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During the recording of the album, the band embarked on their first headlining tour, The Sub-Par Punk Who Cares Tour 2004.<ref name="cleve"/> After recording, the band set out on the inaugural Epitaph Tour, alongside Matchbook Romance and From First to Last, with appearances by [[the Matches]] and Scatter the Ashes on select dates.<ref name="bbtour"/> The tour visited every major US city, and ran from February 2 to March 19, 2005.<ref name="bbtour">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/65606/billboard-bits-kroq-epitaph-american-hi-fi|title=''Billboard'' Bits: KROQ, Epitaph, American Hi-Fi|author= Barry A. Jeckell|date=November 19, 2004|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> The band played to larger crowds on the tours supporting the album, including over 9,000 fans on a Chicago date in 2005.<ref name="theage"/> The group "toured incessantly", including dates on the [[Warped Tour 2005]].<ref name="wildcat"/> Afterwards, the band joined the [[Nintendo Fusion Tour]] with [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Panic! at the Disco]], and [[The Starting Line]], which was their largest nationwide tour to that point.<ref name="theage"/> The group had been friends with Fall Out Boy for many years prior, having both played side-by-side before either group found their respective success.<ref name="wildcat"/> The next year, the band also played more U.S. shows with [[OK Go]] and [[Plain White Ts]], and again headlined the Warped Tour.<ref name="SPIN 2005 e262">{{cite web | title=Motion City Soundtrack Announces Tour | website=SPIN | date=December 13, 2005 | url=https://www.spin.com/2005/12/motion-city-soundtrack-announces-tour/ | access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref>
 
The band has on two occasions celebrated the album's tenth and seventeenth anniversaries, respectively, with full-album concerts. The band first played the album in full in 2009;<ref name="Ryan 2009 a325">{{cite web | last=Ryan | first=Kyle | title=Motion City Soundtrack Perform All Three Albums! | website=SPIN | date=December 21, 2009 | url=https://www.spin.com/2009/12/motion-city-soundtrack-perform-all-three-albums/ | access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> in 2012, they played the full record as part of their "4 Albums. 2 Nights. 7 Cities" jaunt.<ref name="boston">{{cite web|author=Maggie Hollander|url=http://www.bostonmusicspotlight.com/features-motion-city-soundtrack-interview-with-bassist-matthew-taylor-september-2011/|title=Motion City Soundtrack look back with special tour|publisher=Boston Music Spotlight|date=September 9, 2011|access-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064120/http://www.bostonmusicspotlight.com/features-motion-city-soundtrack-interview-with-bassist-matthew-taylor-september-2011/|archive-date=April 21, 2014|url-status=deadusurped}}</ref> They embarked on a tour celebrating the tenth anniversary of the album between January and February 2015;<ref name="altpress14"/> the group later extended this outing, and further toured the album between June and August 2015.<ref name="pollstar">{{cite news|author=Sarah Marie Pittman|url=http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=817920|title=Motion City Soundtrack's 10-Year Anniversary Party|date=April 30, 2015|work=[[Pollstar]]|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422082442/http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=817920|archive-date=April 22, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The band planned to celebrate the album's fifteenth birthday with another anniversary tour, but the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] shunted their plans; these shows were later performed in 2022.<ref name="Niesel 2021 m719">{{cite web | last=Niesel | first=Jeff | title=Motion City Soundtrack Singer Talks About Anniversary Tour Coming to Bogart's in January | website=Cincinnati CityBeat | date=December 14, 2021 | url=https://www.citybeat.com/music/motion-city-soundtrack-singer-talks-about-anniversary-tour-coming-to-bogarts-in-january-12343942 | access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref>
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