Kick the Dust Up Tour

Kick the Dust Up Tour

Tour by Luke Bryan
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Spring Break...Checkin' Out Kill the Lights
Start date	May 8, 2015
End date	October 30, 2015
Legs	1
No. of shows	52
Box office	U.S. $71.5 million
Luke Bryan concert chronology

Kick the Dust Up Tour was the third headlining concert tour by American country music singer Luke Bryan, in support of his albums Spring Break...Checkin' Out (2014), and Kill the Lights (2015). It began on May 8, 2015,in Grand Forks, North Dakota and finished on October 30, 2015, in Detroit, Michigan. This tour began the day after his previous tour ended. The tour was the eighth ranked North American tour of 2015, and grossed $71.5 million in revenue.[1]

Background

The tour was first announced in January 2015.[2] Supporting Bryan were fellow country music artists Florida Georgia Line, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch, Thomas Rhett and DJ Rock.

Concert synopsis

The show begins with Bryan being risen up from a platform under a circular stage while singing the opening number, "Kick the Dust Up". Bryan's concert attire consists of a ball cap, T-shirt, and black jeans. When covering Maroon 5's "Sugar", supporting acts Randy Houser and Dustin Lynch were brought up stage to perform it with Bryan. The setlist is pretty much the same as it was on Bryan's previous tour.[3]

Setlist

Arenas & Amphitheatres Leg 1

1. "Kick the Dust Up"
2. "All My Friends Say"
3. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
4. "Roller Coaster"
5. "Play It Again"
6. "Sugar (Maroon 5 cover) (with Randy Houser & Dustin Lynch)
7. "Mountain Music" (Alabama cover) (select shows)
8. "Games" (select shows)
9. "Crash My Party"
10. "Someone Else Calling You Baby"
11. "This Is How We Roll"
12. "Do I"
13. "Drink a Beer"
14. "Drunk on You"
15. "Rain Is a Good Thing"
16. "I See You"
17. "I Don't Want This Night to End/Dynamite (Taio Cruz cover)

Encore

1. "That's My Kind of Night"
2. "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)/Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo cover)

Arenas & Amphitheatres Leg 2

1. "Kick the Dust Up"
2. "All My Friends Say"
3. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
4. "Roller Coaster"
5. "Play It Again"
6. "Sugar (Maroon 5 cover) (with Randy Houser & Dustin Lynch)
7. "Mountain Music" (Alabama cover) (select shows)
8. "Strip It Down"
9. "Crash My Party"
10. "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day"
11. "Someone Else Calling You Baby"
12. "This Is How We Roll"
13. "Do I"
14. "Drink a Beer"
15. "Drunk on You"
16. "Rain Is a Good Thing"
17. "I See You"
18. "Get Lucky"
19. "I Don't Want This Night to End/Dynamite (Taio Cruz cover)

Encore

1. "That's My Kind of Night"
2. "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)/Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo cover)

Sports Authority Field & TCF Bank Stadium

1. "Kick the Dust Up"
2. "All My Friends Say"
3. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
4. "Roller Coaster"
5. "Play It Again"
6. "Sugar (Maroon 5 cover) (with Randy Houser, Thomas Rhett & Dustin Lynch)
7. "Mountain Music" (Alabama cover) (with Florida Georgia Line)
8. "Faithfully" (Journey cover) (with Florida Georgia Line)
9. "Games" (select shows)
10. "Crash My Party"
11. "Someone Else Calling You Baby"
12. "The Only Way I Know"
13. "Do I"
14. "Drink a Beer"
15. "Drunk on You"
16. "Rain Is a Good Thing"
17. "I See You"
18. "I Don't Want This Night to End/Dynamite (Taio Cruz cover)

Encore

1. "That's My Kind of Night"
2. "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)/Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo cover)

Vanderbilt Stadium

1. "Kick the Dust Up"
2. "All My Friends Say"
3. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
4. "Roller Coaster"
5. "Play It Again"
6. "Sugar (Maroon 5 cover) (with Randy Houser, Thomas Rhett & Dustin Lynch)
7. "Games" (select shows)
8. "Crash My Party"
9. "Someone Else Calling You Baby"
10. "Mountain Music" (Alabama cover) (with Florida Georgia Line)
11. "Faithfully" (Journey) cover (with Florida Georgia Line)
12. "Do I"
13. "Drink a Beer"
14. "Drunk on You"
15. "Rain Is a Good Thing"
16. "I See You"
17. "I Don't Want This Night to End/Dynamite (Taio Cruz cover)

Encore

1. "That's My Kind of Night"
2. "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)/Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo cover)

Paul Brown Stadium

1. "Kick the Dust Up"
2. "All My Friends Say"
3. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
4. "Roller Coaster"
5. "Play It Again"
6. "Sugar (Maroon 5 cover) (with Randy Houser, Thomas Rhett & Dustin Lynch)
7. "Games" (select shows)
8. "Crash My Party"
9. "Someone Else Calling You Baby"
10. "Where the Green Grass Grows" (Tim McGraw cover) (with Florida Georgia Line)
11. "This Is How We Roll" (with Florida Georgia Line)
12. "Faithfully" (Journey cover)
13. "Mountain Music" (Alabama cover)
14. "Do I"
15. "Drink a Beer"
16. "Drunk on You"
17. "Rain Is a Good Thing"
18. "I See You"
19. "I Don't Want This Night to End/Dynamite (Taio Cruz cover)

Encore

1. "That's My Kind of Night"
2. "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)/Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo cover)

Levi's Stadium/FirstEnergy Stadium

1. "Kick the Dust Up"
2. "All My Friends Say"
3. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
4. "Roller Coaster"
5. "Play It Again"
6. "Sugar (Maroon 5 cover) (with Randy Houser, Thomas Rhett & Dustin Lynch)
7. "Where the Green Grass Grows" (Tim McGraw cover) (With Florida Georgia Line)
8. "Strip It Down"
9. "Crash My Party"
10. "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day"
11. "Someone Else Calling You Baby"
12. "Do I"
13. "Drink a Beer"
14. "Drunk on You"
15. "Rain Is a Good Thing"
16. "I See You"
17. "I Don't Want This Night to End/Dynamite (Taio Cruz cover)

Encore

1. "That's My Kind of Night"
2. "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)/Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo cover)

Ford Field

1. "Kick the Dust Up"
2. "All My Friends Say"
3. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
4. "Roller Coaster"
5. "Play It Again"
6. "Sugar (Maroon 5 cover) (with Randy Houser & Dustin Lynch)
7. "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do (Dierks Bentley cover) (With Dierks Bentley)
8. "Strip It Down"
9. "Crash My Party"
10. "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day"
11. "Someone Else Calling You Baby"
12. "This Is How We Roll" (Florida Georgia Line cover)
13. "Do I"
14. "Drink a Beer"
15. "Drunk on You"
16. "Rain Is a Good Thing"
17. "I See You"
18. "Get Lucky"
19. "I Don't Want This Night to End/Dynamite (Taio Cruz cover)

Encore

1. "That's My Kind of Night"
2. "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)/Talk Dirty (Jason Derulo cover)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
North America leg 1
May 8, 2015	Grand Forks	United States	Alerus Center	Randy Houser Dustin Lynch	17,698 / 17,698	$1,145,430
May 9, 2015	Sioux Falls		Denny Sanford Premier Center		10,747 / 10,747	$706,973
May 14, 2015	Boise		Taco Bell Arena		9,298 / 9,298	$601,676
May 15, 2015	Spokane		Spokane Arena		10,455 / 10,824 [4]	$704,876
May 16, 2015	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome		19,161 / 19,161	$1,174,466
June 4, 2015	Albuquerque		Isleta Amphitheater		15,267 / 15,267	$641,869
June 6, 2015^[A]	Denver		Sports Authority Field	Florida Georgia Line Randy Houser Thomas Rhett Dustin Lynch DJ Rock	50,539 / 50,539	$3,642,005
June 18, 2015	Tulsa		BOK Center	Randy Houser Dustin Lynch	11,411 / 11,411 [4]	$708,838
June 19, 2015	Bonner Springs		Cricket Wireless Amphitheater		17,940 / 17,940	$714,550
June 20, 2015	Minneapolis		TCF Bank Stadium	Florida Georgia Line Randy Houser Thomas Rhett Dustin Lynch DJ Rock	41,290 / 44,699	$3,593,389
June 24, 2015	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live	Randy Houser Dustin Lynch	32,354 / 38,632	$1,271,249
June 25, 2015
June 26, 2015	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live		38,096 / 41,468	$1,580,842
June 27, 2015
June 28, 2015^[B]	New York City		Randall's Island		—	—
July 9, 2015	Durant		Choctaw Events Center	Dustin Lynch	3,077 / 3,077	$566,050
July 11, 2015 ^[A]	Nashville		Vanderbilt Stadium	Florida Georgia Line Randy Houser Thomas Rhett Dustin Lynch DJ Rock	31,907 / 31,907	$2,705,682
July 16, 2015	Maryland Heights		Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre	Randy Houser Dustin Lynch	38,310 / 39,392	$1,483,945
July 17, 2015
July 18, 2015^[A]	Cincinnati		Paul Brown Stadium	Florida Georgia Line Randy Houser Thomas Rhett Dustin Lynch DJ Rock	52,019 / 52,019	$3,103,468
July 20, 2015	Gilford		Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion	Randy Houser Dustin Lynch	24,393 / 24,393[5]	$1,512,334
July 22, 2015
July 24, 2015	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center		49,992 / 49,992	$1,797,996
July 25, 2015
July 26, 2015^[C]	Twin Lakes		Country Thunder Twin Lakes		—	—
July 30, 2015	Scranton		The Pavilion at Montage Mountain		17,480 / 17,480	$731,106
July 31, 2015	Burgettstown		First Niagara Pavilion		44,690 / 45,864	$1,676,475
August 1, 2015
North America leg 2
August 15, 2015^[E]	Brownsville	United States	Bi-Mart Willamette Country Music Festival	Randy Houser Dustin Lynch	—	—
August 21, 2015	Atlanta		Philips Arena		21,040 / 24,619	$1,336,860
August 22, 2015
August 26, 2015	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre		36,941 / 36,941	$1,638,560
August 27, 2015
August 29, 2015^[A]	Santa Clara		Levi's Stadium	Florida Georgia Line Randy Houser Thomas Rhett Dustin Lynch DJ Rock	46,919 / 46,919	$3,819,758
September 3, 2015	Darien Center		Darien Lake PAC	Randy Houser Dustin Lynch	35,288 / 42,394	$1,532,528
September 4, 2015
September 5, 2015^[A]	Cleveland		FirstEnergy Stadium	Florida Georgia Line Randy Houser Dustin Lynch DJ Rock	42,012 / 42,012	$3,229,227
September 11, 2015	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center	Randy Houser Dustin Lynch	50,022 / 50,022	$1,946,907
September 12, 2015
September 17, 2015	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena		10,778 / 10,788	$696,558
September 18, 2015	Tampa		MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre		19,290 / 19,290	$896,865
September 19, 2015	West Palm Beach		Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre		33,824 / 38,880	$1,313,126
September 20, 2015
September 24, 2015	Charlotte		PNC Music Pavilion		18,489 / 18,489	$727,070
September 25, 2015	Raleigh		Walnut Creek Amphitheatre		38,391 / 39,864	$1,434,216
September 26, 2015
October 15, 2015	Wheatland		Toyota Amphitheatre		—	—
October 16, 2015	Chula Vista		Sleep Train Amphitheatre		—	—
October 17, 2015	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre		—	—
October 18, 2015
October 22, 2015	San Antonio		Alamodome		—	—
October 23, 2015	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion		—	—
October 24, 2015
October 28, 2015	Chicago		United Center		—	—
October 29, 2015
October 30, 2015^[E]	Detroit		Ford Field	Dierks Bentley Randy Houser Dustin Lynch DJ Rock	—	—
Total					889,208 / 922,116	$71.5 million

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert has Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett and DJ Rock added for this show ONLY.

^B This concert was a part of "Farm Burough Festival".

^C This concert was a part of "Country Thunder Twin Lakes".

^D This concert was a part of "Bi-Mart Willamette Country Music Festival".

^E This concert has Dierks Bentley and DJ Rock added for this show ONLY.

References

1. "2015 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstarpro.com. POLLSTAR. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
2. Dunkerley, Beville (January 21, 2015). "Luke Bryan Announces 2015 Kick the Dust Up Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
3. Rupard, Wade (May 8, 2015). "Luke Bryan kicks off "Kick The Dust Up Tour" with show in Grand Forks". Grand Forks Herald. Grand Forks Herald and Forum Communications Company. Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
4. "Current Boxscore". Billboard. June 14, 2015. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
5. "Current Boxscore". Billboard. September 8, 2015. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.