20 Years Queer

[1] The title also references the band's early single "Queer", and the promotional poster is redolent of the self-titled album's pink feather artwork.

[4] The commemorative tour was initially announced in March with shows confirmed in Paris and London, and was expected to travel to a number of cities worldwide.

[7] Guitarist Steve Marker later commented: "We're just as surprised to be here now, intact, so many years later, enthusiastically preparing to get back on the road with that album...A big piece of our lives remains caught up in the making of that record, and we know it holds a special place for the fans that have kept us going for so long".

[11] The live show was preceded by an introductory video compiled from footage of Garbage on their first tour and pop cultural moments of the era, sound-tracked by the bands largely-instrumental B-side "Alien Sex Fiend".

These were picked from a rotation of: "Push It", "I Think I'm Paranoid" or "When I Grow Up"[10] from Version 2.0; "Cherry Lips" from Beautiful Garbage; "Bad Boyfriend" or "Why Do You Love Me" from Bleed Like Me; or "Automatic Systematic Habit"[10] from Not Your Kind of People.

Garbage perform "As Heaven Is Wide" at Manchester Academy . Shirley Manson quoted lines from the Lord's Prayer during the song outro.