# Ocean Eyes Tour

The Ocean Eyes Tour is the first headlining concert tour by American electronica project Owl City, in support of his second studio album, Ocean Eyes (2009).

## Background

Owl City released his second studio album, Ocean Eyes on July 14, 2009. In October 2009, Owl City announced the Ocean Eyes Tour. The first leg of the tour took place in the United States starting on January 20 to February 14, with Lights and Deas Vail serving as the opening acts. Owl City then toured across Europe for the second leg of the tour from February to March 2010, with Lights joining him again. Once the second leg of the tour finished, he joined Cobra Starship as the opening act on their Australian and New Zealand tour.
Owl City returned to North America for the third leg of the tour from March to May 2010. He later toured across Europe in May 2010 for four shows on the fourth leg of the tour. Owl City returned to North America for a third time on the fifth leg of the tour from August to October 2010. On the sixth leg, he travelled to Asia for three shows in November 2010. He concluded the tour in Oceania that same month.

## Reception
### Critical response

The Ocean Eyes Tour was met with mixed to positive feedback by critics. Scott Fryberger of Jesus Freak Hideout gave a positive response with the show at the McCain Auditorium. He wrote, "I was very impressed at Owl City's professionalism and enthusiasm. Though I didn't expect the group to not give their all, as they come off as really friendly and loving, it was refreshing to see that they gave it 100%." The show at the Beaumont Club was met with mixed responses. Timothy Finn of Spin praised his live band writing, "thanks in large part to his band, which gave some of his songs a harder edge, and to one of his keyboard players, a woman who laid down some lovely harmonies." Elke Mermis of The Pitch wrote, "Owl City played an unarguably tight, well-executed set." However, Mermis criticized Young's stage presence stating, "Young looked like, well, a kid in his southern Minnesota basement, pretending to be a rock star." The Columbus Dispatch noted that, "Owl City and his band put on a very entertaining show," writing on the concert at Newport Music Hall.
Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times gave a mixed feedback of the concert at the Club Nokia. He praised the first half of the show noting, "The music was giddy and easy to follow but impressively detailed as well, with shifting layers of acoustic and electronic instruments. The technique worked in the background, though; like Owl City's music, this portion of the concert presented a slightly heightened rendition of reality." However, he was critical on the last half of the concert feeling that, "Young has already tired of the puppy-love juvenilia on Ocean Eyes." Similarly, Teresa Jue of the Daily Bruin gave a mixed response for the concert stating, "Owl City's keyboard medleys were catchy... The ultimate problem though, was that many of Owl City's songs are rather repetitive, making for similar rhythms and instrumental qualities that were at times indistinguishable from each other." Writing on the concert at the Ogden Theatre, The Denver Post gave a positive response noting, "Every song during the first half of the set was a fun, poppy, sometimes toe-tapping three-minute adventure with eclectic storytelling lyrics that ranged from a trip to the dentist to a walk through corn fields." Another positive review came from Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian writing on the concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire. She wrote, "There isn't much variety to his song structures, which incline toward straightforward pop-rock, but there are little surprises tacked on: the xylophone tinkles that herald 'Air Traffic', an oddly erotic introduction to 'Cave In', in which the string duo down instruments and cavort around a drum, like violin-playing sprites."

### Commercial performance

The first few shows of the tour sold well as the McCain Auditorium concert reportedly sold out. The show at the Beaumont Club also sold out to a crowd of 1,200 people. The Club Nokia show were just shy of 4,000 people in attendance. The concert at the Aragon Ballroom also had a sold out crowd. In the UK, the show at Shepherd's Bush Empire also had a sold out crowd.

## Opening acts

* Lights (North America, Europe & Asia)
* Deas Vail (North America)

## Setlist

This set list is representative of the performance on January 20, 2010, at McCain Auditorium in Manhattan, Kansas. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.
* "Umbrella Beach"
* "The Bird and the Worm"
* "Tip of the Iceberg"
* "On the Wing"
* "Air Traffic"
* "Fireflies"
* "Meteor Shower"
* "The Technicolor Phase"
* "The Saltwater Room"
* "Dental Care"
* "Hot Air Balloon"
* "Cave In"
* "Vanilla Twilight"
* "Hello Seattle"

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| North America ||||
| January 19, 2010 | Omaha | United States | University of Nebraska |
| January 20, 2010 | Manhattan | United States | McCain Auditorium |
| January 21, 2010 | Kansas City | United States | Beaumont Club |
| January 22, 2010 | Oklahoma City | United States | Diamond Ballroom |
| January 24, 2010 | Indianapolis | United States | Murat Center |
| January 26, 2010 | Madison | United States | Majestic Theatre |
| January 27, 2010 | Cincinnati | United States | 20th Century Theatre |
| January 28, 2010 | Columbus | United States | Newport Music Hall |
| January 29, 2010 | Towson | United States | Recher Theatre |
| January 30, 2010 | Norfolk | United States | The NorVa |
| February 1, 2010 | Charleston | United States | Music Farm |
| February 2, 2010 | Jacksonville | United States | Freebird Live |
| February 3, 2010 | St. Petersburg | United States | State Theatre |
| February 4, 2010 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Culture Room |
| February 5, 2010 | Orlando | United States | House of Blues |
| February 6, 2010 | Athens | United States | The Melting Point |
| February 8, 2010 | Birmingham | United States | WorkPlay Theatre |
| February 9, 2010 | Baton Rouge | United States | Varsity Theatre |
| February 10, 2010 | Little Rock | United States | The Revolution |
| February 11, 2010 | Valparaiso | United States | Valparaiso University |
| February 12, 2010 | Indiana | United States | Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| February 13, 2010 | Grantham | United States | Messiah University |
| February 14, 2010 | Baltimore | United States | University of Maryland |
| Europe ||||
| February 17, 2010 | Brighton | United Kingdom | Komedia |
| February 18, 2010 | London | United Kingdom | Electric Ballroom |
| February 19, 2010 | Oxford | United Kingdom | O2 Academy |
| February 20, 2010 | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | O2 Academy |
| February 21, 2010 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | O2 Academy |
| February 22, 2010 | Manchester | United Kingdom | Manchester Academy |
| February 24, 2010 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Melkweg |
| February 25, 2010 | Brussels | Belgium | Le Botanique |
| February 26, 2010 | Paris | France | Le Nouveau Casino |
| February 27, 2010 | Cologne | Germany | Gloria Theater |
| February 28, 2010 | Munich | Germany | 59:1 |
| March 1, 2010 | Berlin | Germany | Magnet Club |
| March 2, 2010 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Amager Bio |
| North America ||||
| March 30, 2010 | Boise | United States | Knitting Factory |
| March 31, 2010 | Spokane | United States | Knitting Factory |
| April 1, 2010 | Seattle | United States | Paramount Theater |
| April 2, 2010 | Vancouver | Canada | The Centre |
| April 3, 2010 | Portland | United States | Roseland Theater |
| April 5, 2010 | San Francisco | United States | The Fillmore |
| April 6, 2010 | San Francisco | United States | The Fillmore |
| April 7, 2010 | Pomona | United States | Fox Theater |
| April 8, 2010 | San Diego | United States | Soma |
| April 9, 2010 | Los Angeles | United States | Club Nokia |
| April 10, 2010 | Phoenix | United States | Marquee Theatre |
| April 12, 2010 | Magna | United States | The Great Saltair |
| April 13, 2010 | Denver | United States | Ogden Theatre |
| April 14, 2010 | Tulsa | United States | Reynolds Center |
| April 15, 2010 | Austin | United States | Stubb's BBQ |
| April 16, 2010 | Houston | United States | Verizon Theatre |
| April 17, 2010 | Dallas | United States | Nokia Theatre |
| April 19, 2010 | Nashville | United States | War Memorial |
| April 20, 2010 | Atlanta | United States | The Tabernacle |
| April 22, 2010 | Washington, D.C. | United States | DAR Constitution Hall |
| April 23, 2010 | Boston | United States | House of Blues |
| April 24, 2010 | New York City | United States | Terminal 5 |
| April 25, 2010 | Philadelphia | United States | Electric Factory |
| April 27, 2010 | Toronto | Canada | Sound Academy |
| April 28, 2010 | Cleveland | United States | House of Blues |
| April 29, 2010 | Royal Oak | United States | Royal Oak Music Theatre |
| April 30, 2010 | Chicago | United States | Aragon Ballroom |
| May 1, 2010 | Minneapolis | United States | State Theatre |
| May 2, 2010 | Milwaukee | United States | Eagles Ballroom |
| May 4, 2010 | Des Moines | United States | Val Air Ballroom |
| May 5, 2010 | St. Louis | United States | The Pageant |
| Europe ||||
| May 8, 2010 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | Barrowlands |
| May 9, 2010 | London | United Kingdom | O$_2$ Shepherd's Bush Empire |
| May 11, 2010 | Paris | France | Élysée Montmartre |
| May 12, 2010 | Cologne | Germany | E-Werk |
| North America ||||
| August 4, 2010 | Toronto | Canada | Molson Amphitheater |
| August 5, 2010 | Clarkston | United States | DTE Energy Music Theater |
| August 6, 2010 | Noblesville | United States | Verizon Wireless Music Center |
| August 7, 2010 | Canandaigua | United States | CMAC |
| August 9, 2010 | Mansfield | United States | Comcast Center |
| August 11, 2010 | Wantagh | United States | Nikon at Jones Beach Theater |
| August 13, 2010 | Bristow | United States | Jiffy Lube Live |
| August 14, 2010 | Camden | United States | Susquehanna Bank Center |
| August 15, 2010 | Holmdel | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| August 18, 2010 | Phoenix | United States | Cricket Wireless Pavilion |
| August 20, 2010 | Mountain View | United States | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| August 21, 2010 | Wheatland | United States | Sleep Train Amphitheatre |
| August 22, 2010 | Los Angeles | United States | Hollywood Bowl |
| August 24, 2010 | Irvine | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater |
| August 25, 2010 | Chula Vista | United States | Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre |
| August 28, 2010 | Honolulu | United States | Pipeline Cafe |
| August 31, 2010 | Salt Lake City | United States | USANA Amphitheatre |
| September 1, 2010 | Morrison | United States | Red Rocks Amphitheatre |
| September 4, 2010 | Dallas | United States | SuperPages.com Center |
| September 5, 2010 | The Woodlands | United States | Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion |
| September 6, 2010 | Orange Beach | United States | The Wharf Amphitheater |
| September 8, 2010 | Atlanta | United States | Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood |
| September 10, 2010 | Tampa | United States | Ford Amphitheatre |
| September 11, 2010 | West Palm Beach | United States | Cruzan Amphitheater |
| September 18, 2010 | West Springfield | United States | The Eastern States Exposition |
| October 31, 2010 | Owatonna | United States | Owatonna Senior High School |
| Asia ||||
| November 4, 2010 | Osaka | Japan | Big Cat |
| November 5, 2010 | Nagoya | Japan | Club Quattro |
| November 6, 2010 | Tokyo | Japan | Shibuya AX |
| Oceania ||||
| November 9, 2010 | Sydney | Australia | Enmore |
| November 10, 2010 | Melbourne | Australia | Palais Theatre |
| November 11, 2010 | Brisbane | Australia | The Tivoli |
| November 13, 2010 | Auckland | New Zealand | The Powerstation |