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 39 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]
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 | 39 | ||||||
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Supporting acts
edit- Kate Voegele was the opening act on selected tour dates until June 25, 2010.[4][5]
- Days Difference, a pop rock 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
edit- 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
edit- "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"
- "Young and in Love"
- "Tattoo"
- Encore
- "No Air"
- On selected dates, "Was I The Only One?" was performed.
- Sparks performed "Breathe", from the musical In the Heights performed June 22 to July 16, 2010.
- Sparks performed "Art of Love" with Guy Sebastian, her opening act, during the shows in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco shows only.
- "Faith" was performed before the encore during the final show in Philadelphia.
Band members
edit- Lead vocals: Jordin Sparks
- Keyboard: Scotty Granger
- Lead Guitar: JinJoo Lee
- Bass: Jesse Stern
- Drums: Micheal Bedard
- Backup Vocals: Brandon Winbush, Devin Micheal and Sharon Youngblood
Tour dates
editCancellations
editDate (2010) | City (all U.S.) | Venue |
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April 23 | Columbus | Newport Music Hall |
May 6 | Rochester | Main Street Armory |
July 18 | St. Louis | The Pageant |
Notes
edit- ^ Originally April 24, 2010
- ^ Originally April 25, 2010
- ^ Originally May 11, 2010
- ^ Originally April 27, 2010
- ^ Originally April 30, 2010
- ^ Originally April 28, 2010 at the Orpheum Theatre
- ^ Originally May 17, 2010
- ^ Originally May 18, 2010
- ^ Originally May 20, 2010
- ^ Originally May 23, 2010
- ^ Originally May 21, 2010
- ^ Originally May 22, 2010
- ^ Originally May 9, 2010
- ^ Originally May 13, 2010
- ^ Originally June 2, 2010
References
edit- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "AI Now Exclusive: Jordin Sparks Interview". Archived from the original on 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ "Kate Voegele : News : Going on Tour with Jordin Sparks!". Archived from the original on 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ "sparkstown.com news.news". sparkstown.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-28.
- ^ "MySpace". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ Jordin Sparks [@JordinSparks] (17 March 2010). "So excited to be touring with the beautiful @katevoegele and @daysdifference! Come out and see us! #JSBattlefieldTour :)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ASHLYNE Joins Jordin Sparks 'THE BATTLEFIELD TOUR' starting June 28th!". www.ashlynehuff.com. Archived from the original on 2010-09-17.
- ^ Jordin Sparks and Guy Sebastian sing Art Of Love at Nokia Theater, Los Angeles Retrieved 14 July 2010