Battlefield Tour
Tour by Jordin Sparks | |||||||
![]() The official poster for the Battlefield Tour. | |||||||
Associated album | Battlefield | ||||||
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Start date | May 1, 2010 | ||||||
End date | July 18, 2010 | ||||||
No. of shows | 38 | ||||||
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The Battlefield Tour[1] was a concert tour by American pop singer Jordin Sparks in support of her second studio album Battlefield. It is Sparks' first headlining tour. The tour consisted of mostly general assembly venues such as theaters, ballrooms, amusement parks, and casinos. It was initially only set to visit 15 cities nationwide. On April 22, several dates were rescheduled in order to expand the tour to 35 cities across the nation.[2] The tour started on May 1, 2010 in Uncasville, Connecticut and ended on July 18, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In an interview with AI Now, Sparks spoke of the tour "Hopefully, maybe in March I will be doing a tour. I would love to do a House of Blues theater type tour so it’s a little more intimate...it’s really fulfilling after you get off a stage like that, it’s really awesome because it’s like you can say 'hey, I left everything out there.'"[3]
Supporting acts
- Kate Voegele was the opening act on selected tour dates until June 25, 2010.[4][5]
- Days Difference, a poprock band, were also an opening act on selected dates of the tour.[6][7]
- Ashlyne Huff replaced Kate Voegele as the opening act on June 26, 2010.[8]
- Sid Curtis replaced Ashlyne Huff for one night, on July 10, 2010.
Guest appearances
- Australian artist, Guy Sebastian made a guest appearance at three of Sparks' concerts in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco from July 8 to July 10, 2010, performing their single "Art of Love" together[9]
Set list
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- "Battlefield"
- "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)"
- "Watch You Go"
- "Emergency (911)"
- "It Takes More"
- "Don't Let it Go to Your Head"
- "One Step at a Time"
- "Walking on Snow"
- "Freeze"
- "No Parade"
- "Breathe" (from Broadway's In the Heights) (starting June 22, 2010)
- "Art of Love" (with Guy Sebastian) (San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco shows only)
- "Young and in Love"
- "Was I The Only One" (select shows)
- "Tattoo"
- Encore
- "No Air"
1 Faith was performed as the final song before the encore due to a request during the meet-and-greet session in Philadelphia, PA.
2 Breathe, from In The Heights, was not performed on the final two shows (Chicago IL, and Philadelphia PA)
Band members
- Lead vocals: Jordin Sparks
- Keyboard: Scotty Granger
- Lead Guitar: Jin Joo Lee
- Bass: Jesse Stern
- Drums: Micheal Bedard
- Backup Vocals: Brandon Winbush, Devin Micheal and Sharon Youngblood
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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North America[1] | |||
May 1, 2010 | Uncasville | United States | Wolf Den |
May 2, 2010 | Hershey | Hersheypark Amphitheatre | |
May 4, 2010 | Westbury | Capital Bank Theater | |
May 5, 2010 | Verona | Turning Stone Resort & Casino | |
May 14, 2010 | Dubuque | Diamond Jo Casino | |
May 28, 2010 (originally April 24, 2010) |
Atlantic City | Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City | |
May 29, 2010 | Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach | |
June 3, 2010 (originally April 25, 2010) |
Sayreville | Starland Ballroom | |
June 4, 2010 | Clifton Park | Northern Lights | |
June 8, 2010 (originally May 11, 2010) |
Pittsburgh | The Palace Theatre | |
June 10, 2010 (originally April 27, 2010) |
New York City | Nokia Theatre Times Square | |
June 11, 2010 (originally April 30, 2010) |
Hampton Beach | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom | |
June 12, 2010 | Hartford | Webster Theater | |
June 13, 2010 (originally April 28, 2010) |
Boston | House of Blues (originally Orpheum Theatre) | |
June 15, 2010 | Cincinnati | 20th Century Theatre | |
June 16, 2010 | Royal Oak | Royal Oak Music Theatre | |
June 17, 2010 | Cleveland | House of Blues | |
June 19, 2010 | Norfolk | Norva Theatre | |
June 20, 2010 | Charlotte | The Fillmore Charlotte | |
June 22, 2010 | Fort Lauderdale | Revolution Live | |
June 23, 2010 | Lake Buena Vista | House of Blues | |
June 25, 2010 | Atlanta | Southern Star Amphitheatre | |
June 26, 2010 | Baton Rouge | Dixie Landin' Amusement Park | |
June 27, 2010 | San Antonio | Six Flags Fiesta Texas | |
June 28, 2010 (originally May 17, 2010) |
Houston | House of Blues | |
June 29, 2010 (originally May 18, 2010) |
Dallas | House of Blues | |
July 1, 2010 (originally May 20, 2010) |
Phoenix | Marquee Theatre | |
July 2, 2010 (originally May 23, 2010) |
Anaheim | The Grove of Anaheim | |
July 3, 2010 | Reno | Knitting Factory | |
July 5, 2010 | Seattle | Showbox at the Market | |
July 6, 2010 | Portland | Crystal Ballroom | |
July 8, 2010 (originally May 21, 2010) |
San Diego | House of Blues | |
July 9, 2010 (originally May 22, 2010) |
Los Angeles | Club Nokia | |
July 10, 2010 | San Francisco | The Regency Ballroom | |
July 12, 2010 | Denver | Ogden Theatre | |
July 14, 2010 | Kansas City | The Beaumont Club | |
July 16, 2010 (originally May 9, 2010) |
Minneapolis | First Avenue | |
July 17, 2010 (originally May 13, 2010) |
Chicago | House of Blues | |
July 18, 2010 (originally June 2, 2010) |
Philadelphia | Theatre of the Living Arts |
Cancellations
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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North America | |||
April 23, 2010 | Columbus | United States | Newport Music Hall |
May 6, 2010 | Rochester | Main Street Armory | |
July 18, 2010[11] (originally May 15, 2010) |
St. Louis | The Pageant |
References
- ^ a b http://www.sparkstown.com/news/news.php?uid=72
- ^ http://sparkstown.com/news/news.php?uid=85
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
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- ^ http://www.ashlynehuff.com/board_posts/ashlyne-joins-jordin-sparks-the-battlefield-tour-starting-june-28th
- ^ Jordin Sparks and Guy Sebastian sing Art Of Love at Nokia Theater, Los Angeles Retrieved 14 July 2010
- ^ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jordin-sparks/2010/turning-stone-resort-and-casino-verona-ny-4bd4e702.html
- ^ http://sparkstown.com/news/news.php?uid=93