Bigger Than Life Tour

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Bigger Than Life Tour
Tour by Daughtry and 3 Doors Down
Promotional poster for the tour.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America
Associated album Break the Spell
The Greatest Hits
Start dateNovember 17, 2012 (2012-11-17)
End dateAugust 3, 2013 (2013-08-03)
Legs3
No. of shows62
Daughtry tour chronology
Break the Spell Tour
(2012)
Bigger Than Life
(2012–13)
Baptized World Tour
(2014)
3 Doors Down tour chronology
The Time of My Life Tour
(2011)
Bigger Than Life
(2012-13)

The Bigger Than Life Tour was a co- headlining tour by American rock bands, Daughtry and 3 Doors Down. The tour supported Daughtry's third studio album, Break the Spell , and 3 Doors Down's The Greatest Hits album.

Contents

Background

The tour was announced on October 8, 2012. [1] Chris Daughtry said, "It's an honor to be able to go on the road with 3 Doors Down. We are excited to give fans an energetic rock show every night sharing songs from both our catalogs...we can't wait to hit the road to share it with our fans." [1] The second leg of the tour was announced on December 10, 2012, and the third leg on April 23, 2013. [2]

Opening acts

Set list

Daughtry

Second leg set list

  1. "Break the Spell"
  2. "Feels Like Tonight"
  3. "Outta My Head"
  4. "Crawling Back to You"
  5. "What I Want"
  6. "Renegade"
  7. "Gone too Soon"
  8. "Tennessee Line"
  9. "Over You"
  10. "No Surprise"
  11. "In the Air Tonight" (Phil Collins cover) (with Brad Arnold)
  12. "Every Time You Turn Around"
  13. "Home"
Encore
  1. "September"
  2. "It's Not Over"
3 Doors Down

Second leg set list

  1. "Time of My Life"
  2. "It's Not My Time"
  3. "Duck and Run"
  4. "The Road I'm On"
  5. "Away from the Sun"
  6. "Let Me Go"
  7. "Goodbye"
  8. "Loser"
  9. "There's a Life"
  10. "Landing in London"
  11. "One Light"
  12. "Here Without You"
  13. "Citizen/Soldier"
  14. "Symphony of Destruction" (Megadeth cover)
  15. "The Better Life"
Encore
  1. "Kryptonite"
  2. (with Chris Daughtry)
  3. "When I'm Gone"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Leg 1 [1]
November 17, 2012 Tunica United StatesThe Better Life Foundation Event*
November 18, 2012 Springfield O'Reilly Family Event Center
November 20, 2012 San Antonio Illusions Theatre
November 21, 2012 Laredo Laredo Energy Arena
November 23, 2012 Belton Belton County Expo Center
November 24, 2012 Corpus Christi Concrete Street Amphitheater
November 27, 2012 Pikeville Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
November 28, 2012 Huntington Big Sandy Superstore Arena
November 30, 2012 Asbury Park Asbury Park Convention Hall
December 1, 2012 Binghamton Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
December 3, 2012 Huntington Paramount Theater
December 4, 2012 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
December 5, 2012 Detroit Fox Theatre
December 7, 2012 Champaign Assembly Hall
December 8, 2012 Saint Paul The Myth
December 9, 2012 Rosemont Akoo Theatre
December 11, 2012 Broomfield 1stBank Center
December 13, 2012 Fresno Save Mart Center
December 15, 2012 Anaheim Theater at the Honda Center
Leg 2 [1]
January 25, 2013 Grand Prairie United States Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
January 26, 2013 Tulsa Tulsa Convention Center
January 29, 2013 Tupelo BancorpSouth Arena
January 29, 2013 St. Louis Peabody Opera House
February 1, 2013 Battle Creek Kellogg Arena
February 2, 2013 Louisville The Louisville Palace
February 5, 2013 Erie Erie Civic Center
February 6, 2013 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center
February 8, 2013 Worcester DCU Center
February 9, 2013 Rochester Main Street Armory
February 10, 2013 Bethlehem Sands Bethlehem Event Center
February 17, 2013 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
February 19, 2013 Sunrise BB&T Center
February 22, 2013 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
February 23, 2013 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
February 26, 2013 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
February 27, 2013 Kansas City Uptown Theater
March 1, 2013 Kearney Viaero Event Center
March 2, 2013 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
March 4, 2013 Evansville The Centre
March 6, 2013 Green Bay Resch Center
March 9, 2013 Monterrey Mexico Arena Monterrey
March 11, 2013 Mexico City Arena Ciudad de México
Leg 3 [1]
May 22, 2013 [A] Glen Allen United StatesSnagajob Pavilion at Glen Allen
May 24, 2013 Little Rock Riverfest
June 15, 2013 [B] La Crosse University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
June 30, 2013TulsaRiver Spirit Casino
July 3, 2013 Raleigh Red Hat Amphitheater
July 5, 2013 Solomons PNC Waterside Pavilion
July 6, 2013 Baltimore Pier 6 Concert Pavilion
July 9, 2013 Gilford Medowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
July 10, 2013 Bangor Bangor Waterfall
July 12, 2013 Boston Bank of America Pavilion
July 13, 2013 Big Flats Tags Summer Stage
July 16, 2013 Hopewell Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
July 17, 2013 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 22, 2013 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 23, 2013 Cincinnati PNC Pavilion
July 25, 2013 Hammonds The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
July 26, 2013 Dubuque Dubuque County Fair
July 27, 2013 West Bend Washington County Fair
July 29, 2013 Youngstown Covelli Centre
July 31, 2013 Council Bluffs Harrah's Council Bluffs
August 1, 2013 Indianapolis White River State Park
August 3, 2013 Cleveland Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert is a part of Innsbrook After Hours.
B This concert is a part of Freedom Fest at University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

Box office score date

VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenue
DCU CenterWorcester2,812 / 3,043 (92%)$114,870
MeadowbrookGilford2,718 / 6,219 (44%)$142,431
Save Mart CenterFresno3,792 / 5,352 (71%)$148,728
Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs3,601 / 4,000 (90%)$144,575
The Venue at Horseshoe CasinoHammonds2,080 / 2,516 (83%)$118,793
Warfield TheatreSan Francisco1,247 / 2,374 (53%)$70,064
Verizon Theatre at Grand PrairieTexas2,197 / 3,145 (70%)$111,658
Aranda Peabody Opera HouseSt. Louis1,883 / 2,594 (73%)$98,427
Mohegan Sun ArenaUncasville5,288 / 5,362 (99%)$185,080
Ruth Eckerd HallClearwater2,059 / 2,059 (100%)$127,044
Pensacola Bay CenterPensacola3,054 / 4,580 (67%)$114,654
Bryce Jordan CenterUniversity Park2,431 / 6,315 (38%)$89,693
TOTAL33,162 / 47,559 (70%)$1,466,017

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