Kelly Clarkson / The Fray Tour

Kelly Clarkson / The Fray Tour

Tour by Kelly Clarkson and The Fray
Promotional poster for tour
Location	North America
Associated album	Stronger Scars & Stories
Start date	July 21, 2012
End date	September 15, 2012
Legs	1
Number of shows	30
Kelly Clarkson tour chronology Stronger Tour (2012) 2012 Summer Tour (2012) Stronger Tour (2012) The Fray tour chronology The Fray in Concert (2012) 2012 Summer Tour (2012)

The Kelly Clarkson / The Fray was a co-headlining concert tour by American pop-rock singer Kelly Clarkson and American alternative rock band The Fray. It supported Clarkson's fifth studio album, Stronger (2011), and The Fray's third studio album, Scars & Stories (2012). Beginning in July 2012, the tour predominately visited North America for thirty shows.^[1] Most of the shows on the tour were held in outdoor amphitheatres.

Background

While promoting her forthcoming television series Duets on On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Clarkson (along with The Fray frontman Isaac Slade) announced the tour.^[2] Previously, the two artists performed together at "Miracle on State Street", a radio festival by WTMX in Chicago. Illinois.^[3] During The Fray's set, Clarkson was invited onstage to perform "The Christmas Song". It was this performance that sparked the collaboration. Clarkson states,

"We were kind of doing a radio circuit together and we did a couple together. We got to sing a Christmas song together on stage and we just sounded really good together, so I was like: 'Man, we should tour or something.'" If you want to see us both together we’re going to maybe sing together in the show as well. It will be cool."^[4]

Opening act

• Carolina Liar^[5]

Setlist

Clarkson^[6] 

1. "My Life Would Suck Without You"
2. "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
3. "I Forgive You"
4. "Dark Side"
5. "You Love Me"
6. "We Are Young"
7. "Already Gone"
8. "Don't You Wanna Stay"
9. Fan Request
10. "Let Me Down"
11. "Breakaway"
12. "Since U Been Gone"

Encore

12. "Because of You"
13. "Mr. Know It All"
14. "Miss Independent"
15. "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"

Fan Request

• Ridgefield: "All My Life" – (Foo Fighters cover)^[7]
• Airway Heights: "Sober"^[8]
• Concord: "Wide Awake" – (Katy Perry cover)
• Paradise: "Everytime" – (Britney Spears cover)
• Murphy's: : "Wide Open Space" – (Dixie Chicks cover)
• Phoenix: "Don't Speak" – (No Doubt cover)^[9]
• Albuquerque: "Princess of China" – (Coldplay & Rihanna cover)^[10]
• Thackerville: "Breathe (2 AM)" – (Anna Nalick cover)^[10]
• Orange Beach: "Not Over You" – (Gavin DeGraw cover)^[11]
• Alpharetta: "Walkaway Joe" – (Trisha Yearwood cover)^[12]
• Clarkston: "Lose Yourself" – (Eminem cover)^[13]
• Cincinnati: "Stay" – (Lisa Loeb cover)^[14]
• Camden: "I Hope You Dance" – (Lee Ann Womack cover)^[15]
• Hershey: "Call Me Maybe" – (Carly Rae Jepsen cover)^[16]
• Bethel: "I'll Stand by You" – (The Pretenders cover)
• Wantagh: "Somebody That I Used to Know" – (Gotye & Kimbra cover)^[17]
• Bristow: "No Scrubs" – (TLC cover)^[18]
• Mansfield: "Cold Dessert" – (Kings of Leon cover)^[19]
• Holmdel Township: "Shake It Out" – (Florence + the Machine cover)^[20]
• Toronto: "Home" – (Michael Bublé cover)^[21]
• Canadaigua: "Always Be My Baby" – (Mariah Carey cover)
• Tinley Park: "Cry Me a River" – (Justin Timberlake cover)^[22]
• Noblesville: "Stand By Your Man – (Tammy Wynette cover)^[23]
• Independence: "A Moment Like This"
• The Woodlands: "You and I" – (Lady Gaga cover)
• Virginia Beach: "We Found Love" – (Rihanna cover)^[24]
• Charlotte: "Fade Into You" – (Mazzy Star cover)
• Tuscaloosa: "Ain't No Way" – (Aretha Franklin cover)
• Nashville: "I Know You Won't" – (Carrie Underwood cover)

Notes:

• "Never Again" & "Let Me Down" were performed at select shows.
• In Los Angeles, Clarkson sang "You Don't Know Me" with John Legend.^[8]
• Issac Slade performed "Don't You Wanna Stay" with Clarkson at select shows.
• In Alpharetta, Clarkson sang "Don't You Wanna Stay" with Duets runner-up, John Glosson.
• At the Nashville show Clarkson sang Vince Gill's "Go Rest High on That Mountain"

The Fray^[6] 

1. "The Fighter"
2. "You Found Me"
3. "Syndicate"
4. "Turn Me On"
5. "Never Say Never"
6. "Here We Are"
7. "Ungodly Hour"
8. "Happiness"
9. "Be Still"
10. "All at Once"
11. "Look After You"
12. "How to Save a Life"
13. "Over My Head (Cable Car)"
14. "Heartbeat"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[25]
July 21, 2012	Ridgefield	United States	Sleep Country Amphitheater
July 22, 2012^[A]	Airway Heights		Northern Quest Outdoor Concert Venue
July 25, 2012	Concord		Sleep Train Pavilion
July 27, 2012	Las Vegas		Chelsea Ballroom
July 28, 2012^[B]	Murphys		Ironstone Amphitheatre
July 30, 2012	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl
August 1, 2012	Phoenix		US Airways Center
August 2, 2012	Albuquerque		The Pavilion
August 4, 2012	Thackerville		WinStar World Casino
August 6, 2012	Orange Beach		The Amphitheater at The Wharf
August 8, 2012	Alpharetta		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 10, 2012	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 14, 2012	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
August 16, 2012	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center
August 17, 2012^[C]	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium
August 19, 2012	Bethel		Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
August 21, 2012	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 23, 2012	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live
August 25, 2012	Mansfield		Comcast Center
August 26, 2012	Holmdel Township		PNC Bank Arts Center
August 28, 2012	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 29, 2012	Hopewell	United States	CMAC
September 1, 2012	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
September 2, 2012	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center
September 5, 2012	Independence		Independence Events Center
September 7, 2012	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 11, 2012	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live
September 12, 2012	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
September 14, 2012	Tuscaloosa		Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
September 15, 2012	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert is a part of the "Pepsi Outdoor Summer Concerts"^[26]

^B This concert is a part of the "Ironstone Summer Concert Series"^[27]

^C This concert is a part of the "MixTape Festival"^[28]

Box office score date

Venue	City	Tickets Sold / Available	Gross Revenue
Chelsea Ballroom	Paradise	1,927 / 3,573 (54%)	$141,161[29]
Molson Amphitheatre	Toronto	9,239 / 9,239 (100%)	$487,430
Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre	Tuscaloosa	3,414 / 7,049 (48%)	$179,637
Bridgestone Arena	Nashville	5,897 / 8,206 (72%)	$329,166 [30]
TOTAL		20,477 / 28,067 (73%)	$1,137,601

External links

• Kelly Clarkson Official Website
• The Fray Official Website

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