Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round
Tour by Carrie Underwood | |
![]() Promotional poster for the tour | |
Location | North America Europe |
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Associated album | Storyteller |
Start date | January 30, 2016 |
End date | November 28, 2016 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 87 in North America 5 in Europe 92 Total |
Box office | $56,804,491 |
Carrie Underwood concert chronology |
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.[7]
Opening acts
- Easton Corbin & The Swon Brothers (North America)
- Lauren Alaina, Jill Johnson & Pauper Kings (Europe)
- Little Big Town, Sam Hunt & Maddie & Tae (UK & Ireland)
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]
- "Renegade Runaway"
- "Last Name" / "Somethin' Bad"
- "Undo It"
- "Good Girl"
- "Church Bells"
- "Cowboy Casanova"
- "Heartbeat"
- "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
- "Wasted"
- "Blown Away"
- "Two Black Cadillacs"
- "Dirty Laundry"
- "Choctaw County Affair"
- "I Will Always Love You"
- "What I Never Knew I Always Wanted"
- "Fishin' in the Dark" (with Easton Corbin and The Swon Brothers)
- "Clock Don't Stop"
- "All-American Girl"
- "Little Toy Guns"
- "Before He Cheats"
- Encore
- 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
Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening acts | Attendance | Revenue |
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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[A] | Stockholm | Sweden | Hovet | Lauren Alaina Jill Johnson Pauper Kings |
— | — |
March 5, 2016[A] | Oslo | Norway | Oslo Spektrum | |||
March 11, 2016[A] | Glasgow | Scotland | Clyde Auditorium | Little Big Town Sam Hunt Maddie & Tae | ||
March 12, 2016[A] | London | England | The O2 Arena | |||
March 13, 2016[A] | Dublin | Ireland | 3Arena | |||
North America Leg 2[9] | ||||||
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[B] | 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[C] | 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[D] | 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[E] | Nashville | United States | Nissan Stadium | — | — | — |
June 18, 2016[F] | Cadott | Chippewa Valley Festival Grounds | ||||
July 22, 2016[G] | Monticello | Great Jones County Fairgrounds | ||||
July 29, 2016[H] | Sweet Home | Oregon Jamboree | ||||
July 30, 2016[I] | Duncan | Canada | Cowichan Valley | |||
July 31, 2016[J] | 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 | Des Moines | 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 | Wichita | 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
- A These concerts were a part of C2C: Country to Country.[13]
- B This concert is a part of the ACM Party for a Cause Festival.[14]
- C The Houston concert was supposed to take place on April 19, but was rescheduled to April 25 due to severe weather.[15]
- D This concert is a part of the Stagecoach Festival.[16]
- E This concert is a part of the CMA Music Festival.[17]
- F This concert is a part of the Country Fest 30th Anniversary.[18]
- G This concert is a part of the Great Jones Country Fair.[19]
- H This concert is a part of the Oregon Jamboree.[20]
- I This concert is a part of the Sunfest Country Music Festival.[21]
- J 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 Times's 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]
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- ^ Cridlin, Jay (November 16, 2016). "Review: Carrie Underwood goes full rock star in ambitious Storyteller Tour at Tampa's Amalie Arena". Tampa Bay Times Forum. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ^ Dominic, Serene. "Carrie Underwood Storyteller Tour was short on story, long on costume changes". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
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