Born to Die Tour

Born to Die Tour
World tour by Lana Del Rey
Del Rey performing at the Irving Plaza in New York City on June 7, 2012.
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated albumBorn to Die
Start dateNovember 4, 2011 (2011-11-04)
End dateSeptember 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)
No. of shows24 in Europe
9 in North America
6 in Oceania
40 in total
Supporting act(s)
Lana Del Rey concert chronology

The Born to Die Tour was the first concert tour by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, in support of her second studio and major-label debut album, Born to Die (2012). The tour began on November 4, 2011, at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester, England[1] and ended on September 25, 2012, at the Roundhouse in London, England.[2] The tour visited cities in thirteen countries across three continents.

Background

Lana Del Rey released her debut album Lana Del Ray on January 4, 2010. Having been released on an independent record label, it was removed from stores after the label's bankruptcy, and Del Rey was never given the chance to have a proper tour for it. Del Rey released her second studio album Born to Die through Interscope and Polydor Records on January 27, 2012. To promote the album, Del Rey would perform its singles on television shows in North America and Europe, prior to its release.

Lana Del Rey announced her first proper concert tour, the Born to Die Tour, in August and September 2011, at the time featuring a schedule of just four shows at very small venues.[citation needed] However, after the shows sold out in a shorter amount of time than expected, the original four shows were postponed and moved to larger venues, along with the announcement of more dates.[3]

On September 14, 2011, prior to the beginning of the tour, Del Rey headlined a secret concert at the Glasslands Gallery under the name "Queen of Coney Island".[4]

After the album's release, Del Rey altered the setlist to feature more songs that had previously been unreleased.

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act
Date City Country Venue Opening act
Europe[1][5][6]
November 4, 2011 Manchester England The Ruby Lounge Seye
November 5, 2011 Glasgow Scotland Òran Mór
November 7, 2011 Paris France Nouveau Casino
November 10, 2011 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso[a]
November 12, 2011 Cologne Germany Gebäude 9
November 14, 2011 Berlin Roter Salon
November 16, 2011 London England Scala Seye
Vince Kidd
November 17, 2011 Birmingham[b] HMV Institute: The Library Seye
Jake Bugg
November 22, 2011 London Bassoon Bar —
November 23, 2011 Paris France L’Album de la Semaine
North America[1]
November 30, 2011 Toronto Canada Mod Club Theatre —
December 5, 2011[c] New York United States Bowery Ballroom Zach Heckendorf
December 7, 2011[d] West Hollywood Troubadour
Europe[7]
April 10, 2012 London England The Jazz Cafe —
North America[8]
June 3, 2012 Los Angeles United States El Rey Theatre Jarrod Gorbel
June 4, 2012 Zebra Katz
June 5, 2012
June 7, 2012 New York Irving Plaza
June 8, 2012
June 10, 2012
Europe[7][9]
June 15, 2012[e] L'Hospitalet de Llobregat[f] Spain Fira Barcelona Gran Via —
June 17, 2012[g] London England Victoria Park
June 22, 2012[h] Newport Seaclose Park
June 24, 2012[i] London Hackney Marshes
June 27, 2012[j] Arendal Norway Tromøya
June 29, 2012[k] Rotselaar Belgium Festivalpark Werchter
July 1, 2012[l] Sermamagny France Presqu'île du Malsaucy
July 4, 2012[m] Montreux Switzerland Miles Davis Hall Woodkid
July 5, 2012[n] London England Chiswick House —
July 6, 2012[o] Lisbon Portugal Cabeço da Flauta
July 12, 2012[p] Southwold England Henham Park
July 15, 2012[q] Gräfenhainichen Germany Ferropolis
Oceania[10][11][12]
July 21, 2012[r] Adelaide Australia Jubilee Pavilion —
July 23, 2012 Melbourne Palace Theatre Oliver Tank
July 24, 2012
July 26, 2012 Sydney Enmore Theatre
July 27, 2012
July 28, 2012[s] Byron Bay Belongil Fields —
Europe[2]
September 25, 2012[t] London England Roundhouse Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason Ref.
May 28, 2012 Tokyo Japan Duo Music Exchange Extreme exhaustion [13]

Notes

  1. ^ (upper floor stage)
  2. ^ Promoted as Digbeth
  3. ^ The December 5, 2011 show at the Bowery Ballroom was originally scheduled for September 21, 2011, at The Box, but was postponed and moved to the larger venue due to high demand.
  4. ^ The December 7, 2011 show at the Troubadour was originally scheduled for September 27, 2011, at The Hotel Café, but was postponed and moved to the larger venue due to high demand.
  5. ^ The show on June 15, 2012 was part of Sónar Barcelona festival.
  6. ^ Promoted as Barcelona
  7. ^ The show on June 17, 2012 was part of the Lovebox Festival.
  8. ^ The show on June 22, 2012 was part of the Isle of Wight Festival.
  9. ^ The show on June 24, 2012 was part of Radio 1's Hackney Weekend.
  10. ^ The show on June 27, 2012, was part of Hove Festival.
  11. ^ The show on June 29, 2012 was part of Rock Werchter festival.
  12. ^ The show on July 1, 2012 was part of the Eurockéennes festival.
  13. ^ The show on July 4, 2012, was part of Montreux Jazz Festival.
  14. ^ The show on July 5, 2012, was part of the House Festival.
  15. ^ The show on July 6, 2012, was part of the Super Bock Super Rock festival.
  16. ^ The show on July 12, 2012, was part of Latitude Festival.
  17. ^ The show on July 15, 2012, was part of Melt! Festival.
  18. ^ The show on July 21, 2012, was part of Spin Off Festival.
  19. ^ The show on July 28, 2012, was part of the Splendour in the Grass festival.
  20. ^ The show on September 25, 2012, was part of the iTunes Festival.

References

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  2. ^ a b Goodwyn, Tom (August 10, 2012). "Lana Del Rey added to London's iTunes festival line-up". NME. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Young, Alex (September 17, 2011). "Lana Del Rey postpones U.S. tour dates". Consequence. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  4. ^ "Lana Del Rey @ Glasslands, Williamsburg 9/14/11". Stereogum. September 15, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  5. ^ "Live / 2011". Lana Del Rey. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "Lana Del Rey Setlist at Studio 104, La Plaine-Saint-Denis". setlist.fm. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Piper, Dean (April 10, 2012). "Old school Lana Del Rey is in a league of her own live". mirror. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  8. ^ "Lana Del Rey Announces L.A. And NYC Residencies". MTV. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  9. ^ "Live". Lana Del Rey. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012.
  10. ^ Fitzsimons, Scott. "Splendour Spin Off Announced For Adelaide, With Kimbra And Lana Del Rey | theMusic.com.au | Australian music news, gig guide, music reviews". themusic.com.au. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  11. ^ Hohnen, Mike (June 13, 2012). "Lana Del Rey Australian Tour: Extra Release Tickets + Oliver Tank To Support". Music Feeds. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  12. ^ "Photos | Splendour in the Grass 2012". MTV. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  13. ^ Shetler, Scott (May 29, 2012). "Lana Del Rey Cancels Concert in Japan". PopCrush. Retrieved February 20, 2023.