Beat This Summer Tour

The Beat This Summer Tour was the eighth headlining tour from American Country music singer Brad Paisley. The tour was in support of his ninth studio album, Wheelhouse (2013) and was presented by Cracker Barrel. Paisley's tour began on May 9, 2013, in Maryland Heights, Missouri, and ended on March 16, 2014, in London, England.

Beat This Summer Tour

Tour by Brad Paisley
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Wheelhouse
Start date	May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)
End date	March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)
Legs	3
No. of shows	59 in North America 2 in Europe 61 in total
Brad Paisley concert chronology
Virtual Reality World Tour (2012) Beat This Summer Tour (2013–14) Country Nation World Tour (2014–15)

Background

The tour was first announced on February 27, 2013. Paisley teamed up with Live Beyond and one dollar from every ticket sale went to the nonprofit organization.^[1] In November 2013 additional U.S. dates were announced for early 2014. This leg of the tour is called the Beat This Winter Tour.^[2]

Opening acts

• Chris Young
• Danielle Bradbery
• Lee Brice (First leg only. All shows except for West Palm Beach, Tampa, Atlanta, Mission, and Brownsville)
• The Henningsens (First leg only)

Setlist

This setlist is a representation of the Raleigh, NC show on June 8, 2013.^[3]

1. "Southern Comfort Zone"
2. "Mud on the Tires"
3. "The Mona Lisa"
4. "American Saturday Night"
5. "Outstanding in Our Field" (performed with Chris Young and Lee Brice)
6. "This Is Country Music"
7. "Celebrity"
8. "Then"
9. "She's Everything"
10. "Time Warp"
11. "Hot for Teacher" (Van Halen cover)
12. "Old Alabama" (performed with virtual Alabama)
13. "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" (Alabama cover)
14. "Waitin' on a Woman"
15. "Online"
16. "I'm Still a Guy"
17. "Beat This Summer"
18. "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"
19. "Karate" (performed with a virtual Charlie Daniels)
20. "Remind Me" (performed with a virtual Carrie Underwood)
21. "Welcome to the Future"
22. "Water"

    Encore

23. "Ticks"
24. "Alcohol"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America leg #1^[4]^[5]
May 9, 2013	Maryland Heights	United States	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 10, 2013	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center
May 11, 2013	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
May 16, 2013	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
May 17, 2013	Mansfield		Comcast Center
May 18, 2013	Hartford		Comcast Theatre
May 31, 2013	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 1, 2013	Burgettstown	United States	First Niagara Pavilion
June 2, 2013	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 6, 2013	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
June 7, 2013	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 8, 2013	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
June 21, 2013	West Palm Beach		Cruzan Amphitheatre
June 22, 2013	Tampa		MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 23, 2013	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre
June 28, 2013	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
June 29, 2013	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live
June 30, 2013^[A]	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center
July 12, 2013	Darien		Darien Lake PAC
July 13, 2013	Fort Loramie		Hickory Hills Lake
July 20, 2013^[B]	Twin Lakes		Country Thunder
July 27, 2013	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 28, 2013	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 1, 2013	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 2, 2013	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre
August 4, 2013	George		The Gorge
August 15, 2013	Penticton	Canada	South Okanagan Events Centre
August 16, 2013 ^[C]	Mission		Mission Raceway Park
August 17, 2013^[D]	Brownsville	United States	Willamette County Music Festival
August 22, 2013	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 23, 2013	Wheatland		Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 24, 2013	San Bernardino		San Manuel Amphitheater
August 30, 2013	Stateline		Harvey's Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
August 31, 2013	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center
September 20, 2013	St. John's	Canada	Mile One Centre
September 21, 2013
October 17, 2013	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum
October 18, 2013	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place
October 19, 2013	London		Budweiser Gardens
October 23, 2013	Winnipeg		MTS Centre
October 24, 2013	Regina		Brandt Centre
October 25, 2013	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome
October 26, 2013	Edmonton		Rexall Place
November 14, 2013	Omaha	United States	CenturyLink Center Omaha
November 15, 2013	Rockford		BMO Harris Bank Center
November 16, 2013	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center
North America leg #2 – Beat This Winter Tour^[2]
January 9, 2014	Greenville	United States	Bon Secours Wellness Arena
January 10, 2014	Pikeville		Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
January 11, 2014	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center
January 23, 2014	Estero		Germain Arena
January 24, 2014	Tallahassee		Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
January 25, 2014	Orlando		Amway Center
February 13, 2014	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 14, 2014	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
February 15, 2014	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena
February 22, 2014	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
February 27, 2014	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
February 28, 2014	Dayton		Nutter Center
March 1, 2014	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
Europe
March 15, 2014	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
March 16, 2014^[E]	London	England	The O2

Festivals

^A This concert is a part of 92.5 WXTU FM's 29th Anniversary Show.

^B This concert is a part of Country Thunder.

^C This concert is a part of the Rockin' River Festival.

^D This concert is a part of the Willamette Country Music Festival.

^E This concert is a part of Country 2 Country.

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Gexa Energy Pavilion	Dallas	19,456 / 19,456 (100%)	$724,669
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	The Woodlands	13,688 / 14,000 (98%)	$469,880
Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre	Greenwood Village	16,303 / 16,303 (100%)	$563,448
USANA Amphitheatre	West Valley City	14,987 / 19,000 (79%)	$547,448
Shoreline Amphitheatre	Mountain View	16,345 / 19,000 (86%)	$595,338
Sleep Train Amphitheatre	Wheatland	15,558 / 18,000 (86%)	$539,448
San Manuel Amphitheater	San Bernardino	19,978 / 19,978 (100%)	$702,338
Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville	7,266 / 7,266 (100%)	$575,594
Verizon Wireless Arena	Manchester	8,110 / 8,100 (100%)	$539,269
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale	10,133 / 10,133 (100%)	$585,433
Bridgestone Arena	Nashville	13,598 / 13,598 (100%)	$573,815
TOTAL		155,422 / 164,844 (94%)	$6,398,680

Personnel

• Gary Hooker: Rhythm guitar
• Randle Currie: Steel guitar
• Kendall Marcy: Keyboards, banjo, and mandolin
• Justin Williamson: Fiddle & mandolin
• Kenny Lewis: Bass guitar
• Ben Sesar: Drums

References

1. . 99.5 WYCD. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
2. Vinson, Christina (November 14, 2013). "Brad Paisley Will Beat This Winter With 2014 Dates". Taste of Country. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
3. "Brad Paisley Setlist at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh". setlist.fm.
4. Duvall, Erin (February 28, 2013). "Brad Paisley Summer Tour to Include and Baseball Caps". The Boot. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
5. . Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.

External links

• Paisley's official site