The Family Jewels Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:	The Family Jewels Tour
Artist:	MARINA
Album:	The Family Jewels
Start Date:	26 January 2010
End Date:	4 December 2011
Number Of Legs:	5
Number Of Shows:	135
This Tour:	The Family Jewels Tour (2010–11)
Next Tour:	The Lonely Hearts Club Tour (2012–13)

The Family Jewels Tour was the first major headlining concert tour by Welsh singer-songwriter Marina Diamandis, known professionally as MARINA (formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds) in support of her debut album, The Family Jewels. In December 2009, prior to the release of her album, she announced an eight-date concert tour for the United Kingdom in February 2010. Following the success of her British tour, with tickets selling out, Diamandis announced her second United Kingdom and Ireland tour, entitled The Gem Tour.^[1] Tour dates for the United States and mainland Europe, in countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, were shortly added.^[2] In May 2010, Diamandis announced sixteen dates for her third United Kingdom and Ireland tour in Autumn the following year.^[3] Marina announced on 14 October that her third headlining UK tour would be called The Burger Queen Tour.^[4]

Diamandis also performed at several music festivals in the United States (SXSW 2010^[5] and "Lilith Fair 2010"), the United Kingdom ("The Great Escape 2010",^[6] "Radio 1's Big Weekend 2010", "Isle of Wight Festival 2010",^[7] "Glastonbury Festival 2010", "iTunes Festival 2010" and "The Secret Garden Party 2010"^[8]), Germany ("Hurricane Festival 2010" and "Southside Festival 2010"), Norway ("Øyafestivalen 2010"^[9]), Sweden ("Way Out West Festival 2010"^[10]), Finland ("Flow Festival 2010") and Belgium ("Pukkelpop Festival 2010").

Diamandis was originally scheduled to play several shows in the USA in early 2011 but these dates were cancelled in order for her to work on the recording of Electra Heart.^[11] In Summer 2011, she switched back-and-forth between headlining "The Family Jewels Tour" and serving as an opening act for Katy Perry on her "California Dreams Tour".

Reception

Katy Ratican from Contact Music rated Marina and the Diamonds' Manchester concert on 21 February 2010 nine stars out of ten saying it "was impressively cohesive and Marina held the limelight with charisma and confidence". She also predicted that the "next time [Diamandis] plays Manchester, it will be to a sold out Academy 2 audience, with a top-selling album gracing the merchandising stand. Marina won't be playing to a few hundred people above a trendy bar in the foreseeable future."^[12] Joanne Dorken from MTV UK praised Diamandis' performance of "Obsessions" at London's Bush Hall on 23 February 2010 calling it the "highlight of the evening as Marina proved her vocal ability as well as showcasing her talent for playing live."^[13]

At the opening concert of her Gem Tour at The Glee Club in Birmingham on 12 May 2010, Zak Edwards from Gig Junkies said Diamandis "instantly captivated the crowd in a similar way to which Kate Bush and Toyah Willcox did in yesteryear." He concluded by saying: "In short, this was a great set by a really novel, unique and entertaining performer. If you get chance to see her, you really must."^[14]

Opening acts

• Clock Opera (14—19 February 2010)
• Alan Pownall (21—23 February 2010)
• Samuel (14—15 March 2010)^[15]
• Spark (now known as Jessica Morgan) (12—31 May 2010)^[16]
• Jasmine Ash (6 July 2010)
• DJs Aaron and Nako (8 July 2010)
• Young the Giant (6 September 2010)
• CocknBullKid
• Hannah Yadi^[17] – (14 November 2010)
• Hollywood Kill
• Ra Ra Rasputin – 16 June 2011

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
26 January 2010	London	United Kingdom	Dingwalls
29 January 2010			The Tabernacle
30 January 2010	Gateshead		The Sage Gateshead
5 February 2010	London		Relentless Garage
14 February 2010	Edinburgh		HMV Picture House
15 February 2010	Norwich		Norwich Arts Centre
16 February 2010	Brighton		Audio Nightclub
17 February 2010	Nottingham		The Bodega Social Club
18 February 2010	Newcastle upon Tyne		Digital
19 February 2010	Glasgow		Oran Mor
21 February 2010	Manchester		The Deaf Institute
22 February 2010	Bristol		The Cooler
23 February 2010	London		Bush Hall
4 March 2010	Copenhagen	Denmark	Ideal Bar
5 March 2010	Stockholm	Sweden	Södra Teatern
North America
14 March 2010	New York City	United States	The Bellhouse
15 March 2010			(Le) Poisson Rouge
18 March 2010	Austin		South by Southwest
19 March 2010
20 March 2010
France
29 April 2010	Paris	France	Le Divan du Monde
United Kingdom (The Gem Tour)
12 May 2010	Birmingham	United Kingdom	The Glee Club
13 May 2010	Bournemouth		The Old Fire Station
15 May 2010 A	Brighton		The Great Escape Festival
16 May 2010	Cardiff		Millennium Music Hall
18 May 2010	Norwich		The Waterfront
19 May 2010	London		Bloomsbury Ballroom
20 May 2010
22 May 2010	Sheffield		The Leadmill
23 May 2010	Manchester		Manchester Academy
25 May 2010	Liverpool		The Masque
26 May 2010	Belfast		Mandela Hall
27 May 2010	Dublin	Ireland	Tripod
29 May 2010	Glasgow	United Kingdom	Queen Margaret Union
30 May 2010	Edinburgh		Assembly Rooms
31 May 2010	Leeds		Leeds Met Stylus
Europe
3 June 2010	Hamburg	Germany	The Stage Club
4 June 2010	Berlin		Frannz Club
6 June 2010	Cologne		Die Werkstatt Köln
7 June 2010	Munich		59:1
8 June 2010	Zürich	Switzerland	Kaufleuten
11 June 2010 B	Newport	United Kingdom	Isle of Wight Festival 2010
13 June 2010	Copenhagen	Denmark	Vega
15 June 2010	Brussels	Belgium	Le Botanique
16 June 2010	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
18 June 2010 C	Scheeßel	Germany	Hurricane Festival
19 June 2010 D	Tuttlingen		Southside Festival
26 June 2010 E	Somerset	United Kingdom	Glastonbury Festival 2010
North America
6 July 2010	West Hollywood	United States	The Troubadour
8 July 2010	San Francisco		Pop Scene
9 July 2010	Las Vegas		Lilith Fair
10 July 2010	Los Angeles
Europe Festivals
22 July 2010 F	London	United Kingdom	iTunes Festival
23 July 2010	Huntingdon		Secret Garden Party
13 August 2010 G	Oslo	Norway	Øyafestivalen
14 August 2010 H	Gothenburg	Sweden	Way Out West Festival
15 August 2010 I	Helsinki	Finland	Flow Festival
19 August 2010 J	Vienna	Austria	FM4 Frequency Festival
20 August 2010 K	Hasselt	Belgium	Pukkelpop
21 August 2010 L	Biddinghuizen	Netherlands	Pukkelpop
27 August 2010 M	Reading	United Kingdom	Reading Festival
29 August 2010 N	Leeds		Leeds Festival
North America
1 September 2010	Boston	United States	Paradise
2 September 2010	New York City		Webster Hall
3 September 2010	Philadelphia		World Cafe
5 September 2010	Asbury Park		Wonder Bar
6 September 2010	Washington, D.C.
8 September 2010	Toronto	Canada	The Opera House
9 September 2010	Chicago	United States	Lincoln Hall
10 September 2010	Minneapolis		Triple Rock
13 September 2010	Seattle		Crocodile Cafe
14 September 2010	Portland		Doug Fir
15 September 2010	San Francisco		The Independent
17 September 2010	Los Angeles		El Rey Theatre
Europe Festivals
23 September 2010 O	Baden-Baden	Germany	SWR3 New Pop Festival
Europe (The Burger Queen Tour)
19 October 2010	Portsmouth	United Kingdom	Pyramid Centre
20 October 2010	Norwich		University of East Anglia
21 October 2010	Eastbourne		Winter Garden
23 October 2010	Birmingham		Town Hall
24 October 2010	Oxford		Regal
25 October 2010	Bristol		Anson Rooms
27 October 2010	Dublin	Ireland	Vicar Street
28 October 2010	Cork		Savoy Theatre
29 October 2010	Derry	United Kingdom	Nerve Centre
31 October 2010	Manchester		The Ritz
1 November 2010	Glasgow		Fruit Market
2 November 2010	Edinburgh		Picture House
4 November 2010	Newcastle upon Tyne		Northumbria University
5 November 2010	Leeds		University of Leeds
7 November 2010	Nottingham		Nottingham Trent University
8 November 2010	London		The Roundhouse
9 November 2010			London Forum
11 November 2010	Coventry		The Copper Rooms
12 November 2010	Cardiff		Coal Exchange
14 November 2010	Bath		Pavilion
15 November 2010	Brighton		Corn Exchange
18 November 2010	Cologne	Germany	Gloria
19 November 2010	Berlin		Postbahnhof
20 November 2010	Hamburg		Uebel & Gefährlich
22 November 2010	Stockholm	Sweden	Nalen
23 November 2010	Gothenburg		Pustervik
25 November 2010	Helsinki	Finland	Tavastia
26 November 2010	Aarhus	Denmark	Vox
28 November 2010	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Melkweg
29 November 2010	Ghent	Belgium	Vooruit
30 November 2010	Paris	France	Alhambra
3 December 2010	Bern	Switzerland	Bierhubeli
4 December 2010	Vienna	Austria	Porgy & Bess
5 December 2010	Hannover	Germany	Faust
Australia
28 December 2010	Melbourne	Australia	Hi-Fi Bar & Ballroom
29 December 2010	Lorne		Falls Festival
30 December 2010	Marrickville		The Factory Theatre
1 January 2011	Sydney		Field Day Festival
3 January 2011	Busselton		Southbound Festival
North America- Burger Queen Tour
7 April 2011	Las Vegas	United States	Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
8 April 2011
9 April 2011
11 April 2011	Austin		Antone's Nightclub
12 April 2011	Houston		Fitzgerald's
13 April 2011	Dallas		Granada Theatre
15 April 2011	Indio		Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Europe
30 April 2011	Bergen	Norway	Bergen International Festival
North America- Burger Queen Tour
16 June 2011	Philadelphia	United States	Theatre of the Living Arts
17 June 2011	Washington, D.C.
18 June 2011	Asbury Park		Stone Pony
20 June 2011	Boston		Paradise Rock Club
21 June 2011	New York		Webster Hall
Europe
23 July 2011	Moscow	Russia	Afisha Picnic
29 July 2011	Lucerne	Switzerland	Blue Balls Festival
30 July 2011	Östersund	Sweden	Storsjöyran
13 August 2011	Piešťany	Slovakia	Grape music festival
14 August 2011	Budapest	Hungary	Sziget Festival
19 August 2011	Paredes de Coura	Portugal	Paredes de Coura Festival
23 November 2011	London	United Kingdom	Church of St John-at-Hackney

• A

^ this concert was a part of "The Great Escape Festival 2010"

• B

^ this concert was a part of "Isle of Wight Festival 2010"

• C

^ this concert was a part of "Hurricane Festival 2010"

• D

^ this concert was a part of "Southside Festival 2010"

• E

^ this concert was a part of "Glastonbury Festival 2010"

• F

^ this concert was a part of "iTunes Festival 2010"

• G

^ this concert was a part of "Øyafestivalen"

• H

^ this concert was a part of "Way Out West Festival"

• I

^ this concert was a part of "Flow Festival 2010"

• J

^ this concert was a part of "FM4 Frequency Festival"

• K

^ this concert was a part of "Pukkelpop"

• L

^ this concert was a part of "Pukkelpop"

• M

^ this concert was a part of "Reading Festival"

• N

^ this concert was a part of "Leeds Festival"

• O

^ this concert was a part of "SWR3 New Pop Festival"

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets Sold / Available	Gross Revenue
Tabernacle	London	450 / 450 (100%)	$7,286
9:30 Club	Washington DC	718 / 1,200 (60%)	$10,770
El Rey Theatre	Los Angeles	771 / 771 (100%)	$15,420
Antone's	Austin	486 / 700 (69%)	$6,464
9:30 Club	Washington DC	780/ 1,200 (65%)	$15,600

External links

• Official website » Shows

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/news,may-uk-tour-dates_13.htm Marina and The Diamonds – News – MAY UK TOUR DATES
2. http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/live.htm The official Marina and the Diamonds website | shows |
3. http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/news,octnov-uk-ireland-tour-confirmed-exclusive-preorder-tomorrow-0505_74.htm Marina and The Diamonds – News – OCT/NOV UK + IRELAND TOUR CONFIRMED! EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER TOMORROW (05.05)
4. Web site: Marina and the Diamonds - Blogs - THE BURGER QUEEN TOUR 2010 . 2015-04-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714035046/http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/blog,the-burger-queen-tour-2010_190.htm . 14 July 2011 . dmy-all . Burger Queen
5. Web site: Marina & The Diamonds Joins Chop Shop Records Line-Up. Staff. 4 March 2010. Chop Shop Records. 5 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100307110033/http://blog.chopshoprecords.com/2010/03/04/marina-the-diamonds-joins-chop-shop-records-line-up/. 7 March 2010. dead.
6. https://www.nme.com/news/delphic--2/49532 Delphic, Ellie Goulding, Marina for Brighton Great Escape Festival | News | NME.COM
7. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a203248/quatro-marina-for-isle-of-wight-festival.html Music – News – Quatro, Marina for Isle of Wight festival – Digital Spy
8. http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/news/7311 Gorillaz Sound System and more for Secret Garden Party – Marina and the Diamonds, Mercury Rev and more – buy tickets! – Festival News | Virtual Festivals
9. http://www.oyafestivalen.com/pages/nor/589-marina_the_diamonds_ny_britisk_popstjerne_til_oeya Øyafestivalen – Marina & The Diamonds – ny britisk popstjerne til Øya
10. http://www.songkick.com/festivals/44-way-out-west/id/778040-way-out-west-festival-2009 Way Out West Festival 2009 | Way Out West Festival line up, reviews and posters | Songkick
11. http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/news/entry/marina_the_diamonds_cancel_us_dates Marina & The Diamonds Cancel US Dates
12. http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/review/marina-and-the-diamondsx23x02x10 Marina and the Diamonds – The Deaf Institute, Manchester 21/02/2010 Live Review
13. https://web.archive.org/web/20100324114042/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/marina-and-the-diamonds/news/187569-marina-and-the-diamonds-live-review Marina And The Diamonds Live Review | Marina and the Diamonds | News | MTV UK
14. http://www.gigjunkies.com/band-reviews/marina-and-the-diamonds-spark-the-glee-club-birmingham-uk-12th-may-2010/ Gig Junkies online for Music Reviews | Band Reviews | Live Music Photography | Interviews | Competitions " Blog Archive " Marina and the Diamonds + Spark @ The Glee Club, Birmingham, UK – 12th May 2010
15. http://www.musicsnobbery.com/2010/03/marina-the-diamonds-samuel-le-poisson-rouge-my-big-fat-greek-concert.html Marina & The Diamonds / Samuel @ Le Poisson Rouge: My Big Fat Greek Concert – Music Snobbery
16. http://www.marinaandthediamonds.com/blog,hands-behind-my-back_69.htm Marina and The Diamonds – Blogs – HANDS BEHIND MY BACK.
17. http://uk.myspace.com/hannahyadi/photos/albums/album/1041971?authkey=5SuvJCRduckseYNEOdFw2aJsQfY={{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}