Brothers of the Sun Tour

Brothers of the Sun Tour

Tour by Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw
Promotional banner for the tour
Location	United States
Associated album	Welcome to the Fishbowl Emotional Traffic
Start date	June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02)
End date	August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25)
Legs	1
No. of shows	23
Box office	US$96.5 million
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The Brothers of the Sun Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American country music singers Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw. It took place in 22 cities at 22 venues across the United States. Chesney and McGraw began the tour at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on June 2, 2012, and ended it with two shows at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts on August 25, 2012. The tour grossed over $96 million in ticket sales and drew at least one million in attendance. ^[1]

Background

In November 2011, it was announced that country singers Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney would reunite for a stadium tour throughout North America. The duo had previously toured together as part of the George Strait Country Music Fest in 2001. Following the announcement, it was revealed the tour would feature special guests Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and Jake Owen. Tickets for most dates went on general sale to the public on December 11, 2011. ^[2]

Set lists

Tim McGraw

1. "Felt Good on My Lips"
2. "For a Little While"
3. "Down on the Farm"
4. "Real Good Man"
5. "Last Dollar (Fly Away)"
6. "Unbroken"
7. "Everywhere"
8. "Where the Green Grass Grows
9. "Mexicoma"
10. "All I Want Is a Life"
11. "Just to See You Smile"
12. "Better Than I Used to Be"
13. "Let It Go"
14. "How Bad Do You Want It"
15. "Back When"
16. "Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard cover)
17. "Something Like That"
18. "Southern Voice"
19. "Live Like You Were Dying"
20. "The Cowboy in Me"
21. "I Like It, I Love It"
22. "Truck Yeah"

Kenny Chesney

1. "Beer In Mexico"
2. ”Here and Now”
3. "Keg In The Closet"
4. "Summertime"
5. "Reality"
6. ”Til It's Gone”
7. "Live Those Songs"
8. ”We Do”
9. "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
10. "What I Need to Do"
11. "I Go Back"
12. "Come Over"
13. "Anything but Mine"
14. "You and Tequila" (with Grace Potter)
15. "Back Where I Come From"
16. ”Happy Does”
17. "Living In Fast Forward"
18. "Young"
19. "Somewhere with You"
20. "Never Wanted Nothing More"
21. ”Tip of My Tongue”
22. "On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful"
23. "Out Last Night"
24. ”Knowing You”
25. "When The Sun Goes Down"
26. "Don't Happen Twice"
27. "The Boys of Fall"
28. "Feel Like a Rock Star"
29. "Refried Dreams"
30. "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
31. "Indian Outlaw"
32. "Running on Empty" (Jackson Browne cover)

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
North America [3]
June 2, 2012	Tampa	United States	Raymond James Stadium	Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Jake Owen	48,443 / 50,604	$4,320,106
June 3, 2012	Atlanta		Georgia Dome		44,124 / 46,565	$3,924,229
June 9, 2012	Arlington		AT&T Stadium		47,269 / 50,425	$4,421,768
June 10, 2012	Kansas City		Arrowhead Stadium		46,346 / 49,747	$3,831,962
June 16, 2012	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field		53,111 / 53,111	$5,541,757
June 23, 2012	Nashville		LP Field		49,869 / 52,332	$3,622,116
June 24, 2012	Charlotte		Bank of America Stadium		44,482 / 47,835	$3,404,455
June 30, 2012	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field		53,325 / 57,452	$4,841,193
July 1, 2012	Cincinnati		Paul Brown Stadium		42,716 / 45,764	$3,495,146
July 7, 2012	Chicago		Soldier Field		51,100 / 51,100	$5,109,399
July 8, 2012	Minneapolis		Target Field		42,524 / 42,524	$4,483,461
July 14, 2012	Anaheim		Angel Stadium		44,832 / 44,832	$3,963,039
July 15, 2012	Oakland		O.co Coliseum		41,245 / 41,449	$3,128,663
July 21, 2012	Denver		Sports Authority Field at Mile High		50,020 / 50,020	$4,401,805
July 28, 2012	Indianapolis		Lucas Oil Stadium		41,671 / 43,864	$3,509,151
July 29, 2012	Cleveland		Cleveland Browns Stadium		45,321 / 48,495	$3,511,455
August 3, 2012	New Orleans		Mercedes-Benz Superdome		37,916 / 40,876	$3,385,855
August 4, 2012	Houston		Reliant Stadium		38,242 / 41,849	$3,600,279
August 11, 2012	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium		56,285 / 56,285	$5,523,669
August 12, 2012	Landover		FedExField		46,389 / 50,179	$3,953,164
August 18, 2012	Detroit		Ford Field		48,943 / 48,943	$4,560,108
August 24, 2012	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium		111,209 / 111,209	$9,926,110
August 25, 2012
Total					1,085,382 / 1,125,460	$96,458,890

References

1. Ray Waddell (August 27, 2012). "Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw Close Out 'Killer' Stadium Tour". Billboard . Retrieved July 9, 2014.
2. Ray Waddell (November 11, 2011). "Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw Reunite for Stadium Tour". Billboard . Retrieved July 9, 2014.
3. Box score:
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 22. New York. June 23, 2012. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 23. New York. 30 June 2012. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 24. New York. 7 July 2012. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 25. New York. 14 July 2012. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 27. New York. 28 July 2012. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 28. New York. 4 August 2012. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 29. New York. 11 August 2012. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 31. New York. 25 August 2012. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
   • "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 32. New York. 1 September 2012. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.