Riot Tour

Riot Tour

Tour by Rascal Flatts
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Rewind
Start date	May 5, 2015
End date	November 7, 2015
Legs	1
No. of shows	43
Box office	$18.7 million
Rascal Flatts concert chronology

The Riot Tour was the thirteenth headlining concert tour by American country music trio Rascal Flatts, in support of their ninth studio album Rewind (2014). The tour began May 5, 2015 in Cozumel, Mexico and ended on November 7 of that year in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It grossed over $18.7 million and was ranked fifty-seventh on Pollstar's Year End list on the Top 200 North American Tours of 2015.[1]

Background

Rascal Flatts first announced the tour on January 20, 2015. The tour follows their Las Vegas spring residency.[2]

Opening acts

• Lauren Alaina
• Seth Alley
• Chase Bryant
• Chris Janson
• Scotty McCreery
• Ashley Monroe
• RaeLynn
• Mo Pitney

Setlist

Average setlist for the tour:[3]

1. "Stand"
2. "Me and My Gang"
3. "Take Me to Church" (Hozier cover)
4. "What Hurts the Most"/"To Love Someday" (Bee Gees cover)
5. "Love You Out Loud"
6. "Why Wait"
7. "Riot"
8. "Fast Cars and Freedom"
9. "Easy"
10. "These Days"
11. "Mayberry"
12. "I'm Movin' On"
13. "Prayin' for Daylight"
14. "Summer Nights"
15. "My Wish"
16. "She's Leaving"
17. "Rewind"
18. "Take Me There"
19. "Bless the Broken Road"/"Open Arms" (Journey cover)
20. "Banjo"

Encore

22. "Here's to You"
23. "Life is a Highway" (Tom Cochrane cover)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Gross revenue
North America [4]
May 5, 2015	Cozumel Cruise departs from Tampa	Mexico	Carnival Cruise Lines	The Band Perry Lauren Alaina	—	—
May 6, 2015	Cozumel Cruise departs from Miami
May 7, 2015
May 17, 2015 ^[A]	Atlanta	United States	KSU Sports and Entertainment Park		—	—
May 29, 2015	Maryland Heights		Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre	Scotty McCreery Ashley Monroe	14,228 / 19,000	$475,558
May 30, 2015	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center		15,139 / 21,000	$467,669
June 5, 2015 ^[B]	Myrtle Beach		Carolina Country Music Festival	—	—	—
June 6, 2015 ^[C]	Detroit		West Riverfront Park	Lauren Alaina	—	—
June 12, 2015	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live	Scotty McCreery RaeLynn	13,497 / 19,000	$429,449
June 13, 2015	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live		14,937 / 19,000	$479,833
June 14, 2015	Hartford		Xfinity Theatre		19,887 / 21,000	$549,863
June 20, 2015 ^[D]	Columbus		Ohio Stadium	—	—	—
July 4, 2015 ^[G]	Indianapolis		Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Lauren Alaina	—	—
July 11, 2015	West Palm Beach		Coral Sky Amphitheater	Scotty McCreery RaeLynn	15,756 / 19,000	$468,557
July 12, 2015	Tampa		MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre		13,856 / 19,000	$435,449
July 24, 2015	Burgettstown		First Niagara Pavilion		13,229 / 19,000	$428,499
July 25, 2015	Charlotte		PNC Music Pavilion		15,835 / 19,000	$469,661
July 26, 2015	Raleigh		Walnut Creek Amphitheatre		18,345 / 19,000	$579,446
July 31, 2015	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center		15,489 / 16,000	$597,449
August 1, 2015	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center		18,550 / 21,000	$514,880
August 2, 2015	Mansfield		Xfinity Center		18,662 / 21,000	$540,105
August 8, 2015	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion	Scotty McCreery Seth Alley	17,559 / 19,000	$548,339
August 18, 2015 ^[E]	Springfield		Illinois State Fair	Scotty McCreery RaeLynn	—	—
August 20, 2015	Atlantic City		Atlantic City Beach	Ashley Monroe Lauren Alaina	—	—
August 21, 2015	Gilford		Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion	Scotty McCreery	5,558 / 7,825	$402,053
August 27, 2015	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre	Scotty McCreery Ashley Monroe RaeLynn	13,675 / 16,000	$375,056
August 28, 2015	Cuyahoga Falls	United States	Blossom Music Center		20,978 / 20,978	$629,476
August 29, 2015	Darien		Darien Lake PAC		14,969 / 19,000	$467,559
August 30, 2015	Bethel		Bethel Woods Center for the Arts		12,449 / 19,000	$479,331
September 12, 2015	Farmingville		Pennysaver Amphitheater	Ashley Monroe	—	—
September 18, 2015	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	Scotty McCreery Ashley Monroe	18,309 / 21, 000	$516,744
September 19, 2015	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center	Scotty McCreery RaeLynn	13,543 / 19,000	$437,398
September 24, 2015	Reno		Reno Events Center	—	—	—
September 25, 2015	Pala		Pala Casino Events Center
September 26, 2015	Laughlin		Laughlin Event Center
October 1, 2015	Albuquerque		Isleta Amphitheater	Scotty McCreery RaeLynn	14,377 / 17,000	$438,115
October 2, 2015	Phoenix		Ak-Chin Pavilion		14,499 / 19,000	$439,449
October 3, 2015	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre		14,345 / 15,000	$528,559
October 4, 2015	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheater		17,987 / 19,000	$575,477
October 10, 2015	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena	Mo Pitney	—	—
October 17, 2015	Perry		Georgia International Fairgrounds	—
October 23, 2015	Kinder		Coushatta Casino Events Center
November 7, 2015^[H]	Alpharetta		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Chase Bryant Chris Janson
Total					385,658 / 463,803 (83%)	$12,273,974

List of festivals and fairs

^A This concert is a part of the Shaky Boots Festival.

^B This concert is a part of the Carolina Country Music Festival.

^C This concert is a part of the 99.5 WYCD Downtown Hoedown.

^D This concert is a part of the Buckeye Country Superfest.

^E This concert is a part of the Illinois State Fair.

^F This concert is a part of the Country Rock & Rewind Festival.

^G This concert is a part of the Rolling Stones – Zip Code Tour.

^H This Concert is a part of the KICKS 101.5 Country Fair & Tim McGraw's Shotgun Rider Tour

Cancelled Shows

Date	City	Venue	Reason
August 22, 2015	Hershey	Hersheypark Stadium	Scheduling conflict

References

1. "2015 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstarpro.com. POLLSTAR. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
2. Leahey, Andrew (20 January 2015). "Rascal Flatts Announce Riot Tour 2015 With Opener Scotty McCreery". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
3. "Rascal Flatts Setlist at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO, USA". setlist.fm. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
4. Whitakeer, Sterling (January 20, 2015). "Rascal Flatts Announce Cities for Riot Tour 2015". Taste of Country.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.