page_title: Metric (band)
section_title: Touring
hierarchical_section_title: Metric (band) / Touring
caption_attribution_description: James Shaw and Emily Haines of the Canadian band Metric performing at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario
context_page_description: Metric is a Canadian rock band founded in 1998 in Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Emily Haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott-Key. The band started in 1998 as a duo formed by Haines and Shaw with the name "Mainstream". After releasing an EP titled Mainstream EP, they changed the band's name to Metric.
  The band's first studio album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003. Live It Out, released in 2005, was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the "Canadian Album of the Year" and for the 2006 Juno Awards for "Best Alternative Album". Their third studio album, Grow Up and Blow Away, was recorded in 2001; it was initially planned as their debut album, but was delayed for many years and finally released, with some changes, in 2007.
  Metric's fourth album Fantasies was released in 2009. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for "Canadian Album of the Year", and won the "Alternative Album of the Year" at the 2010 Juno Awards. Metric also won the 2010 "Group of the Year". The fifth Metric studio album, Synthetica, was released in 2012.
context_section_description: Metric has toured extensively in North America, South America and Europe, but also have toured through Australia, The Philippines, and Japan.
  During Metric live performances, Haines sings and plays two synthesizers and occasionally plays a tambourine or a guitar. One of the two synthesizers is a Sequential Circuits Pro-One, which she has played at every live performance with the whole band since the Grow Up and Blow Away era. Her other keyboard is a Nord Wave with a custom built stand. James Shaw plays guitar and Winstead plays bass. Both Shaw and Winstead occasionally play a synthesizer each, and also sing backing vocals. Joules Scott-Key plays drums.
  The band is also known for their acoustic performances as a duo, with Haines singing and/or playing various instruments (piano, harmonica, tambourine) and James Shaw playing the acoustic guitar and occasionally singing.
  Metric has performed at music festivals around the world, including Coachella, Osheaga, Bluesfest, Pemberton, All Points West, Glastonbury, Bumbershoot, Virgin Festival, Download Festival, Pukkelpop, Squamish, SXSW, Sasquatch!, La Route Du Rock, The Great Escape, Edgefest, Reading and Leeds Festival, Rock Werchter, Wireless, Splendour in the Grass, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and the Hillside Festival. They also collaborated with Lou Reed.
  Metric performed at various radio stations (including KCRW, 3VOOR12, BBC 6Music, XFM) and various TV shows (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, VH1 Divas, Later... with Jools Holland, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Call with Carson Daly).
  Metric opened for The Rolling Stones, Muse, Imagine Dragons, Billy Talent, Bloc Party, Hot Hot Heat, Modest Mouse, Death From Above 1979, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, and Paramore. Death Cab for Cutie opened for them during their Pagans in Vegas 2015/2016 tour.
  Bands that opened for Metric include artists like Joywave, Phantogram, Crystal Castles, Holy Fuck, July Talk, Stars, Hadouken!, Sebastien Grainger, Kate Nash, The Stills, Band of Skulls, Codeine Velvet Club, Bear in Heaven, Passion Pit, Nick Zinner (from Yeah Yeah Yeahs), and Chew Lips.
  To kick off their tour and as a treat to fans, September 24, 2015 Metric played Danforth Music Hall in Toronto.
  In support of Pagans in Vegas, the band announced a series of tours over late 2015 and early 2016. In order, they were: Pagans Across The Pond (UK and Europe; Fall 2015), The Topaz Tour (Mexico, Southern USA; Winter 2015), I Can See The End Tour (USA; Winter/Spring 2016), and Lights On The Horizon Tour (Canada; Spring 2016). Death Cab for Cutie and Leisure Cruise opened for the Lights On The Horizon portion of the 2016 tour. One dollar for every ticket sold for the 2016 tour went to help fight climate change and secure environmental rights, working with the David Suzuki Foundation and Plus One.
  Throughout the summer of 2016 Metric played several North American festivals, including WayHome Music & Arts Festival in Oro, Ontario, Canada.
  Metric performed at the Stanley Cup 125th Tribute Concert in Ottawa, Ontario, March 17, 2017.
  Metric served as the opening act for the North American dates of The Smashing Pumpkins' "Shiny and Oh So Bright" reunion tour, which ran from July through September 2018.
  On September 6, 2018, Metric, Dizzy and The Elwins played at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto to help their hometown's Indie 88 radio station celebrate their fifth birthday.
  Metric are touring Europe and the United States during fall 2018 and winter 2019 in promotion of Art of Doubt.
caption: James Shaw and Emily Haines performing at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, 2012
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