The Spirit Indestructible Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:The Spirit Indestructible Tour
Artist:Nelly Furtado
Album:The Spirit Indestructible
Number Of Legs:2
Last Tour:Mi Plan Tour
(2010)
This Tour:The Spirit Indestructible Tour
(2013)
Next Tour: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".

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.[5] The Huffington Post Canada held contests for free tickets throughout the tour's Canadian dates.[6] Mississauga News held a contest for free tickets to the Toronto show.[7]

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."[8] 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

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

DateCityCountryVenue
North America[14] [15] [16]
January 8, 2013VictoriaCanadaSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre
January 9, 2013VancouverCommodore Ballroom
January 11, 2013KamloopsInterior Savings Centre
January 12, 2013 CalgarySouthern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
January 14, 2013Medicine HatEsplanade Theatre
January 15, 2013EdmontonNorthern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
January 17, 2013SaskatoonOdeon Events Centre
January 19, 2013Thunder BayThunder Bay Community Auditorium
January 21, 2013BellevilleEmpire Theatre
January 23, 2013TorontoAir Canada Centre
January 24, 2013TorontoSony Centre for the Performing Arts
January 26, 2013WindsorThe Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
January 28, 2013BurlingtonBurlington Performing Arts Centre
January 29, 2013KitchenerCentre In The Square
January 30, 2013MontrealThéâtre Saint-Denis
Europe[17]
March 3, 2013BerlinGermanyHuxleys Neue Welt
March 5, 2013CologneTheater am Tanzbrunnen
March 6, 2013HamburgGroße Freiheit 36
March 7, 2013MunichKesselhaus
March 8, 2013ViennaAustriaBank Austria Halle
March 10, 2013ZürichSwitzerlandVolkshaus
March 11, 2013Neu-IsenburgGermanyHugenottenhalle
March 13, 2013MilanItalyDiscoteca Alcatraz
March 14, 2013LjubljanaSloveniaDvorana Tivoli
March 15, 2013Crans-MontanaSwitzerlandPlans-Mayen
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
  • This concert was a private show for the sponsorship between Canadian Tire and Canadian Olympic committee.[18]
  • Caprices Festival Crans-Montana[19]
    Cancellations and rescheduled shows
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    January 9, 2013Vancouver, CanadaOrpheum TheatreMoved to Commodore Ballroom[20]
    January 18, 2013Winnipeg, CanadaMTS Centre TheatreCancelled[21]
    January 21, 2013Ottawa, CanadaSoutham HallCancelled[22]
    January 28, 2013Hamilton, CanadaHamilton Place TheatreCancelled[23]

    Box office score data

    Notes and References

    1. . C95 FM presents NELLY FURTADO THE SPIRIT INDESTRUCTIBLE TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DYLAN MURRAY JESSICA TYLER . . . Nelly Furtado Website . 26 November 2012 . 11 January 2014.
    2. News: Nelly Furtado ready for chilly Canadian tour. Jason. MacNeil. Calgary Sun. 7 January 2013. 9 January 2012.
    3. News: Nelly Furtado begins concert tour in Victoria on Tuesday. Mike. Devlin. Times Colonist. 2 January 2013. 9 January 2012.
    4. News: Nelly Furtado tour sputters. Brad. Wheeler. The Globe and Mail. 18 December 2012. 9 January 2012.
    5. News: Want to Meet Nelly Furtado?. Rob. Michaels. CIOC-FM. 31 December 2012. 9 January 2012.
    6. News: Nelly Furtado Giveaway: Win Tickets To Concerts On Her Canadian Tour. The Huffington Post. 8 January 2013. 9 January 2012.
    7. News: Like us and win Nelly Furtado tickets . . 10 January 2013 . 11 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130115155533/http://www.mississauga.com/what's%20on/article/1563980--like-us-and-win-nelly-furtado-tickets . January 15, 2013 .
    8. News: Review: Nelly Furtado's voice still enchants, despite small homecoming crowd. Mike. Devlin. Times Colonist. 8 January 2013. 9 January 2012.
    9. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20130113062419/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/Review+Nelly+Furtado+shows+spirit+despite+small/7798683/story.html. 13 January 2013. Review: Nelly Furtado shows spirit despite small Vancouver crowd. Francois. Marchand. Vancouver Sun. 9 January 2013. 9 January 2012.
    10. News: How did Nelly Furtado's Vancouver show disappoint? Let's count the ways . Marsha. Lederman. The Globe and Mail. January 10, 2013. January 10, 2013.
    11. Web site: Nelly Furtado announces Spirit Indestructible tour; Enslaved, Niki and the Dove also coming to Vancouver . Marchand . François . 13 November 2012 . . . 11 January 2014.
    12. Web site: Celia Palli: Nelly Furtado's Background Singer Chosen As Opening Act On European Tour . Foy . Diane . 14 February 2013 . Oye! Times . 11 January 2014.
    13. News: Nelly Furtado's oldies steal the show at Sony Centre. Stevenson . Jane . 25 January 2013 . . Sun Media . 11 January 2014.
    14. Sources for tour dates in North America:
    15. Web site: Nelly Furtado in Kamloops for first time ever: 'I'm really excited to come' . Hewlett . Jaspm . 13 December 2012 . . . 11 January 2014.
    16. Web site: Nelly Furtado coming to Burlington . Dunmore . Kathyrn . 17 December 2012 . . . 11 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140112095022/http://news.ca.msn.com/ontario/burlington/nelly-furtado-coming-to-burlington . 12 January 2014 . dead .
    17. Sources for tour dates in Europe:
    18. News: Canadian Tire inks Canadian Olympic sponsorship deal - the Globe and Mail. Krashinsky. Susan.
    19. Web site: Mika, Nelly Furtado et Björk au Caprices Festival 2013. . 15 November 2012 . . . 11 January 2014. Nelly Furtado first time in our country. fr.
    20. Web site: Nelly Furtado changed to Commodore Ballroom . . 2012-12-06. City of Vancouver . 11 January 2014.
    21. News: Nelly Furtado cancels January show in Winnipeg . . 3 December 2012 . . FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership . 11 January 2014.
    22. Web site: Nelly Furtado: The Spirit Indestructible Tour . . Canada’s National Arts Centre . 11 January 2014.
    23. Web site: Nelly Furtado brings her new sound to the Commodore in Vancouver. Devlin . Mike . 4 January 2013 . The Vancouver Sun . Postmedia Network . 11 January 2014.
    24. 16 February 2013. Billboard Boxscore. Billboard. 125. 6. 0006-2510. 10 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130212031227/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. live. 12 February 2013.

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