April 23 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia KL Live Pastel Lite
April 25 Tokyo Japan Zepp Tokyo None
April 26 Osaka Nanba Hatch
April 29 Jakarta Indonesia Senayan South Parking Lot Barasuara
May 28[ac] Kenton United Kingdom Powderham Castle None
June 2[ad] Barcelona Spain Parc del Fòrum
June 4[ae] Dublin Ireland Royal Hospital Kilmainham
June 9 Chicago United States UIC Pavilion Benjamin Booker
June 10[af] Manchester Great Stage Park None
June 11[ag] Toronto Canada Woodbine Park
June 12 Montreal Bell Centre Benjamin Booker
June 14[ah] Brooklyn United States Prospect Park Bandshell None
June 15[ai]
June 16 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion M83 (Co-headliner)
June 17[aj] Dover Dover Motor Speedway None
June 25[ak] Pilton United Kingdom Worthy Farm
June 29[al] Gdynia Poland Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport
July 1[am] Roskilde Denmark Dyrskuepladsen
July 2[an] Werchter Belgium Festivalpark
July 3[ao] Belfort France Malsaucy Peninsula
July 4[ap] Lyon Ancient Theatre of Fourvière Roman
July 5[aq] Milan Italy Mercati Generali
July 8[ar] Lisbon Portugal Algés Seafront
July 9[as] Bilbao Spain Kobeta Mendi
July 11 Rishon LeZion Israel Live Park Jagwar Ma
July 14[at] Ostrava Czech Republic Dolní oblast Vítkovice None
July 15[au] Gräfenhainichen Germany Ferropolis
August 27[av] Los Angeles United States Exposition Park
August 28[aw] Portland Tom McCall Waterfront Park
August 31 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre Mac DeMarco
September 2 Berkeley William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre Unknown Mortal Orchestra
September 3
September 4[ax] Seattle Memorial Stadium None
September 8 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes CLUBZ
September 10 Monterrey Auditorio Banamex
List of 2017 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and supporting acts.
Date (2017) City Country Venue Supporting Acts
January 26[ay] Brisbane Australia Brisbane Showgrounds None
January 28[az] Melbourne Footscray Community Arts Centre
January 30[ba] Auckland New Zealand Albert Park
February 3[bb] Adelaide Australia Hart’s Mill
February 4[bc] Sydney Sydney College of the Arts
February 5[bd] Fremantle Esplanade Reserve
July 27 Port Chester United States Capitol Theatre Lord Fascinator
July 29[be] New York City Randall’s Island Park None
List of 2018 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and supporting acts.
Date (2018) City Country Venue Supporting Acts
July 12[bf] Madrid Spain IFEMA None
July 15[bg] London United Kingdom Gunnersbury Park
July 20[bh] Chicago United States Union Park
July 22[bi] Martindale Cool River Ranch
August 18[bj] Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe
August 19[bk] Osaka Maishima
October 12[bl] Perris United States Moreno Beach
October 14[bm] Oakland Middle Harbor Shoreline Park

Notes

  • At the Desert Daze show on October 12, 2018, Tame Impala was only able to play 3 songs before the show was cancelled due to a lightning storm.[14]

Setlists

2015 Setlist

This setlist is from the August 7, 2015 concert in Los Angeles. It does not represent all of the concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. “Intro”
  2. “Let It Happen“
  3. “Mind Mischief“[bn]
  4. “Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind?“
  5. “Why Won’t They Talk to Me?”
  6. “It Is Not Meant to Be”
  7. “The Moment”
  8. “Elephant“
  9. “Be Above It”[bo]
  10. “Eventually“
  11. “Oscilly”
  12. “‘Cause I’m a Man“
  13. “The Less I Know the Better“
  14. “Alter Ego”
  15. “Apocalypse Dreams“[bp]
    Encore
  16. “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards“
  17. “Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control”

2016 Setlist

This setlist is from the July 17, 2016 concert in Dover. It does not represent all of the concerts for the duration of the tour.

Intro

  1. “Nangs”
  2. “Let It Happen”
  3. “Mind Mischief”[bq]
  4. “Why Won’t You make Up Your Mind?”
  5. “Why Won’t They Talk to Me?”
  6. “The Moment”
  7. “Elephant”
  8. “The Less I Know the Better”
  9. “Daffodils” (Mark Ronson Cover)
  10. “Eventually”
  11. “Alter Ego”
  12. “Apocalypse Dreams”[br]
  13. “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
  14. “New Person, Same Old Mistakes”

2017-18 Setlist

This setlist is from the July 29, 2017 concert in New York City. It does not represent all of the concerts for the duration of the tour.

Intro

  1. “Nangs”
  2. “Let It Happen”
  3. “Sundown Syndrome“
  4. “The Moment”
  5. “Mind Mischief”[bs]
  6. “Why Won’t They Talk to Me?”
  7. “Elephant”
  8. “Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind?”
  9. “The Less I Know the Better”
  10. “Eventually”
  11. “Alter Ego”
  12. “Love/Paranoia”
  13. “Apocalypse Dreams”[bt]
    Encore
  14. “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
  15. “New Person, Same Old Mistakes”

Live Band

  • Kevin Parker – lead vocals, guitar
  • Dominic Simper – guitar, synthesiser, keyboards (2010–present)
  • Jay Watson – synthesiser, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Julien Barbagallo – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Cam Avery – bass guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals

Accolades

In 2016, the Australian leg of the Currents Tour was nominated at the ARIA Awards for Best Australian Live Act.[15]

Footnotes

  1. ^ The show on April 10, 2015 in Indio was part of Coachella 2015 Weekend 1.
  2. ^ The show on April 17, 2015 in Indio was part of Coachella 2015 Weekend 2.
  3. ^ The show on May 8, 2015 in Austin was part of Levitation 2015.
  4. ^ The show on May 10, 2015 in Georgia was part of Shaky Knees Music Festival 2015.
  5. ^ The show on May 22, 2015 in Boston was part of Boston Calling 2015.
  6. ^ The show on May 25, 2015 in Quincy was part of Sasquatch! Music Festival 2015.
  7. ^ The show on June 5, 2015 in Cincinnati was part of Bunbury Festival 2015.
  8. ^ The show on June 7, 2015 in New York City was part of Governors Ball 2015.
  9. ^ The show on July 26, 2015 in Bryon Bay was part of Splendour in the Grass 2015.
  10. ^ The show on August 1, 2015 in Chicago was part of Lollapalooza 2015.
  11. ^ The show on August 8, 2015 in San Francisco was part of Outside Lands 2015.
  12. ^ The show on August 20, 2015 in Paredes de Coura was part of Paredes de Coura Festival 2015.
  13. ^ The show on August 22, 2015 in Hasselt was part of Pukkelpop 2015.
  14. ^ The show on August 23, 2015 in Biddinghuizen was part of Lowlands 2015.
  15. ^ The show on August 25, 2015 in Sestri Levante was part of Mojotic 2015.
  16. ^ The show on August 26, 2015 in Rome was part of Rock in Roma 2015.
  17. ^ The show on August 29, 2015 in Rümlang was part of Zürich Openair 2015.
  18. ^ The show on August 30, 2015 in Saint-Cloud was part of Rock en Seine 2015.
  19. ^ The show on September 4, 2015 in Salisbury was part of End of the Road Festival 2015.
  20. ^ The show on September 6, 2015 in Stradbally was part of Electric Picnic 2015.
  21. ^ The show on September 11, 2015 in Newport was part of Bestival 2015.
  22. ^ The show on September 13, 2015 in Berlin was part of Lollapalooza Berlin 2015.
  23. ^ The show on October 2, 2015 in Austin was part of Austin City Limits 2015.
  24. ^ The show on October 9, 2015 in Austin was part of Austin City Limits 2015.
  25. ^ The show on March 10, 2016 in Bogotá was part of Festival Estéreo Picnic 2016.
  26. ^ The show on March 12, 2016 in São Paulo was part of Lollapalooza Brazil 2016.
  27. ^ The show on March 18, 2016 in Buenos Aires was part of Lollapalooza Argentina 2016.
  28. ^ The show on March 18, 2016 in Santiago was part of Lollapalooza Chile 2016.
  29. ^ The show on May 28, 2016 in Kenton was part of BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2016.
  30. ^ The show on June 2, 2016 in Barcelona was part of Primavera Sound 2016.
  31. ^ The show on June 4, 2016 in Dublin was part of Forbidden Fruit 2016.
  32. ^ The show on June 10, 2016 in Manchester was part of Bonnaroo 2016.
  33. ^ The show on June 10, 2016 in Toronto was part of Bestival Toronto 2016.
  34. ^ The show on June 14, 2016 in Brooklyn was part of Celebrate Brooklyn! 2016.
  35. ^ The show on June 15, 2016 in Brooklyn was part of Celebrate Brooklyn! 2016.
  36. ^ The show on June 17, 2016 in Dover was part of Firefly Music Festival 2016.
  37. ^ The show on June 25, 2016 in Pilton was part of Glastonbury Festival 2016.
  38. ^ The show on June 29, 2016 in Gdynia was part of Open’er Festival 2016.
  39. ^ The show on July 1, 2016 in Roskilde was part of Roskilde Festival 2016.
  40. ^ The show on July 2, 2016 in Werchter was part of Rock Werchter 2016.
  41. ^ The show on July 3, 2016 in Belfort was part of Eurockéennes 2016.
  42. ^ The show on July 4, 2016 in Lyon was part of Nuits de Fourvière 2016.
  43. ^ The show on July 5, 2016 in Milan was part of Estathé Market Sound Music Festival 2016.
  44. ^ The show on July 8, 2016 in Lisbon was part of NOS Alive 2016.
  45. ^ The show on July 9, 2016 in Bilbao was part of Bilbao BBK Live 2016.
  46. ^ The show on July 14, 2016 in Ostrava was part of Colours of Ostrava 2016.
  47. ^ The show on July 15, 2016 in Gräfenhainichen was part of Melt! Festival 2016.
  48. ^ The show on August 27, 2016 in Los Angeles was part of FYF Fest 2016.
  49. ^ The show on August 28, 2016 in Portland was part of Project Pabst 2016.
  50. ^ The show on September 4, 2016 in Seattle was part of Bumbershoot 2016.
  51. ^ The show on January 26, 2017 in Brisbane was part of Laneway Festival Brisbane 2017.
  52. ^ The show on January 28, 2017 in Melbourne was part of Laneway Festival Melbourne 2017.
  53. ^ The show on January 30, 2017 in Auckland was part of Laneway Festival Auckland 2017.
  54. ^ The show on February 3, 2017 in Adelaide was part of Laneway Festival Adelaide 2017.
  55. ^ The show on February 4, 2017 in Sydney was part of Laneway Festival Sydney 2017.
  56. ^ The show on February 5, 2017 in Fremantle was part of Laneway Festival Fremantle 2017.
  57. ^ The show on July 29, 2017 in New York City was part of Panorama Music Festival NYC 2017.
  58. ^ The show on July 12, 2018 in Madrid was part of Mad Cool Festival 2018.
  59. ^ The show on July 15, 2018 in London was part of Citadel Festival 2018.
  60. ^ The show on July 20, 2018 in Chicago was part of Pitchfork Music Festival 2018.
  61. ^ The show on July 22, 2018 in Martindale was part of Float Fest 2018.
  62. ^ The show on August 18, 2018 in Chiba was part of Summer Sonic Festival Tokyo 2018.
  63. ^ The show on August 19, 2018 in Osaka was part of Summer Sonic Festival Osaka 2018.
  64. ^ The show on October 12, 2018 in Perris was part of Desert Daze 2018.
  65. ^ The show on October 14, 2018 in Oakland was part of Treasure Island Music Festival 2018.
  66. ^ With Sestri Levante outro.
  67. ^ With extended jam.
  68. ^ With extended outro.
  69. ^ With Sestri Levante outro.
  70. ^ With extended outro.
  71. ^ With Sestri Levante outro.
  72. ^ With extended outro.

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