Aquarius Tour

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Aquarius Tour
Tour by Tinashe
Associated album Aquarius
Start dateDecember 5, 2014
End dateMarch 17, 2015
Legs4
No. of shows
  • 13 in Europe
  • 10 in North America
  • 5 in Oceania
  • 1 in Asia
  • 29 total

Aquarius Tour was the debut concert tour by American singer Tinashe. The tour supported Tinashe's debut studio album, Aquarius , which was released on October 7, 2014 by RCA Records. [1] The tour began on December 5, 2014 and concluded March 17, 2015 and showcased material from Tinashe's debut studio album and mix-tapes. [2] The tour visited Europe, North America, Oceania, and Asia.

Contents

Background

On November 12, 2014 Tinashe announced that she would be going on her debut concert in December of that year. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
DateCityCountryVenue
North America
December 5, 2014 Inglewood United States LA Forum
December 11, 2014 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
December 12, 2014 Pontiac The Crofoot Ballroom
December 13, 2014 Toronto CanadaTattoo Queen West
December 15, 2014 New York City United States Highline Ballroom
December 16, 2014 Boston Brighton Music Hall
December 17, 2014 Washington Howard Theatre
December 18, 2014 Baltimore Rams Head Live!
December 19, 2014 Orlando Beacham Theatre
January 22, 2015 Los Angeles El Rey Theatre
Asia [8]
February 12, 2015 Dubai United Arab EmiratesRedFestDXB
Oceania [9] [8]
February 15, 2015 Brisbane AustraliaThe Triffid
February 18, 2015SydneyThe Metro
February 19, 2015 Perth Perth Festival
February 20, 2015 Melbourne The Hi-Fi
February 21, 2015 Auckland New ZealandSplore Festival
Europe
March 2, 2015LondonEngland Heaven (nightclub)
March 3, 2015 Birmingham Digbeth Institute
March 4, 2015 Manchester Gorilla Manchester
March 6, 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso (Amsterdam)
March 7, 2015 Antwerp BelgiumTrix Club
March 8, 2015ParisFrance Le Trianon (theatre)
March 9, 2015 Zürich SwitzerlandMascotte
March 10, 2015 Berlin GermanyFranz-Club
March 11, 2015 Hamburg Mojo Club
March 13, 2015 Copenhagen Denmark Vega, Copenhagen
March 14, 2015 Oslo Norway Parkteatret
March 15, 2015 Stockholm SwedenFasching
March 17, 2015 Helsinki Finland Tavastia Club

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