The Endless Summer Tour Explained

Type:Continental
Location:North America
Artist:Lana Del Rey
Album:Ultraviolence
Gross:US $6 million ($ million in dollars)
Number Of Shows:20
Last Tour:Paradise Tour
(2013–14)
This Tour:The Endless Summer Tour
(2015)
Next Tour:LA to the Moon Tour
(2018)

The Endless Summer Tour was the third headlining concert tour by American recording artist Lana Del Rey in support of her third studio album, Ultraviolence (2014). The tour began on May 7, 2015, in The Woodlands, Texas and concluded on June 16, 2015, in West Palm Beach, Florida finishing with a total of twenty shows over the span of two months. The first seven shows of the tour were supported by fellow alternative rock singer Courtney Love, while the majority of the remaining tour dates were supported by synthpop singer and producer, Grimes. Most of the tour dates were sold out instantly.

Lana Del Rey performed songs from Born to Die, Paradise, and Ultraviolence, in addition to some previously unreleased songs, and covers. By the end of 2015, the tour placed at number 156 on Pollstars "2015 Year-End Top 200 North American Tours" list, grossing $6 million from 16 shows.[1]

Background

Prior to the release of Ultraviolence (2014), Del Rey performed a series of concerts across North America in April and May 2014.[2] Included in this slew of concerts were two performances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the first in which Del Rey premiered "West Coast", the lead single off of Ultraviolence.[3] After the release of Ultraviolence, Del Rey then went on to perform at various music festivals across Europe during June, July, and August 2014 before canceling the remainder of her promotional concerts due to health issues.[4] After recovering from her illness, Del Rey went on to finish her promotional concert tour by performing two shows at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles in October 2014.[5] After the completion of the promotional tour, there was much speculation as to if there would be a proper concert tour in support of the singer's latest studio album.[6]

During an interview with the Australian press in July 2014, Courtney Love, former frontwoman of the punk rock band Hole, expressed an interest in collaborating with artists such as Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey. When speaking of the possibility of a duet between her and Del Rey, she exclaimed that "I [Love] have a distinctive voice and it might sound cool if it's the right song".[7] Within the following months, Love continued to hint at a collaboration between her and Del Rey publicly through her Twitter account tagging Del Rey in a tweet and stating that there was "exciting news to come".[8]

On December 1, 2014, the tour was officially announced with seventeen shows scheduled across North America in the summer of the following year. Along with the tour's announcement came news that Love would be co-headlining the first eight shows with Del Rey to promote her upcoming solo release.[9] Presale tickets for the tour began shortly after the tour's announcement on December 3, 2014, which was then followed by the general public sale beginning after that on December 6, 2014.[10] Four months later, on April 1, 2015, Del Rey announced that synthpop singer and producer Grimes would be joining her on the remaining dates of the tour after Love departed from the tour.[11]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on May 7, 2015, in The Woodlands, Texas. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.[12]

  1. "Cruel World"
  2. "Cola"
  3. "Blue Jeans"
  4. "West Coast"
  5. "Us Against the World"
  6. "Born to Die"
  7. "Ultraviolence"
  8. "Summertime Sadness"
  9. "Chelsea Hotel No. 2"
  10. "Brooklyn Baby"
  11. "Shades of Cool"
  12. "You Can Be the Boss"
  13. "Serial Killer"
  14. "Video Games"
  15. "Why Don't You Do Right?"
  16. "Off to the Races"

Notes

Shows

List of concerts showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue[15] [16]
Date (2015)CityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
May 7The WoodlandsUnited StatesCynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionCourtney Loverowspan="10"
May 12MorrisonRed Rocks Amphitheatre
May 14PhoenixAk-Chin Pavilion
May 16Chula VistaSleep Train Amphitheatre
May 18Los AngelesHollywood Bowl
May 20Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre
May 22RidgefieldAmphitheater Northwest
May 24GeorgeThe Gorge Amphitheatre
May 28NoblesvilleKlipsch Music CenterGrimes
May 30Tinley ParkFirst Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
May 31ClarkstonDTE Energy Music Theatre14,566 / 14,566$554,080
June 3TorontoCanadaMolson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 4MontrealBell Centre11,329 / 11,329$641,804
June 6Atlantic CityUnited StatesBorgata Event Centerrowspan="7"
June 7New YorkRandall's Island Park
June 9MansfieldXfinity CenterGrimes
June 11BristowJiffy Lube Live
June 13CharlottePNC Music Pavilion
June 14AtlantaAaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
June 16West Palm BeachCoral Sky Amphitheatre
Total25,895 / 25,895+$6,000,000

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pollstar 2015 Year-End Top 200 North American Tours. Pollstar. January 8, 2016 .
  2. Web site: Reilly. Dan. Lana Del Rey Announces Biggest North American Tour Yet. Spin. March 11, 2014. May 10, 2015.
  3. Lipshutz. Jason. Coachella 2014: Lana Del Rey Debuts 'West Coast' Single In Star-Making Performance. Billboard. April 14, 2014. May 10, 2015.
  4. Web site: Chiu. Melody. Lana Del Rey Cancels European Concerts Due to Illness. People. September 15, 2014. May 10, 2015.
  5. Brandle. Lars. Lana Del Rey To Play Two Gigs In L.A. Cemetery. Billboard. September 23, 2014. May 10, 2015.
  6. Web site: Mahlmeister. Chrissy. See What Lana Del Rey Fans Wore To Her Show In A Graveyard. https://web.archive.org/web/20141021105342/http://www.mtv.com/news/1968353/lana-del-rey-cemetery-style/. dead. October 21, 2014. MTV. October 20, 2014. December 2, 2014.
  7. Web site: Courtney Love talks Miley Cyrus duet, dieting for acting and being the last rock woman standing. News.com.au. July 6, 2014. December 27, 2014.
  8. Web site: Cowler. Jasmine. Is Courtney Love Collaborating with Lana Del Rey?. Gigwise. November 30, 2014. December 27, 2014.
  9. Kreps. Daniel. Lana Del Rey, Courtney Love Plot Joint 2015 JjuTour. Rolling Stone. December 1, 2014. December 2, 2014.
  10. Web site: North American 2015 Tour Announced. Lana Del Rey. December 3, 2014. May 10, 2015.
  11. Web site: Marcus. Erza. Lana Del Rey Announces Brief Summer Tour with Grimes. CBS Radio. April 1, 2015. May 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150404143106/http://radio.com/2015/04/01/lana-del-rey-endless-summer-tour-dates-grimes/. April 4, 2015. dead.
  12. Web site: Renshaw. David. Courtney Love dubs herself and Lana Del Rey 'the queens of rage and anguish' as US co-tour begins. NME. Time Inc. UK. May 8, 2015. May 9, 2015.
  13. Web site: Basile. Lisa Marie. Lana Del Rey's Transcendent Concert At The Borgata In Atlantic City. HuffPost. June 15, 2015. October 13, 2017.
  14. Web site: Breihan. Tom. Watch Lana Del Rey Sing 'Florida Kilos' Live For The First Time. Stereogum. June 17, 2015. October 13, 2017.
  15. North American leg information for The Endless Summer Tour:
  16. Boxscore:
    • June 17, 2015 . Current Boxscore . live . https://www.webcitation.org/6ZMKbjsga?url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . June 17, 2015 . June 17, 2015 . Billboard.
    • February 18, 2016 . Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . live . https://www.webcitation.org/6fOjbQ1O5?url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . February 18, 2016 . June 17, 2015 . Billboard.
  17. Rosen. Christopher. Lana Del Rey apologizes to fans after weather forces Dallas show cancellation. Entertainment Weekly. May 10, 2015. May 10, 2015.

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