The Spirit Indestructible Tour

The Spirit Indestructible Tour
Tour by Nelly Furtado
Associated albumThe Spirit Indestructible
Start dateJanuary 8, 2013 (2013-01-08)
End dateMarch 15, 2013 (2013-03-15)
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 15 in North America
  • 10 in Europe
  • 25 total
Nelly Furtado concert chronology
  • Mi Plan Tour
    (2010)
  • The Spirit Indestructible Tour
    (2013)
  • Summer Tour
    (2017)

The Spirit Indestructible Tour was the fifth concert tour by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, in support of her fifth studio album, The Spirit Indestructible (2012).

Background

The tour was announced on November 13, 2012 via Furtado's official website.[1] The tour suffered from low ticket sales, several shows were cancelled and several shows had to be moved to smaller venues. In place of the cancelled shows, smaller shows were announced for Burlington and Belleville. Only 2,353 people were in attendance opening night in Victoria.[2][3][4] The opening act was Dylan Murray, an artist from Furtado's label Nelstar Records. Murray also did duet live with Furtado on the track "Be OK".[5]

Ahead of the tour's debut in Furtado's hometown of Victoria, local radio station Ocean 98.5 held a contest offering tickets to the first show.[6] The Huffington Post Canada held contests for free tickets throughout the tour's Canadian dates.[7] Mississauga News held a contest for free tickets to the Toronto show.[8]

Critical reception

Mike Devlin of the Times Colonist reviewed the first date of the tour and gave the show three stars out of five. Devlin wrote, "A mid-set run that included a faithful but lovely 'I’m Like a Bird' and an empowered 'Força', during which she played ukulele, reminded fans why she became so famous in the first place. But few songs on this night could match the splendour of her most moving ballad, 'Try', during which her voice was nothing short of spectacular. “All I know,” she sang during the song, “is everything is not as it’s sold.” That much is true — about life, and about Furtado, too. Think she’s simply a pop star? Think again."[5] The Vancouver Sun gave the following concert a mixed review, writing that the concert "opened on an uplifting, hopeful note" but that the "rest of the concert was laborious".[9] Marsha Lederman of The Globe and Mail was equally mixed, stating that "[Furtado] still has the vocal chops and stage presence, but the show was uneven".[10]

Opening acts

  • Dylan Murray (North America)[11]
  • Jessica Tyler (North America)[11]
  • Celia Palli (Europe)[12]

Setlist

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held on January 24, 2013, at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Canada.[13] It does not represent all songs performed on tour.

  1. "Spirit Indestructible"
  2. "Waiting for the Night"
  3. "Say It Right"
  4. "Do It"
  5. "Powerless (Say What You Want)"
  6. "Try"
  7. "Don’t Leave This Love" (performed with Dylan Murray)
  8. "Quando, Quando, Quando"
  9. "Get Ur Freak On" / "Turn Off the Light"
  10. "I'm Like a Bird"
  11. "Fly Like an Eagle"
  12. "Força"
  13. "All Good Things (Come to an End)"
  14. "Bucket List"
  15. "Parking Lot"
  16. "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)"
  17. "High Life"
  18. "Give It to Me" / "Promiscuous"
Encore
  2. "Miracles"
  3. "Like a Prayer"
  4. "Maneater"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America[14][15][16]
January 8, 2013 Victoria Canada Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
January 9, 2013 Vancouver Commodore Ballroom
January 11, 2013 Kamloops Interior Savings Centre
January 12, 2013 Calgary Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
January 14, 2013 Medicine Hat Esplanade Theatre
January 15, 2013 Edmonton Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
January 17, 2013 Saskatoon Odeon Events Centre
January 19, 2013 Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
January 21, 2013 Belleville Empire Theatre
January 23, 2013[A] Toronto Air Canada Centre
January 24, 2013 Toronto Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
January 26, 2013 Windsor The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
January 28, 2013 Burlington Burlington Performing Arts Centre
January 29, 2013 Kitchener Centre In The Square
January 30, 2013 Montreal Théâtre Saint-Denis
Europe[17]
March 3, 2013 Berlin Germany Huxleys Neue Welt
March 5, 2013 Cologne Theater am Tanzbrunnen
March 6, 2013 Hamburg Große Freiheit 36
March 7, 2013 Munich Kesselhaus
March 8, 2013 Vienna Austria Bank Austria Halle
March 10, 2013 Zürich Switzerland Volkshaus
March 11, 2013 Neu-Isenburg Germany Hugenottenhalle
March 13, 2013 Milan Italy Discoteca Alcatraz
March 14, 2013 Ljubljana Slovenia Dvorana Tivoli
March 15, 2013[B] Crans-Montana Switzerland Plans-Mayen
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a private show for the sponsorship between Canadian Tire and Canadian Olympic committee.[18]
B Caprices Festival Crans-Montana[19]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
January 9, 2013 Vancouver, Canada Orpheum Theatre Moved to Commodore Ballroom[20]
January 18, 2013 Winnipeg, Canada MTS Centre Theatre Cancelled[21]
January 21, 2013 Ottawa, Canada Southam Hall Cancelled[22]
January 28, 2013 Hamilton, Canada Hamilton Place Theatre Cancelled[23]

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets Sold / Available Gross Revenue
Théâtre Saint-Denis Montreal 597 / 750 (80%) $38,147[24]

References

  1. ^ "C95 FM presents NELLY FURTADO THE SPIRIT INDESTRUCTIBLE TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DYLAN MURRAY JESSICA TYLER" (Press release). Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Universal Music Group. Nelly Furtado Website. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ^ MacNeil, Jason (7 January 2013). "Nelly Furtado ready for chilly Canadian tour". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  3. ^ Devlin, Mike (2 January 2013). "Nelly Furtado begins concert tour in Victoria on Tuesday". Times Colonist. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  4. ^ Wheeler, Brad (18 December 2012). "Nelly Furtado tour sputters". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b Devlin, Mike (8 January 2013). "Review: Nelly Furtado's voice still enchants, despite small homecoming crowd". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  6. ^ Michaels, Rob (31 December 2012). "Want to Meet Nelly Furtado?". CIOC-FM. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Nelly Furtado Giveaway: Win Tickets To Concerts On Her Canadian Tour". The Huffington Post. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Like us and win Nelly Furtado tickets". Mississauga News. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  9. ^ Marchand, Francois (9 January 2013). "Review: Nelly Furtado shows spirit despite small Vancouver crowd". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  10. ^ Lederman, Marsha (January 10, 2013). "How did Nelly Furtado's Vancouver show disappoint? Let's count the ways". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  11. ^ a b Marchand, François (13 November 2012). "Nelly Furtado announces Spirit Indestructible tour; Enslaved, Niki and the Dove also coming to Vancouver". The Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  12. ^ Foy, Diane (14 February 2013). "Celia Palli: Nelly Furtado's Background Singer Chosen As Opening Act On European Tour". Oye! Times. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  13. ^ Stevenson, Jane (25 January 2013). "Nelly Furtado's oldies steal the show at Sony Centre". Toronto Sun. Sun Media. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  14. ^ Sources for tour dates in North America:
  15. ^ Hewlett, Jaspm (13 December 2012). "Nelly Furtado in Kamloops for first time ever: 'I'm really excited to come'". The Kamloops Daily News. Glacier Media. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  16. ^ Dunmore, Kathyrn (17 December 2012). "Nelly Furtado coming to Burlington". MSN Canada. Microsoft Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  17. ^ Sources for tour dates in Europe:
  18. ^ Krashinsky, Susan. "Canadian Tire inks Canadian Olympic sponsorship deal - the Globe and Mail".
  19. ^ "Mika, Nelly Furtado et Björk au Caprices Festival 2013" [Nelly Furtado first time in our country]. Rhône FM (in French). Radio Suisse Romande. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  20. ^ "Nelly Furtado changed to Commodore Ballroom". City of Vancouver. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  21. ^ "Nelly Furtado cancels January show in Winnipeg". Winnipeg Free Press. FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  22. ^ "Nelly Furtado: The Spirit Indestructible Tour". Canada’s National Arts Centre. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  23. ^ Devlin, Mike (4 January 2013). "Nelly Furtado brings her new sound to the Commodore in Vancouver". The Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  24. ^ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 125, no. 6. 16 February 2013. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.