GoodTimes Tour

The GoodTimes Tour was a concert tour by American rock bands in support of GoodTimes, a surf video directed by Taylor Steele. The tour features bands from the video's soundtrack, including Pennywise, Blink-182, Pivit, Unwritten Law, 7 Seconds and Sprung Monkey.

GoodTimes Tour
Tour by Various
Promotional logo for tour
Start dateOctober 14, 1995 (1995-10-14)
End dateFebruary 17, 1996 (1996-02-17)
Legs3
No. of shows43
Blink-182 tour chronology
Good Times Tour
(1995-96)		 "Shitty Weather Tour"
(1996)

Background

GoodTimes (1995) is a surf video directed by Taylor Steele, who also desired to put together a national tour featuring bands from the tape's soundtrack.[1] The tour began in Southern California and headed across the southwest, into the southern states (including Florida) and up the Eastern Seaboard, ending in New Jersey.[2] The tour extended in Australia in December 1995. Blink-182 were initially unable to go, as they had little money and plane tickets were prohibitively expensive; the members of Pennywise helped out and bought the band's plane tickets.[3] In early 1996, the bands performed in Alaska, and headed back out on tour in February 1996, playing two final weeks with the GoodTimes tour on the West Coast.[4]

Blink-182 drummer Scott Raynor recalled the tour fondly in 2010: "Honestly, the shows went well. We always got a good reaction, and the next time we came around we had more fans and better floors to sleep on — some with carpet!"[5] Hoppus' sister, Anne, made T-shirts and described the tour: "Any money made goes back into the gas fund. You only have five dollars and it has to feed you all day. You eat nothing but crappy fast food, or on a good night, Denny's."[6] "I had to wear earplugs while I slept to keep the cockroaches out of my ears, sometimes I had to wear earplugs so I could sleep while people came and went buying drugs," remembered Raynor.[7]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America
October 14, 1995 Santa Ana United States Galaxy Theatre
October 19, 1995 Santa Barbara The Underground
October 21, 1995 Corona Showcase Theatre
October 22, 1995 San Diego SOMA
October 24, 1995 Mesa Nile Theater
October 25, 1995 El Paso Nations Tobin Park
October 27, 1995 Fort Worth The Engine Room
October 28, 1995 Austin Emo's
October 31, 1995 Jacksonville The Milk Bar
November 1, 1995 Fort Lauderdale The Edge
November 2, 1995 Orlando Embassy Music Hall
November 3, 1995 Melbourne The Zoo
November 4, 1995 St. Petersburg Jannus Landing
November 7, 1995 Wilmington Mad Monk
November 8, 1995 Myrtle Beach The Head Room
November 9, 1995 Virginia Beach The Abyss
November 10, 1995 Ocean City Scandals
November 11, 1995 Asbury Park The Stone Pony
November 18, 1995 Honolulu After Dark
Australia
December 1, 1995 Mooloolaba Australia Stewart's
December 2, 1995 Gold Coast Fisherman's Wharf
December 3, 1995 Central Coast Leagues
December 5, 1995 Newcastle Newcastle Workers Club
December 6, 1995 Sydney Narrabeen Sands Hotel
December 8, 1995 Wollongong Waves Nightclub
December 9, 1995 Sydney Selina's
December 10, 1995 Phoenician Club
December 12, 1995 Perth Metropolis Fremantle
December 14, 1995 Adelaide Liberty
December 15, 1995 Melbourne The Palace Complex
December 16, 1995
North America
December 27, 1995 Hollywood United States The Roxy
December 31, 1995 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
January 5, 1996 Corona Showcase Theatre
January 6, 1996
January 26, 1996 San Diego Mr. Crowns
January 27, 1996 SOMA
February 9, 1996 Long Beach ????
February 10, 1996 Atascardero Atascadero Academy
February 11, 1996 Santa Cruz Palookaville
February 13, 1996 Berkeley Berkeley Square
February 15, 1996 Sacramento Guild Theatre
February 17, 1996 Las Vegas Mazzotti's
March 1, 1996 Los Angeles The Roxy

References
  • Hoppus, Anne (October 1, 2001). Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom. MTV Books / Pocket Books. ISBN 0-7434-2207-4.
  • Shooman, Joe (June 24, 2010). Blink-182: The Bands, The Breakdown & The Return. Independent Music Press. ISBN 978-1-90619-110-8.

Notes
  1. Hoppus, 2001. pp. 43–44
  2. Hoppus, 2001. p. 44
  3. Hoppus, 2001. p. 53
  4. Hoppus, 2001. p. 55
  5. Shooman, 2010. p. 32
  6. Hoppus, 2001. p. 50
  7. Shooman, 2010. p. 33
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