Charli and Jack Do America Tour: Difference between revisions

The '''Charli and Jack Do America Tour''' (also known as '''The America Tour''') was a co-headlining tour by [[Charli XCX]] and [[Bleachers (band)|Bleachers]] in support of their respective albums [[Sucker (Charli XCX album)|''Sucker'']] and ''[[Strange Desire]]'' during the summer of 2015.<ref>[[Brittany Spanos]], [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/charli-xcx-and-jack-antonoff-will-do-america-on-joint-summer-tour-20150421 "Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff will 'Do America' on Joint Summer Tour"], ''Rolling Stone'', April 21, 2015</ref>

As the second leg of the tour approached, Charli XCX withdrew which resulted in the cancellation of all that leg's shows. Charli XCX stated on social media that she made this decision due tofor "personal reasons".<ref>Daniel Kreps, [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/charli-xcx-bleachers-do-america-tour-canceled-for-personal-reasons-20150822 "Charli XCX, Bleachers Do America Tour Canceled for Personal Reasons"], ''Rolling Stone'', August 22, 2015</ref> Although the second leg was cancelled, ''Shadow of The City'', a new festival curated by [[Jack Antonoff]], was still scheduled to take place.<ref>Brian Ives, [http://radio.com/2015/06/09/jack-antonoff-shadow-of-the-city-festival-lineup/ "Bleachers & fun.’s Jack Antonoff Starting New Jersey Music Festival"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328185105/http://radio.com/2015/06/09/jack-antonoff-shadow-of-the-city-festival-lineup/ |date=2016-03-28 }}, ''Radio.com'', June 9, 2015</ref>

Charli XCX's live band consisted of Debbie Knox-Hewson (drums), [[Vicky Warwick]] (bass) and [[JinJoo Lee]] (guitar). Bleachers included the musicians Jon Shiffman (drums), Sean Hutchinson (drums), [[Mikey Freedom Hart|Mikey Freedom Heart]] (bass), and Evan Smith (keyboards, saxophone). <ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-29 |title=Charli XCX and Bleachers (Charli and Jack Do America) at Fox Theater {{!}} Oakland, California {{!}} 7/23/2015 (Concert Review + Photos) |url=https://rocksubculture.com/2015/07/28/charli-xcx-and-bleachers-charli-and-jack-do-america-at-fox-theater-oakland-california-7232015-concert-review-photos/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Jason DeBord's Rock Subculture Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>