Editing Tenacious D (section)

===Live===
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The band spent the first twelve years of their career playing acoustic concerts; just Black and Gass on acoustic guitars, with no backing instruments apart from occasional guests. Black and Gass have expressed angst they experience before concerts saying: "We're always looking for a loophole. Pretty much every concert we've ever done, we're trying to find a way to cancel the show at the last minute."<ref name="Relix" /> The band mainly spent their first five years performing in Los Angeles, with occasional concerts in New York and Colorado. The band embarked on their first ever tour in 1999. In 2001, Tenacious D started their second nationwide [[Concert|concert tour]], performing at larger venues, many of which sold out.<ref name="AMG" /> In 2001, Black and Gass toured with [[Weezer]] alongside [[Jimmy Eat World]], performing in large arenas. In 2002, the band supported [[Kid Rock]] at a handful of concerts, before starting their third domestic tour, ''Le Tour!'', playing many medium-sized theaters. Later that year and in early 2003, the band would perform three small European tours, and an Australian tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/concert-map/tenacious-d-2bd6d4ae.html|title=Tenacious D Concert Map|website=Setlist.fm|access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref>

{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|quote=It's a roaring crowd, and they may be roaring your approval, but it's still a scary, roaring crowd. They can turn on you, conceivably. It's still a beast that you must ride. And once it's been ridden, in the midst of the ride, it feels fantastic.|source=— [[Jack Black]] on performing live.<ref name="Seattle" />}}

In 2006, the band launched their first ever major tour, [[The Pick of Destiny Tour (2006–2007)|The Pick of Destiny Tour]]. Black and Gass wished to recruit electric guitarist [[John Konesky]] and bassist [[John Spiker]], both members of Gass' side-project [[Trainwreck with Kyle Gass|Trainwreck]], and had been session musicians on ''The Pick of Destiny'' album. The band also wished to recruit drummer [[Brooks Wackerman]] from [[The Vandals]]. At early rehearsals of the tour, Black and Gass contemplated whether to go ahead with the musicians, or whether to continue performing acoustic, of which they decided to try the tour with the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080923006620/en/TENACIOUS-Set-Release-COMPLETE-MASTERWORKS-2-DVD|title=TENACIOUS D Set to Release THE COMPLETE MASTERWORKS 2 DVD on November 4|date=September 23, 2008|publisher=Businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref> The tour would continue into 2007, with two US legs, a European leg and an Australian leg.

Following The Pick of Destiny Tour, the band would go on to play [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]],<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - Reading and Leeds Festivals 2008 - Reading Festival Line up |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/readingandleeds/2008/lineup/reading.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=York |first1=Jonny |title=Leeds 2008 review: Tenacious D |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/23/tenaciousd |website=The Guardian |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=August 23, 2008}}</ref> [[Outside Lands]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=Tenacious D Replace Beastie Boys at Outside Lands |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tenacious-d-replace-beastie-boys-at-outside-lands-80687/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=August 6, 2009}}</ref> [[Bonnaroo Music Festival|Bonnaroo]] and the [[BlizzCon|BlizzCon closing ceremony]] from 2008 to 2010,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christensen |first1=Jeff |title=Jack Black, right, and Kyle Gass of the band Tenacious D perform at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts ... |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/cirque-d-soleil-tenacious-d-ready-for-new-years-eve-2694074/attachment/jack-black-right-and-kyle-gass-of-the-band-tenacious-d-perform-at-the-bonnaroo-music-and-arts/ |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=June 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tenacious D Live Onstage at BlizzCon 2010 |url=https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/starcraft2/915758/tenacious-d-live-onstage-at-blizzcon-2010 |website=Blizzard |access-date=June 14, 2024 |language=en |date=October 11, 2010}}</ref> as well as supporting the [[Foo Fighters]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Alex |title=Foo Fighters to tour with Tenacious D in Australia |url=https://consequence.net/2011/01/foo-fighters-to-tour-with-tenacious-d-in-australia/ |website=Consequence |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=January 7, 2011}}</ref> In 2012, the band launched their second major tour, ''[[Rize of the Fenix Tour]]''. Apart from two performances in Stockholm and Amsterdam, until 2012, the band had never performed to non-English speaking countries. Black claimed it was because foreign concerts were "a little funky" because "the subtleties do get lost in translation".<ref name="Relix" /> In June, the band would perform at [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park]] festivals in Germany, which broke the band's attendance records. In October, the band embarked on a large tour of Europe, including returns to Germany.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

Following the Rize of the Fenix Tour, the band toured smaller venues as ''Old School Acoustic Style Tour'' in early 2013, performing in North America and Australia. This would be their first acoustic tour since their tour of Australia in 2004. There were two additional acoustic tours in Europe in December 2013 and February 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/tenacious-d-2bd6d4ae.html?tour=6bd7da9a|title=Tenacious D Tour Statistics: Unplugged & Unprotected |website=Setlist.fm|access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref> In 2018, the band launched their third major tour, [[Post-Apocalypto Tour]], which would surpass Rize of the Fenix as their biggest tour in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/tenacious-d-2bd6d4ae.html?tour=bd0d176|title=Tenacious D Tour Statistics: Post-Apocalypto|website=Setlist.fm|access-date=November 22, 2019|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808081218/https://www.setlist.fm/stats/tenacious-d-2bd6d4ae.html?tour=bd0d176|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2023, the band began their fourth major tour, [[the Spicy Meatball Tour]].<ref name="THE SPICY MEATBALL TOUR CONTINUES…" />