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International Goodwill Tour
Tour by DJ Shadow
Start dateAugust 6, 1999 (1999-08-06)
End dateJanuary 18, 2000 (2000-01-18)

The International Goodwill Tour was a tour that DJ Shadow headlined during the end of 1999. Dates included festival visits such as Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, La Route Du Rock Fest and Coachella 1999. DJ Shadow also supported the Chemical Brothers and Underworld in America as part of their own tour. Shadow's sets were supported by Quannum, Blackalicious, Latryx, Jurassic 5, and Cut Chemist on various dates.

The tour was highlighted by the Brainfreeze mix which was sold at shows to fans. The mix by Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow would go on to be massively bootlegged across the world.[1] The original Brainfreeze recording was itself a recording of a rehearsal for a show on February 26 1999 which both DJs had taken part in.[2]

For Creamfields, DJ Shadow's set was scheduled for 7:45-9PM, and was followed by the Scratch Perverts at 10-11PM, and James Lavelle at 1230-130AM.[3]

During the 18 Oct 1999 show at The Theater of Living Arts, Cut Chemist had his records stolen and so was unable to perform. On December 20 it was reported that the records had been returned and in January 2000 Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow performed a "farewell" show in California which was live streamed on the Jurassic 5 website and later officially released on VHS and DVD.[4][5][6]

On September 1st DJ Shadow played a show in Milan which was recorded and later released as part of his Handmade series.[7] Shadow described the show on his website[8]:

"This was at a time when hip-hop DJs were expected to really show off. I was massively inspired by Q-Bert’s concept of scratch languages and vocabulary, which I think you can hear during the solos over ‘Lesson 4’ and ‘I Changed My Mind.’ Listening to it now, it’s no wonder I started having wrist trouble!...There were massive pot plants everywhere, and the vibe was depressingly laid back at first. When I started, there were about 30 people there. By the end, though, it was closer to about 900, and it was live."

Dates

Date Country City Venue Notes
6 Aug 1999 Portugal Lisbon Sudoueste
7 Aug 1999 Spain Valencia - Benicassim Festival
8 Aug 1999 Spain Benicassim - Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 1999
13 Aug 1999 France St. Malo Fort de Saint Père La Route Du Rock Fest
20 Aug 1999 Northern Ireland Belfast Mandela Hall
21 Aug 1999 England Chelmsford - V99
22 Aug 1999 England Staffordshire - V99
27 Aug 1999 Belgium Hasselt - Creamfields
28 Aug 1999 England Liverpool - Creamfields
29 Aug 1999 Ireland Dublin HQ
1 Sep 1999 Italy Milan Breda
3 Sep 1999 Spain Barcelona Nitsa Club
4 Sep 1999 Spain Madrid Maxime
1 Oct 1999 Japan Tokyo Liquid Room Quannum featuring Blackalicious, DJ Shadow & Latryx
6 Oct 1999 Canada Vancouver PNE Forum Supporting Chemical Brothers
8 Oct 1999 USA San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Supporting Chemical Brothers and Underworld
9 Oct 1999 USA Sacramento Bojangles With Blackalicious
10 Oct 1999 USA California Empire Polo Field Coachella 1999
12 Oct 1999 USA Eugene W.O.W. With Cut Chemist
13 Oct 1999 USA Seattle Aerospace With Cut Chemist
14 Oct 1999 USA Portaland Station 315 With Cut Chemist
17 Oct 1999 USA Baltimore Fletchers With Cut Chemist
18 Oct 1999 USA Philadelphia The Theater of Living Arts Cut Chemist can't play as his records are stolen
19 Oct 1999 USA New York City Bowery Ballroom With Cut Chemist
22 Oct 1999 USA Detroit St. Andrews With special guests Latyrx
23 Oct 1999 USA Chicago Smart Bar With special guests Latyrx
24 Oct 1999 USA Minneapolis The Quest With special guests Latyrx
26 Oct 1999 USA Denver Bluebird With special guests Latyrx
28 Oct 1999 USA Houston Numbers With special guests Latyrx
30 Oct 1999 USA Austin Music Hall With Jurassic 5
31 Oct 1999 Hawaii Honolulu Club Superstar
1 Nov 1999 Hawaii Waikiki Wave Waikiki
18 Jan 2000 USA California El Rey Brainfreeze Farewell - DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist

Recordings

Several recordings were made along the tour, mostly recorded by fans in the audience. The following are known to exist:

  • 13 Aug 1999 - France - La Route Du Rock Fest[9][10]
  • 1 Sep 1999 - Italy - Breda[11]
  • 10 Oct 1999 - USA - Coachella 1999[12]
  • 17 Oct 1999 - USA - Fletchers[13]
  • 18 Oct 1999 - USA - The Theater of Living Arts[14]
  • 30 Oct 1999 - USA - Austin Music Hall[15]
  • 18 Jan 2000 - USA - El Rey[16]

Review

Review of 7 Oct 1999 show at Fletchers in Baltimore USA[17]

Fletchers was a small place in Baltimore that local bands played at, but sometimes had pretty cool national acts.

The City Paper said "A DJ Shadow performance is something of a cross between a multisensory experience and a brief bout with schizophrenia—your brain overloads attempting to match the alien sounds skittering unpredictably through the speakers with the rapid motion of the DJ's hands. This is a good thing, and not surprisingly, a large, diverse crowd packed Fletcher's to its limits with bodies, smoke, and, eventually, some flailing limbs and nodding heads, thanks to the California-based Shadow.

The show began with a set by local DJ Fluid consisting mainly of interesting techstep and drum 'n' bass-style tracks meant clearly for the dance floor. But save for a few lone ravers oblivious to, or undeterred by, the predominant vibe, there was little movement throughout Fluid's set. Few DJs doing a set of pure mixing could expect to set off a crowd waiting to see a whiz-kid turntablist like Shadow, especially in a non-dance-club environment like Fletcher's.

But when Shadow came on, the crowd quickly sprang to life. He began his set with a friendly introduction and a thoughtful overture of what he'd be spinning in his set: some of his earliest solo works, newer material from the U.N.K.L.E. collaboration with James LaVelle, and lots of hip-hop by groups such as the Jurassic Five and Gang Starr. With this opening, Shadow set the tone for a night on which he proved that he has as many people skills with an audience as he has skills with the turntables.

Throughout the first part of his set, the combination of old-school tunes with big, raucous beats and plentiful scratching and transforming tricks elicited audible excitement from the audience. Many danced with their eyes riveted on Shadow's hands as he pitched a single sound from a record up and down to create a melody, used four fast fingers on his fader to stutter a vocal sample, triggered echoes on particular words within a rap, and juggled perfectly delayed beats back and forth between two turntables. The large crowd clearly had as much fun dancing to live renditions of some of Shadow's solo tracks (such as "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt" from the Endtroducing album on Mo' Wax) as they did cheering Shadow when he broke out of the beat to show off.

The most engaging part of the night, however, was Shadow's rapport with the crowd. He appeared to be sincerely enjoying himself, grinning when fans reacted to one of his tricks and coming out from behind his tables to slap hands with those in front. Frequently, Shadow grabbed the mic to address the crowd, explaining the origins of some of the songs he played or announcing his appreciation for Baltimore. His turntable skills alone demand respect, but as he proved here, it is charisma and accessibility that allow DJ Shadow to manipulate a crowd."

Images

External Links

DJ Shadow Live @ Fletcher's (Baltimore) Oct. 17 1999 on Youtube

CMJ New Music Report 25 Oct 1999 page 36 mentioning the tour

MTV News Article on Tour

T-shirt on Minor Thread Flickr

Tracklist of 13 Aug 1999 La Route Du Rock Fest show

Poster for Chemical Brothers show Chris Shaw

Review of Chemical Brothers show on August 10 1999

Freeze show from 18 Jan 2000 on YouTube

References

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