Country Nation World Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:Country Nation World Tour
Artist:Brad Paisley
Start Date:May 16, 2014
End Date:April 26, 2015
Number Of Legs:1
Number Of Shows:54
Last Tour:Beat This Summer Tour
(2013–14)
This Tour:Country Nation Tour
(2014–15)
Next Tour:Crushin' It World Tour
(2015–16)

The Country Nation World Tour was the ninth headlining concert tour by American country music singer Brad Paisley. The tour was in support of his ninth studio album, Wheelhouse (2013), and tenth studio album, Moonshine in the Trunk (2014). The tour began on May 16, 2014 in Camden, New Jersey, and finished on April 26, 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska.[1]

Background

Days before the tour started, Paisley still didn't have a name for the tour. "You should have seen our trucks — it's 10 white semis", "I'm tempted to take a sharpie and write, 'Brad Paisley World Tour on the front of it", Paisley told Billboard Magazine.[2] Additional dates of the tour were announced in November 2014, and began on January 16, 2015, in Morgantown, West Virginia.[3]

The tour was sponsored by Kraft's Cheese & Dairy Brands. To go along with the sponsor, fans were "able to participate in various Kraft-brand activities" like taking photos in the "Cheese Photobooth" and using props for an opportunity to appear during the show on screen.

Opening acts

Leg #1
Leg #2

Set list

  1. "Moonshine in the Trunk"
  2. "Ticks"
  3. "American Saturday Night"
  4. "Southern Comfort Zone"
  5. "Waitin' on a Woman"
  6. "Celebrity"
  7. "This Is Country Music"
  8. "I'm Still a Guy"
  9. "She's Everything"
  10. "Beat This Summer"
  11. "The Mona Lisa"
  12. "Then"
  13. "Online"
  14. "Four-wheel Park"
  15. "Mud on the Tires"
  16. "River Bank"
  17. "Hot for Teacher"
  18. "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"
  19. "Remind Me"
  20. "Water"
  21. "Old Alabama"
Encore
  1. "Alcohol"

Tour dates

DateCity CountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
North America leg #1
May 16, 2014CamdenUnited StatesSusquehanna Bank Centerrowspan="3"
May 17, 2014BurgettstownFirst Niagara Pavilion
May 24, 2014 Forest CityTree Town Festival
May 30, 2014Maryland HeightsVerizon Wireless Amphitheater16,800 / 19,000 (88%)$510,745
May 31, 2014Tinley ParkFirst Midwest Bank Amphitheatre23,997 / 23,997 (100%)$717,449
June 1, 2014Bonner SpringsCricket Wireless Amphitheater11,499 / 18,000 (64%)$469,331
June 12, 2014ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilionrowspan="3"
June 13, 2014LawrenceClays Park Amphitheatre
June 14, 2014Hunter MountainHunter Mountain
June 15, 2014BangorDarling's Waterfront Pavilion7,997 / 9,000 (89%)$339,515
June 19, 2014NoblesvilleKlipsch Music Center14,501 / 19,000 (76%)$459,668
June 20, 2014CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center15,987 / 19,000 (84%)$515,339
June 27, 2014MilwaukeeMarcus Amphitheatrerowspan="2"
June 28, 2014CadottChippewa Valley Country Festival
July 2, 2014TorontoCanadaMolson Canadian Amphitheatre14,987 / 14,987 (100%)$655,992
July 3, 2014Darien CenterUnited StatesDarien Lake PAC14,665 / 19,000 (77%)$496,455
July 5, 2014HartfordXfinity Theatre
July 10, 2014Chula VistaSleep Train Amphitheatre15,662 / 19,000 (82%)$521,592
July 11, 2014SalinasSalinas Sports Complex11,847 / 13,000 (91%)$556,455
July 12, 2014IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre14,789 / 14,789 (100%)$567,662
July 19, 2014PeoriaRavina on the Lakerowspan="6"
July 24, 2014 CheyenneCheyenne Frontier Days
July 26, 2014 MinotNorth Dakota State Fair
August 1, 2014 SixesCape Blanco Country Music Fest
August 2, 2014WheatlandSleep Train Amphitheatre
August 8, 2014 Detroit LakesWe Fest
August 14, 2014AtlantaAaron's Amphitheatre15,225 / 19,000 (80%)$503,227
August 15, 2014TampaMidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre14,892 / 19,000 (78%)$478,449
August 16, 2014West Palm BeachCruzan Amphitheatre18,779 / 18,778 (109%)$531,449
August 21, 2014 SyracuseNew York State Fair
August 22, 2014HolmdelPNC Bank Arts Center16,645 / 16,645 (100%)$690,225
August 23, 2014MansfieldXfinity Center17,554 / 19,000 (92%)$661,558
September 4, 2014AustinAustin360 Amphitheatre9,789 / 12,000 (81%)$398,336
September 5, 2014DallasGexa Energy Pavilion18,245 / 19,000 (96%)$545,338
September 6, 2014The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion13,499 / 19,000 (71%)$420,327
September 18, 2014Virginia BeachFarm Bureau Live16,973 / 19,000 (89%)$529,449
September 19, 2014CharlottePNC Music Pavilion16,994 / 19,000 (89%)$499,599
September 20, 2014BristowJiffy Lube Live18,558 / 21,000 (88%)$598,292
North America leg #2[4]
January 16, 2015MorgantownUnited StatesWest Virginia University Coliseum13,162 / 13,162 (100%)$617,152
January 17, 2015
January 22, 2015SouthavenLanders Centerrowspan="2"
January 23, 2015PensacolaPensacola Bay Center
January 29, 2015Green BayResch Center5,608 / 6,125 (91%)$225,037
January 30, 2015Cedar RapidsU.S. Cellular Center4,199 / 5,000 (84%)$225,013
January 31, 2015BrookingsSwiftel Center4,641 / 4,641 (100%)$251,596
February 5, 2015DeKalbConvocation Center4,929 / 4,929 (100%)$248,285
February 6, 2015YoungstownCovelli Centre5,685 / 5,685 (100%)$342,765
February 7, 2015West LafayetteElliott Hall of Music4,403 / 5,000 (88%)$245,800
February 19, 2015 San AntonioAT&T Center
March 5, 2015Colorado SpringsWorld Arena4,763 / 4,763 (100%)$290,700
March 6, 2015Las CrucesPan American Center7,933 / 7,933 (100%)$431,964
March 7, 2015LubbockUnited Spirit Arena7,595 / 7,595 (100%)$413,163
April 25, 2015AnchorageAlaska Airlines Centerrowspan="2"
April 26, 2015
TOTAL402,802 / 446,030 (90%)$15,454,382
List of festivals and fairs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vinson. Christina. Taste of Country. Brad Pasiley Announces 2014 Country Nation World Tour. 15 May 2014 . May 29, 2014.
  2. Web site: Hampp. Andrew. Billboard. Brad Paisley's Not Afraid to Get Cheesy with Sponsor of Tour Behind His New Record. May 30, 2014.
  3. Web site: Brad Paisley Extends Country Nation World Tour. January 9, 2015. https://archive.today/20150115125426/https://www.bradpaisley.com/news/brad-paisley-extends-country-nation-world-tour-20266. January 15, 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Brad Paisley Spices Up Country Music Scene With 2015 Concert Tour. Concert Tours.us. January 9, 2015.