Better with U Tour

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Better with U Tour
Tour by Big Time Rush
BTR BWUTourPoster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America
Associated album Elevate
Start dateFebruary 17, 2012 (2012-02-17)
End dateMarch 10, 2012 (2012-03-10)
No. of shows17
Big Time Rush concert chronology

The Better with U Tour [1] was the second concert tour by American boy band Big Time Rush. Visiting the United States and Canada, the tour supported the band's second studio album, Elevate .

Contents

Background

The band announced the tour November 2011, on On Air with Ryan Seacrest . [2] The group stated the tour would be bigger, moving from the festival circuit, playing theaters and auditoriums. The tour also marks the band's first shows in Canada. The tour became a huge success, with shows selling out in seven major markets: Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Detroit, New York City, Raleigh and Sacramento and the tour sold out in ten minutes. [3] [4] The band also played two festival shows, the Houston Rodeo and Mardi Gras at Universal Studios. Joining the band on tour was British-Irish boy band, One Direction, giving the band their first performances in the U.S.

Critical reception

The tour received positive reviews from music critics. Mark Lewis (American River Current) gave the show in Sacramento a rating of "love it" and said: "Put simply, BTR delivered on the hype that incited a crowd of young women to travel from as far as Fresno to catch a glimpse of their fresh-faced idols. Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium was filled to capacity over two hours before Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan took the stage". [5] Carin Lane's ( Times Union ) eight-year-old son described the show in Albany as the "best night ever". She wrote: "These guys can sing and move, as the show was well-choreographed on a stage that included a massive, three-tiered scaffolding with ramps, a walkway, two towers and a trampoline". [6]

Opening act

Setlist

  1. "Big Time Rush"
  2. "Time of Our Life"
  3. "Nothing Even Matters"
  4. "No Idea"
  5. "Love Me Love Me"
  6. "If I Ruled the World"
  7. "Superstar"
  8. "Invisible"
  9. "Boyfriend"
  10. "Cover Girl"
  11. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"
  12. "Worldwide"
  13. "Show Me"
  14. "Music Sounds Better with U"
  15. "Stuck"
  16. 'Halfway There"
  17. "Til I Forget About You"
Encore
  1. "Elevate"
  2. "City Is Ours"

Shows

Date (2012) [10] CityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
February 17 Las Vegas United States PH Theatre for the Performing Arts —
February 18 Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre
February 19 San Jose Event Center Arena 4,131 / 4,204 (98%)$181,395 [11]
February 20 Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium —
February 22 Broomfield 1stBank Center
February 24 Rosemont Akoo Theatre
February 25 Detroit Fox Theatre
February 26 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 6,193 / 6,193 (100%)$269,848 [12]
February 28 Albany United States Palace Theatre —
March 1 Ledyard MGM Grand Theater
March 2 Fairfax Patriot Center 5,544 / 5,544 (100%)$249,300 [13]
March 3 Boston Agganis Arena —
March 4 [lower-alpha 1] Houston Reliant Stadium
March 6 Durham Durham Performing Arts Center
March 7 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 7,711 / 8,815 (87%)$271,037 [14]
March 9 New York City Radio City Music Hall 5,922 / 5,922 (100%)$254,602 [15]
March 10 [lower-alpha 2] Orlando Universal Music Plaza Stage —
Total29,501 / 30,678 (96%)$1,226,182

Notes

  1. ↑ This concert was a part of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. [9]
  2. ↑ This concert was a part of Universal Orlando Mardi Gras. [16]

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