Celebration Rock Tour
Japandroids concert chronology
World tour by Japandroids
Location	North America South America Europe Asia Oceania
Start date	March 8, 2012 São Paulo, Brazil
End date	November 10, 2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Legs	13
No. of shows	228 North America (101) South America (8) Europe (89) Asia (15) Oceania (15)
Post-Nothing Tour (2009-2010) Celebration Rock Tour (2012-2013)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	A
Chicago Tribune
The Irish Times
MSN Music	A−
NME	6/10
Pitchfork Media	8.8/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin	9/10

Celebration Rock is the second studio album by Canadian rock duo Japandroids, released June 5, 2012 by Polyvinyl Record Co. The album, recorded in Vancouver, blended classic rock influences such as Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty with punk rock influences such as The Replacements and Hüsker Dü. The album received critical acclaim upon its release, appearing on numerous critics year-end best-of lists. Celebration Rock was named as a short-listed nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize, and was also nominated for the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year.

The album was recognized as one of The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far by Pitchfork Media in August 2014.

Following the release of Post-Nothing, Japandroids toured extensively in support of the album, performing over 200 shows between June 2009 and October 2010. Following two New Year's shows December 31, 2010 and January 1, 2011 in Chicago, the band decided to discontinue touring in support of Post-Nothing, and return to Vancouver to begin working on a new album.

After taking the bulk of 2011 off to work on new material, Japandroids revealed that they would tour North America with Bass Drum of Death throughout August/September playing primarily smaller, intimate venues in order to test out their new material prior to the recording of their second album. During these shows, the band debuted several new songs including "Fire's Highway," "Adrenaline Nightshift," and "Evil's Sway."

Following the tour, the band temporarily relocated from Vancouver to Nashville to continue writing. The duo cited disillusion with Vancouver, as well as the difficulty of returning to a sedentary lifestyle following two years of continuous touring, as the primary motivations for the move. Both "The House That Heaven Built" and "Continuous Thunder" were written during this period.

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