title: A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour
text: # A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour
  
  A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour was a concert tour by rock band Enter Shikari, which took place through 2012 and 2013, in support of the band's third studio album A Flash Flood of Colour, released on 16 January 2012. The tour supersedes the world tour that the band embarked on to support Common Dreads throughout 2009 and 2010. A Flash Flood of Colour was recorded in Bangkok, Thailand, between 8 May and 4 June 2011.
  
  ## About
  
  The band began the tour with two intimate warm-up shows in London and Amsterdam, on 15 & 17 June, respectively. The official first leg began as part of the Warped Tour 2011 with the band playing on the Advent stage throughout the whole tour, with the European leg beginning on 26 August 2011, as the band plays the main stage as the Leeds and Reading festivals and then heading out on a tour of mainland Europe throughout September and October with support from Your Demise and letlive. These shows were the first to feature tracks from A Flash Flood of Colour live, which were Sssnakepit and Arguing With Thermometers.
  
  On 3 November 2011, the band set out to North America and Canada to support The Devil Wears Prada, along with Whitechapel and For Today.
  
  The band played 3 intimate shows in the UK to celebrate the release of A Flash Flood of Colour. The first show on the actual release date, 16 January 2012, was at The Borderline in London. The event was sponsored by HMV, and you had to pre-order the new album via their webstore or the Enter Shikari webstore to be entered into a draw to win tickets to attend. Support came from Sam Duckworth (Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly). The next show the following day was at The Hippodrome in Kingston, where if you pre-ordered the new album via independent record store Banquet Records, you could attend the show, which sold out extremely quickly. The final show was at The Cockpit in Leeds, where the band again showed their support for independent record stores and solely allowed entrance to those who pre-ordered the new album from Jumbo Records and Crash Records, whom sold out of their allocation within an hour of going on sale. These shows were the first times the tracks, "System...", "...Meltdown," "Stalemate," "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi," "Search Party," and "Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannocide" were ever played live. Support for these two shows came from Fine Young Firecrackers. The following two days featured signings at HMV in Leicester and St. Albans.
  
  On 12 February 2012, the band played a very lowkey and insanely fast selling show at The Bull and Gate, a small pub in Kentish Town for the purpose to be filmed exclusively for Scuzz. The show aired on 31 March 2012 at 5pm. The show was filmed and edited by Stand Your Ground Media.
  
  On 23 February 2012, the band set out to Australia for Soundwave and a series of sideshows via Tokyo, Japan for one sold-out show. The band headlined Stage 6A at Soundwave. Support for the sideshows came from letlive. and Your Demise.
  
  On arrival back from Australia, the band and crew tackled jet-lag to instantly begin work on pre-production for the European and UK headline run, starting on 10 March 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, lasting two weeks finishing in a sold out Hammersmith Apollo show in London on 23 March 2012, which was the only show to feature a cameo appearance from "Phillis McCleavland", Rou's character in the video for "Arguing with Thermometers". The production for this tour was the most elaborate to date, which featured a huge lighting rig built around 5 large triangles, as well as lasers, bubble machines and confetti machines. Support came from Young Guns, The James Cleaver Quintet (Europe only), and Tek-One (UK only).
  
  On 1 April 2012, the band embarked on their first American headline tour since October 2010, running through to mid May. Support for the tour came from letlive. and At the Skylines. The band wanted to break the traditional 5 or 6 band bill that seems dominant in America right now, and rather allow their supports a decent time slot and changeover time.
  
  Following the American stint, the bands summer focus was solely European festivals, including festivals such as Radio 1's Big Weekend, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Pukkelpop, FM4 Frequency Festival, Sonisphere in Spain, T in the Park, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, and many more, ranging from the end of May to the end of August.
  
  ## Set list
  
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "Sorry, You're Not a Winner" (Extended Outro)
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Mothership" (Motherstep Intro)
  * "Search Party"
  * "Stalemate"
  * "Quelle Surprise" (Rout VIP Mix Outro)
  * "Juggernauts" (Blue Bear's True Tiger Remix)
  * "Arguing with Thermometers"
  * "Fanfare for the Conscious Man"
  
  Encore
  
  * "Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide"
  * "Sssnakepit" (Hamilton Remix Intro)
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "Sorry, You're Not a Winner" (Extended Outro)
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Mothership" (Motherstep Intro)
  * "Search Party"
  * "Stalemate"
  * "Quelle Surprise" (Rout VIP Mix Outro)
  * "Juggernauts" (Blue Bear's True Tiger Remix)
  * "Arguing with Thermometers"
  * "Fanfare for the Conscious Man"
  
  Encore
  
  * "Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide"
  * "Sssnakepit" (Hamilton Remix Intro)
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "Sorry, You're Not a Winner"
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Mothership" (Motherstep Intro)
  * "Search Party"
  * "Stalemate"
  * "Quelle Surprise" (Rout VIP Mix Outro)
  * "Juggernauts" (Blue Bear's True Tiger Remix)
  * "Arguing with Thermometers"
  
  Encore
  
  * "Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide"
  * "Sssnakepit" (Hamilton Remix Intro)
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Mothership"
  * "Arguing with Thermometers"
  * "Sorry, You're Not a Winner"
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "Juggernauts" (Blue Bear's True Tiger Remix)
  * "Sssnakepit"
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "The Feast"
  * "The Jester" (No Intro; Extended Outro)
  * "Quelle Surprise" (Rout VIP Mix Outro)
  * "Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide"
  * "Havoc B"
  * "Search Party"
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Mothership" (Motherstep Intro)
  * "Stalemate"
  * "Juggernauts" (Blue Bear's True Tiger Remix)
  * "Arguing with Thermometers"
  * "Enter Shikari" (Reworked Intro)
  
  Encore
  
  * "Return to Energiser"
  * "Sssnakepit" (Hamilton Remix Intro)
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "The Feast"
  * "The Jester" (No Intro; Extended Outro)
  * "Sorry, You're Not a Winner"
  * "Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide"
  * "Havoc B"
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Mothership" (Motherstep Intro)
  * "Search Party"
  * "Stalemate" (Not played on every date)
  * "Juggernauts" (Blue Bear's True Tiger Remix)
  * "Arguing with Thermometers"
  * "Enter Shikari" (Reworked Intro)
  
  Encore
  
  * "Return to Energiser"
  * "Sssnakepit" (Hamilton Remix Intro)
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Sorry, You're Not a Winner"
  * "Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide"
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Mothership" (Motherstep Intro)
  * "Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here" / "Stalemate" (Varied between shows)
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "No Sssweat"
  * "Juggernauts" (Blue Bear's True Tiger Remix)
  * "Arguing with Thermometers"
  * "Enter Shikari" (Not played on every date)
  * "Sssnakepit"
  * "Zzzonked"
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Sorry, You're Not a Winner" (Extended Outro)
  * "The Jester"
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Mothership" (Motherstep Intro)
  * "Quelle Surprise" (Not played on every date)
  * "Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here"
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "Juggernauts" (Blue Bear's True Tiger Remix)
  * "Arguing with Thermometers"
  * "Sssnakepit"
  * "Zzzonked"
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Mothership" (Motherstep 2.0 Intro)
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "Sorry You're Not a Winner" (Extended Outro)
  * "Arguing With Thermometers"
  * "Zzzonked"
  * "System..."
  * "...Meltdown"
  * "Step Up" (Extended Outro)
  * "Antwerpen" (Extended Outro)
  * "Sssnakepit" (Hamilton Remix Intro)
  * "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
  * "Labyrinth" (Including Sssnakepit beer intermission)
  * "Destabilise"
  * "Return To Energiser" (Reworked bridge)
  * "Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here"
  * "Gap in the Fence"
  * "Juggernauts"
  * "Arguing With Thermometers"
  * "Mothership" (Motherstep 2.0 Intro)
  
  Encore
  
  * "Constellations"
  * "Pack of Thieves"
  * "Zzzonked"
  
  ## Tour dates
  
  | Date | City | Country | Venue |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Warm-up dates ||||
  | 16 January 2012 | London | England | The Borderline |
  | 17 January 2012 | Kingston upon Thames | England | The Hippodrome |
  | 18 January 2012 | Leeds | England | The Cockpit |
  | 12 February 2012 | London | England | The Bull and Gate |
  | Asia, Leg #1 ||||
  | 23 February 2012 | Tokyo | Japan | Ebisu Liquid Room |
  | Oceania, Leg #1 Support acts: letlive. and Your Demise ||||
  | 25 February 2012 | Brisbane | Australia | Soundwave Festival |
  | 26 February 2012 | Sydney | Australia | Soundwave Festival |
  | 28 February 2012 | Melbourne | Australia | Billboard The Venue |
  | 29 February 2012 | Sydney | Australia | The Metro Theatre |
  | 2 March 2012 | Melbourne | Australia | Soundwave Festival |
  | 3 March 2012 | Adelaide | Australia | Soundwave Festival |
  | 5 March 2012 | Perth | Australia | Soundwave Festival |
  | =Europe, Leg #1 Support acts: Young Guns, The James Cleaver Quintet (EU Only) and Tek-One (UK Only) ||||
  | 10 March 2012 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Melkweg |
  | 12 March 2012 | Hamburg | Germany | Markthalle |
  | 13 March 2012 | Cologne | Germany | Live Music Hall |
  | 14 March 2012 | Frankfurt | Germany | Sankt Peter |
  | 15 March 2012 | Antwerp | Belgium | Muziekcentrum TRIX |
  | 17 March 2012 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgh Corn Exchange |
  | 18 March 2012 | Kingston upon Hull | England | Hull University |
  | 19 March 2012 | Manchester | England | Manchester Apollo |
  | 20 March 2012 | Wolverhampton | England | Wolverhampton Civic Hall |
  | 22 March 2012 | Plymouth | England | Plymouth Pavilions |
  | 23 March 2012 | London | England | Hammersmith Apollo |
  | North America, Leg #1 Support acts: letlive. and At the Skylines ||||
  | 1 April 2012 | Atlanta | United States | The Masquerade |
  | 3 April 2012 | Boston | United States | Paradise Rock Club |
  | 4 April 2012 | Poughkeepsie | United States | The Loft |
  | 5 April 2012 | Philadelphia | United States | Theater of Living Arts |
  | 6 April 2012 | New York City | United States | Irving Plaza |
  | 7 April 2012 | Montreal | Canada | La Tulipe |
  | 8 April 2012 | Toronto | Canada | Annex Wreckroom |
  | 10 April 2012 | Buffalo | United States | Club Infinity |
  | 11 April 2012 | Pontiac | United States | The Crofoot |
  | 12 April 2012 | Chicago | United States | The Bottom Lounge |
  | 13 April 2012 | Saint Paul | United States | Station 4 |
  | 15 April 2012 | Winnipeg | Canada | WECC |
  | 17 April 2012 | Calgary | Canada | The Den |
  | 18 April 2012 | Edmonton | Canada | The Starlite Room |
  | 21 April 2012 | Seattle | United States | El Corazon |
  | 22 April 2012 | Portland | United States | Branx |
  | 24 April 2012 | Santa Cruz | United States | Catalyst Atrium |
  | 25 April 2012 | West Hollywood | United States | The Roxy |
  | 27 April 2012 | San Diego | United States | Soma San Diego |
  | 28 April 2012 | Pomona | United States | The Glass House |
  | 29 April 2012 | Mesa | United States | Nile Theatre |
  | 1 May 2012 | Las Vegas | United States | The Aruba |
  | 2 May 2012 | Salt Lake City | United States | Club Sound |
  | 3 May 2012 | Denver | United States | The Marquis Theatre |
  | 5 May 2012 | Dallas | United States | The Door |
  | 6 May 2012 | San Antonio | United States | White Rabbit |
  | 7 May 2012 | Houston | United States | Warehouse Live |
  | 9 May 2012 | St. Petersburg | United States | State Theatre |
  | 10 May 2012 | Pompano Beach | United States | Rocketown |
  | 11 May 2012 | Jacksonville | United States | Jack Rabbits |
  | 12 May 2012 | Orlando | United States | The Social |
  | Europe, Leg #2 ||||
  | 26 May 2012 | Madrid | Spain | Sonisphere Festival |
  | 1 June 2012 | Nuremberg | Germany | Rock im Park |
  | 2 June 2012 | Nürburg | Germany | Rock am Ring |
  | 5 June 2012 | Royal Tunbridge Wells | England | Tunbridge Wells Forum |
  | 6 June 2012 | Brighton | England | Concorde 2 |
  | 7 June 2012 | Zagreb | Croatia | Rockaj Fest |
  | 9 June 2012 | Münster | Germany | Vainstream Rockfest |
  | 16 June 2012 | Sulingen | Germany | Reload Festival |
  | 17 June 2012 | Interlaken | Switzerland | Greenfield Festival |
  | 22 June 2012 | Newport | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight Festival |
  | 24 June 2012 | London | England | Radio 1's Big Weekend |
  | 28 June 2012 | Borlänge | Sweden | Peace & Love |
  | 30 June 2012 | Sopron | Hungary | VOLT Festival |
  | 4 July 2012 | Hradec Králové | Czech Republic | Rock for People |
  | 5 July 2012 | Venice | Italy | Heineken Jammin' Festival |
  | 7 July 2012 | Kinross | Scotland | T in the Park |
  | 14 July 2012 | Bilbao | Spain | Bilbao BBK Live |
  | 20 July 2012 | Feldkirch | Austria | Poolbar Festival |
  | 21 July 2012 | Tokaj | Hungary | Hegyalja Festival |
  | 28 July 2012 | Płock | Poland | Audioriver |
  | 3 August 2012 | Krasnodar | Russia | Kubana Festival |
  | Africa ||||
  | 9 August 2012 | Cape Town | South Africa | Grand Arena |
  | 11 August 2012 | Northam | South Africa | Oppikoppi |
  | Europe, Leg #3 ||||
  | 17 August 2012 | St. Pölten | Austria | FM4 Frequency Festival |
  | 18 August 2012 | Hasselt | Belgium | Pukkelpop |
  | 19 August 2012 | Biddinghuizen | Netherlands | Lowlands Festival |
  | 24 August 2012 | Charleville-Mézières | France | La Cabaret Vert |
  | 25 August 2012 | Reading | England | Reading Festival |
  | 26 August 2012 | Leeds | England | Leeds Festival |
  | 27 August 2012 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Liquid Room |
  | 1 September 2012 | Wiesen | Austria | Two Days a Week Festival |
  | Oceania, Leg #2 Support act: In Hearts Wake (AU Only), Man With A Mission (JP Only) ||||
  | 18 September 2012 | Auckland | New Zealand | The Zeal |
  | 20 September 2012 | Brisbane | Australia | Eatons Hill Hotel |
  | 21 September 2012 | Sydney | Australia | UNSW Roundhouse |
  | 22 September 2012 | Melbourne | Australia | Billboard The Venue |
  | 23 September 2012 | Melbourne | Australia | Billboard The Venue |
  | 26 September 2012 | Tokyo | Japan | Ebisu Liquid Room |
  | Europe, Leg #4 ||||
  | 12 October 2012 | Kyiv | Ukraine | Bingo Club |
  | 13 October 2012 | Moscow | Russia | Arena Moscow |
  | 14 October 2012 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | GlavClub |
  | North America, Leg #2 Supporting Falling in Reverse w/ letlive. and I See Stars ||||
  | 17 October 2012 | Salt Lake City | United States | The Complex |
  | 18 October 2012 | Denver | United States | Summit Music Hall |
  | 20 October 2012 | Minneapolis | United States | The Brick |
  | 21 October 2012 | Des Moines | United States | Wooly's |
  | 22 October 2012 | Chicago | United States | House of Blues |
  | 24 October 2012 | Kansas City | United States | Beaumont Club |
  | 25 October 2012 | Milwaukee | United States | Turner Hall Ballroom |
  | 26 October 2012 | Sauget | United States | Pop's |
  | 27 October 2012 | Indianapolis | United States | Murat Egyptian Room |
  | 29 October 2012 | Columbus | United States | Newport Music Hall |
  | 31 October 2012 | Cleveland | United States | House of Blues |
  | 1 November 2012 | Grand Rapids | United States | The Intersection |
  | 2 November 2012 | Detroit | United States | Saint Andrew's Hall |
  | 3 November 2012 | Pittsburgh | United States | Stage AE |
  | 4 November 2012 | Clifton Park | United States | Northern Lights |
  | 6 November 2012 | Worcester | United States | The Palladium |
  | 7 November 2012 | New York City | United States | Best Buy Theater |
  | 8 November 2012 | Washington, D.C. | United States | Howard Theatre |
  | 9 November 2012 | Philadelphia | United States | Electric Factory |
  | 11 November 2012 | Stroudsburg | United States | Sherman Theater |
  | 12 November 2012 | Raleigh | United States | Disco Rodeo |
  | 14 November 2012 | Atlanta | United States | The Masquerade |
  | 15 November 2012 | Orlando | United States | House of Blues |
  | 16 November 2012 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Revolution |
  | 17 November 2012 | Tampa | United States | Cuban Club |
  | 19 November 2012 | Houston | United States | Warehouse Live |
  | 20 November 2012 | San Antonio | United States | White Rabbit |
  | 21 November 2012 | Dallas | United States | House of Blues |
  | 24 November 2012 | Lubbock | United States | Lone Star Event Center |
  | 25 November 2012 | Albuquerque | United States | Sunshine Theater |
  | 27 November 2012 | Tempe | United States | Marquee Theatre |
  | 28 November 2012 | Los Angeles | United States | Wiltern Theatre |
  | 29 November 2012 | San Diego | United States | Soma San Diego |
  | 30 November 2012 | Las Vegas | United States | House of Blues |
  | 1 December 2012 | Pomona | United States | Pomona Fox Theater |
  | Europe, Leg #5 Support Acts: Cancer Bats + Engine Earz Experiment (UK Only) ||||
  | 6 December 2012 | Manchester | England | The Ritz |
  | 7 December 2012 | Manchester | England | The Ritz |
  | 9 December 2012 | Newcastle upon Tyne | England | $O_2$ Academy Newcastle |
  | 10 December 2012 | Glasgow | Scotland | Barrowland Ballroom |
  | 11 December 2012 | Glasgow | Scotland | Barrowland Ballroom |
  | 14 December 2012 | Birmingham | England | HMV Institute |
  | 15 December 2012 | Birmingham | England | HMV Institute |
  | 16 December 2012 | London | England | The Roundhouse |
  | 17 December 2012 | London | England | The Roundhouse |
  | 19 December 2012 | Norwich | England | UEA |
  | 20 December 2012 | Norwich | England | UEA |
  | 7 January 2013 | Porto | Portugal | Hard Club |
  | 8 January 2013 | Lisbon | Portugal | TMN ao Vivo |
  | 10 January 2013 | Barcelona | Spain | Music Hall |
  | 12 January 2013 | Bordeaux | France | Krakatoa |
  | 13 January 2013 | Reggio Emilia | Italy | Temporock |
  | 15 January 2013 | Zurich | Switzerland | Complex |
  | 16 January 2013 | Munich | Germany | Theatrefabrik |
  | 17 January 2013 | Vienna | Austria | Arena |
  | 19 January 2013 | Warsaw | Poland | Club Proxima |
  | 20 January 2013 | Berlin | Germany | Kesselhaus |
  | 22 January 2013 | Cologne | Germany | Live Music Hall |
  | 23 January 2013 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Melkweg |
  | 24 January 2013 | Groningen | Netherlands | Oosterpoort |
  | 25 January 2013 | Paris | France | La Cigale |
  | 27 January 2013 | Hasselt | Belgium | Muziekodroom |
  | 28 January 2013 | London | England | 100 Club |
  
  ## As a supporting act
  
  * Falling in Reverse (17 October – 1 December 2012)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Roughton "Rou" Reynolds – lead vocals, electronics
  * Liam "Rory" Clewlow – guitar, backing vocals
  * Chris Batten – bass, backing vocals
  * Rob Rolfe – drums, percussion
  