Burn the Ships World Tour

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Burn the Ships World Tour
Tour by For King & Country
Burn the Ships World Tour 2019 North America.png
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Burn the Ships
Start date21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)
End date13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)
Legs8
No. of shows137
For King & Country concert chronology
  • joy.UNLEASHED
    (2018)
  • Burn the Ships World Tour
    (2018–2020)
  • Little Drummer Boy Christmas Tour
    (2018)

The Burn the Ships World Tour was the fifth headlining concert tour by Australian christian rock band For King & Country. The tour was by far their longest, and was their first tour to go outside of the United States and Canada. The band performed over 130 shows in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the Philippines. The first leg of the tour began in fall 2018, and the last leg of the tour concluded in spring 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

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Background

For King & Country announced the Burn the Ships | Album Release Tour, presented by AEG, to support the album in August 2018. [1] [2] The tour ran from 2 to 27 October 2018 with For King & Country performing in a dozen shows across the United States, commencing the tour at the Shubert Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, and ending the tour at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington. [3] [4]

In November 2018, For King & Country announced that they will be embarking on the Burn the Ships | World Tour 2019, also in support of the album, with Josh Baldwin set to perform on select dates. [5] [6] The tour launched on 26 January 2019 at the La Vida Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand and concluded on 20 April 2019 at the Julie Rogers Theatre in Beaumont, Texas, with stops in cities across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Philippines and the United States. [7] [8]

On 30 April 2019, the duo announced the fall addition of the Burn the Ships World Tour, which visited arenas in the United States and Canada. [9] The tour began on 26 September 2019 at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey, and concluded at on 24 November 2019 the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. [10] [11]

In December 2019, the band announced a new Canadian leg of the tour, with stops in eight cities, which was set begin at the TD Place Arena in Ottawa on 12 March 2020 and end at the Orpheum in Vancouver on 24 March 2020. [12] This leg was suspended, then cancelled after COVID-19 pandemic in Canada set in after the show at the Meridian Hall in Toronto on 13 March. [13] In 2023, over 3 years and 1,000 days after the Canadian dates were originally scheduled, the band toured back in Canada at the same venues and locations that were originally scheduled, as part of their What Are We Waiting For Tour. [14]

Tour dates

List of 2018 concerts, showing date, venue, city, region and country
DateCityCountryVenue
21 September 2018 [lower-alpha 1] Irvine United States FivePoint Amphitheatre
22 September 2018 [lower-alpha 2] Palmdale Palmdale Amphitheater
23 September 2018 [lower-alpha 3] Sacramento Papa Murphy's Park
2 October 2018 Boston Shubert Theatre
3 October 2018New York City PlayStation Theater
5 October 2018 Roanoke Berglund Center
7 October 2018 Cleveland Conn Center
8 October 2018 Norfolk The NorVa
11 October 2018 Houston The Ballroom at Warehouse Live
12 October 2018 Dallas The Bomb Factory
14 October 2018 [lower-alpha 4] Nashville Ryman Auditorium
20 October 2018 Denver Paramount Theatre
23 October 2018Los Angeles The Theatre at Ace Hotel
25 October 2018San Francisco The Warfield
27 October 2018 Seattle Moore Theatre
3 November 2018 St. John's Canada Mile One Centre
List of 2019 concerts, showing date, venue, city, region and country
DateCityCountryVenue
25 January 2019 Christchurch New ZealandLa Vida Centre
26 January 2019 [lower-alpha 5] Hamilton Mystery Creek Events Centre
28 January 2019 [lower-alpha 4] Sydney Australia Sydney Opera House
29 January 2019 Newcastle Grainery Church
30 January 2019 Brisbane Riverlife Baptist Church
31 January 2019 Gold Coast Newlife Church
1 February 2019 Moreton Bay Mueller Performing Arts Centre
3 February 2019 [lower-alpha 4] Melbourne Palais Theatre
6 February 2019 Adelaide Influencers Church
7 February 2019 Perth Riverview Church
9 February 2019 [lower-alpha 6] Makati Philippines Circuit Makati
11 February 2019 [lower-alpha 7] Singapore
7 March 2019 [lower-alpha 8] Plant City United States Wish Farms Sound Stage
8 March 2019 Augusta Bell Auditorium
9 March 2019 Franklin Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts
10 March 2019 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
11 March 2019 Dothan Dothan Civic Center
15 March 2019 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Coliseum
16 March 2019 Troy Hobart Arena
17 March 2019 Chattanooga Tivoli Theatre
21 March 2019 Lafayette Heymann Performing Arts Center
22 March 2019 Birmingham Wright Center at Samford University
23 March 2019 Paducah Carson Center
24 March 2019 Wichita Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center
28 March 2019 Stamford Stamford Center for the Arts
29 March 2019 Indiana Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex
30 March 2019 Wheeling Capitol Theatre
31 March 2019 Salisbury Wicomico Youth and Civic Center
4 April 2019 Saginaw Dow Event Center
5 April 2019 Marion Indiana Wesleyan University
6 April 2019 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
7 April 2019 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
11 April 2019 Wichita Falls Memorial Auditorium
12 April 2019 Midland Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center
13 April 2019 Belton Bell County Expo Center
14 April 2019 Amarillo Amarillo Civic Center
16 April 2019 El Paso Abraham Chavez Theatre
18 April 2019 Longview Belcher Center
19 April 2019 Austin Frank Erwin Center
20 April 2019 Beaumont Julie Rogers Theater
5 May 2019 [lower-alpha 9] Arlington Globe Life Park
11 May 2019 [lower-alpha 10] Flowood Liberty Park
18 May 2019 Meansville Hickory Ridge Golf Club
19 May 2019 Red Deer Canada ENMAX Centrium
1 June 2019 [lower-alpha 11] Charlotte United States Carowinds Paladium
6 June 2019 Henderson Central Christian Church
7 June 2019 [lower-alpha 12] Concord Concord Pavilion
8 June 2019 [lower-alpha 12] Ontario Toyota Arena
9 June 2019 [lower-alpha 12] Chula Vista North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
21 June 2019 [lower-alpha 13] Mason Timberwolf Amphitheatre
22 June 2019 [lower-alpha 14] Doswell Kingswood Amphitheatre
27 June 2019 [lower-alpha 15] Gaylord Otsego County Fairgrounds
29 June 2019 [lower-alpha 16] Fort Worth Texas Motor Speedway
30 June 2019 [lower-alpha 17] Greeley Island Grove Regional Park
6 July 2019 Madisonville Madisonville City Park
11 July 2019 [lower-alpha 18] Oshkosh Sunnyview Exposition Center
12 July 2019 Olathe Olathe Community Park
14 July 2019 [lower-alpha 19] LaGrange LaGrange County 4-H Fairgrounds
19 July 2019 [lower-alpha 20] Mineral City Atwood Lake Park
20 July 2019 [lower-alpha 21] Rapid City Memorial Park
27 July 2019 [lower-alpha 22] Hot Springs Timberwood Amphitheater
28 July 2019 [lower-alpha 23] Springfield Ozark Empire Fairgrounds
30 July 2019 [lower-alpha 24] Darien Center Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
1 August 2019 [lower-alpha 25] Gilford Gunstock Mountain Resort
2 August 2019 Huntsville Propst Arena
5 August 2019 [lower-alpha 26] Milwaukee Wisconsin State Fair Park
8 August 2019 [lower-alpha 27] Des Moines Iowa State Fairgrounds
10 August 2019 [lower-alpha 28] Oklahoma City Frontier City
15 August 2019 [lower-alpha 29] Sedalia Missouri State Fairgrounds
16 August 2019 Lincoln Lincoln Berean Church
17 August 2019 Gothenburg Gothenburg 4Plex
19 August 2019 [lower-alpha 30] Louisville Kentucky Exposition Center
23 August 2019 [lower-alpha 31] Anaheim Angel Stadium
24 August 2019 [lower-alpha 32] Pigeon Forge Dollywood
31 August 2019 Wilkesboro Wilkes Community College
13 September 2019 [lower-alpha 33] Phoenix Chase Field
14 September 2019 [lower-alpha 34] Shippensburg Shippensburg Fairgrounds
26 September 2019 Trenton CURE Insurance Arena
27 September 2019 Ypsilanti Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center
28 September 2019 Hoffman Estates Sears Centre Arena
29 September 2019Nashville Ascend Amphitheater
30 September 2019 [lower-alpha 35] Tulsa Oklahoma Stage
3 October 2019 Muskegon LC Walker Arena
4 October 2019 Indianapolis Bankers Life Field House
5 October 2019 St. Charles Family Arena
6 October 2019 North Little Rock Simmons Bank Arena
10 October 2019 Atlanta Fox Theatre
11 October 2019 Pensacola Pensacola Bay Center
12 October 2019 Orlando Addition Financial Arena
13 October 2019 Tampa Amalie Arena
17 October 2019 Broomfield 1stBank Center
18 October 2019 West Valley City Maverik Center
19 October 2019 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
20 October 2019 Tucson Tucson Convention Center
22 October 2019 Reno Reno Events Center
24 October 2019 San Diego Viejas Arena
25 October 2019Irvine Bren Events Center
26 October 2019Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
27 October 2019 Salem The Pavilion
1 November 2019 Boise ExtraMile Arena
2 November 2019 Abbotsford Canada Abbotsford Centre
3 November 2019 Everett United States Angel of the Winds Arena
5 November 2019 Casper Casper Events Center
7 November 2019 Madison Alliant Energy Center
8 November 2019 Cedar Rapids Alliant Energy PowerHouse
9 November 2019 Minneapolis Target Center
10 November 2019 Omaha Baxter Arena
11 November 2019 [lower-alpha 36] Hidalgo Payne Arena
14 November 2019
15 November 2019Arlington College Park Center
16 November 2019 Cypress Berry Center of Northwest Houston
17 November 2019 New Orleans Lakefront Arena
22 November 2019 Catonsville UMBC Event Center
23 November 2019Louisville KFC Yum! Center
24 November 2019 Greenville Bon Secours Wellness Arena
2 December 2019 Columbus KEMBA Live!
28 December 2019 [lower-alpha 37] Gatlinburg Gatlinburg Convention Center
30 December 2019 [lower-alpha 37]
29 January 2020 [lower-alpha 38] Orlando Independence of the Seas
List of 2020 concerts, showing date, venue, city, region and country
DateCityCountryVenue
12 March 2020 Ottawa Canada TD Place Arena
13 March 2020 Toronto Meridian Hall

Notes

  1. ↑ The show on 21 September 2018 was part of the 95.9 The Fish Family Night.
  2. ↑ The show on 22 September 2018 was part of GraceFest.
  3. ↑ The show on 23 September 2018 was part of Kingdom Come Fest.
  4. 1 2 3 2 shows.
  5. ↑ The show on 26 January 2019 was part of Festival One.
  6. ↑ the show on February 9 2019 was part of Found Music Festival in Makati City, Philippines.
  7. ↑ with support by Annette Lee.
  8. ↑ The show on 7 March 2019 was part of the Florida Strawberry Festival.
  9. ↑ Texas Rangers concert series.
  10. ↑ The show on 11 May 2019 was part of the Flowood Family Festival.
  11. ↑ The show on 1 June 2019 was part of Christian Music Day.
  12. 1 2 3 The shows on 7–9 June 2019 were part of Spirit West Coast.
  13. ↑ The show on 21 June 2019 was part of Spirit Song.
  14. ↑ The show on 22 June 2019 was part of Kingsfest.
  15. ↑ The show on 27 June 2019 was part of the Big Ticket Festival.
  16. ↑ The show on 29 June 2019 was part of the Celebrate Freedom Week.
  17. ↑ The show on 30 June 2019 was part of the Greeley Stampede.
  18. ↑ The show on 11 July 2019 was part of Lifest.
  19. ↑ The show on 14 July 2019 was part of the LaGrange County Fair.
  20. ↑ The show on 19 July 2019 was part of Alive Festival.
  21. ↑ The show on 20 July 2019 was part of the Hills Alive festival.
  22. ↑ The show on 27 July 2019 was part of the Magic Springs Concert Series.
  23. ↑ The show on 28 July 2019 was part of the Ozark Empire Fair.
  24. ↑ The show on 30 July 2019 was part of Kingdom Bound.
  25. ↑ The show on 1 August 2019 was part of SoulFest.
  26. ↑ The show on 5 August 2019 was part of the Wisconsin State Fair.
  27. ↑ The show on 8 August 2019 was part of the Iowa State Fair.
  28. ↑ The show on 10 August 2019 was part of the Frontier City Summer Concert Series.
  29. ↑ The show on 15 August 2019 was part of the Missouri State Fair.
  30. ↑ The show on 19 August 2019 was part of the Kentucky State Fair.
  31. ↑ The show on 23 August 2019 was part of the SoCal Harvest Fest.
  32. ↑ The show on 24 August 2019 was part of Rock the Smokies.
  33. ↑ The show on 13 September 2019 was part of the Arizona Diamondbacks Faith & Family Night.
  34. ↑ The show on 14 September 2019 was part of the Uprise Festival.
  35. ↑ The show on 30 September 2019 was part of the Tulsa State Fair.
  36. ↑ The show on 11 November 2019 was recorded for The for KING & COUNTRY LIVE CONCERT FILM.
  37. 1 2 The shows on 28 and 30 December 2019 were part of the Xtreme Conference.
  38. ↑ The show on 29 January 2020 was part of the K-Love cruise.

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