Blown Away Tour

Blown Away Tour

Tour by Carrie Underwood
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	Worldwide
Associated album	Blown Away
Start date	May 26, 2012
End date	June 30, 2013
Legs	6
Number of shows	105 in North America 4 in Europe 5 in Australia 114 Total
Carrie Underwood concert chronology

The Blown Away Tour was the third headlining tour by country music singer Carrie Underwood and is in support of her fourth album Blown Away. The tour was her first worldwide tour, with Underwood playing in Europe and Australia for the first time.

Underwood announced that she would be donating $1 from each ticket sold on the North American leg of the “Blown Away Tour” to support Red Cross disaster relief.^[1]

The Blown Away Tour was the 47th best-selling tour in the world in 2012, having earned $29.2 million with sold 486,504 tickets. In 2013 it was the 31st best-selling tour, mid-year, with $23.6 million and 386,695 tickets sold. Overall, the tour is the best of Underwood's career thus far with a total gross of $52.8 million.^[2]

Background

On May 1, 2012, Underwood announced the Blown Away Tour. The tour included an international run of shows during the summer of 2012, including her first-ever United Kingdom concert, taking place at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London on June 21. Underwood announced four dates in Australia on May 6, 2012.^[3] Opening for Underwood was country singer Hunter Hayes, who was the opening act for the North American leg of the tour.^[4] On October 29, 2012, dates for the second North American leg of the tour were announced.^[5] On November 30, 2012, it was announced that Underwood would be taking the tour to Ireland and Northern Ireland in March 2013.^[6] They were Underwood's first-ever concerts in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Opening acts

• Damien Leith (Australia)
• Hunter Hayes (North America)
• Kira Isabella (Canada)^[7]

Setlist

Europe and Australia 

1. "Good Girl"
2. "Flat on the Floor"
3. "Wasted"
4. "Two Black Cadillacs"
5. "So Small"
6. "Temporary Home"
7. "Last Name"
8. "Just a Dream"
9. "I Told You So"
10. "Leave Love Alone"
11. "Cowboy Casanova"
12. "Nobody Ever Told You"
13. "Quitter"
14. "Do You Think About Me"
15. "One Way Ticket"
16. "Undo It"
17. "Fix You" (Coldplay cover)
18. "Jesus, Take the Wheel" / "How Great Thou Art"
19. "Cupid's Got a Shotgun"
20. "Before He Cheats"

Encore:

1. "I Know You Won't"
2. "Blown Away"

North America 

1. "Good Girl"
2. "Undo It"
3. "Wasted"
4. "I Told You So"
5. "Two Black Cadillacs"
6. "Last Name"
7. "All-American Girl"
8. "Temporary Home"
9. "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
10. "Cowboy Casanova"
11. "Get Out of This Town"
12. "Nobody Ever Told You"
13. "Thank God For Hometowns"
14. "Crazy Dreams"
15. "Do You Think About Me"
16. "One Way Ticket"
17. "Leave Love Alone" (with Hunter Hayes)
18. "Sweet Emotion" (Aerosmith cover)
19. "Remind Me" (with Brad Paisley on September 23, 2012)
20. "Cupid's Got a Shotgun"
21. "Before He Cheats"

Encore:

1. "I Know You Won't"
2. "Blown Away"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Gross Revenue
North America
May 26, 2012 ^[A]	Baton Rouge	United States	Bayou Country Superfest	N/A	N/A
June 8, 2012 ^[B]	Nashville		CMA Music Festival	N/A	N/A
Europe Leg 1
June 21, 2012	London	England	Royal Albert Hall	N/A	$150,890
Australia
June 26, 2012	Melbourne	Australia	Palais Theatre	N/A	$246,789
June 29, 2012	Tamworth		Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre	N/A	$434,845
June 30, 2012	Brisbane		Brisbane Convention Centre	2,571 / 3,222 (80%)	$228,552
July 2, 2012	Sydney		Sydney Opera House	N/A	$678,234
July 3, 2012				N/A
North America Leg 1
August 12, 2012 ^[C]	Oro-Medonte	Canada	Boots & Hearts Music Festival	N/A	N/A
September 14, 2012	Manchester	United States	Verizon Wireless Arena	7,944 / 8,133 (98%)	$476,254
September 15, 2012	Bridgeport		Webster Bank Arena	6,232 / 6,426 (97%)	$378,872
September 17, 2012	Providence		Dunkin' Donuts Center	6,114 / 6,388 (96%)	$377,554
September 19, 2012	Worcester		DCU Center	6,073 / 6,366 (95%)	$373,018
September 20, 2012	Reading		Sovereign Center	5,535 / 5,883 (94%)	$329,633
September 22, 2012	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center	10,069 / 10,583 (96%)	$593,576
September 23, 2012	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	9,856 / 10,023 (98%)	$591,096
September 26, 2012	Ashwaubenon		Resch Center	7,381 / 7,381 (100%)	$426,273
September 27, 2012	Minneapolis		Target Center	9,519 / 9,735 (98%)	$567,614
September 29, 2012	Fargo		Fargodome	10,228 / 10,514 (97%)	$578,158
October 1, 2012	Saskatoon	Canada	Credit Union Centre	7,879 / 8,096 (98%)	$495,426
October 2, 2012	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome	11,213 / 11,213 (100%)	$697,172
October 4, 2012	Vancouver		Rogers Arena	8,559 / 8,920 (96%)	$540,531
October 6, 2012	Seattle	United States	KeyArena	8,957 / 9,185 (98%)	$531,922
October 7, 2012	Portland		Rose Garden	7,347 / 7,347 (100%)	$424,695
October 10, 2012	West Valley City		Maverik Center	8,948 / 8,948 (100%)	$504,638
October 12, 2012	Reno		Reno Events Center	6,164 / 6,164 (100%)	$367,394
October 13, 2012	Sacramento		Power Balance Pavilion	8,804 / 8,804 (100%)	$524,704
October 14, 2012	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose	7,884 / 8,120 (97%)	$473,154
October 16, 2012	Los Angeles		Staples Center	11,105 / 11,105 (100%)	$611,918
October 18, 2012	Bakersfield		Rabobank Arena	7,297 / 7,350 (97%)	$421,765
October 20, 2012	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center	7,767 / 8,114 (96%)	$450,005
October 21, 2012	Glendale		jobing.com Arena	8,369 / 8,369 (100%)	$486,582
October 24, 2012	Dallas		American Airlines Center	9,414 / 9,414 (100%)	$559,724
October 25, 2012	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena	8,327 / 8,704 (96%)	$507,310
October 27, 2012	Wichita		Intrust Bank Arena	7,712 / 7,959 (97%)	$449,208
October 28, 2012	Springfield		JQH Arena	7,612 / 7,794 (98%)	$434,197
November 3, 2012	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena	8,613 / 8,830 (98%)	$515,371
November 4, 2012	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	9,372 / 9,992 (94%)	$428,377
November 7, 2012	Baltimore		1st Mariner Arena	7,291 / 7,291 (100%)	$551,182
November 9, 2012	Atlantic City		Boardwalk Hall	9,447 / 10,431 (91%)	$561,992
November 10, 2012	Hartford		XL Center	6,903 / 6,903 (100%)	$418,368
November 13, 2012	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center	7,147 / 7,844 (91%)	$417,715
November 15, 2012	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	10,093 / 10,093 (100%)	$565,292
November 16, 2012	Moline		iWireless Center	9,711 / 9,711 (100%)	$547,039
November 20, 2012	St. Louis		Scottrade Center	10,415 / 10,796 (96%)	$570,743
November 21, 2012	Tulsa		BOK Center	10,073 / 10,073 (100%)	$605,878
November 24, 2012	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse	8,964 / 8,964 (100%)	$499,966
November 25, 2012	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	11,796 / 11,796 (100%)	$668,236
November 27, 2012	Pittsburgh		Consol Energy Center	9,492 / 9,875 (96%)	$530,212
November 28, 2012	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	9,547 / 10,216 (93%)	$550,278
November 30, 2012	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum	8,526 / 8,777 (97%)	$512,836
December 1, 2012	Newark		Prudential Center	10,698 / 11,499 (93%)	$642,908
December 4, 2012	Albany		Times Union Center	7,601 / 8,018 (95%)	$438,454
December 6, 2012	London	Canada	Budweiser Gardens	7,995 / 7,995 (100%)	$500,955
December 8, 2012	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place	9,622 / 10,255 (94%)	$593,561
December 9, 2012	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	12,212 / 12,212 (100%)	$748,206
December 11, 2012	Columbus	United States	Schottenstein Center	9,022 / 9,022 (100%)	$515,172
December 12, 2012	Chicago		United Center	11,930 / 11,930 (100%)	$696,120
December 14, 2012	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	10,056 / 10,251 (98%)	$574,911
December 18, 2012	Memphis		FedExForum	8,367 / 8,367 (100%)	$476,935
December 19, 2012	Duluth		Arena at Gwinnett Center	9,887 / 9,887 (100%)	$591,240
December 21, 2012	Orlando		Amway Center	11,017 / 11,017 (100%)	$631,232
December 22, 2012	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center	7,945 / 8,226 (97%)	$477,040
North America Leg 2
February 13, 2013	Colorado Springs	United States	Colorado Springs World Arena	6,263 / 6,263 (100%)	$387,748
February 14, 2013	Broomfield		1stBank Center	5,525 / 5,525 (100%)	$341,970
February 17, 2013	Boise		Taco Bell Arena	7,254 / 7,254 (100%)	$421,569
February 19, 2013	Billings		MetraPark Arena	7,711 / 7,711 (100%)	$437,939
February 21, 2013	Spokane		Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	9,914 / 9,914 (100%)	$563,349
February 22, 2013	Yakima		Yakima SunDome	6,719 / 6,719 (100%)	$384,497
February 25, 2013	Oakland		Oracle Arena	6,719 / 6,719 (100%)	$384,497
February 26, 2013	Stockton		Stockton Arena	8,501 / 8,501 (100%)	$484,884
March 2, 2013	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center	7,912 / 7,912 (100%)	$477,392
March 3, 2013	Ontario		Citizens Business Bank Arena	7,548 / 7,548 (100%)	$476,330
March 5, 2013	Fresno		Save Mart Center	10,333 / 10,333 (100%)	$550,616
March 8, 2013	Rio Rancho		Santa Ana Star Center	6,409 / 6,409 (100%)	$373,752
Europe
March 14, 2013	Dublin	Ireland	Olympia Theatre	N/A	N/A
March 15, 2013	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Waterfront Hall	N/A	N/A
March 17, 2013 ^[D]	London	England	C2C: Country to Country	N/A	N/A
North America Leg 3
March 21, 2013	Richmond	United States	Richmond Coliseum	8,419 / 8,419 (100%)	$480,987
March 23, 2013	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center	6,894 / 6,894 (100%)	$406,339
March 25, 2013	Hershey		Giant Center	8,624 / 8,624 (100%)	$483,364
March 26, 2013	Buffalo		First Niagara Center	12,484 / 12,484 (100%)	$683,154
March 28, 2013	Hamilton	Canada	Copps Coliseum	11,488 / 11,488 (100%)	$702,891
March 29, 2013	Windsor		WFCU Centre	6,488 / 6,488 (100%)	$539,387
March 30, 2013	Kingston		K-Rock Centre	6,488 / 6,488 (100%)	$539,387
April 2, 2013	Saint John		Harbour Station	6,532 / 6,532 (100%)	$415,256
April 9, 2013	Portland	United States	Cumberland County Civic Center	5,751 / 5,751 (100%)	$337,409
April 11, 2013	Youngstown		Covelli Centre	5,635 / 5,635 (100%)	$348,460
April 13, 2013	East Lansing		Breslin Student Events Center	8,276 / 8,276 (100%)	$462,336
April 14, 2013	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	8,492 / 8,492 (100%)	$470,712
April 16, 2013	Greenville		BI-LO Center	9,695 / 9,695 (100%)	$541,443
April 17, 2013	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena	8,357 / 8,357 (100%)	$438,030
April 19, 2013	Augusta		James Brown Arena	6,093 / 6,093 (100%)	$356,436
April 20, 2013	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	10,221 / 10,221 (100%)	$562,284
April 23, 2013	Houston		Toyota Center	8,246 / 8,246 (100%)	$493,596
April 25, 2013	San Antonio		Freeman Coliseum	7,134 / 7,134 (100%)	$417,099
April 27, 2013	Cedar Park		Cedar Park Center	6,629 / 6,629 (100%)	$404,514
April 29, 2013	Lafayette		Cajundome	9,288 / 9,288 (100%)	$520,588
May 1, 2013	Kansas City^a		Sprint Center	11,778 / 11,778 (100%)	$681,238
May 2, 2013	Bloomington		U.S. Cellular Coliseum	6,458 / 6,458 (100%)	$374,403
May 3, 2013	Milwaukee		BMO Harris Bradley Center	11,592 / 11,592 (100%)	$674,402
May 5, 2013	Toledo		Huntington Center	7,446 / 7,446 (100%)	$431,981
May 6, 2013	Springfield^b		Prairie Capital Convention Center	N/A	N/A
May 8, 2013	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center	7,914 / 7,914 (100%)	$443,659
May 10, 2013	Rockford		BMO Harris Bank Center	6,807 / 6,807 (100%)	$402,015
May 12, 2013	Omaha		CenturyLink Center Omaha	12,600 / 12,600 (100%)	$723,880
May 13, 2013	Sioux City		Tyson Events Center	7,036 / 7,036 (100%)	$403,316
May 15, 2013	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre	9,630 / 9,630 (100%)	$591,841
May 17, 2013	Moose Jaw		Mosaic Place	4,039 / 4,039 (100%)	$478,223
May 18, 2013	Edmonton		Rexall Place	12,136 / 12,136 (100%)	$717,473
May 20, 2013	Dawson Creek		EnCana Events Centre	4,368 / 4,368 (100%)	$492,866
May 21, 2013	Prince George		CN Centre	5,055 / 5,055 (100%)	$588,294
May 23, 2013	Abbotsford		Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre	5,909 / 5,909 (100%)	$521,208
June 30, 2013 ^[E]	Dauphin		Dauphin's Countryfest	N/A	N/A
TOTAL				850,049 / 862,093 (98.6%)	$51,956,206

List of festivals and rescheduled shows

^A This concert was a part of the Bayou Country Superfest at Tiger Stadium (LSU).

^B This concert was a part of CMA Music Festival at LP Field.

^C This concert was a part of the Boots and Hearts Music Festival at the Burl's Creek Event Ground.

^D This concert was a part of C2C: Country to Country country music festival at the The O₂ Arena.

^E This concert was a part of Daupin's Countryfest.

Rescheduled shows

• ^Note a The Kansas City show was originally scheduled for December 15, 2012, but was moved to May 1, 2013 due to illness.^[8]
• ^Note b The Springfield show was originally scheduled for May 1, 2013, but was moved to May 6, 2013 due to illness that caused her show in Kansas City to be moved to May 1, 2013.^[8]

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Result
2013 American Country Awards	Touring Artist of the Year (Carrie Underwood)	Nominated

Tour DVD

A concert DVD entitled The Blown Away Tour: Live was released on August 12, 2013, in the United Kingdom, August 13, 2013 in North America and on August 16, 2013, in Australia.^[9] The footage was captured during Underwood's concert in Ontario, California on March 3, 2013. The DVD includes more than twenty songs performed by Underwood on tour, as well as exclusive interviews with Underwood, tour director of The Blown Away Tour, Raj Kapoor, and other behind-the-scenes footage about the tour.^[10]

Tour exhibition

From June 5, 2013, to November 10, 2013, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum displayed The Blown Away Tour Exhibit for visitors in Nashville, Tennessee. The exhibit featured costumes, set pieces, microphones, and other novelties from the tour.^[11]

References

1. May 01, 2012. "The Official Carrie Underwood Site". Carrieunderwoodofficial.com. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
2. "Pollstar Year-End Top 50 World Tours" (PDF). Pollstar. January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
3. Seanna Cronin (6 May 2012). "Carrie Underwood to tour Australia". Noosa News. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
4. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2012/05/carrie-underwood-announces-blown-away-tour/1#.T6Cmd9XXL4Y
5. http://www.carrieunderwoodofficial.com/us/news/blown-away-tour-extends-2013
6. http://www.goldenplec.com/carrie-underwood-to-play-dublin-and-belfast-shows/
7. http://www.keepinitcountryblog.com/2012/09/kira-isabella-joining-carrie-underwoods-tour/
8. http://www.carrieunderwood.fm/story/news-fan_club_news-carrie_news-carrie_live_news/carrie-underwood-kansas-city-concert-rescheduled
9. http://hotcountry.net.au/index.php/news/16726-carry-underwood-back-with-new-dvd-for-australia
10. http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1708304/carrie-underwood-concert-dvd-due-aug-13.jhtml?rsspartner=rssMozilla
11. "Carrie Underwood: The Blown Away Tour Exhibition". Country Music Foundation, Inc.,. Retrieved August 3, 2013.