Warrior Tour

Warrior Tour

Tour by Kesha
Associated album	Warrior
Start date	May 23, 2013
End date	September 19, 2015
Legs	6
Number of shows	58 in North America 4 in South America 12 in Europe 6 in Asia 80 in total
Kesha concert chronology

The Warrior Tour was the second headlining concert tour by American recording artist Kesha, in support of her sophomore studio album, Warrior. The tour started in Boston, Massachusetts on May 23, 2013 at the Comcast Center. After the first North American leg, the tour went to Europe in July 2013, and then came back to North America for another leg in August and September 2013. The tour then played various shows in Asia and North America in the Fall of 2013. The first North American leg, with the exception of June 8, 2013 and June 29, 2013, was co-headlined with Pitbull and referred to as the 2013 North American Tour. A planned Australian leg was also going to be co-headlined with Pitbull, but was cancelled by the promoter two weeks before the leg started. Many shows of the tour are a part of festivals including Live at the Marquee in Cork, Ireland, the Wireless Festival in London, England, and the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Illinois. In October 2014, Kesha brought back the Warrior Tour setlist and costumes to perform for a music festival in Shanghai, China. After that, the tour was revisited and traveled throughout South and North America with new songs, visuals, and costumes added to the tour through January to September of 2015.

Background and development

In late March, Kesha and American rapper Pitbull announced that they would tour North America together on their 2013 North American Tour. The joint tour was officially announced on March 22, 2013, but the two hinted at the tour on March 21, 2013 via Twitter. Shortly after tickets were available for the duo's summer tour, Kesha announced a separate tour that would visit Europe and other places she did not visit with Pitbull. The tickets for the European leg of the tour went on-sale shortly after the dates were announced. A couple weeks later, on May 13, 2013, North American dates were added to the tour. Kesha announced the pre-sale password for the North American dates via Twitter after the fourth episode of her television show, Kesha: My Crazy Beautiful Life, aired on May 16, 2013. The tickets went on sale to the general public on May 17, 2013. Leading up to the tour, Kesha has been using the website Mobio Insider to connect with her fans and give them details about the tour. Kesha has been promoting the tour mainly through her Twitter and Facebook accounts. Aside from the social media promotion, Kesha has also promoted the tour through the application, Blippar. When scanning Kesha's symbol, fans can access many special features including the chance to win tickets to any of the dates on the North American leg. Many of the dates are a part of festivals and fairs including the Live at the Marquee Festival in Cork, Ireland, the Wireless Festival in London, England, the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Illinois, and a few others.

Broadcasts and recordings

On June 21, 2013, the television network, E!, announced that the network would broadcast a show from one of the co-headlining dates Kesha was on with Pitbull. The show would be broadcast as a part of E!'s Inside Track Summer Concert Series. The series is a collaboration with Live Nation.^[1] The network filmed the show in Detroit, Michigan at The Palace of Auburn Hills on June 7, 2013. The recording was aired as the first installment of the series on June 21, 2013. To promote the broadcasting, E! interviewed Kesha an hour before the show at The Palace of Auburn Hills. In the interview, Kesha conversed with the interviewer about her favorite and least favorite parts of the tour, costumes she wears for the tour, and her golden tooth that she has from an accident at a bar.^[1] E! also interviewed Kesha's stage manager, Justin De Meulenaere, before the show.^[2] Meulenaere, who is also known as "Boot", is most known for his work with Kesha on her previous concert tour, the Get Sleazy Tour.

Setlist

This setlist is representative of the performance in Stockholm. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[3]

1. "Warrior"
2. "Crazy Kids"
3. "We R Who We R"
4. "Blow" (contains elements of the Cirkut Remix)
5. "Dirty Love"
6. "Gold Trans Am"
7. "Take It Off" (Rock Version)
8. "C'Mon"
9. "Thinking Of You"
10. "Machine Gun Love"
11. "Last Goodbye"
12. "Love Into The Light"
13. "Supernatural"
14. "Blah Blah Blah"
15. "Your Love Is My Drug"
16. "Tik Tok"

Encore

17. "Die Young"

Notes 

• "Party at a Rich Dude's House", "Animal" and "Supernatural" were all omitted from the setlist on the first leg and select dates of the second leg of the tour.^[4][3]
• "Last Goodbye" was performed in place of "Machine Gun Love" on select dates of the first North American leg.^[2]
• "Supernatural" and "Love Into the Light" were performed on June 8, 2013 in Cincinnati. "Last Goodbye" was also performed in addition to "Machine Gun Love".^[5]
• "Thinking of You", "Last Goodbye", "Love Into the Light" and "Supernatural" were all performed on select dates on the European leg of the tour.^[3]
• Joan Jett joined Kesha on September 21, 2013 in Las Vegas to perform "Bad Reputation".^[6]
• Timber was added to the setlist from October 6, 2014 for the rest of the tour.^[7]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts
North America[8][9][10]
May 23, 2013	Boston	United States	Comcast Center	Justice Crew Jump Smokers!
May 25, 2013	Atlantic City		Golden Nugget Atlantic City
May 26, 2013
May 31, 2013	Holmdel Township		PNC Bank Arts Center
June 1, 2013	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
June 2, 2013	Pittsburgh		First Niagara Pavilion
June 4, 2013	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre
June 5, 2013	Toronto		Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 7, 2013	Detroit	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills
June 8, 2013	Cincinnati		Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati	none
June 9, 2013	Chicago		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	Justice Crew Jump Smokers!
June 11, 2013	Denver		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
June 14, 2013	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 15, 2013	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center
June 16, 2013	San Diego		Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 18, 2013	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl
June 19, 2013	Phoenix		Ak-Chin Pavilion
June 20, 2013	Albuquerque		Isleta Amphitheater
June 22, 2013	Houston		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 23, 2013	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion
June 24, 2013	San Antonio		AT&T Center
June 27, 2013	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
June 28, 2013	Tampa		MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 29, 2013^[A]	Miami Beach		BleauLive at Fontainebleau	none
Europe[11][12][13]
July 3, 2013^[B]	Cork	Ireland	The Docklands	none
July 5, 2013^[C]	Werchter	Belgium	KluB C
July 6, 2013^[D]	Nibe	Denmark	Must Forest
July 7, 2013	Stockholm	Sweden	Gröna Lund
July 9, 2013	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
July 10, 2013	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Den Atelier
July 12, 2013^[E]	London	United Kingdom	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
July 13, 2013^[F]	Kinross		Balado Park
July 15, 2013	London		O2 Academy Brixton	Fuse ODG
July 16, 2013	Paris	France	Le Trianon	none
July 18, 2013	Prague	Czech Republic	SaSaZu	Raego & Mista
July 19, 2013	Vienna	Austria	Gasometer	none
North America[14][15][16][17][18]
August 9, 2013	Windsor	Canada	Caesars Casino Windsor	Semi Precious Weapons Mike Posner
August 10, 2013^[G]	Bethlehem	United States	Sands Steel Stage
August 12, 2013	Vienna		Filene Center
August 14, 2013	Raleigh		Red Hat Amphitheater
August 15, 2013	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 17, 2013^[H]	Springfield		Illinois State Fairgrounds
August 18, 2013	Lincoln		Pershing Center
August 19, 2013	Minneapolis		Myth the Nightclub
August 21, 2013	Milwaukee		Eagles Ballroom
August 23, 2013	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
August 24, 2013^[I]	Essex Junction		Champlain Valley Exposition
August 25, 2013	Canandaigua		Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
August 27, 2013	Columbus		LC Pavilion
August 28, 2013	Portsmouth		nTelos Wireless Pavilion
August 30, 2013	Bangor		Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
August 31, 2013	Gilford		Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
September 1, 2013	Las Vegas		1 Oak Mirage Las Vegas	DJ Karma
September 7, 2013^[J]	Pomona		Fairplex	Semi Precious Weapons Mike Posner
September 21, 2013^[K]	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	none
September 25, 2013	Kingston		Ryan Center	Semi Precious Weapons Mike Posner
September 27, 2013	Baltimore		Pier Six Pavilion
September 29, 2013	Ithaca		Barton Hall
Asia[19][20][21][22]
October 24, 2013	Manila	Philippines	Smart Araneta Coliseum	none
November 12, 2013	Tokyo	Japan	Zepp Tokyo
November 13, 2013
November 15, 2013	Osaka		Namba Hatch
November 17, 2013^[L]	Mumbai	India	Taj Mahal Palace
October 6, 2014 ^[M]	Shanghai	China	Storm Electronic Music Festival
South America
January 22, 2015	Salvador	Brazil	Festival de Verão de Salvador	Claudia Leitte Capital Inicial
January 25, 2015	São Paulo		Citibank Hall	none
January 30, 2015	Florianopolis		Devassa on Stage	Chris Defreyn
January 31, 2015	Xangri-lá		Planeta Atlântida	none
North America [23][24][25][26][27]
March 7, 2015	Amherst	United States	William D. Mullins Memorial Center	N/A
April 16, 2015	New York City		Delete Blood Cancer
April 17, 2015	Philadelphia		Franklin Field
April 18, 2015	Auburn		Auburn University
April 21, 2015	Washington, D.C.		The Black Cat
April 23, 2015	Garden City		Adelphi University
April 25, 2015	Medford		Tufts University
April 26, 2015	Baltimore		University of Maryland
April 29, 2015	Greenvale		Tiles Center for Performing Arts
May 23, 2015	Las Vegas		Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
June 12-14, 2015	Los Angeles		West Hollywood Park
September 19, 2015	South Carolina	United States	Upper Intramural Fields, Clemson University

A ^ The show in Miami Beach, Florida is a part of iHeartRadio's Ultimate Pool Party 2013.[10] B ^ The show in Cork, Ireland is a part of Live at the Marquee.[28] C ^ The show in Werchter, Belgium is a part of Rock Werchter 2013.[29] D ^ The show in Nibe, Denmark is a part of the Nibe Festival.[30] E ^ The show in London, England on July 12, 2013 is a part of the Wireless Festival.[31] F ^ The show in Kinross, Scotland is a part of T in the Park.[32] G ^ The show in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is a part of Musikfest 2013.[33]

H ^ The show in Springfield, Illinois is a part of the Illinois State Fair.[34] I ^ The show in Essex Junction, Vermont is a part of the Champlain Valley Fair.[35] J^ The show in Pomona, California is a part of the Los Angeles County Fair.[36] K ^ The show in Las Vegas, Nevada is a part of iHeartRadio's Music Festival 2013.[37] L ^ The show in Mumbai, India is a part of the American Foundation for AIDS Research Gala.[21] M ^ The show in Shanghai, China is a part of the Storm Electronic Music Festival. [22]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
July 21, 2013	Istanbul	Turkey	Parkorman	Prior commitments[38]
August 9, 2013	Cleveland	United States	Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica	Moved to Windsor, Canada[39]
October 22, 2013	Jakarta	Indonesia	Skenoo Exhibition Hall	Technical problems[40]
October 26, 2013	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Negara	Legal measures[41]
February 13, 2014	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Media City Amphitheatre	Bulimia nervosa[42][43]
March 15, 2014	Hammond	United States	Horeshoe Casino Hammond
April 13, 2014	Green Bay	United States	Kress Events Center

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / Available	Gross revenue
Bell Centre	Montreal	9,541 / 21.273	$1,103,356[44]
Comcast Center	Mansfield	19,000 / 19,000	$1,343,244
Zepp Tokyo	Tokyo	3,000/3,000	$20,500
AT&T Center	San Antonio	19,000/19,000	$1,432,500
Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati	Cincinnati	4,056 / 4,056	$555,119[45]
Caesars Casino Windsor	Windsor	4,560 / 4,934	$409,863[46]
Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville	9,871 / 9,871	$1,029,066[47]
Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion	Gilford	6,204 / 6,204	$566,833[48]
Ryan Center	Kingston	5,985 / 5,985	$511,525[46]
Tufts	Medford	10,000/10,000	$80,243
Darlings Waterfront Pavilion	Bangor	12,345 / 12,345	$1,108,456
Sands Steel Stage	Bethlehem	6,297 / 6,297	$569,106
Eagles Ballroom	Milwaukee	1,500 / 1,500	$330,608
Paradiso	Amsterdam	1,800 / 1,800	$337,109
Barton Hall	Ithaca	4,000 / 4,000	$347,578
Gexa Energy Pavilion	Dallas	14,203 / 15,000	$1,443,947
Smart Araneta Coliseum	Manila	10,115 / 10,115	$801,183
Ntelos Wireless Pavilion	Portsmouth	6,419 / 6,419	$592,478
Pier Six Pavilion	Baltimore	4,306 / 4,306	$375,258
Nikon Theater	Wantagh	14,165 / 14,304	$1,255,703
Red Hat Amphitheater	Raleigh	5,500 / 5,500	$514,941
Citibank Hall	São Paulo	8,500 / 8,500	$1,059,750
Devassa On Stage	Florianópolis	12,000 / 12,000	$575,400
Upper Intrumural Fields	Clemson	4,500 / 4,500	$337,846

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