Beat This Summer Tour

Beat This Summer Tour
Tour by Brad Paisley
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumWheelhouse
Start dateMay 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)
End dateMarch 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 59 in North America
  • 2 in Europe
  • 61 in total
Brad Paisley concert chronology

The Beat This Summer Tour was the eighth headlining tour from American Country music singer Brad Paisley. The tour was in support of his ninth studio album, Wheelhouse (2013) and was presented by Cracker Barrel. Paisley's tour began on May 9, 2013, in Maryland Heights, Missouri, and ended on March 16, 2014, in London, England.

Background

The tour was first announced on February 27, 2013. Paisley teamed up with Live Beyond and one dollar from every ticket sale went to the nonprofit organization.[1] In November 2013 additional U.S. dates were announced for early 2014. This leg of the tour is called the Beat This Winter Tour.[2]

Opening acts

Setlist

This setlist is a representation of the Raleigh, NC show on June 8, 2013.[3]

  1. "Southern Comfort Zone"
  2. "Mud on the Tires"
  3. "The Mona Lisa"
  4. "American Saturday Night"
  5. "Outstanding in Our Field" (performed with Chris Young and Lee Brice)
  6. "This Is Country Music"
  7. "Celebrity"
  8. "Then"
  9. "She's Everything"
  10. "Time Warp"
  11. "Hot for Teacher" (Van Halen cover)
  12. "Old Alabama" (performed with virtual Alabama)
  13. "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" (Alabama cover)
  14. "Waitin' on a Woman"
  15. "Online"
  16. "I'm Still a Guy"
  17. "Beat This Summer"
  18. "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"
  19. "Karate" (performed with a virtual Charlie Daniels)
  20. "Remind Me" (performed with a virtual Carrie Underwood)
  21. "Welcome to the Future"
  22. "Water"
    Encore
  23. "Ticks"
  24. "Alcohol"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America leg #1[4][5]
May 9, 2013 Maryland Heights United States Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 10, 2013 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center
May 11, 2013 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
May 16, 2013 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
May 17, 2013 Mansfield Comcast Center
May 18, 2013 Hartford Comcast Theatre
May 31, 2013 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 1, 2013 Burgettstown United States First Niagara Pavilion
June 2, 2013 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 6, 2013 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
June 7, 2013 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 8, 2013 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
June 21, 2013 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre
June 22, 2013 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 23, 2013 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre
June 28, 2013 Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
June 29, 2013 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
June 30, 2013[A] Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
July 12, 2013 Darien Darien Lake PAC
July 13, 2013 Fort Loramie Hickory Hills Lake
July 20, 2013[B] Twin Lakes Country Thunder
July 27, 2013 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 28, 2013 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 1, 2013 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 2, 2013 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
August 4, 2013 George The Gorge
August 15, 2013 Penticton Canada South Okanagan Events Centre
August 16, 2013 [C] Mission Mission Raceway Park
August 17, 2013[D] Brownsville United States Willamette County Music Festival
August 22, 2013 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 23, 2013 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 24, 2013 San Bernardino San Manuel Amphitheater
August 30, 2013 Stateline Harvey's Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
August 31, 2013 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
September 20, 2013 St. John's Canada Mile One Centre
September 21, 2013
October 17, 2013 Hamilton Copps Coliseum
October 18, 2013 Ottawa Scotiabank Place
October 19, 2013 London Budweiser Gardens
October 23, 2013 Winnipeg MTS Centre
October 24, 2013 Regina Brandt Centre
October 25, 2013 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
October 26, 2013 Edmonton Rexall Place
November 14, 2013 Omaha United States CenturyLink Center Omaha
November 15, 2013 Rockford BMO Harris Bank Center
November 16, 2013 St. Paul Xcel Energy Center
North America leg #2 – Beat This Winter Tour[2]
January 9, 2014 Greenville United States Bon Secours Wellness Arena
January 10, 2014 Pikeville Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
January 11, 2014 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
January 23, 2014 Estero Germain Arena
January 24, 2014 Tallahassee Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
January 25, 2014 Orlando Amway Center
February 13, 2014 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 14, 2014 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
February 15, 2014 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
February 22, 2014 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
February 27, 2014 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
February 28, 2014 Dayton Nutter Center
March 1, 2014 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
Europe
March 15, 2014 Dublin Ireland The O2
March 16, 2014[E] London England The O2
Festivals
A This concert is a part of 92.5 WXTU FM's 29th Anniversary Show.
B This concert is a part of Country Thunder.
C This concert is a part of the Rockin' River Festival.
D This concert is a part of the Willamette Country Music Festival.
E This concert is a part of Country 2 Country.

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Gexa Energy Pavilion Dallas 19,456 / 19,456 (100%) $724,669
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands 13,688 / 14,000 (98%) $469,880
Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Greenwood Village 16,303 / 16,303 (100%) $563,448
USANA Amphitheatre West Valley City 14,987 / 19,000 (79%) $547,448
Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View 16,345 / 19,000 (86%) $595,338
Sleep Train Amphitheatre Wheatland 15,558 / 18,000 (86%) $539,448
San Manuel Amphitheater San Bernardino 19,978 / 19,978 (100%) $702,338
Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville 7,266 / 7,266 (100%) $575,594
Verizon Wireless Arena Manchester 8,110 / 8,100 (100%) $539,269
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale 10,133 / 10,133 (100%) $585,433
Bridgestone Arena Nashville 13,598 / 13,598 (100%) $573,815
TOTAL 155,422 / 164,844 (94%) $6,398,680

Personnel

  • Gary Hooker: Rhythm guitar
  • Randle Currie: Steel guitar
  • Kendall Marcy: Keyboards, banjo, and mandolin
  • Justin Williamson: Fiddle & mandolin
  • Kenny Lewis: Bass guitar
  • Ben Sesar: Drums

References

  1. ^ "Brad Paisley Announces 'Beat This Sumer' Tou". 99.5 WYCD. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Vinson, Christina (November 14, 2013). "Brad Paisley Will Beat This Winter With 2014 Dates". Taste of Country. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "Brad Paisley Setlist at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh". setlist.fm.
  4. ^ Duvall, Erin (February 28, 2013). "Brad Paisley Summer Tour to Include and Baseball Caps". The Boot. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  5. ^ "Brad Paisley to Lanch Summer Tour on May 9th". Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.