Access All Areas Tour

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Access All Areas Tour
Tour by The AAA Girls
AAAGirls 2017TourPoster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Access All Areas
Start dateSeptember 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)
End dateOctober 14, 2017 (2017-10-14)
Legs1
No. of shows15 in North America
The AAA Girls concert chronology
  • Australian Tour
    (2015)
  • Access All Areas Tour
    (2017)

The Access All Areas Tour (advertised as the Access All Areas: North American Tour) was the second concert tour by supergroup, The AAA Girls. The group is composed of RuPaul's Drag Race alums: Courtney Act, Willam Belli and Alaska Thunderfuck. The tour supports the group's debut EP, Access All Areas (2017). Beginning fall 2017, the tour played 15 cities in North America.

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Background

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The AAA Girls performing in Denver

The tour was announced August 2017, a month after the release of their EP. Produced by Fullscreen Live, [1] the tour played 15 cities in the United States and Canada. The show was promoted as a full production with full staging, costume changes and choreography. As a thank you, the group live called fans, on Instagram, who purchased tickets. The Squared Division served are creative directors and Jae Fusz serves as choreographer. [2] Rehearsals began September 10, 2017 at CenterStaging in Burbank. Backstage footage is chronicled on each of the members YouTube channels: the "After Show", "Courtney Chronicles" and "Billium's Wheatdown".

Group member Courtney Act described the concert as "not a typical drag show". She states:

"We're creating a really cool concert experience that hasn't really been seen before by 'Drag Race' fans. A lot of the shows that tour with these bigger venues are the girls doing the regular numbers that they would do in a club on a theater stage. This is like, production numbers—we've got costumes and choreography. Most of the music is original, but we have some parodies that we do as well. It's more on the side of a concert than a variety show, which [fans] are normally used to. It's going to be really unique." [2]

Proceeds from the show in Houston went towards relief for Hurricane Harvey. [3]

Setlist

The following setlist was obtained from the September 21, 2017 concert; held at Fitzgerald's in Houston, Texas. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. [4]

AAA Girls
  1. "AAA"
  2. "A Lacefront Like This"
  3. "Tuck Tape"
Willam
  2. "Glamorous" / "The Glamorous Life"
  3. "Work from Home" / "Work" / "Work Bitch" / "Work" / "She Works Hard for the Money" (contains elements of "Whistle While You Work" and "Supermodel (You Better Work)" )
AAA Girls
  2. "When the Water Runs Clear"
  3. "Dear Uber Driver"
  4. "Pride or Die"
Courtney
  2. "Chandelier" / "Diamonds" / "Titanium"
Alaska & Willam
  2. "Did You Have to Use Your Finger?" / "Hole Too Open" / "Breed Me" / "Big Black Dick"
AAA Girls
  2. "It's All Over"
  3. "Power" / "No Scrubs" / "Jumpin', Jumpin'" / "Wannabe"
Alaska
  2. "Valentina"
AAA Girls
  2. "Heather?"
  3. "Meet & Greet"
Encore
  2. "American Apparel Ad Girls"
Notes

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [5]
September 20, 2017 Dallas United States Granada Theater
September 21, 2017 Houston Fitzgerald's
September 22, 2017 Austin Empire Control Room
September 25, 2017 Orlando Venue 578
September 26, 2017 Atlanta The Loft
September 28, 2017 Falls Church State Theatre
September 30, 2017 New York City Roulette Intermedium
October 1, 2017 Boston Machine
October 3, 2017 Toronto Canada The Opera House
October 4, 2017 Detroit United StatesGarden Theater
October 5, 2017 Chicago Logan Square Auditorium
October 8, 2017 Denver Oriental Theater
October 10, 2017 Los Angeles Globe Theater
October 12, 2017 San Francisco City Nights
October 14, 2017 Portland Bossanova Ballroom
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
August 26, 2017 Marietta, Georgia Strand Theatre Moved to the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, Georgia


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