Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round explained

Artist:	Carrie Underwood
Concert Tour Name:	Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round
Landscape:	yes
Album:	Storyteller
Location:	North America Europe
Gross:	$56,804,491
Last Tour:	Blown Away Tour (2012–13)
This Tour:	Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round (2016)
Next Tour:	Ripcord World Tour (2016)
Number Of Shows:	87 in North America 5 in Europe 92 Total
Number Of Legs:	4

The Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round was the fifth headlining concert tour from American country music artist Carrie Underwood. The tour is in support of her fifth studio album Storyteller (2015) and began on January 30, 2016, in Jacksonville, Florida. It concluded on November 28, 2016, after 92 shows. For the shows in the United States, $1 from each ticket sold will be donated to Underwood's C.A.T S. Foundation. This was her first tour in three years.The tour sold over 1.2 million tickets during its run.^[1] By June, 2016, Billboard had named the number-one country tour of the first half of the year.^[2]

Underwood released a concert film, Carrie Underwood: The Storyteller Tour - Stories in the Round, on November 17, 2017.^[3]

Background

News of the tour was first mentioned in a Rolling Stone interview in September 2015.^[4] The tour was officially announced on October 27, 2015, via Underwood's Official Fan Club website. "Stories in the Round" comes from this being Underwood's first tour where the stage is 360 degrees and in the middle of the arena floor. Underwood shares her excitement for the tour stating;

I can't wait to play new music from Storyteller for the fans. I am so blessed to have this career and get to do the things I do, but there is nothing like that moment when I get to step onto the stage to sing and all the fans are singing along with me.^[5]

The second leg was announced on March 31, 2016.^[6]

Concert synopsis

Moments before the show starts AC/DC's "Back in Black" is played. Then the lighting structure above the stage descends to the floor of center stage where Underwood and her band emerge. She starts off with "Renegade Runaway" a new track off Storyteller followed by "Last Name" that contains bits of her duet with Miranda Lambert, "Somethin' Bad". The setlist consists of new and past favorites, and covers. For the encore she closes with "Smoke Break" and "Something in the Water".^[7]

Stage design and production

The 360 degree center stage of three circles is equipped with movable parts that allows Underwood and her band access to below the stage where they can change outfits or swap out instruments. The three tier lighting structure displays lyrics and colors and moves, rotates, and twists. In addition there are sparkles, fireworks, lasers, smoke and explosions, and a big light show. Underwood's goal was to harmonica for "Choctaw County Affair", which she reached. Drums were added during "Church Bells" in the fall leg.

Opening acts

• • Easton Corbin & The Swon Brothers Lauren Alaina, Jill Johnson & Pauper Kings

Setlist

The following setlist is from the January 30 show in Jacksonville, Florida. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.^[8]

1. "Renegade Runaway"
2. "Last Name" / "Somethin' Bad"
3. "Undo It"
4. "Good Girl"
5. "Church Bells"
6. "Cowboy Casanova"
7. "Heartbeat"
8. "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
9. "Wasted"
10. "Blown Away"
11. "Two Black Cadillacs"
12. "Dirty Laundry"
13. "Choctaw County Affair"
14. "I Will Always Love You"
15. "What I Never Knew I Always Wanted"
16. "Fishin' in the Dark"
17. "Clock Don't Stop"
18. "All-American Girl"
19. "Little Toy Guns"
20. "Before He Cheats"

Encore

21. "Smoke Break"
22. "Something in the Water"

Notes

• From March 4 to 16, "What I Never Knew I Always Wanted", "All American Girl", and "Fishin' in the Dark" were temporarily cut from the set list. Additionally, "Flat on the Floor" and "Chaser" were temporarily added.
• Starting on August 31, a cover of Alabama's "Mountain Music" replaced "Fishin' in the Dark".

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
North America Leg 1^[9]
January 30, 2016	Jacksonville	United States	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	Easton Corbin The Swon Brothers	13,581 / 13,581	$865,536
February 1, 2016	Duluth		Infinite Energy Arena		11,574 / 11,574	$776,244
February 3, 2016	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum		10,760 / 10,760	$727,460
February 5, 2016	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		13,613 / 13,613	$897,128
February 17, 2016	Pittsburgh		Consol Energy Center		11,768 / 11,768	$797,198
February 20, 2016	Hampton		Hampton Coliseum		10,277 / 10,277	$680,672
February 22, 2016	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		12,562 / 12,562	$867,962
February 23, 2016	Boston		TD Garden		16,786 / 16,786	$1,076,169
February 25, 2016	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center		13,124 / 13,124	$899,315
Europe^[10]
March 4, 2016	Stockholm	Sweden	Hovet	Lauren Alaina Jill Johnson Pauper Kings	rowspan="5"
March 5, 2016	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
March 11, 2016	Glasgow	Scotland	Clyde Auditorium	Little Big Town Sam Hunt Maddie & Tae
March 12, 2016	London	England	The O2 Arena
March 13, 2016	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena
North America Leg 2
March 17, 2016	Youngstown	United States	Covelli Centre	Easton Corbin The Swon Brothers	6,645 / 6,645	$492,360
March 19, 2016	Allentown		PPL Center		9,012 / 9,012	$629,892
March 22, 2016	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		13,771 / 13,771	$892,996
March 24, 2016	St. Louis		Chaifetz Arena		9,626 / 9,626	$666,656
March 26, 2016	Lincoln		Pinnacle Bank Arena		14,964 / 14,964	$904,074
March 29, 2016	Colorado Springs		Broadmoor World Arena		7,935 / 7,935	$542,490
March 30, 2016	Denver		Pepsi Center		12,830 / 12,830	$841,100
April 1, 2016	Las Vegas		Las Vegas Festival Grounds
April 5, 2016	Fresno		Save Mart Center	Easton Corbin The Swon Brothers	9,534 / 9,534	$676,344
April 8, 2016	Reno		Reno Events Center		6,234 / 6,234	$475,939
April 10, 2016	Oakland		Oracle Arena		9,775 / 10,375	$715,339
April 12, 2016	Stockton		Stockton Arena		8,145 / 9,109	$552,900
April 14, 2016	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena		12,815 / 12,815	$829,160
April 16, 2016	Las Cruces		Pan American Center		10,582 / 10,582	$687,352
April 18, 2016	San Antonio		AT&T Center		9,918 / 10,666	$690,558
April 22, 2016	Bossier City		CenturyLink Center		10,883 / 10,883	$737,228
April 24, 2016	Lafayette		Cajundome		9,474 / 10,089	$615,582
April 25, 2016	Houston		Toyota Center		9,684 / 10,624	$677,934
April 27, 2016	Tulsa		BOK Center		14,627 / 14,627	$915,842
April 28, 2016	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena		9,171 / 9,171	$635,166
April 30, 2016	Indio		Empire Polo Club	Lee Ann Womack Chris Stapleton The Band Perry
May 3, 2016	Madison		Kohl Center	Easton Corbin The Swon Brothers	11,886 / 11,886	$773,376
May 5, 2016	Green Bay		Resch Center		9,358 / 9,358	$651,358
May 7, 2016	Grand Forks		Ralph Engelstad Arena		11,205 / 11,205	$721,680
May 10, 2016	Casper		Casper Events Center		6,395 / 7,507	$435,500
May 12, 2016	Billings		Rimrock Auto Arena		8,771 / 9,855	$612,026
May 15, 2016	Kansas City		Sprint Center		12,131 / 12,131	$815,966
May 17, 2016	Rosemont		Allstate Arena		15,761 / 15,761	$1,028,181
May 18, 2016	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena		12,270 / 12,270	$815,190
May 24, 2016	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		14,355 / 14,355	$907,410
May 27, 2016	Ottawa	Canada	Canadian Tire Centre		10,467 / 10,467	$713,228
May 28, 2016	Toronto		Air Canada Centre		17,499 / 17,499	$1,121,200
May 30, 2016	London		Budweiser Gardens		9,628 / 9,628	$632,121
June 10, 2016	Nashville	United States	Nissan Stadium	rowspan="6"
June 18, 2016	Cadott		Chippewa Valley Festival Grounds
July 22, 2016	Monticello		Great Jones County Fairgrounds
July 29, 2016	Sweet Home		Oregon Jamboree
July 30, 2016	Duncan	Canada	Cowichan Valley
July 31, 2016	Camrose		Camrose Camping Grounds
North America Leg 3^[11] ^[12]
August 31, 2016	Anchorage	United States	Alaska Airlines Center	Easton Corbin The Swon Brothers	4,304 / 4,304	$504,280
September 4, 2016	Spokane		Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena		11,389 / 11,389	$727,474
September 6, 2016	Boise		Taco Bell Arena		8,276 / 9,476	$547,292
September 8, 2016	Seattle		KeyArena		9,905 / 10,448	$681,068
September 10, 2016	San Jose>		SAP Center		8,335 / 8,819	$606,713
September 13, 2016	Bakersfield		Rabobank Arena		7,910 / 8,652	$548,570
September 14, 2016	Los Angeles		Staples Center		13,274 / 13,274	$921,093
September 16, 2016	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center		7,216 / 8,140	$517,752
September 20, 2016	Dallas		American Airlines Center		13,271 / 13,271	$888,335
September 22, 2016	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		14,005 / 14,005	$932,078
September 24, 2016	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena		11,350 / 11,350	$750,190
September 26, 2016	Roanoke		Berglund Center		5,350 / 6,034	$372,960
September 28, 2016	Providence		Dunkin' Donuts Center		7,805 / 8,988	$574,178
September 29, 2016	Manchester		SNHU Arena		8,843 / 9,727	$615,059
October 1, 2016	Hershey		Giant Center		10,560 / 10,560	$716,610
October 4, 2016	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse		7,768 / 7,768	$573,156
October 5, 2016	Milwaukee		BMO Harris Bradley Center		6,685 / 6,685	$493,238
October 7, 2016			Wells Fargo Arena		12,451 / 12,451	$845,735
October 8, 2016	Sioux Falls		Denny Sanford Premier Center		11,472 / 11,472	$796,824
October 11, 2016	Saskatoon	Canada	SaskTel Centre		9,287 / 9,287	$682,138
October 13, 2016	Edmonton		Rogers Place		9,776 / 9,776	$747,337
October 15, 2016	Winnipeg		MTS Centre		10,187 / 10,187	$770,159
October 17, 2016	Saint Paul	United States	Xcel Energy Center		14,714 / 14,714	$961,143
October 20, 2016	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena		11,332 / 11,332	$756,382
October 22, 2016	Charlottesville		John Paul Jones Arena		7,834 / 7,834	$562,593
October 23, 2016	Charlotte		Spectrum Center		7,121 / 7,121	$533,150
October 25, 2016	New York City		Madison Square Garden		17,815 / 17,815	$1,362,263
October 27, 2016	Albany		Times Union Center		9,904 / 9,904	$673,774
October 28, 2016	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena		6,338 / 6,338	$481,120
November 6, 2016	Hamilton	Canada	FirstOntario Centre		9,077 / 10,317	$662,273
November 9, 2016	Rockford	United States	BMO Harris Bank Center		6,600 / 6,866	$492,870
November 11, 2016	Evansville		Ford Center		9,886 / 9,886	$696,117
November 13, 2016	Memphis		FedExForum		9,321 / 10,201	$643,656
November 14, 2016	Birmingham		Legacy Arena		11,475 / 11,475	$749,490
November 16, 2016	Tampa		Amalie Arena		13,271 / 13,271	$891,365
November 17, 2016	Sunrise		BB&T Center		10,340 / 10,340	$738,990
November 22, 2016			Intrust Bank Arena		10,000 / 10,747	$711,720
November 23, 2016	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena		11,306 / 11,912	$798,117
November 26, 2016	Las Vegas		T-Mobile Arena		9,794 / 10,633	$699,513
November 28, 2016	West Valley City		Maverik Center		10,738 / 10,738	$761,211
Total					845,681	$58,071,114

List of festivals and other miscellaneous performances, rescheduling

These concerts were a part of .^[13]

This concert is a part of the ACM Party for a Cause Festival.^[14]

The Houston concert was supposed to take place on April 19, but was rescheduled to April 25 due to severe weather.^[15]

This concert is a part of the Stagecoach Festival.^[16]

This concert is a part of the CMA Music Festival.^[17]

This concert is a part of the Country Fest 30th Anniversary.^[18]

This concert is a part of the Great Jones Country Fair.^[19]

This concert is a part of the Oregon Jamboree.^[20]

This concert is a part of the Sunfest Country Music Festival.^[21]

This concert is a part of the Big Valley Jamboree.^[22]

Reception

In November 2016, Billboard reported the tour to have earned around $54.6 million with 800,000 tickets sold, with four more shows that had not been added to that total.^[23] This marked The Storyteller Tour as Underwood's highest-grossing tour to date. According to a document from The Smoking Gun, Underwood was contracted to earn $500,000 per show.^[24]

Scott Mervis of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says, "As she's not much of a talker, this was not a "Storyteller" tour in the sense of narrating the show with stories. She let the music and character-driven lyrics do most of the talking, at max volume."^[25] Tampa Bay Timess Jay Cridlin said that Underwood packed "nearly two dozen hits into an overpowering set that felt a whole more like arena rock than a country bar." Also, "Underwood alone remains the one with the voice and ambition to go full pop star, unleashing the full force of her roaring band and singing like a woman ready to take the wheel back from Jesus."^[26]

Serene Dominic of The Arizona Republic gave a negative review of the show, criticizing the big-production take on Underwood's songs, writing, "You couldn’t call a show with Super Bowl halftime show production values "intimate." Maybe the anecdotes wouldn't have been that revealing from an artist like Underwood, who rarely writes a song without two other people in the parenthesis with her (not a knock, but the talk would've probably been more industry insider than the average audience would want to hear)."^[27] Jay Lustig gave a similarly negative review, criticizing Underwood waving at fans during the darker songs, writing, "Proving, perhaps, that you can take the singer out of American Idol but you can’t take the American Idol out of the singer, she used, throughout the show, a bit of showbiz shtick that she really should lose: A cheerful wave to an audience member in the middle of a verse or chorus. She did this even on songs that were about heartbreak, or cheating men. I know it was just a little thing, but I found it jarring, nearly every time she did it."^[28]

External links

• Carrie Underwood Official Website

Notes and References

1. Billboard's 2017 Country Power Players List Revealed: Music City's Most Influential. . July 27, 2017 . Billboard Staff.
2. Web site: Carrie Underwood. www.carrieunderwoodofficial.com. 2016-12-02.
3. Web site: Carrie Underwood: The Storyteller Tour - Stories in the Round (2017). www.imdb.com. 2020-05-30.
4. Leahey. Andrew. Carrie Underwood Plots New Tour and London Performance. Rolling Stone. Rollng Stone. September 9, 2015. October 27, 2015.
5. Web site: Carrie Underwood Announces 2016 Tour. carrieunderwood.fm. October 27, 2015.
6. Carrie Underwood Extends 'Storyteller' Tour Through Fall. Rolling Stone. March 31, 2016.
7. Amabile Angermiller. Michele. Carrie Underwood's Storyteller Tour Sparkles in Philadelphia. Billboard. February 23, 2016. March 3, 2016.
8. Web site: Instagram photo by Carrie Underwood Fan • Jan 31, 2016 at 3:46am UTC.
9. Web site: Carrie Underwood announces 'Storyteller' tour dates. Lawler. Kelly. October 28, 2015. USA Today . Gannett Company. November 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151101093648/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/10/28/carrie-underwood-storyteller-tour-dates/74729070/. live. November 1, 2015.
10. Web site: Carrie Underwood Announces Dates as Headliner on UK 'Country To Country 2016' Tour. Lindberg. Cailey. September 27, 2015. Music Times. November 26, 2015.
11. Web site: Carrie Underwood.
12. Current Boxscore. .
13. Carrie Underwood to Headline U.K.'s 2016 Country to Country Fest. Hodge. Will. September 23, 2015. Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. November 26, 2015.
14. Web site: Party In Vegas With Your Favorite Country Artists!. . April 28, 2015. . CBS Radio. November 26, 2015.
15. Web site: Carrie Underwood on Twitter.
16. Web site: Stagecoach 2016: Festival to feature Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church. Woods. Wes. October 5, 2015. . Digital First Media. November 26, 2015.
17. Web site: Carrie Underwood.
18. Web site: Buy Country Fest Tickets – Country Fest I Cadott WI Country Music Festival. 31 August 2020 .
19. Web site: The 2016 Great Jones County Fair presented by Wellmark.
20. Web site: LINEUP – Oregon Jamboree.
21. Web site: Lineup – Sunfest Country Music Festival – Cowichan Valley, BC.
22. Web site: Lineup.
23. Web site: 2016-11-23. Carrie Underwood's Storyteller Tour Has Played to More than 800,000 People (So Far). 2021-02-07. www.billboard.com. en.
24. Web site: 2014-06-12. Carrie Underwood. 2021-02-07. The Smoking Gun. en.
25. Web site: Mervis. Scott. Carrie Underwood lets the music do the talking on Storyteller Tour.. post-gazette.com. PG Publishing Co., Inc.. February 18, 2016. March 3, 2016.
26. Web site: Cridlin. Jay. Review: Carrie Underwood goes full rock star in ambitious Storyteller Tour at Tampa's Amalie Arena. Tampa Bay Times Forum. November 16, 2016. December 8, 2016.
27. Web site: Dominic. Serene. Carrie Underwood Storyteller Tour was short on story, long on costume changes. 2021-02-07. The Arizona Republic. en-US.
28. Web site: LUSTIG. JAY. Review: Carrie Underwood at Madison Square Garden. 2021-02-07. North Jersey Media Group. en-US.

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