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.

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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

Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueWarm-up dates LondonEngland The Borderline Kingston upon Thames The Hippodrome Leeds The Cockpit London The Bull and GateAsia, Leg #1 Tokyo Japan Ebisu Liquid RoomOceania, Leg #1Support acts: letlive. and Your Demise BrisbaneAustraliaSoundwave Festival Sydney Melbourne Billboard The Venue Sydney The Metro Theatre MelbourneSoundwave Festival Adelaide Perth=Europe, Leg #1 Support acts: Young Guns, The James Cleaver Quintet (EU Only) and Tek-One (UK Only) Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg Hamburg Germany Markthalle Cologne Live Music Hall Frankfurt Sankt Peter Antwerp Belgium Muziekcentrum TRIX Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Corn Exchange Kingston upon HullEngland Hull University Manchester Manchester Apollo Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions London Hammersmith ApolloNorth America, Leg #1 Support acts: letlive. and At the Skylines AtlantaUnited States The Masquerade Boston Paradise Rock Club Poughkeepsie The Loft Philadelphia Theater of Living Arts New York City Irving Plaza MontrealCanada La Tulipe Toronto Annex Wreckroom Buffalo United States Club Infinity Pontiac The Crofoot Chicago The Bottom Lounge Saint Paul Station 4 WinnipegCanada WECC Calgary The Den Edmonton The Starlite Room SeattleUnited States El Corazon Portland Branx Santa Cruz Catalyst Atrium West Hollywood The Roxy San Diego Soma San Diego Pomona The Glass House Mesa Nile Theatre Las Vegas The Aruba Salt Lake City Club Sound Denver The Marquis Theatre Dallas The Door San Antonio White Rabbit Houston Warehouse Live St. Petersburg State Theatre Pompano Beach Rocketown Jacksonville Jack Rabbits Orlando The SocialEurope, Leg #2 Madrid Spain Sonisphere Festival NurembergGermany Rock im Park Nürburg Rock am Ring Royal Tunbridge WellsEngland Tunbridge Wells Forum Brighton Concorde 2 Zagreb Croatia Rockaj Fest MünsterGermany Vainstream Rockfest Sulingen Reload Festival Interlaken Switzerland Greenfield Festival Newport Isle of WightIsle of Wight Festival London England Radio 1's Big Weekend Borlänge Sweden Peace & Love Sopron Hungary VOLT Festival Hradec Králové Czech Republic Rock for People Venice Italy Heineken Jammin' Festival Kinross Scotland T in the Park Bilbao Spain Bilbao BBK Live Feldkirch Austria Poolbar Festival Tokaj Hungary Hegyalja Festival Płock Poland Audioriver Krasnodar Russia Kubana FestivalAfrica Cape TownSouth Africa Grand Arena Northam OppikoppiEurope, Leg #3 St. Pölten Austria FM4 Frequency Festival Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop Biddinghuizen Netherlands Lowlands Festival Charleville-Mézières France La Cabaret Vert ReadingEngland Reading Festival Leeds Leeds Festival Edinburgh Scotland Liquid Room Wiesen Austria Two Days a Week FestivalOceania, Leg #2 Support act: In Hearts Wake (AU Only), Man With A Mission (JP Only) Auckland New Zealand The Zeal BrisbaneAustralia Eatons Hill Hotel Sydney UNSW Roundhouse MelbourneBillboard The Venue Tokyo Japan Ebisu Liquid RoomEurope, Leg #4 Kyiv Ukraine Bingo Club MoscowRussia Arena Moscow Saint Petersburg GlavClubNorth America, Leg #2 Supporting Falling in Reverse w/ letlive. and I See Stars Salt Lake CityUnited States The Complex Denver Summit Music Hall Minneapolis The Brick Des Moines Wooly's Chicago House of Blues Kansas City Beaumont Club Milwaukee Turner Hall Ballroom Sauget Pop's Indianapolis Murat Egyptian Room Columbus Newport Music Hall Cleveland House of Blues Grand Rapids The Intersection Detroit Saint Andrew's Hall Pittsburgh Stage AE Clifton Park Northern Lights Worcester The Palladium New York City Best Buy Theater Washington, D.C. Howard Theatre Philadelphia Electric Factory Stroudsburg Sherman Theater Raleigh Disco Rodeo Atlanta The Masquerade Orlando House of Blues Fort Lauderdale Revolution Tampa Cuban Club Houston Warehouse Live San Antonio White Rabbit Dallas House of Blues Lubbock Lone Star Event Center Albuquerque Sunshine Theater Tempe Marquee Theatre Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre San Diego Soma San Diego Las Vegas House of Blues Pomona Pomona Fox TheaterEurope, Leg #5 Support Acts: Cancer Bats + Engine Earz Experiment (UK Only) ManchesterEnglandThe Ritz Newcastle upon Tyne O2 Academy Newcastle GlasgowScotlandBarrowland Ballroom BirminghamEnglandHMV Institute LondonThe Roundhouse NorwichUEA PortoPortugal Hard Club Lisbon TMN ao Vivo Barcelona Spain Music Hall Bordeaux France Krakatoa Reggio Emilia Italy Temporock Zürich Switzerland Complex Munich Germany Theatrefabrik Vienna Austria Arena Warsaw Poland Club Proxima Berlin Germany Kesselhaus Cologne Live Music Hall AmsterdamNetherlands Melkweg Groningen Oosterpoort Paris France La Cigale Hasselt Belgium Muziekodroom London England 100 Club

Support acts

At the Skylines (1 April – 12 May 2012) Cancer Bats (6–20 December 2012; 7–27 January 2013) Fine Young Firecrackers (17–18 January 2012) Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (16 January 2012) letlive. (28–29 February 2012; 3 April – 12 May 2012 ; 17 October – 27 November 2012) The James Cleaver Quintet (10–15 March 2012)

I See Stars (17 October – 1 December 2012) Man With A Mission (26 September 2012) Tek One (17–23 March 2012) Tyler Mae (15 June 2011) Young Guns (10–23 March 2012) Your Demise (28–29 February 2012)

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

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