Warrior Tour

The Warrior Tour was the second headlining concert tour by American recording artist Kesha, in support of her sophomore studio album, Warrior (2012). The tour started on July 3, 2013, and concluded on September 19, 2015.

Warrior Tour

Tour by Kesha
Associated album	Warrior
Start date	July 3, 2013 (2013-07-03)
End date	September 19, 2015 (2015-09-19)
Legs	4
No. of shows	37 in North America 4 in South America 12 in Europe 6 in Asia 59 total
Kesha concert chronology
North American Tour 2013 (2013) Warrior Tour (2013–2015) Kesha and the Creepies: Fuck the World Tour (2016)

Background and development

 

Kesha performing "Supernatural" in Charlotte, NC

In late March, Kesha and American rapper Pitbull announced that they would tour North America together on their North American Tour 2013. The joint tour was officially announced on March 22, 2013, but the two hinted at the tour on March 21, 2013, via Twitter. Shortly after tickets were available for the duo's summer tour, Kesha announced a separate tour that would visit Europe and other places she did not visit with Pitbull. The tickets for the European leg of the tour went on-sale shortly after the dates were announced. A couple weeks later, on May 13, 2013, North American dates were added to the tour. Kesha announced the pre-sale password for the North American dates via Twitter after the fourth episode of her television show, Kesha: My Crazy Beautiful Life, aired on May 16, 2013. The tickets went on sale to the general public on May 17, 2013. Leading up to the tour, Kesha has been using the website Mobio Insider to connect with her fans and give them details about the tour. Kesha has been promoting the tour mainly through her Twitter and Facebook accounts.

 

Kesha performing "Gold Trans Am" in Charlotte, NC

Aside from the social media promotion, Kesha has also promoted the tour through the application, Blippar. When scanning Kesha's symbol, fans can access many special features including the chance to win tickets to any of the dates on the North American leg. Many of the dates are a part of festivals and fairs including the Live at the Marquee Festival in Cork, Ireland, the Wireless Festival in London, England, the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Illinois, and a few others.

In October 2014, Kesha brought back the Warrior Tour setlist and costumes to perform for a music festival in Shanghai, China. After that, the tour was revisited and traveled throughout South and North America with new songs, visuals, and costumes added to the tour through January to September 2015.

Broadcasts and recordings

On June 21, 2013, the television network, E!, announced that the network would broadcast a show from one of the co-headlining dates Kesha was on with Pitbull. The show would be broadcast as a part of E!'s Inside Track Summer Concert Series. The series is a collaboration with Live Nation.^[1] The network filmed the show in Detroit at The Palace of Auburn Hills on June 7, 2013. The recording was aired as the first installment of the series on June 21, 2013. To promote the broadcasting, E! interviewed Kesha an hour before the show at The Palace of Auburn Hills. In the interview, Kesha conversed with the interviewer about her favorite and least favorite parts of the tour, costumes she wears for the tour, and her golden tooth that she has from an accident at a bar.^[1] E! also interviewed Kesha's stage manager, Justin De Meulenaere, before the show.^[2] Meulenaere, who is also known as "Boot", is most known for his work with Kesha on her previous concert tour, the Get Sleazy Tour.

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance in Stockholm. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[3]

1. "Warrior"
2. "Crazy Kids"
3. "We R Who We R"
4. "Blow" (contains elements of the Cirkut Remix)
5. "Dirty Love"
6. "Gold Trans Am"
7. "Take It Off" (rock version)
8. "C'Mon"
9. "Thinking of You"
10. "Machine Gun Love"
11. "Last Goodbye"
12. "Love Into the Light"
13. "Supernatural"
14. "Blah Blah Blah"
15. "Your Love Is My Drug"
16. "Tik Tok"

Encore

17. "Die Young"

Notes

• "Party at a Rich Dude's House", "Animal" and "Supernatural" were performed on select shows during the second leg.^[3][4]
• "Last Goodbye" was performed in place of "Machine Gun Love" on select dates of the first North American leg.^[2]
• "Supernatural", "Last Goodbye", and "Love Into the Light" were performed on June 8, 2013 in Cincinnati.^[5]
• "Thinking of You", "Last Goodbye", "Love Into the Light" and "Supernatural" were all performed during select shows in Europe.^[3]
• Joan Jett joined Kesha on September 21, 2013 in Las Vegas to perform "Bad Reputation".^[6]
• "Timber" was added to the setlist from October 6, 2014.^[7]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts
Europe^[8]
July 3, 2013^[B]	Cork	Ireland	The Dockland	—
July 5, 2013^[C]	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festival Grounds
July 6, 2013^[D]	Nibe	Denmark	Skalskoven
July 7, 2013	Stockholm	Sweden	Stora Scen
July 9, 2013	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
July 10, 2013	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	Den Atelier
July 12, 2013^[E]	London	England	Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
July 13, 2013^[F]	Kinross	Scotland	Balado
July 15, 2013	London	England	O2 Academy Brixton	Fuse ODG
July 16, 2013	Paris	France	Le Trianon	—
July 18, 2013	Prague	Czech Republic	Club SaSaZu	Raego Mista
July 19, 2013	Vienna	Austria	Bank Austria Halle	—
North America^[9]
August 9, 2013	Windsor	Canada	The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor	Semi Precious Weapons Mike Posner
August 10, 2013^[G]	Bethlehem	United States	Sands Steel Stage
August 12, 2013	Wolf Trap		Filene Center
August 14, 2013	Raleigh		Red Hat Amphitheater
August 15, 2013	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 17, 2013^[H]	Springfield		Illinois State Fair Grandstand
August 18, 2013	Lincoln		Pershing Center
August 19, 2013	Minneapolis		Myth Nightclub
August 21, 2013	Milwaukee		Eagles Ballroom
August 23, 2013	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
August 24, 2013^[I]	Essex Junction		Coca-Cola Grandstand
August 25, 2013	Canandaigua		Constellation Brands – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
August 27, 2013	Columbus		Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
August 28, 2013	Portsmouth		nTelos Wireless Pavilion
August 30, 2013	Bangor		Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
August 31, 2013	Gilford		Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
September 1, 2013	Las Vegas		1 OAK Nightclub	DJ Karma
September 7, 2013^[J]	Pomona		Fairplex Park Budweiser Grandstand	Semi Precious Weapons Mike Posner
September 21, 2013^[K]	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	—
September 25, 2013	Kingston		Ryan Center	Semi Precious Weapons Mike Posner
September 27, 2013	Baltimore		Pier Six Pavilion
September 29, 2013	Ithaca		Barton Hall
Asia^[10]
October 24, 2013	Quezon City	Philippines	Smart Araneta Coliseum	—
November 12, 2013	Tokyo	Japan	Zepp Tokyo
November 13, 2013
November 15, 2013	Osaka		Namba Hatch
November 17, 2013^[L]	Mumbai	India	Taj Mahal Palace Ballroom
October 6, 2014^[M]	Shanghai	China	Xuhui Binjiang Green Space
South America
January 22, 2015	Salvador	Brazil	Festival de Verão de Salvador	Claudia Leitte Capital Inicial
January 25, 2015	São Paulo		Citibank Hall	—
January 30, 2015	Florianópolis		Devassa on Stage	Chris Defreyn
January 31, 2015	Xangri-lá		Planeta Atlântida	—
North America ^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
March 7, 2015	Amherst	United States	William D. Mullins Memorial Center	—
April 16, 2015	New York City		Delete Blood Cancer
April 17, 2015	Philadelphia		Franklin Field
April 18, 2015	Auburn		Auburn University
April 21, 2015	Washington, D.C.		The Black Cat
April 23, 2015	Garden City		Adelphi University
April 25, 2015	Medford		Tufts University
April 26, 2015	Baltimore		University of Maryland
April 29, 2015	Greenvale		Tiles Center for Performing Arts
May 23, 2015	Las Vegas		Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
June 12, 2015^[N]	Los Angeles		West Hollywood Park
June 13, 2015^[N]
June 14, 2015^[N]
July 5, 2015	Las Vegas		Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
September 19, 2015	Clemson		Upper Intramural Fields

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
July 21, 2013	Istanbul	Turkey	Parkorman	Health concerns^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
August 9, 2013	Cleveland	United States	Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
October 22, 2013	Jakarta	Indonesia	Skenoo Exhibition Hall
October 26, 2013	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Negara
February 13, 2014	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Media City Amphitheatre
March 15, 2014	Hammond	United States	Horeshoe Casino Hammond
April 13, 2014	Green Bay		Kress Events Center

Notes

B ^ The show in Cork, Ireland is a part of Live at the Marquee.^[22] C ^ The show in Werchter, Belgium is a part of Rock Werchter 2013.^[23] D ^ The show in Nibe, Denmark is a part of the Nibe Festival.^[24] E ^ The show in London, England on July 12, 2013 is a part of the Wireless Festival.^[25] F ^ The show in Kinross, Scotland is a part of T in the Park.^[26] G ^ The show in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is a part of Musikfest 2013.^[27]

H ^ The show in Springfield, Illinois is a part of the Illinois State Fair.^[28] I ^ The show in Essex Junction, Vermont is a part of the Champlain Valley Fair.^[29] J^ The show in Pomona, California is a part of the Los Angeles County Fair.^[30] K ^ The show in Las Vegas, Nevada is a part of iHeartRadio's Music Festival 2013.^[31] L ^ The show in Mumbai, India is a part of the American Foundation for AIDS Research Gala. M ^ The show in Shanghai, China is a part of the Storm Electronic Music Festival. N ^ These shows in Los Angeles were part of LA Pride.

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